Tune in to Radio 3 tomorrow (Christmas Day) and hear a new carol devised by Berrylands’ Tamiko Dooley. Tamiko won a nationwide BBC Christmas Carol Competition to create a tune to the words of Christina Rossetti’s poem Love Came Down At Christmas. Her composition was among six shortlisted by a panel of judges from nearly 1,000 entries.
READ MOREBerrylands’ Tamiko Dooley is a finalist in a nationwide competition to come up with a new Christmas Carol. The BBC challenged the public to create a tune for the words of Christina Rossetti’s poem Love Came Down At Christmas. There were nearly 1,000 entries which have been whittled down to six by the judges. You
READ MOREGrab a coffee at Surbeanton and take time to enjoy David Jacobson’s exhibition Night Gallery, which captures the magic and allure of London after dark. David, whose vibrant, colourful and mesmeric photographs fill the art gallery wall at the café in Victoria Road, Surbiton, has been walking the streets of Chinatown and Soho and other
READ MORESurbiton’s The Lamb pub and Salon No. 13 will be holding Christmas markets this weekend with arts and crafts made by local creatives – perfect for a spot of Xmas shopping. The pub in Brighton Road will be holding its event – indoors and outdoors under canopies – from noon to 6pm today (Saturday), while
READ MOREPeople’s Poet Roger McGough, pictured above, is to perform at the cornerHOUSE this Friday, November 26. Dubbed the patron saint of poetry by former poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Liverpool poet McGough, who hosts Poetry Please on Radio 4, will be reading from his latest book, Safety in Numbers, and taking a wry and whimsical
READ MOREA packed community hall at St Mary’s church, Long Ditton, heard a talk from assistant curate the Rev Alison Baverstock about a passion… the Titanic. The area has a bond with the doomed ship as Austin Partner, one of the 1,502 who perished in the freezing waters of the Atlantic on April 15 1912, lived
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