A good week to be in Barcelona, at least if you are a Formula 1 fan. While most of the world’s attention might have been focussed on the...

Smaller places are often in the shadow of global cities such as London, Paris and New York. Big cities have big marketing budgets,...

Festivals are in the news at the moment, and not just because of the music. Following on from scenes of abandoned tents and other...

Major events and festivals can have a marked influence on house prices. The question is whether your house will be worth more or less. I...

The BBC4 documentary Close to Vermeer follows the development of the most successful blockbuster exhibition ever staged at the...

The festival and event industry was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020 there were only 155 festivals held – only 14% of the...

Celebrations are an important part of social life. So important in fact, that it seems we are less and less inclined to wait for...

Festivals and the cities that host them have close and dynamic relationships. In many cases the festival becomes the city, and vice...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has just announced a ‘first and last’ exhibition of all the paintings by the Dutch master Vermeer for 2023....

This was the question posed by the Dutch NOS at the recent opening of Expo 2020 in Dubai. This question is particularly poignant given...

Carnival was very different this year. Instead of the world’s biggest party spilling out onto the streets of Rio and New Orleans,...

Events are multidimensional tools. They can be used to celebrate, negotiate, highlight, frame and promote a wide range of content, from...