by Simon Oldham, founder of Southampton Social Aid Group and Saints Fans Supporting Foodbanks. During the last couple years with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen a massive increase in the need for support across this city and country. However, it would be untrue to say this level...
Seed Swap returns to Southampton this weekend
The annual Southampton Seed Swap return to The Art House on Sunday (March 13). The idea behind the event is to encourage people to grow more of their own, hopefully save some pennies and to nurture varieties of food crops that grow well in local conditions. Attendees can either...
Preview: Sheila’s Island, MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
Sheila’s Island – a sparkling, sharp-witted comedy from writer Tim Firth (Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots, and The Band) – will be coming to MAST Mayflower Studios from 15 to 19 March. It’s Bonfire night 2019, and Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in Pennine Mineral Water Ltd.’s...
Photos: a walk around Eling
by Mike Daish. I went out walking around Eling again a few days ago and took a few photos along the way. It is amazing to see the intricate details of the things living on the old pipe that runs along side the toll bridge. Like little explosions of...
View from the Kingsland: Superstition and Momentum
by Nick Mabey. I don’t think of myself as particularly superstitious in any other aspect of my life. But when Southampton FC have an outstanding run of form (on average once every few years if you’re asking) something strange starts to happen. Put simply, and despite all evidence to...
Southampton: a potted history, part 2
by Martin Brisland. Roman Southampton The Roman conquest of southern England started in 43CE under Emperor Claudius lasting until 84CE after the defeat of Boudica’s army. One early military crossing is thought to be from Boulogne to the Southampton or Chichester area. The Antonine Itinerary VII, (a register of...
Suburban Safari: Shopping for Life in Bitterne
by Katie Isham. In the east of Southampton lies Bitterne village. Not what one would usually think of as a village, but still more than worth a visit. It may not have the popularity of the city centre or the cool kid chic of Portswood, but Bitterne is a...
Experts to the clinically vulnerable respond to the end of covid mitigations
By Sally Churchward. As of today, there are no longer any laws in place to help England manage its response to covid. On Monday, the government announced the end of covid mitigations, such as the legal duty to isolate of you have covid from today, sick pay from day...
Opinion: Southampton is a very deprived area – so why is it left out of Tory ‘Levelling Up’ plans?
by Jonathan Mitchell. We were promised levelling up for all, and yet we’re getting the opposite of that. The government has announced a “Levelling Up” white paper (LU paper), a 330 page strategy. While it’s hard to disagree with the premise of the LU paper’s policy proposals (integrating transport,...
Can you help bring People’s Pride to Southampton this summer?
People’s Pride Southampton is on a mission to raise £3,000 to help the charity hold a new Pride event in Southampton this summer. The charity has been building up to the event, to be held at Palmerston Park on June 11 and 12, for three years, and has already...