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welcome …to the May issue of Cotswold Preview. For many Cotswold residents, horses are at the heart of life. Whether you’re into Pony Club, hunting, eventing, polo or just hacking out through the countryside, this area is one of the very best places for a horse lover to be. In our May issue, we explore equestrian topics and shine the spotlight on several of the Cotswolds’ leading horse experts and centres – from vets to riding schools – as well as those schools which put riding high on the agenda for their pupils. We also focus on the arts and the many noteworthy events taking place across the Cotswolds this month. Highlights for your diary include Select Festival, a celebration of the applied arts and crafts, held at venues in and around the Stroud Valleys; and Oxfordshire Artweeks, the county’s annual festival which features special gallery exhibitions and the opening of many artists’ and designermakers’ home studios. With exhibitions in mind, don’t miss the chance to visit two other high profile exhibitions during May: Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, in Chalford, and Cotswold Artists 2016 at the Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham. You can find details about all these events, as well as further cultural highlights, in the What’s On section on pages 13–80. Special topics in this issue include features about ﬂooring and outside catering; an interview with Kingham based guitar maker Christopher Dean; a profile of Linda Purvis, owner of Encore dress agency in Cirencester; and a ‘behind the scenes’ look at Little Buckland Gallery, near Broadway. We hope you find plenty in these pages to interest and inspire you. We wish you all a wonderful May…

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138 family matters 108 school profile: Dean Close Senior School 111 family matters feature: bridle ways 118 family matters feature: a good schooling 124 expert comment: caring for your horse in summer 126 books recommended by… Madhatter Bookshop

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The latest food & drink news from across the Cotswolds… Pickling and preserving is something of a passion for Alex and Jess of The Little Pickle, based in Moreton-inMarsh. Their range of products pair perfectly with cheese or meats: recent additions include a fabulous Horseradish & Gin Relish, made in collaboration with The Cotswolds Distillery. The Little Pickle products are available from local stockists including The Cotswold Cheese Co., Soho Farmhouse and John Barleycorns Deli. For details: 07748 389941 / 07966 724695 / thelittlepickle.co.uk

In addition to its recent collaboration with The Little Pickle (see above), The Cotswolds Distillery has been busy winning awards and adding to its porfolio of spirits. Its flagship Cotswolds Dry Gin was named the World’s Best London Dry Gin at the 2016 World Gin Awards, seeing off competition from around the world, and it has just launched 1616 Gin to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. This new spirit is based on the 17th century Dutch style Genever – the precursor of today’s gins. The Cotswolds Distillery: 01608 238533 / CV36 5HG / cotswoldsdistillery.com One to watch: The Vault, a wine and tapas bar, recently opened in Nailsworth, set in the old HSBC in the centre of town. The food is a big draw, with a head chef specially recruited from Madrid. Also owned by Greg and Caroline Saturley, The Hog at Horsley, near Stroud, is hosting Hog Fest again over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May: drop by for live music, BBQ, pizza and a family friendly welcome. The Hog at Horsley: 01453 833843 / GL6 0PR / thehogathorsley.co.uk

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Whether pupils are riding competitively or just for the sheer joy of it, equestrianism has never been more popular in schools. On the following pages, we highlight several of the region's leading schools at which equestrian activities enrich the curriculum…

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Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Student Showcase at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Spring Exhibition by The Fosseway Artists at Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Sue Townsend exhibition at Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Nick Baldwin exhibition at National Herb Centre, Warmington

Performing Arts Select Festival 2016

Russell Howard live comedy at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Buddy Holly & The Cricketers at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Beauty & The Beast Jnr at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 3:30pm

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Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival Janet Cram Dance Awards 2016 at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham Miss You Already film showing at Barnsley House, near Cirencester Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds Day Out With Thomas at Dean Forest Railway Horsepower at Kenilworth Castle Cooking Together cookery course at Daylesford Farmshop, near Kingham Leamington Music Festival weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Amberley Cow Hunt in and around Amberley, near Stroud Wotton Arts Festival, Wotton-under-Edge

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Student Showcase at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Spring Exhibition by The Fosseway Artists at Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Sue Townsend exhibition at Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Nick Baldwin exhibition at National Herb Centre, Warmington

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Performing Arts Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Dublin Legends at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

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Events Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Big Bank Holiday family fun day at Bath Racecourse Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival Henry V film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds Day Out With Thomas at Dean Forest Railway Horsepower at Kenilworth Castle Leamington Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature Bank Holiday family fun day at Warwick Racecourse

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British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Student Showcase at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Spring Exhibition by The Fosseway Artists at Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Sue Townsend exhibition at Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

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Performing Arts Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Elvis Years at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 2pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

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Murder on the Riviera mystery lunch at Theatre Royal, Bath Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Sunset Boulevard film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival An Evening with Alexei Sayle at Pound Arts, Corsham Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds Leamington Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Student Showcase at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Spring Exhibition by The Fosseway Artists at Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

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Performing Arts Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cockneys vs Zombies film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival Star Wars: The Force Awakens film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds Our Little Sister film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

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Festival Theatre, Malvern

Badminton Horse Trials

British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm One Million Tiny Plays About Britain at Chipping Norton Theatre, 7:45pm Foil, Arms and Hog at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:45pm Woody Sez at Festival Theatre, Malvern, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Jane Eyre film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival Carol film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Volunteer Open Days at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

May

thursday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

The Paragon Gallery

Performing Arts Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Son Yambu live music at Pound Arts, Corsham, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Show of Hands Long Way Home tour at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Escape was on Everyone’s Mind at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7:30pm

RHS Malvern Spring Festival

Events Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Cheltenham Poetry Festival The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival Wine Tasting with Neil Phillips at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Eddie the Eagle film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Volunteer Open Days at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature Alexander Sturgis talk at Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-by-Woodstock

6 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

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friday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Gallery Pangolin

British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth

Performing Arts

The Select Trail

Brideshead Revisited at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Stig of the Dump at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 6pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Whole Lotta Led at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm The ELO Experience at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events

Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Cheltenham Poetry Festival Chipping Campden Literature Festival Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Randwick Wap in Randwick, near Stroud Volunteer Open Days at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon The Select Trail at venues in the Stroud Valleys Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature Proudly Warwick Twilight Meeting at Warwick Racecourse The Cutting Garden workshop at Waterperry Gardens, near Wheatley

May

saturday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

American Museum in Britain

Performing Arts God of Carnage at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Bad Manners live music at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm

Events Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Lady in the Van film showing at Barnsley House Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Poetry Festival The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Dawn Chorus walk at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Chipping Campden Literature Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Cloth Road Arts Week open studio trail at venues across the Cotswolds Wine Masterclass: Chateau Leoube at Daylesford Farmshop, Kingham Craft Club workshop at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum Eddie the Eagle film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern The Select Trail at venues in the Stroud Valleys Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

Fosse Gallery

8 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

sunday

Exhibitions & Auctions

RSC Swan Theatre

Fosse Gallery

British Life at Banbury Museum Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society at ICIA, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Unheard at Komedia, Bath, 8pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm God of Carnage at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Cheltenham Poetry Festival The Ladykillers film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival Pastels and Watercolours workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Dheepan film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Eddie the Eagle film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature Staking Herbaceous Perennials workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

May

monday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Sarah Wiseman Gallery

RSC Swan Theatre

The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm God of Carnage at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Anne Reid live music at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events Cheltenham Poetry Festival The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival He Named Me Malala film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Library Lunchtime Special tour at Gloucester Cathedral Dheepan film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Eddie the Eagle film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

10 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

tuesday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Gallery Pangolin

British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

RSC Swan Theatre

The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Great Scott! at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Lunchtime recital at Pound Arts, Corsham, 2pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Dave O’Higgins live music at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

Events Cheltenham Poetry Festival Jean de Florette film showing at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival Eddie the Eagle film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

