Festivals
End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers
The UK’s festivals are rapidly disappearing, and smaller events are under the cosh. Does End of the Road manage to defy the tide?
One of the joys of summer is to talk among the trees at festivals

One of the joys of summer is to talk among the trees at festivals
My time at the ideas-focused festival reminded me of the power of learning surrounded by nature
From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024

From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024
Our pick of the book festivals to look out for in 2024
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’
Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music
Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
Robin Ince: ‘Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month’

Robin Ince: ‘Performing at three festivals in three days is a fitting end to Fringe month’
Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’

‘Pavement is as viable today as we were in the mid-90s’
The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023

The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023
Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Why festival ticket prices don’t have to go up every year

Why festival ticket prices don’t have to go up every year
Best UK music festivals 2023: The essential month-by-month guide

Best UK music festivals 2023: The essential month-by-month guide
The best UK festivals to boost your wellness and wellbeing

The best UK festivals to boost your wellness and wellbeing
Find your next favourite band at the best new music festivals 2023

Find your next favourite band at the best new music festivals 2023
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
LFF eats the rich: 7 films tackling inequality at the London Film Festival 2022

LFF eats the rich: 7 films tackling inequality at the London Film Festival 2022
Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
