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Citizens Speak: Road Safety on the Portsmouth Road

This week citizens speak on a really local issue, road safety in St Catherine’s, following the recent spate of accidents. Do residents think that there is a problem? What can…

‘The Merry Widow’ Yvonne Arnaud

By the Stage Dragon This operetta is supposed to have been Hitler’s favourite. Having read this in the programme I scanned the auditorium. There was a distinct absence of any…

Riff Raff Diary for January 2012

by Robert Craig Riverbank tales from our local St Catherine’s Lengthsman/Weir-keeper Well a busy start to January with some twenty adjustments made to the weirs between the first of the…

Witnesses Sought To Aircraft Collision Over Guildford

By David Rose Can anyone remember the event in 1952 when two military aircraft collided in mid air over Guildford? One crashed near Blackwell Farm, Wood Street, and the other…

Dragon Interview – Michael Jeffery, Guildford Society

As debate about Guildford’s ‘Masterplan’ rages on. What better time to find out more about the chairman of the Guildford Society… Michael Jeffery, Chairman of the Guildford Society interviewed by…

‘Vero Cibo’, The Shambles

Vero Cibo, tucked away in The Shambles, next to WH Smiths, is one of Guildford’s less obvious coffee shops. It is unpretentious and offers probably the best value for money…

‘Romeo & Juliet’ – Yvonne Arnaud

by the Stage Dragon Robert Icke’s production remarkably manages to breathe fresh air into Shakespeare’s play, exposing some of the “model” romance’s home truths. The ensemble speaks the text with…

‘Jo Clarks’, High Street

Jo Clarks, 176 High Street, Guildford Jo Clarks is one of the longest established independent coffee shops in the town, which is the evenings doubles up as a wine bar.…

Sparks Fly

Verbal sparks flew on local airwaves this morning as a proposal to erect a sculpture to commemorate Guildford’s 19th century Guy Riots was debated by Alderman Bernard Parke and this…

‘Less Than Kind’ Yvonne Arnaud

This is the first of what is to be a new regular feature on the website – Theatre Reviews. Our reviewer, ‘The Stage Dragon’, is in the business and knows…