Southampton Woodcraft Folk has a group for young people aged six to nine (plus siblings) which normally meets one Saturday a month at the Hawthorns Centre on Southampton Common. The group began in October 2019 and is small but growing, and warmly welcomes new members. The meetings at the...
Coronavirus crisis: New phobias in the time of lockdown (from the diary of a neurotic woman)
by a neurotic woman. Phobias are not really something that I have ever suffered from previously. I really don’t like rats or mice but I don’t think that this would be classed as a phobia. I don’t have an irrational fear of them, I simply become a little hysterical...
The streets of Southampton in photographs
by Mike Daish. Over the years I have taken quite a few street photography shots around Southampton. It’s something I enjoy doing at least a few times a year. I used to find it very difficult to photograph complete strangers; it some how felt strange. Now I am quite...
Opinion: Life after lockdown
by Martin Brisland. Since WW2 ended in 1945 we have talked about events being “since the war”. We are now at a new watershed, a line in the sand. Perhaps in the future we will refer to post 2020 events as being “since the pandemic”? I do not aim...
Opinion: Home schooling tips and tricks
by Laura Fewell @mathstuitioncovid19 It must be one thing for parents to be worried about their job due to the pandemic, but another to suddenly have a new one: teaching! I’ve compiled a list of tips and tricks that I’ve learnt over the years as a maths tutor that...
Transgendered Substantiation #13: Hormone Treatment
by Lucy Rose A few words before we start… Picture: Scott Chalmers Photography Firstly, I want to thank you for taking the time to read the latest entry of my series, Transgendered Substantiation. The series has been adapted from blogs I wrote for my website during my transition, based...
Coronavirus crisis: Life through the window (from the diary of a neurotic woman)
by a neurotic woman. I have never been much of a curtain twitcher. This is simply due to the fact that I discovered a long time ago that, usually, there is nothing of great interest to peer at furtively, unless one happens to enjoy the sight of people getting...
Photos of much loved locations in Eling
by Mike Daish. I am confined to my flat at the moment and have been inside for almost four weeks now. To pass some of the time I am looking at old photos and enjoying the memories they invoke. Something I do regularly is go out on little cycle...
Book review: Love after Love, by Ingrid Persuad
reviewed by Frances Churchward. This novel is set in Trinidad and has three protagonists; Betty, a single mother, Solo, her teenage son who grows into a young man over the course of the story, and Mr Chetan who is Betty’s long term lodger. Each character tells their story from...
Mike Daish – photographer
I was born in the New Forest and have lived in or around Southampton most of my life. I’m a keen photographer and there is not much I enjoy more than getting out with a camera for the day. I also like doing a bit of digital art in...