Quirky Guide

Ruth is a freelance journalist with experience working for companies that include the BBC, MSN and Five News.

Poke your head around the kitchen door at Heston Blumenthal’s award-winning restaurant and you’re probably in for a surprise.

In any normal race, crashing into your competitors would be a bad thing. But not in the ‘bumps’ rowing regattas of Oxford and Cambridge.

This sweet shop stocks a wonderful array of unusual goodies – some of which are delightful and baffling in equal measure.

If your nose is growing to Pinocchio-like proportions, then fib your way over to Cumbria this November for your chance to be crowned the World’s Biggest Liar.

If Winnie-the-Poo’s friend Eeyore had lived in central London, rather than Hundred Acre Wood, you can bet he would have loved this nightclub.

Make way, Miss World, for the answer to all conventional beauty pageants. In this contest, a pretty face will get you absolutely nowhere.

What could be quirkier than the idea of doing battle armed only with a nut and a piece of string?

Turn your meal into a sensory adventure at this quirky restaurant where modern international cuisine is served in total darkness.

Even the fromage-lovers of France will marvel at the dedication of the Gloucestershire people, who risk life and limb for a taste of Double Gloucester.

Have you ever wondered what port and stilton flavoured ice-cream would taste like? Well at G&D’s ice-cream parlour in Oxford, you could well find out.