Interviews with creative people in Thanet and East Kent

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.

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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

A woman stands behind a microphone wearing a bra. She wears a black wig with pigtail lifted up by red rope. Another woman plays saxophone in the background.

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Ziah Ziah's artistic growth through creative freedom

TKE Studios performance art fellow Keziah Stilwell on creative exploration and shifting artistic gears.

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

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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

A man and a woman dressed as pirates stand in front of a skull and crossbones, and two crossed swords.

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New Ramsgate bookshop mines Thanet treasures for literary gain

Plunder bookshop’s Seb Reilly on treasures other than the gold or buried kind

A woman with white hair sits in the front row of an otherwise empty cinema looking directly into the camera

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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 pile of black and white photo strips from from an old analogue photobooth

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'Dying breed' photo booth art project brings 'a lot of joy'

Dogs and their owners, people recreating past photographs and a cheeky flash - a lot goes on behind the curtain at Ramsgate community arts project, The Love Booth

An elderly woman with grey hair sits on a stool, dressed in black with colourful art in the background

Things to do in Thanet and beyond

In pictures: Anna Boghiguian's The Sunken Boat at Turner Contemporary

Inside the latest exhibition at Margate's Turner Contemporary, and our delightfully off topic conversation with artist Anna Boghiguian

A group of people celebrate Pride in Ramsgate

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Ramsgate Pride returns for second year with drag pageants and family raves

Ramsgate Pride is back for more LGBTQ+ power and rainbows

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New DIY LGBTQ+ library a ‘form of resistance’

A mobile library on a bike, donated books and a 'Cats for Trans Rights' banner; Margate Queer Library & Archive founder Sè Malaika on creating a new community minded space

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

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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

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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

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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