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BBC News
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Latitude Festival welcomes new science arena to four-day event
One of the UK's biggest music and art festivals has announced it will have a science-focused arena during the four-day Latitude Festival is expected to welcome more than 40,000 people to Henham Park, near Southwold in Suffolk, between 24 and 27 new science area is called The Cosmic Shambles Forest of Science and Culture and has been curated by The Cosmic Shambles Network, which was founded by Robin Ince and Trent the forest there will be a science festival infused with a book club, comedy club, music and interactive museum. 'Genuine thrill' Organisers say the new arena will mark the first time something like this has been hosted at Latitude in the past 19 years. Melvin Benn, founder and director of Latitude Festival, said: "The addition of the Cosmic Shambles Forest to this year's Latitude Festival is a genuine thrill."There's nowhere else that brings together oceanographers, comedians, astrophysicists, musicians, poets, and puppet dogs in quite the same way. This is something truly special for 2025."Burton, the Cosmic Shambles Network producer and co-founder, said: "We're going to bring our unique Shambles flavour to the forest over the whole weekend."Helen Czerski is a physicist, oceanographer, author and a fan of the network. She said: "The audience at Latitude love new ideas, and are definitely up for satisfying their curiosity alongside getting their fill of music and sun."The science forest is set to explore a wide-range of topics such as climate science, horror cinema, particle physics, literature, neurodiversity, space exploration, mental health, and headliners for the festival have previously been announced as Sting, Fatboy Slim and Snow Patrol. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Warwickshire ALSO Festival announces line-up
A Warwickshire festival that promises a "magical and immersive experience" has announced its line-up and Festival is held at Park Farm, Compton Verney from 11 to 13 July and hosts a variety of events, activities and guests - ranging from literature to science and theme for its 12th event is Love and Horror, with 142 events being held over the names attending include comedians Dom Joly and Robin Ince, and musicians Molotov Jukebox. "As we've always known, to come together to go wild in the wild each summer is what we humans are built to do and a summer festival is an essential part of a year lived well," festival CEO and co-founder, Diccon Towns. Other notable guests include author Ella Berthoud, who will lead a guided Jane Austen tour, as well as a panel hosted by Paddington writer, Joel Morris. Stand-up comedian and writer, Athena Kugbleno will host a talk on misinformation, and comedian Rob Deering is set to host a music-based comedy pop acts will include Samba drumming workshop, Tribo, rapper Madeleine MINX Dunbar, and lead vocal coach for The Voice, Juliet this, there will be other activities including murder mystery games, run clubs, wild swimming, horror movie workshops and a bat walk. Mr Towns described the festival as "highly immersive, truly experiential, and highly curated"."We make it effortless for our guests to engage with big, life enhancing ideas and live a wild summer weekend in an extraordinary location." Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
