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The Big BIF Weekend will be taking place 15-17 July 2021.

Composer Errollyn Wallen discusses Dido’s Ghost

Tune into the BIF Digital Festival 2021 and watch recorded Buxton International Festival events from the comfort of your own home from 3 August 2021.

Editor-at-large, John Phillips talks to LBC presenter and author Iain Dale about the messages contained in his book Why Can’t We All Just Get Along: Shout Less, Listen More.

John Phillips talks to acclaimed author and naturalist Mark Cocker about a selection of nature-themed events that are taking place during the 2021 Festival.

John Andrews, Artistic Director of Red Squirrel Opera and Conductor of The Dancing Master at the 2021 Buxton International Festival, writes about Malcolm Arnold’s life, career and creative legacy.

“And what is more dull than a discreet diary? One might as well have a discreet soul.” For those, like me, with a penchant for early twentieth century history, you’ll know that books on this period are usually littered with the pithy phrases of one man. Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon was an MP who never

Renowned pianist Kathryn Stott tells us how she plans to whisk you away at her recital this summer.

Vicky Dawson, Book Festival Director, gives us a glimpse into Sarah Aspinall’s book about her flamboyant mother, Diamonds at the Lost and Found.

Peter Moore, author, historian and interviewer for the Buxton International Festival, writes about how quickly digital events have become a part of our everyday lives. At nine o’clock one Wednesday morning in July 2019, I walked out on the stage of the Pavilion Arts Centre in Buxton. The little audience that we had managed to