Sex festival in woods causes outrage in Tunbridge Wells
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A sex festival featuring an S&M dungeon and an "adult play area" staffed by dominatrixes has caused uproar in a quiet Kent town. Residents of Tunbridge Wells - famed for expressing disgust in letters to newspapers - have complained about the "kinky rave festival" being held in local woodland this weekend. But Flamefest organiser Helen Smedley stressed it was a "private event" and no sex would be on show to the public. "We allow people the safe place to have sex - we're monitors, just to make sure everyone's safe," she added.
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