Sally Churchward

Cultural Trust plans for City of Culture runner up funds

by Sally Churchward. The team behind Southampton’s untimately unsuccessful bid to become City of Culture 2025 have revealed new plans to boost culture in the city. It was a huge disappointment to many in the city when Southampton lost out to Bradford to claim the title, missing out on...

Do you want to own a bookshop? This could be your chance.

Have you always wanted to own a bookshop? Or perhaps you are looking for a way to be more active in your local community. If you want to be part of an unusual community project that helps make Southampton a more vibrant place to live, October Book’s community shares...

Preview: The Black Blues Brothers, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

The Black Blues Brothers – an acrobatic tribute to the legendary cult movie, The Blues Brothers – will bring their spectacular contemporary circus and musical comedy to the MAST Mayflower Studios stage on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October. This incredible acrobatic troupe of Kenyan acrobats have dazzled audiences...

Photos: St James’ Park, Southampton, Village Show

Friends of St. James’ Park in Shirley, Southampton, held their first ever ‘ Village Show’ on Sunday (September 25), a fun-filled and free community event which included vegetable, cake, flowers and art competitions.  The event included  a stage, featuring live band music, choir, and young dance group performers as...

Southampton Listings, September 27 – October 3

October is Black History Month, and it gets underway with a Gala Night at MAST Mayflower Studios on Saturday. Read more here. Southampton’s most famous son, Craig David, returns home on Saturday for a trio of events to promote his new album and book, with a book signing at...