2 November 2026

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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.

Text: Mateo Silva
Culture · 9 photos Morning in Cappadocia: fairy chimneys and balloons overhead Volcanic valleys, rock-cut dwellings and the balloons that lift off at dawn, told in photographs. Hannah Okoye · 1 min Culture The Regent, a 1930s cinema in Bramley Cross, reopens after a volunteer-led restoration Closed for almost two decades, the art deco picture house has been brought back to life by a community trust and will show films five nights a week. Owen Pryce · 2 min Culture · 10 photos Historic stone bridges: centuries-old arches over rivers From village streams to broad rivers, examples of stonework that has stood the test of time. Sofia Marchetti · 1 min

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Culture · 10 photos · 1 min Guitars at the museum: the story of strings Acoustic and electric guitars, banjos and old photographs line the cases on a journey through music history. Daniel Osei · Culture · 1 min Night show on the shore: fireworks bloom above the water Spectators lining the seafront watched coloured fireworks open in half-domes on the surface of the sea. Callum Reid · Culture · 1 min As the towers light up: a riverside skyline turns to night A timelapse turns a cloudy evening into night as towers and skyscrapers switch on their lights. Diego Fernández · Culture · 1 min Ruins of a medieval stronghold seen from the air Drone footage shows stone walls on a green hill, a manor house and the small town around them. Niamh Gallagher · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 · Culture · 2 min 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 ·