Words and photos by Mike Daish. On Monday I visited the Southampton boat show. As soon as I stepped out of my front door, the heavens opened, and I did wonder if it was wise to be going. I got a little damp, but luck was on my side,...
Features
Under the Covers – August: Meet prize-winning Totton-born author/illustrator Kim Hillyard
By books editor Carolyn Thomas. Images by Jasmine Joynson. In just a few years Totton-born children’s author and illustrator Kim Hillyard has cornered the market in life-enhancing stories featuring quirky animal heroes. So far she’s featured a fly, a hamster, and a mammoth in her beautifully illustrated stories for...
Photos: butterflies, a lady and a dragon
By Mike Daish. I have not been very active with my camera recently, but have taken a few pictures here and there. Most have been in my garden where I have spent many hours watching the local wildlife come and go. One of my favorite visitors is the peacock...
Southampton Pride drops sponsorship from ExxonMobil and HSBC following calls from local LGBT+ environmental campaigners
By Sally Churchward. Picture by Mike Daish. Southampton Pride has ended ties with ExxonMobil and HSBC following calls from local LGBT+ environmental campaigners. Previously both organisations were listed as ‘bronze sponsors’ on the Southampton Pride website. Southampton LGBT+ Climate Coalition, recently published an open letter to the organisers of...
Opinion: Gaza – the Freedom Flotilla visits Southampton
By Charlie Hislop. Fishing is essential to the livelihoods of the people of Gaza, but for the, fishermen going out in their boats has been likened to entering a ‘military zone’. The Israeli-imposed limit as to how far the fishermen can go out varies – frequently set at six...
Under the Covers July 2023: Meet local prize-winning children’s author Ali Sparkes
By books editor Carolyn Thomas. As the long summer holidays approach, parents all over Southampton will be juggling jobs and other commitments while keeping their children entertained. So it seems a good time for some reading recommendations! Not only is time with a book immensely enjoyable – when it’s...
Photos: Do1Cancer fundraiser at Southampton’s Bargate
Photos by Ian Cumming. A charity hip hop and graffiti jam was held at Southampton’s Bargate and the Common on Saturday (1st July) in collaboration with Do1Cancer, to raise money for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. It was organised by Southampton graffiti artist, Paul Donnelly, aka Flukez. It included graffiti...
Interview: Something In Common with The Molotovs
By Lewis MacLean. The Molotovs are a trio of young musicians who are a new and fast rising band. The name was familiar to me before the Isle of Wight Festival but after seeing a recommendation from The Libertines’ Pete Doherty describing them as ‘F-ing Ace’, I was keen...
Curating A Southampton Summer Night 2023 at Turner Sims
by Paul Bickmore. ‘A Southampton Summer Night 2023’ is coming to Turner Sims on July 14, and this year The Art House is honoured to have been asked to curate it. This was not an easy task – in the fourteen years I’ve been organising gigs at Southampton we’ve...
“I wasn’t ready to do nothing” – Supporting an African village from a shop in Southampton
By Catherine Collins When Vivienne Gilbert had to give up work due to Fibromyalgia, she wasn’t quite ready to ‘do nothing’, and now she has set up a not-for-profit shop to help support an African village. Kookies Crafts, based in Woolston in Southampton, provides a venue for local crafters...