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Notice: Launch of New Book, Memories of Royal Grammar School and Guildford in the 1960s

Former Royal Grammar School pupil Keith Browning has written a book looking at the history of the school and what Guildford was like in the 1960s. Keith will be launching…

Birdwatcher’s Diary No. 306

By Malcolm Fincham The weather remained cool during the first weeks of June as a north-westerly flow kept temperatures down across the UK. There are even reports from a long-time…

Hustings Event with Focus on Environment Issues

The next hustings with invited candidates who are standing for the Guildford seat at the general election on July 4 is being hosted by climate action group Zero Carbon Guildford…

A Brief Look at Changes in Guildford’s Local Government History

By Aidan Todd Guildford is an interesting case study on how local government has changed over time. In the 1888 and 1894 Local Government Acts Guildford was made a municipal…

The Worplesdon Witness, June 2024

Jan Messinger with her round up of news from the parish of Worplesdon Sime Gallery chair of trustees attends royal garden party The chair of trustees at Worplesdon’s Sime Gallery,…

Girls Invited to Experience the Joys of Singing in a Cathedral Choir

Guildford Cathedral has an open evening aimed at girls aged nine to 18 who have ever wondered what it’s like to be a cathedral chorister. It takes place on Tuesday,…

Stage Dragon: Grange Park Opera’s Daughter of the Regiment

By Alice Fowler Opera can sometimes seem an overly serious business. Not so at Grange Park Opera, where a sparkling new production of Donizetti’s comic opera Daughter of the Regiment…

D-Day Before and Beyond on the Home Front in and Around Guildford

By David Rose Eighty years ago today (June 6, 1944) saw the greatest amphibious military operation in history as Allied forces landed in Normandy, France – the start of liberating…

Stage Dragon: The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Ferenc Hepp Updated with images… The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, adapted from a 1996 Disney film…

Guildford Ramblers Enjoy Exmoor Walking Break

More than 40 members of Guildford Ramblers enjoyed an excellent four-day walking holiday on Exmoor last week. The highlights included a walk up to Bat’s Castle, an Iron Age hill…