Arts

Interested in the fashion business? Read on…0
- Arts, News
- 7th March 2021
Virginia Grose is one of those people who always looks effortlessly glamorous. Meeting her in Claremont Gardens on a bitterly cold day to talk about her new book was no exception – Virginia oozes style. It’s probably something to do with her 40 years working in the fashion business. The course director of Fashion Business
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It’s showtime at the cornerHOUSE online!0
- Arts, News
- 3rd March 2021
A stunning bedroom version of the Stones’ anthem Honky Tonk Woman is one of the acts in an online variety night organised by Surbiton’s cornerHOUSE arts centre this Friday. The hour-long show, which includes recordings of poetry, comedy and stage drama, is available from 7.30pm… and it’s free. All you have to do is reserve
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Support young talent and join dance and disco fundraisers 0
- Arts, News
- 26th February 2021
Three dance classes and a disco will take place on Sunday afternoon (Feb 28) via Zoom to raise money to support young artistic talent. The event is a fundraiser for Kingston-based Creative Youth’s talent programme which identifies and nurtures young and emerging artists and companies. Jason Piper (former lead swan in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake)
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What makes the global fashion industry tick? New book tells all 0
- Arts, News
- 25th February 2021
Want to know what turns the cogs of the fast-moving, multi-million pound fashion industry? Read Virginia Grose’s book A Practical Guide To The Fashion Industry: Concept to Customer out today (Thursday). This is the second edition of her Basics Fashion Management series containing all-new international case studies, interviews and attention-grabbing images of the catwalk, prêt-à-porter and couture.
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New Sherlock Holmes play live streams on Zoom this Saturday 1
- Arts, News
- 15th February 2021
The game’s afoot! Fans of Sherlock Holmes will be avidly watching the tweed-suited, deer stalker hatted sleuth solve a new crime when it live-streams on Zoom this Saturday. Surbiton author Orlando Pearson, who has written new adventures and plays for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s deducting wizard, has come up with another story based on true
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Clap and dance to Monkey’s free, Friday night lockdown disco 0
- Arts, News
- 11th February 2021
Monkey and his friend Karen Ross are hosting a free Insta-live family disco party every Friday at 6pm during lockdown. The Friday Night Family Disco is suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-school children and their families. And grown-ups, why not share your phone screen with your TV and really bring the event into your living room? “Put
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