Ed Cunningham
Ed Cunningham specialises in turning culture and entertainment news into clear, practical guides to what is happening across the UK and beyond. His work connects big-ticket events, festivals and travel destinations with the concrete details that help people decide where to go, what to book and why it matters.
Service-led UK culture coverage
As news and features editor for Time Out’s London and UK teams, he shapes and writes news and feature coverage about anything happening in London or the wider country.
His beat runs across culture, music, design, art, sustainability, travel and the city’s day-to-day life, with a consistent focus on what is new, notable and worth readers’ time. In major round-ups such as the feature on the best places to visit in the UK in 2026 and a companion piece on the best new things to do in the UK in 2026, he edits wide-ranging lists of cities, neighbourhoods and attractions into concise, service-oriented packages. Those pieces show his preference for ranked or curated lists, short verdicts and clear signposting, making broad cultural trends digestible as specific picks people can act on.
Music festivals and live events
Live music and large-scale events are a recurring strand of his entertainment coverage. In a guide to Take That’s show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, he brings together start times, last-minute ticket options, a potential setlist and practical information in a single, easy-to-scan format, showing how he packages fan interest and logistics in one place. That same blend of enthusiasm and planning runs through his co-written overview of the best music festivals in the UK to book for 2026, where he highlights the top music and culture events coming to Britain in the year ahead.
His festival work emphasises booking windows, locations and the character of each event, positioning them within the broader UK calendar rather than treating them as isolated gigs. In his preview of the best things to see at SXSW London 2026, he again filters a dense programme into a shortlist of standout sessions and performances, signalling the acts and ideas that define the new event.
Across these pieces, he writes in straightforward, time-sensitive prose, anchored in dates, venues and ticketing details rather than commentary or criticism.
Travel and destination features
Cunningham also works extensively on travel features that bridge UK destinations and international trips. His article on six of the world’s coolest and weirdest underground attractions ranges from cathedrals to theme parks and the bowels of a dormant volcano, framing them as “wonders of the subterranean world”.
The piece sits alongside lists of the prettiest islands and most romantic hotels in the world, underlining his role in global, experience-driven travel coverage rather than purely domestic tourism. When editing UK-focused travel lists such as the round-up of the best places to visit in the UK in 2026, he links cities, towns and streets with specific reasons to go now: new openings, cultural momentum or changing reputations. His “best new things to do in the UK in 2026” feature follows the same pattern, emphasising openings, attractions and experiences that are newly available, with a bias toward novelty and atmosphere.
The travel strand of his work consistently ties visual or atmospheric description to concrete details like location, opening status and how a place fits into wider rankings or themes.
Editorial direction on flagship lists
Alongside his own bylines, Cunningham plays a broader editorial role in Time Out’s flagship features and rankings. As news and features editor, he helps shape significant set-piece projects across the London and UK teams, including multi-city lists and high-profile culture and travel packages.
His own professional site describes him contributing to production of marquee features such as global city and street rankings, indicating experience in commissioning, editing and structuring complex, data- and opinion-led lists.
Before his current role, he edited and ran a Japanese music website, handling interviews, features, essays and criticism, which adds a background in niche music coverage and independent editorial direction to his mainstream entertainment work. Taken together, his portfolio shows a journalist who prioritises clarity, selection and structure: he curates events, festivals and destinations into ordered lists, keeps the language plain, and foregrounds practical information so that culture and travel stories are immediately usable.
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