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Ryland Caravan 2026: The House of Love

MAC’s one-day music festival, Ryland Caravan, rolls into the Outdoor Theatre for the fourth year with a brilliant line-up of indie legends including The House of Love and Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band.
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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest

Acclaimed photographer Clare Hewitt presents new work that celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate.
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Dive into new creative adventures

Unleash your inner artist and explore sessions in ceramics, stained glass, textiles, jewellery, painting, printmaking, wellbeing, music, writing and more.
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  1. TDE: Hans Koller Quintet featuring Rebecka Edlund and John O'Gallagher

    Music
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  2. Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch 2

    Comedy
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  3. Ryland Caravan 2026: The House of Love

    Music
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Cinema highlights

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  1. Two women face each other in a dimly lit, industrial-style interior space. One person, wearing a purple/blue shirt with short dreadlocks, reaches out and touches the chest of the other, who has shoulder-length blonde hair and wears a dark blazer with a white scarf. The mood is tense and intimate. Wooden beams and a staircase are visible in the blurred background.

    Mother Mary

    Cinema
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  2. The image shows a middle-aged man with a shaved/closely cropped grey head, a full grey-white beard, and a visible tattoo on the side of his neck. He's wearing a dark shirt and appears to be in a contemplative or serious mood, looking slightly downward.

    The Road Of Excess + Q&A

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  3. Four young women posed on a metal spiral staircase outside a building with a blue and grey tiled facade. They wear colourful late-1960s/early-1970s fashions including a yellow mini dress with beaded necklaces, a pink lace mini skirt with white go-go boots, and a green and white striped top.

    Kaleidoscope: Music Near The Park

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Creative courses

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  1. A group of people in a yoga studio, in child's pose on their mats

    Iyengar Yoga (WB93 Summer)

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  2. A hand is holding a black camera, with the background blurred. In the camera lens, there is a close up of plants.

    Exposure II: Digital Photography (DM02 Summer)

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  3. A person is writing into an open notebook, with papers to the side of them with text on it

    Introduction to Life Writing (WR110 Summer)

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