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Painting missing for 60 years found in Millbrook attic and handed to Wrenhaven Art Gallery

A harbour scene that vanished from a council office in the 1960s has turned up wrapped in a blanket under the eaves of a terraced house in Millbrook. Its finder has given it to the city's art gallery.

Mateo Silva · 6 days ago

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Morning in Cappadocia: fairy chimneys and balloons overhead

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The Regent, a 1930s cinema in Bramley Cross, reopens after a volunteer-led restoration

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Historic stone bridges: centuries-old arches over rivers

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Guitars at the museum: the story of strings

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Night show on the shore: fireworks bloom above the water

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As the towers light up: a riverside skyline turns to night

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Ruins of a medieval stronghold seen from the air

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24 October 2026, Saturday

18:48 Culture Old Quay Jazz Weekend returns with 40 free gigs in pubs, cafés and on harbour boats The festival is back after a year's break, with a pared-back budget, a focus on local musicians and a floating stage on a former ferry. Viktor Lind

23 October 2026, Friday

03:44 Culture Independent bookshop opens in a former bank on Ropewalk Lane, vault and all Two former librarians have turned a 1920s bank into a bookshop, with children's books in the old strongroom and a reading table where the counter used to be. Ana Sousa

22 October 2026, Thursday

14:35 Culture Harbour Lights Festival opens on the quay with three days of free music Forty-two acts, two stages and no ticket barrier: the city's biggest free music weekend began last night on Old Quay, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors before the final encore. Chloé Martin

14:28 Culture Archaeologists uncover timbers of a medieval ship beneath the Old Quay car park Oak planks and frames found during drainage works appear to belong to a trading vessel from the 14th century, the most complete ship find ever made in Wrenhaven. Amara Nwosu

03:36 Culture Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight. Isabel Duarte

01:58 Culture Wrenhaven Ballet School marks 50 years with a free open-air performance on the quay Former pupils now dancing professionally will return to perform alongside current students in an anniversary show at Harbourside. Viktor Lind

21 October 2026, Wednesday

08:20 Culture Museum of the Sea opens Knots and Nets, an exhibition of maritime crafts More than 300 objects, from hand-braided rope ladders to a herring net still smelling faintly of tar, fill the museum's grand hall in a show built around the skills that kept the harbour working. Owen Pryce

03:51 Culture Tidewater Theatre Company opens its season with four new plays Every production in the company's new season is a premiere, and three of the four were written by playwrights living within a tram ride of the Tidewater stage. Yasmin Haddad

00:08 Culture Wrenhaven Film Week brings free open-air screenings to the quayside Alongside its usual programme in the Asher Arts Centre cinema, this year's Film Week is putting up a giant screen on the Harbourside quay for six free evening shows. Chloé Martin

20 October 2026, Tuesday

17:50 Culture Wrenhaven Philharmonic plays to 1,400 people in the dry dock at Saltings shipyard Concertgoers sat on the floor of a drained dock for an evening of music inspired by the sea, the orchestra's largest outdoor performance in its history. Ruth Abernathy

16:42 Culture Saltings Pottery Guild pairs young makers with master potters Twelve young makers will spend nine months at the wheel beside experienced potters in the marsh villages, in a scheme the guild hopes will keep its craft alive for another generation. Isabel Duarte

05:01 Culture Folk song archive of 3,000 recordings from the Asher Valley digitised and opened to all Reel-to-reel tapes made in farmhouses and pubs from the 1950s onwards can now be heard free of charge, after a three-year project by the Central Library. Rafael Ortega