Editing Winchester (section)

==Media and culture==

Since 1974 Winchester has hosted the annual [[Winchester Hat Fair|Hat Fair]], a celebration of [[street theatre]] that includes performances, workshops, and gatherings at several venues around the city.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Winchester is the home of [[Blue Apple Theatre]], a theatre company that supports performers with learning disabilities to develop theatre, dance and film productions. It won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2012.<ref name="QVA Announcement">{{cite web|url=http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Blue-Apple-Theatre-Honored-with-Queens-Award-for-Voluntary-Service-2012-20120623 |title=Blue Apple Theatre Honored with Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2012 |publisher=Westend.broadwayworld.com |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Hampshire Chronicle Article">{{cite web|url=http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/9509314.Blue_Apple_Theatre_to_take_Hamlet_on_the_road/ |title=Blue Apple Theatre to take Hamlet on the road (From Hampshire Chronicle) |publisher=Hampshirechronicle.co.uk |date=2 February 2012 |access-date=26 October 2012}}</ref> Founded in 1997, [[Platform 4]] is a National performance and visual arts company based in Winchester.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://platform4.org |website=Platform 4 |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref>

Winchester hosts one of the UK's larger [[farmers' market]]s, with about 100 stalls. The market takes place on the second and last Sunday of the month in the city centre. The city also hosts the annual [[Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market]], which runs from mid-November to just before [[Christmas]].<ref name=hc>{{cite news |url=https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/20605544.dates-confirmed-winchester-cathedral-christmas-market/ |title=Dates confirmed for Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market |first=Frankie |last=Rudland |date=6 August 2022 |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

Four newspapers are published for Winchester. The weekly paid-for ''[[Hampshire Chronicle]]'', which started out in 1772 reporting national and international news, now concentrates on Winchester and the surrounding area. The ''Southern Daily Echo'' mostly concerns Southampton, but does also feature Winchester. It has an office shared with sister paper the Hampshire Chronicle. The ''Mid-Hants Observer'' is a free, weekly independent paper for Winchester and nearby villages. Its sister paper, the weekly ''Hampshire Independent'', which covers the whole county, is also based in Winchester. The free ''Winchester News Extra'' closed in 2017. Winchester had its own radio station, [[Win 107.2|Win FM]], from October 1999 to October 2007.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In October 2006, the [[Channel 4]] television programme ''The Best And Worst Places To Live In The UK'', the city was celebrated as the "Best Place in the UK to Live in: 2006".<ref name="WinchesterGreatest"/> In March 2016, Winchester was named as the best place to live in Britain by the "Sunday Times Best Places To Live" guide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winchester named best place to live in Britain|url=http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/winchester-named-best-place-to-live-in-britain-11364047183830|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321092513/http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/winchester-named-best-place-to-live-in-britain-11364047183830|url-status=dead}}</ref>