Long Ditton

Meet the Artist event heralds Flowing Colours exhibition 0
- Arts, News
- 25th August 2020
Anna Dyson’s Flowing Colours exhibition launches tonight (Tuesday) at the cornerHOUSE. The Meet the Artist event at the Surbiton arts centre from 7-9pm also includes a screen presentation of Anna’s oil-on-canvas paintings. As well as the chance to buy her artwork there is also the opportunity to snap up leggings, bags, gifts and cards which
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Summer drama workshops for primary school children are back!0
- Arts, News
- 10th August 2020
Stuck for something to keep the kids occupied? Solved! Katy’s Drama Club workshops are back at the cornerHOUSE! Katy Huckfield’s workshops at the arts centre in Surbiton this week are full, but there are still a few places left for her sessions on Thursday, 27 and Friday 28 August. “Join us for some live, face-to-face
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Virtual gig keeps music alive 0
- Arts, News
- 6th August 2020
Musicians and singers might still be barred from entertaining audiences indoors, but that hasn’t deterred Out of the Corner unplugged showcase compere Shelley Stevens keeping music alive by organising an online gig this evening (Thursday). Shelley, who pre lockdown ran a monthly unplugged showcase of emerging acoustic talent at the cornerHOUSE arts centre in Surbiton,
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Youngsters artwork displayed in online show at the cornerHOUSE 0
- Arts, News
- 4th August 2020
Under 18-year-olds in the Surbiton area were invited to take part in a summer exhibition by the cornerHOUSE art centre. Now their artwork is being shown in a virtual gallery on the Douglas Road arts centre’s website. “We wanted to celebrate the vast creative skills and talents of our younger community so we opened our
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Paddle with Howard on the Surbiton stretch of the Thames on his epic 900-mile circuit 0
- News, Sport
- 2nd August 2020
Look out for this man on the river today (Sunday). Howard Leather is expected to arrive on the Surbiton stretch of the Thames mid afternoon, probably around 3pm. The paddleboard instructor is part of the way through an epic 900-mile circuit of England’s rivers and canals – he has already done well over 300 miles.
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Grey heron goes fishing 0
- Environment, News
- 1st August 2020
This statuesque figure (see picture below) visited the good folk of Ditton Reach the other day. The grey heron, which was strutting its stuff along the riverbank in Long Ditton, was snapped by Good Life deliverer Irene Reece. “The heron lives in Home Park but we have no idea if they have nested as
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