by Carolyn Thomas. Since ruining my eyesight by reading under the covers as a 10-year-old wielding a torch, I’ve loved books. I can’t really remember a time when there wasn’t a pile of TBRs (to be read) next to my bed – although the topics and authors have naturally...
Review: Frantic Assembly’s Othello at MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
by Anita Foxall. Frantic Assembly brought Shakespeare’s Othello to the MAST last night (22 November), and it is a magnificent experience of music, dance and acting. You enter the auditorium and you are…. in a pub. Loud electronic music, a pool table, a flashing fruit machine. Othello is very...
Preview: Man the Lifeboats at The Railway, Winchester
Man the Lifeboats have launched their new album: ‘Soul of Albion’ and are currently touring the UK, bringing them to The Railway, Winchester on Friday (November 25). As we wrestle with our collective identity and culture, our glorious but tarnished history and our place in the world, the new...
Opinion: members of the University and College Union are striking – here’s why
by Dr Elizabeth Reed. This week and next, members of UCU (the University and College Union) at Higher Education institutions across the country will be taking strike action on three days (24th, 25th and 30th November). We don’t want to do it, but the conditions in our workplaces have...
Review & interview: Native Harrow at Vinilo, Southampton
by Sam Wise. Hurrying into Vinilo a few minutes before the scheduled start of Native Harrow’s 45 minute in-store performance, a somewhat forlorn sight greeted me last night (20 November). The duo of Devin Tuel and Stephen Hams were set up in the corner of the generously sized record...
Opinion: Local group forming much-needed Tenants Union for the Southampton area
by Phil Tyler. There is a fast-growing movement spreading around the UK in response to the increasing attacks by landlords and letting agents on renting tenants. Tenants have very little on their side as individuals when a landlord demand swingeing rent increases, fails to keep their property in good...
Review: Placebo at Portsmouth Guildhall, November 18
by Joy Richardson. In 1996 Placebo (vocalist/guitarist Brian Molko and bassist/guitarist Stefan Olsdal) hit the indie music scene with the release of their self-titled debut album and tour of the usual venues for the up and coming. There was a real buzz surrounding this band; the major scene at...
Transgender Day of Remembrance being held in Southampton on Sunday
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. On Sunday there will be a Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil at the Peace Fountain, East Park, Southampton. At the...
Suburban Safari: Leafy suburbs in Ashurst
by Katie Isham. Our Suburban Safaris have sprawled across the city of Southampton and beyond. They’ve visited parks, gardens, woodlands, beaches, cemeteries, streets, shops and many a café. The definition of a suburb is an area outside, yet near a city, and consisting mainly of homes. For this safari,...
Preview: The Wizard of Oz at Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre Royal Winchester’s Christmas show is a traditional family pantomime, The Wizard of Oz, opening on December 3. The Wizard of Oz tells the story of Dorothy who follows the yellow brick road to the magical Land of Oz where she hopes to find the wizard who will help her...