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The Oak Circus Centre Open Weekend

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ave you ever thought about running away with the circus? In Norwich you don’t have to, the circus has come to you!

The Oak Circus Centre is Norfolk’s only venue providing training in circus skills for everyone from beginners to professionals, run by experienced circus performers. It’s popular year-round courses and classes appeal to people who see circus training as an interesting alternative to the gym as well as those with ambitions to perform professionally.

The centre is hosting an open weekend on 28 and 29 April giving everyone an opportunity to find out what’s on offer and to try out some of the classes. There will also be performances from resident company Lost in Translation Circus and current Oak students.

Throughout the weekend there will be dropin taster sessions for people of all ages. For adults these range from classic manipulation circus skills like juggling, hula hooping and plate spinning to the daring dizzy heights of trapeze and other aerial disciplines. There’s

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a gentle introduction in circus skills for 3-5 year olds and aerial hoop, trapeze, and juggling for older children and teenagers.

A cabaret evening will feature performances from Oak students and a special work in progress presentation of Lost in Translation’s new show Inside Out, that will tour the UK and Europe this autumn.

Over the weekend there will also be a circus trail around church’s run by Norwich Historic Church’s Trust. Armed with a downloadable map young people and families can visit 9 sites and learn about the city’s circus history and heritage. NHCT volunteers will be on hand to talk about the history of the buildings.

‘Circus training is a great way for adults to keep fit as well as learning some amazing skills’ said The Oak’s Head of Education Roisin Morris ‘and for young people they are a great way to improve motor skills, balance, co-ordination and strength as well as developing confidence and pride’.

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Victorian Magic returns to the Beccles Public Hall & Theatre

TRAVEL BY GAVIN Travel has always been a real passion of mine even from the first time I stepped foot on a Go airlines flight out of Stansted airport on a cold January morning travelling to Spain.

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Following the success of A Night of Mystery, The Victorian Conjuror returns to Beccles Public Hall with a brand new show: A CAVALCADE OF WONDERS on Saturday 14 April at 7.30pm.

The Importance of Gut Health

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ut health is not just another health fad. The scientific world is beginning to understand just how much of our health & wellbeing is related to our gut health - from immunity to depression and beyond.

There are billions of bacteria living in your gut—collectively known as the gut microbiome—and having a diverse gut microbiome is a marker of overall good health. The basic concept of how we look after our gut holds true for most people: prebiotics and probiotics. Prebiotics are the food for all your bacteria, and probiotics are the good bacteria that outcompete the harmful bacteria living in your intestines.

One excellent way to introduce good bacteria in your diet is through fermented foods, and luckily there is a huge range of delicious tasting ones around now! Some of the best are naturally fermented foods such as yogurt, sauerkraut, miso, kefir or kombucha (fermented tea).

If you find you have gut symptoms such as excessive bloating, gut ache, wind, or diarrhoea, supplementing with probiotics may help alleviate these symptoms, particularly if you’re taking antibiotics.

Probiotics can help make sure the antibiotics don’t deplete the bacteria in your gut. It’s now recommended that you take probiotics for the duration you’re on antibiotics, and a little while after as well just to be sure.

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Rhubarb Relish

COME INTO THE GARDEN MAUD (and all the rest of you too!)

Over 10,000 visitors made their way to the Halls in Norwich to enjoy the Great British Beer Festival Winter, which has seen a rise in numbers by 33% since last year!

Brightening up an otherwise cold February, the festival offers ales of every season and over 35,000 pints were enjoyed - from the cask ale, golden ciders and world beers. For those sorry to see the end of the festival, Norwich & Norfolk CAMRA are pleased to announce the dates of their annual Norwich Beer Festival commencing Monday 22 October until Saturday 18 October 2018 and of course, not to be forgotten, is the return of the Great British Beer Festival in February 2019 at The Halls, Norwich. www.winter.gbbf.org.uk.

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he first of the forced English Rhubarb is here – so spring is on its way. Forcing Rhubarb was discovered accidentally in the 1800’s. Growing Rhubarb in the dark makes it sprout earlier, it grows a lovely pink colour and tastes better too. Rhubarb is technically a fruit or an edible stem but remember the leaves are poisonous - So don’t compost them. Rhubarb needs the addition of something sweet as the taste is very tart making it perfect for chutney or relish.

How English is Rhubarb? well very! - Wakefield where my husbands from has a yearly Rhubarb Festival but it is said its origin may be from Russia or even China.

