West Horsley Place reopens to visitors this spring with its biggest programme yet, enabling many more people to discover and enjoy the Grade 1 listed manor house and 380-acre historic estate. From exploring watercolours to watching The Wind in the Willows, discovering ancient woodland to immersive storytelling, the programme has been expanded for 2023…
The 16th Stratford Literary Festival today announces a stellar line-up – with three of the UK’s leading actresses, TV stars, best-selling authors, leading journalists and opinion formers and a right Royal Coronation celebration. The Festival which runs from 2nd to 7th May at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford will feature headline names including…
Surrey Hills International Music Festival (formerly Investec International Music Festival) is delighted to announce the programme for its 2023 season. Each spring, Surrey Hills International Music Festival (SHIMF) brings world-class musicians to perform in beautiful and unique venues across the Surrey Hills. Following 2022’s focus on Vaughan Williams and his Surrey connections, this season’s…
Opening at Watts Gallery in March 2023, Halima Cassell: From the Earth celebrates the career of one of Britain’s leading contemporary sculptors. The exhibition brings together objects from the artist’s own collection – a number of which are rarely on public display – with new work inspired by Watts Gallery’s founding artists, George Frederic…
A new digital tour launching at West Horsley Place this week will give visitors a unique opportunity to discover more about the fascinating history of the Grade I listed Manor House. The tour, which will be available from Sunday 20 November on the free app Smartify – for visitors to West Horsley Place along…
Amazing Grace, the world’s most recorded hymn, will celebrate its 250th anniversary on 1 January 2023. First sung in Olney, Buckinghamshire, the Reverend John Newton (1725-1807) wrote the hymn to accompany the sermon for the New Year’s Day service in 1773 at his parish church of St Peter and St Paul. Amazing Grace…
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,…
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…