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5 Free Thing To Do During the Adelaide Fringe

5 Free Thing To Do During the Adelaide Fringe

While the Edinburgh Fringe is the undisputed king of arts festivals, on the far side of the world the Australian city of Adelaide is home to its sister festival, The Adelaide Fringe, proudly the southern hemisphere’s largest arts festival.

I’ve been lucky enough to live in both Edinburgh and Adelaide, and have deliriously immersed myself in both festivals. While alike, there are some significant…

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Tempting Fetes - European Bazaar in the SA Weekend Magazine

Tempting Fetes – European Bazaar in the SA Weekend Magazine

For anyone who missed One Small World’s appearance in The Adelaide Advertiser’s SA Weekend magazine, check out the pdf below. It is also a great summation of last year’s European Bazaar adventure.

If you’re curious about Europe’s weirdest Summer festivals then have a read!

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One Small World in London’s TNT Magazine The March edition of London's best fun mag, TNT Magazine, featured an article by One Small World entitled: Your Weird Summer Sorted!

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Top Ten Weirdest Science Stories of 2014 (Part 2)

Top Ten Weirdest Science Stories of 2014 (Part 2)

Once again thanks to the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC) for the information!

And don’t forget to check out Part 1 of 2014’s Weirdest Science Stories! (more…)

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Top Ten Weirdest Sciences Stories of 2014 (Part 1)

Top Ten Weirdest Sciences Stories of 2014 (Part 1)

In what is quickly becoming a tradition, One Small World presents the ‘Top Ten Weirdest Science Stories of 2014′ with thank to the Australian Science Media Centre (AusSMC)

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  Sorry hipsters, we hit peak beard

  In April, Australian researchers delivered a cutting blow to hairy male hipsters – their research found that beards are only attractive to women if they’re a rarity. The bald truth…

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Week 3 Winner - Europe's Most Unmissable Festival is....

Week 3 Winner – Europe’s Most Unmissable Festival is….

DRUMROLL PLEASE…

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Week Three of the 2014 One Small World Awards

Week Three of the 2014 One Small World Awards

  Europe’s Most Unmissable Festival Winner Announced: Monday 24th Nov 2014

One thing I did not expect to discover when I set out on the European Bazaar project was just how many festivals there are out there that many people would call bizarre. Even after over a year of researching and six months trekking back and forth across the continent, I’m still having people regale me with events,…

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Week Two Winner - Europe's Most Fun Festival To Compete In is....

Week Two Winner – Europe’s Most Fun Festival To Compete In is….

And the winner of the 2014 One Small World Awards category of Europe’s Most Fun Festival To Compete In is…. (more…)

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Week Two of the 2014 OSW Awards

Week Two of the 2014 OSW Awards

  EUROPE’S MOST FUN FESTIVAL TO COMPETE IN Winner announced: Friday 14th Nov 2014

For millennia humanity has attempted to quantify what makes us human, what separates us from the animals. Philosophers have wasted away in their garrets consumed by the desire to distill the essence of our species down to a single, perfect account.

But perhaps it is as simple as this:  If you take an activity that…

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Week One winner - Europe's Most Outrageous Festival is....

Week One winner – Europe’s Most Outrageous Festival is….

And the winner of the 2014 One Small World Awards category of Europe’s Most Outrageous Festival is…. (more…)

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Week One of the 2014 OSW Awards - Europe's Most Outrageous Festival

Week One of the 2014 OSW Awards – Europe’s Most Outrageous Festival

EUROPE’S MOST OUTRAGEOUS FESTIVAL Winner announced: Wednesday 5th Nov 2014

Scratch Europe’s distinguished surface and underneath you’re likely to find a sequined spandex jumpsuit. For all its pomposity, ceremony and history Europe is a vast petri dish of cultures, each bubbling with their own subversive predilections.

As the European Bazaar project has shown, Western Europe’s penchantfor strange…

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Mother Teresa is here, beer in hand. A Smurf ducks past a Fat Ballerina and onwards past a guy…

Mother Teresa is here, beer in hand. A Smurf ducks past a Fat Ballerina and onwards past a guy battling to tape jelly cubes to his arms. Around them, the crowd is directing furtive glances down into the Brown, soupy water below and chattering in nervous excitement. (more…)

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Oddball Olympics – The World Alternative Games

Oddball Olympics – The World Alternative Games

As the European Summer winds down – and so too does the European Bazaar project – One Small World has their eyes set on Gold as we returns to the mecca of strange festivals for the ‘mad Olympics’, the World Alternative Games! (more…)

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One Small World has become Bigger and Better

One Small World has become Bigger and Better

One Small World now resides at www.One-Small-World.com

For all this content and more please head over to the NEW, SLICK www.One-Small-World.com!!!

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In the homeland of yoghurt rests a UFO – Bulgarian Adventures

In the homeland of yoghurt rests a UFO – Bulgarian Adventures

Guest Blog Author: Lily Hirsch.  Lily is a world traveller with an affinity for yoghurt, goats and gardening. She can normally be found, head-down/bum-up, hunting and photographing bugs.

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Scotland Yet, A film for an Independent Scotland – Review

Scotland Yet, A film for an Independent Scotland – Review

One of the pleasures of being a travel writer is not only getting to see the world as it is, but in the glimpses we get of how the world could be.

On September 18th 2014, Scotland will be making a monumental decision on whether to leave the United Kingdom and become its own sovereign nation. (more…)

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The Upside-Down Cow of Comedy - The Edinburgh Fringe

The Upside-Down Cow of Comedy – The Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh Fringe festival requires no introduction. It is the world’s largest arts festival and in 2014 will see 49,497 performances of 3,193 shows in 299 venues across one of the world’s most picturesque and historic cities.

As if this weren’t enough, August in Edinburgh is also host to a separate Visual Arts Festival, The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, The International Festival, and theEdinbur…

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