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The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will be the first port of call for commemorative First World War Lamplight of Peace. The commemorative lamp is to arrive by sea on August 5 at 1100hrs at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and will be on display until 28 August 2018. On August 5 1914 the first shot at sea of the First World War was fired and exactly 104 years later a Lamplight of Peace, commemorating the work of the Great War tunnellers and the millions of soldiers, sailors and merchant seamen that lost their lives, will embark on its own 100-day journey ending on Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. Its first call is at The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The specially-commissioned Lamplight of Peace is an original Bonnetted Clanny (Meusler) lamp that would have been used by miners in British coalfields and subsequently in the tunnels. The event is part of Battle's Over – A Nation's Tribute being organise

If you are looking for a great family day out this summer this event at the Mary Rose Museum might just be the answer. From Saturday 21st July – Sunday 2nd September, visitors can help the Mary Rose build a giant LEGO brick mosaic, one of the largest ever built in Britain.  In partnership with Bright Bricks, the UK’s premier independent LEGO brick building company, the Mary Rose want you to help recreate the famous Cowdray engraving of the Battle of the Solent, featuring the sinking of the Mary Rose. ©The Mary Rose Trust. Measuring 12 by 3 metres, this particular LEGO brick mosaic will be based on The Encampment of the English forces near Portsmouth Cowdray engraving which offers an aerial view of Tudor Portsmouth. The fleet of French King, Francis I, can be seen battling King Henry VIII’s ships on 19 July 1545, the fateful day the Mary Rose sank. As the battle wages on in Solent waters, Henry VIII watches from nearby Southsea Castle.

As appeared in Portsmouth View 13 July 2018. Enjoy the music at the Southsea Bandstand this weekend with Kate Bush-Ka from 1 pm on Saturday 14 July and The Silhouettes and Tom Mayhem on Sunday 15 July. The programme continues every weekend until the end of August. Southsea Food Festival returns to Palmerston Road this weekend. Enjoy food from around the world, as well as the delightful stalls of Love Southsea Market on Saturday and Hampshire Farmers Market on Sunday. Put on your dancing shoes as LiberTango performs at the New Theatre Royal on Saturday 14 July. LiberTango brings you an evening of traditional Argentinian dance, redolent of tales of strong will and freedom. African Women’s Forum (AWF) Portsmouth celebrates the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth by revisiting the values enacted by the revolutionary political leader during his life and time as President of South Africa. For the full programme of Mandela 100 visit www.africanwomensforum.org Throughout the next couple of mon