Grimsby's Rumble Band set dates for two not-to-be-missed 40th anniversary gigs
It was all thanks to the Grimsby Telegraph's musical maestro, Steve Jackson, that the band got back together 40 years ago. He urged Rumble Band frontman, Dave Ranshaw to headline a Live Aid concert in ...
The UK’s best music festivals: where should you go in 2025?
But where to go? Now is the prime time to be booking festivals, and the UK has a lot to offer in terms of choice: electronic ...
The Age3d
Banned from wearing uniforms, paramedics pull out of Midsumma Pride March
Victoria Police withdrew from the event last week. Midsumma Festival organisers said that the decision to trial a new approach was taken after sections of the LGBTQ community said the ...
PEDESTRIAN.TV3d
Pill Testing To Be Rolled Out At 4 More Victorian Music Festivals: ‘Highly Successful’
Four more music festivals in Victoria are set to host pill testing ... These are Hardmission Festival (8 February), Pitch Music and Arts Festival (7-11 March), Ultra Music Festival (12 April ...
Times Colonist5d
India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers
The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers. Hindus take a series of ritual baths at ...
The Victoria Advocate6d
15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival
A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday. Deadly crowd crushes are a ...
Times Colonist4d
Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival
Wife of Amit, a man from Haryana who died in the early morning stampede during the Maha Kumbh festival, weeps holding her child outside a mortuary in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29 ...
The Victoria Advocate5d
At least 30 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival
"Thirty devotees have unfortunately died," senior police officer Vaibhav Krishna told reporters during an evening news conference at the festival. "Ninety injured were taken to the hospital." ...
Nottingham Post5d
Beer festival returns to Nottingham Castle - but not as you'll know it
Nottingham’s beer fans are in luck as a new festival celebrating local breweries, cider makers and foodies will be heading to the city’s castle this spring. On April 4 and 5, the Nottingham ...
Daily Record3d
Strathaven Beer Festival tickets are set to go on sale
Tickets for the upcoming Strathaven Beer Festival will go on sale in February, with locals given priority billing. That’s thanks to a ticket-sales event at The Weavers on Green Street.
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Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...