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Issue 208 June 2018

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What’s Inside:

Learn about Wine

Summer Fashion Yeovilton Air Day tickets Comp

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Tea for Two at Emporium

Celebrate Paella!

Sherborne Castle Country Fair & Rare Breeds Show

28 MAY 2018

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 10AM - 6PM

Organised & run by volunteers to raise funds for West Country Children’s Charities

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*Free admission to all events marked with an asterisk

What’s On Due to space restrictions if any event is already fully booked we no longer include them in our calendar.

MAY 26

Coffee Morning, Market House, Castle Cary, 10.00am-12.00 noon Breakfast/Brunch, Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, 10.00am12.00 noon

‘Paint a Hand Cut Spring Time Wooden Shape’, Barrington Court, 11.00am4.00pm

WI Lunch & Entertainment, Meadway Hall, Compton Dundon, 12.00 noon

An Evening with Graeme Souness, George Albert Hotel, 7.00pm

‘The Jive Aces’, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 7.30pm

‘Thank ABBA For The Music’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri’ film, Halstock Village Hall, 7.30pm 26-27 Open Gardens and Flower Festival, Buckland Newton, 12.00 noon-5.00pm 26-28 Flower Festival of Memories, St Andrew’s Church, Compton Dundon, 10.00am-5.30pm 26-10 June Dorset Arts Week, Open Studio Events, dorsetartweeks.co.uk 26-15 July Somerton Music and Arts Festival tickets available, Overt Locke’s Shop, West Street, Somerton Wed-Sat

10.00am-1.00pm or online at ticketsource.co.uk.

Early bird tickets until 9 June. Festival 6-15 July.

27 Embroiderers Guild workshop, Bishops Caundle Village Hall, 11.00am-12.00 noon & 2.00pm-3.00pm

‘Chill’ concert, White Hart, Yetminster, 4.00pm-6.00pm

‘Calan’, David Hall, South Petherton, 7.30pm 28 Car Boot Sale, Alweston Playing Field, 8.00am

Horn Park Quarry National Nature Reserve Open Day, 11.00am-4.00pm

Annual Sherborne Castle Country Fair & Rare Breeds Show, Sherborne Castle, 10.00am6.00pm

‘Ready Player One’ screening, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 3.00pm

‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm 29 Yeovil National Trust Association trip to Frome & American Museum in Bath

Wildlife Day, Barrington Court, 10.30am-3.30pm 29 Monthly Quiz, White Hart, Yetminster, 7.00pm

‘Roses’ talk, Tithe Barn, Merriott, 7.30pm

29-2 June ‘Art & Photography’ exhibition, Parish Rooms, Somerton, 10.00am-4.00pm 31-2 June ‘Peter Pan – The Musical’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 2.00pm & 7.00pm 30 Coffee Morning, David Hall, South Petherton, 10.00am12.00 noon

Quiz Night, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 8.00pm 31 Girlings Retirement Rentals Open Day, Homeville House, Hendford, Yeovil, 11.00am-2.00pm

Quiz, Somerton Sports Club, 8.30pm 31-2 June ‘Peter Pan – The Musical’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 2.00pm & 7.00pm 31-8 June Ilminster Literary Festival returns, various venues and times

JUNE 1

Monthly Market, Market Place, Somerton, 9.00am2.00pm

‘Isle of Dogs’, film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 3.00pm ‘Thoroughbreds’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm

‘Morgan & West - Time Travelling Magicians’, Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster, 7.30pm

TINTINHULL VILLAGE OPEN GARDENS

14TH ANNUAL SUMMER CRAFT FAIR

Entry £5 to 15 gardens 10am-5pm Start Tintinhull Village Hall

SATURDAY 30 JUNE

SATURDAY 30 JUNE South Somerset BA22 8PY

Plant Stall and refreshments all day.

Tel 01935 824868 www.opengardens.co.uk

Digby Church Hall, Sherborne

10am-4pm Admission Free West Country Fairs 01749 677049

From the Editor

In my opinion our little corner of West Dorset and South Somerset is well served by “independents”. “Ah,” I hear you cry, “She is going to bang on about the importance of independent retailers and how we should support them or they will disappear.” Well, yes, of course I do in fact subscribe to that train of thought and in fact have just bought a lovely new TV from a local Sherborne shop and regular advertiser. Thank you to Marsh’s in Cheap Street for an excellent shopping experience! But, what I was going to say is it’s not only the shops that need your support! The independent magazines and publications which are either, like The Conduit, available for you to pick up in a wide variety of locations in the area, or those which are delivered through your door, also need your support. Without regular advertising, goodwill and readers mentioning how they have seen something interesting in “such and such” a magazine, the independent press cannot survive. The Conduit has been published for 17 years and we want to keep going for at least that time again, so let us know what you like about us or even what you don’t like! We want you to enjoy what you see.

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Editor - Jane Adkins

Assistant Editor - Lauren Hill

JULY DEADLINES News and Articles: FRIDAY, 15th JUNE Advertisements MONDAY, 18th JUNE

© The publisher is The Conduit Magazine Limited. The layout, format, design and all other aspects of this magazine are an original idea and therefore copyright of the publisher. No part of the contents may be reproduced in whole or in part without prior permission in writing. Whilst every care is taken in compiling the contents of this magazine, the proprietor assumes no responsibility for mistakes and omissions. The views of our contributors is not necessarily the view of the publisher.

WHAT’S ON

Ilchester Sportsfield Fund

CHARITY

CAR BOOT

Saturday 30th JUNE

EVERY SUNDAY

Triple Award Winning

Farmers & Craft Market

Gates open 7am for sellers and 7.30am for buyers Cars £5, Transits/Cars with Trailers £8, Buyers before 9.30am £1 for cars, 50p pedestrian Buyers after 9.30am 50p for cars, 25p pedestrian Off A37/A303 Ilchester Roundabout

Local seasonal produce and crafts.

Montacute House, Yeovil, TA15 6XP 10 am – 2 pm

PARKING & ENTRY FREE - Dog friendly too!

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‘Climbing Plants’ talk, Memorial Hall, Wincanton, 7.30pm

Mike Denham and Tom ‘Spats’ Langham concert, the Rendezvous, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, 7.30pm

‘True Grit’ film with supper, West Coker Village Hall, 7.45pm

‘Loving Vincent’ film, David Hall, South Petherton, 8.00pm

‘The Jubilee String Quartet’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 8.00pm 2 Produce Market, Market House, Ilminster, 8.30am-12.30pm

Coffee Morning, Market House, Castle Cary, 9.00am-12.00 noon

Coffee Morning, Holy Trinity Church, 10.30am12.00 noon

Plant Sale, Davis Hall, West Camel, 2.30pm4.00pm

Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 6.45pm

Barn Dance, Tithe Barn, Haselbury, 7.30pm

Country & Western Dance Club host ‘Carolann B’, Davis Hall, West Camel, 7.30pm

‘Jubilee String Quartet’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 8.00pm 2-3 Templecombe International Medieval Pageant, BA8 OJX, 11.00am-5.30pm 3 Steam Train Day, Yeovil Railway Centre, Stoford, 10.30am-4.00pm

‘H is for Hawk’, Sherborne Museum, 11.00am-2.00pm*

Tim Edwards Memorial Cricket Day, Chetnole Playing Fields, 12.00 noon

Over Stratton, South Petherton Open Gardens, 2.00pm

Mid Lambrook Manor Garden Open Day, East Lambrook, 2.00pm5.00pm

www.levelsbest.co.uk

07967 280754 (Weekends only)

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‘The Little Mermaid’ performance, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 2.30pm ‘Thoroughbreds’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm ‘Lover. Teacher, Muse…

Or Rival?’ lecture, Frogmary Green Conference Centre, South Petherton, 7.15pm Langport History Society visit Aller Church with presentation, 7.30pm Pantomime Society AGM, Charlton Horethorne Village Hall, 7.30pm Age UK Information and Benefits Advice Surgery, the Rendezvous, Sherborne, 10.00am12.00 noon WI Meeting, Parish Rooms, Somerton, 7.15pm ‘The Mill on the Floss’ performance, David Hall, South Petherton, 7.30pm General Sale, Lawrence’s Auction, Crewkerne, 9.30am Business Networking meeting, The Emporium, Yeovil, 10.00am-12.00 noon ‘The Splendour of Hampton Court’ talk, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 2.00pm & 8.00pm ‘Avenue Q’ performance, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm Bruton Horticultural Society visit The Manor House, Cranborne ‘A Rogue’s Gallery for Gardeners’ talk, Methodist School Room, Castle Cary, 7.30pm ‘Darkest Hour’ film, Kingsbury Episcopi Village Hall, 7.30pm Duke’s Dorchester host ‘The Wolfgang Gawor Collection of Cars and Memorabilia’, Athelhampton House, Dorchester, 4.00pm ‘Lose in Vagueness’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, 7.00pm

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Martin Carthy acoustic set, the Trooper, Stourton Caundle, 7.30pm ‘Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photography, Lawrence’s Auction House, Crewkerne, 9.30am Time For Tea, United Reformed Church, Martock, 2.00pm4.00pm ‘The Transformed Land’ Q&A, Ace Arts, Somerton, 6.00pm8.00pm Community Hospital Quiz Night, David Hall, South Petherton, 7.00pm New Hardy Players ‘Woodland Words’, Raleigh Hall, Sherborne, 7.30pm ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ film, David Hall, South Petherton, 8.00pm Evening of Music & Guitar with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 8.00pm ‘Big Bear Stompers’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 8.00pm Tree ID Walk, Bruton, 10.00am* Coffee Morning, Market House, Castle Cary, 9.00am-12.00 noon ‘Antiques and Collectables Open Day’, The Emporium, Yeovil, 10.00am-4.00pm Farmer’s Market, Moorlands Shopping Precinct, Martock, 10.00am-1.00pm Village Fete, Church Farm, Glanvilles Wootton, 1.00pm4.00pm Leigh Open Gardens, 1.00pm-5.00pm Midsummer Fair, Marston Magna, 2.00pm Henhayes Fete and Town Criers’ Competition, Crewkerne, 2.00pm-5.00pm ‘A Swedish Serenade’ concert, St Martin’s Church, North Perrott, 3.00pm ‘Berties Big Band’ and ‘Kate Kingsley String Orchestra’, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, 7.00pm

SHERBORNE FLEA MARKET

Digby Church Hall, Sherborne Saturday 16 June 10am-4pm Admission Free West Country Fairs 01749 677049

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‘The Post’ film, Hinton St George Village Hall, 7.30pm ‘The Travelling Band’, David Hall, South Petherton, 8.00pm Open Gardens, Charlton Adam & Charlton Mackrell, 12.00 noon6.00pm Limington Fete and Dog Show, behind Lamb and Lark pub, Church Street, Limington, 1.00pm Love Somerton Live Jazz, Crane Farm, Somerton, 2.30pm-5.00pm Tea Time Organ Recital with John Macgregor, Horsington Church, 3.00pm Les Musicals, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.30pm ‘Fabric Books’ workshop, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 9.30am-3.30pm Somerton Sings, West Street Church, Somerton, 10.45am Probus Club ‘A Queen’s Trumpeter’ presentation, Yeovil Court Hotel, 1.30pm Archaeological and Local History Society guided tour of Weymouth Museum, 10.30am Duke’s Auctioneers Sale, Avenue Auctions, Weymouth, 10.30am Blackmore Vale and National Trust Association visit the Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury & Shoe Museum, Street Pitcombe Fayre, Hadspen Village Hall, nr Castle Cary, 12.00 noon-5.00pm* Milborne Port Gardening Club visit Common Farm Flowers, Charlton Musgrove, 2.30pm ‘Journeyman’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 3.00pm & 7.00pm ‘How to Grow a Bar Garden’ talk, Martock Primary School, 7.30pm David Baddiel, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm Somerset Libraries Decision deadline Yetminster History Society visit Brympton House, Yeovil General Sale, Lawrence’s Auction, Crewkerne, 9.30am

DARKEST HOUR Wednesday 13 June 7.30pm PG Digby Church Hall, Digby Road £6 in advance from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre, 01935 815341 or on the door if available

www.sherborneartslink.org.uk

Charity no 1007680 Company no 2471382 Sherborne Arts Link Ltd

WHAT’S ON

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‘Darkest Hour’ film, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 7.30pm ‘Faustus’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm Seavington Gardening Club visit Dyffryn Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan Camelot U3A Open and Enrolment Day, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 2.30pm Queen Camel Horticultural Society visit Picket Lane Nursery, South Perrott, 5.30pm ‘Birds of Prey Display’ talk, East Coker Village Hall, 6.30pm ‘I Claude Monet: Exhibition on Screen’, film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm ‘An Evening with Photographer Len Copland’, Johnson Studio, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm Seasonal Flower Demonstration, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 7.30pm ‘The Tina Turner Experience’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm ‘The Three Little Pigs’, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 8.00pm Health Walk, Moorlands Shopping Precinct, Martock, 9.30am* Chef’s Special Lunch, Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, 12.30pm ‘Ugly Duckling’ ballet, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 2.00pm, 4.00pm & 6.00pm Ange Hardy, David Hall, South Petherton, 8.00pm ‘The Curfew Band’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 8.00pm ‘The Barrelhouse Blues Band’, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 8.00pm Petherton Folk Fest, Various Venues, South Petherton, 9.45am Rock Club, The Emporium, Yeovil, 9.15am Charity Summer Fair, Market House, Castle Cary, 9.30am-12.00 noon* Craft Fayre, Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, 9.30am-1.00pm* Annual Fleece Fair, Hatch Beauchamp Village Hall, 9.30am2.00pm Decorative Tile Making Workshop, Artists Studio, Sherborne, 10.00am-12.30pm

Charity Art Fair, All Saints Church, Castle Cary, 10.00am-4.00pm

Monthly Fleamarket, Digby Church Hall, Sherborne, 10.00am4.00pm*

Open Gardens and Studios, Chedington, 11.00am-5.00pm

Milbrook Gardens Summer Fete, Castle Cary, 12.00 noon3.00pm

Jazz on the Lawn, Barrington Court, 2.00pm-4.30pm

Chiselborough Street Fair, 2.00pm

Traditional Summer Fete, Trent Village Green, 2.00pm-5.00pm

‘The Post’ film, Parish Rooms, Somerton, 7.30pm

‘Shine’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm

‘Edie’ film, Halstock Village Hall, 7.30pm

‘Paddington 2’ film, Leigh Village Hall, 7.30pm

Sharon Lazibyrd album launch show, Community Centre, Kingsbury Episcopi, 7.00pm 16-17 National Animal Welfare Trust Barn Sale & Afternoon Teas, Somerton, 12.00 noon4.00pm* 17 Steam Train Day, Yeovil Railway Centre, Stoford, 10.30am-4.00pm

Race for Life 5K, Yeovil College, 11.00am

Open Gardens with talk called ‘No Dig – Organic Gardening’, Ditcheat, 12.00pm-5.00pm

Jazz on the Lawn, Barrington Court, 2.00pm-4.30pm

Flower Festival, Chiselborough, 2.30pm

Wessex Strings concert, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, 3.00pm

‘The Glenn Miller Orchestra’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 3.00pm

‘A King, A Hoard and Some Clubmen’ talk, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 4.00pm

Historic Military Vehicle Show, Haselbury Mill, 10.00am-5.00pm* 18 ‘On Chesil Beach’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm

‘National Truths’ lecture, Sherborne Abbey, 7.30pm

‘Secret Places of West Dorset’ talk, South Petherton Village Hall, 7.30pm 19 ‘Three Families and their Gardens’ lecture, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 11.00am

If you have been diagnosed with an Asbestos illness you may wish to speak with one of our Specialist Solicitors.

You may have been exposed to asbestos dust decades ago and you will not even know this as the dust comprises of invisible microscopic fibres. If you have been diagnosed with or have lost a loved one from:

ASSOCIATION OF PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS

Helen has specialist Asbestos Disease Accreditation and would urge people to always look out for this when instructing a specialist solicitor as these cases are highly sensitive and need to be dealt with quickly, compassionately and in accordance with a strict protocol.

Accredited Asbestos Disease Specialist

Please contact Helen Grady on Freephone 0808 129 3320 or drop into see us at our legal surgeries at: The Old Barn, Old Barn Way, Yeovil, BA20 2NX. Free Parking & Disabled Access. on Thursday 28 June between 11.30 a.m to 1.30 pm for a free consultation Call Jill Callen for information on 01935 473 284

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Teddy Bears Picnic, Yeovil Country Park, 11.00am-12.30pm* ‘On Chesil Beach’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 3.00pm ‘You Were Never Really Here’ film, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.00pm Jazz Dance Company, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm Blackmore Vale and National Trust Association visit Loseley Park, Guildford General Sale, Lawrence’s Auction, Crewkerne, 9.30am ‘Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables’ auction, McCubbing and Redfern Auction Rooms, Wells, 10.00am Bruton Horticultural Society visit Jekka’s Herbetum, 2.00pm Martock WI Annual Outing, 2.00pm ‘Glastonbury Comes to Preston’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 6.30pm ‘Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven’ talk, Norton Sub Hamdon Village Hall, 7.30pm West Coker Gardening Club tour & tasting at Furleigh Vineyard, 7.30pm

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Artisan and Craft Market, Market Square, South Petherton, 9.00am4.00pm

Card Sale, Griffiths Rooms, Sherborne, 9.30am-11.30am

Health Walk, Somerton Library, 11.30am

Seavington Gardening Club visit Avon Bulbs, Burnt House Farm, East Lambrook, 5.00pm

‘Dave Martin’s Jabbo Five’ concert, All Saint’s Church, Martock, 7.30pm

‘That’ll Be The Day’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm

Mark Beaumont, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 7.30pm

‘Belly Dancer Demonstration’, Long Sutton Village Hall, 7.45pm

Summer Solstice, Minterne Gardens 21-23 ‘Woman in Mind’ performance, David Hall, South Petherton, 7.30pm 22 100 Years of the R.A.F centenary event, Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, 10.00am4.00pm

Anniversary Party, Griffiths Rooms, Sherborne, 3.00pm

Nick Heyward, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 8.00pm 5

WHAT’S ON

HANNAH SANDERS & BEN SAVAGE

CLAUDE BOURBON

Classically timeless folk duo Saturday 2 June 18:45

Saturday 23 June at 18:45 Caryford Community Hall, Castle Cary BA7 7JS Tickets £12 from

Master of the classical guitar

(SUPPORT: JACK HARRIS) Caryford Community Hall, Castle Cary BA7 7JJ

Tickets £10 from www.wegottickets.com/event/420053

www.wegottickets.com/event/436535

‘Renato D’Aiello’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 8.00pm 22-24 ‘What the Ladybird Heard’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, various times 23 Somerton Green Gardeners visit RHS Wisley

Coffee Morning, Market House, Castle Cary, 9.00am-12.00 noon

Yeovil Opportunity Group Reunion and Open Day, Preston Road, Yeovil, 9.30am

Top Table Sale, St James Church, Yeovil, 10.00am-2.00pm*

Decorative Tile Making Workshop, Artists Studio, Sherborne, 10.00am-12.30pm

Coffee and Card with Stampin’ Up, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 10.30am12.30pm

‘Celebrating the Arts’, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 11.00am-4.00pm*

Lions Summer Fete, Archie Gooch Pavillion, Canal Way, Ilminster, 12.00 noon

Sandford Orcas Village Fete, Manor House, 12.00 noon

Summer Garden Party, Rectory Garden, Merriott, 12.00 noon3.00pm

Open Gardens and Flower Festival, Galhampton, 12.00 noon-4.00pm

Sandford Orcas Village Fete, grounds of Manor House, 2.00pm5.00pm

Bring a picnic!

Claude Bourbon concert, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 6.45pm

Jane Macdonald, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.30pm 23-1 July Beaminster Festival, Beaminster Museum, 10.30am-4.00pm* 24 Misterton Village Fete, 12.00 noon-6.00pm

‘Made in Longburton’ Summer Fair, 2.00pm5.00pm*

The Pilgrim Singers ‘Midsummer Melodies’, The Dogs, Wincanton, 7.00pm

‘Rip It Up’, White Hart, Yetminster, 8.00pm 25 Somerton Sings, West Street Church, Somerton, 10.45am

‘Giovanni Pernice – Born to Win’, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 7.30pm

Kevin Bridges, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm 26 Guided Walk of the Town, Crewkerne, 10.30am

Martock History Group visit Brympton d’Evercy with tour, 2.00pm

‘Darkest Hour’ film, Caryford Hall, Castle Cary, 7.30pm

‘The Victorian Garden’ talk, Tithe Barn, Merriott, 7.30pm 27 Martock Gardening Society visit Burrow Farm Gardens, Dalwood, Axminster

Coffee Morning, David Hall, South Petherton, 10.00am-12.00 noon*

Monthly Book Club, The Emporium, Yeovil, 10.00am-12.00 noon

The Pilgrim Singers invite you to

MIDSUMMER MELODIES

Marquee cover with seating

in the historic setting of

‘The Dogs’

Wincanton BA9 9DH

Sunday 24th June at 7.00pm

Gates open 5.00pm

Pimms, strawberries & cream included in ticket price!

