• Swindon & Wiltshire News
• Friday April 25 2025

Swindon – literature hub

If you harbour an ambition to be a writer, then Swindon is not a bad place to be. Over the years, I’ve had quite an association with a literary Swindon, especially the Swindon Festival of Literature 2025 which begins […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday April 9 2025

Music and comedy venue mothballed by Covid to reopen in the summer

It played host to raucous fans of The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and David Bowie. But even Salisbury City Hall could not withstand the onslaught of Covid. Now, new life is to be breathed into […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday March 28 2025

At-risk arts centre launches fundraising campaign to – literally – keep the lights on

A Somerset arts centre says it is at risk of closure due to spiralling energy bills and has launched a fundraising campaign to – literally – keep the lights on. Black Swan Arts in Frome is a hub for […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday March 5 2025

Audience numbers at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow double to 47,000

Attendance at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow doubled this year, as thousands of families turned out to explore its biggest ever programme of spectacular performances, thought-provoking discussions, immersive art, hands-on workshops and free drop-in activities for all ages. Over 47,000 […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday March 4 2025

Next generation of Swindon creatives get opportunity boost from BFI

The next generation of creative professionals in Swindon have been given a boost, thanks to a £164,000 grant from the British Film Institute. The BFI has awarded the funding to Create Studios through its National Lottery Places Fund. The […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday February 19 2025

Sonic Spider makes a guest appearance at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow

Fifteen hundred children took the opportunity to meet the Sonic Spider yesterday (Tuesday) – one of the attractions at Swindon’s Festival of Tomorrow. The four metre diameter ‘spider’ is a world first eight-legged musical instrument. Designed to demonstrate how […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday February 7 2025

Trowbridge benches – ‘monstrosities’ and ‘cheese graters’ or actually quite cool?

Arty benches in Trowbridge have been making national news headlines, so Business Biscuit editor Peter Davison headed to Wiltshire’s county town to check them out for himself.  New seats and benches installed as part of Trowbridge’s £16 million Future […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday January 22 2025

New operator appointed to run Salisbury City Hall

A new operator has been found to run music and comedy venue Salisbury City Hall as an entertainment venue the building’s owner, Wiltshire Council, has announced. Confirmation came at the council’s cabinet meeting on Tuesday, January 21. Although the […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday January 13 2025

Festival of Tomorrow brings the whole world to Swindon

Science and technology bonanza the Festival of Tomorrow will be bringing the whole world to Swindon in February. The theme of this year’s festival is Our Future Earth, and one of the highlights of the festival will be Bristol-based […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday October 25 2024

State-of-the-art performance venue for Swindon on the cards

A 2,000 seat state-of-the-art performance venue to replace Swindon’s ailing Wyvern Theatre is on the cards. Drawing on venues like East London’s ABBA Arena for inspiration, plans for a town centre cultural venue will be discussed by Swindon Borough […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday October 16 2024

Tourism boost as Paddington sculptures pop up in Newbury, Reading and Salisbury

Sculptures of beloved children’s character Paddington Bear have been installed around the UK – including Newbury, the birthplace of creator Michael Bond – to promote a new movie. Twenty three of the sculptures have been installed across the country […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday October 11 2024

Wroughton Science Museum reopens with new name to honour one of world’s greatest physicists

Wroughton Science Museum is opening its doors to the public for the first time today (Friday) with a new name. The huge building at the Science and Innovation Park – formerly a storage facility for the 300,000 objects in […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday September 24 2024

‘Multiple parties’ interested in running music and comedy venue Salisbury City Hall

‘Multiple parties’ are interested in running music and comedy venue Salisbury City Hall as an entertainments venue the, building’s owner, Wiltshire Council, says. The council secured real estate company Savills to market City Hall on the council’s behalf on […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday September 10 2024

Sarum Lights to brighten winter nights in Salisbury

Innovative light and sound show Sarum Lights is returning to Salisbury Cathedral for a fifth year. The cathedral will host the premiere of Time, a light and sound show created by the acclaimed artistic collaboration Luxmuralis. The immersive event […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday September 5 2024

Landmark buildings throw open their doors for Heritage Open Days

The UK’s largest community heritage festival, Heritage Open Days, celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend and next. Thousands of buildings or parts of buildings not normally open to the public will be welcoming visitors between September 6 and 15. […]