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With 25 years at the Newbury Weekly News, Arts Editor Trish, previously enjoyed a 25-year career as an arts centre director, Arts Council crafts assessor and critic.

Keep the date for the big bank holiday show by Made in the Hood at Westridge

14 August 2025
Keep the date for the big bank holiday show by Made in the Hood at Westridge

Keep the date for the big bank holiday show by Made in the Hood at Westridge

14 August 2025

Collective of 12 artists and makers exhibit at Highclere as part of Hants Open Studios.


What’s on this week: your community listings

14 August 2025
What’s on this week: your community listings

What’s on this week: your community listings

14 August 2025

If you are organising a charity or community event email us details – type of event, time, venue, date and contact.


What’s on this week: our pick of arts & entertainment

14 August 2025
What’s on this week: our pick of arts & entertainment

What’s on this week: our pick of arts & entertainment

14 August 2025

A weekend of star-gazing, sculpture and superstars.


Wartime songs, secrets and sea forts at Hungerford hotel

14 August 2025
Wartime songs, secrets and sea forts at Hungerford hotel

Wartime songs, secrets and sea forts at Hungerford hotel

14 August 2025

Singer Stephanie Belle returns to The Bear in Hungerford before morning of wartime talks.


Shamilton… an improvised hip-hop musical just like Hamilton but a comedy shambles

14 August 2025
Shamilton… an improvised hip-hop musical just like Hamilton but a comedy shambles

Shamilton… an improvised hip-hop musical just like Hamilton but a comedy shambles

14 August 2025

Comedy supergroup Baby Wants Candy present the hit hip hop musical created in LA - you pick the legend, the cast makes up the rest.


Tickle your fancy with great comedy this autumn

13 August 2025
Tickle your fancy with great comedy this autumn

Tickle your fancy with great comedy this autumn

13 August 2025

Things kick off soon with the return of the Corn Exchange’s monthly comedy club The Comedy Network.


Everyone's Talking About Shakespeare: an irreverent look at The Bard

12 August 2025
Everyone's Talking About Shakespeare: an irreverent look at The Bard

Everyone's Talking About Shakespeare: an irreverent look at The Bard

12 August 2025

KATS’ new variety show packed with songs and comedy.


Björn Again and Clean Bandit headlining Parties in the Paddock this week

11 August 2025
Björn Again and Clean Bandit headlining Parties in the Paddock this week

Björn Again and Clean Bandit headlining Parties in the Paddock this week

11 August 2025

Newbury Racecourse offers the chance to win a dream holiday to Malta before Clean Bandit concert.


Carriageway closed on M4: Expect delays

11 August 2025
Carriageway closed on M4: Expect delays

Carriageway closed on M4: Expect delays

11 August 2025

This is due to an earlier serious collision.


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11 August 2025
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11 August 2025

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Supernatural killer thriller could be described as ‘The Lovely Bones with adult ghosts’

11 August 2025
Supernatural killer thriller could be described as ‘The Lovely Bones with adult ghosts’

Supernatural killer thriller could be described as ‘The Lovely Bones with adult ghosts’

11 August 2025

Jo O’Neill’s forthcoming novel More Than Us delves into the twisted mind of a manipulative killer who hides in plain sight.


Astronaut Tim Peake’s latest tour to blast off across the country

10 August 2025
Astronaut Tim Peake’s latest tour to blast off across the country

Astronaut Tim Peake’s latest tour to blast off across the country

10 August 2025

Astronauts: The Quest To Explore Space sees Tim sharing extraordinary archive footage bringing to life the adventures of fellow adventurers.


Celebrated musicals Bat Out of Hell and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies come to the big screen

10 August 2025
Celebrated musicals Bat Out of Hell and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies come to the big screen

Celebrated musicals Bat Out of Hell and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies come to the big screen

10 August 2025

Incredible music, drama and performance, all in HD on the big screen, with epic state of the art sound.


Jools Holland saxman Derek Nash gig at Pangbourne

09 August 2025
Jools Holland saxman Derek Nash gig at Pangbourne

Jools Holland saxman Derek Nash gig at Pangbourne

09 August 2025

Sunday night’s guest at Pangbourne Jazz Club is one of the UK’s busiest jazz musicians – the British Jazz Award-winning saxophonist Derek Nash.


Six Degrees: a fun 75-minute circus show from Quebec-based company Flip Fabrique

09 August 2025
Six Degrees: a fun 75-minute circus show from Quebec-based company Flip Fabrique

Six Degrees: a fun 75-minute circus show from Quebec-based company Flip Fabrique

09 August 2025

Six Degrees is perfect family entertainment, a skillful concoction to brighten anyone’s day.


Buy tickets and have a great time supporting Newbury’s Old Library project

08 August 2025
Buy tickets and have a great time supporting Newbury’s Old Library project

Buy tickets and have a great time supporting Newbury’s Old Library project

08 August 2025

A lively season of events to help fund the refurbishment of one of Newbury’s most cherished historic buildings as a vibrant new arts hub.


What’s on this week: your community listings

07 August 2025
What’s on this week: your community listings

What’s on this week: your community listings

07 August 2025

Email us if you are organising a charity or community event and would like to be included in these free listings.


What’s on this week in arts & entertainment

07 August 2025
What’s on this week in arts & entertainment

What’s on this week in arts & entertainment

07 August 2025

Our pick of what to see, from the art of Radiohead to a walk in the sculpture park.


What a dazzler! Seven-metre sun installation coming to the grounds of Basildon Park

07 August 2025
What a dazzler! Seven-metre sun installation coming to the grounds of Basildon Park

What a dazzler! Seven-metre sun installation coming to the grounds of Basildon Park

07 August 2025

Luke Jerram’s Helios fuses solar imagery, sunlight and a specially created surround-sound composition.


Paddington star Hugh Bonneville among a stellar line-up of authors coming to Hungerford

07 August 2025
Paddington star Hugh Bonneville among a stellar line-up of authors coming to Hungerford

Paddington star Hugh Bonneville among a stellar line-up of authors coming to Hungerford

07 August 2025

The team at Hungerford Bookshop have been busy behind the scenes arranging the autumn programme and it’s fair to say they are pretty excited.


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