In support of Mityana, Uganda Tickets £12 (u.16 free!) available from Divine Wines, Wincanton

Enquiries: 01963 33965 6

Probus Club meeting, Sports Club, Somerton, 12.00 noon-2.00pm

‘Oriental Takeaway’ floral demonstration, Holy Trinity Church, Yeovil, 7.30pm

‘An Evening with Dan Snow’, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm

Quiz Night, Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, 8.00pm 28 Simpson Millar Legal Surgery, The Old Barn, Yeovil, 11.30am1.30pm

Short Health Walk, Somerton Sports Club, 11.30am

‘Chivalry’ talk, Parish Rooms, Somerton, 7.00pm

‘Darkest Hour’ film, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 7.00pm

Floral Club 65th Celebration, Catholic Church Hall, Sherborne, 7.30pm

‘My Leonard Cohen, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 7.30pm

Quiz, Sports Club, Somerton, 8.30pm 29 ‘A Buzz in the Air’ lecture, Memorial Hall, Wincanton, 7.30pm

‘Finding Your Feet’ film, Davis Hall, West Camel, 7.30pm

‘Paddington 2’ film, David Hall, South Petherton, 8.00pm 30 Toybox, Market House, Castle Cary, 9.00am12.00 noon

Levels Best Market, Montacute House, 10.00am-2.00pm* Breakfast/Brunch, Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, 10.00am12.00 noon

‘Basic Watercolour Techniques’ workshop, Digby Hall, Sherborne, 10.00am-4.00pm

Charltons Village Day, Memorial Playing Fields, Charlton Adam, 1.00pm5.00pm 14th Annual Summer Craft Fair, Digby Church Hall, Sherborne, 10.00am-4.00pm*

‘Pin Drop with Russell Tovey’, Hauser and Wirth, Bruton, 2.00pm

Tintinhull Open Gardens, 10.00am5.00pm

The Dance Factory, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 2.00pm & 7.00pm

All Saints Church Summer Fete, Higher Farm, Fore Street, West Camel, 2.00pm4.30pm

‘An Evening with Jo Burt – Freddie Mercury The Troggs’, Milborne Port Village Hall, 7.30pm ‘Northern Soul’ concert, the Exchange, Sturminster Newton, 7.30pm Acoustic Night, David Hall, South Petherton, 7.30pm ‘The Greatest Showman’ film, Halstock Village Hall, 7.30pm

JUNE EXHIBITIONS* Now-9 June ‘A Passion for Print’, Ilminster Arts Centre, 9.30am-4.30pm Now-10 June Embroiderers Guild Dorset Arts exhibition, Bishops Caundle Village Hall, 10.00am-4.00pm* Now-14 June Yeovil Art Group Spring Exhibition, Octagon Theatre, First Floor, Yeovil, 12.00 noon Now-16 June ‘The Transformed Land’, ACE Arts, Somerton, 10.00am-5.00pm Now-21 June ‘Beaminster WI 1918-2018’ exhibition, Beaminster Museum, various days & times Now-9 Sept ‘Lexander Calder – From the Sony River to the Sky’ exhibition, Hauser and Wirth, Bruton, 10.00am-5.00pm 26 May-10 June Blackmore Vale Branch of Embroiderers Dorset Arts exhibition, Bishops Caundle Village Hall, 10.00am-4.00pm 26 May-16 June ‘The Transformed Land’, ACE Arts, Somerton, 10.00am-5.00pm 29 May-2 June ‘Art and Photography’ Exhibition, Parish Rooms, Somerton, 10.00am-4.00pm 5 June-22 July Moish Sokal ‘In The Open’ exhibition, Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook Gardens, 10.00am-5.00pm* 11-29 June ‘Hot Stuff’ exhibition, Ilminster Arts Centre, 9.30am-4.30pm 16 June-4 July ‘Exhibition of New Sculpture’, Jerram Gallery, Sherborne, 9.30am-5.00pm 23 June-21 July ‘Matter of Identity’ exhibition, ACE Arts, Somerton, 10.00am-5.00pm

WHAT’S ON

Yeovilton Air Day The Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton International Air Day will take place on Saturday 7 July, to showcase the Fleet Air Arm’s current and future capabilities and historic accomplishments spanning over 100 years. As one of the busiest military airfields in the UK and home to many aircraft operating in front-line Squadrons and training units, the Somerset air station’s gates will be open to an expected 40,000 visitors.

The show will include over five hours of dazzling flying displays featuring fast jets, historic warbirds, helicopters, formation aerobatic display teams and role demonstrations enhanced by spectacular pyrotechnics and flares. Our aims are to display the world’s most capable pilots and their aircraft, both in the air and on the ground, and to provide an opportunity to see some magnificent equipment and meet our professional personnel in a family-friendly environment. In the Year of Engineering this is a great chance to inspire the next generation of engineers.

This show has everything to keep the whole family entertained.

There will be a vast range of showground attractions from the latest defence technology exhibitions, engineering fairs and service displays to trade stalls, arena displays, military bands and the chance to meet pilots and even sit in the cockpit! For the thrill seekers, there will be simulators, fairground rides and helicopter pleasure flights to enjoy. Whether you are a first timer or a dedicated aviation enthusiast, the Air Day has something for everyone.

A full list of participating aircraft and ticket information are available from www.royalnavy.mod.uk/yeovilton-airday

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3 Pairs of Adult’s tickets to RNAS Yeovilton International Air Day Saturday 7 July

To enter just answer the following question: “What profession is Yeovilton Air Day hoping a future generation will be inspired by in this special year?”

Clue: visit their website to find out: royalnavy.moduk/yeovilton-airday Send your answers by Mon 18 June with your name and contact details to info@theconduitmagazine.co.uk or post it to the address on p.3.

Good luck!

LIMINGTON FETE AND DOG SHOW Sunday 10th June 2018

A traditional country day out for the family!

‘Companion’ Dog Show with Pedigree & Novelty classes including Young Handling Entry Fees Only £3.50 for Pedigree, £2.00 for Novelty Registration from 11.30 a.m., Judging starts 1 p.m.

For dog show information contact 07860 796906 Stalls Open & Food Available from 1 p.m.

Official Opening at 2 p.m.

Behind the ‘Lamb and Lark’ Pub, Church Street, Limington, BA22 8EG 7

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By Lauren Hill SAVE YOUR LIBRARY The deadline to submit your views and questionnaire about the future of Somerset Libraries has been extended until Wednesday 13 June. Somerset County Council have no budget for the future and this means changes and closures for libraries in the area. For a questionnaire please visit your local library (each library questionnaire is different due to different options being offered to each one) or go to www.somersetlibraries.co.uk/ consultation/ or write to Libraries Consultation 2018, B3S, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY or phone 0300 123 2224.

ALWESTON On Monday 28 May from 8.00am at the Playing Fields there is a Car Boot Sale. Enquiries on 01963 23525.

BARRINGTON On Saturday 26 May from 11.00am to 4.00pm at Barrington Court there is go along to ‘Paint a Hand Cut Springtime Wooden Shape’. Make up your own design and paint a hand cut wooden decoration. There will be a selection of shapes for you to choose from. On Tuesday 29 from 10.30am to 3.30pm at Barrington Court there is a Wildlife Day. Outdoor fun for all the family. On Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June at Barrington Court from 2.00pm to 4.30pm there is Jazz on the Lawn.

Bring a picnic and blanket and enjoy jazz tunes.

BEAMINSTER From now until Wednesday 21 June at the Museum there is an exhibition called ‘Beaminster WI 1918 – 2018’ celebrating the centenary of the branch. From now until Sunday 28 October the Museum has their next exhibition called ‘Hatch, Match and Dispatch’ giving an historical insight into the births, marriages and deaths of local people. Opening times Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Bank Holidays 10.30am to 4.00pm and Sundays 2.00pm to 4.30pm. For more information phone 01308 863623. On Monday 28 May from 11.00am to 4.00pm it is Horn Park Quarry National Nature Reserve Open Day. The quarry is not normally open to the public, but is of international importance for the fossils it holds. You will be able to see the wonderful specimens in situ, look at the examples from the Museum loan boxes, follow the fault lines and chat with the experts from Beaminster Museum, Jurassic Coast Trust and Natural England. Activities for all ages.

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Footwear: strong shoes with grip essential. Suitable for all ages, but beware steps, slopes and rough surfaces. Free entry, donations towards upkeep welcome. For more information phone 01308 863623.

From Saturday 23 June to Sunday 1 July from 10.30am to 4.00pm at the Museum it is the Beaminster Festival with an exhibition from the school’s Photography Department.

Admission free.

BISHOPS CAUNDLE From Saturday 26 May to Sunday 10 June at the Village Hall from 10.00am to 4.00pm the Blackmore Vale Branch of the Embroiderers Guild have their Dorset Arts exhibition. Free entry.

Alongside this the Embroiderers Guild host a workshop on Sunday 27 May from 11.00am to 12.00 noon and 2.00pm to 3.00pm at the Village Hall. Go along and have a go – stencil, stitch, folk appliqué, colourful stitching with ‘odds and ends’ includes threads, fabrics, wools and more. Materials provided. Further workshops in June. For more information and to book email contact.bveguild@ gmail.com BUCKLAND NEWTON On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May from 12.00 noon until 5.00pm it is the Open Gardens and Flower Festival. Village Hall and church will be beautifully decorated by not only the Holy Rood church flower ladies, but also flower teams from surrounding parishes. There will be Organ recitals on both days, the Church bells will be ringing out across the village and with ice creams too, it promises to be two most enjoyable afternoons. Picket Lane Nurseries will be there to tempt you with a selection of plants, Kate Parrish will also have hanging baskets for sale and a scarecrow competition in the churchyard.

Raising money for Marie Curie Nurses and the Church Flower Fund. Refreshments available. Entry £5.

CHARLTON ADAM On Saturday 30 June from 1.00pm to 5.00pm at the Memorial Playing Fields it is the Charltons Village Day. Join in the fun of a village summer celebration.

There will be live music, a bar, hog roast, BBQ, tea tent, bouncy castle, a fun dog show, terrier racing, classic cars and motorbikes and a wide selection of stalls and games.

Plenty car parking.

CHARLTON HORETHORNE On Monday 4 June from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Pantomime Society have their AGM. If you are interested in cast, technical or committee role then do go along.

Refreshments available. For more information phone John on 01963 220595 or chapspantomime@gmail. com

CHARLTON MACKRELL On Saturday 10 June from 12.00 noon until 6.00pm there are Open Gardens. They will be at least 10 gardens open across Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell which includes a well established garden in a charming thatched cottage, several lovely cottage gardens with one with a fine display of old roses.

They have gardeners experimenting with raised beds of and gardeners who love flowers and have developed cutting beds as well as many greenhouses full of thriving plants. Something for everyone with an interest in beautiful gardens and plants! Tea and cakes at deep Meadow Hillway where tickets for £5 along with a map and full description of all gardens can be obtained. All proceeds go towards two beautiful village churches which will also be open during the day.

CHEDINGTON On Saturday 16 June from 11.00am to 5.00pm it is the Open Gardens and Studios. A once in a year chance to visit the many dazzling and varied gardens in this conservation village, ranging from small cottage gardens to the splendid grounds of Chedington Court. The work of local artists and makers will be on display in their studios and workshops. Morning coffee and lunch will be served in the Village Hall from 11.00pm to 2.00pm. Chedington Great Hall will be open for cream teas from 2.00pm. Plants form the local gardens and nurseries will be for sale and there will also be an activity Treasure Trail for children visiting the gardens. Admission £5 available from 01935 891925 or chedingtonvh@gmail.com Proceeds to the Village Hall fund.

CHETNOLE On Sunday 3 June from 12.00 noon at the Playing Fields it is the Inaugural Tim Edwards Memorial Cricket Day. Tim Edwards was a colourful and gregarious character who died far too soon, a year ago on 24 May 2017. Tim’s family and certain friends, who were fortunate enough to know him well, decided that they would like to celebrate Tim’s life and to keep his memory very much alive in some appropriate way. Tim’s love for cricket, fun and sociability provided the answer. There will be multiple teams limited overs cricket and for those who wish to you can take part in a Kwick Cricket game. Kwick Cricket is a high speed version of cricked aimed at

encouraging all to take part, played with a softer ball with everyone having the chance to bat and bowl. There will be a bar including Somerset Cider Brandy, BBQ, cream teas, raffle. Money raised donated to Friends of the Yeatman Hospital Charity. Whether you knew Tim or simply share his love for cricket – they hope that you will come to share his day, you will be very welcome - they think Tim would approve. For more information phone 01935 815341.

CHISELBOROUGH On Saturday 16 June from 2.00pm there is the Street Fair. Many stalls, grand raffle and refreshments in the Village Hall.

On Sunday 17 from 2.30pm at the Church there is a Flower Festival.

Cream teas in Village Hall.

COMPTON DUNDON On Saturday 26 May at the Meadway Hall from 12.00pm the WI host lunch and entertainment to celebrate the centenary of ‘Votes for Women’.

Tickets £7.50. From Saturday 26 to Monday 28 from 10.00am to 5.30pm at St Andrew’s Church there is a Flower Festival of Memories. The theme this year is memories which is challenging the flower ladies to come up with some spectacular displays. There will also be stalls selling plants, produce and cakes.

It will be a weekend of fun activities as the main fundraising event of St Andrew’s year. On Sunday at 6.00pm there will be a Choral Evensong by the vocal ensemble ‘Intermedii’, with a glass of bubbly afterwards. Then on Monday there will be a Barbecue and Fete from 12.00 noon to 3.00pm in the churchyard. Chris Swain and Sarah Morris of ‘Jurassic Hog’ are very kindly supplying the barbecue. The children need to bring their teddies as there will be parachuting from the church tower.

DITCHEAT On Sunday 17 June from 1.00pm to 5.00pm there are Open Gardens with an illustrated talk on ‘No Dig’ organic gardening

by Charles Dowding at 12.00 noon. Charles Dowding, the innovator of the concept of ‘No Dig’ organic gardening will be giving an illustrated talk on how to have healthy soil and enjoy easier harvest. Charles will explain how to make, buy and use composts of different kinds; how to clear perennial weeds; and how to maintain the plot – all with no back breaking digging! A variety of size and style of gardens will be open and plants will be for sale in the centre of the village. There will be delicious homemade cakes and refreshments on offer. Combined

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ticket to include the talk and all open gardens is £10. Entry to the talk only is £6. Gardens only tickets are £5. Proceeds from the event will be shared between the Jubilee Village Hall and Friends of Haddon Wood. For more information visit www. ditcheatvillagehall.org.uk

Buyers before 9.30am £1 for cars, 50p for pedestrians. Buyers after 9.30am 50p for cars, 25p for pedestrians. For more information phone 07967 280754.

KINGSBURY EPISCOPI On Thursday 7 June at the Village Hall from 7.30pm see ‘Darkest Hour’. Tickets £5 in advance from Kingsbury Community Shop or on the door (subject to availability) (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Saturday EAST LAMBROOK On Sunday 3 June from 2.00pm to 16 at the Community Centre from 7.00pm 5.00pm it is the Mid Lambrook Manor Garden Open Day Sharon Lazibyrd launches her debut solo by kind permission of Sir Geoffrey and Lady Mulcahy. This album ‘Half Shame and Half Glory’ with private garden has been described as one of the best gardens a gig. The launch will feature Sharon and in the south west and is only opened occasionally. Delicious her musical friends, including Damon and teas provided by St James’s Church. In aid of St James’ Kate Bridge who both played on the album.

Church. From Tuesday 5 June until Sunday 22 July from Expect ukelele, violin, accordion, harmonies 10.00am to 5.00pm at the Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook and a few surprises. Sharon Lazibyrd Gardens travelling watercolour artist, Moish Sokal, brings will also be supported by two fantastic an exciting collection of work from his trips for his latest singer-songwriters who have both been exhibition ‘In The Open’. Alongside exotic paintings from played by BBC 6 Music Maaike Siegerist New Zealand, Sokal will also show work he painted following and Victoria Pearce. Sharon Lazibyrd is his first ever visit to the Lake District last May and to Scotland a talented, original and award winning when exploring the romantic west coast, as well as other singer- songwriter who writes striking and subjects he discovered whilst exploring his beloved Somerset. melodic songs. Her songs are influenced Free entry. For more information visit www.moishsokal.co.uk by musicals, music hall and everything (See ‘Arts’) from Julian Cope to English folk. Tickets GALHAMPTON On Saturday 23 June from 12.00 noon to £4 from the Community Shop or at www.

4.00pm there is an Open Gardens and Flower Festival. Enjoy wegottickets.com/event/437145 or £5 on gardens of varying sizes, styles and surprises. Tickets £5, 5-12 the door. ages £2.50, under 5’s free, includes ice cream on the Playing LEIGH On Saturday 9 June from 1.00pm Fields. No vehicles. All proceeds to the new Village Hall Fund. to 5.00pm there is some Open Gardens.

For more information contact suecox1634@yahoo.co.uk Entry £5, includes tea and cake. On Monday GLANVILLES WOOTTON On Saturday 9 June from 16 at the Village Hall from 7.30pm see the 1.00pm to 4.00pm at Church Farm there is a Village Fete. film ‘Paddington 2’. Tickets £6 from Bridge Flower Festival and Photography Competition in the church.

Gillingham Imperial Silver Band, BBQ, Pimms Tent, teas, games, fun dog show, dog agility and many stalls. For more information visit www.glanvilleswootton.org/fete EAST COKER On Thursday 14 June from 6.30pm at the Village Hall the Gardening Club have a talk called ‘Birds of Prey Display’ by Falconry UK. Visitors £3. For more information phone 01935 862447.

HALSTOCK On Saturday 16 June from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Village Cinema presents ‘Edie’. An older lady takes on an unforgiving Scottish mountain. Thought-provoking performance of her life from an 83 year-old Sheila Hancock.

Tickets £6 from the Village Shop or on the door. For more information phone 01935 893485. On Saturday 30 from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Village Cinema presents ‘The Greatest Showman’. Hugh Jackman stars as PT Barnum in this breath-taking, feelgood musical for all ages. Tickets £6 from the Village Shop or on the door. For more information phone 01935 893485. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’)

Stores on 01935 872323. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) LIMINGTON On Sunday 10 June from 1.00pm it is the Limington Fete and Dog Show behind the Lamb and Lark Pub. Stationary engines, majorettes, police dog display, Martock Christian Puppets, fire engine, raffle, tug of war, bouncy castle, stalls, food, tea tent and more. There will also be a ‘Companion’ Dog Show with Pedigree and Novelty classes including Young Handling.

Registration from 11.30am and the dog show entry fees are £3.50 for pedigree and £2 for novelty. For more information on the dog show phone 07860 796906. A traditional country day out for all the family!

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HINTON ST GEORGE On Saturday 9 June at Village Hall from 7.30pm see the film see ‘The Post’. Tickets £5 in advance from Personal Services Store and Dorothy’s Tearoom or £5.50 on the door. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) HORSINGTON On Sunday 10 June from 3.00pm at the Church there is a Tea Time Organ Recital with John Macgregor, former organ scholar of Balliol College Oxford.

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many arts and crafts produced by the talent people of the Village.

Refreshments available. Free admission.

LONG SUTTON On Saturday 2 June from 10.30am to 12.00 noon at the Holy Trinity Church there is a Coffee Morning in aid of Age UK. On Wednesday 13 from 10.00am the Gardening Club have an outing.

On Thursday 21 at the Village Hall from 7.45pm the WI have a ‘Belly Dancer Demonstration’.

Competition: decorated bra.

MARTOCK On Friday 8 June from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at the United Reformed Church go along to Time For Tea. Everyone welcome. For more details call 01935 822929. On Saturday 9 at Moorlands Shopping Precinct from 10.00am to 1.00pm it is the Farmer’s Market. A glorious range of vegetables, buffalo, jams, cheese, coffee, black pudding, date and walnut bread, rock cake, baklava, and a chance to talk to the growers. For a stall or more information phone 01935 822202.

On Tuesday 12 from 7.30pm at the Primary School the Gardening Society has a talk called ‘How to Grow a Bar Garden’ with Stephanie Hafferty. Annual membership £10, Visitors £2. Tea, coffee and biscuits available. For more information phone 01935 823366. On Friday 15 at 9.30am from the Shopping Precinct there is a free Health Walk.

Walks are friendly and about 45 minutes long and are led by trained volunteers at a pace suitable to the group. Everyone welcome. For more information phone 01935 824252. On Wednesday 20 from 2.00pm at the Recreation Ground Pavilion the WI have their annual outing. Refreshments available.

New members welcome. For more information phone 01935 508265.

On Thursday 21 at All Saint’s Church from 7.30pm see Dave Martin’s Jabbo Five. Traditional New Orleans jazz. Tickets £8 available from 07955 467896, under 16’s free. On Tuesday 26 from 2.00pm the History Group visit Brympton d’Evercy with a guided tour of the house. Tickets £10 available from 01935 822202. On Wednesday 27 the Gardening Society visit Burrow Farm Gardens in Dalwood, Axminster followed by an evening visit to the garden at Broomhill Rampisham. For more information phone Gareth on 01935 823366. Booking essential.

MARSTON MAGNA On Saturday 9 June from 2.00pm it is the Midsummer Fair. Duck race to start followed by a dog show, brass band, live jazz, craft and produce stall and more! BBQ and licensed bar. Tickets Adults £1.

For more information visit www. marstonmagnaparish.co.uk MERRIOTT On Tuesday 29 May from 7.30pm at the Tithe Barn the Gardening Club have a talk on ‘Roses’ from the Gardens Group Gold Club. Refreshments, raffle and flower of the month. Non members £2. For more information phone 01460 72298. On Saturday 23 June from 12.00 noon to 3.00pm at the Rectory Garden, All Saint‘s Church there is a Summer Garden Party.

Refreshments, stalls and games.

All welcome. On Tuesday 26 10 10

from 7.30pm at the Tithe Barn the Gardening Club have a talk with slides called ‘The Victorian Garden’

by Christine Stones. Flower of the month. Raffle and refreshments.

Non members £2. For more information phone 01460 72298.

MILBORNE PORT On Tuesday 12 June at 2.30pm the Gardening Club visit Common Farm Flowers, Charlton Musgrove. There will be a tour and talk by Georgie Newbery.

Entry £10, includes tea and talk.

For more information phone 01963 32883. The deadline to submit your views and questionnaire about the future of Milborne Port Library (and most libraries in Somerset) has been extended until Wednesday 13 June.

Somerset County Council have next to no budget for the future and this means changes and closures for libraries in the area. Some Somerset libraries will receive a small amount, however Milborne Port will not.

Milborne Port’s options are a community run library or mobile service that comes once a month replacing the current library. For a questionnaire please visit the library or go to www.somersetlibraries. co.uk/consultation/ or write to Libraries Consultation 2018, B3S, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY or phone 0300 123 2224. On Saturday 30 from 7.30pm at the Village Hall ‘An Evening with Jo Burt – Freddie Mercury The Troggs’. Tickets £10 from Sherborne TIC, Wayne Pullen Butchers or 01963 251217 or £12.50.

Raising funds to refurbish the hall foyer. For more information visit www.joburt.co.uk MINTERNE On Thursday 21 June go along and enjoy the Summer Solstice at Minterne Gardens marking the longest day of the year with the most hours of sunlight.

Stroll through the gardens, enjoy a picnic or lunch in the café on the terrace overlooking the lake. For more information phone 013600 341370.

MISTERTON On Sunday 24 June from 12.00 noon to 6.00pm it is the Village Fete.

MONTACUTE On Saturday 30 June from 10.00am to 2.00pm at Montacute House Levels Best Market returns for the year. All welcome. Free entry.

NORTH PERROTT On Saturday 9 June from 3.00pm at St Martin’s Church see ‘A Swedish Serenade’ with The Ulrike Eleonora Choir from Sweden and Roma Loukes soprano as well as Mikael Onelius tenor.

