Around 100 students from the University of Southampton, representing more than 30 societies, will be running this Sunday (3rd May) as part of a one-of-a-kind, student-led campaign raising funds and awareness for the crisis in Sudan, widely recognised as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world today. After nearly...
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Interview: Modern Woman’s Sophie Harris chats ahead of album release and Southampton date
By Darren Grayer. Pictures: Sandra Ebert. Art-rock four piece Modern Woman, fronted by primary songwriter Sophie Harris, will be one of the must- see acts at Southampton’s excellent Wanderlust Festival in May. The band are set to release their debut album, Johnny’s Dreamworld on May 1st via One Little...
Reader’s letter: Saints at Wembley – the beautiful game can bring everyone together, even when we don’t win
Words and photos by Jason Flynn. Saturday 25th April, it’s here, finally after what’s seemed like years, it’s here, Southampton Football Club, The Saints, our Day out at Wembley for the FA Cup Semi Final, is here, my Club, OUR Club, little old Southampton are going to Wembley. My...
Peace Protest for Palestine held in Southampton yesterday
By Rachel Jones @HMP_SHE On Saturday a small but passionate group gathered in Southampton Guildhall square for a protest organised by the local branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (18/4/26). Around 30 people attended, representing a wide range of ages. Though modest in number, the group demonstrated a strong sense...
Halt called to anti-asylum seeker protests and counter demonstrations
Southampton Stand Up To Racism have announced that they have called off today’s counter-demonstration, set to take place this evening in Portswood (17/4/26). It comes in response to ‘Southampton Patriots cancelling their weekly anti-asylum seeker protests outside Highfield House Hotel in Porstwood, which houses asylum seekers, placed there by...
Community Heroes: Step By Step, helping to prevent homelessness
In our new series celebrating charities and community organisations that are making a real difference to the lives of people in the local area, we take a look at Step by Step. Right now, there are young people across Southampton without a safe, stable place to call home. For...
Review: Roebucks – Heartbreakers, Southampton
By Darren Grayer. Brighton four-piece The Roebucks returned to Southampton on Tuesday (14/5/36) for the third time in just under a year, after impressing at Wanderlust Festival last May. Since forming in 2021, the band have steadily built a reputation for producing harmonious guitar driven music with influences taking...
Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. Shakespeare’s words that ‘one man in his time plays many parts’ seem very appropriate for this production. Directed and co-written by Adam Long, this is a theatrical compression that is the stock-in-trade of this RSC – the Reduced Shakespeare Company – not to be confused with the...
Review: The Kairos with support from Florentenes & Skäl – Heartbreakers, Southampton
Word and pictures by Rhona Murphy. There’s a lot of gig competition in Southampton tonight (11/4/26) with Wigan quartet The Lilacs playing a sold-out show at The Joiners so it’s a testament to the quality of this Heartbreakers show with The Kairos headlining that it’s also sold-out and absolutely...
Review: Millie Manders and the Shutup, Joiners, Southampton
Words: Laura McCarthy. Pictures: Rhona Murphy. It’s a Wednesday night (08/04/26) but Southampton punk fans are out in full force at The Joiners. They’ve all come for Millie Manders and the Shutup and no threat of work in the morning is going to stop them. If you miss the...