By Nick Mabey. With relegation pretty much assured (if not mathematically certain yet) I found myself in reflective mood when taking my seat for the recent home game with so-called local rivals AFC Bournemouth. Reflecting on the strange feeling of having no pressure and expecting to lose. Reflecting on...
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Peace Protest for Palestine to be held in Southampton on Saturday
A peace protest for Palestine will be held in Southampton city centre on Saturday, February 22nd. Beginning at Guildhall Square at 12.30pm, the event is organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign Southampton, who will be joined by The Red Line from Bournemouth Palestine Solidarity Movement. The group will be bringing...
Preview: Alabama 3, Engine Rooms, Southampton
Navigating the post-pandemic touring world, where nostalgia is king of the jungle, Alabama 3, have agreed to give fans a hypo full of love and hook in a mainline to 1997 and 2000 when they visit Engine Rooms on Friday 28 March. In December, Alabama 3 marked the 25th...
UB40, Judge Jules, Feeder, Happy Mondays and Brandon Block head the line-up for Poole Harbour Festival
Having enjoyed its most successful year to date, Poole Harbour Festival is proud to announce a star-studded line up for 2025 that takes the family live music festival to a new level. Up to 15,000 live music fans are expected to attend the three day festival, running from July...
Preview: There’s A Monster In Your Show, Theatre Royal Winchester
Photo credit: Ant Robling Little ones can enjoy the playful puppets who appear in a stage adaptation based on Tom Fletcher’s interactive stories when There’s A Monster In Your Show comes to Theatre Royal Winchester from Thursday 6 March. There’s A Monster In Your Show tells the story of...
Review: Murder on the Orient Express, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, 18 February 2025
By Laura McCarthy. Without a doubt, Agatha Christie’s novel Murder on the Orient Express is her finest and most famous work, offering up complex questions surrounding morality and what it means to abide by the law. Due to the multifaceted nature of this murder mystery, adaptions for film, TV,...
Drama at Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios
Experience a range of captivating dramas at the Mayflower Theatre and Mayflower Studios this year. Shows include: Murder on the Orient Express – 18 – 22 February 2025 – Mayflower Theatre Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full...
Boff Whalley of Chumbawamba and Commoners Choir comes to October Books
But: Life Isn’t Like That, Is It? is a new collection of stories by Boff Whalley, musician, author, and one of the founding members of the anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba and Commoners Choir. These are stories about real lives, real people, and real life. Stuttering, wayward, disjointed, funny, ridiculous, and unplanned....
Suburban Safari: Winter Sun on the Shore
By Katie Isham. In the midst of a cold, dark winter, any bright, sunny days are heralded like the returning hero after a battle; the second coming of a messiah. Any appearance of the sun from behind the great, grey shroud we currently live under, and we must make...
The K’s announce extensive UK tour dates
The K’s are back with new of a brand new album, lead single, and a wave of UK dates this spring and summer. With sold out headline tours, various main stage festival shows and a #3 Official Charts Album, The K’s swiftly became one of the most exciting and...