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…
The Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is delighted to announce that the acclaimed writer Maggie O’Farrell is to become its Patron. O’Farrell is the author of nine best-selling books, including The Hand that First Held Mine and I Am, I Am, I Am. She has agreed to be Patron after working with the Festival on establishing…
CREATIVE SPACES: Artists in the early decades of the 20th century 5 May – 19 June Watts Contemporary Gallery Opening at Watts Contemporary Gallery on 5 May (until 19 June), Creative Spaces explores how artists working during the early decades of the 20th century were inspired by the spaces which they inhabited.…
IMPORTANT PAINTING BY G.F. WATTS HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE NATION AND ALLOCATED TO WATTS GALLERY A significant painting by George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817-1904) has been allocated to Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village via HM Government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme, run by the Arts Council. Commissioned in 1848, the large-scale painting…
HASLEWORKS HOSTS RECEPTION FOR JEREMY HUNT MP’S CAMPAIGN FOR NEW CANCER & SURGICAL INNOVATION CENTRE On Thursday 31 March, HasleWorks – a new co-working space in Haslemere Town Centre – hosted a reception to thank members of the local community for supporting Jeremy Hunt MP’s fundraising campaign for the new Cancer & Surgical Innovation…
VISIT WEST HORSLEY PLACE THIS SPRING West Horsley Place reopens to visitors this spring with a programme of special events, guided tours and open days. From 7 April, visitors will be able to see the GladRags community banner, which will go on public display in Place Farm Barn for the first time. The…
Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has strengthened its Board with the appointment of four new Trustees. The new Trustees are: Nick Hall – Nick’s interest in Air Ambulance services began with the Royal Flying Doctor Service – providing medical support in remote communities in Australia. He became more passionate about what…
Opening this spring, Invisible Landscapes presents new work by artist Edward Hutchison which encourages us to deepen our connection with the natural environment. Presented across two galleries – Bankside Gallery, London (27 April – 8 May) and The Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire (25 April – 4 May) – the exhibition brings together over 90…