Why has it apparently never occurred to architects or designers to actually ask disabled people about accessibility? Like genuinely. Just grab a handful of us and ask if something will work, and if not, what would work better. If this had happened, almost every disabled toilet would be totally...
Preview: The Future Of Climate Action: a talk by Zion Lights
Science communicator and environmental advocate Zion Lights speaking at the Railway Inn, Winchester for Wire Wool Events on Sunday, September 11. Zion Lights will be exploring The Future Of Climate Action and assessing its successes and failures, from the perspective of a long term climate activist. The last in...
Preview: The Lesson, Theatre Royal Winchester
Prepare to learn about power and knowledge in The Lesson at Theatre Royal Winchester on Thursday 15 September. It tells of a mild-mannered professor who takes on a new pupil and very soon becomes bent on her destruction. A classic written by Romanian-French playwright, Eugene Ionesco and translated by...
Review: Friendsical, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. Friends is one of the most well known television shows of its time, and the musical parody, Friendsical, opened to a packed MAST Mayflower Studios’ audience last night (5 September 2022). We are transported back the 1990s to Central Perk, where all six friends – Ross,...
Poet Malika Booker to give 10th annual F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture
Poet Malika Booker will be giving the 10th annual F.T. Prince Memorial Lecture at the University of Southampton’s English department. Malika Booker has written poems, plays, and monologues, and her work has been included widely in anthologies, from Penguin Modern Poets to the school curriculum. She won the Cholmondeley...
Preview: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
The critically acclaimed hit parody musical, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, will visit MAST Mayflower Studios from 13 – 17 September 2022. Join everyone’s favourite Disney diva, Ursula, as she gives her take on what really happened all those years ago under the sea. With...
Reader’s letter: essential services should be run for people, not simply for profit
As Saturday’s post arrived I met the postman at the door. He handed me my letters. A very important hospital referral I’d been waiting for for one of my children, a small package of something I’d ordered off of eBay, a wedding anniversary card and a couple of other...
Reader’s letter: Southampton is rich in culture but too many projects are ‘top down’
Dear Editor, I have just read the letter concerning requests for access to data amassed during the unsuccessful City of Culture bid. I too had wondered how we would build on the work done; Access to good quality up-to-date data would be a great place to start. I’ve been...
Southampton Black History Month 2022 set to kick off in style
Black History Month South in association with MAST Southampton Studios is hosting a spectacular Gala Night of Entertainment celebrating the diversity of Southampton and featuring a wealth of talent from the city in October. The Gala Night will be a fun-packed, family event featuring spoken word artistes such as...
View from the Kingsland: Ralph’s Rollercoaster
by Nick Mabey. Before the season kicked off, Ralph Hasenhuttl was the bookies’ favourite to be the first manager in the Premier League to lose his job. After losing our first fixture heavily at Spurs, Southampton were priced as second favourites to be relegated. And, when the team trudged...