May

wednesday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Great Scott! at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Fiddler on the Roof at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm Lunchtime Organ recital at Gloucester Cathedreal, 12:30pm Carl Hutchinson live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 8pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Liza Pulman: The Songs of Hollywood at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Fosse Gallery

Events Clive Aslet talk at American Museum in Britain, Bath Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Poetry Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Brooklyn film showing at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Museums at Night across the Cotswolds Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

12 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

thursday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Fosse Gallery

Theatre Royal, Bath

Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Cardboard Fox live music at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Fiddler on the Roof at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm MusicbyMAI live music at Pound Arts, Corsham, 8pm Jay Rayner: My Dining Hell at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Shazia Mirza live comedy at Stratford ArtsHouse, 8pm

Events The Nelson Trust Clay Shoot and Dinner at Berkeley Castle Cheltenham Poetry Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Devizes Food & Drink Festival Museums at Night across the Cotswolds Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Swindon Festival of Literature

May

friday

*For contact details please see pages 45â&#x20AC;&#x201C;47. The full Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth

The Select Trail

Performing Arts The Truth at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Shakespeare Untold at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Fiddler on the Roof at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Stratford Concert Band at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Weill at Heart at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm

RSC Swan Theatre

Events Barnsley village festival Cheltenham Poetry Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Museums at Night across the Cotswolds Cowley Fete, near Cheltenham Devizes Food & Drink Festival Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud The Select Trail at venues in the Stroud Valleys Swindon Festival of Literature Wisteria and Clematis workshop at Waterperry Gardens, near Wheatley

14 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

saturday

Exhibitions & Auctions

British Motoring Museum

Blowzabella

Bath Society of Artists 111th Annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Cheltenham Group of Artists exhibition at Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, near Chippenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Simon Evans live comedy at Komedia, Bath, 8pm Kate Rusby live music at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Blowzabella live music at The Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 12noon Swing Birds live music at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events

Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Cheltenham Poetry Festival The Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival Calligraphy workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Devizes Food & Drink Festival Slot Car Festival 2016 at British Motor Museum, Gaydon Smoke, Cure, Hang cookery course at Daylesford Farmshop, Kingham Fixtures at Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Giffords Circus at May Fennells Farm, Stroud Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud The Select Trail at venues in the Stroud Valleys

May

sunday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society at ICIA, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Cheltenham Group of Artists exhibition at Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts Breakfast at Tifany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Select Festival 2016

Events Two Day Chocolate masterclass at Bertinet Kitchen, Bath Wine Tasting: Seeking Value at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Mark Hill talk at St George’s Hall, Blockley Tulips display at the Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Chipping Campden Music Festival Annie Sloan Paint workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Devizes Food & Drink Festival Louder Than Bombs film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Giffords Circus at May Fennells Farm, Stroud Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud NeedleFelt Narratives – Bumble Bee workshop at Prema, Uley Staking Herbaceous Perennial workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

16 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

monday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Gallery Pangolin

RSC Swan Theatre

British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Anything Goes at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Fureys live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Lonely the Brave live music at Leamington Assembly, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Fagin’s Twist at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Mark Steel live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 8pm Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Events Love & Mercy film showing at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham Chipping Campden Music Festival Goya – Visions of Flesh and Blood film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Devizes Food & Drink Festival The Man Who Knew Infinity film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Michael Fairbairn talk: Discovering Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth

May

tuesday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Victoria Art Gallery

Performing Arts Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Anything Goes at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Organ recital at Gloucester Cathedral, 7:30pm Frankenstein ROH live screening at Gloucester Guildhall, 7pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Grumpy Old Women at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 8pm Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Events Petits Fours – Patisserie masterclass at Bertinet Kitchen, Bath Undressing Antiques talk with Mark Hill at St George’s Hall, Blockley Spring afternoon racing at Bath Racecourse Chipping Campden Music Festival Devizes Food & Drink Festival Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Think Pink Warwick Ladies’ Day at Warwick Racecourse

Gloucester Cathedral

18 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

wednesday

Exhibitions & Auctions British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Anything Goes at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Shreds at Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Tom Robinson live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm The Girl who Fell in Love with the Moon at Chipping Norton Theatre, 7:45pm James Veitch live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:45pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Your Musical Memories at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 2:30pm Julian Clary live comedy at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 8pm Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Events Chipping Campden Music Festival Sherlock Jr film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Devizes Food & Drink Festival Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

May

thursday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Gallery Pangolin

Performing Arts Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Anything Goes at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Big O and the Wilburys at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Gloriator at Pound Arts, Corsham, 8pm The Searchers live music at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Sherry Babys – Jersey Boys Tribute Show at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Cautionary Tales for Daughters at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm Whitney, Queen of the Night at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Events Bath International Music Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Devizes Food & Drink Festival Fixtures at Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

RSC Swan Theatre

20 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

friday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Daylesford Farmshop

Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery

Performing Arts

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Woldstone

Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Anything Goes at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Gyles Brandreth evening at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Coffee concert at Gloucester Cathedreal, 11am Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Don Quixote at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Doctor Faustus at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm GSO: Summer Concert for Children at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 4pm Murder at the Red Mill at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm Flabbergast Theatre in Tatterdemalion at Prema, Uley, 7pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival Chipping Campden Music Festival Daylesford Summer Festival at Daylesford Farmshop, Kingham Devizes Food & Drink Festival Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Race for Life at Lydiard House, Swindon Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Witney Food & Drink Festival on St Mary’s Church Green, Witney

May

saturday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries, Broadway The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Annette Turner exhibition at Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Artist in Residence exhibition at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape at Museum in the Park, Stroud Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Philippa Dickens Art

Performing Arts Sue Moreno Trio live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Paul Young live music at Komedia, Bath, 7:30pm Kieran Goss live music at Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve, 7:45pm Julian Clary live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm Woody Mann live music at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 7pm

American Museum in Britain

Events Bath International Music Festival Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Seascapes workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Devizes Food & Drink Festival Journey Through Provence cookery course at Daylesford Farmshop, Kingham Eye in the Sky film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around Stroud Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

22 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

sunday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Philippa Dickens Art

RSC Theatre

Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Only a Free Individual Can Create a Free Society at ICIA, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Annette Turner exhibition at Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Artist in Residence exhibition at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Charles Simpson exhibition at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Introduction to Bread Making at Bertinet Kitchen, Bath Lemur Feeding talk at Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford Miles Ahead film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Eye in the Sky film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts

May

monday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Modern & Contemporary Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, near Cheltenham Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Junction Art Gallery

Performing Arts After Miss Julie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Puckoon at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Nathan Carter live music at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Musicals ROCK! V at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

Chorley’s auction

Events Bath International Music Festival Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Flavours of Mediterranean cookery course at Lucknam Park, near Bath Miles Ahead film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Eye in the Sky film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts

24 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

tuesday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Chorley’s auction

Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Modern & Contemporary Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, near Cheltenham Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Aston Pottery

After Miss Julie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Opera Favourites at The Forum, Bath, 7:30pm The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm The Hallé concert at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Billy Elliot the Musical at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 7pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Out of Focus at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Musicals ROCK! V at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Simon Evans live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 8pm

Events Bath International Music Festival Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts

May

wednesday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts After Miss Julie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Caution: Safety Goggles Required at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Musicals ROCK! V at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm John Williams live comedy at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm The Illegal Eagles at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Philippa Dickens Art

Victoria Art Gallery

Events Bath International Music Festival David Dawson talk at Corinium Museum, Cirencester An Evening with Owen Jones at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts

26 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

thursday

Exhibitions & Auctions

Philippa Dickens Art

Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Theatre Royal, Bath

After Miss Julie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm ABBA – Forever at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Andrew Lawrence live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival Bath Fringe Festival Kick book lunch with Paula Byrne at Theatre Royal, Bath Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade Teatro Alla Scala film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Jive Dance at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts Sir Vince Cable talk at Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-by-Woodstock

May

friday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Athol Whitmore exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Keeping Time at Museum in the Park, Stroud Eileen Cooper: Hide and Seek at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery The Wildlife Art Society exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Aston Pottery

