Andy Malt - Strange Tourist

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Art

In Pictures: Bridget Riley's Learning to See at Turner Contemporary

See photographs of abstract artist Bridget Riley new exhibition Learning to See at Margate's Turner Contemporary

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Interviews

Ramsgate Winter Festival lights up the darker months

Ramsgate Winter Festival returns later this month with a two month programme of events to bring joy and a sense of community to the darker months

Interviews

“Death positive” witchcraft festival welcomes the darker months

High Priestess witch Tree Carr discusses A Dead Good Festival, which she hopes will challenge the taboos of death and bring a bit of magic to Margate

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

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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

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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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