News
The best of Strange Tourist in 2025
A look back at some of our favourite interviews from the last twelve months, with some of Thanet's most interesting and creative people
Interviews
Screaming Alley’s new members bar “genuinely an invitation” to “shape” performance in Thanet
In the basement of an inclusive barber shop, Ramsgate cabaret company Screaming Alley’s new members bar looks set to become more than just a good night out
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
Building Stories: Bringing narratives to life
Listen to our recent panel discussion on storytelling as part of this year's Margate Bookie literary festival
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
Interviews
Margate Mushroom Festival: ‘All mushrooms are magic’
From zombie fungi and our distant fungus relatives to anticancer properties of white button mushrooms and spiritual rituals, the world of shrooms is bizarre and amazing
Interviews
Thanet art studio adapting creative processes for artists with additional needs
"I just like to get to know the person in front of me," says Sandra Hampton from Sandra Art4All studio on working with artists with special needs
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
Interviews
Lou Sanders on everything but her show ahead of Ramsgate tour date
Lou Sanders speaks about her memoir, moving to Margate and begrudgingly about trampolines, but not about her stand-up show No Kissing in the Bingo Hall
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
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
Interviews
Ziah Ziah's artistic growth through creative freedom
TKE Studios performance art fellow Keziah Stilwell on creative exploration and shifting artistic gears.