Arts

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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A theatrical twist to Valentine’s gifts from Lunaria London 0
- Arts, News
- 10th February 2021
Why not gift a bouquet or wreath for your Valentine or Galentine (for your female besties) made with some theatrical flair by chums Lauren Smith and Sarah Mathieson. The duo, who work out of a studio in Villiers Close, Surbiton, launched Lunaria London when they found themselves jobless in March when The National Theatre closed
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Captain Tom inspires veterans’ book club at care home 0
- Arts, News
- 4th February 2021
The book which Royal Star & Garter residents are reading has taken on extra poignancy following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore on Tuesday. The Surbiton home for disabled veterans and their partners launched a book club recently for its residents living with dementia – and they chose centenarian and national hero Captain Tom’s
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Write and record a radio play 0
- Arts, News
- 27th January 2021
There’s still time to write a radio play for the cornerHOUSE Radio Shorts project. The arts centre in Surbiton is asking for original plays between five and 10 minutes long to be submitted for its radio drama initiative. It can just be a monologue or even involve the whole household if you want to. The
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