Category: Books

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Saturday 18 October 2025 Venue:  Winchester Cathedral     map   Books  •  Talk Address:   Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS Telephone:  01962 857275 (box office) Event:  Law Week Festival 2025: Miss Austen Investigates - 7.30pm - Join Jessica Bull, as she explores these themes through her ‘Miss Austen Investigates’ novels. Jane Austen’s “criminal mind,” while not literally criminal, refers to her insightful understanding and portrayal of societal ills and the darker aspects of human behaviour within her novels. While her stories often focus on love and social etiquette, they also explore themes of betrayal, deception, and the consequences of immoral actions. Join Jessica Bull, as she explores these themes through her ‘Miss Austen Investigates’ novels. Find out how her teenage love of Austen led her down a rabbit hole that would eventually inspire her to write stories where our favourite literary icon takes on a whole new role. Insightful, quirky and entertaining! Venue's website:  winchester-cathedral.org.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/winchestercathedral

Monday 20 October 2025 Venue:  The Arc     map   Books Address:   Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone:  01962 398046 Event:  THE YELLOW DRESS – REGENCY FASHION AS SEEN FROM THE LADY’S MAID’S POINT OF VIEW - A talk with Dr. Alex Walker - 7.30pm - We often assume that people in the past wore dull colours, devoid of pattern, trimmings, and flourishes. Nothing could be further from the truth. Focusing on a bright yellow dress on display in the Beyond the Bonnets exhibition, Dr Alex Walker, from Hampshire Wardrobe, will explain how Regency England loved colour and how they created the bright yellow dyes which were so popular at the time. Alex will also explore the relationship between the yellow dress and the lady’s maid who would be responsible for caring for the garment, ensuring it was ready to be worn by her mistress. This is an opportunity to see Regency clothing in a different way. Venue's website:  arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/arcwinch

Saturday 25 October 2025 Venue:  Theatre Royal     map   Books  •  Family  •  Theatre Address:   Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone:  Box office: 01962 840440 Event:  The Gruffalo's Child - 1.30pm & 4pm - Adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning picture book. Follow the Gruffalo's Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories' enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. One wild and windy night the Gruffalo's Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She follows snowy tracks and encounters mysterious creatures – but the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist… does he? Venue's website:  theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/TRWinchester

Sunday 26 October 2025 Venue:  Theatre Royal     map   Books  •  Family  •  Theatre Address:   Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone:  Box office: 01962 840440 Event:  The Gruffalo's Child - 11am & 1.30pm - Adapted from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's award-winning picture book. Follow the Gruffalo's Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories' enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. One wild and windy night the Gruffalo's Child ignores her father’s warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She follows snowy tracks and encounters mysterious creatures – but the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist… does he? Venue's website:  theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/TRWinchester

Tuesday 18 November 2025 Venue:  The Railway     map   Books  •  Special interest Address:   3 St Pauls Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 5AE Telephone:  01962 867795 Event:  Read It and Weep book club - 7pm - Join us on the third Tuesday of every month in Platform 2 for The Railway Inn’s new book club, Read It and Weep, as we sink our teeth into a juicy book (and probably enjoy a glass of wine or three!) Venue notes: ID is required on the door. Published times may be doors rather than start times, so please check the venue's website for full details, including age restrictions and accessibility. Venue's website:  railwayinn.pub Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/railwayinnwinchester

Saturday 29 November 2025 Venue:  The Arc     map   Arts  •  Books  •  Talk Address:   Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB Telephone:  01962 398046 Event:  Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found - 7pm - Join acclaimed art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon at The Arc for a revelatory talk on his groundbreaking new biography, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, to be published this autumn. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material from Delft, Rotterdam, and beyond, Graham-Dixon offers a dramatic reassessment of Johannes Vermeer—not as the isolated genius of legend, but as a painter deeply embedded in the radical, intellectual, and political life of the Dutch Golden Age. Andrew will be signing copies of his new book which will be available to purchase on the night. Venue's website:  arcwinchester.org.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/arcwinch

 

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