Plus Stephen Frears, Simon Garfield, Lawrence from Felt, Hg2 DJs

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Dominic West, BAFTA-winning star of The Wire, The Hour, The Awakening and Appropriate Adult has joined the line-up for this year’s festival. Dominic will be interviewing eminent Sanskrit scholar and paragliding pioneer Sir Jim Mallinson about his forthcoming book Rogue Yogis and the film they are making together at the Kumbh Mela festival next year. Dominic will also be awarding the prizes in the inaugural Port Eliot Spelling Bee.

From 9pm-3am every night of the festival, a host of DJs, including house music pioneer Brandon Block will take over the brand new Sipsmith/Hg2 bar and indie cult hero Lawrence from Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart will be in discussion with Will Hodgkinson of The Times and Paul Kelly, director of Lawrence of Belgravia, the forthcoming documentary about Lawrence’s work, life and musical ambition.

Festival to take a break in 2013

After this year’s festival, Port Eliot will be taking a sabbatical until 2014. Catherine St Germans says: “It’s been five years since the festival last paused for breath and, after considerable thought, we have decided to take a break in 2013, so there will be no Port Eliot Festival next year. The year off will be a chance for the gardens to thrive and for the Port Eliot organisers to step off the roundabout and take longer to plot for 2014. So, now there’s a breather around the corner, we are doubly determined to go out with the greatest festival we’ve ever staged. If you have a ticket for this year, brace yourselves for a magnificent time and if you’re considering coming, now’s the moment to get in before we begin our gap year.”

Latest line-up list:

WORDS
John Cooper Clarke, Jessica Hynes, Dominic West, Tracy Chevalier, Stephen Frears, William Dalrymple, Jon Ronson, Simon Garfield, Simon Munnery, Miles Jupp, Luke Wright, Murray Lachlan Young, Rosie Boycott, Hannah Rothschild, Kate Summerscale, Andy Kershaw, Nick Rosen, Matthew Hollis, Robert MacFarlane, Geoff Dyer, Susie Parr, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Craig Taylor, Ben Masters, Rebecca Pike, Sam Leith, Mick Brown, dovegreyreader, Ali Smith, Christopher Biggins, Laura Beatty, Pamflet, Alex Bellos, Paul Murray, Wynn & Sally Chamberlain, Duncan Minshull, Jim Mallinson, Richard Milward, John Wright, Joanna Walsh aka ‘Badaude’, Tishani Doshi, Brian Selznick, Chris Yates, Dan Kieran, Matthew De Abaitua, Marcel Theroux, Will Hodgkinson, 5×15, Will Fiennes, Roy Hutchins, Matt Harvey, Paddy Bramwells, Jackie Kay, James Flint, David Bramwell, Chris Lewis, John Andrews, Jon Berry, Tom O’Reilly, The Gentle Author, Luke Jennings, Neil R. Thomson, Pete Fowler, Mr Natty, Roger Wyndham-Barnes, Tim Pilcher, Sarah Angliss, Colin Uttley, Dave Mounfield, Mathew Clayton, Gary Knights, Jamie Brisick, Eric James, Will Burns, Telltales, ProfWriting and Camper Obscura

MUSIC & CABARET
Stornoway, Toy, Andrew Weatherall, Suggs, Jeb Loy Nichols, Cate Le Bon, Laetitia Sadier, Bristol HiFi Sound System (DJ set,) By The Sea, The See See, Diagrams, Tim Burgess (DJ set), The Bees, Brandon Block, Tim Lyall, H Hawkline, Louis Eliot & The Embers, John Hegley, Jo & Danny (DJ set), RSVP, Spoonful, Geoff Travis (DJ set), Grasscut, Stealing Sheep, Crybaby, Black Kat Boppers, Late of the Pier (DJ set), Sean Rowley’s Guilty Pleasures, Gaz Mayall, Jon Kennedy, Robert Ellis, Lazersonic, Ali B, 2 Tonic, Maia, 50 Degrees Choir, The Schizodelic Sound, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Matt Barnard, Bayou Bros, Flap!, Woodland Blue, Dalla, Jon Hicks, Grooveyard, The Half Sisters, Hat Fitz & Cara, Hip Hop Karaoke, Jonah’s Lift, Gareth Jones, Jools on Wheels, Manière des Bohémiens, Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip, Spiro, Tea Ladies on Tour, Wildcat Will, Ry Spencely, All the Fires and Kola.

Port Eliot festival tickets on sale vias the website.