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
Things to do in Thanet and beyond
Family-friendly Christmas events: Pantomimes, illuminations, Santa's grotto
Kids and family events in Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs this Christmas
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
Local guides
Autumn bike rides around Kent east coast and pubs to stop off at along the way
Cycle along coastlines and through woodlands on these top rides through Kent
Kids & Family
Family-friendly Halloween events: trick or treat trails, parties and more
There's so much for children to do this Halloween in Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs and beyond
Local guides
The best places in East Kent for a Sunday roast
The best pubs and restaurants for Sunday lunches in Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and out into the towns and villages of East Kent
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
Interviews
Ramsgate Pride returns for second year with drag pageants and family raves
Ramsgate Pride is back for more LGBTQ+ power and rainbows
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
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
Interviews
Ramsgate STEM outfit closes High Street doors - but it's not goodbye
Xanthe Pitt, a founder of Ramsgate’s Discovery Planet, reflects on over a decade of galactic pondering, spacecraft shields and debunking trickle down economics
Canterbury
On Yer Bike: Coastal spring rides for all abilities
With spring now upon us, make hay while the sun shines, so to speak, and get on your bike for a coastal ride under the sunshine