By Laura McCarthy. Comedian Rachel Fairburn Talks About New Show Side Eye, Tik Tok Comics, and the boundaries of dark comedy Rachel Fairburn is touring with her new show Side Eye around the UK in 2025, visiting Fareham on February 8th (Fareham Live Studio One) and Southampton on...
Articles with the Tag Southampton
Opinion: New Southampton welcome signs are unwelcome!
By Mabel Wellman. The new Welcome To Southampton signs have recently been unveiled, replacing the previous signs which have remained the same for decades. This change has not been well received by many people in Southampton. The previous signs, which warmly exclaimed “Welcome to Southampton” with an image...
View from the Kinsgland: Sad inevitability
By Nick Mabey. Russell Martin’s unsurprising sacking as our manager this week gave me no pleasure at all. Optimism has always been a superpower/Achilles heel for me and I really wanted Martin to turn things round at Saints. I’ve been fighting myself about this for most of the season,...
Reader’s letter: puberty blockers are life saving treatment
By Trans Pride Southampton. We at Trans Pride Southampton are appalled to hear of the banning of puberty blockers for trans youths. Puberty blockers are a life saving treatment for trans kids. They allow children to live their lives and figure out their identity without the pressure of...
Heritage: The Creation of Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre and Municipal Golf Course
By Martin Brisland. The Sports Centre was dubbed Southampton’s “Happy Valley” when created. It was formally opened on 28th May 1938, following a 10-year campaign, by Alderman Sidney Kimber (1873-1949). He was first elected as a Conservative Councillor in 1910 and was Mayor of Southampton from 1918 to 1920....
Southampton actor stars in film The Mire
Antony Knight, from Southampton, is one of the stars of a film from a Portsmouth-based production team, Apple Park Films, currently streaming on Prime Video. Knight stars alongside Holly McLachlan, and Joseph Adelakun, in The Mire. The film is set on the eve of a mass suicide as charismatic...
Southampton pub cancels UKIP leader speech, says they didn’t know what booking was for
The manager of Southampton pub The View, at Southampton Sports Centre, has said that a booking made by UKIP for their interim leader Nick Tenconi to give a speech at the venue tonight (10/12/24) was made as ‘after work drinks’ in the name of Nick, and that they had...
Train announced as latest TK Maxx Southampton Summer Sessions headliners
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band Train will join the line-up for TK Maxx Presents Southampton Summer Sessions, it has been announced today (9/12/24). Taking to the stage in Guildhall Square on Saturday, 28 June 2025, Train join an exciting roster of previously announced artists including McFly, The Human League, Simple...
Opinion: Winchester and Southampton – which is the king of Christmas markets this year?
By Mabel Wellman. It’s that time of year again! It’s getting darker earlier, and the cold weather is starting to set in for the next few months. And to help us all get through it, our cities and towns are adorned with bright and warming lights and decorations. Last...
Heritage: Fascinating facts about Christmas time
By Martin Brisland. Richard I (1157-1199), often called Richard the Lionheart, may have spent his only Christmas in England in Southampton Castle in 1194. This was stated by many Southampton historians including the Victorian Rev. John Silvester Davies and Elsie M. Sandell in the 1950s. A local rich merchant...