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RHUBARB RELISH (makes 2 jam jars full) 350 g / approx 3 stalks- Rhubarb – chopped small 350 g light brown sugar 350 g / 2 large onions – chopped small 250 ml red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Norfolk Honey 1/2 teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, ginger and all spice 1/4 teaspoon each of ground cloves (6 no.) and black pepper Add all the ingredients in to a large thickbottomed saucepan. Bring to the boil and then reduce down to a rapid simmer for approx. 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened and chutnified* (the rhubarb will break down to a smooth chutney). Cool slightly before transferring in to sterilized jars.

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Rhubarb relish works perfectly with smoked fish although I like mine with Mrs Temples Walsingham or her new Wells Alpine cheese and a few crackers. *Chutnified as you may have worked out is a made up name, I was teaching a Christmas Edible Gifts course and needed to use a name for describing when the Prune and Date Chutney was ready, when it got to the thick and sticky stage, just before it sticks to the bottom, catches and burns! Hence Chutnified = when its ready.

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I am a fairly successful organic fruit and vegetable gardener. I am a lazy and unscientific gardener. I am a stingy gardener. I don’t want to pay for new seeds or chemicals, whether fertiliser or pesticide. In a very satisfying game of death and rebirth, I prefer to save seeds and to fertilise the soil in the form of compost made from everything I haven’t eaten. I also don’t want to dig if I don’t have to. It only disturbs the worms which are much better at loosening the soil anyway. I prefer plants that return magically and it is perennial vegetables that I aim to inspire you about today.

When I took over my garden more than 20 years ago I experimented with scattering a variety of seeds randomly.

Since then three edible crops keep popping up every year around March without me having to do anything.

These, more than snowdrops and daffodils, are the harbingers of spring for me. They are lambs lettuce, American land cress and Good King Henry. Each year the plants choose a different place to germinate. I have found them in the patio gravel, the herb patch, the lawn, the flower border and behind the compost bin.

I am always a little surprised to see them, thank them for coming back and then proceed to pick and eat them!

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CLASSIC IBIZA WITH MINISTRY OF SOUND AT BLICKLING SET TO SELL-OUT Don’t miss this family friendly party at Blickling Hall on Saturday11th August.

First up is our crowdfunding campaign ‘Welcome Wheels’, aiming to equip every refugee and asylum seeker in Norwich with a secondhand bike, lock, lights, helmet and some on-road training.

There’s a huge need for this. Asylum seekers have just £36.95 a week to live on, and are often housed on the outskirts of the city, so getting anywhere is a challenge.

The Crowdfunder pledges have been pouring in, and our next task is getting the bikes refurbished and up to scratch, safety-wise. The work is carried out by our great team of volunteers under the guidance of an experienced tutor, and the bikes themselves come from our stock of donated bicycles. We can always do with more bikes, so if you have an unwanted one gathering cobwebs please bring it down to our shop any time during opening hours.

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The Paston Treasure :

Riches and Rarities of the Known World

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he Paston Treasure: Riches and Rarities of the Known World is a major exhibition, organized in partnership with the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT USA, which opens at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery on 23 June 2018 (until 23 September).

The exhibition brings together rare European works of art originally featured in a large, enigmatic painting by an unknown artist (trained in the Dutch school, painted circa 1665), which chronicles one of the greatest private art collections of 17th century England, amassed by the Pastons, an influential, landowning family in Norfolk.

Miraculously five of the actual objects from the original painting survive and for the first time in three centuries these significant works will be reunited with the painting.

Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Collection and many others.

The exhibition, comprising a total of more than 130 objects sourced from a host of national and international museums and private collections provides an extraordinary glimpse into what was undisputedly one of the most splendid treasure houses to have ever existed in this country.

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2018 BECCLES ANTIQUES STREET MARKETS

BECCLES ANTIQUES STREET MARKET SUNDAY 6th May 2018 8am – 4pm It feels like it’s been a long wait since the last Beccles Antiques Market but for all you bargain hunters out there the wait is nearly over as the Beccles Antiques Street Market returns on Sunday May 6th.

The market has gone from strength to strength and now in its ninth year plays host to a hundred general and specialist dealers selling a wide range of good quality antiques and collectables including furniture, silver, china, linen, jewellery, books, clocks, retro and vintage design/clothing and decorative items. Due to its popularity and following requests from the traders an additional date was added to the calendar, with this year’s second market booked for Sunday 12th August.

Many of the local shops, restaurants and bars are open that day so you can take a break and rest your feet. First class local artisan street food, ice cream, tea and coffee will also be on offer throughout the day.

