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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 Cas...

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...

Mike & The Mechanics, who have sold over ten million records worldwide – announce their 2019 nationwide ‘Looking Back Over My Shoulder Tour’. An epic run of 34 UK concerts between February and April will see them in concert at the Portsmouth Guildhall on 30 March 2019. Mike + The Mechanics are Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford (Guitar) – one of the UK’s most prolific R&B singer, Andrew Roachford - Lead and backing vocals – (whose previous hits include Cuddly Tour and Family Man) and Canadian-born singer, Tim Howar - lead and backing vocals – who formed and toured with his band Vantramp, with the likes of Rod Stewart and Paulo Nutini. Tim shares vocal duties with Roachford and they both add a new soulful dimension to the band’s already established sound. Following on from their recent sold-out tour in the US, the ‘Looking Back Over My Shoulder Tour’ in 2019 will include tracks from their highly acclaimed latest album ‘Let Me Fly’. Also included will be their massive...

The University of Portsmouth , Faculty of Science and Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries are pleased to share an exhibition, and talk, based on the intriguing subject of palaeoart. A Natural History of Deep Time is an exhibition that celebrates billions of years of evolution with a gallery of palaeoart: Scientifically-informed artistic recreations of extinct organisms and their world. The exhibition features the work of  Dr Mark Witton , a palaeoartist who works with universities, museums and media production teams around the world to produce scientifically-credible restorations of prehistoric life. The gallery will show the development of life from its microbial origins to the modern day, focusing on some of the most significant, spectacular and unusual species known from the fossil record. Visitors will see the bizarre communities of the Cambrian, the first land animals and plants, a myriad of dinosaurs and other fossil reptiles, and the species that shaped the moder...

The greatest gits of legendary The Who, plus songs from both Tommy and Quadrophenia in one show. Whether you are a Mod or a Rocker, book your tickets now for Friday 8th June at the Spring Arts Centre, Havant, for a night of non stop hits from one of the most influential bands of all time. From My Generation to Be Lucky via the rock opera hits including Pinball Wizard and The Real Me, the show features Peter Eldridge from Hats Off to Led Zeppelin, We Will Rock You! BBC's Altogether Now as well as a plethora of singers and musicians from many West End and touring shows including Thriller Live, Buddy, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Dancing in the Streets & Alice McKenna from American Idiot. Sensation promises a night of Who classics that'll have you on your feet from the off. Featuring a full multi-media backdrop throughout, critical praise includes "A beautifully weighted tribute to the original, with a rock pulse that could have come straight from a time machine" and...

The University of Portsmouth music ensembles will perform at the New Theatre Royal on Saturday 19 May ahead of their Spanish tour. Every two years the music ensembles at the University of Portsmouth go on tour to a European country, performing four concerts in a variety of venues. This year they are visiting Figueres in Catalonia, Spain. Concerts are often full and our students enjoy the hospitality extended by locals. On one memorable occasion in Slovenia a local butcher held an impromptu barbecue for the 70 or so members because there was no restaurant in his village. On another occasion the choir performed to a huge crowd at the Zwickau Town Hall celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous composer Schumann. Being part of such a momentous occasion certainly left an indelible memory on the students. In fact, since tour was introduced in 2004, alumni would often come back and join the ensembles for the week-long trip. “Our students really gel during this wee...