21 h. ago Best show nominee Sam Nicoresti returns to the Fringe with 'Baby Doomer'

Described as “simultaneously smart and silly” by Chortle, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Winner and Chortle Best MC Nominee Sam Nicoresti returns to Edinburgh Fringe from 30 July to 24 August (except 11th) at 5.40pm at Pleasance Bunker 2 with Baby Doomer (Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025), a show about losing your mind and finding the perfect skirt suit. In the summer of ‘23, following a sartorial emergency in a TK Maxx changing room and a stressful house move a whole minute round the corner, the acclaimed comedian and burgeoning trans icon lost their mind.

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21 h. ago Edinburgh Fringe 2025: Here are 18 online comedians performing at the Fringe

From TikTok stars to YouTube creators, here are some of the social media influencers performing at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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21 h. ago Glastonbury bound? These are all the beauty essentials you'll need

Rose Beer curates the ultimate edit of expert-approved festival must-haves, from the ultimate dry shampoos to your daily dose of electrolytes

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23 h. ago Royal Ascot Odds: Best Betting Odds for Day 4 at Royal Ascot

Find the latest Royal Ascot odds for all 35 races at the 2025 edition of the flat racing festival

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25 h. ago Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 theatre shows to see this summer

Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and Elton John’s libel case take centre stageWhenever you see a performance in Canada, it will begin with a land acknowledgment; a way of crediting those who were there before the Europeans arrived. Indigenous playwright Cliff Cardinal questions the motives of such declarations in a broadside that uses Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy to comment on our attitude to the natural world.Church Hill theatre, 20-23 August Continue reading...

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25 h. ago AD FEATURE: Merthyr Food Festival 2025 returns for foodie fun and free family entertainment

The event will include live music, a host of free family entertainment, and a variety of tasty dishes from around the world

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27 h. ago Isle of Wight Festival 2025 TV: how to watch festival at home on TV and can you watch a live stream?

Isle of Wight Festival has quite the line-up for 2025 😍

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37 h. ago JENNY LINDSAY: Scots women were cancelled for simply believing in biology. The courts said we were right. So why is the nation's biggest book festival STILL intent on silencing us?

The alert arrived at 10:30am: 'I searched for your name in the 2025 Edinburgh Book Festival. In vain!'

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40 h. ago TRNSMT Glasgow 2025 site map revealed ahead of weekend festival

TRNSMT at Glasgow Green is now less than a month away, with some star-studded acts taking to the stage across the weekend for Scotland's biggest music festival of the year.

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48 h. ago Royal Ascot Odds: Best Betting Odds for Day 3 at Royal Ascot

Find the latest Royal Ascot odds for all 35 races at the 2025 edition of the flat racing festival

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2 d. ago The Ultimate Festival Checklist 2025: What to take to a festival

Securing the ticket is just the start

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2 d. ago The eight festival fashion tribes you'll see all over Glastonbury this year

The countdown to Glastonbury is on, with just seven days to go. But will you go boho, Burberry or full Kate Moss? Maddy Mussen has your field report on the looks of the season

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3 d. ago Royal Ascot 2025 day 1 results as Field Of Gold lights up Festival

Docklands, Gstaad, American Affair, Ascending and French Master all record day one victories after back-to-back wins for Haatem

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3 d. ago Best shoes to wear to festivals in 2025: Hiking shoes, wellies and cowboy boots

Stay comfortable and dry when you’re bolting around the festival field

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3 d. ago Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Comedy Highlights: Here are 18 work in progress shows from big name comedians

These shows give you the opportunity to maybe see the next big thing in comedy - before it’s even finished.

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3 d. ago Your 2025 Festival Fashion Guide: What to wear to Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Download and more

Discover the latest festival fashion trends for 2025 and get tips on what to wear to top festivals

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3 d. ago Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African CongressOn the facade of the building that once housed Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester sits a plaque commemorating a turning point in the push for African independence. The fifth Pan-African Congress in October 1945 was attended by future global leaders as well as activists and scholars from across Africa and its diaspora. But despite the event’s international importance, it has been largely overlooked by mainstream British history. Now a biting new play is set to remedy this.“I think a lot of Mancunians don’t know it happened,” says playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, who lectures in the same building, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. “But it’s like: you’re part of such a phenomenal moment in history.” Eighty years later, her dramatisation of the event, Liberation, is about to receive its worl...

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3 d. ago Serbia’s Exit festival may go ‘into exile’ amid government pressure over student protests

This year’s edition to be last held in country after Belgrade withholds funding over support of anti-corruption activistsOne of Europe’s largest music festivals will no longer be held in Serbia and could go “into exile” in Germany or a neighbouring Balkan state after Belgrade withheld funding over its support of the country’s anti-corruption student protesters.Exit festival, which is held every July in a medieval bastion fortress in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad, was founded in 2000 by student activists from the protest movement that helped topple Slobodan Milošević. Affordable ticket prices and starry lineups mean it has acquired a reputation as Europe’s premier music event with a social conscience, with 210,000 people from more than 80 countries attending in 2024. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Glastonbury 2025 weather maps show a scorcher for the festival

With nine days until gates open, it is time to get packing for the summers most iconic event, but will Glastonbury weather hold up and provide another scorcher this year?

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4 d. ago Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Comedy Hot Tickets: Here are 17 of the biggest comedians with shows in Edinburgh this August

These comedians have all proved themselves with long and successful careers in the industry.

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