In response to the lockdown, the Community Larder continued with better spacing in the Salvation Army hall and younger volunteers.

Thieves smashed through the front window of The Rose and Thistle in La Duquesa, Manilva, making off with charity tins, cash, and even a few beers before vanishing into the night. Owner Simon ...

There are festivals and then there are mega-festivals, some of the largest gatherings of people on the planet. Most of the “biggest music festival in the world” data is outdated and unsourced so here ...

Back for its 36th year, the Alliance Française French Film Festival will once again be treating local Francophile’s to the ... The Omega Series by Pamela Irving re-contextualises discarded objects and ...

This week, Canberra is buzzing with the Canberra Comedy Festival, the final days of our magnificent hot air balloon festival ... The Omega Series by Pamela Irving re-contextualises discarded objects ...

(AP Video by Piyush Nagpal) Holi festival Holi celebration at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Hindu devotees cheer as they celebrate Holi ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colours, in ...

Given the maelstrom of disinformation and growing tension on the world stage, this year’s 2025 International Festival theme of The Truth We Seek is a timely one. EIF Director Nicola Benedetti calls it ...

Next year, Holi will begin March 4, 2026. The Hindu festival of Holi is an ancient ritual marks the end of winter and honors the triumph of good over evil, according to National Geographic.

It also marks the arrival of spring and the end of winter, making it a significant harvest festival. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna, who had a dark complexion, often worried whether ...

The ancient festival has Hindu roots, but growing numbers worldwide are taking part in the celebration, which features bonfires, singing, dancing, prayer, feasting and clouds of pigmented powder.