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The Essential Guide for The Cotswolds

Lifestyle • Travel • Food and Drink • Culture • People • Events

29/08/2025

There are weekends that pass without incident, and then there are weekends that feel like they ought to be chiselled into the walls of the Cheese Hub as a reminder of why we endure the long English winter. The Big Feastival, once again, delivered the latter. Under skies that behaved themselves with uncharacteristic good manners, Alex James' farm became a sun-dappled playground for music, food, drink, and more happy faces than one field should reasonably contain. Quite simply, it was the best weekend of the year.

You can read our review of The Big Feastival 2025 here.

Our review of Big Feastival 2025

14/08/2025

It’s been a rollercoaster five years for Theo and Seb from Smiths of Bourton on the Water.

From what started as a takeaway experiment survival mission during Covid has become one of the best burger restaurants in the country, and next week, they will be creating their patty magic at The Big Feastival for the first time.

We take a deep dive into the Story of Smiths: Brothers, Burgers and Big Feastival Dreams.

Inside Smiths of Bourton

13/08/2025

The line-up for the 2025 Cheltenham Literature Festival has been revealed!

The line-up for the 2025 Cheltenham Literature Festival has been revealed

10/08/2025

A little off the beaten track with only the Cotswolds Distillery in earshot, The Straw Kitchen is a riot of mismatched chairs, decor that ignores the rules and well-cooked eggs.

Some places in the Cotswolds are so perfectly arranged you half expect to find a National Trust volunteer polishing the scones. The Straw Kitchen is not one of them. This place is a delightful oddity...

08/08/2025

The Gloucester Rugby fixtures are out 🍒

Gloucester Rugby’s 2025/26 season is set to be a thrilling campaign packed with intense matchups across the Gallagher Premiership, Premiership Rugby Cup, and Investec Champions Cup. The action...

07/08/2025

A week of style, speed and splendour at Blenheim Palace.

Here’s all you need to know about Salon Privé 2025 that takes place later this month.

A Week of Style, Speed and Splendour at Blenheim Palace

06/08/2025

The November Meeting: 100 Days To Go!

The three-day meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse has had a small rebrand with Super Saturday and Carnival Sunday being introduced.

Tickets start at just £13 (Best Mate) and £29.50 (Club). Under 18s go free!

You can find all the information in the link below.

Taking place from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November , The November Meeting at Cheltenham is one of the best weekends in the racing calendar. This year, and with a bit of a rebrand from The Jockey...

03/08/2025

We’re just three weeks away from the best weekend of the year.

The Big Feastival

Each summer, Big Feastival transforms Alex James's Cotswold farm into a heady weekend of live music, incredible food, and family-friendly mischief. But this year, it’s not just back, it’s back...

29/07/2025

Pubs and bars are more than just places to grab a drink. They are the heart of our communities, where stories are shared and great friendships made.

From the glorious return of the iconic Hollow Bottom in Guiting Power, The Beehive in Cheltenham enjoying a new lease of life, and the soulful, vinyl-soaked, launch of Parler this week, there’s a new wave of local institutions that are bringing people back together.

There was a time when the pub was where Britain happened. Arguments were settled in the car park or over a game of darts and spilled beer, lifelong friendships were made and local legends born. Yet,...

27/07/2025

The wonderful new Parler™ Bar opens its doors in Cheltenham tomorrow.

Born from the vision of friends with an eye for detail and an ear for music, Parler is a gentle collision of cultures and eras: vintage Parisian café charm meets classic cocktail bar elegance, filtered through the grit and casual cool of a modern urban taproom. Yet it doesn’t cling to nostalgia.

We have written a piece about Parler which you can read below.

Tucked away just off the familiar rhythms of Cheltenham’s town centre, Parler™ opens its doors on Monday 28th July and with it, ushers in something altogether more refined, more deliberate, and...

22/07/2025

The Hollow Bottom is reopening this Friday!

One of the Cotswolds’ most iconic racing pubs, The Hollow Bottom, is set to reopen its doors on Friday 25th July 2025, under the experienced stewardship of chefs Nathan Eades and Liam Goff. ...

21/07/2025

One of Cheltenham’s most iconic pubs has reopened its doors.

One of Montpellier’s most iconic pubs is making its comeback, promising the same legendary vibe that has made it so popular over the last decade or more. The Beehive Montpellier has officially...

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