Performing Arts After Miss Julie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm What Would Spock Do? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm The Railway Children at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Remi Harris live music at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud, 8pm Max and Ivan live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

RSC Theatre

Events Bath International Music Festival Bath Fringe Festival Talk with Zandra Rhodes at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade Nailsworth Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire La Vie en Bleu on Prescott Hill Climb Woolly Week at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts

28 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

saturday

Exhibitions & Auctions

British Motoring Museum

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Aston Pottery

Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Japan at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Keeping Time at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Wildlife Art Society exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Benjamin Folke Thomas Band at Chapel Arts Center, Bath, 7:30pm Pete Brown’s Newgrass Cutters at Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve, 7:45pm Nicholas McCarthy concert at Parabola Arts, Cheltenham, 3pm Damian Kingsley live comedy at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 8pm Maverick Sabre live music at Leamington Assembly, 7pm The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Caution: Safety Goggles Required at Swindon Arts Centrea, 7pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival at various venues Bath Fringe Festival at various venues A Greek in Egypt tour at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Gaydon Festival of Motoring at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon An Elizabethan Day Out at Kenilworth Castle Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechalde-on-Thame Nailsworth festival at various venues Oxfordshire Artweeks at various venues in North Oxfordshire La vie en Bleu on Prescott Hill Woolly Week at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music at various venues in Winchcombe

May

sunday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Artweeks exhibition at Aston Pottery, near Bampton British Life at Banbury Museum Bath Society of Artists 111th Annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Philippa Dickens exhibition at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, near Chippenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Artist in Residence exhibition at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Keeping Time at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Wildlife Art Society exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley

American Museum in Britain

RSC Theatre

Performing Arts Pasa Kovalev: It’s All About You at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events Bath Fringe Festival Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath A Greek in Egypt tour at Corinium Museum, Cirencester An Elizabethan Day Out at Kenilworth Castle Despite the Falling Snow film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in North Oxfordshire Woolly Week at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Tetbury Woolsack Races The Abbey Fete at Tewkesbury Abbey Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts Winchcombe Festival Fringe on North Street, Winchcombe

30 May

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

Cotswold preview MAY 16

monday

WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions

Victoria Art Gallery

British Life at Banbury Museum Jeremiah Goodman exhibition at American Museum in Britain, Bath Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Bath Society of Artists 111th annual exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Private Press Today at the Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham Michael Cardew: The Winchcombe Years at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Recent Encounters at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Kinga Lubowiecka exhibition at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Plane/Space at Pound Arts, Corsham Forged Tales at Gloucester Guildhall Iceland, an Uneasy Calm at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Simon Lewty exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum The Stratford-upon-Avon Collection at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon Keeping Time at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Wildlife Art Society exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Anna Harley, Chris Dunn & Mary Rose Young exhibitions at Prema, Uley Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts

RSC Swan Theatre

HMS Pinafore at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Pasa Kovalev: It’s All About You at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Fairport Convention live music at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm And Then There Were None at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Hamlet at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

Bath Fringe Festival Bulbs and Blossoms: Spring Garden tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath A Greek in Egypt tour at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Painting Horses workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Pottering Around The Cathedral tour at Gloucester Cathedral Son of Saul film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Despite the Falling Snow film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Art Taster Day at The Coach House, near Lechlade Woolly Week at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

May

Tuesday

*For contact details please see pages 45–47. The full What’s On Listings start on page 59.

MAY 16 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON DIARY: CONTACT DETAILS

CONTACT DETAILS A handy reference guide to the galleries, museums, National Trust properties, theatres, concert halls, hotels, visitor attractions and all other Cotswold venues mentioned in our diary pages… Albion Gallery: 01608 238020 / OX7 5AD / albiongallery.co.uk American Museum in Britain: 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org Anne Hathaway’s Cottage: 01789 201806 / CV37 6QW / shakespeare.org.uk Arc Theatre: 0845 299 0476 / BA14 0ES / arctheatre.org.uk The Assembly, Leamington Spa: 0844 854 1358 / CV31 3NF / leamingtonassembly.com Avebury Manor and Garden: 01672 539153 / SN8 1RF / nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury Bacon Theatre: 01242 258002 / GL51 6HE / bacontheatre.co.uk Bath Abbey: 01225 422462 / BA1 1LT / bathabbey.org Bath Assembly Rooms: 01225 477173 / BA1 2QH / nationaltrust.org.uk/bath-assembly-rooms Bath Racecourse: 01225 424609 / BA1 9BU / bath-racecourse.co.uk Banbury Museum: 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / cherwell.gov.uk/museum Bampton Classical Opera: 01993 851876 / bamptonopera.org

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Barnsley House: 01285 740000 / GL7 5EE / barnsleyhouse.com Barnsley Herb Garden: 07773 687493 / GL7 5EE / herbsforhealing.net Batsford Arboretum: 01386 701441 / GL56 9AB / batsarb.co.uk Beckford’s Tower: 01225 460705 / BA1 2LR / beckfordstower.org.uk The Bertinet Kitchen: 01225 445531 / BA1 2QR / thebertinetkitchen.com Blockley Decorative and Fine Art Society: GL56 9BY / blockleydfas.org Bridge House Theatre (BHT): 01926 776438 / CV34 6PP / bridgehousetheatre.co.uk British Motor Museum: 01926 641188 / CV35 0BJ / britishmotormuseum.co.uk Buckland Manor: 01386 852626 / WR12 7LY / bucklandmanor.co.uk Building of Bath Collection: 01225 333895 / BA1 5NA / buildingofbathcollection.org.uk Buscot Estate: 01793 762209 / SN6 7PT / nationaltrust.org.uk/buscot-coleshill-estates Cotswold Art and Antique Dealers’ Association: 07831 850544 / cotswolds-antiques-art.com 

Campden Gallery: 01386 841555 / GL55 6AG / campdengallery.co.uk Chapel Arts Centre: 01225 461700 / BA1 1QR / chapelarts.org Charlecote Park: 01789 470277 / CV35 9ER / nationaltrust.org.uk/charlecote-park Chastleton House: 01494 755560 / GL56 0SU / nationaltrust.org.uk/chastleton-house-and-garden Chedworth Roman Villa: 01242 890256 / GL54 3LJ / nationaltrust.org.uk/chedworth-roman-villa Cheltenham Town Hall: 01242 521621 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Chorley’s Auctioneers & Valuers: 01452 344499 / GL4 8EU / www.chorleys.com Cirencester Philharmonia: cirencesterphil.co.uk The Coach House: 01367 850216 / GL7 3RB / thecoach-house.com Corinium Museum: 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org Cotswold House Hotel: 01386 840330 / GL55 6AN / cotswoldhouse.com Cotswold Wildlife Park: 01993 823006 / OX18 4JP / cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk Coughton Court: 01789 400777 / B49 5JA / coughtoncourt.co.uk The Courts Garden: 01225 782875 / BA14 6RR/ nationaltrust.org.uk/courts-garden Dean Forest Railway and Museum: 01594 845840 / GL15 4ET / deanforestrailway.co.uk Dean Heritage Centre: 01594 822170 / GL14 2UB / deanheritagecentre.com Dormy House: 01386 852711 / WR12 7LF / dormyhouse.co.uk Dursley Operatic & Dramatic Society: 07890 203318 / GL11 4JB / the-dods.com Dyrham Park: 0117 937 2501 / SN14 8ER / nationaltrust.org.uk/dyrham-park Everyman Theatre: 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Farncombe Estate, Broadway: 0333 456 8580 / WR12 7LJ / farncombecourses.co.uk The Fashion Museum: 01225 477789 / BA1 2QH / museumofcostume.co.uk The Forum, Bath: 01225 443114 / BA1 1UG / bathforum.co.uk Fosse Gallery: 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com Gallery Pangolin: 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com Gloucester Cathedral: 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk Gloucester Guildhall: 01452 503050 / GL1 1NS / gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall Green Park Station: BA1 2DR

