Volunteers from the Southampton Greenpeace group have been knocking on doors around Highfield, Southampton, talking to residents about the climate crisis and urging them to vote with climate and nature in mind at the next general election. Project Climate Vote, Greenpeace’s nationwide mass door-knocking programme, is aiming to recruit...
Southampton’s Weaver Márquez release debut album
Southampton-based band Weaver Márquez have recently released their debut album, Decline. Weaver Márquez started performing live this year and have shared the bill with with local rising stars Hunting Hearts and The Surge. They describe their music as “dark emotionally charged indie for fans of Radiohead, Placebo, Mogwai, Interpol...
Funke and the Two Tone Baby coming to The Joiners in November
Multi-instrumentalist and one man army Funke and the Two Tone Baby is back with new single “O Great Mother”, ahead of the release of his forthcoming album ‘Reacclimate’ (due 20 October). He is also setting out on a UK tour, bringing him to The Joiners, Southampton, in November. Described...
Review 42nd Street, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, October 3
By Sarah Groszewsi. 42nd Street is a timeless fairy tale that combines comedy, dance and retro glamour in a dazzling showbiz spectacular. Starring Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Faye Tozer, the new production is directed by Jonathan Church. To describe 42nd Street as ‘all singing, all dancing’ might be...
Southampton listings: 3 – 9 October
It’s a big week if you’re into musicals, with he iconic song-and-dance spectacular, 42nd Street, at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from 3 – 7 October, while there’s exciting theatre with MAST Mayflower Studios’ revival of Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead, (pictured) which runs from...
Photos: Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival – Southampton
Photos by Charlie Hislop and Anita Foxall. More than 50 black-led organisations in Southampton and Hampshire-based organisations teamed up to create Southampton’s first ever Black Businesses, Art and Music Festival, held on Sunday 1st October, the first day of Black History Month. The idea was conceived by The United...
Fraser T Smith bringing Future Utopia to The Joiners, Southampton, this month
World renowned artist, songwriter, musician and producer Fraser T Smith is hitting the road with his first Future Utopia headline tour this month. Starting at Glasgow’s King Tuts Wah Wah Hut on 18 October, the 12 date tour includes The Joiners, Southampton, on 30 October. Future Utopia’s upcoming headline...
Reader’s letter: shop workers don’t feel safe – we need to do more
By Cllr Beccy Greenhalgh. Last week I gave my maiden speech at a Southampton City Council meeting as a Labour Party councillor for Coxford. I gave it in support of a motion by Cllr Noon which was passed, which said: “Southampton city Council stands with unions and employers in...
Heritage: Legacy of the Spanish Civil War
By Martin Brisland. In May 1937 the SS Habana arrived in Southampton with nearly 4,000 child refugees from the Basque region of Northern Spain. They were escaping the Spanish Civil War and were put into a temporary camp off Chestnut Avenue, North Stoneham until that September. The Civil War...
Lots on in Southampton for Black History Month this October
October is Black History Month. The theme for this year is ‘heritage’. This year’s Black History Month launched in Southampton with a special event at St Mary’s Fire Station. A spokesperson said: “Through the lens of heritage we will explore the cultural legacies that have shaped the influence Black...