Brighton Festival Fringe: This Is Just To Say
Apologising is one of the most distinctively British things out there. In a culture where one is taught to say sorry from a very early age, it has quickly become…
Brighton Festival Fringe: Front
There is something novel about a performance in a shop window. Not quite as novel as it would have been a decade ago, since then the concept of watching a…
Album Review: The Indelicates
Have you heard of the Waco Siege? A failed rock star from Houston named Vernon Wayne Howell came across a bible opened at Isaiah 34, where he read: “Look in…
Food for thought: The Politics and Pleasures of Food
As a keen reader of the Observer Food Monthly, I was excited to be attending this event – especially to see restaurant critic Jay Rayner and chef Yottam Ottolenghi, two…
The Charleston Festival
The idyllic cottage, Charleston, which was once home to members of the Bloomsbury group, plays host this summer to a wide range of literary and artistic treats at the annual…
Festival round-up
Itching to get a festival ticket, but not sure where to choose? Read on for a selection of the best of this summer’s festivals, both local and further afield. Meadowlands…