They will give a concert of sacred and secular music accompanied by trumpet and violin to include Jubilate by Hovland and Laudate Dominum by Mozart. Formed 154 years ago the choir have sung all over Europe performing many major works. Tickets £10, 12-18 ages £5, under 12 free, from 01460 72883 or georgina222@uwclub. net or the Farm Shop. Tea and cake after concert. Proceeds to St Martin’s Church Funds www. northperrottchurch.co.uk NORTON SUB HAMDON On Wednesday 20 June from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Crewkerne Astronomical Society has a talk called ‘Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven’ with David Strange.

Refreshments available. Visitors £2, annual membership £18, under 16’s free. Time for any questions about astronomy.

QUEEN CAMEL On Thursday 14 June from 5.30pm at the Memorial Hall the Horticultural Society visit Picket Lane Nursery, South Perrott.

Self drive. For more information and to book phone 01935 850673.

SANDFORD ORCAS On Saturday 23 June from 2.00pm to 5.00pm it is the Village Fete at the Manor House grounds by kind permission of Sir Mervyn Medlycott. Live music, gymnastic demonstration, refreshments, stalls, games and children fancy dress. Followed by a BBQ at the Mitre Inn. Entry £2. All proceeds go towards the Village Hall and St. Nicholas’ Church. For more information phone Maggie on 01963 220893.

SEAVINGTON On Thursday 14 June the Gardening Club has a trip to Dyffryn Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan. Enquiries on 01460 929605. On Thursday 21 from 5.00pm the Gardening Club visit Avon Bulbs, Burnt House Farm, Mid Lambrook. Entry £3. Tea and cake available. Enquiries on 01460 929605.

SOUTH PETHERTON Every Wednesday at the Blake Hall from 9.30am to 12.30pm there is a ‘Life Class’. Artists who enjoy challenge of drawing or painting the human form. No tutor, but help each other with constructive criticism. A range of profession models are sometimes employed but usually local people sit for portraits. All welcome. Small fee. For more information contact 01460 249613. On Sunday 27 May from 7.30pm see ‘Calan’. Tickets £18. (See ‘Arts’) On Wednesday 30 from 10.00am to 12.00 noon there is a Coffee Morning. Free entry. On Friday 1 June from 8.00pm the Petherton Picture Show presents ‘Loving Vincent’. Starring Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn and Robert Gulacyk. Tickets £5. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Sunday 3 June from 2.00pm go to the Open Gardens.

Stroll around some interesting and varied gardens in Over Stratton, on a summer’s afternoon. Enjoy afternoon tea with homemade cakes plus traditional music and plant sales. Tickets £5. On Monday 4 from 7.15pm at Frogmary Green Conference Centre the Arts Society Neroche have an illustrated lecture called ‘Lover, Teacher, Muse…Or Rival?’ James Russell explores the careers of notable artist couples.

Visitors £5. On Tuesday 5 from 7.30pm British Old Vic Theatre School presents ‘The Mill on the Floss’. Tickets £15. (See ‘Arts’) On Friday 8 at 7.00pm there is a Community Hospital Quiz Night.

Teams of up to six people. Teams can be made on the night. Entry £5 available from Hospital Reception.

On Friday 8 from 8.00pm the Petherton Picture Show presents ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’.

Tickets £5. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Saturday 9 from 8.00pm see ‘The Travelling Band’ at the Chance to Dance event. Tickets £16, under 25’s £5. (See ‘Art’s) On Friday 15 from 8.00pm see Ange Hardy. Tickets

£14. (See ‘Arts’) On Saturday 16 from 9.00am it is the Folk Festival in the Market Square, David Hall, the Church, the Blake Hall and The Brewer’s Arms. There will be stalls, refreshments, food and a craft market and folk music in all the venues throughout the day.

Musical acts start at 10.30am and include The Harry Browns of Bristol, Owl in the Sun, Community Choir, The Dambuskers, No Mean Feet, plus a Morris Workshop.

For more information visit www. pethertonfolkfest.org.uk On Monday 18 from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Gardening Club have a talk called ‘Secret Places of West Dorset’ by Louise Hodgson.

On Thursday 21 from 9.00am to 4.00pm at the Market Square it is the monthly Artisan and Craft Market. To book a stall call 07966 658966. From Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 from 7.30pm the Combined Arts Society Drama Group presents ‘Woman in Mind’

by Alan Ayckbourn. Tickets £8.

(See ‘Arts’) On Wednesday 27 from 10.00am to 12.00 noon there is a Coffee Morning. Free entry.

On Friday 29 at 8.00pm Petherton Picture Show presents ‘Paddington 2’. Starring Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant and Hugh Bonneville. Tickets £5. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Saturday 30 from 7.30pm at the David Hall it is Acoustic Night. A great evening full of extraordinary skill, talent and variety. All styles and forms of performance welcome. £2 audience, £1 performers. Unless stated, all events are at The David Hall.

STOURTON CAUNDLE On Thursday 7 June from 7.30pm at the Trooper see Martin Carthy performing an acoustic set. Martin is beyond doubt, the single most influential figure to emerge from the English folk music revival of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and has remained at the top of the tree ever since.

Still touring and filling larger halls TEMPLECOMBE INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL PAGEANT Sat 2 & Sun 3 June

The Templecombe International Medieval Pageant has been raising money for local charities for over 23 years and this year it takes place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June from 11.00am to 5.30pm. In aid of St. Margaret’s Hospice, Papworth Hospital and Wessex Ambulance Service. This year, the event is organised by the Phoenix Medieval Society and is ideal for a great family day out and raises thousands of pounds each year for the charities. You can see medieval battles, falconry displays, the living history village, jousting, jesters, medieval market as well as belly dancers on Sunday.

There are also craft stands, home cooked food and a bar with lots to see and do during the two days. Tickets £10 for adults, £7 for children or pensioners and £26 for a family tickets (2+2). You will find the Pageant off the A357 - just look for the signs.

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regularly, he retains a liking for the smaller, more intimate venues that characterised the earlier folk scene, although his schedule rarely allows room for these. Limited tickets £12 available from 01963 362890.

TINTINHULL On Saturday 30 June from 10.00am to 5.00pm there is an Open Gardens event. This beautiful hamstone conservation village will be opening 15 gardens as well as a flower display in the church plus a plant sale. Entry £5. Refreshments served all day in the new village hall.

For more information phone 01935 824868 or visit www.opengardens. co.uk TRENT On Saturday 16 June from 2.00pm until 5.00pm there is the Traditional Summer Fete on the village green. Enjoy stalls selling bric-a-brac, cakes, plants, and have a delicious Pimms or tea and cake.

Try your luck at the bottle tombola, the ‘water into wine’ stand or with the great raffle. Lots of games for children – and grown ups! A great afternoon out for all the family.

WEST CAMEL On Saturday 2 June from 2.30pm to 4.00pm the Gardeners Club have a Plant Sale.

If you would like to donate plants to the sale please leave them outside the main doors to the hall from 12.00 noon. For more information phone Sue on 01935 850302. On Saturday 2 from 7.30pm Country and Western Dance Club host ‘Carolann B’. Tickets £6. For more details 01460 78895. On Wednesday 29 from 7.30pm see the film ‘Finding Your Feet’. Admission £5 on the door. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Saturday 30 from 2.00pm to 4.30pm it is All Saints Church

Summer Fete at Higher Farm, Fore Street. Somerton Brass Band will be playing. An action packed afternoon with many stalls, hot dogs, tea and cakes. Children’s attractions include games, races and dancing.

Admission £1, accompanied children free. All events at the Davis Hall unless stated otherwise.

WEST COKER On Friday 1 June at the Village Hall from 7.45pm Cinema For All host a Cowboy Supper followed by a screening of ‘True Grit’. Reserve a table for supper. Tickets £5. Refreshments available. For more information phone 01935 863176. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Wednesday 20 from 7.30pm at the Village Hall the Gardening Club have a tour and tasting at Furleigh Vineyard. Change of date. Sign up required. Refreshments available.

Annual membership £5. For more information phone 01935 863176.

YEOVILTON On Saturday 9 June from 7.00pm at the Fleet Air Arm Museum see Berties Big Band and Kate Kingsley String Orchestra.

Tickets £15 available from Crewkerne Local Information Centre.

YETMINSTER On Tuesday 29 May at the White Hart from 7.00pm there is the monthly Quiz Night. Entry £5 per person, includes a snack meal. Teams no more than six.

Booking essential. On Wednesday 13 June the History Society has a trip to Brympton House in Yeovil.

On Sunday 24 from 8.00pm at the White Hart see ‘Rip it Up’. An authentic rock and roll trio playing songs from the 1950’s. Mutley on guitar and vocals, Gary on double bass, Rich on drums and vocals.

MORE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT THAN EVER AT PETHERTON FOLK FEST 2018 The 7th annual Petherton Folk Fest, which takes place on Saturday 16 June, offers more entertainment than ever – including music gigs in five locations and a wide variety of attractions for children, all of which is completely free.

The day starts at 9.45am with a parade into South Petherton’s Market Square by Morris ‘sides’ and other performers, followed by the traditional Ceremony of the Glove – which is an ancient part of Petherton folklore. There will be folk music and dance in the Square all day until 6.30pm and visitors can also enjoy events in The Blake Hall, The David Hall, The Brewer’s Arms pub and the grounds and interior of St Peter and St Paul’s Church. Stallholders located in and around Market Square will be selling food and drink as well as local crafts, and refreshments will also be served in the church.

Petherton Folk Fest is continuing a tradition that began in 1231 and a key part of the event is Clipping the Church when, at 12noon, a chain of people hold hands and surround the church.

A programme of seven music acts in The David Hall will begin at 10.30am with a performance by the shanty group, The Harry Browns of Bristol, while the first folk group to appear on the main stage in Market Square will be the six-piece band, Owl in the Sun, whose melodydriven songs blend contemporary Folk with Americana and gypsy jazz.

Opening a “festival of choirs” in the church will be the Meeting Voices Community Choir while at 10.30am the local clog dancing team, No Mean Feet, will launch a programme of entertainment in the church grounds. Angel Heart Theatre Company – an annual favourite for kids and their families – are booked to perform in The Blake Hall at 2pm, followed at 3.30pm by a Morris Workshop for children.

The Celtic Rock and Roots four-piece band, The Dambuskers, will close the day in Market Square with a gig starting at 5.30pm, performing again at 9pm in The Brewer’s Arms pub.

Pete Wheeler, who is Chair of the Folk Fest committee, says: “Our objective is to provide entertainment for everyone, regardless of age, and the variety of events we are booking this year should mean that visitors will find something to enjoy every minute of the day. We will have the best music programme ever and the Folk Fest team has gone ‘all out’ to ensure that kids will be kept happily engrossed whether they like Punch & Judy, Maypole dancing or face painting.”

More information can be found at www.pethertonfolkfest.org.uk

AROUND THE VILLAGES AND TOWNS DARKEST HOUR (PG) Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history. (Showing at Castle Cary, Kingsbury Episcopi, Sherborne and Sturminster Newton) EDIE (12A) Edie has spent 30 years caring for her husband in a loveless marriage. Suddenly liberated by his demise, and filled with bitterness for her ‘wasted years’, she foils her daughter’s plan to put her in a care home and heads to Scotland to fulfil a long-held ambition to climb Mount Suilven.

Once there she enlists the help of local guide Jonny, who only agrees because he does not believe she will go through with the plan.

Starring Sheila Hancock and Kevin Guthrie. (Showing at Halstock) LOVING VINCENT (12) This one of a kind Vincent van Gogh biopic appropriates the artist’s vibrant impasto style, using animated oil paintings to examine the mystery of his last days. That means every one of the nearly 65,000 frames in this near-lunatic labor of love was rendered by hand with oil paints, following a style intended to mimic that of the master — which has precisely the effect you might imagine, pulling audiences into the delirious, hyper-sensual world suggested by van Gogh’s oeuvre.

(Showing at South Petherton) FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL (15) Real life proves just as dramatic off-screen as it does on it for these two actors, the aging Hollywood superstar Gloria Grahame and her younger lover, Peter Turner. As their mismatched romance waxes and wanes over time, events conspire to keep them in each other’s lives even when it proves difficult and demanding.

Ultimately, they find that they must each come to terms with whatever fate they face in the future whether they are together or apart.

(Showing at South Petherton) FINDING YOUR FEET (12) On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate. Starring Joanna Lumley and Timothy Spall.

(Showing at West Camel)

PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Paddington is happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes.

While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in Mr. Gruber’s antique shop, and embarks upon a series of odd jobs to buy it. But when the book is stolen, it’s up to Paddington and the Browns to unmask the thief.

(Showing at Leigh and South Petherton) THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (PG) P T Barnum, the son of a poor tailor, grows up to become a wily dreamer and schemer. He marries his devoted childhood sweetheart, Charity, and is determined to give her the life she once enjoyed with her wealthy, disapproving family, he quickly manipulates a bank into financing his dream project, a multistory ‘museum of curiosities.’ The wax figures and stuffed giraffes that Barnum puts on display don’t draw much attention at first. Once he starts recruiting human eccentrics – a bearded lady, conjoined twins, Tom Thumb – the crowds begin to gather. And Barnum’s show gets a classy lift when he launches the American career of Swedish soprano Jenny Lind and persuades the highbrow theater personality Phillip Carlyle to help produce his show. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Keala Settle. (Showing at Halstock) THE POST (12) When American military analyst, Daniel Ellsberg, realizes to his disgust the depths of the US government’s deceptions about the futility of the Vietnam War, he takes action by copying top-secret documents that would become the Pentagon Papers.

Later, Washington Post owner, Kay Graham, is still adjusting to taking over her late husband’s business when editor Ben Bradlee discovers the New York Times has scooped them with an explosive expose on those papers. Determined to compete, Post reporters find Ellsberg himself and a complete copy of those papers. However, the Post’s plans to publish their findings are put in jeopardy with a Federal restraining order that could get them all indicted for Contempt. Now, Kay Graham must decide whether to back down for the safety of her paper or publish and fight for the Freedom of the Press. In doing so, Graham and her staff join a fight that would have America’s democratic ideals in the balance. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. (Showing at Hinton St George and Somerton)

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Fashion FASHION & MORE

& more...

SUMMER FASHION

By Sarah Jane Lewis (ex Vogue & Brides Magazines Retail Fashion Editor)

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At long last we have all recovered from one of the wettest springs on record and can now enjoy the rainbow of cheerful, spectrum colours abundant in high street fashion boutiques! - Hurray! for our hardworking, weather tolerant shops!

Note a romantic return to florals, frills and wide trousers. Shapes have never been more flattering with the continuation of A line dresses, 3/4 length sleeves, wrap around designs (all good for slim and fuller figures) and 7/8 long trousers. Bucket, circular and tote bags, slip on mules, jazzy court and flat shoes, embellished trainers and amazing stilettos make for a huge choice of shoes and accessories.

This is one season when we do not have to over worry about colouring as many of us may be sporting a tan by now (hopefully!).

Most of you will know what suits you, but if you are concerned and not very brave, try a colour consultant or at least take a stylish friend on your shopping trip who will no doubt shout out the truth about what suits you!

Always hold up a favoured purchase to your face in front of a mirror and by a window - colour can change with different fabrics and light. Be brave and enhance summer! Also, do keep reading the many excellent fashion magazines we in the UK produce - either on-line or hard copies, and study fashion columns in practically every weekend newspaper/magazine. They are all fine-tuned to our requirements and fashion editors work very hard at selection of affordable and wearable garments in these times of financial uncertainty.

Local roundup: Preview of Wincanton is well known for its collection of wedding outfits and accessories, stocking Condici, Lizabella, Tina Taylor, Louis Civit, Joseph Ribkoff.

New for daywear is a refreshing collection ‘Just White’ and Chanel style jackets

by Frank Walder in pale pink/black and lime green/navy blue at £189 as well as 7/8th length trousers by Robell (£49) and many other affordable, elegant labels and accessories.

Diva, Long St, Sherborne, highly revered for classic designer labels such as Max Mara, is stocking a new Irish designer NAYA - beautiful contemporary fabrics in interesting textures, that hang so well on any figure, sizes 8-16. Diva owner Debs Wylie together with shop manager Alex Scriven go on buying trips together and every item they choose has to suit

both which is an excellent philosophy as Debs is 5.9 and Alex 5.2! They offer a truly personal shopping experience for customers aged 18-80.

Perri Ashby, Sherborne, known so well for her made to measure special occasion wear, hats, shoes and accessories, also stocks an interesting selection of smart day wear including jeans by Amazing Woman (£75 upwards) with white shirts to top at only £45 - very chic for smart informal.

Perri also imports cotton hemp jackets with coin buttons that look great over jeans and come in varying lengths.

For inclement weather (hope no more! ) Mabers, Cheap Street, Sherborne stocks pretty raincoats in summery prints

by Tulchan, Jack Murphy and Target Dry. Also find weatherproof hats, a good range of affordable and comfortable shoes (£29.99 upwards for deck shoes) a huge array of handbags from £69.99 upwards, luggage and great gifts!

Joules, Cheap St. Sherborne sells ‘Right as Rain’ macs from £44.95, packaway ponchos at £24.95, pretty printed wellies from £39,95 and even rainy day shower hats at £14.95 NEW in Bruton is Rose and Lyons a fabulous light, bright and colourful shop stocking wonderful everyday fashion and accessories. Wool & cashmere jumpers by Louella & Miss Sugar cost around £64-69, and there is a unique collection of scarves, bags, socks and fun underwear by Danish label Beck Sundergaard. ‘A PostCard from Brighton’ is an all British manufactured range of soft, easy-to-wear cotton mix separates suitable for up to size 22. Price range £3370.- plus Desk accessories by Kate Spade and Ban.Do - and other gift ideas.

NEW in Sherborne is Florence, purveyors of beautiful shoes and handbags all made in Italy. Florence is already well established in Yeovil and owner Carole Richet is so clever at sourcing wonderful designs by visiting Italy regularly and buying/ordering direct. Therefore her prices are very reasonable for Italian designs (shoes £4975 and now including size 3).

Finally, let’s not forget Castle Cary, which is like a mini Sherborne with great fashion shops too! Oxford Mill, for elegant & affordable casual wear AND clothing for men; Retail Therapy ( with four more locations: Sherborne, Ilminster, Taunton, Honiton), Needful Things and Trowbridge Gallery. Castle Cary is well worth visiting and with free parking!

FASHION & MORE

Fashion & More

by Thelma Drabik, Melbury Gallery

Let the colour shine in!

“I love this time of year at Melbury Gallery. We are bursting at the seams with colour. Whether it be clothing, jewellery, accessories or our beautiful lifestyle ranges. My top favourites: our Aylar Bar jewellery, 100 Stars scarves and Kimonos. Come and have a look at our eclectic mix of amazing, beautiful treasures!” – Staff Member and Enthusiast Here at Melbury Gallery we all feel the same way! Everywhere you turn there are glorious hues of every colour. Vivid pinks sit alongside oranges, jade green, yellow and purple among many other shades which brighten our mood and lift our spirits. The rails are overflowing with gorgeous prints of every imaginable pattern; you are sure to find one suitable for any occasion!

The latest from Masai gives delightfully soft cotton fabrics adorned with refreshing blue designs that are sure to keep you cool when enjoying the summer sun. These styles are loose-fitting and flatter any figure and also come in move vivid, abstract prints that make a statement while remaining effortless.

This cool blue theme carries through to other brands such as, Pomodoro with easy to wear batik fabrics and Out of Exile who offer up a more formal take with matching sets of long sleeved dresses and jackets that are perfect for any Mother of the Bride.

For the more fashionably funky we have brands including Ralston that mix classic fabrics and styles with something a little more unexpected. Be it a navy linen dress with rainbow button details down the back or a subtly tapered hemline to give a more dynamic silhouette Ralston never fails to exude individuality.

We have more glorious collections from Nila Rubia, an ethical clothing company that specialises in reviving ancient Indian block-printing techniques. These pieces are truly unique works of art and boast the most luxurious fabrics with exquisite colourful prints.

So, why not treat yourself to some new outfits this summer?

And if it’s gifts you’re after we have plenty of options including the wonderful Jo Downs stained glass. This beautiful range is made and designed in Cornwall and draws inspiration from the breath-taking coastal landscape and stunning vistas found there. Her popular collections of handmade giftware and statement interior pieces are guaranteed to add joy to any home.

As you can see at Melbury Gallery we really do have it all!

Come by our shop and be inspired by the cornucopia of gorgeous colours that shine from every rail, shelf and window.

MELBURY GALLERY

Half Moon Street, Sherborne 10-11 Tudor Arcade, South Street, Dorchester www.melburygallery.co.uk

Where Are They Now?

Yeovil Charity asks for public help to find former pupils

Yeovil Opportunity Group has issued an invitation to all families, children, volunteers and fundraisers who have attended or supported this amazing charity run pre-school in the past 45 years to come to a Reunion and Open Day on 23 June to celebrate Senior Key Worker Sue Shaw winning Somerset Live’s I Believe Teacher Mentor Award for the whole of Somerset.

Those who knew Sue are invited to the YOG Balidon HQ on Preston Road, Yeovil for celebration cake and drinks from 9.30am – 11.00am on 23 June.

The Yeovil Opportunity Group has been leading the way in South Somerset pre-school education for children and families with additional needs for nearly 50 years. In fact it was amongst the first of its kind in the country to offer specialist support.

Kim Duller, manager of YOG, says, “We would love as many of those who have attended the centre in the past 45 years to visit on 23 June, not only to celebrate Sue’s 35 years, but also see the many exciting changes that have taken place at the Group.

New outdoor equipment including a pirate ship and aeroplane take pride of place in the specialist equipped outside play area and at the Open Day which runs from 11.00 – 14.30 there will be an opportunity for parents to find out exactly what YOG is able to offer those children who may need some extra support from the age of two onwards.

Kim says, “Our early year’s team is highly qualified with a real understanding of how to help those children who may need extra help, including speech and language and communication strategies. Early intervention is absolutely vital and our children have an incredible start to their early year’s journey.”

Kim will need to know numbers to make sure there is plenty of cake, so please contact her if you are able to come along: Email: kim@yog.org.uk or telephone: 01935 384157.

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FINANCIAL

PET HEALTH

Financial Planning

Pet Health

by Mark Salter, Financial Planner

Matt Saunders BVetMed MRCVS is a Director at the Newton-Clarke Partnership with surgeries in Yeovil and Sherborne

School and University Fees At this time of year many parents are preparing for the next chapter in their children’s lives, whether it’s starting school in September or heading off to university.

Private school fees and university fees are increasing at a faster rate than inflation and for many people the cost of putting your child through school and university is a daunting one!