Gordon Russell Design Museum: 01386 854695 / WR12 7AP / gordonrussellmuseum.org Hall’s Croft: 01789 204016 / CV37 6BG / shakespeare.org.uk Harvey Nichols, Bristol: 0117 916 8888 / BS1 3BZ / harveynichols.com Herschel Museum of Astronomy: 01225 446865 / BA1 2BL / herschelmuseum.org.uk Hidcote Manor: 01386 438333 / GL55 6LR / nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote Holburne Museum: 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org The John Davies Gallery: 01608 652255 / GL56 9NQ / johndaviesgallery.com John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern: 01386 858436 / WR12 7AA / john-noott.com Kelmscott Manor: 01367 253348 / GL7 3HJ / kelmscottmanor.org.uk Kenilworth Castle: 01926 748900 / CV8 1NE / english-heritage.org.uk Lacock Abbey: 01249 730459 / SN15 2LG / nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum: 01926 742700 / CV32 4AA / warwickdc.gov.uk Little Buckland Gallery: 01386 853739 / WR12 7JH / littlebucklandgallery.co.uk Lodge Park: 01451 844130 / GL54 3PP / nationaltrust.org.uk/lodge-park-and-sherborne-estate Loft Theatre: 0844 493 4938 / CV31 3AA / loft-theatre.co.uk The Lord Leycester Hospital: 01926 491422 / CV34 4BH / lordleycester.com Lower Slaughter Manor: 01451 820456 / GL54 2HP / lowerslaughter.co.uk Lucknam Park: 01225 742777 / SN14 8AZ / lucknampark.co.uk Lydiard House: 01793 770401 / SN5 3PA / lydiardpark.org.uk MAD Museum: 01926 865831 / CV37 6EF / themadmuseum.co.uk Malmesbury Abbey: 01666 826666 / SN16 0AA / malmesburyabbey.info Mary Arden’s Farm: 01789 204016 / CV37 9HH / shakespeare.org.uk Meantime: 07866 814776 / GL50 4EF / meantime.org.uk Museum in the Park: 01453 763394 / GL5 4AF / museuminthepark.org.uk Nash’s House and New Place: 01789 292325 / CV37 6EP / shakespeare.org.uk National Herb Centre: 01295 690999 / OX17 1DF / herbcentre.co.uk Nature in Art: 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk

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WHAT’S ON DIARY: CONTACT DETAILS

New Brewery Arts: 01285 657181 / GL7 1JL / newbreweryarts.org.uk Newark Park: 01453 842644 / GL12 7PZ / nationaltrust.org.uk/newark-park National Gardens Scheme (NGS): ngs.org.uk No.1 Royal Crescent: 01225 428126 / BA1 2LR / bath-preservation-trust.org.uk Noel Arms Hotel: 01386 840317 / GL55 6AT / noelarmshotel.com Old Mill Gallery: 01380 724550 / SN10 5SF / oldmillarts.co.uk The Oxfordshire Museum: 01993 811456 / OX20 1SN / oxfordshire.gov.uk Parabola Arts Centre: 01242 707338 / GL50 3AA / parabolaartscentre.co.uk The Paragon Gallery: 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk Pittville Pump Room: 01242 521621 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Philippa Dickens at Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford: 01451 844663 / OX18 4TE / philippadickensart.com Playbox Theatre: 01926 419555 / CV34 6LE / playboxtheatre.com The Playhouse, Cheltenham: 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk Pound Arts: 01249 701628 / SN13 9HX / poundarts.org.uk Prema: 01453 860703 / GL11 5SS / prema.org.uk Priory Park: 01225 833422 / BA2 5AH / nationaltrust.org.uk/prior-park Red Rag Gallery: 01451 832563 / GL54 1BB / redraggallery.co.uk Rondo Theatre: 01225 444003 / BA1 6RT / rondotheatre.co.uk Rousham House: 01869 347110 / OX25 4QU / rousham.org Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa: 01926 742762 / CV32 4AA / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms Royal Spa Centre: 01926 334418 / CV32 4AT / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre RSC Swan Theatre: 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk RSC Theatre: 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk RUH (Royal United Hospital): 01225 824987 / BA1 3NG / ruh.nhs.uk/art Sarah Wiseman Gallery: 01865 515123 / OX2 7JL / wisegal.com Shakespeare’s Birthplace: 01789 204016 / CV37 6QW / shakespeare.org.uk Slimbridge Wetland Centre: 01453 891900 / GL2 7BT / wwt.org.uk Snowshill Manor and Garden: 01386 842814 / WR12 7JU / nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill-manor

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SOTA Gallery: 01993 862799 / OX28 6FG / sotagallery.co.uk Stoneleigh Abbey: 01926 858535 / CV8 2LF / stoneleighabbey.org The Stour Gallery: 01608 664411 / CV36 4AJ / thestourgallery.co.uk Stourhead: 01747 841152 / BA12 6QD / nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead Stratford Racecourse: 01789 267949 / CV37 9SE / stratfordracecourse.net Stratford ArtsHouse: 01789 207100 / CV37 6LU / stratfordartshouse.co.uk Stroud Valley Artspace: 01453 751440 / GL5 2HA / sva.org.uk The Subscription Rooms: 01453 760999 / GL5 1AE / subscriptionrooms.org.uk Sundial Theatre: 01285 654228 / GL7 1XA / sundial-theatre.co.uk Swindon Arts Centre: 01793 614837 / SN1 4BJ / swindon.gov.uk Swindon Museum and Art Gallery: 01793 466556 / SN1 4BA / swindon.gov.uk Tewkesbury Abbey: 01684 850959 / GL20 5RZ / tewkesburyabbey.org.uk The Theatre, Chipping Norton: 01608 642350 / OX7 5NL / chippingnortontheatre.co.uk Theatre Royal, Bath: 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk Three Counties Showground: 01684 584900 / WR13 6NW / threecounties.co.uk Thyme at Southrop Manor: 01367 850174 / GL7 3NX / thymeatsouthrop.co.uk Under the Edge Arts (UTEA): 07791 323869 / GL12 7HW / utea.org.uk Upton House: 01295 670266 / OX15 6HT / nationaltrust.org.uk/upton-house Victoria Art Gallery: 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk Warwick Arts Centre: 02476 524524 / CV4 7AL / warwickartscentre.co.uk Warwick Racecourse: 0844 579 3013 / CV34 6HN / warwickracecourse.co.uk Waterperry Gardens: 01844 339226 / OX33 1JZ / waterperrygardens.co.uk Westbury Court Garden: 01452 760429 / GL14 1PD / nationaltrust.org.uk/westbury-court-garden Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa: 01666 822888 / SN16 0RB / whatleymanor.com The Wilson: 01242 237431 / GL50 3JT / cheltenhammuseum.org.uk Wootton Village Hall: woottontalks.co.uk Wyvern Theatre: 01793 524481 / SN1 1QN / wyverntheatre.org.uk

Cleo Mussi, a participant in Select Festival 2016

Saturday 30 April – Sunday 22 May

Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around the Stroud Valleys Now in its 10th year, the Select Festival celebrates the applied arts and crafts with work from leading designer makers as well as emerging talent… Select Festival 2016 presents almost a month of exhibitions, talks, film and workshops, as well as the Select Trail open studios. At Stroud’s Museum in the Park, original work by three textile artists is included in a new

exhibition called Soft Engineering. Ann Richards, Deirdre Wood and Alison Ellen have pursued separate careers in knitting and weaving, but their approaches and passion for textiles interconnect, leading them to work together on this joint

