A true English classic reads war poetry

Poet and broadcaster

Revolutionary Shakespeare company

Artistic director of Hampstead Theatre

A uniquely brilliant guide to the physical world…

Compere on the Bowling Green

Timeless tunes that echo memories past and foreshadow what’s to come

Like a gang of mammoths stampeding through Detroit finding their way to the next whisky bar

A true musical great returns to Cornwall…

Slow Club is Sheffield boy-girl duo Charles Watson (guitar, vocals, piano) and Rebecca Taylor (drums, vocals, guitar). The band formed in 2005 when they were both still teenagers and spent the next two years touring relentlessly around the North of England. A support slot with US band Tilly And The Wall brought them to the […]

Enter the wider world of Port Eliot Festival…

Create your own pieces at legendary jewellery designer’s masterclass

An unmissable drawing masterclass for kids from the founder of Biba

Taking hair dressing to a whole new territory…

A true fashion genius will help you go to the Prom

One of the country’s best young milliners coming to make floral headdresses

Some call it ‘psychedelic AOR’’ others ‘underwater disco’…

Arguably the UK’s greatest DJ…

A visit from Wales’ greatest musical storyteller

One third of Doves, now a solo artist…

The UK’s greatest sound recordist

Make reservations at our Orangery restaurant now…

Executive chef at Stein Restaurants

The forager, cook, former botanist and mum of three behind Fat Hen

Renowned private chef comes to the Big Kitchen

Restaurant Confidential

Benjamin Ranyard is a gardener and horticulturist who grows traditional annual flowers in a Cornish paddock (Higgledy Garden). They are grown without the use of any chemicals and are available online. He prides himself in providing the good people of the United Kingdom a quality alternative to the mono culture rubbish flown in from overseas. […]

Tony Howard was born in the North East from a mining family, he joined the army when he was 16 and served 11 years with 3 Para. When he came out of the army he was a chef in a restaurant in London and then worked as a fund raiser for an Aids charity before […]

From woven straw unicorns to thimbles of flowers for a tea party of mice, the Port Eliot Flower Show is a place where imagination blossoms. We pay fond homage to our roots in the traditional English flower and vegetable shows, while cheerfully casting the rule book aside.

One woman’s search for love, happiness and the perfect wave.

Author of Portobello Road: Lives of a Neighbourhood

The Idler’s Idler

Producer behind Blackadder, Spitting Image, Q.I. and more

Author and teacher drawing lessons from the ancient arts of the trivium

Imagine a place where you can dance with trolls, take tea with a giant, make mischief with the pixies and knit dreams with a faerie. Only the wildest of imaginations will open the door to this fantastical other world…