Last minute Bestival outfits Although we have said goodbye to summer – or rather the pitiful excuse of a summer we had in the UK this year! – the country’s music festival season rolls on with Bestival the last major event of the calendar. The brainchild of BBC Radio 1 DJ, Rob Da Bank, Bestival has been pulling in the crowds on the Isle of Wight since 2004, with a host of major acts including the likes of The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys, Basement Jaxx and the late Amy Winehouse. This year’s line-up looks equally exciting with the soulful tones of Stevie Wonder set to grace the headline slot along with Florence + the Machine a...

Roald Dahl Day fancy dress ideas Roald Dahl Day is just around the corner next week on 13th September and children across the country will be keen to take part in the numerous events and celebrations for the world’s undisputed number-one storyteller. With kids packing their rucksacks for another school year, schools nationwide will be planning Roald Dahl Day festivities next week. If your children have been encouraged to dress up for Roald Dahl Day at school or at a party with friends you might need some inspiration as to how to dress them as their favourite Roald Dahl character. Fancy dress days are always a great way for ...

Tons of tomatoes thrown at La Tomatina – the world’s largest food fight! Wednesday saw the return of La Tomatina, the world’s most colossal food fight in the heart of Valencia, Spain. Over 100 tons of tomatoes were thrown in the small town of Bunol as over 40,000 people from all over the world took part in the weird and wacky week-long festival. The town of Bunol normally holds just 10,000 inhabitants but welcomes four times that amount on the last week of every August for music, parades, dancing and fireworks which all precede the famous tomato fight. La Tomatina featured prominently in last year’s successful British film ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’, in which ...