Thanet's Alternative Valentine’s Day Guide

Want to do something a bit different this Valentine’s Day, or just avoid it altogether? Here’s our guide to what’s on in Thanet this February 14.

News and things to do: Harriet Kemsley, Sunday Papers Live, Lambrini Girls

Stand up for International Women's Day, wine tasting, cold water swimming, gigs, exhibitions and more

Hazen Vaughan, Great British Bake Off: 'You don’t see the chaos. People are stressed'

Much like a rolex that cuts like a pillowy sponge, so much of the Great British Bake Off is an illusion, as contestant Hazel Vaughan reveals

News and things to do: Best restaurants, Self Esteem, Galaxy Season

Thanet restaurants make up a third of The Time's southeast cost favourites, Self Esteem's West End residency, and opportunities to explore the galaxies

Thanet’s independent music venues “hanging in there” as others shut their doors

Ramsgate Music Hall’s André Dack and Sammy Clarke of Margate’s Where Else on the existential threat facing hundreds of independent music venues in the UK

News and things to do: Pendulum, Sugar Rush, The Traitors

Pendulum at Dreamland, Sugar Rush to close, opportunities for fans of lying and more

News and things to do: Good Food Guide, Independent Venue Week, LGBT+ History Month

Another Thanet restaurant makes the Good Food Guide, Independent Venue Week gigs, LGBT+ History Month and more

Winter dining deals in Thanet and East Kent

Winter is biting and so are we. Restaurants and bars in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate have some great offers to get you through the colder months

News and things to do: Epic art trail, lots of gigs, big screen cat videos

Fill that new 2025 diary with Margate's massive winter art trail, lots of live music, cat videos on the big screen, and plenty more

Mike Goldwater: ‘There’s a lot of spirit and a lot of beauty’

Photojournalist Mike Goldwater on turning his lens on home in his new book Island

Strange Tourist #35: Ramsgate photographer Mike Goldwater, Off Season, CatVideoFest

Mike Goldwater on photographing Thanet, Margate's epic winter art trail, music, comedy, poetry and big screen cat videos

News and things to do: Christmas and on into the New Year

Christmas party season is still hanging in there, and new events are already being announced for 2025