Family-friendly music festivals in Europe
Europe is home to a large number of exciting music festivals that revolve around rock, rap, reggae, classical and even country music. For families, however, not all these festivals are appropriate....
View ArticleCamp Bestival: a family festival in Dorset
Live music, art, shows at Camp Bestival. Looking for something a little different to do with the children this summer? Camp Bestival is held in the grounds of Lulwort Castle in Dorset. It is a...
View ArticleThree Counties Show 14th – 16th June 2013
The Three Counties Show is an annual three day extravaganza which is held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. A celebration of the countryside, farming and all that rural Britain has to...
View ArticleSpectacular festivals in Tuscany
Tuscany has a rich and diverse cultural heritage and is well known for its traditions, history, music, artistic legacy and its continued influence on high culture. It was the birthplace of the Italian...
View ArticleSummer in the UK: Edinburgh Festivals
Summer time is festival time across the world, with celebrations spanning everything from music and the arts, to books and comedy. Europe hosts excellent festivals dedicated to various interests, such...
View ArticleSummer in the UK: home grown festivals
Festivals. They are a big part of summer celebrations across the world and every year many of us will jet off to what are often warmer climes to enjoy everything from famous festivals like South by...
View Article‘Tis the season: Get into the holiday spirit at Europe’s Christmas festivals
Get into the festive spirit at Europe’s fabulous Christmas festivals (Photo: Simon Tupper) What better way to get yourself into the holiday spirit than at one of Europe’s Christmas festivals? This time...
View ArticleSay cheese: Top five British cheese festivals
Airy; smoky; velvety; crumbly – these are just some of the adjectives cheese hands employ to describe a cheddar, Gouda or Stilton. It’s certainly difficult to find the mot juste when your taste buds...
View ArticleThe jolliest jamborees in the land: Top five kids festivals in the UK
Say the word ‘festival’ and it’ll mean something different to all who hear it. To me it conjures images of mud-encrusted wellington boots; human hordes crushed tightly together, sweating in the blazing...
View ArticleBooze cruising: Britain’s top 5 beer festivals
Photo: Camra. I’ve a confession to make: I have never attended a beer festival. I know, right? Crikey, crivvens and good golly – never, not even once? Not even once – but that’s an omission I’m ready...
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