Maidstone’s Literary Moment: The 2025 LitFest Preview
Running 4th–11th October, the third annual Maidstone LitFest offers a week-long celebration of books, stories, and ideas, with events across venues in and around Maidstone.
Wünderbar Wünder Harbour returns - Oktoberfest Folkestone
Fun-filled weekends blending the best of Bavarian tradition with the unique charm of Folkestone Harbour
Maihen Bespoke Picture Framing: the art of art preservation
“We pride ourselves on the highest-quality framing and customer service experience”
DRAWING BREATH: INTERVIEW WITH MARGATE ARTIST LILY MIXE
How Thanet artist Lily Mixe is giving the ocean a voice on the streets and in the studio
RECIPE: Wild venison loin with creamed celeriac and hunter’s pie with Nordic House
Chef Jenny Warner’s private dining brand blends fine dining with seasonal Nordic flavours and zero-waste principles
Faversham Fringe Festival returns for 2025 with a month of shows
A mix of drama, comedy, music, cabaret, poetry, improv, drag, and family shows across three venues
MOTION COLOUR SCENE: Artist Phillip Long
Whitstable artist Phillip Long on how a psychedelic past still shapes his vibrant artwork of the present
MAKING A POINT: The UK's first 3x3 Basketball team lands in London
Bromley couple Alice and Ashley Hamilton step on to the global streetball stage with new 3x3 basketball team
FROM ROME TO RAMSGATE: Matthew May's new fashion brand MAI
Created by celebrated designer Matthew May, MAI Clothing is aiming to stitch community, creativity and couture together
Celebrating Creativity at St Edmund’s: A Canvas of Artistic Excellence
Kent students compete for The Canterbury Art Prize
Folkestone Documentary Festival - 5th edition!
See the world's best new documentaries by the sea
ESOTERIC KENT: Gothic Presence and Mary Shelley in Ramsgate
Columnist Anna Willatt aka Esoteric Isle follows a lead about Gothic author Mary Shelley’s time in Ramsgate…
IN CONVERSATION WITH… BEN MACKLIN
Faversham House Music producer on viral tracks and studying the genre
Whitstable Weekends: Where to go and what to see in Whitstable Autumn 2025
From Contemporary Art to Plunge Barrels and Aerial Yoga to Miso Banana Butterscotch Ice Creams, experience a different side to Whitstable
STARTING FROM SCRATCH: Deal team to change the music industry with eco-vinyl
How Deal’s Evolution Music could be about to change the world by making vinyl sustainable
Soul Guardians: Maidstone's Northern Soul night Keeping the Faith
Soul Guardians celebrate a decade of bringing Northern Soul nights to Maidstone
The Sunken Garden Eco Fair 2025
The Fair will be a day filled with fun workshops, inspiring talks and eco ideas for all
REVIEW: Boeuf, Rochester
The menu is to the point; indeed, steak frites is the only main course
Renaissance Faire UK: The Crossing of Worlds comes to Quex Park, Kent
Experience an immersive escape where actors weave among the crowd, chatting, questing and drawing you into the story