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What to do about the Disney+ price increase
Disney+ Standard is now £11.99 a month, yet £119.90 for a year. Monthly bills rise from 18 November, so I'd choose a year, ads or a break before then.
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Find your next read
Whether the next book is for you or for someone else, I'd start from who it's for and how they like to read, not a bestseller list. My book finder narrows thousands of books from UK bookshops in a few taps, and this is how I'd choose.
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A weekend at Ars Electronica Linz 2027
Ars Electronica is Linz's festival of digital art, science and technology, running since 1979 and back from 8 to 12 September 2027. It's worth a weekend if you pick one thread and stop trying to see everything.
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One weekend at Ghent's Gentse Feesten 2027
The Ghent Festivities (Gentse Feesten) are ten days of mostly free music, theatre and street performance across Ghent's historic centre, 16–25 July 2027. For one weekend, I'd pick a few shows and let the city join the dots.
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Lux or the Biennial for a Helsinki art weekend?
Helsinki has two very different art trips in 2027: Lux Helsinki, a light art festival over New Year, and the summer Helsinki Biennial on Vallisaari island. I'd pick Lux for a dark, frosty city weekend and the Biennial for ferries, island art and long evenings.
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Planning a Primavera Sound Barcelona 2027 trip
Primavera Sound is Barcelona's big seafront music festival, back at Parc del Fòrum on 3–5 June 2027. I'd protect your sleep, plan the late journey home and do one Barcelona thing a day, not five.
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A film festival weekend at IFFR Rotterdam 2027
IFFR is Rotterdam's international film festival, running 28 January to 7 February 2027 with premieres, Q&As and talks open to anyone with a ticket. Two or three films you can't see at home, plus the city's architecture and food, make the best weekend.
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Las Fallas Valencia 2027 in two nights
Las Fallas is Valencia's March festival of giant satirical monuments, daily firecrackers and fire, ending when the monuments burn on the night of 19 March. In 2027 that's a Friday, so a Thursday-to-Saturday stay sees the fallas standing and the finale.
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Visiting 3daysofdesign Copenhagen in 2027
3daysofdesign is Copenhagen's yearly design festival, with free public access to showrooms and exhibitions across the city on 9–11 June 2027. It runs Wednesday to Friday, so it works best as a midweek neighbourhood walk.
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Salone or showrooms at Milan Design Week 2027?
Milan Design Week is two things: the Salone del Mobile trade fair at Rho (13–18 April 2027, public days 17–18 April) and Fuorisalone's citywide showrooms and installations. One public Salone day plus one well-chosen city district is the trip I'd book.
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Which weekend to book for Venice Carnival 2027
Venice Carnival is a citywide festival of masks and costumes, mostly free to watch, running 23 January to 9 February 2027. The opening weekend brings the buzz, the last the peak costumes and a middle one a calmer visit.
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Amsterdam Light Festival 2027 in two nights
Amsterdam Light Festival is a winter trail of light art along the city's canals, much of it free to walk, with Edition 16 running 25 November 2027 to 16 January 2028. Two nights, walking the route rather than taking a boat, makes the best trip.