The average cost for a day pupil is in the region of £18,000 per annum and over £30,000 for a boarder. Source: Independent Schools Council Although this looks frightening, especially if you have more than one child, with sensible planning it can be achievable without ending up with a huge mortgage or stopping the family holidays for the next 15 years.

PLANNING The best advice anyone can give is to plan! Start planning early, the earlier you begin planning the easier it will be.

Most of us don’t begin planning for our future when we’re in our teens, especially for our future children’s education, but people who plan are normally those people who achieve. You can start a DIY financial plan yourself or you can visit a professional financial planner who will develop a plan with you.

SAVING AND INVESTING The question that everyone asks is where should I save?

The answer is different for everyone, but in its simplicity a lot depends on how long you have to save for. Will you need the funds in the next couple of years or have you got 5 - 10 years or more?

If you need access to the funds within the next few years then you will need to be saving rather than investing. Short term savings should be put in deposit based accounts, such as Cash ISA’s, National Savings and high interest savings accounts. These types of saving vehicles are the safest place for your money and you can find out which accounts are offering the best rates by shopping around.

The internet has numerous websites comparing each account, but beware the best rates are not always the best for you so check the terms carefully!

If you have more than five years to save then you can begin to be a little bit more adventurous with your money and seek out better returns by investing your money. Longer term savings can be invested in Gilts, Corporate Bonds, Shares and Property.

Create an investment portfolio that’s well diversified so as the famous saying goes ‘don’t keep all your eggs in one basket’.

Another important tip is to make sure you keep your savings and investments in as many tax sheltered vehicles as possible and remember to use each parent’s annual tax allowances. For example each parent can invest up to £20,000 in ISAs for the 2018/19 tax year.

HELP FROM GRANDPARENTS The children’s grandparents can often bring financial support when funding school fees and, if properly constructed, inheritance tax (IHT) may be saved. If the grandparents do offer help then it is recommended they seek professional advice.

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The importance of Nursing Hopefully many of you realised that May was Veterinary Nursing Awareness month. I think it is fair to say that I could not do my job without nurses. In fact all our support staff are essential to the smooth running of a Veterinary Surgery but it is the nurses that are critical to patient care.

We currently have an excellent and enthusiastic team which includes a Head Nurse, five qualified nurses, a trainee and an animal nursing assistant.

They’re highly skilled, have been extensively trained and are completely integral to the veterinary care we provide. Although ultimately the vets are in charge of the cases it is the nurses that care for your pets during their time in our surgeries. They prepare surgical patients for operations by blood sampling, placing catheters and monitoring anaesthesia through to their post operative checks. Inpatient care involves the day to day patient management such as feeding and exercising through to administration of medication, patient observation and monitoring.

In fact many of the decisions we make as vets are dependant on the feedback and information we receive from the nurses.

Other responsibilities include health and safety in the clinical areas, stock control, in house blood and urine analysis including microscopy, liaising with visiting orthopaedic surgeons and theatre

www.newtonclarkevet.com

management, to name just a few but I’m sure they’ll tell me I’ve missed some!

We have recently formalised our nurse clinics. The vets consult in blocks throughout the day and the nurses now do the same. As people, we are very used to seeing nurses ourselves at our GPs or hospitals for blood pressure measurements, blood sampling, post operative checks, etc. Our veterinary surgeries are no different and as we get busier we are reliant on nurses running their own clinics and consultations too. In fact sometimes pets and pet owners feel more at ease with the nurses than the vets!

We are also a training practice meaning we are responsible for teaching and training the next generation of nurses.

This carries responsibility but is also highly rewarding and again is run and managed almost exclusively by nurses.

We encourage further training and currently have one nurse undertaking the Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing. This not only allows individuals to progress and learn but brings new techniques and teachings back to the practice allowing us to offer improved pet care.

I am proud of our team and they work extremely hard so rather than thank me or the other vets when your pet comes home happy and healthy, thank the nurses as they are probably more directly responsible than us!

LIFESTYLE

The Emporium

by Dawn Woodward, The Emporium, Yeovil

It’s a lovely time of the year for us here at The Emporium - our shop in Yeovil is full of the new season, the sun is finally shining, our cafe menu is filled with tempting seasonal dishes and our doors are wide open!

With over 60 different independent shops within our store, it’s difficult to know where to start when it comes to giving an update, but in summary there is really so much to discover; antiques & collectables, home furnishings, handmade crafts, beautiful giftware, vinyl records, vintage clothing, picture framing... the list goes on! Visiting is highly recommended and coupled with a drink or snack in our cafe; it makes a great trip out!

Our home furnishings department is looking particularly well stocked at the moment, some great ideas to freshen up your home!

We’re forever changing things around, creating new displays and keeping the shop fresh! Our newly refurbished first floor looks great with a fresh coat of paint and some new displays.

Inspirations for the curious shopper

Our new business networking meetings launched in April with a great turnout from local business people for the first meeting!

The relaxed setting in our café is a great place for local business owners to get together talk about promotions and partnerships, working together to help support each other. If you run a local business and would like to get involved, contact us for details of our next networking event. They’re held on the first Wednesday of the month, 10am in our café , the only cost involved is for your tea, coffee and maybe cake!

We’re looking forward to holding an Antiques and Collectables Open Day on Saturday, 9 June (10am – 4pm) and will have many of our knowledgeable traders on hand to discuss their specialist subjects which range from Star Wars memorabilia, to Victorian glass, sporting memorabilia to antique clocks! Do come along, it should be an informative day.

We have partnered up with the newly opened Anytime Fitness Gym and as such we have added some new delicious but also health conscious home cooked meals to our menu

in support of this new partnership and offer a discount in our café for members of Anytime Fitness. We look forward to working together and offering customers a great range of food and drink, including a gluten free, vegan and veggie options.

Some of the new dishes on our ‘Specials’ board include our delicious Moroccan Lamb Tagine, served with fragrant couscous and minted yoghurt dressing, our vegan green Thai curry noodle bowl, our home-made smoked mackerel pate and our delicious gluten free Italian chocolate cake. Our afternoon cream teas continue to be popular, enter our competition to win a complementary ‘Vintage Style’ afternoon tea for two. Good luck everyone!

WIN a ‘Vintage

Style Cream Tea for two’ served in the lovely covered courtyard garden at the rear of The Emporium Café in Yeovil.

We love to welcome new businesses into The Emporium! If you’d like to give trading a go you can get in touch with us at 01935 411378.

We have some cabinet space and small areas available for as little as £12 a week, see what it’s like to trade on the high street!

Our events continue to develop and are an important part of what we do here at The Emporium. In May our ‘Sshh... Secret Acoustic Folk Supper’ was a smashing success with over 70 people joining us for supper, cocktails and some amazing performances from local musicians! Thanks to the Bearcat Collective for hosting this with us, it was a great evening of laughs, good food and music. Come along and join us at the next of these evenings on the 5 July from 7:00pm to 11:00pm, see you there!

Just name one of the new dishes which were added to The Emporium’s ‘Specials’ menu. Email your answers to: info@theconduitmagazine.co.uk or send to The Conduit Magazine, Wyvern Buildings, North Street, Milborne Port DT9 5EP by 20 June. Winners announced online: www.theconduitmagazine.co.uk 15

SAVE ON BILLS

COMPUTING

Save on Bills

by Edward Covill, Ten Go

Computing

by Jimmy Flynn, Milborne Port Computers

“Better to SECURITY (Part 1): light a candle Passwords, Email & than curse the Telephone Scams darkness” (old Chinese proverb) We spend quite a lot of time cursing the darkness of dodgy deals but we hope we also shed some light by offering solutions to cost problems.

In the May issue of The Conduit, I suggested that people who had not got computers could be helped by those who have.

The problem has subsequently had some national coverage via the press. Some telephone companies force homeowners to pay for broadband whether they have computers or not. Others charge to send out paper statements of phone costs. Fees of £94 are charged by all six major suppliers for paying by cheque.

Users are being deprived of about £500 per annum because the best deals are on line.

We have in the past drawn attention to the possible disadvantages of using a smart meter. The problem has now received attention in the national press. Suppliers are using doubtful tactics to get you to have one installed, saying it is a legal requirement to have one. Eon seems to be the main offender followed in order of number of complaints by EDF, First Utility, SSE,BG, Scottish Power and NPower. Of the smaller suppliers Utility Warehouse tops the table. All householders should be offered one by 2020 but there is no obligation to have one installed.

Funeral plans are costly. About 200,00 take out one of these plans each year. Prices have risen by 25% over the last five years. People who use Google to find the cheapest deal are often misled. Call Centre staff bombard enquirers and there is a record of one subscriber being called 10 times in four hours.

Those over 60 are also being pressurised into accepting a home visit where dodgy tactics are used to obtain a sale on the spot, giving no time to consider the proposition properly. Most plans cover the cost of the funeral director but some offer only a contribution to cremation, burial and ministers’ costs. Some plans will not cover the cost of a limousine for family members.

AGE UK will accept people of any age. There is an association called The Funeral Planning Authority, telephone 0845 601 9619, and we suggest you only use a company that is a signed up member. Reputable firms include Age UK, The Co-op and Dignity.

The proposed merger of Scottish & Southern Electricity gives businesses the chance of changing supplier mid contract.

Generally people on German owned NPower tariffs are paying too much but there is an opportunity to cut costs by making a move to another supplier.

As usual call from 5am or email covill.tengo@btopenworld.com.

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Are you paying attention? There are a lot of baddies out there after your hard earned money and it’s up to YOU to be safe and secure … nobody’s going to do it for you! However don’t worry too much because they have no idea who you really are; you’re just a number or an email address and all they’re interested in doing is making as much money as possible from you.

Nearly everything needs a password nowadays; your phone, your card PIN, your email and every on-line service you use. You need to make this as secure as possible by mixing up letters, numbers and symbols, and not using common words or names. Try not to make it guessable: Try and be different! Secondly, try and make your email password different from all the others because once a baddie has hacked your email address they can use that to reset other passwords to gain access to your other accounts.

Despite what you hear in the press, you bank account is very secure because banks do not use email to issue your security details … its all done by post, and if you need to reset your login details then it’s a lengthy process by post. Your bank will NEVER email you or ring you about your passwords.

Now listen carefully … NEVER TELL ANYBODY YOUR PASSWORD! If your phone rings and someone at the other ends says, “I’m from BT” (or Windows or Microsoft or NatWest or Lloyds Bank), then they’re not. I don’t care how convincing they sound or how terrible your fate will be if you don’t do as they say … NO! NO! NO! … It’s all fraud. If you haven’t initiated the contact in the first place then that call isn’t genuine. Don’t tell then anything, don’t give them access to your computer and don’t ring them back!

Emails next: If you receive an email from any institution asking you to “confirm your details” or telling you that your “account has been blocked” or any other flim-flam for that matter: Just delete it! It isn’t genuine and it certainly hasn’t come from any reputable source. I don’t care how pretty it looks or how dire the consequences … NO! NO! NO! … It’s all fraud. Your bank or other similar company will never contact you in this way.

And finally, if you’re still worried or uncertain then call another family member or somebody else you trust and ask advice. Don’t have sleepless nights because these people have no idea who you are or where you live, and any threats they make are hollow. Your two best friends are “hang-up” and “delete”!

Coming Up …

July - Security (Part 2): Antivirus & Internet Security August - Security (Part 3): Backup & Recovery

Town News

TOWN NEWS

TN

BRUTON Every Thursday at 11.00am starting by the Museum there is a 40 minute Health Walk.

Generally flat with a mixture of pavement and fields in dry weather.

For more details call Bryan Pearson on 01749 938191. Every Saturday morning between 10.00am and 12.00 noon at the Community Hall there is a coffee morning to raise funds for local charities. There are hot drinks and refreshments served as well as cakes, books, bric-a-brac and a raffle. For more details call 01749 812074. From now until Sunday 9 September see the Hauser and Wirth exhibition ‘Lexander Calder – From the Stony River to the Sky’. Calder was one of the most influential and pioneering artists of the twentieth century, transforming the very nature of sculpture by introducing the fourth dimension and the actuality of real-time experience into his work.

(See ‘Arts’) On Thursday 7 June from 11.00am the Horticultural Society visit The Manor House in Cranborne. The garden has a variety of interesting features include a vegetables garden, an orchard, a cottage garden, a north garden, vistas and magnolias. Non members £5. On Saturday 9 from 10.00am go for a Tree ID Walk with BlueCrew. A two hour walk led by Emma Donovan to find and identify some of Bruton’s special trees.

Children welcome with adult. Free entry. Booking essential on info@ bruecrew.org On Wednesday 20 from 2.00pm the Horticultural Society visit Jekka’s Herbetum, Herb Farm in Alveston. This will include a talk from host, Jekka, and will give guidance about herbs for culinary and medicinal purposes. Jekka has built up the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK with around 300 and has a broad knowledge about the history. Opportunities for questions. Refreshments available. Non members £12.

For more information visit www. jekkasherbfarm.com On Saturday 30 from 2.00pm Hauser and Wirth presents ‘Pin Drop with Russell Tovey’. The British actor will take centre stage to read a story from ‘A Short Affair’, the forthcoming anthology of original short fiction from Pin Drop Studio and also features new illustration by artists from the Royal Academy Schools. Russell has starred in award-winning films including ‘The

Pass’, ‘Pride’ and Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’, and played leading roles in major television shows including ‘Being Human’, ‘Quantico’ and ‘Him and Her’ as well as recently started in the theatre in ‘Angels in America’ at the National Theatre. He will then join Pin Drop Studio founder, Simon Oldfield, for an interview and audience Q&A. ‘A Short Affair’ will be available to purchase. Ticket £15.

CASTLE CARY Every Tuesday at the Market House from 8.30am to 2.00pm there is a weekly market.

Fruit, vegetables, bread, fish, cheese, preserves, baked goods, gluten free options, season plants and other giftware available. On Saturday 2 June from 9.00am to 12.00 noon at the Market House the Carnival Society has a Coffee Morning. Refreshments and stalls.

On Saturday 2 June from 6.45pm at Caryford Hall see Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage with support from Jack Harris. Classically timeless folk duo. Tickets £10 from www.wegottickets.com/ event/420053 On Thursday 7 from 7.30pm at the Methodist School Room the Gardening Association have a talk called ‘A Rogue’s Gallery for Gardeners – Organic Ways to Tackle Pests and Diseases’

by Sally Nex. Non members £1. On Saturday 9 from 9.30am to 12.00 noon at the Market House the Sixpilgrims have a Coffee Morning.

On Saturday 12 from 12.00 noon until 5.00pm it is Pitcombe Fayre in and around Hadspen Village Hall.

Barbeque, bar, stalls, dog show, amusements and live music. A fun afternoon for all the family. Dogs welcome. Free entry and parking.

On Thursday 14 June from 2.30pm at Caryford Hall the Camelot U3A Branch have their Open and Enrolment Day where there will be displays of what all their groups do. All welcome. On Saturday 16 from 9.30am to 12.00 noon at the Market House the Rotary Club of Brue Valley host their Charity Summer Fair. Toys, furniture, books, plants, clothing, tombola, refreshments and much more!

Admission free. On Saturday 16 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at All Saints Church the volunteers from the Save the Children Community Store are hosting a Charity Art Fair. Exhibits for sale will include pictures, ceramics and glass that

have been donated to Save the Children, together with related items, art materials and books. To optimise the event success, they would love to receive any items that might be suitable to include in the sale, before Wednesday 13 at their shop in Fore Street. All money raised will go to Save the Children, with a small proportion going to the All Saints Development project for using the space for event.

Coffee, cake and cream teas will be served. On Saturday 16 from 12.00 noon to 3.00pm it is the Millbrook Gardens Summer Fete. There will be a Tai Chi demonstration, Cary Majorettes display, BBQ, Raffle, tea, cakes, crepes and many other stalls. For more information contact Brian on 01963 350092. On Saturday 17 at 4.00pm at Caryford Hall the History Society presents an illustrated talk called ‘A King, A Hoard and Some Clubmen’ by Maureen Wincott. About Castle Cary in the Civil War. Tickets £5 from Bailey Hill Bookshop or on the door. Tea and biscuits – donations appreciated. On Tuesday 19 from 11.00am at Caryford Hall the Arts Society have a lecture entitled ‘Three Great Families and their Gardens – A History of the Astors, the Rothschilds and the Sackville Wests’. Caroline Rayman will look at these three families with their very different backgrounds and created gardens here in the English countryside. Visitors £6. For more information phone 01963 350132.

On Saturday 23 from 9.00am to 12.00 noon at the Market House the WI have a Coffee Morning.

Refreshments. On Saturday 23 from 6.45pm at Caryford Hall see Claude Bourbon – master of the classical guitar. Tickets £12 from www.wegottickets.com/ event/436535 On Tuesday 26 from 7.30pm at Caryford Hall there is a film showing called ‘Darkest Hour’.

Tickets £5 from the Market House or £6 on the door. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Saturday 30 from 9.00am to 12.00 noon at the Market House go along to Toybox. Refreshments, cake and toys.

CREWKERNE Every Monday to Friday the Henhayes Centre has hot lunches freshly prepared. Two courses for £8. Please phone on 01460 74340 before 10.30am to let them know you are going. Every Tuesday at the Sports Centre from

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6.00pm to 7.00pm join in at the weekly Walking Netball sessions.

For all ages and abilities. All sessions contain a gentle warm up.

No need to book. First session free then £3.50 per session. Every Wednesday it is the Crewkerne Market now extended until 2.00pm. For more information contact Laura Gowers on 01460 74001. On Saturday 26 May at the Henhayes Centre from 10.00am to 12.00 noon there is a ‘Breakfast/ Brunch’. Egg, sausage, bacon, tomato or beans, tea and coffee for £4. Extras 50p each. No booking needed. For more information phone 01460 74340. On Saturday 9 June from 2.00pm to 5.00pm there is the Henhayes Fete and Town Criers’ Competition.

Celebrating the centenary of the end of the First World War. In association with British Legion. Bar, live music, stalls, food, chainsaw woodcarving, classic military vehicles, Devon and Somerset fire service demonstration and parade.

On Friday 15 from 12.30pm at the Henhayes Centre there is another Chef’s Special Lunch. Three course meal with Gammon and seasonal vegetables, followed by pineapple upside down pudding. Choice of three fruit juices, tea, coffee and chocolates. Bar open. Entry £9. Booking essential on 01460 74340. On Saturday 16 from 9.30am to 1.00pm at the Henhayes Centre there is a Craft Fayre. Free admission. On Friday 22 June at the Henhayes Centre there is a Centenary Event from 10.00am to 4.00pm. A day of celebration of 100 years of the R.A.F with an exhibition of artefacts relating to 1918. A two course themed hot lunch will be served (booking essential). After lunch there will be a special guest speaker followed by wartime songs.

Cream teas available. There will be a collection for the benefit of RAFA and the Royal British Legion. For more information contact 01460 74340. The event is sponsored by Marks and Spencer. On Tuesday 26 from 10.30am there is a Guided Walk of the Town by Museum and Heritage Centre. Tickets £3 from the Museum. On Saturday 30 at the Henhayes Centre from 10.00am to 12.00 noon there is a ‘Breakfast/ Brunch’. Egg, sausage, bacon, tomato or beans, tea and coffee for £4. Extras 50p each. No booking needed. For more information phone 01460 74340.

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ILMINSTER From Thursday 31 May to Friday 8 June the Ilminster Literary Festival returns.

Over 20 events at local venues.

Tickets prices vary per event, available from Airs and Graces, 7 Silver Street or visit www. ilminsterliteraryfestival.org On Friday 1 June from 7.30pm at the Warehouse Theatre see Morgan and West ‘Time Travelling Magicians’. Not content with their lot as the nineteenth century’s greatest magic duo, the pair present a conjuring spectacular to the audiences of the modern day. No future is left unseen and no timeline left unaltered as these temporal tricksters bring you a show brimming over with baffling magic, unparalleled precognitive powers, and a totally genuine ability to travel through time.

Tickets £12, Children/Students £6 available from Harrimans Menswear. On Saturday 2 at the Market House from 8.30am to 12.30pm go along to the monthly Produce Market. Local groups and producers sell their goods locally and support the projects that are in need of support. If you are interested in having a stall at £5 contact Emma Jane at 01460 298090. On Saturday 2 from 8.00pm at Ilminster Arts Centre Concerts in the West presents ‘Jubilee String Quartet’. Tickets £15. (See ‘Arts’) On Saturday 23 from 12.00 noon at Archie Gooch Pavillion, Canal Way it is the Lions Summer Fete.

LANGPORT On Monday 4 June from 7.30pm the History visit Aller Church with Anne Michell giving a presentation about the restoration of Aller Church bells, followed by a short demonstration of bell ringing by two local tower captains.

Final event until September. Non members £2, annual membership £12. For more information phone 01458 273471.

SHERBORNE Every Tuesday and Thursday until September the Blue Badge Guided walks with Cindy Chant start from the Tourist Information Centre from 10.30am.

Cindy will take you to explore the Abbey Green, Almshouse, the Conduit, Bow Arch and more.

These delights take at least 1½hours to enjoy, but with Cindy’s enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of the town the extent of your walk is limited only by your interest. Additional Bank Holiday walks and Winter Specials also available. Tickets £5, no need to book. Walks happen whatever the weather. For more information or to make a private booking for a tour contact Cindy on cindyatsherbornewalks@gmail.com and visit www.sherbornewalks.co.uk Every Wednesday from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at Abbey View Care Home Challenge Your Brain with Age UK Dorchester and their Cognitive Stimulation Therapy programme led by Cecilia Keedle Isack. A popular and successful way to treat symptoms of mild to moderate dementia. This programme is themed activities carried out over several weeks in small groups with each session covering a different 18

topic designed to improve mental abilities and memory of someone with dementia. Session topics may include childhood, food, current affairs and using money in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

Groups are small, consisting of five to eight people. Free entry. For more information phone 01305 26944. Every Thursday until Thursday 28 June, except Thursday 31 May from 2.30pm to 4.00pm at Tinney’s Lane Youth Centre go along to ArtsLink Parkinson’s Dance. A fun, supportive, specialist class with movement specifically designed for those with Parkinson’s, followed by a cup of tea and social time. For more information phone 01935 815899. Until September between Sherborne and Marston Magna there are Equine Assisted Therapy and Wellbeing workshop days.

Compassionate and healing, equine assisted therapy and wellbeing sessions are tailored for individual needs. They work with the horses/ponies/donkey in the natural countryside, learning new ways to manage life’s challenges.

