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BOOKS  PORTSMOUTH: Blackwells Bookshop, Cambridge Road, PO1 2EF. 5pm-6.30pm. Portsmouth Writers’ Hub presents Q&A with Cressida Cowell. Author and illustrator Cressida Cowell, author of the How To Train Your Dragon series, is coming to Portsmouth to answer all of your questions. Cressida wrote the books that inspired Dreamworks’ and Netflix’s TV and movie franchise of the same name. Free, no booking required, just turn up.

CONCERTS CHICHESTER: Assembly Room, The Council House, North Street, PO19 1LQ. 7.30pm. Red Priest with the University of Chichester Chamber Orchestra. Tickets are £10, get them from the venue or from ents24.com. Call 07821 182227 for more details.

EVENTS FAREHAM: Portchester Community Centre, Westlands Grove, PO16 9AD. 11.15am-12.30pm. Table tennis. Every Friday.

FRATTON: The Makers’ Merchant, Cornwall Road. 10.30am-12pm. Coffee morning. For parents and those aged over 50. Call Julie Roberts on (023) 9268 8705 or email [email protected] for more information.  EXHIBITIONS COSHAM: League of Friends Coffee Shop, Level B, Queen Alexandra Hospital. 10am-4pm. Belinda and Nandhra. Admission free. Call (023) 9238 7284 for more information.

CHICHESTER: Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, PO19 1TJ. 10am-5pm. John Piper: The Fabric of Modernism. This major exhibition is the first to focus on John Piper’s textile designs, exploring key motifs in the artist’s work such as historic architecture, abstract and religious imagery, as well as subjects explored in the final years of the artist’s life. Shown alongside related paintings and other studies the exhibition demonstrates how Piper’s designs were intricately connected with his wider work. Call 01243 774557 or visit pallant org.uk.

CHICHESTER: Pallant House Gallery, 9 North Pallant, PO19 1TJ. 10am-5pm. Clare Woods and Des Hughes: The Sleepers. New paintings by Clare Woods (b.1972) with sculptures by Des Hughes (b.1970), created in response to key Modern British artworks in the gallery’s collection by Paul Nash, Henry Moore and Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as the celebrated Arundel Tomb in Chichester Cathedral. The exhibition includes a monumental painting by Woods, a major new contemporary art commission for the stairwell of the 18th century townhouse. Call 01243 774557 or visit pallant org.uk.  GOSPORT: Gosport Discovery Centre,

Walpole Road, PO12 1NS. 10am-5pm. Gosport’s Hidden High Street. This exhibition looks at the shops and businesses on Gosport’s High Street over the last 100 years through photographs, objects and memories. Take in your own pictures to add to the display. Free admission. Visit hants.gov.uk/gosport-gallery for more information.  GIGS SOUTHSEA: The Golden Eagle, 1 Delamere Road. Power of Three. Electric/blues band.  MARKETS

FAREHAM: Stubbington Library, Stubbington Lane, PO14 2PP. 9am-12pm. Stubbington Country Market. With cakes, savouries, dairy and gluten free products, crafts, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Everything is home baked, hand crafted, or home grown. Free parking. STAGE HAYLING ISLAND: Station Theatre, Station Road, PO11 0EH. 7.45pm. The Game’s Afoot. A whodunnit comedy by Ken Ludwig. Call (023) 9246 6363 for more information.

SOUTHSEA: Players’ Studio Theatre, The Barn, Milton Park, PO4 8PR. 7.30pm. Showtune. By the Portsmouth Players. A musical revue celebrating the words and music of Jerry Herman. Call 0333 666 3366.

WALKS & TALKS

GOSPORT: Elson Library, 136 Chantry Road, Elson, PO12 4NG. 10am-11am.

Hot Topic! Origins of Nursery Rhymes.

Listen to a guest speaker and have a coffee at the same time. at the same time. This month’s guest speaker is Rob Clark, who will give an illustrated talk about the origins of Nursery Rhymes (part 1). With an amusing DVD.