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: SELECT FESTIVAL 2016 exhibition. Soft Engineering explores repetition/ displacement of simple textile shapes, pleating, folding, twisting and double-sided fabrics. The exhibition is accompanied by workshops and a one-day seminar. Stroud town centre has lots to enjoy with textile exhibits in cafés and shops. For example, Seam Collective is bringing shiftWorks to 12 shop windows across the town. The shiftWorks project is a celebration of contemporary textile design and 50 years of the shift dress. Nine textile artists/designers/makers have taken one shift dress pattern and created nine very different shift dresses using a mix of materials. A focus of the project has been collaboration between members of Seam and the public – yielding inspiring and fun results. The Lansdown Gallery is hosting Studio 21: the sewing machine project. As the name states, this exhibition explores all aspects of the sewing machine. Each member of Studio 21 has produced one or more works to reflect their personal interest, resulting in projects ranging from sewing machine mechanics, decoration and operation to personal and social histories. Throughout the exhibition, there is a gallery tour every day at midday by one of the artists. Another highlight of the festival is an exhibition at the new Malthouse Bar and Kitchen at Salmon Springs, on Stroud’s Painswick Road. The Malthouse is displaying the work of three textile artists: tapestries by Fiona Hutchison and printed and painted wall hangings by Carole Waller and Michelle House. Taking place over the weekends of 7–8 and 14–15 May, Select Trail features more than 70 local designer makers, ranging from nationally acclaimed makers to emerging talent. At venues throughout the Stroud Valleys, participants are opening their studio doors to the public and holding artist-led exhibitions. The Select Trail specialises in the crafts and applied arts, with work spanning textiles, ceramics, willow weaving, book binding, mosaic, metals, jewellery design and millinery. As well as viewing exhibits, visitors can learn about the techniques and skills behind each object and watch the artists and designer makers at work. This is a unique opportunity to meet the

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makers, discuss their work, buy and commission hand made, original work. Participants include Matthew Harris (deconstructed art), Annie Hewett (ceramics), Abbott & Ellwood (metal jewellery and sculpture), Susan Early (traditional and contemporary willow), Liz Lippiatt (screen printing and costume design), Sarah Beadsmoore (woven textiles) and Tom Knowles Jackson (pottery). Throughout May, Select Festival is also hosting talks, films and workshops. Full details can be found in the festival brochure. Select Festival 2016 is presented by SIT select, which aims to raise awareness and enjoyment of contemporary textiles and crafts. The Stroud based organisation also challenges the public’s perception of contemporary crafts whilst increasing active participation in the arts for a wide range of people and abilities.

Pottery by Lucy Birtles Select Festival 2016: 01453 751056 / sitselect.org

Indigo Sky ll by Philippa Dickens at her Studio Gallery

Saturday 7 – Monday 30 May

Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues across the county

The 34th annual Oxfordshire Artweeks offers the opportunity to meet the county’s artists and makers in a wide range of venues, to talk to them about their work, watch demonstrations and maybe even have a go yourself… For just over three weeks each May, the public is invited into galleries, museums, artists’ homes and open studios as well as unconventional exhibition venues such as pubs and churches, to view Oxfordshire’s creative output. The artworks on display range from the traditional to the contemporary. They also encompass many different media, spanning paintings, prints and sculpture as well as furniture, silverware and jewellery. As in previous years, the exhibitions are organised by area: Oxford City’s exhibitions start the festival and run from 7–15 May; South Oxfordshire’s exhibitions are from 14–22 May;

and North Oxfordshire’s turn is from 21–30 May. This year, over 450 venues are taking part in Oxfordshire Artweeks. Many of these open to the public for just this one exhibiting period each year – so the festival offers a rare chance to see art in informal and unconventional settings, and to meet local artists. One of the highlights of the Oxford exhibitions is a solo show, Eternal Child, at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, in Summertown (Saturday 7 – Saturday 28 May: open Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–5:30pm, and Monday, 10am–4pm). This presents works by the Oxford based artist Athol Whitmore.

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: OXFORDSHIRE ARTWEEKS

First Day by Athol Whitmore at Sarah Wiseman Gallery

Deeply evocative, his works journey through the motifs of childhood, creating a sense of marvel in the essence of play. Whitmore takes a magpie approach to his artistic practice, seeking out imagery that highlights the preciousness of childhood. In this exhibition, expect to see a highly eclectic body of work: discarded objects such as old mirrors, vintage chairs and plates, collages of vintage stamps and letters which are combined with media such as gloss paint, enamel and duct tape to depict nostalgic images in his distinctive popart aesthetic. It is an eye-catching technique, transforming vintage objects into powerful, glossy and bright artworks and inviting us to reconnect with our inner child. In the North Oxfordshire area, don’t miss the chance to visit four Artweeks exhibitions in particular: at Aston Pottery, near Bampton; Philippa Dickens’ Studio Gallery in Little Barrington, near Burford; The Shaven Crown in Shipton-under-Wychwood; and Woldstone in Woodstock. Aston Pottery is showing a wide range of creative work by five talented individuals: Neville Crowson, Peter Edwards, Patrick Foye, Alison Clements and Simon Clements (Saturday 21 – Monday 30 May: open 12noon–5pm daily). Like many of the artists showcasing their work, Stephen and Jane Baughan began Aston Pottery in a small, local workshop. Here, they designed, manufactured and

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hand decorated their own pottery. Since then, the pottery has grown tremendously and now includes a shop, café and gardens. Stephen Baughan comments, "Artweeks offers us the chance to reconnect back with our roots in design, form and creativity by opening up our entire top floor space as a gallery to some of the best artists in the county. We have carefully chosen a range of artists with skills and disciplines from painting to wood carving, photography and jewellery, to offer all those who visit us an embracing multiform of works.” Philippa Dickens is a contemporary landscape artist based in Little Barrington who opens her Studio Gallery each year especially for Oxfordshire Artweeks (Saturday 21 – Monday 30 May: open 12noon–6pm daily). In this, her fifth solo exhibition, she explores the constantly evolving light of the Cornish coast. Entitled Where The Sky Meets The Sea, the exhibition presents her new collection of paintings which reflect on the presence and absence of the horizon and the constantly changing refraction of light over the land and sea. Limited edition prints and cards are also available. Philippa says of her work, “The essence of my approach is to portray the emotion that light brings, the feeling of open space, an overwhelming 

Oranges and Lemons by Neville Crowson at Aston Pottery

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Pendant by Beth Gilmour at Woldstone

sky or the sense of peace and solitude. Oils are my chosen medium: I adore the ability to build layers, often abandoning the brush in favour of a knife, mixing and moving the paint across the panel to give depth and movement.” The Shaven Crown, in Shipton-underWychwood, is hosting an Artweeks exhibition for the first time this year (Saturday 21 – Monday 30 May: open 10am–6pm daily and until 8pm on Thursday 26 May). The 700 year old Cotswold inn is showing the work of seven local artists: Melanie Charles, a mixed media animal artist; Kate Fairbairn, who specialises in wildlife paintings and landscapes inspired by the British countryside and coastline; Emily Fermor, who hand makes bespoke jeweller y; Kate Hopkins-Searle, who produces handcrafted ornamental ceramic shoes; Louise Searby, maker of high quality table and giftware; Christopher Townsend, who creates original wall art and sculpture; and abstract landscape painter Michelle Stevenson. The Shaven Crown retains many original features and is know locally for its tasty home made fare and real ales. Proprietor Evelyn Roberts says, “We are delighted to welcome this fantastic group of artists to exhibit with us during Artweeks. Visitors are very welcome to browse the exhibition and stop for a drink or something to eat as they explore the Artweeks trail.” There are many other exhibitions in the area during Artweeks, making this the perfect lunchtime destination. A Preview evening for the

exhibition is also being held at The Shaven Crown on the evening of Friday 20 May, from 7pm. Nearby, in Woodstock, Woldstone is one of the Artweeks venues to be showcasing hand crafted jewellery. This recently opened jewellery boutique specialises in fine jewellery and silverware by studio goldsmiths and silversmiths. Its collection is hand crafted using precious high carat metals, gemstones and pearls, with each piece reflecting the style and craftsmanship of the individual maker. Woldstone’s roster of local, national and international designers includes Cotswold residents Sarah Pulvertaft and Tina Engell, other leading figures in modern British jewellery such as Daphne Krinos, Beth Gilmour and Catherine Mannheim, and international designers Sabine Mueller and Brigitte Adolph, specialist in wedding jewellery. For Artweeks, Woldstone is showcasing dazzling works by all these designers and more. (Saturday 21 – Monday 30 May: open Tuesday– Friday, 10am–5:30pm, and Saturday, 10am–5pm; until 8pm on Thursday 26 and Sunday 29; and on Monday 30, 11am–4pm).

