Southampton Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) is taking part in a nationwide Day of Action for the NHS on Wedneday, July 5th from noon to 2pm in Southampton city centre. There will be a street stall and organisers will be handing out postcards and other materials, outside the Waterstones...
View from the Kingsland: Renewal Time
by Nick Mabey. I can usually tell how excited I am about the forthcoming season by how early I renew my season ticket. This year my deadline was 30th June, if I wanted to get the early bird discount, and I actually renewed on 20th. I reckon that’s about...
Interview: Something In Common with The Molotovs
By Lewis MacLean. The Molotovs are a trio of young musicians who are a new and fast rising band. The name was familiar to me before the Isle of Wight Festival but after seeing a recommendation from The Libertines’ Pete Doherty describing them as ‘F-ing Ace’, I was keen...
Local produce to be showcased again at event in new year
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood. Preparations are underway for the popular Local Produce Trade Show 2024. The showcase event for delicious food and drink produced across the region will take place on Tuesday 6th February 2024 at the Hilton at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton. The aim is to bring together buyers...
No Limits celebrates 30 years of helping children and young people with a powerful new film
Southampton-based children’s and young people’s charity No Limits celebrated its 30th birthday recently, with a breakfast attended by senior representatives from organisations across Hampshire, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and Southampton, young people, funders and partners. As part of the event, the charity premiered its powerful new film – Four Stories – made by four young people whose lives have been changed by...
People’s Pride Southampton to launch permanent city centre LGBTQI+ charity shop and outreach centre
Image by Mike Daish shows recent People’s Pride Party in the Park event. People’s Pride Southampton is launching a permanent LGBTQI+ charity shop and outreach centre in the Marland’s Shopping Centre. The centre will open on Saturday July 1st 2023 at 10am. Visitors to the shop and outreach centre...
For the Queer Joy of it
By Alex Thurley-Ratcliff. Image of Ri Baroche at Art House show by Anita Foxall. ArtfulScribe, that provoker and promoter of writers and writing in Hampshire and Dorset, recently enticed me into their workshops on Queer Joy. It’s not a phrase I had heard before; growing up in an...
Stretch in the city – the growing popularity of Park Yoga in Southampton
by Nick Mabey. Running around the common one Sunday morning just over a year ago, I was surprised to stumble across about 50 people on yoga mats in the lovely green space behind the Cowherds Inn. Back home and a quick bit of on-line research led me to the...
Review: The Isle of Wight Festival, 2023
Words by Nick Mabey (Friday) & Lewis MacLean (Saturday & Sunday). Additional reporting by Paula Wilson. Main image by Chloe Hashemi. Friday by Nick Mabey. Friday at the festival and Newport was rocking. The sun shone, the crowds swarmed, everything was as it should be. For me it...
Heritage: the real life King and I story, and its links to Southampton
by Martin Brisland. The much-loved musical play, which has recently been at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre, and film tells the real-life story of the tempestuous relationship that develops between King Chulalongkorn of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British school teacher whom the King brings to Siam (Thailand) to teach his many...