The centre of town will be closed to traffic from 6am and will re-open at 6pm. If you haven’t been before you really should give it a visit and experience the pleasure of a busy outdoor specialist market. It goes ahead regardless of the weather, so remember to bring an umbrella and a sun hat!

Free entry, well signposted, SAT NAV NR34 9HA. For more details you can follow them on facebook at www.facebook.com/ antiquesmarketbeccles or contact Kate Lee on 01502 711174

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Ludham, St. Catherine. Post code: NR29 5QA Continuing our look at some very notable Norfolk churches.

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y the time you read this page just after Easter we should be into some brighter and warmer weather, and what could be better than to explore this very fine church? The anciently important abbey of St. Benet’s (Benedict’s) is not far from this village and its close associations with many successive bishops of Norwich there in earlier centuries could explain why this adjacent church in Ludham is so grand. The nave is mostly 15th century and the imposing tower is very likely to be a century earlier.

Upon entering the building the beautiful 15th century font demands your attention, and, very helpfully, an explanatory notice nearby gives much useful information about it. From the font, the view up the nave (pictured above) is dominated by the sturdy hammer beam and arch-braced roof system, which contains some exquisitely pierced carvings, including, if you look closely, a wheel device that represents St. Catherine. The carved rood screen before the chancel is one of the finest in the county. It was built in 1493 at a cost of £14 donated by John and Cycyly Salmon. It contains twelve wonderful painted panels depicting saints and kings. However, one figure at the extreme right end of the screen is very unusual and worth seeking out.

I apologise if you have a dental appointment coming up for the subject matter depicts the little-known St. Apollonia, the patron saint of dentists and those enduring tooth ache.

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A wide and varied selection of antiques for both the dealer and collector on sale in the historical busy market town of Beccles.

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Norfolk artists get set to invite the public into their studios Hundreds of artists are preparing to throw open their studio doors to the public as part of Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios 2018. The event, firmly established as one of the biggest open studios schemes in the country, is celebrating its 24th anniversary this year.

Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios provides the opportunity for artists to show and sell their work directly from their studios. It also encourages everyone, from ardent art-lovers to the curious first-time visitor, to get out and about, explore the county, see art and meet artists in the informal surroundings of their work space.

More than 420 artists will be taking part this year across 241 venues throughout Norfolk. As well as the hundreds of artists taking part, 16 Norfolk schools will be exhibiting and 15 Art Trails will be running, allowing audiences to visit a number of artists in a particular area, stopping at studios and local attractions along the way.

Studios are free to visit and all details, including studio opening days, directions, Art Trails and additional events and demonstrations, can be found in the Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios brochure and website. The event runs from 26 May until 10 June.

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Roarr!

Dinosaur Adventure

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ne of the regions’ best loved attraction, winning this year’s NSTA Best Large Attraction in Norfolk and Suffolk, has a host of new exciting activities this Easter. The 85-acre parkland at Roarr!

Dinosaur Adventure magically transforms into Dippy’s Wonderland!

Among the snowdrops and daffodils, you’ll be able to see scenes from Dippy in Wonderland, including Alice’s giant book, the Mad Hatter’s tea party, the Queen of Hearts croquet and the beautiful Easter Tree, decorated with over 350 eggs, on the Neanderthal Walk.

‘Egg-stra’ special Easter activities are planned for the whole Easter school holiday break including Dippy’s Easter Trail – where you can search for hidden eggs in the Dinosaur Trail for a fantastic prize, a “beat the clock” Easter Egg game and Dippy and friends live shows (during the weekends, see website for details).

For Dinosaur adventurers, you’ll still get the up-close encounters with the 8-meter Spinosaurus, the mighty T-Rex, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and many more along the trail. There is also an opportunity to try your hand at fossil finding in the “Xtinction” fossil hunt.

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Follow the playing cards to the Secret Animal Garden, that has our very own real Easter bunny as well as special animal encounters for the and hands on learning.

The new Steam Punk style 200 seat restaurant will be open for a special meal, or enjoy a bite to eat in Dinomite Café, Dippy’s Café or Nautilus Fish & Chips for a tasty picnic, adjacent to the Secret Animal Garden.

The Park will also be running a social media competition throughout the holidays to win tickets so follow #DippysWonderland Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure is open daily from 9.30am until 5pm. Dippy in Wonderland special event runs from 29th April – 15th April. Book online for the best discounts (up to 15%)

This Spring why not take a trip to Highway Garden and Leisure?

