by Mike Daish. I struggle from time to time with my state of mind and can get quite down and isolate myself . With the isolation and low mood comes a lack of exercise; I stop simply getting outside for a bit of fresh air. Recently I have started...
Winchester: Wildlife paintings support young people’s charity
A new exhibition of paintings by internationally renowned wildlife artist Andrew Stock at The Minster Gallery Winchester will raise funds for The Cameron Bespolka Trust, the local charity that helps young people appreciate nature. Travels of a Wildlife Artist features his recent paintings of the West Country and Scotland,...
Book review: Churches of Hampshire, by John Vigar
reviewed by Martin Brisland. Churches are time capsules containing many graves, artefacts and curiosities that act as a window on the people and events of the past. Following a career in academia John Vigar worked for the Churches Conservation Trust and he is a Trustee of a national charity,...
NHS campaign group meeting to discuss crisis in midwifery
Campaign group Southampton Keep Our NHS Public will be holding an online public meeting, entitled Call The Midwife, on Monday, June 27. The Zoom event, to be held oat 7pm, will feature recently retired midwife Jane Well, who will be talking about the crisis in the NHS midwifery service....
Heritage: John Heath Stubbs, Hampshire’s blind poet and his amanuensis
by Adrian Risdon and Jack Wilson. Jack: I recently wrote an article on Bevis of Southampton, which evoked a response that will be fascinating for all those with an interest in poetry and poets. I was contacted by Adrian Risdon, who explained that he was once amanuensis to the...
Suburban Safari:From the Suburbs to the Shore…
by Katie Isham. Somewhere in a nearby magical land, in a kingdom behind a Co-Op, where the grand towers of industry watch over the landscape, there is a pathway from the suburbs to the shore. It may not have grand beginnings but it opens out onto one of the...
View from the Kingsland: The Transfer Window
by Nick Mabey. When I was a small boy transfers were worn like tattoos on our arms and windows were something we looked through while watching Play School. Nowadays the two words have joined forces in a twice-a-year cultural ritual for every football fan to suffer/enjoy (delete as appropriate)....
Review: Singin’ in the Rain, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Martin Brisland. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELING! In a 2012 poll of film critics, Singin’ in the Rain was voted as the best film of the 20th century. This 5* feel good production at the Mayflower is probably the best show you will see there...
Southampton’s first People’s Pride Party in the Park exceeds expectations
Words: Martin Brisland. Pictures: Mike Daish. Additional pictures: Hannah Barber. The People’s Pride Party in the Park in Southampton on the 11th and 12th June was a total success. (Read about the event’s origins here). The sun was shining for this fully inclusive event, the atmosphere was brilliant and...
Preview: Rock of Ages at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
by Catherine Collins. The smash-hit musical, Rock of Ages, is back and the party is going to be bigger than ever when it takes to the Mayflower Theatre stage from 24 to 25 June 2022. Leave it all behind and lose yourself in a city, and a time, where...