Have A Beer With A Scientist At The Pint of Science Festival

By Will Parsons Tickets are now available to see 24 University of Surrey academics speak at pubs across Guildford, as part of the “world’s largest festival of public science talks”.…

April 21, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Obituary: Patricia Jerome, Former Sandfield School Teacher

Patricia Jerome, a much respected Guildford school teacher and worshipper at her local church, has died aged 94. Pat, as she was known to many people, attended Sandfield School in…

April 20, 2018 / 3 Comments / Read More

Letter: ‘Retailpocalypse’ Is About To Get Worse

By Adrian Atkinson, replying to the story Council Responds To Questions Inspector Asked Of Local Plan What a load of twaffle re the council’s plan for a massive expansion of the…

April 20, 2018 / 21 Comments / Read More

News From Millmead – Latest Council Round-up

Guildford Borough Council waves charges for road closures for The Great Get Together, June 22-24 To help those arranging events for The Great Get Together, the national event running from June…

April 20, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Free Bus Travel For Under 25s Will Relieve ‘Chronic Congestion’ In Town Centre Says Guildford Labour Party

By Will Parsons A policy of free bus travel for under 25s, like that proposed by the Labour Party last week, will help significantly to alleviate traffic in Guildford town…

April 20, 2018 / 19 Comments / Read More

Where Is This? No.288

By David Rose Apologies for the delay in adding a new post – things have been rather busy of late. However, in response to the previous one there were six…

April 18, 2018 / 12 Comments / Read More

Stage Dragon: The Kite Runner, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

By Alice Fowler The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s masterful story of betrayal and redemption, begins in an Afghanistan hardly recognisable as the strife-torn country we know today. It is the…

April 18, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Merrow Bowlers Back In Action For The New Season

Merrow Village Bowls Club news from David Raison On a cool, damp Sunday (April 15), club President Tony Oldland officially opened the Merrow Village Bowls Club’s green for the 2018…

April 16, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Running This Weekend’s London Marathon For Good Causes

Three runners will take part in the London Marathon this Sunday (April 22) on behalf of YMCA DownsLink Group, and funds raised will help support the work of the YMCA…

April 16, 2018 / No Comment / Read More

Milestones In Rock ‘n’ Roll History: House Of The Rising Sun

In the second of our new series of feature articles on Milestones in Rock ‘n’ Roll History, former Guildford journalist Dave Reading relates the background to a song that was…

April 16, 2018 / 2 Comments / Read More