Quirky Guide

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live a cloistered life, you can now try it out on holiday.

Need an outlet for your Easter sugar rush? Then join in this peculiar annual melee of bottle kicking in Leicestershire.

Hidden within a council estate in Covent Garden, this open air pool is heated all year round and steams with warmth during the winter.

Dress up as a straw bear and dance for the locals, who might give you some food or drink out of sympathy.

What do you get when you cross a scavenger hunt, a fancy dress competition and a series of messy, silly and sometimes scary dares?

Ever heard of a one-way food fight? Where willing victims gather to be pelted by citrus fruit, with no option to retaliate.

A stony chamber, 155m below ground in a cold, dark mine. An unlikely setting for a hotel suite, or so you might think.

Fitting one camel through the eye of a needle sounds hard enough as it is. But what if one could manage to fit nine camels within the eye of a normal-sized needle?

Museums are not the only places to see historical artefacts in London. Believe it or not, they are scattered all over the banks of the River Thames.

While some lucky kids can expect Santa at Christmas, others will have to make do with an old hag.