Review: Pride in the Park, Southampton Day #2

By Mabel Wellman. Pride In The Park 2024 continued into the 9th June – just like every other year, this Pride festival lasts for two days. It was noticeably quieter on Sunday. However, the music, amusements and food and drink stalls continued to entertain all who attended. It was...

DIIV come to Southampton in December

Image: DIIV by Coley Brown. Following the release of their critically acclaimed new album Frog In Boiling Water, DIIV will go on a run of EU / UK tour dates to take place in winter 2024, bringing them to Southampton’s Engine Rooms. Frog In Boiling Water has received critical acclaim...

Review: Pride in the Park, Southampton – Day #1

By Mabel Wellman. The two day Pride In The Park event has started today on the 8th June, and will continue into the evening of 9th June. The day started fairly quietly, but the live performances soon grew a  crowd to sing and dance along to many queer classic...

Shed Seven bring partly sold out tour to Bournemouth this autumn

Image by Chris Little.  Shed Seven have already had an unforgettable 30th anniversary year, taking in their first ever No.1 album with ‘A Matter of Time’, two huge upcoming homecoming celebration shows at York’s Museum Gardens, and aNo.1 vinyl single with the BBC Radio 2 playlisted ‘Let’s Go Dancing’. Yet the fun doesn’t stop there....

In Conversation with Romilly Morgan at October Books

Southampton’s independent radical bookshop, October books, will be celebrating Independent Bookshop Week later this month with a special event. On June 17th, they will will be joined by Brazen Books founder Romilly Morgan for a discussion around independent booksellers and fiction in translation. BRAZEN has just published Japanese bestseller...

Southampton peace protest against Gaza genocide 

By Nazrin Wilkinson. Hundreds of Southampton residents marched peacefully through the city on Sunday 2nd June, to protest against the ongoing Israeli offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza, where more than 36,000 people have been killed. The march, organised by the Southampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) with the support...

Review: Be Bright Be Bold by Rich Lansley

By Anita Foxall. Be Bright Be Bold is Rich Lansley’s first poetry collection. To support his publication he has also compiled a performance show where he reads some of his poems, but also engages with the audience with his warmth and wit. Rich’s poetry has been described as charming...