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Cherry picking traditions from Russia and Japan Cherry-picking, by definition in English at least, is a bit of a brutal affair: grab the best and reject the rest.
But in other cultures, a far more subtle and romantic relationship with the fruit has blossomed, and Buxton International Festival has cherry-picked the best of these for 2019.

Half the thrill of books which predict a terrifying future is guessing when the fiction might become reality. George Orwell only gave us 35 years to get ready for 1984, but if you are thinking of reading John Lanchester’s gripping The Wall, do it now before it all comes true.

How we abuse the natural environment will soon be viewed with the same kind of horror now reserved for slavery or child labour, explains one of the nation’s foremost nature writers.

Perspectives brings together Britain’s foremost thinkers and commentators to discuss some of the defining issues of our age – from Science and AI to Are gender stereotypes damaging our children?

Pour yourself a drink and enjoy the sounds of jazz, folk and world music in the intimate surroundings of the Pavilion Cafe.

Festival Press officer John Phillips looks back at the year it all began. Buxton Festival hit the headlines with its first opening night in 1979 for all the wrong reasons, but has made history ever since for all the right ones.

Are you the kind of traveller who prefers eccentric to mainstream, undiscovered to overdone? If so, definitely consider heading to Buxton during Festival season 5-21 July when the town is at its quirky best.

Buxton International Festival’s new opera about the life of the fifth Duchess of Devonshire will tackle an obsession which the Hollywood film version of her life barely touched.

If you could use a time machine where would you go? Inspired by Peter Moore’s Travel Through Time podcast, Book Festival Director Victoria Dawson lists the times and places that she’d most like to visit.

Many visitors to Buxton assume that they need their own transport to explore the area but as the Festival is situated in the middle of the Peak District there are plenty of ways to see the local sights without a car.