By Lewis Maclean. Southampton-born singer/songwriter – Welly (aka Elliott), is the frontman in a group – Welly – named after the main character (like Scooby Doo), but the other players are Joe and Matt on guitars, Jacob on bass, and Hannah on percussion/synthesisers. Welly no longer lives in/around Southampton...
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Experience: Living with Bell’s Palsy
By Manthan Pathak. In the last week of January this year, I developed an infection which caused painful hardening of skin inside and around my nose. I made an appointment to see my GP, reminded of a similar condition that caused someone close to me to be prescribed antibiotics...
Christmas Markets: A Review of Southampton, Winchester and Gunwharf Quays
By Mabel Wellman. Normally, I am not one for Christmas markets. In fact, my first exposure to these was slowly moving between people on Above Bar Street to get through the Southampton market in 2021 and trying not to think how having less than 5 centimetres between people (rather...
The volunteers helping solve Southampton folks’ money worries
By Megan Streb. On a typical Wednesday morning, a handful of volunteers gather at St Albans Church in Swaythling. They are there to help resolve Southampton residents’ financial problems, one at a time. “It’s all about the client – how they are, how they are affected by having debt....
Charlie Barnes, live member of Bastille and solo artist, on his career of contrasts
By Sally Churchward. Image credit: Joe Horridge. Charlie Barnes’ latest album has been three years in the making and counting. Like so many other musicians, he squeezes his passion – writing, recording, booking gigs in toilet venues – between the demands of his day job, family and the general...
Marching to stop the deaths of children – Southampton’s peace protest for Palestine
By Sally Churchward. Additional reporting by Tom Williams. Children and babies were in the hearts and on the lips and handmade signs of protesters at Sunday afternoon’s peace march and rally for Palestine in Southampton (November 12). Children in Gaza trapped under rubble – missing, presumed dead. 4,600 dead...
Interview: Will Young – pop star turned activist, on animal testing and more
By Sally Churchward. Image: Michael Warley. Handcuffing himself to a puppy farm was not the first time Will Young had taken direct action about something he felt strongly about. Previously he tied himself to a tree in protest against the building of the Newbury bypass. A long-time activist, Will...
Remembering JPF Goodman – a poet’s life
By John Bruce. JPF – John Peter Frederick – Goodman 16/3/1960 to 7/9/2023 I’m sure there are people reading this who knew JPF far longer than I did, and who know more about him, but these are my reflections on a friend and poet who died recently. We met...
Interview: Uri Agnon on his new show, Antisemitism: a (((musical)))
Antisemitism artwork by Lily Ash Sakula New show Antisemitism: a (((musical))) comes to Southampton on November 1st. Creator, Uri Agnon, a PhD student and outreach fellow at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton talks to Sally Churchward about its background...
City vigil for Gaza
by Charlie Hislop More than 250 local people attended a Vigil for Gaza in Southampton on Tuesday night, on the day that the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres called for a ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ (October 25). More than 5000 Palestinian civilians, including more than 2000 children have been killed...