We pride ourselves on the quality of our home grown bedding plants that are grown in our very own nursery, the vast majority of these being on great multibuy offers so you can fill your pots, baskets and beds for less! The nursery is a delight for the eyes at this time of year so why not pop in and have a look?

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Cathedral. The much-loved Adnams Spiegeltent will welcome everything from daring cabaret to exceptional music; headlining will be internationally acclaimed UK circus company Barely Methodical Troupe with their brand-new show, set to dazzle audiences.

As always, the Festival promises to be a wonderful celebration of the city, bringing together communities from across the county and globe to experience great art and discover something new, with an exciting programme that offers something for everyone.

For its 80th Gala Concert the East Anglian Brass Band Association is presenting a concert by the famous Cory Band (from Wales) who are currently ranked number one in the world. In 2016 the band simultaneously held the titles of National Champions, British Open Champions, European Champions and Brass In Concert Champions.

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A new event is set to explore the wonders of rivers. Hosted by arts group Waveney and Blyth Arts, A River Runs Through It, will take place at The Ivy House Country Hotel in Oulton Broad.

The event, which will include illustrated presentations, a musical interlude, refreshments and a lunch, will take place on Wednesday, April 25 2018. The conference is aimed at anyone involved in conservation or river-based heritage, landscape artists in all media, ecowarriors of all ages and anyone who loves being on, in or near rivers.

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March, as it marks the moment that days become longer than nights, and life has an awakening energy, a sense of action, movement, warmth and symbols such as eggs, hares, spring flowers and newleafed trees are shown in the greetings cards celebrating this festival.

Similar themes with the eggs painted and decorated in Pysanky folk style feature in our Polish Easter cards, as the egg is a symbol of life, of potential and of hope. English Easter cards that we carry include images such as the opened door to the tomb, and light pouring through stained glass windows.

Our Jewish customers will find a selection of Passover or Pesach cards for 30th March, featuring the ram’s horn, glasses of red wine, doves, pieces of matzoh unleavened bread, and honey, along with the seven sacred foods placed on the Seder plate, images of the Torah scroll, and spring flowers.

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Will our special relationship with Uncle Sam mean a trip to Winsor and a walk down Wembley Way for everybody’s favourite Donald “I’ll take ‘em all on with my bare hands” Trump. I reckon he will be too busy watching A Hill in Korea and getting a few tips from crafty cockney Michael Caine although the Don has probably already convinced himself he knows best. A bit like arming the teachers!

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Monty Shaft’s … that I have no idea who ‘The People’ are FILMS CUSTODY A judge presides over a custody case that takes an emotional toll on everybody involved.

JOURNEYMAN Boxer Matty Burton suffers a serious head injury during a fight. It is about the impact this has on his marriage, his life and and his family.

GHOST STORIES Arch skeptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable ‘hauntings’.

GUERNSEY LITERARY SOCIETY A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.

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try as much as I can to avoid writing about politics in this little column, but I may have to touch upon it this time. I hear lots of talk and read lots of words that make great play of mentioning ‘The People’, whether it’s something that is “the will of ‘The People’”, or that “’The People’ have spoken”. However, does that really mean anything at all? If ‘The People’ is ALL People, then how can anything ever be “the will of ‘The People’”, there will always be those who disagree? It is really possible that ‘The People’ will speak with one voice?

The two main events I’m talking about here are, of course, Brexit, and the last General Election (or, probably, any Election). Brexit is, we are told, “the will of ‘The People’”, so does that mean that 52% of the population of the UK constitutes ‘The People’? In fact, there was a 72.2% turnout for the Referendum, so 52% of 72.2%, or 37.5% of the population are, apparently, ‘The People’. And before you start, yes, I know the Leave vote won, that’s not my point. My point is that it was just over half of the people that wanted to Leave, not ‘The People’. And then the last Election. Mrs May was very keen to tell us that she was in power because “‘The People’ had spoken”. Again,

But it’s not just mathematics. Over the past few years, we have been told that certain individuals are “a man of ‘The People’”.

Mainly Nigel Farage, and, it would appear, simply because he drinks beer and smokes.

Yes, that’s the Public School educated, exCommodities Broker, Nigel Farage. Not sure which ‘People’, he’s supposed to be a man of! And now we’re supposed to believe that Jacob Rees-Mogg is “a man of ‘The People’”.

Give me strength!!

And while we’re on the subject, I’ve never understood ‘Snowflake’ as an insult.

