Urban Wild, a new free week-long festival, will celebrate Southampton as a vibrant hub of nature, creativity, and community this May half term. The Urban Wild Festival will showcase Southampton’s green and blue wild spaces and champion all voices to promote the identity and artistry that surrounds these places. It...
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Opinion: Why I love Southampton
By Mabel Wellman. What comes to mind when you think of Southampton? To a lot of people, I find that frustratingly the only thing that may come to mind is the Titanic. However, there is a lot more to our city than just a sinking ship! Here are some...
Review: The Government Inspector – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. If you thought Fawlty Towers was ahead of its time, just imagine the reaction 139 years earlier when Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector hit the stage! It would be wrong to say it follows the same premise as the 1975 classic episode the Hotel Inspectors because...
Reader’s letter: solidarity with the trans community
By Glyn Oliver, Branch Secretary, Unite Community Southampton Area. I am a cis man in my 70s and have spent my life standing with minorities against oppression. I was so delighted to give my solidarity to the trans+ march in Southampton last Saturday. There was so much joy and...
Hampshire’s DiElle to launch new album next month
DiElle, from Wickham, is set to launch her latest album, Atlas on the 13th April in Portsmouth —this is a collection of songs inspired by her love of travel, adventure, and the journeys of the heart and soul. Atlas is a deeply personal project, shaped by the places she...
Review: Hamilton, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Graham Hiley. Photos by Danny Kaan. If you’ve never seen Hamilton then you really do need to be in the Room Where It Happens. If you have already seen this magnificent musical, You’ll be Back. And if you have been living under a rock and have no idea...
Bastille announce UK arena tour
Today, one of the UK’s biggest and best live acts, multi – platinum selling band, Bastille announce a huge UK arena tour in November 2025. “From All Sides” – Songs from the first 15 years is a celebration of the band’s career-spanning, multi-billion streaming records so far. Performing in nine cities...
The Magic Mod brings magic show to south this April
The Magic Mod – aka Ben Taylor – is a card magician and entertainer of huge esteem who can proudly count himself as a member of the exclusive Magic Circle fraternity. Born in Crawley in South London, he now lives in Belfast and has previously supported The Libertines, Paul...
Better joy comes to Southampton’s Joiners on debut UK tour
Image by Carys Huws. This spring – better joy – AKA Manchester-based Bria Keely, embarks on her highly anticipated debut tour of the UK. With 8 headline dates throughout March and April, including a headline London show at Old Blue Last, a hometown show at Manchester’s Night & Day...
Panda-Monium and Friends bring Mind Games to The Arc this month
With a beguiling mix of song and surrealism, philosophy and fantasy, you might think that Panda-Monium and Friends are trying to disrupt our perception of reality. But, as they present Mind Games at The Arc, Winchester on the 27th March, nothing could be further from the truth. The show, a double...