by Carolyn Thomas. This month In Common books editor Carolyn Thomas celebrates World Book Night. It’s World Book Night on 23 April – an annual celebration of reading for pleasure, honouring books, and the difference they make to our wellbeing. Organised by The Reading Agency, a national charity...
The Pearl Harts come to Portsmouth following release of album Love, Chaos
London-based rock duo The Pearl Harts recently released Hypocritical the second single to be taken from their second album Love, Chaos (out 21 April, via Double Bang Records), ahead of their UK tour, bringing them to The Edge of the Wedge, Southsea, in May. Blending amped-up punk motifs with...
Exhibition celebrating connections to the sea in Southampton comes to October Books with a launch event
A new exhibition, celebrating our connection to the sea, comes to the community room at October Books in Portswood, Southampton, in April. Take me to the Sea exhibition launches on Thursday, April 6, with a special event for all ages being held from 4pm to 7pm. The evening offers...
In celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. Here, two transgender women, Nic Beck and Mabel Wellman, share why the day is so important. by Nic Beck. Today (March 31) is Transgender Day of Visibility, a day where we celebrate all people who identify under the trans umbrella. A day...
Interview: Brendan Murphy on bringing Spike & co to the stage in Buffy ReVamped
by Katie Isham. This Friday night, as the sun sets, a peroxide blonde in a sweeping leather duster will take to the stage at MAST Southampton. Brendan Murphy is the living embodiment of Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In his new show, Buffy ReVamped, he takes the audience...
Kevin to juggle his way around Southampton marathon in aid of Communicare
Kevin Sawers from Hedge End will be juggling his way around the 5k in the ABP Southampton Marathon in aid of a charity that helps eradicate loneliness this weekend. The 45-year-old decided to set himself the challenge of juggling and running the race in aid of Communicare, which helps...
Chappaqua Wrestling begin their May tour in Southampton’s Heartbreakers
Having completely sold out their first UK headline tour last October, Chappaqua Wrestling will be on the road again in May, coming to Southampton’s Heartbreakers on May 16, before heading to London, Oxford, Bristol and more, ending their tour in Glasgow. They recently launched new single ’Need You No More’...
View from the Kingsland: The Strange Season Continues
by Nick Mabey. It’s the beginning of April and we still have a quarter of the league season to go. Thanks to the World Cup every team has at least ten games to play and some as many as 13, when normally it would be five or six. Normally...
Southampton listings 28 March – 3 April
Runners across Southampton have been in training for months or more ahead of this weekend’s ABP Southampton Marathon and related events. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for good weather for the runners and their supporters as they pound the streets of the city on Sunday. If you’re looking...
Roller derby – Southampton City Rollers vs Brighton Rockerbillies, Haywards Heath, March 25
by Joy McKay. Roller derby had a riotous return when our own Southampton City Rollers took on the Brighton Rockerbillies at a sold out game in Haywards Heath at the weekend. In their new uniforms, debuted at the weekend, they looked like a true team ready to have a great...