Snowflakes are, famously, all individual, but when they get together they can bring the country to its knees (at the time of writing we are in the grip of The Beast From The East). That sounds pretty great to me.

The point of all this is that our language is being misappropriated, mainly by journalists, who should know better (and probably do!) and nobody seems to be batting an eyelid.

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Special guests for the evening, are Australian born, UK based, comedian Bec Hill and American writer, artist, filmmaker and performance maker Paula Varjack.

They will tell stories about their true-life experiences as part of a bill that will also include past female TSL participants telling their True Life Stories that relate to the theme ‘Now is the time’..

As with all TSL events the night will be compéred by Norwich based TV script writer, poet and performer Molly Naylor.

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Highlights for me were Tres Pantalons, Fools Moon, Magoo and an acoustic Dr Clyde. Tres Pantalons have expanded into a 7 piece outfit including a 4 piece bold brass section and their instrumental virtuosity, offbeat syncopated rhythm’s, quirky jazz and funk inspired tunes, most notably ‘Clive’ mark them out as one’s to watch out for. Fools Moon bely their age with blues soaked crack throated songs and tunes with twin lead guitarists trading riffs suggesting that they have raided their parents record collections and found some early Fleetwood Mac, and maybe even some Wishbone Ash, and prog. Groovy.

Jasper and Joe meanwhile perched on bar stools played a relaxed and hypnotic acoustic set of Dr Clyde and solo songs in the basement reminding us how many fine songs they have and how we miss that tall man Jasper’s holler. ..and so to the mighty Magoo. What can I say, this was a real barrage of a set, no letting up, a full on attrition of a set as Andy’s buzz saw rhythm guitar and almost helium inhaled vocals were counteracted by one of the most original guitarists ever to emerge from Norfolk in Dave Lake punctuating the songs with the most unique range of sounds coaxed or beaten out of a guitar and a set of pedals since Fripp, Belew, and Hendrix.

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watchable bands in the area. Youngsters, go see ‘em, you could learn something.

Mention also for Guranfoe who had sadly played by the time I arrived. Seen them before and love the often complex prog inspired tunes, with bizarre time signatures, yes I said it, the P word. You can label them Math rock or post rock, but much of what they do derives from Prog, which leads me on to why people wish to give music a new label, believing it to have a hipper connotation when frankly we all know what it really is. There is a rush, particularly among Norfolk acts it seems to want to be labelled Americana as it sounds cooler than country, when frankly that is what most of them are. There are so many would be Johnny, Dolly and Tammy’s in Norfolk at the moment. I heard a story of an American musician coming to the county as he had heard good things about the music scene but leaving shortly afterwards saying that there were more people in Norfolk wanting to sound American than in America. Come on musicians in Norfolk you don’t need to do this. Be original, and be yourselves, look to Norfolk, not the dreaded Nashville, for inspiration. It’s mostly unoriginal, dull and getting everywhere. Rant over.

SOME GIG HIGHLIGHTS IN APRIL AND MAYARTS CENTRE- 2nd- Jeffrey Lewis, 5th Portico Quartet, 6th Hackney Colliery band, 12th Shonen Knife, 21st Baghdaddies, 30th A Hawk and a Hacksaw, May- 4th Kitty, Daisy and Lewis. BRICKMAKERS- May 12th- PBL- all day charity festival, Eclectic- THE COTTAGE, Silver Road, Norwich- April 14th- Daisyhead

plus Desert Sleds. GUILDHALL- April 5th- Jess Morgan, Jack Harris OPEN- April 8th- Inlay, UEA- April 25th- The Barenaked Ladies, May 5th Wilko Johnson, 6th the Buzzcocks, YORK TAVERN- April 15th Paper Beat Scissors. FOLK ON THE PIER, Cromer- May 11-13th Fairport Convention, Jez Lowe, Ashley Hutchings, Banter, Edward 11, Gilmore and Roberts, see website for many more. FRINGE FESTIVAL Tea Time Showcase- Cromer social club- Friday11th – Sunday 13th May- 5-7.30 pm- all free- artists to be confirmed. -LOCAL ALBUMS TO LOOK OUT FOR SOON- Alden, Patterson Dashwood, Georgia Shackleton Trio, Fire Doves, Penguins Go Pop. ACOUSTIC AND ECLECTIC- I have been at Future radio for 11 years, since it began, and broadcasting my Acoustic and Eclectic show for more than 9 years, but due to the very steep rise in the membership fee, I don’t know if I can afford to carry on sadly. More news soon.

RICHARD PENGUIN richard.penguin@virgin.net

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