Watts Contemporary Gallery, part of Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village in Compton, Surrey, today announces its winter exhibition programme for the period November 2022 – March 2023. The Gallery offers a frequently-changing and varied programme of art and crafts, presenting work by established and emerging artists, giving visitors an opportunity to see and buy…
Dreams and Stories: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries opening at Watts Gallery on 18 October (until 26 February 2023) brings together paintings, works on paper, ceramics and more created by British artists working during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to explore how this period was central to the development of modern art – in particular,…
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has unveiled its ambitious Five Year Strategy (2022- 2027) ‘Working Together to Save More Lives’, created to help take important steps towards realising its vision of an end to preventable loss of life from medical emergency. With demand for its world-leading pre-hospital Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS)…
Watts Gallery Trust today announces the appointment of two new Trustees: Michaela Macintyre is the Vice President of Brand & Consumer Marketing at IMG, a global leader in sports, fashion, live experiences, and media. In her role, she is focused on the development and commercialisation of IMG’s diverse and growing portfolio of global brands…
The West Horsley Place Trust is delighted to announce that Ilona Harris has been appointed as the charity’s new Director and will take up her appointment on 1 November 2022. Ilona Harris was previously Head of Commercial at Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex, supporting the charity’s growth to financial stability and leading…
The Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival continues to celebrate its 15th anniversary with a superb line-up of leading writers and thinkers for its Winter Weekend of events. The Festival, which runs from 11th to 13th November, will take place once again at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bridgefoot, with a small but perfectly formed programme…
The South West’s leading literary festival announces its line-up for this autumn’s festival which runs from 14th to 18th September. Covering a wide variety of topics, including current affairs, best-selling authors and leading debut novelists, as well as events for families, it promises to be a highlight of the cultural calendar. Headlining the packed…
Today, organisers of Guildford Book Festival announce the line-up for the 2022 event, which returns to venues across the town between 2 and 16 October. Now in its 33rd year, highlights of this year’s Festival include: much-loved actor Eileen Atkins, sharing stories from her extraordinary life and career; star of Downton Abbey and Paddington…
Tickets are now on sale for a startlingly new production of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare’s Globe that will be performed at West Horsley Place on 26 and 27 August. Significantly, it will be the first time that the nationwide Globe on Tour series has come to Surrey. Using Shakespeare’s great political play as a lens…
At a special event organised by HasleWorks, Haslemere-based artist and photographer, Heather Chuter, shared insight into the inspiration she finds in the town. From charismatic portraits of local shopkeepers, business owners and community members to evocative landscapes, Haslemere has become a focus of Heather’s recent practice. Heather presented images of her portraiture and…