Robin Askew

It’s festival season, and for those who prefer their al fresco music loud that means only one thing around these parts: ArcTanGent. A week later, the Bristol Extreme Fest makes a welcome return to the Trinity Centre. Life of Agony Thekla, Wednesday August 5 Independent journalism is needed now More than ever Keep our city's journalism independent. Become a supporter member today. Brooklyn alternative metallers who forever seem to be splitting up and getting back together again.

“Deep in an English forest, a man on the run returns again and again to the same moment of judgement. . . and the same impossible choice.” That’s the intriguing teaser synopsis for Binding Eva, a new self-financed supernatural thriller, which has been selected for the First Blood strand, dedicated to first-time British directors, at this year’s world-renowned Tubi FrightFest at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square.

The Slapstick Festival of silent film and visual comedy returns to Bristol for its 23rd annual outburst of mirth from Wednesday 10 – Sunday 14 February 2027. The organisers are still working on the programme, but it’s just been announced that the centrepiece of the flagship Slapstick Gala at the Bristol Beacon on Friday 12 February will be a 100th anniversary screening of the Buster Keaton classic The General.