The Grammy winning vocalist who is without question one of the disco world’s true icons, Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King, will play a one night only gig at Southampton’s 1865 club in Brunswick Square on Saturday 27 August. Throughout her storied career she’s notched up hits, including 1978’s Shame – which...
Write a Note poetry evening, July: Holly Hearn, Craig Chalmers & Harley Truslove
by Anita Foxall. Write a Note brings monthly poetry and spoken word at the MAST, in the heart of Southampton. In Common poetry editor Anita Foxall runs and comperes the event. In a monthly article she shares highlights of the evening. July’s Write a Note was a busy evening,...
Volunteer peer supporters sought for those with eating disorders and difficulties
A Southampton not-for-profit organisation is calling for volunteers for its new Peer Support Network helping people with both diagnosed and undiagnosed eating disorders and eating difficulties and their carers. Options Wellbeing Trust on Shirley Road is looking for people who can donate their time to support others online, in...
Southampton Sustainability Directory launches at the Big Green Event tomorrow
The new Southampton Sustainability Directory will be launched at the Big Green Event tomorrow (July 30) at o O2 Guildhall. The choices we make about where we spend our money, how we get around and how we work together in community can make a big impact on the health...
Preview: Terra Nova at Theatre Royal Winchester
In 1910, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the British Terra Nova Expedition left Cardiff and sailed away across the world towards the mysterious shores of Antarctic, the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on the Earth. Captain Scott’s main inspiration was a daunting dream to become the first person...
Suburban Safari: Playing out for the summer…and beyond
by Katie Isham. Summer is well and truly here: it’s time to get outside and play out. Try to recall the long summer holidays of youth. How much time did you spend indoors? The days of hanging around with your friends at the park or making up games in...
View from the Kingsland: Dream big, dream now
by Nick Mabey. This is the time of year for dreamers. The dawn of a new season before a competitive ball has been kicked. This is the time for fans to dream of what might be over the next ten months. Southampton FC sit proudly joint top of the...
New items added to Southampton music archive Stick it in Your Ear
By Phil Tyler of SIIYE. Southampton’s Stick it in Your Ear music archive has added three new items to its online archives. You can read all about Stick it in Your Ear, which started out more than 40 years ago as a small local tape label with accompanying free...
New Southampton pressure group calls for an NHS dentist for everyone
With stories coming out about people performing DIY dentistry at home or having to pay large sums and go private in order to get essential treatment or medication, a local campaign group, Toothless in Southampton has formed. The group has come together in response to growing difficulties people are...
Review: Derren Brown – Showman, Mayflower Theatre
by Dan O’Farrell. The first rule of Derren Brown Club is that you don’t talk about Derren Brown Club. I’d love to tell you all that happened in this bewildering and amazing evening – the first night of Brown’s run at The Mayflower (26 July) – but the man...