by heritage editor Martin Brisland. Did you skate at Southampton Ice Rink? If so you would have to be of a certain age as on August 22nd 2023 the ice rink will have been closed for 35 years. Southampton’s very first ice rink was situated on Charles Knott’s Banister...
Beans on Toast, coming to Southampton’s The Loft this month
Beans on Toast comes to Southampton’s The Loft on March 16. He recently released a new single Against The War. Beans says: “Against the War is a protest song. It’s a song about peace written in a time of war. It wasn’t an easy song to write, but like...
Jazz musician Ray d’Inverno performing at Turner Sims Southampton to celebrate his 80th birthday
Turner Sims Southampton celebrates the 80th birthday of one of Southampton’s best known musicians, Ray d’Inverno, on Sunday 5 March with a special concert featuring the man himself. The acclaimed jazz pianist ran Southampton Jazz Club for many years, alongside his career as a Professor of Mathematics and General...
Health journalist Sarah Graham to share manifesto for change in women’s healthcare at Railway Inn, Winchester
On Tuesday 14th March award-winning health journalist Sarah Graham will be at The Railway Inn, Winchester delivering an empowering manifesto for change in women’s healthcare in her inclusive, pro-NHS, pro-choice discussion – Rebel Bodies, in the latest Wire Wool event. Women make up 51% of the population and are...
Review: Ri Baroche – Drag ‘n’ Drop, The Art House, Southampton, March 2
words and pictures by Anita Foxall. Drag ‘n’ Drop, a drag musical-comedy, is Ri Baroche’s new show. They performed it at The Art House, Southampton, on 2nd March for the first time as a warm up for their upcoming show at the Brighton FemFest on 7th March, but also as...
Book review: Toy Fights, a Boyhood, by Don Paterson
by poetry editor Anita Foxall. Toy Fights, a Boyhood is the wonderful memoir by poet Don Paterson. However, straight at the beginning, we are warned not to expect poetry, as this book stops where the poetry begins. However, widely aware poetry cannot be omitted from his life, Patterson brought...
The Rocky Horror Show’s creator Richard O’Brien chats ahead of the show’s arrival in Southampton this month
The Rocky Horror Show is on the road again, and coming to the Mayflower Theatre from March 20 to 25, celebrating its 50th year. Ahead of the show’s arrival in Southampton, Richard O’Brien chatted about the story behind the iconic show, the cinematic version and more. What was...
Suburban Safari: Focus on the Crocus
words and pictures by Katie Isham. Word on the street is spring is here. Some might say it’s fool’s spring, but let’s embrace it anyway. The treasure we’re hunting for today is never bothered by winter regardless: these tiny, mighty flowers laugh in the face of hail and welcome...
Lord of the Lost to play Southampton’s 1865 in September
Genre-bending German gothic metal band Lord of the Lost will be coming to Southampton’s 1865 on September 26. Over the past 13 years, the name Lord of the Lost has embedded itself into the top-tier of dark and heavy music. Juggling elements of metal, industrial, glam, rock and pop,...
Dub War come to Suburbia, Southampton, on March 3
Ragga/metal stalwarts Dub War are heading to Southampton this week as part of their Westgate Under Fire UK Tour. Performing at Suburbia on Friday 3 March, Dub War will be unleashing their unique fusion of rock, punk, hip-hop and reggae dub in Southampton. Originally formed in 1993 in Newport,...