Activities are for self development and education. Skills include using meditation, mindfulness, relaxation, communication, leadership, teamwork, confidence and creative ways to understand and release issues that may be holding you back. Workshops are in small groups of three people from 11.00am to 4.00pm with lunch of soup, rolls and light refreshments and is £45 per person. Another option is one on one sessions of one hour is £55 or 1.5 hours is £75.

There are also parent and child sessions to improve connection with your child or young person with sessions tailored for ages.

Claire is an experienced and qualified counsellor who is offering this amazing and authentic service and is a LEAP registered Practitioner in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. For more information email claireryallcounselling@hotmail.com or phone 07805 548306 or visit www.thehealingherd.wordpress. com On Thursday 24 May there is an Art and Craft Sale from 9.00am.

Selling painting, cards, art and craft with prize draw and jumble sale.

Wine and buffet. BBQ is £5. All welcome. For more information and to put your name on the list phone 07340 368032. On Monday 28 May from 10.00am to 6.00pm it is the Annual Sherborne Castle Country Fair. This family day-out is held to raise funds for local children’s charities and youth organisations. It is a traditional country fair with displays and attractions, trade and craft stands and a rare and native breed animal show. Tickets Adults £12.50, children 5-16 £4, under 5’s free available from 01749 814041. For more information visit www. sherbornecountryfair.com On Friday 1 June from 7.30pm at the Rendezvous, Cheap Street Church see Mike Denham and Tom ‘Spats’ Langham in concert. Tickets £10, includes refreshments. On Sunday 3 from 11.00am to 2.00pm at the Museum go along to ‘H is for

Hawk’ with Jack Lewis Palladwr Falconry Hoods. This is a perfect event to complement our Text & Textile exhibition as Jack will be bringing along his Lanner Falcon and demonstrating the craft of creating hoods and other accessories for birds of prey. Jack is also fascinated by how the language of falconry has migrated into everyday speech. Have a fascinating encounter with this beautiful creature. Free for all the family, donations welcome. On Tuesday 5 from 10.00am to 12.00 noon at The RendezVous Age UK has an Information and Benefits Advice Surgery with a coffee morning. Age UK are working to help older Sherborne residents to maximise their benefits entitlements, and to obtain information and advice on all matters pertaining to the over 50’s.

For further information phone 01305 269444. On Wednesday 6 at 2.00pm and 8.00pm at the Digby Hall the Arts Society has a talk called ‘The Splendour of Hampton Court’ by Linda Collins. The lecture covers both Henry VIII’s palace and the later work by Sir Christopher Wren for William and Mary. It also includes the fire of 1986 and the restoration of the state apartments.

Visitors £5. On Friday 8 June from 7.30pm at the Raleigh Hall the Sherborne Literary Society host The New Hardy Players ‘Woodland Words’. They bring the stories and poems of Thomas Hardy to life through evocative dramatizations of his work. In 2018 they are commemorating ninety years since the author’s death. Their performance will feature extracts from ‘The Trumpet Major’ and ‘The Woodlanders.’ Raising money for Dorset charities. Tickets £5. On Monday 11 from 9.30am to 3.30pm at the Digby Hall the West Country Embroiderers have a workshop called ‘Fabric Books’ with tutor Annette Bolton. £15 in advance.

New members welcome. For details call Ann on 01963 34696.

On Wednesday 13 from 7.30pm at Digby Hall ArtsLink Flicks presents ‘Darkest Hour’. Not so much a period war movie as a high octane political thriller set in the early stages of WWII. A film skilfully woven out of familiar historical events. Tickets £6 available from Sherborne TIC on 01935 815341.

(See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) On Thursday 14 at 7.30pm at Digby Hall the Gardener’s Association have a seasonal flower demonstration with florist, Judith Searles. On Saturday 16 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Digby Church Hall it is the monthly Fleamarket. A quality antiques, crafts and collectables market with up to 35 stalls. Single stalls from £16. Admission free. Organised by West Country Fairs. Enquiries on 01749 677049. On Saturday 16 and Saturday 23 from 10.00am to 12.30pm at the artists Ceramic Studio ArtsLink have a Decorative Tile Making Workshop with Joan Biles. Cost £55 from 01935 815899.

On Sunday 17 from 3.00pm at Cheap Street Church the Wessex Strings have a concert. Tickets £9, includes tea, available from Sherborne TIC or £10 on the door.

On Monday 18 from 7.30pm at Sherborne Abbey the Insight Programme has a lecture called ‘National Truths’ by Bishop Jana Jeruma-Grindberga, Chaplain of sister church St Saviours, Riga in Latvia. During the 20th century the Baltic states found themselves at the mercy of the Soviet Union with their national stories often buried beneath a tide of soviet propaganda. The perversion of truth to serve a national interest is nothing new but the systematic and wholesale corruption of reality that characterised the Soviet Union was unprecedented. In our own time the Baltic states once again feel the chill of Russia seeking to re-establish her influence in the West. How does it feel to live just barely 100 miles from the land border with Russia? How should we as nations and indeed as the church respond to the ‘alternative realities’ published by the Russian state and media? How can the church ‘Do Truth’ in such circumstances? Tickets £5 from 01935 812452 or visit www.insight. sherborneabbey.com On Thursday 21 from 9.30am to 11.30am at the Griffiths Room there is a Card Sale.

On Friday 22 from 3.00pm at the Griffiths Room there is an Anniversary Party. Contact Kathleen Mills on 07340 368032 for names to go on list. On Saturday 23 from 11.00am to 4.00pm at Digby Hall ArtsLink hosts ‘Celebrating the Arts’. A day of

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demonstrations, exhibitions, dance, art activities for all ages. Free entry.

On Thursday 28 from 7.30pm at the Catholic Church Hall the Floral Club have their 65th Celebration with club competition and judge Sheila Bendall. Raffle available.

Visitors welcome. For more information phone 01935 812722.

On Saturday 30 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at Digby Hall ArtsLink have a workshop called ‘Basic Watercolour Techniques’ with Diana Pilcher. Cost £45 from 01935 815899. On Saturday 30 from 10.00am to 4.00pm at Digby Church Hall it is the 14th Annual Summer Craft Fair. Free admission.

Organised by West Country Craft Fairs. Enquiries 01749 677049.

area. Somerton’s options are a volunteer-run library or mobile service that comes once a week.

The Friends of Somerton Library do not approve of a mobile library to replace the existing one for a number of reasons. They wish for reduced hours and keeping the same staff or if not possible than a member of staff splitting their time between Somerton and Langport libraries which would not cost the council more money. For a questionnaire please visit the library or go to www.somersetlibraries.co.uk/ consultation/ or write to Libraries Consultation 2018, B3S, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY or phone 0300 123 2224. On Saturday 16 from 7.30pm at the Parish Rooms see ‘The Post’. Tickets £6 from Cobbs Wholefoods or on the door.

For more information phone 01458 241808. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’) From Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 from 12.00 noon to 4.00pm there is a National Animal Welfare Trust Barn Sale and Afternoon Teas. Go along and browse an array of items, some everyday items and some very curious indeed. Definitely worth a visit to bag a bargain or two! You can also sample lovely homemade cakes and savouries in their snack room. Free entry. On Thursday 21 from 11.30am at the Library there are Health Walks. They walk for about an hour and socialise at the same time. Wear clothing suitable for the weather conditions. At the end those that wish can go to a local pub for refreshments.

Organised by Macmillan, The Ramblers Association and South Somerset District Council. For more information phone 01458 274631. On Saturday 23 the Green Gardeners visit RHS Wisley for the day. Seats to be pre booked on 01458 273753. From Saturday 23 June to Saturday 21 July ACE Arts hosts their next exhibition called ‘Matter of Identity’ by Pip Woolf. Drawings and installations exploring dementia and identity mine, yours, ours. On Wednesday 27 from 12.00 noon to 2.00pm at the Sports Club the Probus Club are meeting. The club is for retired professionals or business men. Includes lunch. For more information and how to join (four or more days before meeting) phone Ewan on 01935 822968. On Thursday 28 from 11.30am from the Sports Club there is a Short Health Walk for 30 minutes. Tea and coffee available. For more information phone 01458 274631.

On Thursday 28 from 7.00pm at Parish Rooms the History Society have a talk called ‘Chivalry’ by Nigel Saul. Guests £2. For more information phone 01458 273859.

On Thursday 28 and from 8.30pm at the Sports Club there is a Quiz.

All welcome to this friendly monthly brain teaser. Teams of up to six people. £1 per person.

visit www.thechoirwincanton.com On Friday 1 June from 7.30pm at the Memorial Hall the Gardeners have a talk called ‘Climbing Plants’

by Castle Gardens. Tea and coffee available. Non members £1. On Sunday 24 June from 7.00pm at The Dogs The Pilgrim Singers invite you to ‘Midsummer Melodies’.

In support of Mityana, Uganda.

Bring a picnic. Marquee cover with seating. Tickets £12, under 16’s free, available from Divine Wines. Pimms, strawberries and cream included in ticket price.

Enquiries 01963 33965. On Friday 29 from 7.30pm at the Memorial Hall the History Society have a lecture about beekeeping called ‘A Buzz is in the Air’ by Jill Cleverly.

Refreshments available. Non members £5.

about one and a half hours. Entry £2.50. Maximum 20 people. On Tuesday 12 the Blackmore Vale and the National Trust Association visit the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury followed by the Shoe Museum in Street with a guided tour. On Thursday 14 from 7.30pm at the Johnson Studio at the Octagon Theatre YCAA presents ‘An Evening with Popular Photographer Len Copland’. Bar and nibbles. Tickets £6. (See ‘Art’s) On Saturday 16 June from 9.15am at the Emporium it is the monthly Rock Club. A music club for under 10 years olds. Entry £15 per child, includes breakfast. For more information and to book phone 01935 411378.

On Sunday 17 from 11.00am from Yeovil College it is the Race for Life 5K. The 5k route winds itself around Yeovil Recreation Ground, local roads and even takes you cross country to explore the local countryside with beautiful views.

The terrain is varied, a mixture of roads, paths and a small section of fields with even an uphill section to challenge you. Central and picturesque, this is a venue with ample space and opportunity for families to spectate and enjoy the wonderful atmosphere of Race for Life. Enjoy a sports massage at the end provided by the college. On Tuesday 19 there is a Teddy Bears Picnic at Yeovil Country Park a from 11.00am to 12.30pm. Stories, crafts and games. Bring a picnic.

Free entry. On Wednesday 20 the Blackmore Vale and National Trust Association visit Loseley Park in Guildford with a guided tour of the house. The house has historic connections with Elizabeth I who visited on four occasions, and Sir Thomas More and more recently the poet John Donne. The Walled Garden of 2.5 acres is based on a design by Gertrude Jekyll with separate “rooms” amidst box hedge divides. On Saturday 23 from 10.00am to 2.00pm at St James’ Church, Preston Road there is a Top Table Sale. Refreshments available. £10 for a table. Free entry. On Saturday 23 from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Westland’s Entertainment Centre there is Coffee and Card with Stampin’ Up!’. On Monday 25 from 7.30pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue see Giovanni Pernice – Born to Win. Choreographed by ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s’ creative director, Jason Gilkison, and produces by Strictly Theatre Co. Tickets £27 to £50. (See ‘Arts’) On Wednesday 27 from 7.30pm at the Holy Trinity Church the Flower Arrangers have a demonstration called ‘Oriental Takeaway’ by Rosemary Kerr. Visitors £5. On Wednesday 27 from 8.00pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue it is the monthly Quiz Night. Bar, raffle and prizes. Entry £2.50 per person, up to four people per team. No need to book. For more information email friendsofwestlands@Gmail. com. On Wednesday 27 June from 10.00am to 12.00 noon it is the Emporium Café’s Monthly Bookclub. Held in association with Waterstones, Yeovil. For more information phone 01935 411378.

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SOMERTON From Tuesday 29 May to Saturday 2 June from 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Parish Rooms there is an Art and Photography Exhibition. (See ‘Arts’) On Thursday 31 May and from 8.30pm at the Sports Club there is a Quiz. All welcome to this friendly monthly brain teaser.

Teams of up to six people. £1 per person. From Saturday 26 May to Sunday 15 July you can buy tickets for the Somerton Music and Arts Festival from the ticket office in Overt Locke’s Shop, West Street Wednesdays-Saturdays 10.00am to 1.00pm. Early bird tickets until Saturday 9 June.

Tickets also available online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/somertonmusic-and-arts-festival Free programme widely available. The festival is from Friday 6 to Sunday 15 July with a variety of music and talks. For more information visit www.somertonartsfestival. co.uk On Friday 1 June from 9.00am to 2.00pm at the Market Place go along to the monthly Market. Plenty of stalls including meat, plants, Italian cheeses, preserves, olives, spices, rare breed woollen products, fruit juices, jewelleries, dog treats and much more. For more details email marketonatsomerton@gmail. com On Tuesday 5 from 7.15pm at the Parish Rooms the WI have their meeting. New members welcome. On Friday 8 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm at ACE Arts go along to ‘The Transformed Land’ Curator Q&A. Paul Newman and featured artists will be taking questions.

Entry £5. Include refreshments. On Sunday 10 from 2.30pm to 5.00pm it is Love Somerton Live Jazz at Crane Farm. Prosecco bar and cream teas. Tickets £8 available from Cobbs or Another Sky. On Monday 11 and Monday 25 at 10.45am at West Street Church Somerton Sings are meeting.

They sing anything well known, songs from the shows, old English melodies, and songs from the 30’s up to present. £1 a session.

For details 01458 272750. The deadline to submit your views and questionnaire about the future of Somerton Library (and most libraries in Somerset) has been extended until Wednesday 13 June. Somerset County Council have next to no budget for the future and this means changes and closures for libraries in the

WINCANTON Every Monday from 6.00pm to 7.15pm at the Balsam Centre The Choir Wincanton meets. New members welcome. First session is free. No auditions. For more information

YEOVIL Whist Drive every Saturday at the Holy Trinity Church Hall at 7.30pm. Enquiries 01935 862325. On Tuesday 29 May the Blackmore Vale and Yeovil National Trust Association there is a morning trip to Frome followed by a trip to the American Museum in Bath. Opened its doors in 1961 and it is the only museum devoted to American decorative art outside the USA. There are two galleries plus stables, coach house, vegetable patch and parkland walk.

On Wednesday 30 from 8.00pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue there is a Quiz Night. Bar, raffle and prizes. Entry £2.50 per person, up to four people per team. No need to book. For more information email friendsofwestlands@Gmail. com On Sunday 3 and Sunday 17 June at the Yeovil Railway Centre in Stoford from 10.30am to 4.00pm there are Steam Train Days.

Unlimited miniature steam railway rides, turnable demonstrations, railway museum, model railway, art gallery and displays and more.

Admission £9, Children £4, under 5 free. On Wednesday 6 June from 10.00am to 12.00 noon there is the monthly Business Networking meeting at The Emporium. A relaxed and informal setting for business owners to network and meet like minded people. No membership fees, but numbers are limited to one from each professional area, please phone to join before attending on 01935 411378. On Saturday 9 June from 10.00am to 4.00pm there is an ‘Antiques and Collectables Open Day’ at The Emporium. Many traders in antiques and specialist shops selling all sorts of collectors items including vintage toys, model railway tracks, vinyl records, ceramics, glass and furniture. An opportunity for customers to meet the traders. Free entry. For more information phone 01935 411378.

On Monday 11 from 1.30pm at the Yeovil Court Hotel the Probus Club have a presentation entitled ‘A Queen’s Trumpeter’. New members always welcome. Please contact their Secretary on 01935 88142 for further information. On Tuesday 12 the Archaeological and Local History Society begin their trips in the summer starting with a guided tour of Weymouth Museum from 10.30am. The tour should take

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by Mike Burks Managing Director of The Gardens Group

Geraniums (Well… Pelargoniums) Occasionally when I’m speaking about Geraniums someone will snootily pipe up, saying “do you mean Pelargoniums?

Well in fact I do, but the vast majority of the public know the red-flowered things in the middle of hanging baskets, tubs and council plantings as Geraniums even though, strictly speaking, they are not!

They have been a mainstay of bedding plant displays, and we stock over 70 varieties at the height of the season.

For normal-sized hanging baskets I would suggest Century Geraniums which are compact and work well on that scale.

The flowers will keep coming, especially if they are removed as they start to fade. The range of colours is wide, from reds though pinks to white, and they are a robust and reliable plant.

For tubs I would suggest Zonal Pelargoniums which are taller, growing up to 18 inches, and with some very subtle shades for every colour taste.

For trailing down the sides of baskets you will require Ivy Leaved Geraniums. These come in different sizes from the compact Decoras to the much larger Balcon varieties, which perhaps you might have seen hanging off a balcony in Switzerland.

I’m a fan of the variegated varieties, which not only have really striking flowers, but stunning foliage too. In some cases, this is sophisticated with solid green leaves and an almost black band running through it such as Distinction Red, whereas others, like the Lotusland with its lime yellow foliage, are really powerful and wacky.

More structured foliage and darker colours can be found on the interestingly named Vancouver Centennial, and then there is Mrs Pollock who holds her respectable head high with cream, brown and pink circular bands, and a perfect red Geranium (well…

Pelargonium) flower.

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By Julie Haylock – Sandhurst Garden Design

Up The Garden Path Small space, big ideas! A problem faced by many of us with modern sized gardens.

Use vertical surfaces to plant a living wall with varieties of Heuchera, ferns or herbs. Ensure the irrigation is good to keep plants well-watered.

Window boxes and hanging baskets will increase the amount of growing space, perfect for strawberries! Use trellis for climbers, and include evergreen varieties to create all year round interest or to disguise a blank wall.

Use colour to deceive the eye. Plant borders nearest to the house using intense colours like red, orange and yellow and cooler colours like purple, blue and lilac further back. This will increase the perspective and the depth of the garden.

Paint fences black or a dark grey colour to make them recede into the background and make the plants in front stand out and their colours zing.

A reflective mirror positioned on an angle will reflect light into a shaded area or give the illusion there is another area of the garden to explore.

Divide the garden into rooms or areas connected by curved or zig zag paths. Screen these rooms using planting to create private areas for relaxing or for children to play.

Light up your garden, use hurricane lamps, tea lights or solar powered fairy lights to create a magical feel.

If your budget can stretch a little further use practical lighting to illuminate paths and steps or feature lighting to highlight a tree or statue. Low level lighting will make your garden glow.

Even the smallest garden has room for a water feature. Water creates a relaxing sound and helps to muffle intrusive noise like traffic. Use a plastic lined oak barrel with marginal planting to attract wildlife including frogs and dragonflies.

Storage and garden seating can be combined. Use a bench seat designed to lift up allowing items to be stored away below in the dry and out of sight.

Wheelie bins can be housed in a purpose made unit with a specially designed roof planted with succulents or grasses which look pleasing to the eye.

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John leCarre’ A legacy of Spies £8.99 Old Shirburnian David Cornwall or ‘John leCarre’ has been unanimously heralded for featuring the return of spy master George Smiley in his latest book. A Legacy of Spies however is more about his sidekick Peter Guillam; it’s a sometimes melancholy tale revisiting the past and, more specifically, the operation and some of the characters detailed in the classic The Spy Who Came in from The Cold. Although Smiley is an ever present figure lurking in the shadows, as Guillam is forced to unravel complex threads of treachery, lies and deceit that have now come to roost, Smiley actually only makes a brief, but welcome, appearance at the conclusion of the tale, a meditation on the secret world and the damage done when the end always justified the means, notwithstanding the human cost.

Disillusioned, a bittersweet ballad about the morality of its characters and written, as ever, so beautifully and wittily, this is a perfect coda to the saga of the Circus, where so many much-loved, if dubious, characters we knew so well make fleeting passages on the scene.

Le Carre at his best and you can’t get any better. Reminds us of what we lost when the series initially came to an end.

Limit the number of plant varieties and plant in groups to create impact. If border space is tight, use containers with plants that have a long flowering season like Erysimum (Bowles’s Mauve).

Display containers in groups to make the garden feel less cluttered Include a small tree like an olive, Acer or Crab apple (Malus Coralburst), which can be grown in a large container, ensure good drainage and some feeding, and this will add height to the garden.

Finally, for that WOW factor, invest in a fire pit or brazier to add some drama to those lovely summer evenings. Until till next time Julie

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VISUAL ART From now to Monday 28 May from 10.00am to 5.00pm (except Monday 14 and Monday 21) at the Malthouse Gallery at the East Lambrook Manor Gardens there is an exhibition called ‘Landscape – Light and Colour’ featuring paintings of Kate Cochrane and Jason Nosworthy. Both have a love of colour and depict landscapes from Somerset to Tasmania and are mirrored by Margery Fish’s quintessential English cottage garden with its colourful layering of plants. Kate’s paintings are strong, well composed and vibrant with a vision fresh and unburdened by expectations, paying homage to places of immeasurable beauty through colour and abstraction. Tasmania offers deep apricots of coral fern, emeralds and topaz, snow gums and eucalypts plus hazy blue-greys of the Cradle Mountain range - all a delight to the eye. Kate pushes the boundaries of tangible form giving just enough to lure us into her magical world. This is what good art should do: awaken us to seeing the world anew. Jason Nosworthy, an emerging Somerset artist, harnesses his raw energy layering stunning hues of wild colour into organic and visceral canvases. With his training as a Landscape Designer he bridges the gap to unravelling the world around him in paint. His bold use of colour and often semi abstract interpretations, results in intriguing and engaging art. The use of layers and colour throughout in his work heightens the senses and concludes in energetic works of art. Free admission.

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From now to Saturday 9 June the Ilminster Arts Centre host their next exhibition ‘A Passion for Print’. Three long standing friends, Valerie Wall, Louise Melikoff and Jenny Worrall who are all artists show their work together for the first time. Enjoy painterly landscapes, flower studies and other subjects that are suffused with colour and texture, with a selection of hand-painted and decorated items for the home.

From now to Thursday 14 June at the Octagon Theatre on the first floor Yeovil Art Group have their Spring Exhibition of latest work. Free entry. Lift available.

From now until Sunday 9 September see the Hauser and Wirth in Bruton exhibition ‘Lexander Calder – From the Stony River to the Sky’. Calder was one of the most influential and pioneering artists of the twentieth century, transforming the very nature of sculpture by introducing the fourth dimension and the actuality of real-time experience into his work. Known primarily for his invention of the mobile, Calder created a prolific oeuvre that extended to wire sculpture, carved figures, stabiles, standing mobiles, oil paintings, works on paper, jewellery, furniture and domestic objects, and monumental public commissions across the globe. The exhibition includes over 80 pieces, including large scale outdoor works.

