Boscombe’s newest bookshop, The Crooked Book, will host a discussion about ‘Creativity and Addiction’, by local writer Brian Jenner on Wednesday 23 May. The Crooked Book is run by Jamie at 725 Christchurch Road. It sells vintage bric-à-brac as well as high quality second-hand books. Customers can also sit and have a tea and coffee [...]
The competition to create a new logo for Navitus Bay has been won by Danni Cain from New Milton. Danni attends the Arts University College in Bournemouth. Danni, 18, designed the winning logo for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park, located off the coasts of Dorset and Hampshire, and to the West of the [...]
The exclusive development rights for the proposed Navitus Bay Offshore Wind project, located off the Dorset and Hampshire coasts, and to the west of the Isle of Wight, will now be held by a 50-50 joint venture partnership between Eneco and EDF Energy. Eneco has chosen to partner with EDF Energy as both companies share [...]
by Marc Perry The candy perfume of lilies fill the air. The undulating beat of soft Latino guitar music plays in the background. Sunlight shines through the street windows, perfecting the smiles on faces of people inside. This place is as laid back as a sunbathing cat. If humans could purr, they would here. The clientele [...]
The Boscombe Arts Collective have moved into the BCCA in Haviland Rd Boscombe. This is an article about why they have taken this action. The views represented here do not necessarily represent those of the website owner. ——- BOSCOMBE COMMUNITY CENTER SAVED BY THE COMMUNITY Written by the Boscombe Arts Collective For many years the [...]
When the temperature reaches low we have seen this weekend we are encouraged to check on our neighbours to make sure they are doing ok. Yesterday morning the temperature was -10, and my heating was working hard to keep our house warm, but what about my neighbours? A lot of bedsits in our road, and [...]
By Susan Stockwell I don’t know how used Alex Roberts is to playing to an audience which is completely spell bound, but I’m certainly not used to being part of such an audience. I’m struggling not to sound like one of the X-Factor judges feting one the musicians s/he is mentoring here. Very hard to [...]
Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth’s national dance centre, has been awarded Bournemouth Tourism’s Marketing Initiative of the Year 2011 for its innovative marketing communications surrounding its Summer Spectacular; a series of outdoor events over the July – September period. The programme was produced in order to increase Pavilion Dance’s profile and visibility in the town, as well as [...]
By Lee Williams Greenpeace Bournemouth and Poole group has reopened with a petition-signing campaign in Bournemouth Square. The new group assembled on Saturday at the entrance to the Lower Gardens to promote Greenpeace’s international ‘VW Dark Side’ campaign. Seven members of the Bournemouth and Poole and West Dorset Greenpeace groups gathered over 50 signatures to [...]
By Lee Williams A national team that hunts down loan sharks and offers support to their victims is making its presence felt in Bournemouth. The Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), set up by Trading Standards, gave a presentation at Bournemouth Town Hall on Monday to raise awareness about loan sharks and their victims in the [...]
Creativity and Addiction
New logo for the Navitus Bay Wind Park created by local student
New partnership to hold rights to Navitus Bay offshore wind project
Health and vitality in juicy Boscombe
The BCCA – What do the The Boscombe Arts Collective say?
Fighting the cold – bedsits in Boscombe
