Back to the fields: festivals for 2021

Our fes­ti­val piece looks a lit­tle dif­fer­ent this year. It’s been a dif­fi­cult and rather har­row­ing task putting it togeth­er as many have decid­ed – and are still decid­ing – to can­cel, main­ly due to the lack of Gov­­ern­­ment-backed covid insur­ance. Oper­at­ing on a knife edge is every­day stuff for fes­ti­val organ­is­ers, but this is…

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The lineup: 12 best festivals for 2019

Ooh fes­ti­val sea­son! The thought of it fills me (and so many of you out there, obvi­ous­ly) with joy. The sheer diver­si­ty of the UK fes­ti­val scene means you can tru­ly immerse your­self in music, dance, talks, lit­er­a­ture, art, nature… there’s bound to be a few which will tick all your per­son­al box­es. Here’s my…

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All Points East: Alexis Taylor, Mattiel and Bjork shine

New Lon­don mega-fes­ti­val All Points East at Vic­to­ria Park offered sparkling line­ups: the first Sun­day intro­duced slinky Tex­an out­fit Khru­ang­bin, fol­lowed by a dancey set from Alex­is Tay­lor. Father John Misty offered lush vocals to a mel­low ear­ly evening crowd before Bjork’s fan­tas­ti­cal set end­ed the evening

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