2 h. ago Joanna Lumley and Tulisa confirmed for Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025

Thought to be the world's oldest literature festival, the event, which was first held in 1949, features talks and discussions from a variety of authors, journalists and public figures.

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17 h. ago Green Man Festival: Resale ticket window extended for the sold

Now you can leave it to almost the last moment to get a ticket to Green Man Festival 2025.

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18 h. ago Creamfields 2025: Who could perform a secret set at this year’s festival

Who are the leading contenders who could occupy the 9:30pm slot on Creamfields Saturday?

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19 h. ago A pirate festival and World Elephant Day: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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20 h. ago All Points East 2025: full festival map and how to get to east London day festivals

All Points East 2025: full festival map and how to get to east London day festivals  Time Out Worldwide

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23 h. ago Flow Festival 2025, review – Charli xcx, Burna Boy and FKA Twigs headline but Finland’s own hold their ground

Finnish artists went toe-to-toe with some of the world’s biggest headliners at the European festival last weekend, and often had a bolder reception

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28 h. ago ‘It’s a brigade of old gits!’ Miriam Margolyes, Andy Linden and the older performers storming Edinburgh

At a festival so often dominated by bold young talent, it’s veteran performers stealing the spotlight this year. We meet them – from household names to octogenarian newcomersMiriam Margolyes is ensconced in the garden room of a fancy Edinburgh hotel, framed by tasteful greenery and smiling for a fan who wants a selfie. Apple-cheeked and foul-mouthed, she is gracious with the passing stranger, though she warns me later: “If somebody pisses me off, I’ll say: ‘Now listen to me, I’m 84!’” She pauses. “But I don’t see why they should!” she adds with a laugh.Margolyes is returning to Edinburgh for the second year running with an upgraded version of her acclaimed showcase based on the characters of Charles Dickens, her favourite author. “Same old cunt, even older,” reads the flyer. “It could be the last time, but don’t bank on it!” Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Leeds Festival 2025: your guide to this year’s festival including travel, set times and banned items

What time should you arrive to Bramham Park in 2025 and what are your travel options this year?

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47 h. ago Liberty Festival 2025: Disability Arts Celebration heads to Wandsworth

Liberty Festival will be bringing a huge range of acts for this disabled-led event, all for free

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3 d. ago Mare’s Nest review – an opaque, challenging reflection on the end of the world

Locarno film festivalBen Rivers’s cine-poem, based on Don DeLillo’s climate crisis play The Word for Snow, follows a child’s strange encounters as she wanders in a postapocalyptic world devoid of adultsEnglish experimentalist Ben Rivers offers up another challenging, intriguing cine-poem, this time on the nature of existence and the end of the world. It is opaque but with flashes of strange brilliance, an adaptation of The Word for Snow, a one-act stage play by Don DeLillo from 2007 that reflected on the climate crisis.A child called Moon (Moon Guo Barker) wanders around a strange world, entirely peopled by other children, except for one eerie monochrome sequence in which Moon sees adult figures in some kind of underground tunnel, frozen in attitudes of dismay similar to the citizenry of Pompeii. In the course of her travels, bookended by clambering out of a crashed car and finally driving happily off, Moon has dreamlike encounters with these children who speak with the tongues of a...

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3 d. ago The 6 best whisky shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

If you’re a whisky fan, there’s plenty to look forward to during this year’s Festival Fringe.

Culture

4 d. ago Madrid cultural diversity festival ban is ideological, its organisers claim

Kúpula se Mueve, which celebrates African and Latin culture, has been held without problems since 2013Madrid city council has banned a festival celebrating cultural diversity, claiming that it may lead to public disorder and complaints about noise from residents.The Kúpula se Mueve (Kúpula Moves) festival has been held without incident since 2013. Josias Ndanga, president of the association, insists the claims are an excuse, saying: “We’re convinced we’re being discriminated against on ideological grounds.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Four and Five Star Edinburgh Fringe Theatre 2025: Here are 13 shows the Scotman critics have loved you can still get tickets for this weekend

Looking for something to see this weekend in Edinburgh? We have some recommendations from the experts.

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5 d. ago 10 best festival essentials to buy now for August 2025 – from tents to power banks

Still got a festival left in your 2025 diary? From Boardmasters to Reading, here’s the kit that’ll keep you dry, charged and comfortable without blowing your budget.

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5 d. ago Four Star Edinburgh Fringe Comedy 2025: 12 shows the Scotman critics have loved you can still get tickets for this weekend

Looking for something to see this weekend in Edinburgh? We have some expert recommendations.

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6 d. ago Inside the UK's craziest festival with medieval taverns and cutting

The 2025 Boomtown festival "Chapter Four: Power of Now" is about to kick-off. Beyond being a major music celebration, the five-day affair is the "largest interactive theatre in the world".

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7 d. ago Kew Gardens’ 2025 Christmas lights festival will see an iconic landmark lit up for the first time

Kew Gardens’ 2025 Christmas lights festival will see an iconic landmark lit up for the first time  Time Out Worldwide

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7 d. ago Kew Gardens’ 2025 Christmas lights festival will see an iconic London landmark lit up for the first time

Kew Gardens’ 2025 Christmas lights festival will see an iconic London landmark lit up for the first time  Time Out Worldwide

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7 d. ago Dekmantel Festival 2025 review: still showing others how it's done

11 years in, this legendary music festival in Amsterdam continues to draw in a heady mix of rising talent and big hitters

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7 d. ago ‘Unchecked free trade’ of drugs at Boomtown could lead to more deaths, coroner warns

Benjamin Buckfield, 22, took MDMA at Boomtown last summer, both in powder and pill form, and died at the festival

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