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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.

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Young pavement artists dodge the weather for Chalkfest

05 August 2025
Young pavement artists dodge the weather for Chalkfest

Young pavement artists dodge the weather for Chalkfest

05 August 2025

Three-hundred-and-fifteen participants joined in and the morning was busy, with more than two thirds turning up in the first two hours.


Soft Cell and Holly Johnson to headline next week’s Rewind festival

05 August 2025
Soft Cell and Holly Johnson to headline next week’s Rewind festival

Soft Cell and Holly Johnson to headline next week’s Rewind festival

05 August 2025

The Henley festival celebrates all things ’80s and beyond.


The art of Radiohead: Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke’s This is What You Get

04 August 2025
The art of Radiohead: Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke’s This is What You Get

The art of Radiohead: Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke’s This is What You Get

04 August 2025

Exhibition looks at the creative forces behind some of the most important and influential music of the past few decades.


Magical sounds of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA by candlelight at Shaw House

03 August 2025
Magical sounds of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA by candlelight at Shaw House

Magical sounds of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA by candlelight at Shaw House

03 August 2025

Join Lumos Live for an enchanting candlelight experience with classic sounds of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA performed by a string trio.


James Haskell, Alex Payne and Mike Tindall’s on the road with The Good, The Bad and the Rugby

02 August 2025
James Haskell, Alex Payne and Mike Tindall’s on the road with The Good, The Bad and the Rugby

James Haskell, Alex Payne and Mike Tindall’s on the road with The Good, The Bad and the Rugby

02 August 2025

‘…we promise if you buy a ticket, come show time we’ll be ‘tits and teeth’ as they say in the industry’.


Folk memories, myths and ancient forces at work in The Healing Tree, Boxford’s magical Masque

01 August 2025
Folk memories, myths and ancient forces at work in The Healing Tree, Boxford’s magical Masque

Folk memories, myths and ancient forces at work in The Healing Tree, Boxford’s magical Masque

01 August 2025

The Masques has a history of more than a century of bringing together generations of families, friends and the wider village community.


Parp Parp! Mr Toad is heading for historic Shaw House to save Toad Hall

31 July 2025
Parp Parp! Mr Toad is heading for historic Shaw House to save Toad Hall

Parp Parp! Mr Toad is heading for historic Shaw House to save Toad Hall

31 July 2025

Pack your picnics for the outdoor performance of The Wind in the Willows.


What’s on this week

31 July 2025
What’s on this week

What’s on this week

31 July 2025

Your community listings.


What’s on in this week: our arts&entertainment hitlist

31 July 2025
What’s on in this week: our arts&entertainment hitlist

What’s on in this week: our arts&entertainment hitlist

31 July 2025

Boxford Masques and Battle Proms head up our pick of the week.


The numbers in Kinky Boots are more New Jersey than South Midlands, but they are still catchy

31 July 2025
The numbers in Kinky Boots are more New Jersey than South Midlands, but they are still catchy

The numbers in Kinky Boots are more New Jersey than South Midlands, but they are still catchy

31 July 2025

Kinky Boots, set in a Northampton shoe factory, has been made into an American Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical by Cyndi Lauper.


Dolly’s coming to town! Well… the next best thing

31 July 2025
Dolly’s coming to town! Well… the next best thing

Dolly’s coming to town! Well… the next best thing

31 July 2025

Voted the UK’s Best Dolly Parton Impersonator, West End star Kelly O’Brien is country legend Dolly Parton.


Free summer sculpture trail in the grounds of Shaw House

29 July 2025
Free summer sculpture trail in the grounds of Shaw House

Free summer sculpture trail in the grounds of Shaw House

29 July 2025

The Orangery Lawn has been transformed into an open-air sculpture park where you can discover 85 artworks by acclaimed sculptors.


Silver celebration for Newbury group dedicated to patchwork, quilting, and all things sewing

29 July 2025
Silver celebration for Newbury group dedicated to patchwork, quilting, and all things sewing

Silver celebration for Newbury group dedicated to patchwork, quilting, and all things sewing

29 July 2025

From beginning as a small circle of keen needlewomen, Market Square Quilters have grown into a thriving community of around 50 members


When these guys rock they rock big-time!

29 July 2025
When these guys rock they rock big-time!

When these guys rock they rock big-time!

29 July 2025

Newly-formed Burning Rope gave us a mixture of new material, songs that they played as Catfish and some excellent, interesting and surprising covers.


Ding Dong! CAMRA accolades for The Bell at Aldworth

28 July 2025
Ding Dong! CAMRA accolades for The Bell at Aldworth

Ding Dong! CAMRA accolades for The Bell at Aldworth

28 July 2025

CAMRA’s West Berkshire Branch Pub of the Year and Berkshire Pub of the Year, the popular pub goes through to the regional finals.


Enjoy a glass of Pimm’s with authors, booksellers and readers in the courtyard at Hungerford Bookshop’s convivial Summer Soirée

28 July 2025
Enjoy a glass of Pimm’s with authors, booksellers and readers in the courtyard at Hungerford Bookshop’s convivial Summer Soirée

Enjoy a glass of Pimm’s with authors, booksellers and readers in the courtyard at Hungerford Bookshop’s convivial Summer Soirée

28 July 2025

‘Let's keep our fingers crossed for the sun to be shining. But fear not - a snug bookshop awaits if the rain dares to arrive’.


Newbury choir serenades 20 years of Harmony

27 July 2025
Newbury choir serenades 20 years of Harmony

Newbury choir serenades 20 years of Harmony

27 July 2025

St George’s Church was almost full to capacity for this year’s Summer Serenade.


Diamond geezers?

27 July 2025
Diamond geezers?

Diamond geezers?

27 July 2025

Arts Society Newbury’s latest fascinating talk on The De Beers Diamond Cartel: Romancing the Stone.


Celebrated tenor sings music for the accession of King Charles I tonight

26 July 2025
Celebrated tenor sings music for the accession of King Charles I tonight

Celebrated tenor sings music for the accession of King Charles I tonight

26 July 2025

John Mark Ainsley sings together with friends both vocal and instrumental St Mary-le-More church, Wallingford.


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