A unique art exhibition has opened this week at Swindon Hub, the town centre’s new community space.
Part of an ongoing programme of events and exhibitions themed around health, wellbeing and creativity, Dedications to Pei is a new show of pop art collaborations from around the world.
Local amateur historian Susan Mockler will be the Athelstan Museum’s first guest speaker at a new series of monthly teatime talks to tell fascinating stories. The programme of talks is starting with a history of Malmesbury pubs.
The return of Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow is now confirmed. The festival invites people from across Swindon and the UK to share in the research and innovation that will shape our futures.
One of the South West’s leading performing arts companies for children and young people is now offering regular dance classes for adults.
Mechanics’ Matters Newsletter No 4
After what seems like an eternity, the project to restore and relaunch the Health Hydro is so very close.
The project has now appointed consultants. It’s their job to build up a programme of works to deal with the long overdue maintenance issues. And also to update the facilities and restore the key important historical features. They’ll also provide the outline of a business plan to sustain the building, enabling it to serve the town for another 130 years!
Make no mistake, we’re counting ourselves extremely fortunate to be within touching distance of such a sum of money – £6.5m – to spend on the building. The final stage of the business case for £5m of the funding must be submitted and approved in February. We’re indebted to SBC for pursuing this funding. The question is how far will the money stretch?
Talk in Code Young Love's DreamThe new single from Swindon/Wiltshire 80s flavoured indie band Talk in Code, Young Love's Dream, is due for full release on 11th February 2022. Yet you can access the album preview ahead of release on Spotify here. The single comes from...
The most recent live stage production from the teen section of Swindon-based Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) was Oliver Lansley’s The Terrible Infants. The performance comprised a real visual and musical feast based on the original story Les Enfants Terribles.
Swindon’s Cultural Heritage Institute
Swindon is Britain’s only large town with no university. There is a university in Gloucester, a university in Reading and TWO universities in Bath. And they even have a university in Oxford – who knew?
But not in Swindon. Yet that has now changed.
Yes folks it’s panto time. ‘Oh no it isn’t!’ I hear you cry. ‘Oh yes it is!’ I respond.
This afternoon I’ve bean (see what I did there?!) to a marvellous matinee performance of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon.
Wassailer Robin Burton will entertain guests in Malmesbury this month by sharing the history of a practice commonplace in the South West until the early 20th century.
Malmesbury Museum Gets Codebreaking Donation
The family behind a well-known Wiltshire company has donated £5,000 to the Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury. The donation came after they auctioned a rare private letter from codebreaker Alan Turing to the founder of the Linolite brand.
Culture Fund Award to RPA
Swindon’s Revolution Performing Arts, is one of 925 organisations receiving a share of more than £100 million awarded to cultural organisations across the country.
