Dragonfly Magic at WWT London (Until 22 Sept!)

Sep 03 2025
Dragonfly Festival foot safari

If you’re running out of ways to keep the kids entertained before term-time routines fully kick in, there’s still one magical adventure waiting for families in London: the Dragonfly Festival at WWT London Wetland Centre.

Running until 22 September 2025, this first-ever celebration of dragonflies has already captured imaginations — and there’s still time to be part of it.

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“Signed, Sealed, Delivered – For Good” – Stevie Wonder’s BST Hyde Park finale brings the Summer of Love back to London

Jul 13 2025
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In the twelve years I’ve been covering BST Hyde Park concerts, from the Rolling Stones, Duran Duran and Sabrina Carpenter, I’ve never seen the park this full, this charged, or this unified in joy as I did on Saturday 12 July 2025, when Stevie Wonder, at 79, took to the stage for what is believed to be his final UK tour date. Families sprawled out on parched yellow grass, teenagers wearing vintage Motown tees, and elders holding each other close – all gathered beneath the scorching London sun for a man who transcends generations, genres and even ideologies.

This wasn’t just a concert. It was a communion.

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Gig review: Yusuf / Cat Stevens at BST Hyde Park – A soul-stirring homecoming of peace, music and memory

Jul 12 2025
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There are concerts that entertain. And then there are moments like this — concerts that reach inside your soul, stir up your past, and remind you of why music even matters in the first place. Yesterday at BST Hyde Park, amidst one of London’s hottest days on record, something truly magical happened: Yusuf / Cat Stevens took to the stage, and for 60 glorious, transcendent minutes, time stopped.

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