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Mystical Immersion in Maelstrom of Cultures
There is something gorgeously addictive about Into the Wild. It has the eccentric charm of a barmy great aunt who took far too much dodgy acid in her wayward youth.
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Mystical Immersion in Maelstrom of Cultures
There is something gorgeously addictive about Into the Wild. It has the eccentric charm of a barmy great aunt who took far too much dodgy acid in her wayward youth.
Neil del Strother · Read
Pussy Riot joins the Extinction list
Byline and Curious Arts Festival 2019
Neil del Strother · Read
Watchet 2019
Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it?! This year Watchet festival was stuffing its face, basking in the hottest august bank holiday on record and oozing quality from every orifice.
Keith Dennelly · Read
Outcider Festival 2019
The bands on the bill were a great mix of styles, not just the punk that you might think you were in for, or the advertised headliners, but Mad Apple Circus`s ska hip hop had the punters rockin`
Keith Dennelly · Read
Womad 2019 is some way beyond brilliant
n truth Womad 2019 wasn’t perfect, but it was bloody brilliant, if not some way beyond it. And my right-on-it teenage daughter thought so too...
Neil del Strother · Read
Camp Bestival Review 2019
Wow! What can I say Camp Bestival is an absolute feast for the ears, eyes and definitely taste buds!
Lynn Darracott · Read
7 Things We Loved About Beat-Herder 2019
There is no better feeling than finishing work on the Friday, getting in the car and driving down to what is, in Beat-Herder’s own words, “an orgy of beats and barminess.”
Duncan Whittaker · Read
Love Supreme - South Downs’ Cliff chalks up sheer joy
It’s rare a performance leaves me with a sense of sheer joy, but the great Jimmy Cliff (mystifyingly not a headliner at this year’s Love Supreme) left me reeling...
Neil del Strother · Read
Black Deer 2019 - Cashless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
In its triumphant second year the Black Deer festival has successfully rebranded the leafy afternoon-tea-addicted Sussex/Kent borderlands as the Deep South.
Neil del Strother · Read
Casahless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
Casahless, Stashless and Care-less in the Deep South
Neil Del Strother · Read
Cloudspotting 2019
With the beautiful backdrop of Gisburn forest, there really is no better place for a family orientated festival. With a range of earthy, simple and relaxing activities mixed with an eclectic array of live music
Louise Whittaker · Read
Making Hay and the Philosophers’ Un-stoned
Making Hay and the Philosophers’ Un-stoned
Neil Del Strother · Read
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