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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.

Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

17 July 2025
Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

Looking forward to Fairport Convention’s three-day Cropredy bash

17 July 2025

There are certain summer traditions that seem quintessentially British, says John Garvey, who would add the annual pilgrimage to Cropredy as one.


What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

17 July 2025
What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

What’s on this week in West Berks: your community listings

17 July 2025

From wine tasting and afternoon tea to bingo nights and vintage street markets to repair cafés, it’s all going on.


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

17 July 2025
What’s on this week: our pick of arts&entertainment

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

17 July 2025

Are you ready for the big party weekend?


Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

17 July 2025
Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

Market Place revs up in a whirlwind of breakdancing, roller-skating and skilful choreography

17 July 2025

Crowd of 800 for free Gorilla Circus show centred on a large custom-built treadmill.


Seriously skillful silliness

17 July 2025
Seriously skillful silliness

Seriously skillful silliness

17 July 2025

Award-winning Out of the Box is previewing at Arlington Arts before making its Edinburgh Fringe debut.


Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

17 July 2025
Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

Patakas bring 200-year-old family tradition of fine folk music to ACE Space

17 July 2025

Joe and Will Sartin’s lineage traces back to Marina Russell (née Sartin 1834-1908), a celebrated Dorset folk musician.


New Inkpen authors publish fiction

16 July 2025
New Inkpen authors publish fiction

New Inkpen authors publish fiction

16 July 2025

Roger Hunt’s Vindicta is set during the Napoleonic Wars, while Clare Evans’ When the Numbers Don’t Add Up is speculative commercial fiction.


Jazz among the Giants

16 July 2025
Jazz among the Giants

Jazz among the Giants

16 July 2025

Oxford chamber Music Trio combine an unusual instrumentation of piano, trombone and saxophone to perform exciting new music at Aldworth church.


The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

15 July 2025
The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

The Downs School moving production of Billy Elliot the Musical ‘a triumph’

15 July 2025

With more than 80 students involved across cast, crew, and band, the production was a true team effort.


‘Somehow we have to stage the Battle of Hastings with a cast of seven people’

15 July 2025
‘Somehow we have to stage the Battle of Hastings with a cast of seven people’

‘Somehow we have to stage the Battle of Hastings with a cast of seven people’

15 July 2025

The play’s the thing for Newbury-based writer Beth Flintoff as she works towards the 1,000 year anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth.


Photographers celebrate camera club’s 80th anniversary

14 July 2025
Photographers celebrate camera club’s 80th anniversary

Photographers celebrate camera club’s 80th anniversary

14 July 2025

Exhibition opens this week featuring 40 framed prints from some of the favourites of 23 current club members.


Le Navet Bete’s uproariously funny Treasure Island

13 July 2025
Le Navet Bete’s uproariously funny Treasure Island

Le Navet Bete’s uproariously funny Treasure Island

13 July 2025

‘Often the funniest scenes in a play are the unscripted ‘oops’ moments that emerge after something unexpected happens’.


Bond show shakes and stirs

12 July 2025
Bond show shakes and stirs

Bond show shakes and stirs

12 July 2025

Bonding: The Myth, Legend and Legacy of James Bond.


A touch of the Noël Coward about Shakespeare at the Castle

12 July 2025
A touch of the Noël Coward about Shakespeare at the Castle

A touch of the Noël Coward about Shakespeare at the Castle

12 July 2025

Debutant director Kate O’Connor’s delightful production of Twelfth Night, on the Oxford Castle terrace.


Ready for Newbury Pride today?

11 July 2025
Ready for Newbury Pride today?

Ready for Newbury Pride today?

11 July 2025

Newbury will be awash with colour, celebrations and community spirit as the people of West Berkshire celebrate the town's fourth annual Pride.

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Obituary: Artist Ken Turner

11 July 2025
Obituary: Artist Ken Turner

Obituary: Artist Ken Turner

11 July 2025

He leaves behind a body of artwork that captures his affection and knowledge of the natural world.


Cromwells certainly got that swing (doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)

11 July 2025
Cromwells certainly got that swing (doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)

Cromwells certainly got that swing (doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah)

11 July 2025

‘An afternoon to treasure’ in support of Alzheimer’s Society says reviewer Oliver Williams.


Street art meets nature in a brand-new immersive exhibition at The Base Greenham this summer.

10 July 2025
Street art meets nature in a brand-new immersive exhibition at The Base Greenham this summer.

Street art meets nature in a brand-new immersive exhibition at The Base Greenham this summer.

10 July 2025

To complement the exhibition, there’s fantastic family-friendly events designed to inspire creativity and bring the joy of nature to all ages.


What’s on this week in West Berks

10 July 2025
What’s on this week in West Berks

What’s on this week in West Berks

10 July 2025

The inaugural Newbury Picklefest among your free community listings.


Hot hitlist of arts & entertainment

10 July 2025
Hot hitlist of arts & entertainment

Hot hitlist of arts & entertainment

10 July 2025

Our pick of what’s on in West Berks.


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