Summer season
A weekly interactive guide to the biggest and best events of the British summer.
Each week the Guardian's team of photographers and picture editors will bring you interactive coverage of the season's highlights, from arts events to music festivals to sporting gatherings. The festivities on this year's social calendar kick off with the Chelsea flower show in May and end with Cowes week in August.
Blazers and bubbly – a Henley regatta photo essay
Photographer Alicia Canter took to the river Thames for the rowing social event of the year, Henley’s 178-year old royal regatta
Staycations and carnival – a Weymouth photo essay
In the last days of the summer, and with a new school term looming, photographer Alicia Canter takes a fond look around her hometown in Dorset, which is enjoying a boom in visitors
Holiday camp – a Butlins photo essay
As Butlins in Bognor Regis welcomes thousands of holidaymakers, photographer David Levene joins the ranks of happy campers
Sunbeams and Dragons: Cowes Week – a photo essay
Over the course of the Cowes Regatta off the Isle of Wight more than 800 boats will take part in a week of racing
Inside the BBC at Wimbledon – a photo essay
The BBC and the All England Lawn Tennis Club have the longest partnership in sports broadcasting history - stretching back to 1937
Portmeirion's Festival No 6: a visual tour
Guardian photojournalist Christopher Thomond immerses himself in the distinctive Welsh festival that describes itself ‘as a bespoke banquet of music, arts and culture’
Notting Hill carnival 2015: a visual tour
Guardian photojournalist David Levene donned his rain mac and got down and dirty on the streets of west London to bring us a late summer tour of Europe’s biggest street party
Ashes 2015 – a visual tour of the fifth Test at The Oval
The Guardian’s photojournalist Tom Jenkins went to the final Test of the historic cricket series at the Kia Oval for an alternative view of international cricket’s historic rivalry
The Kennel Club's agility festival: a visual tour
David Silitoe’s visual tour of the Kennel Club International Agility Festival at Rockingham Castle
Up, up and away: Bristol balloon fiesta – an audio-visual tour
An audio-visual tour of Bristol balloon fiesta
Cambridge folk festival: a visual tour of the city's musical show
Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee travelled to Cambridge to attend the city’s folk festival, one of the country’s most enduring musical gatherings
Cromer Pier: a visual tour
As the summer holiday starts for most families, Guardian photojournalist David Levene heads for Cromer in Norfolk
Henley regatta: a visual tour of the royal rowing festival on the Thames
A taste of the sights and sounds of the famous rowing regatta, from the crews and crowds, to the boats and bowler hats
Goodwood Festival of Speed: a visual tour of the motoring extravaganza
From concourse displays and champagne bars to rally stages, there was something to keep the most ardent speed freaks and casual visitors amused
Royal Ascot: a class act – interactive
The Guardian’s chief sports photographer Tom Jenkins covered Royal Ascot, one of the highlights of the flat racing – and social season
South of England show: a visual tour
Guardian photojournalist Graeme Robertson went to Ardingly to take a look at the South of England show for the fourth piece in our summer season series
Appleby Horse Fair: a visual tour of Europe's biggest annual gypsy and traveller gathering
Guardian photojournalist Christopher Thomond went to Cumbria to experience the Appleby Horse Fair - from the journey on the road to the river wash and horse trading on site
Glyndebourne: a visual tour of opera's al fresco festival
Guardian photojournalist Graeme Robertson went to Glyndebourne Opera festival to discover the sights as well as the sounds of the annual event, unearthing tasty treats and taking a peek backstage
Chelsea Flower Show: a visual tour of the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual competition
Guardian photojournalist Sarah Lee went to south-west London this week to photograph the opening event of the social season