Occupying two galleries within the exhibition is an extraordinary selection of the artist’s handcrafted domestic objects borrowed from the Calders’ Roxbury home, including a chess set, chairs, a coffee table, and a lamp, among a multitude of other ingenious yet functional devices. This will be the first time many of these objects have ever been on public view, not only offering insight into the artist’s life but also revealing the integration of his artistic practice. Among the most recognizable of the artist’s works in the exhibition are the mobiles, stabiles, and standing mobiles, as well as oil paintings from the 1940s and 1950s.

From Saturday 26 May to Sunday 10 June at Bishops Caundle Village Hall from 10.00am to 4.00pm the Blackmore Vale Branch of the Embroiderers Guild host their Dorset Arts exhibition. A colourful and vibrant exhibition with a variety of panels, demonstrations, hangings and 3D items with many for sale. Pieces demonstrate traditional and contemporary techniques. Refreshments available. Free entry.

From Saturday 26 May to Saturday 16 June from 10.00am to 5.00pm Ace Arts in Somerton have an exhibition called ‘The Transformed Land’ by Paul Newman. This collects work from various artists who are interested in place.

Some frequently return to the same place, others are visitors, some are residents, and some are creators of imagined places. For

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From Tuesday 29 May to Saturday 2 June from 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Parish Rooms in Somerton there is an Art and Photography Exhibition. Go along and vote for your favourite pieces and maybe purchase yourself a gift, or make a loved one smile by sending them a lovely handmade card. For more information or if you wish to enter your own work phone 07807 484083.

From Tuesday 5 June until Sunday 22 July at the Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook Gardens travelling watercolour artist, Moish Sokal, brings an exciting collection of work from his trips for his latest exhibition ‘In The Open’. On his much dreamed of trip to New Zealand, Sokal’s first port of call was to Christchurch a city in transition, coping creatively with the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes seven years ago.

However, the real magic lay in McKenzie country, further south in the expansive high ground from which the scenic peaks of Mt Cook National Park rise. The first of the three glacial lakes Lake Tekapo, a vast jewel of totally surreal colours, was just an introduction.

Sokal headed onwards to the largest of the three Alpine lakes, Lake Pukaki. He went on a helicopter safari tour the next day, where awe-inspiring views of Mt Cook National Parks’ peaks, fringed by the narrow strip of west coastal rainforest and the Tasman sea fading into the horizon lay beneath. The next destination was the tucked away Catlins on the south western coast. An enchanting region of native forests, lonely lighthouses and empty beaches. Next was a visit to Fiordland National Park which is New Zealand’s’ largest and most impenetrable wilderness, a jagged mountainous, densely forested landmass with deeply recessed sounds (fiords). Sokal set off to explore Doubtful Sound, one of the largest and most remote fiord, starting by boat trip across lake Manapouri. He headed north towards the towns of Queenstown and Wanaka a region studded with a cinematic background of mountains and lakes. Aspiring national park verdant valleys, alpine meadows, unspoiled rivers, craggy mountains, and many glaciers provided the perfect backdrop…

Sokal crossed over to the west coast, a narrow strip of dense rainforest jammed between the southern alps and the Tasman sea.

The excitement of this outdoor adventure, discovering new landscapes to paint in a new fresh style and palette is what this forthcoming exhibition is all about. Alongside these exotic paintings from New Zealand, Sokal will also show work he painted following his first ever visit to the Lake District last May and to Scotland when exploring the romantic west coast, as well as other subjects he discovered whilst exploring his beloved Somerset. For

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From Monday 11 until Friday 29 June at Ilminster Arts Centre see the next exhibition ‘Hot Stuff’ showcasing three Somerset artists.

Hot from the imagination, hot from hot climates, hot sometimes in colour, the work of these three artists resonates with what is seen and what might be impossible to see. All three relate to the visual world, showing us what it is that excites them in the figures, objects and dreams they choose to depict.

From Saturday 16 June to Wednesday 4 July from 9.30am to 5.00pm Jerram Gallery in Sherborne have an ‘Exhibition of New Sculpture by Mark Coreth.

From Saturday 23 June to Saturday 21 July ACE Arts in Somerton hosts their next exhibition called ‘Matter of Identity’ by Pip Woolf. Drawings and installations exploring dementia and identity - mine, yours, ours.

MUSIC On Saturday 26 May from 7.30pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton see ‘The Jive Aces’. Renowned worldwide for their high energy spectacular showmanship, their viral video ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ and for being the first live band to reach the final rounds of Britain’s Got Talent, The Jive Aces have firmly established themselves the as the

UK’s No.1 Jive & Swing band. The live show includes classics like ‘When You’re Smiling’, ‘Mack The Knife’ and ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’, plus originals such as ‘La Dolce Vita’ taken from their various albums.

The in demand sextet average 300 shows a year and have worked with Van Morrison, Keely Smith and performed for HM the Queen.

Tickets £16.

On Saturday 26 at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from 7.30pm grab your platforms and flares for a journey back in time to when ABBA dominated the charts and ruled the airwaves! ‘Thank ABBA For The Music’ is a two hour theatre spectacular that captures all of the magic and excitement of one of pop history’s most successful and entertaining live bands. Featuring all of ABBA’s greatest hits, including ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more.

With stunning costumes, a seven piece live band, interactive video projection, some tongue-in-cheek Swedish humour, and of course ABBA’s spectacular trademark harmonies. Tickets £24.50.

On Sunday 27 from 7.30pm at the David Hall in South Petherton see ‘Calan’. This international award winning band from Wales are back on the road with their infectious rhythms and high energy routines to celebrate the release of their latest album – ‘Solomon’. They come with accordion, harp, guitar, fiddles and Welsh bagpipes and a virtuoso performance from a champion step dancer. Calan

provide a fresh and vibrant sound with a pounding beat set against the backdrop of old traditions. Songs include the legend of Wales’ very own fairy realm with a tale of magic, myth and mischief, along with some of the most beautiful and haunting melodies. Tickets £18.

On Friday 1 June from 8.00pm at the Ilminster Arts Centre see ‘The Jubilee String Quartet’. They were first prize winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition 2010 and the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2013. In 2012 the quartet were finalists in the Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition, Weimar, and in 2013 and 2015, in the Royal Over-Seas League. Tickets £15.

On Friday 8 from 8.00pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton spend an evening with the music of the guitar and violin virtuosi Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Expect to be flown back in time to the dance halls of the 1940’s with this homage to the Quintet of the hot club of France.

This really was the “Swing” era, full of irresistible rhythms and all the musical indulgence there was to offer. Ben on violin and vocals and Stuart on gypsy guitar) have toured together extensively throughout the UK, Europe and the USA over the last 8 years.

Previously they made up half of the highly acclaimed band ‘Gypsy Fire” and now are focusing their creative juices on this project.

Tickets £12.

On Friday 8 at the Ilminster Arts Centre from 8.00pm Dave Moorwood will be performing with the ‘Big Bear Stompers’. ‘The Big Bear Stompers’ are the flag wavers of American West Coast traditional jazz exemplified by Lu Watters and Turk Murphy in the San Francisco area in the 1940’s.

The band was founded by Dave Moorwood and trumpeter Clive Whitlock in 1989 and has been blowing up a storm ever since.

Tickets £20.

On Saturday 9 from 8.00pm at the David Hall in South Petherton see ‘The Travelling Band’ at the Chance to Dance event. Focused

around the song-writing talents and production skills of Jo Dudderidge and Adam Gorman, and the rhythmic driving force of enigmatic drummer Nick Vaal, The Travelling Band have been quietly honing what Marc Riley described as ‘Mancunian Americana’. The resulting album mines a rich seam of influences, highlighting the band’s love of American Indie Rock, but still with that Mancunian twist. Tickets £16, under 25’s £5.

On Sunday 10 from 7.30pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil Les Musicals presents the biggest hit songs from the West End and Broadway in an exhilarating live concert tour.

Musical Theatre’s leading men and X Factor stars; Jonathan Ansell who was the G4 frontman and Rhydian Roberts join forces for the first time ever to create a dramatic and spine tingling concert. This vocally dynamic evening showcases the smash hit songs from the greatest musicals of all time, brought to you by two of the world’s finest voices. Tickets £24.

On Wednesday 13 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see ‘Faustus’. The band includes Benji Kirkpatrick, Saul Rose, and Paul Sartin. They have a plethora of experience between them, brought together here in a virtuosic display of musicianship and testosterone. Rooted deeply in the English tradition, in 2007 they received a 75th Anniversary Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Tickets £16.

On Thursday 14 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see ‘The Tina Turner Experience’. This fully live energetic show charts the life and career of one of the world’s iconic performers. Full of hits like ‘Private Dancer’, ‘Nutbush City Limits’, ‘Proud Mary’, ‘River Deep Mountain High’ and ‘Let’s Stay Together’ plus more. The concert style show features a seven piece band making this the only completely live touring tribute to this multi-award-winning legend. Tickets £23.

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see Ange Hardy. Ange Hardy has grabbed the attention of the Traditional Folk music world (a feat which saw her nominated at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and winning four consecutive FATEA awards) by writing new material and embracing modern technologies whilst maintaining a traditional feel. Ange is currently touring with three different guitars, a 27-string Salvi Harp, a bag of low whistles, a 16” floor drum, a tambourine and a shruti box. Combined with her innovative use of live looping for vocal harmonies, she is one of the most diverse, entertaining and spellbinding solo artists you are likely to encounter. Tickets £14.

On Friday 15 from 8.00pm at Ilminster Arts Centre see ‘The Curfew Band’. As well as three part harmony, their music includes guitar, slide guitar, dobro guitar, blues harmonica, blues/boogie piano, bass, and sometimes mandolin and violin.

They will be performing with ‘The Gaulois Brothers’ who have been described as a swinging, jazz guitar party. Tickets £15.

On Friday 15 from 8.00pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton see ‘The Barrelhouse Blues Band’.

It is 10 years since Paul Hart, who started the Barrelhouse Orchestra back in 2003 died, so they are remembering him and the musical impact he had on the town. Since his passing the group has kept his passion alive with a changing line up of highly regarded musicians.

Tickets £20.

On Sunday 17 from 3.00pm at Cheap Street Church in Sherborne the Wessex Strings have a concert. Programme includes Teleman Don Quixote overture, Vivaldi, cello concerto in C major, Sammartini recorder concerto in F major, Haydn cello concerto in C major 1st movement, Mozart Divertimento K137, Elgar Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit.

Tickets £9, includes tea, available from Sherborne TIC or £10 on the door.

On Sunday 17 from 3.00pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see ‘The Glenn Miller Orchestra’. They transport you back to the heady days and music of the 1940’s -

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with the fabulous harmonies of the Moonlight Serenaders and the sublime vocals of Catherine Sykes and Mark Porter. Tickets £22.50.

On Thursday 21 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil ‘That’ll Be The Day’ returns.

Highly acclaimed for its stunning live entertainment value, they are an outstanding celebration for all true fans of the golden era of popular music. This latest production features a fantastic new line up of smash hits spanning the 50s, 60s and 70s, plus more side splitting comic sketches. Tickets £25.

On Friday 22 from 8.00pm at the Exchange see Nick Heyward. Nick is a British singer songwriter and musician. He started his music career in 1980, as a member of ‘Haircut 100’, a band who burnt briefly and brightly as the ultimate group of friends who hit the big time within a year of getting together and releasing music.

Tickets £22.

On Friday 22 from 8.00pm at the Ilminster Arts Centre see Renato D’Aiello. Renato’s treatment of jazz standards and originals have become regarded as one of the strongest and most beautiful saxophone sounds around the jazz world. He has travelled and recorded widely, but he has not been to Ilminster before. He is here with his own trio over here from Italy and will be focussing on the smoother side of jazz.

Tickets £15.

On Saturday 23 from 7.30pm at the Westlands Entertainment Venue see Jane Macdonald.

Since starring in ‘The Cruise’ 20 years ago Jane has appeared as Grizabella in ‘Cats’ and in many TV shows such as ‘Loose Women’, ‘Star for a Night’ and ‘Cruising with Jane McDonald’. As a singer Jane has released platinum selling albums and toured with her own

show, each year better than the last and this year is no exception.

A phenomenal singer with her stunning band and knock out production will bring audiences to their feet on this evening of music and laughter. Tickets £34.

On Thursday 28 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil D’Arrietta and his band are taking My Leonard Cohen on a tour of the country. Tickets £23.

On Friday 29 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil the ‘UK Pink Floyd Experience’ will again recreate the sights and sounds of the legendary Pink Floyd in concert. For 2018 this highly authentic show will include both iconic Pink Floyd albums ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ and ‘Animals’ played in their entirety. Of course no Pink Floyd show would be complete without other seminal Floyd songs like ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’, ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’. A great evening with over two and a half hours of Pink Floyd songs with new video projections and an even bigger light show. Tickets £21.

On Saturday 30 at 2.00pm and 7.00pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil The Dance Factory will perform their annual dance school show. They will showcase their amazing, young talented dancers in an action-packed dance show featuring a variety of dance styles from classical ballet to street dance, jazz to contemporary. Children from as young as two to eighteen years old will take to the stage to shine like the stars they are. Tickets £16.

On Saturday 30 at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton at 7.30pm see ‘Northern Soul’ – a soul and motown party with the Edwin Starr band as special guests. Tickets £20.

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THE TOWNS FOR MORE MUSIC & FILMS PERFORMANCE From Thursday 31 May to Thursday 2 June at 2.00pm and 7.00pm the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil presents ‘Peter Pan – The Musical’ with Castaway Theatre Group. This version of the musical was made in 1995 for the West End production. This version of the musical was made in 1995 for the West End production and Tour. It has a delightful score which adds charm to the original classic and endear the theatrical fantasy to both old and new audiences. Tickets £14.

On Sunday 3 June from 2.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see the Ballet Theatre interpretation of ‘The Little Mermaid’. This dramatic re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s all time favourite story. Tickets £18.50.

On Tuesday 5 from 7.30pm at the David Hall in South Petherton British Old Vic Theatre School presents ‘The Mill on the Floss’.

Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family.

With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships, The Mill on the Floss is considered George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel and here, the adaptation

by Helen Edmundson loses none of its breadth, whilst beautifully examining the complex nature of relationships and love. Tickets £15.

From Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil the Beatnik Theatre Company presents the hilarious laugh out loud hit musical ‘Avenue Q’. Princeton, a recent college grad, moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q, a place where puppets are friends, monsters are good and life lessons are learned. This is not your ordinary neighbourhood and together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life. Tickets £18.

On Tuesday 12 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see David Baddiel takes his Oliviernominated on tour. Tickets £26.50.

On Thursday 14 from 8.00pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton Living Spit are back with their unique spin on ‘The Three Little Pigs’ told in rhyme and song.

With puns, lupine laughs and more rural rumbunctiousness than you can shake a stick at, this promises to be a grown up fairy tale you will never forget. Tickets £11.

On Saturday 16 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see annual showcase ‘ShiNE’. Drama and dance groups along with

The Octagon Choir will perform for you in a joyous celebration of music, drama and dance. The Octagon Academy will also be joined by other groups associated with The Octagon Theatre to create a thoroughly entertaining evening. Tickets £14.50.

On Tuesday 19 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil the London Studio Centre’s Jazz Dance Company returns with a show stopping mixed bill of Jazz Dance ranging from the sensuality and lyricism of contemporary jazz to hip hop, tap and the magic of music theatre. The Jazz Dance Company’s fantastic young talent and high energy performance combined with choreography by leading choreographers from stage and screen results in a theatrical extravaganza for families and dance fans alike. Tickets £14.

On Wednesday 20 from 6.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see ‘Glastonbury Comes to Preston’. Students from Preston School take to the stage once again, this time inspired by our local love of festivals. Using song, dance, gymnastics and much more to transport you to our own festival style show, will be a sight to be seen. Tickets £5.

From Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 from 7.30pm at the David Hall in South Petherton the Combined Arts Society Drama Group presents ‘Woman in Mind’

by Alan Ayckbourn. An amateur performance by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. One of Ayckbourn’s finest black comedies, where a woman conjures up a fantasy family to replace her own dysfunctional relatives, but begins to lose control. Tickets £8.

On Monday 25 from 7.30pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil see Giovanni Pernice – Born to Win. Joining Giovanni Luba Mushtuk, dancer and assistant choreographer on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, as his gorgeous leading lady, along with ‘Dance with the Stars Ireland’ professionals Giulia Dotta, Kai Widdrington, Emily Barker, and Curtis Pritchard. The show also welcomes the fantastic Stephen Vincent and Kylee Brown from the international ‘Burn the Floor’ tour. Get ready for glitzy costumes and spectacular routines to dances like the Paso Doble, the Argentine Tango, the Rumba, the Viennese Waltz, and not forgetting the Jive, to name just a few! Choreographed by ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s’ creative director, Jason Gilkison, and produces by Strictly Theatre Co. Tickets £27 to £50.

On Monday 25 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see comedian Kevin Bridges as he tries out material ahead of his forthcoming UK and Ireland Tour.

Tickets £18.50.

FILMS On Friday 1 June from 3.00pm the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil will be screening ‘Isle of Dogs’. 20 years in the future, an outbreak of dog flu in Japan causes Mayor Kobayashi to banish all dogs to a rubbish dump called Trash Island: the Isle Of Dogs. Desperate to bring his missing pet back home, Atari hijacks a plane and ventures forth on a perilous mission to the island. Teaming up with a pack of other exiled dogs, he searches for his old friend on an adventure that will decide the future of the country.

Starring Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton and Bill Murray. Tickets £10.

On Friday 1 from 8.00pm at the David Hall in South Petherton the Petherton Picture Show presents ‘Loving Vincent’. In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. Starring Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn and Robert Gulacyk.

Tickets £5.

On Friday 1 and Monday 4 at 7.00pm the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil is screening ‘Thoroughbreds’.

Childhood friends Lily and Amanda reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily has turned into a polished, upper-class teenager, with a fancy boarding school on her transcript and a coveted internship on her resume. Amanda has developed a sharp wit and her own particular attitude, but all in the process of becoming a social outcast. Though they initially seem completely at odds, the pair bond over Lily’s contempt for her oppressive stepfather, Mark, and as their friendship grows, they begin to bring out one another’s most destructive tendencies.

Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler, Tim, and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight. Tickets £10.

On Thursday 7 from 7.00pm at the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil see a screening of ‘Lose in Vagueness’ with a Q&A with the director, Sofia Olins. The film of Roy Gurvitz, who invented the Lost Vagueness area at Glastonbury and who, as Michael Eavis says, reinvigorated the festival. It is a story of the dark, self-destructive side of creative talent and the personal trauma behind it. Antihero, Roy, and Glastonbury founder, Michael, became friends in the early 1990s. Through their story, we retrace Britain’s subculture history, to see how a band of troublesome new age travellers came together to create Lost Vagueness. It was a place of opulence and decadence, and reminiscent of a permissive 1920s Berlin, but all in a muddy field.

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Roy scoured Europe searching for a community where he could escape his oppressive upbringing.

But Glastonbury brought him back each year, to work as one of the regular site crew. Back then, he had no idea that the ironic faux casino he had begun as a joke for the other site crew, would turn into the very event that would revive the festival from cultural bankruptcy, and, set the dominant cultural style of the noughties.

Featuring Fatboy Slim, Suggs, Keith Allen and Kate Tempest.

Tickets £10.

On Friday 8 from 8.00pm at the David Hall in South Petherton the Petherton Picture Show presents Film ‘Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’.

A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Starring Jamie Bell, Annette Bening and Julie Walters. Tickets £5.

On Tuesday 12 at 3.00pm and 7.00pm the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil is screening ‘Journeyman’.

Middleweight boxing world champion Matty Burton is nearing the end of his career.

With one final prize fight ahead of him, he prepares to take on cocky newcomer Andre Bryte.

But hours after the epic battle is fought, Matty collapses and falls into a coma. When he regains consciousness, his memory is gone, his personality dramatically altered and his physical movements impaired. As his relationship with wife Emma becomes increasingly strained, Matty must attempt to piece his life together and claw back the things he once held so dearly.

What begins as a testosterone fuelled ringside spectacle effortlessly shifts to an intimate character study. Starring Jodie Whittaker and Paddy Considine.

Tickets £10.

On Wednesday 13 from 7.30pm at Digby Hall in Sherborne ArtsLink Flicks presents ‘Darkest Hour’. Not so much a period war movie as a high octane political thriller set in the early stages of WWII. A film skilfully woven out of familiar historical events. Tickets £6 available from Sherborne TIC on 01935 815341. (See ‘Movies Around the Towns and Villages’)

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Arts On Thursday 14 from 7.00pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil see a screening of ‘I Claude Monet: Exhibition on Screen’. Told through Monet’s own words and shot on location at the very spots he painted, the film features his most loved paintings in an unforgettable, immersive art experience.

Monet’s life is a gripping tale about a man who, behind his sundazzled canvases, suffered from feelings of depression, loneliness, even suicide. However, as his art developed and his love of gardening led to the glories of his Giverny garden, his humour, insight and love of life are revealed. Tickets £14.

On Monday 18 at 7.00pm and Tuesday 19 at 3.00pm see screenings of ‘On Chesil Beach’ at the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil. Britain, 1962.

Florence Ponting and Edward Mayhew are university graduates who come from different ends of the social spectrum, but are deeply in love with one another.

Florence is a talented classical musician from a wealthy family with grand ambitions, while Edward too is a brilliant student with a first-class degree, albeit from a more modest background.

Like so many couples of their era, the pair decide to marry young and their wedding is planned.

But, as the two virgins go to consummate their relationship, it becomes clear that they have very different feelings about sex.

Florence is haunted by a past experience and in turn dreading the experience, whereas Edward is both excited and nervous to finally carry out an act he has dreamed of for so long. The results are disastrous and immediately puts a barrier between the newlyweds, who are forced to recall past memories during their stay on Chesil Beach. But, as the decades roll by, it seems that some things are irreparable. Starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle. Adapted from the 2007 Booker Prize shortlisted novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. This is a deeply sad but moving account of a couple in love at a time of sexual oppression. Tickets £10.

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in Yeovil see a screening of ‘You Were Never Really Here’. This film follows a brutal enforcer named Joe as he sets out to rescue a teenage girl – an ambitious politician’s daughter – from human traffickers. Joe is well known in his underground world for his efficiency, ruthlessness and ability to leave no trace behind of what he’s done. And as he attempts to bring the girl home, an overwhelming storm of violence begins to brew. Tickets £10.

On Thursday 28 from 7.00pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton see ‘Darkest Hour’. A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history. Tickets £4.

On Friday 29 at 8.00pm at the David Hall in South Petherton the Petherton Picture Show presents ‘Paddington 2’. Starring Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant and Hugh Bonneville. Tickets £5.

