Pocket Leisure

Send an iCard(10 Jan 2000)

Just going out – pubs

  • Beer in the Evening UK wide, lots of indexing (14 Nov 2006)
  • Fancy a Pint? London (14 Nov 2006)
  • Just going out – general

  • Find out What's on When - worldwide, with guides to major cities (25 Sep 2001)
  • Museums and arts

  • British Museum (28 Jan 2008)
  • Royal Academy of Arts, London (2 Jul 1998)
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2 Jul 1998)
  • The WWW Virtual Library: Museums, a project of Oxford University Computing Laboratory, lists museums worldwide (2 Jul 1998)
  • The Gutenberg Bible at the British Library (10 Apr 2002)
  • The Type Museum Stockwell, south London (6 May 2005)
  • Cavendish Gallery of Print & Typography images and text online (6 May 2005)
  • Typefounders H W Caslon specialise in historical typefaces (6 May 2005)
  • David Marshall Ancestral Instruments
  • Heritage

  • English Heritage and its Archaeology Division (10 Sep 2000)
  • National Trust (10 Sep 2000)
  • Building Conservation from Cathedral Publications (5 Jan 2000)
  • Dalesman (21 Oct 2005)

  • Natural world

  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (27 Jan 2008)
  • Classical Music venues and festivals

  • Barbican Centre (17 Dec 1999)
  • Brighton Dome (25 May 2006)
  • Brighton Early Music Festival (3 Feb 2007)
  • Brighton Festival (7 Mar 2007)
  • BBC Promenade Concerts (24 Jun 2000)
  • English National Opera (15 Nov 1999)
  • Glyndebourne or skip the flash intro (*2 Jul 2002)
  • St John's Smith Square (8 May 2002)
  • Royal Albert Hall (27 Aug 2000)
  • Royal Opera House (15 Nov 1999)
  • Sadler's Wells (4 Jan 2000)
  • South Bank Centre (23 Nov 1999)
  • Concerts at St Martin's-in-the-Fields (22 Feb 2003)
  • Wigmore Hall (3 Feb 2007)
  • UK Radio: BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM (12 Feb 2001)
  • Other Classical Live Online Radio (3 Feb 2007)
  • Theatre and Dance

  • Hackney Empire historic Frank Matcham variety theatre (11 May 1999)
  • Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford-upon-Avon and London (7 March 2004)
  • ballet.co Dance information, links to performances and performers (15 Nov 1999)
  • There are several online London theatre guides. Some of them link for ticket sales to sites charging a significant premium, so check!!
  • London Theatre Guide (7 March 2004)
  • Society of London Theatres claimed official site (7 March 2004)
  • Albermarle ticket agency (booking page does not work in Netscape) (7 March 2004)
  • Komedia Brighton (25 May 2006) and especially the Treason Show (29 Aug 2006)

  • Music sources and societies

  • Concert Diary Venues UK Australia Canada USA (22 Feb 2003)
  • Choral Public Domain Library accessible scores and sound streams (29 Aug 2006)
  • British Double Reed Society (13 Jul 2000)
  • and for fun: Flanders & Swann Online (*29 Aug 2006)
  • Sports and outdoor

  • BBC Score current scores etc (26 Jan 2008)
  • Cricket

  • Cricinfo Cricket information (*28 Aug 2007)
  • Football

  • UEFA (28 Aug 2007)
  • English Football Association (6 Jan 2008)
  • FA Cup (6 Jan 2008)
  • Premier League (28 Aug 2007)
  • Tennis

  • Wimbledon
  • Ski

  • Ski Europe all about resorts (19 Nov 2001)
  • British Ski & Snowboard School (19 Nov 2001)
  • not forgetting ...

  • Karate Union of Great Britain (12 Apr 1999)
  • Scuba Diving Australia
  • or see the Media page for news and commentary

    Transport

  • Heritage Railways (the Heritage Railways Association) (12 May 2006)
  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway (*24 Mar 2007)
  • Bluebell Railway (12 May 2006)
  • Ian Allan Publishing (18 Oct 1999)
  • Modern Railways (*24 Mar 2007)
  • National Railway Museum York (9 Jan 2008)
  • Research & Archives (the extensive Search Engine is a space at the NRM, not yet online, but you can submit questions)
  • Railways Archive (UK) (*23 Jul 2007)
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