The Shaven Crown Oxfordshire Artweeks: artweeks.org Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford: 01865 515123 / OX2 7JL / wisegal.com Aston Pottery, near Bampton: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk Philippa Dickens at Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford: 01451 844663 / OX18 4TE / philippadickensart.com The Shaven Crown, Shipton-under-Wychwood: 07803 598444 / OX7 6BA / theshavencrown.co.uk Woldstone, Woodstock: 01993 813000 / OX20 1TH / woldstone.com

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: EXHIBITION AT THE PARAGON GALLERY

Brightness Falls by Rod Craig

until Saturday 14

‘Cotswold Artists 2016’ exhibition at the Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Now in its fourth year, this popular exhibition showcases artistic talent from across the Cotswolds… The Paragon Gallery is Cheltenham’s leading contemporary art gallery, offering a very broad spectrum of paintings and sculpture from over 60 local, UK and international artists. There is a strong emphasis on originals with a range of etchings and lithographs and sculpture in small editions. This annual exhibition at the gallery features work by more than 20 painters and sculptors who are based in the Cotswolds.The show includes new paintings by regular exhibitors Robert Goldsmith, Rod Craig, Paul Oz, Martin Bowden, Alexandra Churchill and Georgie Woolridge. Paragon’s resident Cotswold sculptors include Nick Rainey, Jack Russell, Holly Bennett and Peter Hayes with glass sculpture by Colin Hawkins and Richie Alli and the award winning photography of Royal Photographic Society Fellow, Nicki Gwynn-Jones.

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Newcomers for this exhibition include Raquel Alvarez, who is showing brilliantly executed classical still life in oil on linen; Bath’s celebrated Brian Elwell, whose unique cityscapes are in oil on board; the un-mistakable bronze wildlife of sculptor Adam Binder; and striking earthscapes by Victoria Young Jamieson. As always, there is also a wide variety of work on display by Paragon’s resident artists from the rest of the UK and overseas. The Private View for this exhibition is from 6pm on Thursday 21 April. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Monday from 10am–4pm. The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham: 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk

Eames chair

Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 May

Modern and Contemporary Art and Design at Chorley’s May Auction, Prinknash Abbey Park, near Cheltenham Chorley’s holds regular art and antiques sales which include traditional fine furniture, paintings, jewellery, silver and ceramics. However, this month’s auction offers something a little different: a selection of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design from well known artists and makers alongside works by emerging and local artists… 54

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: AUCTION AT CHORLEY’S With the recent addition to the Chorley’s team of Frances Robinson, formerly of Bonhams, the auction house’s May sale includes Modern and Contemporary Art and Design. For example, a collection of studio pottery features in the sale, including a delightful miniature tea set by Seth Cardew of Winchcombe (estimate £300–500) and a selection of works by Russell Collins. The former head of Hook Norton Pottery, Collins now works from his studio at home, creating a variety of one-off pieces of work predominately in stoneware. Two other highlights are a colourful still life by Sir Matthew Smith, oil on board (estimate £5,000–8,000) and an atmospheric Algernon Newton, After a Storm, Chepstow Place, which is expected to fetch £10,000–15,000. For Marvel comic fans, there is also a set of four limited edition Amazing Spiderman prints, each one signed by artist Stan Lee himself and in the original portfolio (estimate £2,000–3,000). If you are looking for something with both local interest and rarity, then a Gordon Russell elm and cedar wood chest may be of interest. Schooled in the Arts and Crafts tradition, Gordon Russell started his workshop in 1919 in Broadway marrying functionality and modernist design. This chest bearing its original label for cabinet maker H. Bellman and dated 12/6/26 is a fantastic

A chest by Gordon Russell

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Louis Vuitton trunk

example of his work, with simple lines and striking design (estimate £1,500–2,000). Brightening up the saleroom are two vividly enamelled vases by Camille Fauré for Limoges, with tempting estimates between £400–800. Camille Fauré, a prominent enamel artist, made these vases in France in the early 20th century, and each one is signed in gilt and worked on a copper base with enamel layers to create an almost 3D exterior. Another example of exquisite enamel work can be seen in a necklace created by the Arts & Crafts silversmith Charles Horner (estimate £150–200). Statement pieces of furniture include an example of the iconic ’Barcelona’ chair and ottoman. This chair was given its name in 1929 when it was designed for the German Pavilion at the second World Fair, The International Exposition, and the brown leather example that is for sale is after the original 1929 design MR90 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (estimate £700–1,0000). Other iconic designers represented in the sale span Charles & Ray Eames, Demetre Chiparus, Lalique, Mary Fedden and Louis Vuitton. With its focus on style and quality – not only on highly collected artists and makers – the sale features a selection of work at a more affordable level, ensuring that there should be something of interest to all fans of Modern and Contemporary art and design. Viewing is on Sunday 22 May, from 10am–4pm, and Monday 23 May, from 9am–5pm, as well as from 10am on both sale days. A fully illustrated catalogue may be viewed online at Chorley’s website. Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park, near Cheltenham: 01452 344499 / GL4 8EU / chorleys.com

WHAT’S ON FEATURE: EXHIBITION AT GALLERY PANGOLIN Evolution III (Porpoise) by Steve Dilworth

until Friday 27 May

‘Nature of the Beast’ exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford An exhibition providing an alternative look at the animal world through sculpture, prints and drawings… Nature of the Beast includes work by 17 artists including locally based Ralph Brown, Lynn Chadwick, Damien Hirst and Lorraine Robbins. The exhibition includes a huge variety of different depictions of animals, such as Eduardo Paolozzi’s contemporary re-interpretation of an Egyptian deity in Baboon, Nick Bibby’s ‘warts and all’ Elephant Seal and Jon Buck’s totemic Heptile. Other engaging highlights include Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra by Jonathan Kingdon, Away From the Flock by Damien Hirst and Deborah van der Beek’s mysterious Tyger. The gallery’s Director, Jane Buck, says, “In every culture, for as long as humans have made art, animal imagery has played a major role and it continues to be relevant today.”

Galler y Pangolin is open Monday to Friday, from 10am–6pm, and on Saturday from 10am–1pm.

Walrus by Nick Bibby Gallery Pangolin, Chalford: 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com

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EXHIBITION IN THE SPOTLIGHT: FOSSE GALLERY

Sheep on a Desolate Shore by Ursula McCannell

Sunday 8 – Saturday 28 May

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EXHIBITION IN THE SPOTLIGHT: FOSSE GALLERY

Girls With White Flowers by Ursula McCannell

When she was just 13, she showed at the Wertheim Gallery; her first major exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in London, when she was 16, led to her being elected the youngest member of the Woman’s International Art Society and the youngest exhibitor at both the New English Art Club and the Royal Academy in 1940. By the time she was 17, The Contemporary Art Society had bought a self-portrait for The Manchester City Art Gallery. She studied at the Farnham School of Art, benefiting from the enthusiasm and discipline of her father, the painter Otway McCannell, who was principal of the school. She continued her studies at the Royal College of Art, where she became impatient with the constraints of the Painting School and transferred to the Mural Department. Here, she met Peter Rees Roberts whom she later married. After graduating, the couple settled in Farnham, where she remained until her death in 2015. The pretty Georgian town was, however, never the subject of her work; it was the rough landscapes of Spain, Ireland and Croatia, and the people who inhabited them, that were her lifelong subjects. Whether they were the peasants and refugees of 1930s Andalucia or the more recent clowns, street musicians and herdsmen, they were seen as outsiders in a bleak and forbidding landscape.

