Big names in the worlds of music, comedy, food, wellness, science and nature are coming together for this year’s award-winning ALSO Festival in Warwickshire in July, with this year’s theme being Love and Horror.

Comedians Dom Joly and Robin Ince, along with world renowned musicians Molotov Jukebox, head up the impressive line-up for the UK’s most inspirational summer festival, once again taking place at Compton Verney.

Marking its twelfth year, ALSO25, on the weekend of 11-13 July, brings together performers and musicians, best-selling authors, celebrated scientists and experts in a variety of fields to create a much-anticipated ‘magical and immersive experience.’

With 142 events across the three days, ALSO encourages festival goers to let ideas run wild and truly reconnect with nature via a sublime 17th century setting designed by Capability Brown.

With this year’s theme being Love and Horror, festival goers can lose themselves in terrifying tours, weird and wonderful workshops and nail-biting nature antics with activities such as:

- Step into Jane Austen’s shoes on the very grounds she trod, for a guided tour by best selling author Ella Berthoud: a celebration of Austen’s life and work on the 250th anniversary of her birth

- The Street Tree founder Paul Wood will be doing special guided tree walks

- The unique and ever-popular Bat Walk is back with a night time tour through the ALSO woods

- Enjoy Treachery: a midnight murder mystery game

- There will be an electrifying workshop on How to Make a Horror Movie

- Comedy and horror collide in a panel hosted by Joel Morris author of ‘Be Funny Or Die’ and writer for the likes of Paddington, Philomina Cunk and Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe

- BBC 4 regular Athena Kugbleno explores misinformation, asking whether tales of brave knights and fearsome queens are fact or fiction, in her game show for adults and kids based on her acclaimed book ‘History’s Most Epic Fibs’

Among those helping Molokov Jukebox set the stellar soundtrack for the summer are  Samba drumming workshop Tribo;  rapper, actress and singer songwriter Madeleine MINX Dunbar; lead vocal coach on The Voice, Juliet Russell and one of Denmark’s wildest live bands, Smag På Dig Selv (SPDS)

Dishing out the laughs alongside Dom Joly and Robin Ince, will be ALSO festival favourite Rob Deering - who puts comedians on the spot in his live music-based comedy pop quiz - Beat This! TikTok sensation Marcel Lucont is hosting his legendary Cabaret Fantastique, ensuring a night of smart, surreal entertainment.

Hear from neurobiologist and feminist Gina Rippon about female autism. Dr Camilla Pang will explain how thinking like a scientist can help us to step confidently through the minefield of misinformation we face on a daily basis. And writer and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer takes the ‘Soundtrack Of My Life’ slot.

As always, ALSO25 gives festival-goers the opportunity to embark on unique and magical adventures, from learning the practice of eye gazing to guided lake swimming lessons at dawn and dusk; ALSO’s run club will kick off the day with a guided 5K or 10K. Or for a more relaxing start, wellness partners Numinity will ease you into the day with a morning yoga flow class.

While families can choose from a minibeast safari around the picturesque lake or learn how to escape being shipwrecked with a raft building session. Award-winning Warwickshire theatre group, Playbox will be on site with performing arts workshops to inspire budding actors. And due to the popularity last year, the Festival Nannies are back to give parents some free time to enjoy themselves at the event.

When you’ve satisfied your appetite for knowledge, there’s plenty to entice foodies too under the auspices of award-winning resident chef James Whetlor. He is delivering Saturday evening’s Love And Horror Banquet.

Adult weekend tickets from £65 - £165; Family weekend tickets: £260 - £360;  Adult day tickets: £40 - £80.  Under 5s go free. Camping is free and glamping options from £450 for 3 nights. Tickets are available at also-festival.com

Parking is free but there are also a limited number of car passes available which allow vehicle access to the campsite as well as campervan passes.