FOR CHILDREN On Monday 28 May at 7.00pm at Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil see a screening of ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’. Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight.

She follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right. Based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 classic children’s book ‘The Little Broomstick’.

An action packed film full of jaw dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Tickets £10, Children £5.

On Friday 15 at 2.00pm, 4.00pm and 6.00pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil Northern Ballet’s hugely popular ‘Ugly Duckling’

returns to the stage for the first time since 2013. Ugly Duckling is lonely and fed-up, ignored by those around her who think she is too ugly to fit in. She tries to make friends with fellow ducklings as well as with frogs, cats and even a fox, but realising she is not like any of these animals, she is left sad and alone. Follow the duckling on her journey as she overcomes her troubles and realises that she was beautiful all along. Tickets £6.

From Friday 22 to Sunday 24 at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil at various times each day see ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun! Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But they reckon without the tiniest, quietest creature of all: the Ladybird has a plan of her own! Join the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog in this hit musical adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure. Direct from the West End with live music, puppetry, plenty of audience participation and lots of laughs! Tickets £13.

OTHER From Saturday 26 May to Sunday 10 June it Dorset Arts Week with many events taking place in various areas. This is one of the largest Open Studio events in the country bringing artists and visitors together in a way that is different from entering a public gallery. It is about engagement between people as well as art.

At almost all venues the artists, designers and makers will be there to help you engage with the work and talk about the materials, skills and traditions.

For more information visit www. dorsetartweeks.co.uk On Wednesday 6 June at 2.00pm and 8.00pm at the Digby Hall in Sherborne the Arts Society has a talk called ‘The Splendour of Hampton Court’ by Linda Collins.

The lecture covers both Henry VIII’s palace and the later work by Sir Christopher Wren for William and Mary. It also includes the fire of 1986 and the restoration of the state apartments. Visitors £5.

On Friday 8 from 6.00pm to 8.00pm at ACE Arts in Somerton go along to ‘The Transformed Land’ Curator Q&A. Paul Newman and featured artists will be taking questions. Entry £5. Include refreshments.

On Thursday 14 from 7.30pm at the Johnson Studio at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil YCAA presents ‘An Evening with Popular Photographer Len Copland’. For over 30 years, Len Copland has been photographing the people and places of Somerset and Dorset. As passionate about our community today as when he took on his first press assignment, Len is about to launch a 12 month project to record life in Yeovil.

Time has brought change, but Len’s work reminds us that the town is still a great place to live and work. A firm believer that people make a community, come along to hear how Len’s career began, his mistakes, his ambitions and, above all, why he loves his adopted town. Bar and nibbles.

Tickets £6.

On Thursday 21 from 7.30pm at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton see Mark Beaumont.

Mark has become a household name through his documentaries about ultra endurance and adventure. Having smashed the circumnavigation cycling world record twice in his career, he now holds this 18,000 mile title in a time of 78 days and 14 hours, averaging 240 miles a day. Mark’s epic documentaries have taken viewers to over 100 countries, into the Arctic, the high mountains and around the Commonwealth, also surviving capsizing in the Atlantic.

Tickets £17.50.

On Wednesday 27 from 7.30pm at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil see ‘An Evening with Dan Snow’. Featuring the well known historian and TV presenter recount anecdotes of memorable experiences from his very successful career as an historian and broadcaster.

Otherwise known as ‘The History Guy Dan’ will also research and include historical facts and stories relating to the specific area/town of each theatre on the tour and will be aided by the use of digital screens. Tickets £26.

Music Gigs

All Music Gigs are FREE entry unless mentioned.

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‘Status Quo’, Yeovil Labour Club, 8.30pm, £8 ‘Karma Alarm’, Covers, The Old Pound Inn, Langport, 8.30pm ‘Bad Edukation’, Classic Rock, The Bell Inn, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘The Diamonds’, 60’s-70’s Covers, The Britannia Inn, Sherborne, 9.00pm ‘Call the Shots’, Pop/Rock, Stoke Sub Hamdon Working Mens Club, 9.30pm ‘Chill’, 60’s-90’s Covers, The White Hart, Yetminster, 4.00pm ‘Silverback’, Rock Covers, Fleur de Lis, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 4.00pm ‘Mandown’, Rock/Pop Covers, Fleur de Lis, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 8.00pm ‘D-State’, Covers 70’s-Present, George Reynolds Centre, Crewkerne, 8.00pm ‘Blackout City’, Rock/Pop, Langport & Huish Sports & Social Club, 8.30pm

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‘Utter Chaos’, Various Covers, Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘The Defibrillators’, Rock, Legends, Gillingham, 9.30pm, £TBC ‘Bad Edukation’, Classic Rock, The Westminster, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘The 5:15’, Mod Covers, The Red House, Yeovil, 9.00pm, £TBC ‘Powercut’, Acoustic/Electric Rock/Pop, The Bell Inn, Yeovil, 9.00pm Soft Option, 60’s-90’s Covers, South Petherton Sports and Social Club, 9.00pm ‘One Tree Hill’, Acoustic, Crewkerne Conservative Club, 9.00pm ‘The Blue Healers’, The Royal Oak, Crewkerne, 9.00pm ‘Unknown Identity’, Covers and Originals, White Hart, Sherborne, 9.30pm ‘Cover All Bases’, Covers, Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil, 8.00pm, £5 ‘Mr D’arcy’, Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil, 9.00pm David 9 Lunas, Original Acoustic, The Gallery Bar, Castle Cary, 9.00pm ‘The Diamonds’, 60’s-70’s Covers, Weavers Sports and Social Club, Sheborne, 9.00pm ‘Forever Free’ tribute band, The Westminster, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘The Perfect Strangers’, Classic Rock, The 94 Club, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Twisted Vinyl’, The Bell Inn, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Blimey Oh Riley’, Ska/Punk, The King William Inn, Crewkerne, 9.00pm Elijah Wolf, Original Acoustic and Covers, The Royal Oak, Crewkerne, 9.00pm ‘Bad Edukation’, Classic Rock, The Prince of Wales, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 3.00pm ‘Soft Option’, 60’s-90’s Covers, White Hart, Sherborne, 9.00pm ‘Rexes Hollow’, Rock/Pop Covers, Yeovil Recreation Ground, 12 noon ‘Doctors Orders’, R&B, Yeovil Labour Club, 8.30pm ‘Project 17’, Pop/Rock, The Phoenix, Gillingham, 9.00pm ‘Rock Against the Machine’, Rock Covers, The Westminster, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Loose Connections’, Various Covers, The Old Barn Club, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Caught on the Boat Foot’, Classic Rock, Half Moon Inn, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 9.00pm Phil Kelly, The Royal Oak, Crewkerne, 9.00pm ‘Odyssey Blues & Soul Band’, Soul/Blues/Jazz, Stoke Sub Hamdon Working Mens Club, 9.30pm ‘Odyssey Blues & Soul Band’, Soul/Blues/Jazz, The Prince of Wales, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 3.00pm ‘Daytona’, Rock/Pop, Yeovil Labour Club, 8.30pm ‘Named and Shamed’, Pop/Rock, White Hart, Sherborne, 9.00pm ‘Engine Room’, Rock Covers, The Bull, Ilchester, 9.00pm ‘Karma Alarm’, Covers, Coronation Club, Gillingham, 9.00pm ‘Jackdaw’, Classic Rock, The Bell Inn, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Laz Clements’, The Royal Oak, Crewkerne, 9.00pm ‘Doctors Orders’, R&B, Stoke Sub Hamdon Working Mens Club, 9.30pm ‘Marnie’, Acoustic Covers and Originals, The Foresters Arms, East Coker, 3.30pm Greg Agar, Quicksilver Mail, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Blackout City’, Rock/Pop, The Old Pound Inn, Langport, 8.30pm ‘The Relics’, 60’s-80’s Covers, Fleur de Lis, Stoke Sub Hamdon, 9.15pm ‘Loose Connections’, Various Covers, Winky Kicks Cancer Music Festival, Wincanton, 2.00pm James Hollingsworth, Acoustic Blues/Folk/Rock, Winky Kicks Cancer Music Festival, Wincanton, 6.15pm ‘Bad Edukation’, Classic Rock, Winky Kicks Cancer Music Festival, Wincanton, 8.00pm ReD, Rock/Pop, The Royal Standard, Yeovil, 8.00pm Chris Banderas, Classic Rock, White Hart, Sherborne, 9.00pm ‘Silverback’, Rock Covers, The Westminster, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘D-State’, Covers 70’s-present, The Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘The Dissenters Bluesband’, Rock/Blues, The Arrow, Yeovil, 9.00pm ‘Crimson On Silver’, Classic Rock, The Bell Inn, Yeovil, 9.00pm James Hollingsworth, Acoustic Blues/Folk/Rock, The Royal Oak, Crewkerne, 9.00pm ‘Bowie Fashion’ Tribute Band, The Old Barn Club, Yeovil, 9.30pm

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SPORT

Sport

by Gary Shackle, Sherborne Sports Centre Manager

To sweat or not to sweat…

Summer is fast approaching and we all worry about those wet patches under our arms. Well, all I can say is that it’s perfectly normal to sweat. Sweat is made up of water, sodium and other substances that help cool the body, and is released through your skin’s pores.

People have an average of 2-4 million sweat glands. There are two types of sweat glands eccrine and apocrine.

The stimulated eccrine glands regulate the body’s temperature by releasing sweat. Body temperature can stimulate the apocrine glands, but they are also triggered by stress, anxiety, excitement or hormones. These glands produce bacteria that help break down the sweat, which causes body odour.

The amount of sweat released is dependent on many factors including gender, genetics, the environment, age or your fitness level. Generally if an individual is overweight sweat rate is likely to increase because the body must exert more energy to function and there is more body mass to cool down.

Some scientists suggest that during exercise, the body needs to pump more blood to the working muscles, which also stimulates the eccrine and apocrine glands. So as you become fitter the body becomes more efficient at regulating the body’s temperature….. another good reason to get active.

If you are worried about over sweating wear loose fitting clothes, stay hydrated throughout the day or try removing excess hair around key areas (yes men as well!). After a wonderful start to May we can only hope that summer is truly on its way.

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Are you ready for a bit of Ultra Violet?

Ultra Violet is Pantone’s colour of 2018. We asked Compton Smith Classic Interiors in Shaftesbury for help on how to incorporate this blue-violet into the decorative scheme for your home and garden.

‘We’ve seen a growing popularity in rich jewel colours, such as bold greens and blues, over the past 12 months’ says Emily at Compton Smith, ‘deep purples are the latest in this colour trend and there are lots of ways to use this beautiful colour at home.’

• Ready for the next wave of warm weather? So that you can relax and enjoy outdoor entertaining this summer, it’s time to give the garden a lick of paint. Ultra violet is a great choice for painting outdoor furniture because this colour is found abun-

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dantly in nature – think stunning spring purple pansies or bluebells for example. An outdoor bench or garden shelving in vibrant violet sits harmoniously with lavender shades and purple-pinks as well as complementary yellow blooms. Outdoor wood and masonry paints are available from Compton Smith; drop in to pick up some free colour cards.

• Choose a violet shot silk fabric for lampshades in a dining room. Metallics are also on trend this year and un-lacquered brass or pewter finishes look stunning against these purple tones.

What’s more, purple also sets off dark wood furniture really well. Visit Compton Smith to see its new range of lights, lampshades and ironmongery for more ideas.

• Because of violet’s associations with luxury and imagination, it can make a good choice for painting a bathroom to give an opulent, restful and dreamlike quality. ‘Using a rich blue-violet creates a warm, relaxing environment’ says Emily at Compton Smith. If you’re not feeling quite that brave simply introduce the colour as an accent through accessories like towels and use a quieter complementary purple-grey on the walls. Compton Smith suggests Little Greene’s ‘Arquerite’ and ‘Dash of Soot’ to create this effect.

• Paint wooden stairs in a graphite tone such as Earthborn’s ‘Hidey Hole’ or a crisp white and choose a stair runner in a blue-violet.

Compton Smith offers a great range of water and oil based floor paints suitable for painting stairs. Explore some fabulous ultra violet shades in Little Greene’s Big Book of Colour and Mylands Film, TV and Theatre paint range now available for use

at home – visit Compton Smith to find out more.

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Food and Drink

by The Stag’s Head Inn

Talking about fish…

As the weather is steadily improving, with some warmer sunnier days interspersed between the showers, we are regularly updating our menu to reflect the spring and summer seasons.

We typically look to replacing several of our ‘heartier’ meat dishes with lighter, flavoursome and delicate fish dishes.

Fish is wonderfully nutritious and versatile; think of delicious fresh haddock in our Otter-Ale battered Fish and Chips, gin and beetrootmarinated salmon, salt cod croquettes and the vibrantly flavoured sea bass ceviche which featured in our Cinco de Mayo celebration back at the beginning of May! At the time of writing this column, no fewer than five types of fish are present on our menu, including hake, haddock and gilt head bream.

Seafood and fish sustainability is a current topic and key consideration when it comes to the sourcing and purchasing of fresh fish, for the consumer as much as businesses.

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campaigns. Through social marketing, the collaboration between environmental Non-Governmental Organisations and industry allowed for the consumer to make informed choices, potentially contributing to the conservation of marine biodiversity.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) implemented the world’s most recognised seafood eco labelling and certification program in 1996.

In the 21st century, consumers now have confidence that the MSC, and the fishers, retailers and brands committed to MSC certified seafood, are contributing to the health of the world’s oceans. More than eight in ten (81%) of those who have seen the MSC blue label system consider that the MSC helps recognise and reward sustainable fishing.

The same proportion (81%) say that the MSC encourages people (both consumers and businesses), to shop more sustainably.

Here at the Stags Head Inn we receive a fresh fish delivery daily from our trusted MSCcertified suppliers.

By the time you read this we will be offering fresh mackerel from Cornwall, succulent Brixham crab, plus beautiful Chalk Stream trout from the world famous trout streams the Test and Itchen across in Hampshire. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

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FOOD AND DRINK

Food and Drink

by Rob Davies, Vida Comida at The Swan

History and Origins of Paella

Anyone who has walked through the Swan Yard or down Cheap Street even, on Saturday lunchtime will have noticed our Paellero, Tomas, cooking Paella for our lovely Sherborne guests!

Paella is one of the most popular and famous of Spain’s dishes; to define exactly what paella contains is almost impossible. There are as many variations of paella as there are cooks, with many claiming that their recipe is the best tasting or most authentic. The origins of the dish, however, are quite humble. Understanding a little of its history will help explain why so many varieties exist.

Valencia in Eastern Spain is the undisputed home of paella. It is one of the largest natural ports in the Mediterranean and has been one of the most important rice-producing areas in Spain since rice was introduced by the Moors over 1200 years ago. In fact, the Spanish word for rice is ‘arroz’, which is derived from Arabic, not Latin like most of Castilian Spanish.

Paella was originally farmers’ and farm labourers’ food, cooked by the workers over a wood fire for the lunchtime meal. It was made with rice, plus whatever was to hand around the rice fields and countryside: tomatoes, onions and snails, with a few beans added for flavour and texture. Rabbit or duck might also have been added, and for special occasions, chicken plus a touch of saffron for an extra special colour and flavour. Paella was also traditionally eaten straight from the pan in which it was cooked with each person using his own wooden spoon.

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To this day a “true” Paella Valenciana has no seafood but a mixture of Chicken, rabbit and snails with green beans and red peppers; we cook ours with whole Chickens and pork ribs. If you ask Tomas he will tell you that this is true Paella – other variants are delicious but they are just “arroces”!

‘Paella’ or to be more exact ‘la paella’ is the name for the cooking pan itself and not the dish. The word comes from old and probably has its roots in the Latin ‘patella’ meaning pan. There are however some other wonderful theories about the origins of the name. The most romantic of them suggests that the dish was first prepared by a lover for his fiancée and that the word is a corruption of ‘para ella’ (meaning ‘for her’ in Spanish). Like all myths there is a small grain of truth in this and although many women still traditionally do the cooking in Spain, making paella is usually left to the men very much like BBQ’s in the UK!!!

It has also been suggested that the word ‘paella’, is derived from the Arabic word “Baqiyah”, which means ‘leftovers’ - once again emphasizing both the dish’s humble and arabic beginnings.

In Spain paella is still unique. Not only do families congregate on mass to eat paella in restaurants, but it is often cooked on Sundays at homes across the country. My experience was with Tio Domingo (or Uncle Sunday – which was all rather confusing also). There are many paella competitions all over Spain and very often a giant paella is the centrepiece for many fiestas. It’s easy to see why paella can create a party, a ceremony and a debate (often over the making of the paella itself!!) - making it one of the most sociable and enjoyable of all culinary occasions.

Here at Vida Comida you can always get a free taster of Paella at around 12:30 on Saturday lunchtime. You can also get a take away box or come and enjoy a plateful in the restaurant at this time.

We will cook paella for you and your friends. Making it exactly as you want it for as many as you can pack around the table. Paella packages are really cost effective, delicious and we can even come to your home to cook for you!

And finally, if you don’t already know – and you want to impress your friends, “paella” is pronounced “pa-e-ya” with the “e” as in “bet”.

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The season of summer shows!

Learn more about wine

By Camilla Wood, owner/MD Somerset Wine Co

by Oliver Dowding, Dowdings Apple Juice and Cider The orchard is in full blossom, busily creating thousands and thousands of apples. All of us apple growers have got crossed fingers for no surprise late frosts. The three days of hot weather didn’t last long but the bees are flat-out pollinating.

One of the aspirations I have is to end up with more beehives in the orchard. I’m not sure where the bees I’m seeing come from, but they’re all very welcome!

We are now firmly into the season of shows and events, and although I have a number booked, I’m always open to new ideas and suggestions.

If you think your event would be enhanced by a bar selling apple juice and cider, please let me know.

On 10 May we were at Wincanton racecourse where they had a cheese and cider event alongside the evening racing. There were a great many cheese producers there from around Somerset.

They intended to have three cider producers. One couldn’t come on the day through illness, and the other spiked the electric cable and knocked out the entire racecourse: they decided departing was the best response! That left me with a clear field and a nice long queue of thirsty racegoers. We ran out once but luckily being so close to the course I was able to get a resupply very quickly from a willing volunteer friend who popped back

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to my store. The cider flowed faster and faster, and we ran out of my medium/dry bottles again just before the end. Luckily the drinkers then switched to the ample supply of dry bag-in-a-box cider, but they didn’t leave much of that!

I’m in the process of bottling last year’s cider. One always has a mix of emotions between a really good event where sales are excellent and the income builds, and the next day finding it all being signed away to bottle up more cider! Added to that, this year there will be slightly different bottles and a revised label.

I have decided that a barcode is going to be unavoidable and was aghast to learn that the first turnover band, from the most reliable source, and for which one buys the annual licence rather than outright purchase, is £500,000/year! I don’t suppose I’ll ever get anywhere near that, and don’t actually want to as I won’t be an artisan cider producer at that level.

The next task will be preparing entries of apple juice and cider for the Royal Bath and West British cider championship competition, held within the annual show at the end of May/early June. Given there will likely be over 500 entries, it will be something of a minor miracle to come away with a prize, but given the plaudits that I was hearing from drinkers at the racecourse, and many others on a regular basis, who knows?

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Spring is most definitely upon us and, in this most glorious of seasons, our senses come alive: the sound of birdsong as dawn breaks, the vivid lime green of budding hedgerows, the vibrant yellow of rapeseed in bloom, the taste of jersey royals tossed in butter and mint and, that most powerful of senses, the smell of freshly mown grass, or rather less fragrant, a newly fertilised field! In wine tasting, smell is the first and most kingly of our senses. It is intrinsically linked to our taste; it reveals the first whiff of aromas which illicit clues as to what it is to come next on the palate - it presents us with the opportunity to gauge the full profile and expression of a wine.

In wine tasting parlance we refer often to the senses via the five “S”s: 1. See - assess the wine’s colour to give clues to grape, country of origin, or age 2. Swirl - to aerate the wine in the glass and bring out its aroma compounds 3. Sniff - here our sense of smell is fully operational - what fruits can you smell, are they (if red wine) red forest fruits, or deep and black; are they fresh and juicy or baked and raisined? Is there oak present; are there savoury notes of age etc?

4. Sip or slurp - bring the wine into your mouth, suck it in as if through a straw, get some air involved, rotate it around the mouth letting it touch the sides and back of the tongue and throat, assess acidity levels on the sides of the tongue and alcohol on the back.

5. And finally swallow, savour or summarise - enjoy the experience, identify the kinds of fruit you taste, oak treatment, and acidity level, conclude if all is in balance and lastly assess the finish or how long the flavours linger in the mouth.

Did you enjoy it, was it simple or complex? Was it memorable or just good for the money?

If you find any of the above fascinating and fancy learning more about wine, we are delighted that this month marks the commencement of our WSET wine courses at The Somerset Wine Company.

We are now an Approved Programme Provider of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) courses, Level 1 and Level 2. Our first Level 1 day course kicks off on June 23rd at The Market House in Castle Cary 9am - 5pm (£160 including a light lunch). It will be a fun and interactive day, perfect for wine enthusiasts wishing to gain confidence in tasting, learn about principle grape varieties and regions and try wines out of their usual comfort zone. The day concludes with a 30 minute multiple choice exam and a certificate for all who pass (it’s easy!). The courses make great gifts and are suitable for over 18s wishing to work in the hospitality sector. For more information please call Susanne in the shop on 01963 548228 or visit our website under News & Events/ Wine School. Enjoy practising your smelling techniques in this most fragrant of months. We hope to see you at a course in the future!

ANTIQUES

Antiques & Collectables This section covers local sales, auctions, antiques fairs and events in the area with advice from dealers and experts on different topics. If you are interested in this and have some items to sell or run an antique or restoration business then do contact us for our next issue.

Auctions, Fairs and Sales In June Duke’s Auctioneers in Dorchester is holding The Wolfgang Gawor Collection of Cars and Memorabilia at Athelhampton House at 4pm on 7 June. A Thomas Flyer 1908 Flyabout 460 engine will be featured with an estimate of between £150,000 - £250,000 Also featuring in this auction is a Delage D6 Olympique 1939 with a guide price of £30,000 £50,000.

Also Duke’s popular Avenue Auctions continue at the Weymouth location - look out for its regular Avenue Sale on 22 May and 12 June. Viewing times: Saturday prior to auction 9.30am-12 noon; Monday prior to auction 9.30 am -7 pm and morning of the auction.

Catalogues are available online.

