Leftfield in Bournemouth: Hauntology, not nostalgia Words by Tom Williams. Image by Steve Gullick. Leftfield are one of a handful of acts who I got into largely because their ‘Leftism’ album- with its distinctive shark’s jaws cover- appeared in the CD collections of slightly older, much cooler friends when...
Creative Connections exhibition – Southampton City Art Gallery
by Martin Brisland. Last night (May 25th) saw more than 250 people attended the launch of the Creative Connections exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery. This is a National Portrait Gallery led project to explore the city through portraiture and runs until 30 September. The standard is excellent and...
Suburban Safari: Bat Walk
by Katie Isham. Time for a proper safari, with wild animals, expert guidance and big camouflaged jeeps. Well, two out of three at least. We’ll keep to our trusty feet for this mild adventure. In the dip of the valley of Station Road, amongst the suburbs of Sholing is...
Inaugural Wilder Southampton Festival comes to the city this June
The first ever Wilder Southampton Festival takes place in June, with a host of events across the city offering the chance to reconnect with our natural world. The events are coordinated by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and celebrate the activities of the groups in Southampton...
June events at October Books, Southampton
Independent radical bookshop October Books in Portswood, Southampton, has a packed schedule of regular events as well as special one offs. Regular events include a weekly vegan cafe using foodwaste, a radical reading group, climate cafe, yoga, meditation and more. There are also a number of one-off events for...
Musicians in Southampton invited to be part of Sounds of Southampton Vol 3
SoCo Music’s New Music Development Unit, in partnership with SO Movement, invites musicians in Southampton to apply by the end of the month to be part of Sounds of Southampton Vol 3. Building on the success of two previous albums, Sounds of Southampton Vol 1 and Vol 2, SoCo...
Southampton music: Dlugokecki
by Peter Nicholson. Dlugokecki (pronounced Der-loo-go-ken-ski) have supported million-selling artists such as David Gray, Snow Patrol, Corinne-Bailey Rae, The Proclaimers, Passenger and Lu Lu on their world tours, playing to thousands of people. They’ve also had their songs used on numerous TV shows, played festivals across the word including the...
Stop the War rally to be held in Southampton
Southampton Stop the War Coalition is holding a street stall and rally on the last Saturday of each month in Southampton city centre to call for a negotiated, peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine. The next rally will be held on May 27th at noon at the city’s...
Writing Our Legacy join with Winchester Poetry Festival to bring Poetry Room to Winchester
Writing Our Legacy have joined forces with Winchester Poetry Festival to bring their popular Poetry Room to The ARC, Winchester on Saturday 3rd June 2023. Poetry Room boasts a stellar line-up of the UK’s finest creatives, thinkers, and musicians all under one roof! Your hosts for the evening are...
Southampton listings 24 – 29 May
There’s another bank holiday this Monday and it looks set to be sunny so do make the most of it! There’s also loads going on in and around Southampton to get you motivated to leave the house. On Thursday there’s a workshop and talk on alternative economics at October...