Arts and Entertainment

Nicola Chester on the Nature Writing shortlist of the James Cropper Wainwright Prize with her first book On Gallows Down.

After nailing the preview, Newbury Youth Theatre head for the Fringe.

Newbury Racecourse and Ministry of Sound Classical announce huge show for the BetVictor Hungerford Day, live after racing.

10 brass and jazz bands booked through the summer.

Special walk-through experience for families to enjoy at The Base.

No rose-tinted spectacles when scandal erupts around an idol. Review of Bad Boy Disco at Offbeat Festival.

Tim reveals the secrets, the science and the everyday wonders of how and why humans journey into space at Basingstoke.

Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park reviewed.

20 years ago musicians Andy Richardson and George Wicks decided to 'get something going in Hungerford'.

Open day for From Colour To Calm, by local artists Geoff Wond and Isobel Pigott and ceramics by Sally Bettridge.

Proceeds from the release will also support music activities at the Waterside's Music Lounge.

The Unicorn at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse. Review by JON LEWIS.

The Land’s Heart is Greater Than Its Map: Promenade around Oxford Castle Quarter. Review by JON LEWIS.

Le Navet Bete: Treasure Island, at the Corn Exchange, from Thursday, July 7, to Saturday, July 9, review by ROBIN STRAPP.

Colourful traditional spectacle always draws a crowd at Goring Lock.

CARSICK win ballot to play at the Steventon festival on opening day.

Heritage Live Concerts followed by Flackstock celebration of Caroline Flack’s Life with comedy, dance and music.

The first major UK revival of 1996's Whistle Down The Wind since 2010.

Review: Apollo Big Band with guest Simon Currie at The Sutton Hall, Stockcross.

CAMERON BLACKSHAW is heading to Hill Farm, Steventon, to report on the big little festival ‘in all its weird and wonderful glory’.