Andy Malt - Strange Tourist

Art

The Love Booth: A joyous and intimate glimpse into private moments

See pictures from The Love Booth exhibition and hear our live Q&A with artist Karen Vost

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Interviews

Ramsgate Festival of Sound’s impact resonates around the town

Ramsgate Festival of Sound invites visitors to explore the town through sound, celebrate local talent and discover new ways of engaging with what surrounds them

Two men stand against a warning sign on a wall in front of the sea. One wears an anorak, the other a black shirt and leather waistcoat. Both wear black trousers. Buildings in the background.

Interviews

Margate band Big Woes on the town’s “personal and human” music scene

“Softcore punk band” Big Woes on a new compilation A Margate Sampler, the “amazing” energy of its launch shows, and feeling part of a musical community

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Kids & Family

Summer holiday survival guide 2025

Your guide to keeping the kids busy through the school holidays this July and August in Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, East Kent and London

A woman with black hair, wearing hoop earrings, an orange knitted jumper and black trousers crouches with her head cocked to the side.

Interviews

A jukebox of confessions: Letters You’ll Never Send brings anonymous confessions to the stage

Have you got something you’ve always wanted to say to someone but don’t dare? Katie McGarry's show Letters You’ll Never Send takes your deepest secrets and puts them on stage

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Interviews

Palace cinema celebrates 60 years at the heart of Broadstairs

“Cultural institution” the Palace cinema’s 60 year journey to become “a place that really is about film as opposed to two hours of entertainment”

A woman wearing a flamboyant outfit performs life, reaching out to the audience with her microphone

Interviews

Smugglers Festival’s journey to become a magical and mysterious summer highlight

With most of its stages hidden in woodland, Kent’s Smugglers Festival is an “inspiring and magical” experience, says programmer Stewart Hughes

Interviews

Small but mighty: Margate Fringe returns

Margate Fringe Festival returns with its biggest programme to date this week. Co-founder Faye Bowker tells all about the event’s past, present and future

The cover of a children's book called A Natural History of Bums

Interviews

Butt of the joke: book teaches kids about evolution one bum at a time

How do you get kids excited about science? Make it about bums. Margate’s Crab Museum is bringing this knowledge to the wider world in a new children’s book

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Interviews

Comedian Stevie Martin talks online success and her return to the stage

Comedian Stevie Martin on live versus online comedy, filming her new show in Margate, and the “weird dream” experience of being on Taskmaster

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Interviews

Pie Factory Music’s fight to save the building it calls home

As youth service Pie Factory Music fights funding cuts and plans to sell its Ramsgate HQ, CEO Zoë Carassik explains why “young people deserve better”

A band perform on stage in a small music venue

Interviews

Thanet’s independent music venues “hanging in there” as others shut their doors

Ramsgate Music Hall’s André Dack and Sammy Clarke of Margate’s Where Else on the existential threat facing hundreds of independent music venues in the UK

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