This month, West Horsley Place Trust – the charity created by Bamber and Christina Gascoigne to save Grade I listed West Horsley Place and its surrounding estate so that they can be enjoyed by the public – announces a partnership project with VocalEyes, the national access organisation working to ensure that blind and visually impaired…
Four top level speakers will appear at Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival’s Spring Weekend on Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March. The programme of events will include BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Justin Webb, broadcaster and food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, journalist turned palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke, and broadcaster and filmmaker David Olusoga OBE.…
This week, an innovative project to connect generations within the local community gets underway at West Horsley Place. Our Stories – which has received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund – is an intergenerational project through which young people aged 15-18 will interview older people about their memories of West Horsley Place and…
Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 14 January (until 13 March), Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape brings together unique work by eight local artists to celebrate Surrey’s treasured landscapes. Heartlands: Inspired by Our Landscape also shows a deeper connection with nature that many of us have experienced over the past two years as we…
Investec International Music Festival (IIMF) is delighted to announce the programme for its 2022 season. Each spring, IIMF brings world-class musicians to perform in beautiful and unique venues across the Surrey Hills. This season’s programme celebrates the 150th anniversary and close Surrey connections of the county’s foremost musical figure, Ralph Vaughan Williams (RVW). …
Watts Gallery Trust is pleased to announce that Limnerslease will reopen to the public on 6 December 2021. The former Arts & Crafts home and studios of artists George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817–1904) and Mary Watts (1849–1938), designed by Ernest George (1839-1922) have been closed since March 2020 when the first UK lockdown…
For the first time, the Surrey Hill Christmas Fair will take place at West Horsley Place (26-28 November). This new event, organised by the West Horsley Place Trust in partnership with Surrey Hills Enterprises, will give visitors a unique opportunity to see and buy the best of Surrey arts, crafts, artisanal produce, food and…
The Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and the Salariya Book Company have opened their 2022 Children’s Picture Book Prize for submissions. The competition, which celebrates five years, is open to unpublished writers and illustrators, with a prize value of £1000. The winner will receive career advice from a leading literary agent and publicity through the Stratford…
This winter, Watts Contemporary Gallery presents Into the Night, an exhibition of new work by 14 contemporary British printmakers about the wonder and beauty of nighttime. Featuring a variety of printmaking mediums, from linocut and monoprinting to etching, woodcuts and printed glass, the exhibition brings together artists at all stages of their careers to explore what…
The Stratford Literary Festival has announced its biggest Winter Festival programme to date with a star-studded line-up that includes some of the biggest names in show business and best-selling writing. The Winter Long Weekend runs from 9th to 14th November and includes comedians Michael McIntyre and Jack Dee, former Member of Parliament turned Masterchef…