On the Way by Ursula McCannell

This exhibition features around 30 works by McCannell, mostly oil on canvas and a small selection of drawings. Prices range from £950 for the drawings up to £15,000 for the oils. The Private View at the Fosse Gallery is on Sunday 8 May, from 11am–4pm, and the exhibition may also be viewed online at the gallery’s website. The Fosse Galler y is open Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am–5pm. Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold: 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com

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eXHiBitions &AMayUCtions until Tuesday 3 Sue Townsend exhibition at Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury 0300 067 4890 / GL8 8QS / suetownsendart.co.uk Sue Townsend is exhibiting a collection of her work including still life and wildlife paintings as well as pictures that reflect her love of the outdoors. The exhibition is open from 10am–4pm daily. until Wednesday 4 Spring Exhibition by The Fosseway Artists at Gloucester Cathedral Cloisters 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk The group of local painters known as The Fosseway Artists includes Susanna Austin, John Bailey, Angela Cash, Will Clapton, Jackie Cox, Carolyn E Cowper, Shirley Chalmers, Barry K Barnes, Jeremy Barnes, Andrea Bates, Angela Bentley and Carole Bury. until Saturday 7 Exhibition of Rembrandt Etchings at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh 01608 652255 / GL56 9NQ / johndaviesgallery.com The gallery is displaying the privately held Neil Kaplan collection of Rembrandt Etchings alongside a selling exhibition of original prints by Modern British and European Masters. The exhibition is being staged to benefit Create, a national arts charity that takes professional artists into disadvantaged communities to lead arts workshops. The John Davies Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, from 10am–5pm. Saturday 7 – Saturday 28 Athol Whitmore: Eternal Child at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford 01865 515123 / OX2 7JL / wisegal.com Sarah Wiseman presents Athol Whitmore’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. The Oxford based

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artist has further developed his multi-disciplinary approach and continues his journey through the motifs of childhood. His deeply evocative works marvel in the essence of play and highlight the importance of childhood. The Sarah Wiseman Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am– 5:30pm, and on Monday from 10am–4pm. This exhibition is part of the Oxfordshire Artweeks festival: for further details see our What’s On feature on pages 50–52. Friday 7 – Sunday 22 Bob Richardson exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern, Broadway 01386 858436 / WR12 7AA / john-noott.com This solo exhibition features 30 new paintings in pastels by Bob Richardson. The artist was born in 1938 in Salford, Lancashire, and after five years at art school he went on to work in the world of advertising, also enjoying considerable success as an amateur painter. Since his decision to become a professional artist in 1975, Bob Richardson’s reputation has grown: he is now a member 

PHILIPPA DICKENS EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY OILS

Saturday 21st May – Bank Holiday Monday 30th May

The Studio Gallery, Barrington Open Daily 12noon–6pm

Little Barrington, Burford, OX18 4TE 01451 844663 philippadickensart.com

Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am–5pm. For further details, see our Exhibition in the Spotlight on pages 57–58. until Saturday 14 Cotswold Artists 2016 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk This popular annual exhibition showcases work by more than 20 Cotswold based painters and sculptors. As always, you can also view art by a wide variety of Paragon’s resident artists from the rest of the UK and overseas. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Monday from 10am–4pm. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 53.

Big Business by Brian Elwell at Paragon Gallery

of the Pastel Society and a regular exhibitor at the invitation shows of the Confederation of British Artists and the Mall Galleries in London. He has been a longstanding exhibitor at John Noott Galleries and this is his fifth solo exhibition in Broadway. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday, from 9:30am–5pm (closed 1pm– 2pm), and on Sunday from 11am–5pm. Sunday 8 – Saturday 28 Ursula McCannell exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com This retrospective exhibition of works by Ursula McCannell features around 30 works, mostly oil on canvas as well as a small selection of drawings, dating from the 1980s and 1990s. Her lifelong subjects were the rough landscapes of Spain, Ireland and Croatia, and the people who inhabited them. The Private View is on Sunday 8 May, from 11am–4pm, and throughout the exhibition the Fosse Gallery is open

Saturday 21 – Monday 30 Philippa Dickens: Where The Sky Meets The Sea at The Studio Gallery, Little Barrington, near Burford 01451 844663 / OX18 4TE / philippadickensart.com In this, her fifth solo exhibition, contemporary landscape artist Philippa Dickens explores the constantly evolving light of the Cornish coast. Paintings, limited edition prints and cards are available to buy. Throughout the exhibition, the gallery is open from 12noon–6pm daily. Philippa’s exhibition is part of Oxfordshire Artweeks: for

Girl with Red Hair by Ursual McCannell at Fosse Gallery

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WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS Pettibone, Lucy Strachan, Anna Gillespie and Raymond Wirick. until Sunday 22 Melting Point at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk This display highlights a collection of nature-inspired glass, demonstrating a number of different techniques and celebrating the variety of works in glass.

Without Limit by Philippa Dickens at Garden Studio, Little Barrington, near Burford

further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 50–52. until Sunday 22 Into the Wild at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org This is the first collaboration of work by local mosaic artists Yvette Green and Jo Moreman, who share a passion for mosaics and all things wild. Even though they work in the same medium, their styles are very distinctive: Yvette works with bright stained glass and has recently started to incorporate mixed media; by contrast, Jo’s mosaics are crafted from muted ceramics and recycled glass. until Sunday 22 Elements of Capability at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham 01249 730459 / SN15 2LG / nationaltrust.org.uk This intriguing outdoor sculpture show is inspired by the work of landscape designer Lancelot ’Capability’ Brown, who is known to have been employed at Lacock Abbey. The sculptures reflect the central elements of Brown’s designs: wide open skies, rolling meadows, hills fringed by woodland, placid reflective lakes and grazing animals. Featured artists include Melissa Cole, Celia Smith, Annie Mulholland, Woody Fox, Lisa

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Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 Modern & Contemporary Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park 01452 814533 / GL4 8EX / chorleys.com Chorley’s holds regular art and antiques sales to include traditional fine furniture, paintings, jewellery, silver and ceramics. However, this auction offers something a little different in the form of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design. Viewing days are Sunday 22 (10am–4pm) 

After Demetre Chiparus, Egyptian Dancer at Chorley’s

WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS and Monday 23 May (9am–5pm). An online catalogue is also available. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 54–55. from Thursday 26 Eeles Family Pottery at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org Eeles Family Pottery, based in West Dorset, is exhibiting over 300 pieces of new work. The family of five potters create stoneware, porcelain and raku using basic ingredients such as ball clay from near Poole, china clay from South Devon and granite from Cornwall. The exhibition continues until 26 June. until Friday 27 Nature of the Beast at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com Nature of the Beast provides an alternative look at the animal world through sculpture, prints and drawings by a diverse group of artists.

Marked Cat by Jon Buck at Gallery Pangolin

Gallery Pangolin is open Monday to Friday, from 10am–6pm, and on Saturday from 10am–1pm. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 56. from Saturday 28 The Wildlife Art Society at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk Around 300 paintings, drawings, original prints, photographs and sculpture by professional and part-time members of the Wildlife Art Society International are on display, the majority for sale. throughout May British Life at Banbury Museum 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / banburymuseum.org A showcase of contemporary photographic images that captures the essence and spirit of British life. There are ten separate categories including street life, rural life, portraiture and a special award for the best documentary feature. The exhibition continues until 9 July.

