Thanet culture guide

Four books sit on a round wooden table

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 Sé Malaika on creating a new community minded space

Jun 7, 2025

by Zita Whalley

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

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

May 24, 2025

by Andy Malt

A collage of people

Small but mighty: Margate Fringe returns

May 17, 2025

by Andy Malt

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

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

May 3, 2025

by Andy Malt

A group of people sit at tables. Two children look through kaleidoscopes.

Ramsgate STEM outfit closes High Street doors - but it's not goodbye

Apr 26, 2025

by Zita Whalley

A blonde woman wearing a black hoodie stares into the camera

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

Mar 22, 2025

by Andy Malt

A one storey building bearing a sign reading 'PIE'

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

Mar 15, 2025

by Andy Malt

A man stands at a flipchart on which is written 'Drawing is magic' with two cartoon birds

The Dinosaur That Pooped illustrator: ‘Trust what comes out of the pencil’

Mar 8, 2025

by Zita Whalley

Several elderly women dressed in white stand around a gold four poster bed. The woman in the foreground holds her finger to her lips.

'Old dried up prunes' take the stage in a playful protest against ageism

Mar 1, 2025

by Zita Whalley

A group of women dressed in white stand around a gold four poster bed. Another woman is in the bed.

POW Thanet's Decade of Dissent a reflection of festival's past says CEO Rosanagh Fuller

Feb 22, 2025

by Zita Whalley

A woman with dark her wears a green shirt covered by a brown apron.

Hazen Vaughan, Great British Bake Off: 'You don’t see the chaos. People are stressed'

Feb 1, 2025

by Zita Whalley

A band perform on stage in a small music venue

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

Jan 25, 2025

by Andy Malt

A black and white photo of three people. A man in the foreground holds up a devil horn gesture.

Photographer Mike Goldwater captures the 'spirit' and 'beauty' of Thanet in new book

Jan 11, 2025

by Zita Whalley

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A bald man in a green shirt wearing no shoes sits cross legged

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Nov 5, 2026

A Sunday post lunch on a white plate

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