Long Ditton

Classical concert for Ukraine 0
- Arts, News
- 1st May 2022
Concert pianist Andrew Zolinsky will perform a programme which includes music by composers Liszt, Rachmaninov, Schubert and Ravel, at a fundraiser for Ukraine on Saturday, May 14 at 7pm at St Andrew’s Church in Maple Road, Surbiton. Andrew, a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music, has performed at many prestigious venues and festivals across the world. All
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Your chance to comment on Aldi’s plans for new supermarket 0
- Food, News
- 9th January 2022
You have until Friday (Jan 14) to submit your comments to Elmbridge Borough Council on Aldi’s plans to build a supermarket on the former Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover showroom site in Portsmouth Road. The two-storey building, with warehouse and manager’s office above, and 926 sq m shop below, would have parking for 51 cars
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Executed… for keeping mum 0
- Arts, History, News
- 3rd January 2022
One of the more unlikely village hall talks you’re likely to encounter is taking place this month. The topic? A woman who was executed for spying, for – effectively – refusing to dob in her husband. It marks the launch of the Book Box series at St Mary’s, Long Ditton. Ethel Rosenburg: A Cold War
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Weekend of Christmas markets with local arts and crafters 0
- Arts, Environment, News
- 11th December 2021
Surbiton’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
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Liverpool poets come to the cornerHOUSE in Surbiton 0
- Arts, News
- 23rd November 2021
People’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
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That sinking feeling…0
- Arts, History
- 19th November 2021
A 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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