September 2018 Deacon’s Jewellers Well listeners, you can hardly have failed to notice that this summer saw the publication of my first book, Secret Swindon. So now it’s onto the next project: Swindon in 50 Buildings. To that end I’ve compiled a list of suggested buildings for the edification of the
29th August 2018 The Baker’s Community Café It’s been sometime in the coming – you know how it is with building works – it always takes longer and costs more than you think. But at last it’s open and getting underway and, best thing of all, it’s a lovely bit
27 August 2018 South Asian Performing Arts Centre: Art is for everyone This post is largely by way of sharing a lovely Swindon Advertiser Monday Matters piece – Art is for Everyone written by the smashing Sarah Singleton. SAPC – the South Asian Performing Arts Centre – is a lovely
August 2018 Art Boxes and Swindon Open Studios Years ago, in my early years in Swindon, I recall going to the Arts Centre in Swindon and there being an old-fashioned vending machine there. You put your £1 coin and out popped a little box of art. Oh I thought this was
August 2018 The Summer Youth Project do Oliver! Summer Youth Project Oliver WOW! I’ve been to several summer youth project performances now and they’ve never failed to delight. But – last night, I saw them perform Oliver and it blew my socks off. The case were rewarded with a standing
August 2018 Swindon stuff to do on the cheap A couple of years ago I published a post – https://swindonian.me/2015/07/23/summer-stuff-to-do-in-swindon-on-the-cheap/ Some of what follows is repeated from the old post – but not all so take a look. But some of it is new stuff. The best way to see a
August 2018 Blue Plaques in Swindon There are now a number of blue plaques in Swindon. The most recent being unveiled on June 16th, 2018 on Swindon Civic Day. The plaque was installed on the exterior of the Health Hydro – aka Milton Road Baths. Swindon Civic Voice: https://www.swindoncivicvoice.org.uk Here’s
11th August 2018 Summer Workshops at Swindon’s Museum and Art Gallery Doing what it says on the tin – a poster advertising stuff to do with the kids, in the form of summer workshops at Swindon’s museum and art gallery up in Old Town. The activities are sponsored by the
10th August 2018 8 Must visit historical sites in Swindon A quick share of an article by Total Swindon. The article features 8 must-visit historical sites in Swindon. It’s a nice list and especially so because they’ve included the Railway Village Conservation area including Faringdon (or GWR) park. Which is
8th August 2018 Secret Swindon book launch So. My first book, Secret Swindon, had a gorgeous launch event at Swindon central library on the 28th July. I’ve been meaning to post about it since then but stuff got in the way. Namely some security stuff being done on the blog
