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Press coverage of Big Brue, the new festival of ideas coming to Bruton.

Country Living · August 2026

"We're losing our capacity to disagree agreeably"

A profile of Big Brue founder Mariella Frostrup on dog walks, Somerset's creative energy, and reviving the lost art of civilised debate.

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Bath Life · Issue 549, July 2026

"Brue Sky Thinking"

Cover feature meeting the Big Brue founders, with a taster of the festival's stellar speaker line-up and a look at the Hauser & Wirth Somerset venue.

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Western Gazette · 18 June 2026

"New festival offering food for thought"

Front page coverage announcing Big Brue to the local Somerset readership.

Western Gazette, 18 June 2026, front page

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