Quizzers are invited to sign-up for Southampton Mental Health Network’s Quiz Evening in May to see if their team might be crowned the winners and raise the coveted charity trophy (2025). The Southampton City Council-supported organisation, which is on a mission to help the city become mental health friendly,...
Review: Mind Games, The Arch, Winchester
By Anita Foxall. The Arch in Winchester hosted an amazing evening of music and performances on the 27th of March. Stewart Taylor performed his new ’Virtually There’, a compelling show that takes the audience on a virtual reality journey. Last year, I experienced part of this show in a...
Pride in the Shirt project to combine football and arts for young LGBTQIA+ community
An exciting new project is combining football and arts for the LGBTQIA+ community in Hampshire. Pride In The Shirt seeks to create a safe, inclusive space for young LGBTQIA+ people (16-21yrs) in Hampshire to be active and creative. The project will be staffed by LGBTQIA+ sports coaches and arts...
Review: Beans On Toast with support from William Crighton, The Joiners, Southampton
By Spring Wise. I arrived at The Joiners very shortly after doors, and the place was already buzzing and glowing (25/3/25). The crowd brought a summertime festival vibe to a Tuesday night in March and love was in the air. William Crighton, all the way from Australia has the...
Review: Welly Instore, Vinilo, Southampton
By Katie Isham. As a Welly newcomer, I was excited to experience the fun and frolics live at their Vinilo Instore on Tuesday (25/3/25) teatime. As a woman of a certain age, I was also excited to be out on a school night, and even more excited by the...
Placeholder Poetry returns to Southampton, featuring Nasim Luczaj, Carrie Myshkin & Eden Wright
Left-field poetry performances return to Southampton next month, courtesy of Placeholder and Wire Wool Events. Wire Wool Events and Placeholder Poetry join forces once more for the fifth instalment of the hugely popular poetry evening held at The Bookshop Alehouse, Southampton. On Thursday 10th April three original thinking poets...
Interview – Alabama 3’s Rob Spragg chats ahead of playing Southampton
By Sam Wise. You may not think you know Alabama 3, but you probably do. Anyone who has watched The Sopranos is familiar with Woke Up This Morning, the churning, rumbling monster of a theme song that catapulted the band into the public eye. Personally, my favourite thing about...
Suburban Safari: Buds in the suburbs
By Katie Isham. It’s that foolish time of year again. The recent mild weather tricked us into thinking spring has sprung, but alas, the cold is persisting. It might be sunny, but we are in the grip of Fool’s Spring! Yet, there are signs of the promise of things...
Reader’s letter: Trans Pride Southampton stands in solidarity with the USA queer community
By Trans Pride Southampton. Trans Pride Southampton stands in solidarity with the queer community in the USA. Who are facing growingly more blatant hostility towards particular trans people. We never thought we’d have to say this so quickly, but we must assert it is in no way fraudulent for...
Will Varley comes to Southampton’s Joiners as part of European tour
Image by Rob Ashton Baker. English singer-songwriter Will Varley returns with his 7th album, ‘Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me’, to be released 30th May 2025 on MNRK Music Group, home to the likes of The Lumineers, Gregory Alan Isakov & Shakey Graves. He is also...