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Books in the Castle

26th July, 2015 | Article By Newark TIC

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Less than two weeks to go to another major event at Newark Castle. We are very much looking forward to  ‘Books in the Castle Festival’ on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August.

A weekend of talks, activities and book signings with some of the UK’s leading authors.

Guests include: Eva Schloss – stepsister of Anne Frank, Battle of Britain fighter pilot Tony Pickering, bestselling crime authors Peter Robinson and Stephen Booth, Cosmopolitan Magazines Irma Kurtz and Julie Summers whose book ‘Jambusters’ was adapted into the hit drama series ‘Home Fires’.

It’s a family friendly event in a unique location, books with a view!

Free events to both entertain children and encourage them to pick up a book with some great local authors (and a top illustrator) combined with the highly experienced Newark Children’s Play Support Group. So bring the children along, ideally in fancy dress as per World Book Day characters, as many of the children’s authors and volunteers will also be costume.

Entrance to the Castle is free with limited tickets for Author talks, a perfect weekend for literary lovers.

You can buy tickets for the author talks from WH Smith in Newark or the Secret Garden Café.

Why not find time to browse in Newark’s second hand book shops: Bookwise, Oxfam Books or books at Newark Antiques Centre.

You can enjoy a free Brass Band concert in the Castle grounds on Sunday afternoon 2.30-4.30pm. The Pleasley Colliery Band will be performing, bring a rug or chair and enjoy the performance, there’s also free wi fi in the Castle grounds.

It’s going to be a perfect weekend for Bookworms!

You can contact Newark Tourist Information centre on 01636 655765 @morenewark or newarktic@nsdc.info

‘Magna Carta’ Outdoor Theatre

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‘Magna Carta’ written and directed by Kate Glover. Saturday 22nd August, 5pm, Newark Castle. Presented as a dramatized costumed reading by seven professional actors.

The great seventeenth century lawyer Edward Coke leads us into the thirteenth century to tell us the dramatic story of King John and his rebel barons.

King John, a complex and brilliant man, albeit with a dark side, is determined to get back his ancestral lands in France. And so he imposes swingeing and highly unpopular taxes on his subjects. The mystery as to who killed Arthur of Brittany with the implication that it might have been his Uncle John, deepens resentment…

A plot to murder John by baronial thugs is scuppered, but London falls to the rebel barons, thanks to the treachery of the enigmatic mayor Serlo the Mercer.

The denouement in a “field called Runnymede,” sees a furious John, after days of negotiations, brokered by Archbishop Stephen Langton, finally giving his seal to the Charter. It is left to Edward Coke to point to the iconic significance of this great event in future years.

Tickets: Adult £10 / Concessions £8 / Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £30

Advance tickets on sale at Newark Tourist Information Centre 01636 655765 and Palace Theatre 01636 655755.

Historic Newark-on-Trent

9th July, 2015 | Article By Newark TIC

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Have you discovered us yet? Newark-on-Trent is an attractive market town in the heart of Nottinghamshire. We are situated where the Great North Road, the Roman Fosse Way and the River Trent join together. We have excellent public transport links and are close to the major road networks including the A1, A46 and M1 so wherever you are, you can reach us easily.

Rich in history with delightful architecture, museums and the remains of the imposing 12th century Newark Castle, we have an excellent selection of independent and antique shops, eating places and real ale pubs. Newark has one of the largest market squares in the country and we hold bustling markets on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The town’s most famous period was during the English Civil War in which it was a Royalist stronghold and withstood three sieges. At the newly opened National Civic War Centre discover how the people of Newark survived  by dodging cannon fire, hammering flat family silver to make coins, only for plague to ravage the town.

You can visit our website Visit Newark to find out more, or follow us @morenewark we look forward to welcoming you.