Today we were very proud to celebrate our Master of Music Therapy graduates from our Manchester and Newcastle cohorts and our PhD graduate Erinn 👏🎓 Congratulations to these inspiring music therapists for their dedication, compassion, and creativity 💚

We are delighted once again to co-present the annual F.T Prince Lecture with University of Southampton Guest lecturer this year is Mary Jean Chan Lecture "Forms of Grief: Elegiac Writing and Strict(er) Poetic Forms" 🆓on campus + online 📌 Tues 28 Oct | 6pm winchesterpoetryfestival.org/ftprincelecture

Don't miss Mary Jean Chan delivering the FT Prince Lecture at University of Southampton School of Humanities at University of Southampton English at Soton on Tuesday! It's 🆓 to attend and you can be there in person at Avenue campus #Southampton OR online! All are welcome. Info: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on

NAWE Online Conference 2025: Inspiring Writing 7+8 Nov For all who teach or facilitate creative writing 80 presentations, workshops + panels - ft Naomi Alderman + Peter Sansom Designed to boost your practice + feed your own creative writing Details: bit.ly/3jgXMup

We’re deeply grateful to Garfield Weston Foundation for partnering with us to bring music therapy to children and young people with special educational needs and complex needs in deprived areas of the country 💚

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💓"Amazing, hadn't been to an event like this before" 🤗 Encouraging poetry-curious + those from all backgrounds to participate in poetry is important to us. So we were delighted that thanks to Winchester City Council 10 out of 26 events at WPF25 were completely free to attend

We're very excited that Rick Astley is headlining our London Carol Service presented by OVO! ✨ You'll also be treated to performances from Katie Melua & Matt Goss plus Cathy Dennis will be sharing a reading, with more star readers to be announced bit.ly/NR-Carols25

Even though music is as old as humanity itself, we keep discovering more and more about its unique power. Whether you're listening to music in your room or participating in a group music therapy session, music is always a force for good, possessing benefits for mind and body.

What a night! ✨ The guitarguitar #ScottishMusicAwards took over Barrowland Ballroom on Saturday, celebrating the best of Scottish music and raising an incredible £206k for us! Huge congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who made the night possible

🎂Hampshire Young Poets' comp celebration at WPF25! ✍🏾With almost 500 poems entered, this comp with Hampshire Cultural Trust, continues to inspire young people to write Winners: winchesterpoetryfestival.org/young-poets-co… Thank you #HampshirePoet HCT @MayorWinchester, Paris Smith P & G Wells

🎉 To celebrate 50 years of the O2 Silver Clefs, they're taking place at Royal Albert Hall! This moment marks 25 years of O2 standing alongside us 💙 We're also delighted that we're the Royal Albert Hall's official charity partner for 2026. nordoff-robbins.org.uk/events/o2-silv…

I’m delighted to share that I have been awarded an MA (Distinction) in Music Education from University College London (UCL Institute of Education). It’s been an uplifting and stimulating programme of study. Thank you!

Always good to see a Red Kite under clear blue skies….

Are you joining us at the shop on Tuesday 16th to celebrate Jane Austen's birthday? Discounts available if you dress in Regency attire... or some approximation thereof.

In case you missed it 👀

Can anyone positively identify this fungus seen yesterday

From page 2 of the Times today it seems Govt may just be that mad. Let's hope that once they have read the brilliant report from the House of Lords Communications and Digital Ctt on AI, Copyright and Creative Industries published today, they will drop this idea ISM

Good news! We are chuffed to bits to be selected as South East regional winners in the Independent Bookshop of the Year Awards. P&G Wells is one of just nine bookshops shortlisted for the national award. This reflects the hard work and dedication of the whole team.

🗞️Thank you Chris Atkinson and Hampshire Chronicle for sharing the news about Winchester Poetry Prize! The competition is open now to writers globally. And the judge is Julia Copus. Read all about it, and send us your poems