By Russell Foxall. Photos: Anita Foxall. Having seen the impressive Conscious Pilot before, it was an easy decision to head out on a cold early March Sunday (2/3/25), particularly as I had enjoyed the various songs by Bikini Body I had sampled on line. The opening band was Winchester-based...
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Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls come to Southampton on their April tour
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls are set to continue their relentless tour schedule this April with a number of headline shows in the UK. After kick-starting the year with a series of dates in Mexico and a special, intimate gig for BRITs Week and War Child, Frank Turner...
Young artists’ work exhibited at historical Southampton landmark
In a vibrant celebration of youth creativity, Southampton charity In Focus Education & Development showcased two photographic exhibitions on Wednesday 26th February, highlighting the transformative power of arts-based learning among young people in collaboration with GO! Southampton, the Business Improvement District (BID) for Southampton City Centre. The evening’s programme...
Heritage: the highest point in Southampton
By Martin Brisland. How High the Moon is a jazz standard song dating from 1940. The enduring popularity, since it started in 1955, of the Guinness World Records books shows that people are always fascinated to learn what is the fastest, longest, heaviest, oldest, tallest in any given field....
Review: Picture You Dead – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Dan O’Farrell. The crime genre has been a massively popular feature of British cultural life since the first Sherlock Holmes stories rolled off the Victorian printing presses. TV schedules are still awash with ‘whodunnits’, murder-mysteries and increasingly dark thrillers, and crime fiction remains the most reliably high-selling flavour...
Review: Hinds, Papillion, Southampton 25/02/2025
By Darren Grayer. After releasing their third studio album The Prettiest Curse in 2020, Spanish indie rockers Hinds were ironically hit with indifferent fortunes. The band split, losing their rhythm section, then parted company with their management and record label. That left founding members, Carlotta Cosials and Ana Garcia...
Review: Eun-Me Ahn Dance Company – Dragons, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Spring Wise. I went into this show honestly not knowing what to expect and I left feeling that I’d been on a journey I didn’t fully understand, and perhaps that’s how it was intended. The first minute or so filled me with dread that it was going to...
Trans Pride Southampton to return to the city in autumn
This week Trans Pride Southampton announced that their namesake event, Trans Pride Southampton, will return to the city in the autumn this year. Trans Pride is a yearly event since 2021, which aims to empower Southampton’s transgender community. Trans Pride Southampton will happen on the 25th October 2025. Last...
View from The Kingsland: Reflective Ramblings
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...
Review: Heartworms, The Joiners, Southampton
By Darren Grayer. Photo courtesy of Simon Ward. Heartworms may well sound like a band name, but it is essentially the solo project of singer/songwriter Jojo Orme. Hailing from Cheltenham, she has been confronted by sexist attitudes and racism on her (so far) short journey in the music industry....