We’re back!
September sees the exciting return of ‘High Contrast Cinema’ to The Allendale in Wimborne. A non-profit, volunteer-run cinema organisation formed by a group of friends with a shared love of cinema. Our collective mission being a desire to invite as many people as possible to accompany us on...
The Fraud Protect team at Dorset Police has warned Oasis fans to be aware of potential scams this weekend.
Following an announcement earlier in the week, Oasis tickets will go on sale this Saturday, 31 August 2024, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to try to get tickets.
Damian...
The much missed music journalist Neil Kulkarni despised Oasis, the Gallagher brothers and everything they stand for. To understand how contemptible they are and how overhyped the corporate media have made them, Neil Kulkarni should be given a loud voice from beyond the grave. Hearing that they are to...
One of Bournemouth’s most famous inhabitants and a member of the classical literati is having her 227th birthday celebrated in style at her final resting place, St Peter's Church in Bournemouth, on Friday 30 August.
Mary Shelley, the legendary author of Frankenstein, is being honoured with a special evening of...
High Contrast Cinema, a non-profit, volunteer-run community cinema project, returns to The Allendale Centre in Wimborne on 13th September 2024 to begin their second year of screenings. The project was formed by a group of friends whose mission has been to welcome the local community to accompany them on...
In what can only be described as the least surprising news since the last time they tried this, Oasis is once again toying with the idea of a reunion. The legendary—or perhaps, infamously stubborn—Gallagher brothers are back in the spotlight, not for any new musical innovation, but for reigniting...
Before we hit the sex let us explore whether Jazz music and folk music are as Stewart argues, contradictory.
Jazz and folk music are often seen as contradictory genres due to their distinct origins, musical structures, and cultural significance. While both genres are deeply rooted in tradition and share commonalities...
James Baldwin, an eminent figure in American literature and civil rights activism, occupies a singular position in the cultural tapestry of the 20th century. Born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York City, Baldwin emerged as a prolific writer, essayist, playwright, and social critic whose works navigated the...
"Hysterical, over-emotional, shrieking grief of twats" only touches the surface on the following.
It was a bright, sunny morning in very late August when the British public awoke to the devastating news: Princess Diana, the "People's Princess," had tragically died in a car crash in Paris. The news spread like...
The Dorset History Centre houses thousands of photos from bygone eras. From over-dressed Victorian summers, hard-working Edwardian summers, chilly fetes from the fifties to fun at the fair and sporting lasses from the twenties our repositories hold them all.
For one day only, on 17 August, there will be a...
