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People reclining in chairs under a planetarium dome displaying a cosmic scene with bright orange and blue hues.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Pop-Up Planetarium Coming to Swindon Town Centre

Zoe Walker3 September 2026

A group of people are waving at the camera from above a colorful ground mural that reads "We dream in public #sWINdon2029" and "UK City of Culture Bidding City".

🌍 Regional News

Swindon Submits Bid to Become UK City of Culture 2029

Zoe Walker10 August 2026

A group of diverse people stand smiling in front of a library entrance with signs above them that read 'WELCOME TO SWINDON CENTRAL LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY HUB'.

🎨 Arts & Culture

Swindon Central Library Community Hub Expands Resident Support

Zoe28 July 2026

A blue circular plaque with white text on a brick wall, commemorating Diana Dors (Diana Mary Fluck), Actress 1931-1984, stating she was born here, with top text "HAVEN NURSING HOME" and bottom text "SWINDON HERITAGE".

🎨 Arts & Culture

Diana Dors: How Swindon's Schoolgirl Became Britain's Blonde Bombshell

Barrington Kirkham10 June 2026

A monolithic standing stone covered in moss and lichen rises from a grassy field, with a broad agricultural landscape and distant town under a cloudy sky in the background.

🎨 Arts & Culture

The Hammerman Poet: Alfred Williams and Swindon's Forgotten Literary Voice

Barrington Kirkham3 June 2026