It's with great pleasure that Curiofestival welcomes a new recruit to hq.

Ophelia Bitz - Burlesque sensation and purveyor of the dying art of strip tease - joins us as blogger and news source.

From the murky world of late-night Cabaret, Miss Bitz will be schmoozing around for gossip and goings-on, and delicately shovelling it all in her new blog.

It was Miss Blue who discovered the talented Miss Bitz and now Blue and Bitz have bonded and together they are behaving barmily bonkers. Miss Blue has even invited Miss Bitz to find for us the juiciest 'tit-bitz' of scandal and intrigue from the Festival.

"You know how to put a red rag in front of a Burlesque bull, my dear," replied Ophelia.

 I, Curio, await what happens next.

Exeunt.