by Anita Foxall. Rising stars The Clockworks come to Heartbreakers, Southampton, on September 30 as part of their first headline UK tour. Anita Foxall caught up with guitar player Sean. From Galway, to London, and visiting Southampton next week for their second show of their first tour as...
Suburban Safari: Bridge Club
by Katie Isham. Southampton being a sea city, we’re never far from the coast or the numerous bridges spanning the city’s waterways. This safari takes a mooch about under the biggest bridge to marvel at the architecture, enjoy the scenery and maybe even join some activities occurring by the...
Review: Adore Delano – Party Your World Tour, The 1865, Southampton
by Spring Wise. On Wednesday night (21/9) with great anticipation, I caught the last UK date of Adore Delano’s absolute marathon of a world tour, at Southampton’s 1865. The very day tickets went on sale, my friend, my son and I grabbed some immediately because… well, it’s Adore. Like,...
Preview: Scream Aloud at Strawberry Fields, Boldre, New Forest
Get ready to Scream Aloud as the ultimate gut-wrenching scare event returns to the New Forest this autumn for its biggest and longest event yet, running for ten nights throughout October, from the 13th onwards. Journey through the six live action scare mazes – Burial Ground, Nocturnal, House of...
Reader’s letter: Are bankers holding the country to ransom?
“Holding the country to ransom” is a trope that is trotted out by elements of the media – and often Cabinet Ministers – nearly every time there is an industrial dispute. When transport workers, ambulance crews, nurses or fire fighters consider taking industrial action over pay, terms and conditions...
PREVIEW: St James’ Park, Southampton, Village Show this weekend
This weekend, Friends of St. James’ Park in Shirley will be holding their first ever ‘ Village Show’, a fun-filled and free community event with the added opportunity to shine in their vegetable, cake, flowers and art competitions. The event, which is supported by Solent NHS Trust, Southampton City...
Southampton listings, September 20 – 26
Have you got anything planned for this week? How about listening to loads of amazing live music for free at all sorts of venues across Southampton this weekend at Music in the City? Or you could enjoy some family friendly fun at the St James’ Park Village show. There’s...
PREVIEW: The Scummy Mummies, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Grab your gin in a tin and put your control pants on – The Scummy Mummies are back for an evening of comedy, songs, filth and laughs at MAST Mayflower Studios on 29 September. Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn joined forces to become The Scummy Mummies in 2013. They...
PREVIEW: Paul Case – Dead White Anarchists, The Art House, Southampton
Edinburgh-based writer and performer Paul Case brings his solo theatre show, Dead White Anarchists, to Southampton’s Art House next month, for an in person and online event. The story is a biography of real life nineteenth-century Parisian anarchist terrorist Emile Henry fused with the drug-soaked ‘ecstasy and chaos’ of...
REVIEW: Just Mustard at the Loft, Southampton
by Russell Foxall. Based in Dundalk, Just Mustard are part of the ever expanding Irish music scene, although their first album was released over four years ago. Having found their second album, Heart Under, powerfully intriguing, I decided to take the opportunity to see them when they came to...