Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
The final tickets for CarFest – summer’s fast and furious fun-fuelled family festivals – are about to go on sale. Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 DJ and the inspiration behind the two motoring and music-themed extravaganzas, will release the last batch at 8am tomorrow (Thursday 30 May) morning during his award-winning Breakfast Show. Evans again […]
Amateur and professional gardeners agree on one thing; the gardener’s mantra of ‘Right Plant Right Place’ is the soundest piece of garden wisdom ever dispensed and no one brings it to life and executes it better at the Chelsea Flower Show than 19 times RHS Gold medal winner Rosy Hardy. Putting on a large display […]
The MSA Formula Championship is the single-seater support series to the UK’s premier motorsport package, the British Touring Car Championship. Hampshire’s Ricky Collard @RickyCollard is currently 2nd in the standings 1 Daniel TICKTUM GBR 114 2 Ricky COLLARD GBR 87 3 James PULL GBR 77 4 Lando NORRIS GBR 74 5 Matheus LEIST BRA 65 […]
The MSA British Touring Car Championship returns to Thruxton Circuit on 9th & 10th May. There are two Hampshire drivers in the field: Rob Collard @collardrob (currently 7th in the standings, driving for Team JCT600 with GardX) Dan Welch @BTCCDanWelch (driving for Hampshire based team Welch Motorsport @WelchMotorsport) Unfortunately on qualifying day, Dan damaged his car […]
A Freedom Parade involving the King’s Royal Hussars will take place in Winchester on Thursday 9 July. The event is being arranged jointly by the Regiment and Winchester City Council in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Hussars. The right of ‘Freedom of Entry’ to the city is an ancient privilege and allows a […]
The University of Southampton has launched a new exhibition which gives a unique perspective on the Duke of Wellington’s role in the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington and Waterloo: ‘the tale is in every Englishman’s mouth’ draws from the Wellington Archives – a collection of papers belonging to Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), […]
Discover what goes on behind the scenes of a busy artists’ studios at The Sorting Office Summer Open Studios. Taking place over two days, Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, Summer Open Studios is a rare opportunity to meet The Sorting Office’s 16 artists and designer-makers in their workspace, chat with them, watch them […]
A new grouping of Southampton’s heritage venues aiming to promote the City’s rich heritage has been launched. The ‘Southampton Heritage Experience’ has seen Solent Sky, SeaCity and Tudor House, SS Shieldhall, The Hythe Ferry, The Mayflower 400 Project and See Southampton guides collaborate to produce heritage maps and vouchers that will encourage visitors to the […]
Winchester Area Tourist Guides Association has teamed up with Winchester City Council, the University of Winchester and Winchester BID to recruit new guides for the city. Winchester has had a team of professional tourist guides for many years, and the current guides enjoy their varied work. They are inviting applications from anyone who shares their […]
Exactly one year after his incredible Man Overboard rescue in the North Pacific Ocean, a round-the-world sailor has released a book which details his incredible fight for survival. Andrew Taylor, 47, a novice sailor on the longest ocean race around the planet – the Clipper Round the World Race Yacht Race – was hit by […]
