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…

June 15, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

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,…

June 14, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

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,…

June 10, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

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…

June 10, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

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…

June 6, 2024 / 2 Comments / Read More

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…

June 5, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

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…

June 5, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

Surrey Table Tennis Association News June 2024

Report by Chris Andrews At the ITTF Slovenia Para Open in Lasko, Surrey-based Aaron McKibbin and Joshua Stacey won gold in the Men’s Class 18 Doubles and Aaron reached the…

June 4, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

Voluntary Action South West Surrey is Seeking Trustees and a Treasurer

Voluntary Action South West Surrey, which helps to strengthen the local voluntary and community sector, is seeking new trustees and a treasurer. It plays a key role across the boroughs…

June 4, 2024 / No Comment / Read More

Birdwatcher’s Diary No.305

By Malcolm Fincham Low pressure systems were never too far away from the British Isles during the later weeks of May with no sustained periods of settled weather. They brought…

June 2, 2024 / No Comment / Read More