Southampton residents are being encouraged to get involved with the charity Mind’s Time to Talk Day to help make talking about mental health part of everyday life. Southampton Mental Health Network is supporting the awareness day, taking place on February 5, 2026, and is hoping lots of people, businesses...
Mélanie Pain of Nouvelle Vague brings her solo show to Southampton
An iconic voice of Nouvelle Vague for 20 years, Mélanie Pain continues her singular solo journey through pop, folk, and intimate poetry. After three critically acclaimed albums celebrated for their delicacy, she returns with ‘How and Why’, a fourth luminous and stripped-back record. She’s on the road, and comes...
Big Special come to Southampton’s 1865 in February
Off the back of dropping surprise second album National Average in July via SO Recordings, Big Special are going back on the road in February, including a performance in Southampton at 1865 on February 25th. The album includes such singles as Plaintive Native. Explaining the single, frontman Joe Hicklin...
Anti-racist group form new women’s section and are back on a counter demonstration on Friday
Following their AGM on Monday, Southampton Stand Up To Racism announced that they will be launching a new group: Southampton Women Against The Far Right. In a statement on social media, they said that the group would be “part of a wider national initiative set up by Stand Up...
Review: Miss Saigon, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Joy McKay. Despite being a lover of musical theatre somehow Miss Saigon has always passed me by. I think the wonder of flying monkeys or cars or people dressed up as cats or trains appeals to me more than tales of the Vietnam War. However, Miss Saigon was...
Todd Terry and Miles Kane added to Southampton Summer Sessions line up
Summer concert series TK Maxx presents Southampton Summer Sessions has added two more globally renowned artists to its 2026 line-up: iconic American DJ and producer Todd Terry (supporting Pete Tong) and much-loved British singer and musician Miles Kane (supporting Paul Weller). Joining a stacked bill of globally renowned artists,...
Robert Jon & The Wreck come to Southampton on UK tour
Following the release of their critically acclaimed ninth studio album Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes, Californian southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck will be touring the UK in April, coming to The Brook, Southampton, on April 19th. The tour follows an onslaught of rave reviews for their new...
Orianthi comes to The Brook, Southampton
Following the release of her new album Some Kind of Feeling, critically acclaimed guitarist and singer Orianthi is currently on tour, bringing her to The Brook, Southampton, on February 1st. Orianthi’s album Some Kind of Feeling was released last summer. Orianthi produced three songs from the new album including...
Book review: Moving the ghost out the haunted house – thoughts on Michelle Paver’s novel Rainforest
By Laura McCarthy. In Rainforest, Michelle Paver leaves the classic ghost story setting behind in favour of something altogether different – no prizes for guessing where. She says “so long” to the spectral woman in black of Eel Marsh House and “good riddance” to the ominous presence of Hill...
Final chance for early bird discounts on Steamship Shieldhall 2026 sailings
The 31 January is fast looming and this marks the end of Steamship Shieldhall’s ‘early bird’ discounts for a selection of her 2026 cruises. 20% ‘Early Bird’ discounts are available on a number of trips. The early-bird cruises have been selected to represent a cross section of Shieldhall’s ever...