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  Watercolours for Wellbeing in May
Saturday 3 May | 11am - 1pm | Tudor House and Garden
New for 2025, Nina Lazarski will guide you to create beautiful watercolours and learn new techniques. Each session can be enjoyed individually or as part of a course, and there is a discount if you book all three sessions together.
Our next session is Go With the Flow, where we’ll explore different ways to create watery scenes with our palette of colours.
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 Tour at Tudor House This Sunday!
Sunday 27 April | 10.30am - 11.30am | Tudor House
Discover the secrets of Tudor House with one of our fantastic guides this Sunday!
You’ll learn about the house’s links to royalty, tales of murder and intrigue and why some of the most amazing parts of the house might just be hidden in plain sight. This tour is not to be missed!
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 Get to Grips with Oil Pastel with Emma Morrissey
Saturday 10 May | 2pm - 5pm | Southampton City Art Gallery
Join experienced artist and tutor Emma Morrisey at one of a new series of ‘get to grips with’ workshops here at the Gallery!
Learn the basics of oil pastels with mark making techniques including layering, pressure blend & scumbling. You will create a series of pieces ranging from mark making to build your own finished art piece.
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Step beyond the gates for an exclusive yoga experience in Southampton's historic Bargate. Once the city’s 15th-century guildhall, this hidden gem is rarely open to the public.
Flow through an all-levels session beneath painted shields and a medieval sundial, with the evening light filtering through centuries-old stone walls. Movement, breath and history come together in a space once used for grand gatherings and legal courts.
 Philosophy and Art Talks: Human and Animal Experience with Dr Heather Browning
Saturday 26 April | 1.45pm - 3pm | Southampton City Art Gallery
Humans experience the world in many different ways. How should we think about these different experiences? What commonalities are there, and how might they matter? In these engaging talks, held in the Gallery’s iconic Baring Room, researchers from the philosophy department at Southampton University will explain and explore some key issues about our experience of the world.
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 Silchester Revealed: The Iron Age and Roman Town
Tuesday 6 May | 7.30pm | King Edward VI School, SO15 5UQ
The Roman town of Silchester, known as Calleva Atrebatum, holds a unique position among British and western provincial towns. This distinction stems, in part, from evidence suggesting Emperor Nero’s involvement in its development. However, the story of Silchester extends further back, originating as Calleva, a significant centre for the Iron Age Atrebates tribe starting in the late 1st century BCE.
In this talk organised by the Southampton branch of the Classical Association, Professor Michael Fulford will focus on recent and ongoing research into Calleva before the Roman Conquest, Nero’s intervention, and the town's transformation into a planned city in the later 1st century CE.
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Who Said Adulting Can’t Be Fun?
Now that Easter is over and kids had all the fun, it’s time for you to do the same!
From creative workshops to thought-provoking philosophy talks, history walks, and immersive tours, we’ve got something for everyone! Upcoming activities:
 Tapestry Festival 2025
Saturday and Sunday 19-20 July | 2pm - 8pm | Western Esplanade
Looking forward to summer? Hold these dates in your diary.
This summer, Southampton welcomes a brand-new music festival to the city centre. Tapestry Festival takes place at Western Esplanade from Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 July, offering two days of extraordinary live music from a carefully curated line-up of world-class artists and Southampton talent.
Presented by Southampton Forward and hosted by Westquay, the festival celebrates the city’s rich cultural life through exclusive sets, new collaborations and original music. Part of the city’s year-long tribute to Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary, the programme reimagines what kind of music she might be drawn to today – bold, diverse and full of character.
Free entry – no tickets required.
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