23/01/2012
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the first day of the Chinese (Lunar) calendar. Celebrated by Chinese people around the world, it is a major holiday where friends and family gather for a reunion dinner and celebration. Red clothing is worn to ward away evil spirits and bad fortune and new clothing symbolizes starting the year anew.
26/01/2012
Australia Day
Australia's holiday to look back proudly on their achievements and celebrate the prospect of a successful future
31/01/2012
433 Eros, too close for comfort...
The second-largest Near Earth Object on record (size 13 km × 13 km × 33 km) will pass Earth at 0.1790 astronomical units (26,780,000 km; 16,640,000 mi). NASA studied Eros with the NEAR Shoemaker probe launched on February 17, 1996.
06/02/2012
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Marking the 60th anniversary of her accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, and the 60th anniversary of her becoming Head of the Commonwealth
22/04/2012
London Marathon
The annual London Marathon sees London's streets shut to traffic as tens of thousands of runners pound a 26.2-mile route through the city.
18/06/2012
Turing Centenary Conference
Turing Centenary Conference at the University of Cambridge, in honor of the mathematician, computer scientist, and cryptographer Alan Turing, the last day of the conference being the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Who would have thought it?
21/06/2012
Greenwich + Docklands International Festival
There are over 200 free performances taking place during this festival. It's been going for a few years now, but with this being the Olympics year expect a bumper programme from this East End event.