Winchester Poetry Festival has three excellent poetry events coming up. The first is Everyday Histories ‘wordshop’ with the Hampshire Poet for Winchester Heritage Open Days. It takes place at The Pilgrims’ Hall, Winchester on Saturday 19th September | from 10:30am-12pm. Damian Kelly-Basher, invites you to turn ordinary stories into...
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Community heroes: Southampton Action, supporting refugees and other vulnerable migrants in the city
As Refugee Week comes to a close, Southampton Action is celebrating almost 11 years of supporting people seeking sanctuary in Southampton. in the our series focusing on charities and community organisations that are making a real difference to the lives of people in the local area, we look at...
Southampton’s Mike Batt celebrates career high with Ukraine classical record
Mike Batt’s passionate and dramatic Symphony No. 1 ‘Ukraine’ with Batt conducting the London Symphony Orchestra has shot straight into the Top Ten of the Official Classical Chart at Number Seven. Having been involved with scores of chart-topping records for artists including Katie Melua, Vanessa Mae and, of course,...
Review: Winchester Pride 2026
By Mabel Wellman. On the 9th May 2026, Winchester had its first ever Winchester Pride. This was a dazzling display put on from a variety of acts which led to a good turnout from all corners of the LGBTQIA+ community. The event was based around the steps up to...
Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 is open
Winchester Poetry Festival opens its globally recognised Winchester Poetry Prize for 2026. Winchester Poetry Festival invites writers from around the globe to submit their finest, unpublished poems to be in with a chance of winning £1000 in the annual Winchester Poetry Prize. Established in 2016, this literary competition has...
Review: Winchester Christmas Market – the return of a classic or a tired repeat
By Mabel Wellman. On a busy Thursday afternoon my mother and I visited the highly rated Winchester Christmas Market – would it be the return of a classic, a tired repeat or perhaps somewhere between the two? This is a lovely traditional Christmas market, with the beautiful backdrop of...
Review: Puss in Boots, Theatre Royal Winchester
By Martin Brisland. Theatre Royal Winchester has a traditional family panto that is as good as it gets. Puss in Boots has all the elements that make panto such a great traditional entertainment such as good versus evil, audience participation, humour and a fairytale ending. The story of a...
Review: A Formal Horse – Railway Inn, Winchester
By Darren Grayer. I feel the need to lay my cards on the table before I start this review in full – I absolutely love A Formal Horse, and I’m happy to admit to them topping my list of favourite musical discoveries of the last five years or so....
Giant 3D installation created by artists, communities & schools takes over gallery
Image by Lauren Pruen. More than 50 schools from across Hampshire have signed up to contribute artwork to be shown alongside artists and community groups as part of The Winchester Gallery’s partnership with Hampshire County Council’s Climate Unity Project. This month, the gallery will be taken over by hundreds...
Southampton Refugee Week celebrates community and culture this month
Southampton is gearing up for Refugee Week, which runs from June 15 to 21. This year, the week is celebrating ‘community as a superpower’. Southampton and Winchester. Southampton and Winchester Visitors Group, which works with refugees and asylum seekers, is hosting a week of free events, to which all...