Central Somerset’s oldest auction house, McCubbing and Redfern Auction Rooms based in Wells has its Fine Art, Antiques & Collectables auction on Wednesday 20 June. Viewing for sales takes place on the previous Monday 10am – 5pm plus the day preceding the sale (10am – 7pm)) and the morning of the sale. Further information is available from 01749 678099.

Lawrence’s Auction house in Crewkerne has General Sales on Wednesdays on 23 and 30 May and 6, 13, 20 June.

All sales start at 9.30am and viewing is from the Tuesday before the sale from 9am to 7pm. On 8 June there is a sale of Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photography. For more information call 01460 73041.

Charterhouse Auctioneers in Sherborne has two Antiques Auctions on 24 and 25 May at 12 noon and 10 am respectively, held at its Long Street showrooms, Sherborne.

Viewing: Wednesday 23 May, 10.00am – 5.00pm; Thursday 24 May 9.00am – 5.00pm;

Friday 25 May from 8.30am.

Further details from 01935 812277.

On Saturday 16 June Sherborne Flea Market, a quality craft, antiques & gift fair will be held at The Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. This is organised

by West Country Fairs, from 9.30am to 4pm. Contact: 01749 677049 for further information.

An ‘Antiques and Collectables Open Day’ at The Emporium, Yeovil takes place from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 9 June.

With so many traders in antiques and specialist shops selling all sorts of collectors’ items, this is an opportunity for customers to meet our traders and learn a little more about their specialist areas. Vintage toys, model railway tracks, vinyl records, all sorts of antiques such as ceramics, glass and furniture will be available.

There will be special displays and demonstrations and the cafe will be serving delicious food and drinks throughout the event. Free entry. For more information please contact The Emporium (office) 01935 411378.

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Health & Wellbeing

HEALTH & WELLBEING

Price List - Packages

Coercive Control – the

deadly hidden abuse

by Niki Cassar

In December 2015, the Government made the following announcement:‘Coercive or controlling behaviour is now a crime.

Victims who would otherwise be subjected to sustained patterns of domestic abuse will be better protected under a new offence. The government’s new coercive or controlling behaviour offence will mean victims who experience the type of behaviour that stops short of serious physical violence, but amounts to extreme psychological and emotional abuse, can bring their perpetrators to justice. The offence will carry a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, a fine or both.’

Coercive or controlling behaviour comes in many forms, and those subjected to it – mostly by partners or family members – may not realise they are being subjected to what can often be a very subtle form of abuse for many years of their relationship. The abuser chooses his (or her) victims very carefully, who typically may have low selfesteem, be lacking in confidence or suffer from anxiety. Over a period of time, ranging from weeks to months, they are then ‘groomed’, through a deliberate and calculated pattern of psychological abuse, in order to first manipulate, then isolate, and finally terrorise a victim into a state of fear and obedience. Initially, they will seem to be perfect partners or lovers, and then there may be verbal abuse, intolerance, constant criticism, rages, control of independence, and quite possibly also physical and sexual abuse.

Controlling abusers do not always use physical violence, but there is much evidence that the effects of psychological abuse can be equally as devastating as those of physical abuse. The perpetrator will usually appear very normal, even charming, to the outside world, with most colleagues or friends having little idea of what goes on behind closed doors. To the victim, they may appear as loving and considerate, concerned only for their happiness and wellbeing, but if challenged or disobeyed, can turn into a terrifying monster on the spin of a coin. For this reason, even when the victim finally realises what they are being subjected to, they are often too frightened to either leave the relationship, for fear of being found and punished, or report the abuser, for fear of not being believed. They have also been brainwashed into believing that the controller’s behaviour is their fault, so there are huge feelings of guilt and a total lack of self-esteem If you or someone you know is being subjected to coercive control, then the first port of call is the National Domestic Violence Helpline. Call them in total confidence on 0808 2000 247 to receive immediate expert help and advice. And if you are someone who has successfully extricated yourself but is still experiencing the trauma of a previous relationship with a controller, then please call me, Niki Cassar, on 01963 371 695 to talk about how I can help you to be free finally from the psychological effects and regain your confidence and self-esteem.

Mention The Conduit to receive a £15 discount on your first session of hypnotherapy.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING

Yoga

by Saira Francis, Mellulah Therapy and Retreats

What is a Sound Healing Workshop?

During my yoga classes and on a day or weekend retreat, we often use sound healing. There are many different forms of sound healing but all bring the same result, a deep sense of healing and relaxation. I have had many people tell me that they have had profound experiences during a sound healing session, sometimes for the first time in their lives; it is a beautiful way to find balance, peace and to open up spiritually.

In my yoga classes, I always like to play the crystal singing bowls at the end of the class during Savasana (relaxation). It’s a wonderful way to end a period of physical exertion during the yoga, moving to a very peaceful time that leaves everyone floating out the door. Tibetan bowls are also played; these bowls are used by the monks in the monasteries of Tibet to clear energy, bring healing and aid meditation.

Sound Healing Workshops are an important part of our retreats. Our dear friend, Preet Kaur joins us regularly and the workshops are beautiful, very healing experiences. Preet not only plays crystal and Tibetan bowls but also the gong. Forget any ideas of a dinner gong being banged to get your attention and think more of a vibrant sound, resonating through your whole body.

The gong is a sacred and ancient instrument of healing, rejuvenation and transformation.

The gong is the greatest synthesiser in the world. It synthesises everything so that it comes into functional harmony.

To heal is to make whole, so where there is functional harmony and holistic resonance, healing takes place naturally.

On a physical level,

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the gong releases tension and blocks in the body, it stimulates a higher functioning of the glandular and nervous system, it increases Prana, our vital life force and improves circulation.

The gong also works deeply on the mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. The gong purifies and quietens the mind.

It literally cuts through the linear mind and clears the clutter from the subconscious mind to reveal the radiant and authentic self.

It has the capacity to bring us to our neutral mind that is wise and non-judgemental. It helps turn the mind to zero, a state of stillness where innate wisdom can be accessed. Another benefit that comes from the mind stilling, is repair at the DNA and cellular level allowing deep healing to take place.

On a retreat, before the gong bath, we prepare ourselves to receive the healing vibrations of the gong with breath, mantra and relaxation exercises, then all there is left to do is to lie down and allow the healing waves of the gong to penetrate deep into our being allowing healing to take place.

Every time we experience sound healing, it is different, no two occasions are ever the same. If you would like to know more about sound healing and how it can help you, please contact me, or come along to a yoga class or retreat to have this unique experience for yourself.

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Men’s

HEALTH Week

11th June – 15th June

Come and join us for FREE HIIT, Studio Cycle & Kettlebells taster sessions for men’s health week.

For more details and to book your place, please contact reception on 01935 818277 or visit our website on www.oxleysc.com

ON YOUR BIKE

Do you enjoy cycling? I do, but since I fell off in Germany due to back pedalling brakes and let my bike rust up in the garage, I haven’t done so much lately.

I am however just opening my eyes to the benefits of cycling which I’ve been researching recently for our blog (www.oxleysc.com/ blog if you want to check it out) and for Oxley to Amsterdam. In August a group of intrepid Oxley staff will be cycling from the Oxley Sports Centre in Sherborne all the way to Amsterdam in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.

Cycling, as with most exercise, has the benefits of building muscle strength and fitness, burning calories and producing “feel good” endorphins so that we feel less anxiety and depression in our lives and develop both mental and physical strength. Cycling is easy too, unlike other sports you don’t have to learn and practice a set of techniques, if you learnt as a child you don’t forget, and it is a fun way to get fit.

Cycling is as intense as you want to make it, you can coast down hills with your feet off the pedals or enjoy the challenge of a long distance or uphill cycle. Generally cycling is classed as a low impact sport, like swimming in which your weight is supported by the bike resulting in less chance of injury, providing you stay on it of course.

The downside is that you really only want to do it when the weather is good, even in our wonderful summers we can encounter a sudden grey sky and a shower of rain before getting back to the sunshine.

There is however a way around that now. Gyms offer studio cycle as an enjoyable cardiovascular exercise class in which an instructor takes you on a cycle. You start slowly, warming you up, build up in the main element of the class and relax at the end giving you the experience of a good old fashioned spin with all the health benefits, experts on hand and not a Pac A Mac in sight.

If you are interested in trying studio cycle we are offering free taster sessions for men to support Men’s Health Week from Monday 11 June – Friday 15 June.

If you’d like to try it out and see if you like it come along and have a go, you’ll be more than welcome.

For more information please call reception on 01935 818277 or visit www.oxleysc.com. You can support the Oxley to Amsterdam team at https://www.justgiving. com/fundraising/ oxleytoamsterdam.

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LIFESTYLE

TRAVEL

Lifestyle

by Chris McCaughey from Stags Estate Agents

What’s behind Barn Conversions?

Owing to the area’s rich agricultural history, South Somerset is packed with barns of various shapes and sizes. Over time, the emergence of more cost-effective modern building materials and techniques led to many traditional stone barns being retired from farm use, and during the latter part of the 20th century, enterprising builders started to recognise the opportunity to transform these disused gems into unique homes. Recently, we at Stags have noticed that barn conversions are among the most sought after properties, perhaps owing to their quirky, individual appearances or to the stunning rural or village positions they so often occupy. The open-plan nature of most barns prior to conversion allows for any number of internal layouts, and it is fair to say that there are some stunning examples of how a clever eye can turn even the most functional of barns into a fabulous home.

Another fascinating draw of converted barns is their history; it is often a rewarding experience to stand in a beautiful kitchen or stunning sitting room and picture hay stacked to the rafters and animals sheltering from the elements. Stags Yeovil office are currently marketing The Second Barn in Prestleigh, which is a shining example of a home with hints of the past, now dovetailed with a lovely modern finish. An external flight of steps, which originally led to a hayloft above the agricultural barn, can still be seen today, and what was the bull pen is now a spacious double garage. Another gorgeous former agricultural property currently on the market with Stags is Stapleton Mill – a converted Cider Mill

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which once produced the local tipple-ofchoice to a nearby pub. Converted in the late 1990s, this glorious home exhibits charming character features including exposed beams in most rooms.

Converting a barn can also give artistic craftsmen a chance to flex their creative muscles and develop something truly exceptional. The Barn in Chilton Cantelo , which is one of the most intricately crafted properties we have marketed in recent years, was cleverly devised and created around 40 years ago. Historic building techniques were used with great skill to create incredible features more often seen in centuries-old mansion houses, including a stunning oak and elm staircase and internal walls held together with wooden pegs.

Opportunities also exist for those looking for a project of their own. For example, Stags are marketing a pair of barns with planning consent for conversion which are currently a “blank canvas”, offering the lucky purchaser plenty of scope to create two spectacular homes. With permitted development rights for certain agricultural buildings introduced in 2015 (Class Q), suffice to say the property market will continue to see a broad variety of freshly converted barns for years to come.

TAYLORS COACH TRAVEL

DAY EXCURSIONS Nostalgic Steam Train Ride & Swanage Saturday 9th June Adult £28.00, Club £26.00

Hampton Court Flower Show Sunday 8th July Adult £49.50, Club £49.50

Weston Super Mare - Air Show Saturday 23rd June Adult £19.00, Club £17.00

Dartmouth, Paddle Steamer Cruise & Totnes Sunday 15th July Adult £39.50, Club £37.50

Brixham Sunday 1st July Adult £17.00, Club £15.00

Lymington Market, New Forest Drive & Cream Tea Saturday 18th August Adult £28.00, Club £26.00

HOLIDAYS & SHORT BREAKS Harry Potter Weekend 14th - 15th July 2 Days - £155.00

Brussels - Carpet of Flowers 17th - 20th August 4 Days - £365.00

Brugge Christmas Shopper 1st - 2nd December 2 Days - £145.00

Austria - Imperial Vienna 11th - 18th October 8 Days - £965.00

Thursford Christmas Spectacular 13th - 16th December 4 Days - £445.00

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TRAVEL

Travel

Heather Muir - Manager Yeovil Branch Miles Morgan Travel

Is a Visit to India on your Bucket List?

India has enthralled travellers for thousands of years and its modern incarnation remains a country of incomparable fascination.

Whether you are travelling for the first time, or as a seasoned veteran, we, with the help of India specialist tour operator TransIndus, can help you make the most of this destination. With nearly 30 years of experience in India, TransIndus offers tailormade itineraries and small escorted group tours, with each itinerary being carefully planned to thread together the must-see sights and off-track gems, as well as the most inspirational places to stay.

The popular ‘Golden Triangle’ made up of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, is the perfect place to start your travels. Begin in Delhi, a compelling mixture of ancient and modern, and explore the two distinctive areas of Old and New Delhi; continue onto Agra, home to the ultimate monument to love, the Taj Mahal before completing the triangle in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, India’s flamboyant Pink City with its palaces, forts and bustling bazaars.

With more time, an itinerary to Northern India can be extended, or if you are returning to explore more of this extraordinary country, we would highly recommend continuing deeper into the desert state of Rajasthan, the ‘Land of Kings’. Rajasthan is jam-packed with everything most visitors travel to India to see: fairy-tale palaces, stately forts,

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painted elephants, dazzling traditional dress and vibrant colours, all set against the backdrop of the desert hills. Nowhere else in the country boasts such flamboyant architecture - a legacy of the Mughals› penchant for grandeur, fused with the indigenous Hindu love of exuberant decor.

Traditional dress is more prevalent here than most other regions, with the men wearing bulky turbans dyed vibrant colours, and the women decked from head to toe in embroidered textiles, mirror-work and heavy silver jewellery. As well as visiting the state›s highlights, we also suggest a stop or stops at some lesser known gems - fort hotels deep in the countryside, converted havelis in villages and small towns and tented camps out in the desert - where you can gain a taste of off-track, rural Rajasthan as few visitors experience it.

If you want to hear more about this fascinating country, we are delighted that TransIndus are joining us here in Yeovil on Tuesday 10 July. Emily McMillan from TransIndus will be on hand and can offer you a personal appointment between 11am and 4pm. Appointments are on a first come first served basis so give us a call on 01935 428488 or call in and see us at 2 Borough Arcade. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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HISTORY

LEGAL MATTERS

History

by George Tatham

‘Smoke gets in your eyes’: Fires in 18th Century Sherborne

Legal Matters

by Iain Cole, Battens Solicitors

Do I need a contract with my builder?

This is often a question that forms in the mind of a homeowner when considering an extension. In many cases the builder is a friend or someone already known to them. There is a reasonable level of trust between them, yet still the questions form.

The risk of fire was a serious and inherent danger in the early modern town. Particularly destructive conflagrations included the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the Blandford Forum fire in 1731.

The common contributing factors in such fires were the use of combustible building materials, inadequate chimneys and flues, the location of certain trades with a high fire risk, in unsuitable premises, the stocks of fuel and hay kept within built-up areas and the use of candles. As the 18th century progressed, the incidence of fire was reduced by the increasing adoption of brick and tile as building materials.

Sherborne’s churchwarden accounts record inventories of the limited fire-fighting equipment: 1660 – 3 ladders, 2 crooks (to unhook thatched roofs), 1 iron chain and 30 leather buckets. Fire precautions in 1781 stated that the buckets, ladders and crooks were to be hung in public view in the east aisle of the Abbey and not lent ‘but in time of fire.’

By 1812, the resources had expanded to 4 ladders, 2 fire crooks with chains, 1 suction pipe, 1 long leather pipe, 80 leather fire buckets and 2 fire engines (consisting, at this time, of a mounted tank of water and a manually operated pump). By 1747, Sherborne had acquired its first fire engine. In addition, a swift and well-organised response and an adequate supply of water (public pumps were situated at Newell Water, Newland, Acreman St., the Conduit and Castleton) and were crucial in tackling fires. In 1736 the churchwardens were given the additional power to provide a hogshead of beer to act as encouragement to persons helping to extinguish fires. In dealing with a severe fire in Hound Street on Sunday 3 October 1784, the churchwardens distributed the considerable sum of £20 to 181 named persons.

Preventative measures were enforced by the Manorial Courts of Sherborne, and tradesmen, such as blacksmiths, soapboilers, tallow chandlers, bakers and brewers, were ordered to amend chimneys, kilns and ovens in a dangerous state and ‘likely to set neighbourhood on fire’ and to remove ‘reekes’ of furze and timber from near houses.

Fire Insurance Companies gradually adopted the policy of supplying equipment such as buckets to communities, like Sherborne, where property was insured with the company. In 1782 the Sun Fire Office contributed £21 towards a new fire engine from Nathaniel Handley & Co. (costing £44). Examination of Sherborne’s fire policies reveals that many of the insured houses and premises, although largely stone-built, were roofed with thatch rather than tiles. Fire marks (metal plaques) issued by the Fire Insurance Companies can be seen on buildings around the town (the south wall of the Almshouse for example). That Sherborne never suffered from a major fire disaster (between 1667 and 1819, 26 fires are recorded) is perhaps attributable to the swift realisation of the dangers, the efficacy of the fire precautions, the readiness of the community to respond and, just occasionally, a fortunate change in wind direction! Today, the town can rely upon the local on-call fire station.

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The answer is far simpler than you might imagine.

If there is an agreement that both parties understand and are committed to, a contract has already been formed. It is immaterial that there is nothing in writing. If anything goes wrong the homeowner is entitled to similar consumer protection to that which they would receive were they to purchase a toaster.

Really the question is not if you need a contract, because at some point one will be formed, but do I want a written contract. This is where it gets more complex.

A written contract provides reassurance about the cost, the duration, daily activities, materials used and a host of other things. Any builder unwilling to accept a written contract probably isn’t worth contracting with and no, it’s not rude to insist on one.

The contract can expressly set out when payments are to be made; the total cost of carrying out the specific works; how the builder has to address ‘extras’ so as to ensure you always know what your build has and is going to, cost; how long it is all going to take and what happens in the event that the timescale is not stuck to. It can also reference other documents

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like the architects plans or material specification sheets so that everybody knows what they’re actually agreeing will be built.

Whilst a written contract can seem daunting and may involve some expense in drafting and agreeing, it will likely save time, energy and cost as a build progresses.

There are always changes and compromises in building works, material selections alter, even the extent of the works can change. But if you start from a position that is understood by all to be X and decide you want to change your destination from Y to Z it is helpful to be able to agree at the beginning how those changes in direction will be dealt with, rather than trying to agree these things as you go along.

Most homeowners will spend months or even years planning their build and choosing how they want it to look. It can’t hurt to spend a bit of time thinking about how you want to control what it costs or how long it will take to erect.

If you have any questions or want to know more about construction disputes please contact Iain Cole on 01935 846465 or email iain.cole@battens.co.uk

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OFFICES IN YEOVIL, SHERBORNE, CASTLE CARY, DORCHESTER, WEYMOUTH, WAREHAM, BATH and LONDON

Bargain Corner Hunters If an item/items are valued at more than £200 there will be a £6 charge.

Wanted adverts are also charged at £6.

2 x 40ltr Aqua rolls with handles. 1 x Waste Master £60.00 Tel: 01749 860531/07792157737 Z bed with 6” mattress, as new £15.00 Oak Desk, kneehole, 5 drawers 54”w x 30”d x 28”h £50.00 Tel: 01935 815515/ 07538192459 Collectors items – Wade Wedgewood signed pictures – offers Tel: 01935 429641 Pair of matching armchairs, cream colour, very comfortable £35.00 ono Tel: 01460 279687 Garden Furniture – 4 Seater Dining Set + Parasol + Base. Brand new.

Unwanted gift. New price £285.00.

Packed up. £199.00 ono Tel: 01458 223845 Mahogany surround fireplace with marble back/base. Electric coal effect fire. Excellent condition. Was £700.00 now £125.00 ono InterPet Fish Pod Aquarium. 64 ltr.

Dekatherm heating system. Internal cartridge filter £45.00 Summer Chintz by Johnson Bros Tea and Dinner Service set, plus other matching items £125.00 ono Tel: 01935 813561 Car ramp. To collect £15.00 Tel: 01935 420312

Gate Leg Table. Teak effect. Size 55”length x 33” width x 11” diameter.

As new £50.00 Assortment Wrist Watches, includes two Omega watches along with various new straps and pins £100.00 Large selection of LP records. Vocal, instrumental and swing 50p each Siren alarm padlock. Extra security.

Brand new £5.00 Tel: 01935 473369 Russell Hobbs “Juice Lady” juice extractor, pro commercial quality machine. Stainless steel construction, high & low speed switching for maximum juicing performance. Sealed bearing motor for high efficiency juicing. Hardly used, excellent condition £10.00 Tel: 01935 872217 THIS ENGLAND quarterly magazines – 2003 to 2017 (a few missing) FREE Tel: 01935 851211

Callaway FT Optiforce 460 driver with 9.5, 10.5 and 11.5 degree loft option facility, in excellent condition as hardly used. Genuine reason for sale £75.00 ovno Tel: 01935 414928 Chub oval shelter, ground sheet size 6’8”long x 46” wide £85.00 ono Nash Nomad Fishing trolley v.g.c. with cover. Floor size 30” long x 25” wide £120.00 ono Tel: 01935 476815 (Bradford Abbas) Golf Shoes. Mens. Brown Leather Footjoy size 9. New Studs £6.00 Golf Waterproofs, Pringle, Black XL £6.00 Jeager handbag, leather, gun metal grey 16x11” £30.00 Wine rack, metal silver, 10 bottles £4.00 Desk fan, Pifco 90 oscillation, 3 speed tilts £7.00 2 Perch stools, adjustable £4.00 each Motocaddy battery with charger £7.00 Tel: 01935 815515/07538192459

GUNS WANTED FOR CASH Any size, any condition, make or model We collect in any area

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07970 742471

Dry Stone Walling and Paving All types of stone walling undertaken www.yenstonewalling.co.uk

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Rotary Clothes Drier, 4-arm, never used £17.00 Wheelbarrow, good condition £5.00 Bird Table, large and solid £7.00 Door. 6 panel, very old 67” x 35” Offers Tile cutter and tile saw £3.00 Slab (slate?) 35” x 27” x ¾” £4.00 Timber, manly boards of Robinia (similar to Oak) Sycamore and Yew, many bits and pieces offers Tel: 01935 814051 AL-KO 4610 HPD Lawn Mower with Honda engine. Purchased from Rochfords. Recently moved house so not required £160.00 Tel: 01458 442747 Stone Ornament - Boy on a Fish water feature, height 18”. £25 4 black 43 litre tubs. Heavy duty with handles. £5 each Various stone troughs and plants and many other garden items. Offers.

Tel: 01935 473197

WANTED

Vintage British hifi equipment sought by enthusiast. Any age or condition considered

Tel: 01935 850013

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