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Guildford Womble

Guildford Womble

Surrey

'Guildford Womble' is the pseudonym chosen by our founder to avoid complications with his day job. He has been a Surrey resident for 16 years and is passionate about the importance of high quality, local journalism for a healthy society.

Photo of an audience sat in a semicircle on a cobbled street facing the balcony of the medieval Guildhall on Guildford High Street.

Guildford Fringe Festival commences for 2025

Surrey's largest independent arts festival has returned to Guildford this week, and will run until 20th September.

'Disgust' at 'shocking' decision by SCC to ban councillors from funding LGBT+ Pride

'Shocking', 'insulting', 'disgusting'. These are some of the words being used in reaction to a last-minute decision by county council bosses to ban councillors from providing funding to Surrey's annual LGBT+ Pride celebration, which is taking place today.

Photograph of the Surrey County Council main offices in Reigate.

Fierce political contest looms for October by-elections

Surrey's political parties are set for a fierce contest in two council by-elections which could change the balance of power on the county council.

Dame Ethel Smyth with her Old English sheepdog, Pan III, in 1928.

Ten books, six operas, two months in prison, and multiple sheepdogs named Pan: The remarkable life of Woking's Ethel Smyth

Surrey resident Dame Ethel Smyth was one of history's truly extraordinary characters. She was a great composer, a prolific writer, a suffragette, and a sportswoman, as well as having multiple romantic relationships with other women.

Photo of a redbrick Victorian building with a dark brown roof, in front of a green lawn with a more modern redbrick building on the right-hand edge of the photo.

Surrey Police face £15 million budget gap

Surrey Police are facing a budget shortfall of around £15 million within the next three years, even after an assumed £14 a year increase in council tax, according to papers set to come before the Surrey Police and Crime Panel.

Introducing the Surrey Post

Welcome to The Surrey Post, a brand new site for high quality journalism focused on local news in Surrey.