From mountain photography to ice-climbing – try it all at this summer festival in the French Alps
Improve your mountain skills by day and party by night at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy in Chamonix
Float review – pregnancy is an intergalactic voyage in this poetic solo
Indra Wilson’s imaginative monologue is a touching exploration of grief and hope through space travel
Gong baths and a naked sauna: my search for inner peace at Glastonbury
The festival can feel like 24/7 sensory overload, but it does have a more tranquil side …
‘It got messy’: the good, the bad and the sneezy of testing hay fever remedies
This week: hay fever cures that actually work; festival essentials; and the best SPFs, tested
Electrolyte sachets are everywhere – but will they cure a festival hangover?
Marketed to ‘party people’ and touted as a faster route to hydration than water, electrolytes are in the middle of a boom
‘Everybody is celebrated’: Notting Hill carnival’s push for plus-size positivity
Body confidence group hope to remind people the festival has always been a celebration of freedom
I’m autistic – and I couldn’t be happier than when I’m lost in a huge crowd
Whereas in a small group I freeze, surrounded by a mass of people at Glastonbury or the football, I lose all my inhibitions and feel that I fit into the human race
I’m doing the Edinburgh fringe at full-term pregnancy – and not just because I’d paid the deposit
Pregnancy is a privilege but is also weird, awkward and difficult. The cathartic nature of standup helps us consider the confusion of imminent parenthood
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show review – a total takedown of gendered expectations
Using snippets of pop culture, lip-syncing, video and clowning, the pair craft a rich exploration of eating disorders and gender dysphoria
‘I can still dance when I’m sober!’ My alcohol-free Glastonbury diary
On Saturday, I celebrated 365 days without booze. How would I cope, surrounded by thousands of well-lubricated strangers?
Outdoor vibes: 10 of Britain’s best wild festivals for 2022
From mountain survival to foraging to Charlotte Church’s pop dungeon … the best adventure and wellness festivals offer outdoor pursuits by day and all-out partying by night
Indigenous Amazon singers and sacred cacao … the UK festival that’s wild in a different way
The Medicine weekender specialises in nature and cultural exchange – a rare festival that you leave feeling better than when you arrived
Go rewild in the country: a weekend kids’ camp in Sussex
Nature and falconry sessions on the mystical High Weald are topped off by a session at a ‘wild spa’. It’s a joyful, muddy hit with this family
Five of the UK’s best adventure and wellness festivals in 2020
Combine active, healthy days with nights of partying at an increasingly popular type of festival, where outdoor pursuits meet live music