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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.

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.


Pictures: Take a walk with us around the Shaw House sculpture park

06 August 2025
Pictures: Take a walk with us around the Shaw House sculpture park

Pictures: Take a walk with us around the Shaw House sculpture park

06 August 2025

The pleasure of this free-entry show lies in its wide stylistic variety, particularly rewarding for those who would not normally visit an art gallery.


Win two tickets to Josh Widdicombe at the Corn Exchange

06 August 2025
Win two tickets to Josh Widdicombe at the Corn Exchange

Win two tickets to Josh Widdicombe at the Corn Exchange

06 August 2025

Old Library project fundraising raffle for one lucky winner to grab two central stalls tickets for stand-up show Not My Cup of Tea.


KATS’ 39 Steps parody brings the house down

06 August 2025
KATS’ 39 Steps parody brings the house down

KATS’ 39 Steps parody brings the house down

06 August 2025

Though the plot was arguably just as improbable as Hitchcock’s 1930s blockbuster, this adaptation by Patrick Barlow was way funnier.


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05 August 2025
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05 August 2025

Sign up and get our top arts stories dropped to your inbox for free every Thursday evening.


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.


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