Claude Guidi by Jeremiah Goodman at American Museum in Britain

throughout May Jeremiah Goodman exhibition and An American Toy Story at American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org Inspired Impressions: Interior Paintings by Jeremiah Goodman is the first European 

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www.fossegallery.com Fosse Gallery Fine Art, The Manor House, The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 1AF 01451 831319 mail@fossegallery.com

URSULA MCCANNELL 1923–2015

A rare opportunity to acquire Paintings, works on paper and bronzes.

Private view: Sun 8th May 11.00am–4.00pm. Exhibition continues until Sat 29th May. Windswept, oil on canvas, 36 x 36“

Athol Whitmore 'Eternal Child' 7th -28th May 2016

Solo Exhibition

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retrospective of the artist’s signature room portraits which form a unique record of the work of many design personalities of the past half century. Running concurrently, An American Toy Story tells the story of the 20th and 21st century toys and games that inspired and were inspired by popular films. Throughout the main season, the American Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 12noon–5pm. throughout May Impressionism: Capturing Life at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org Capturing Life brings together 28 masterpieces from British public collections to celebrate the Impressionists’ observations of humanity. The show centres on figurative paintings by some of the artists who exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874, including Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, PierreAuguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. Admission charges apply. The exhibition continues until 5 June.

Nursery Scene by Tom Elliot at Victoria Art Gallery

Redesigning Bath: illustration by architect Robert Atkinson at Museum of Bath Architecture

throughout May Planning for Peace: Redesigning Bath during WWI at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath 01225 333895 / BA1 5NA / museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk In 1916, while Great Britain was in the middle of WWI, architect Robert Atkinson designed an extraordinary project to redevelop the city of Bath. Ambitious in scale, was this scheme mere propaganda to boost morale and project the confidence that war would soon be over? On display here, Atkinson’s unbuilt designs present a vision for peacetime Bath imagined during the realities of war. The exhibition continues until 27 November. throughout May Bath Society of Artists exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk Now in its 111th year, the prestigious Bath Society of Artists’ Summer Open exhibition showcases the best of the region’s artistic talent. Any artist aged 18 or over can submit work for possible selection, and all of the chosen artworks are for sale. The exhibition continues until 4 June.

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WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS throughout May The Private Press Today exhibition at The Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway 01386 854695 / WR12 7AP / gordonrussellmuseum.org An exhibition of private press books from Britain, made over the past few decades using a wide range of skills and techniques. It continues until 30 June.

objects and archival material. The exhibition runs until 5 June. throughout May Simon Lewty: The SIGNiﬁcance of Writing at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum 01926 742700 / CV32 4AA / warwickdc.gov.uk Simon Lewty is a nationally renowned artist who now lives and works in Leamington Spa. This exhibition includes early works by Lewty dating back to the 1970s alongside his more recent works. It runs until 10 July.

throughout May Crafting Change: Community, Protest, Utopia at The Wilson, Cheltenham 01242 237431 / GL50 3JT / throughout May cheltenhammuseum.org.uk Hide and Seek: Drawings by Eileen Cooper at This partner exhibition to Hidden Agenda: Socially Swindon Museum and Art Gallery Conscious Craft explores how communities 01793 466556 / SN1 4BA / swindon.gov.uk throughout history have found new ways of living, Eileen Cooper’s practice as a painter and printmaker protesting and dreaming of creating a better is underpinned by highly individual drawings on world for themselves and the future. Curated by themes including sexuality, birth, family, creativity The Wilson, it features items selected from The and identity. This exhibition presents a collection JOHN Wilson’s Arts and Crafts Movement, localNOOTT history Galleries of her works on paper spanning almost 40 years. and Wilson family collections, focusing on craft It runs until 10 September.  FINE PAINTINGS & WORKS OF ART

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Saturday 7 – Sunday 22 May

Solo Exhibition – 30 new paintings in pastels

Gondolas and the Salute

Catalogue available upon request. Full details can be found on our website www.john-noott.com John Noott Galleries, 10 The Green, Broadway, Worcs WR12 7AA www.john-noott.com 01386 858969 bm@john-noott.com

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Performing AMay rts Friday 6 & Saturday 7 Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to the Everyman Theatre performing four contrasting works: Kenneth MacMillan’s Solitaire, a game for a girl and her dancers, set to composer Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances; David Bintley’s witty Four Scottish Dances; Frederick Ashton’s Monotones II, an extended pas de trois set to music by Erik Satie; and Hans van Manen’s Five Tangos, which translates Astor Piazzolla’s fiery Argentinian

music into tango movement. There is a free preperformance talk on Saturday at 6:45pm. Friday 6 – Saturday 14 God of Carnage at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 403416 / CV37 6LU / thebearpit.org.uk Yasmina Reza’s black comedy God of Carnage achieved the Laurence Oliver Award for Best Comedy in 2009. What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children: a calm and rational debate or a hysterical night of name-calling? Monday 9 – Saturday 14 The Father at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Now 80 years old, Andre was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? Andre is starting to wonder if he’s losing control. The Father by Florian Zeller is the most acclaimed new play of the decade and winner of France’s highest theatrical honour, the Moliere Award for Best Play. 2016 Olivier award winner Kenneth Cranham reprises his performance as Andre. Wednesday 11 Alex Wilson lunchtime recital at Pound Arts, Corsham 01249 701628 / SN13 9HX / poundarts.org.uk A performance by British pianist Alex Wilson, including works by Frank Bridge and Elgar.

Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre

Thursday 12 The Invisible Orchestra at Gloucester Guildhall 01452 503050 / GL1 1NS / gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall The Invisible Orchestra is a 24 piece orchestra created by band leader James Waring. Its sound combines funk, soul, Jazz and big band with huge orchestral sweeps, Afro-beat and reggae. The core percussion section is supported by a full complement of saxophones, tuba, sousaphone, trumpets, cornet and trombones, plus the unlikely addition of a string quartet and piano.

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WHAT’S ON: PERFORMING ARTS Monday 16 – Saturday 21 Breakfast at Tiffany’s at Theatre Royal, Bath 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk Breakfast at Tiffany’s is Truman Capote’s classic tale of one of literature’s most captivating characters, Holly Golightly. It features memorable songs from the era and original music composed by Grant Olding.

Andy Fairweather Low and band at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn

Friday 13 Andy Fairweather Low live music at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn 0844 576 2210 / GL52 8LU / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Andy Fairweather Low first came to prominence as lead singer in the 1960s band Amen Corner. Since then, he has worked with musicians such as Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. In this concert, he is backed by his band The Low Riders. Saturday 14 Shakespeare Untold at Rondo Theatre, Bath 01225 444003 / BA1 6RT / rondotheatre.co.uk This family friendly double-bill is by Harper Ray and Adam Sibbald, based on the plays of William Shakespeare. In Romeo Untold, the story of starcrossed lovers Romeo and Juliet is retold through the eyes of the Capulet Ball’s party planner. Titus Untold retells Shakespeare’s goriest tragedy, Titus Andronicus, as seen from the kitchen of the protagonist’s piemaker. Sunday 15 Kate Rusby live music at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa 01926 334418 / CV32 4AT / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre Kate Rusby is a soulful singer, backed here by the British folk musicians who form her band.

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Tuesday 17 Colours of Impressionism live music at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org A lunchtime concert (1:10pm–1:50pm) given by soprano Jane Hunt accompanied on piano by Clive Pollard. Their programme explores the influence of musical ’Impressionism’ on song composition, beginning with early works by Debussy and progressing through pieces by Ravel, Delius and Falla. Tuesday 17 The Fureys live music at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Irish band The Fureys were formed in 1978 and two of the original members, George and Eddie, continue to perform their emotive songs. Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 Annie the Musical at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge 0845 299 0476 / BA14 0ES / arctheatre.org.uk One of the most successful musicals in recent years, this is the heart-warming tale of Annie’s 

Kate Rusby live music at Royal Spa Centre

Saturday 21 Tatterdemalion at Prema, Uley 01453 860703 / GL11 5SS / prema.org.uk A return visit by popular demand: the show combines physical comedy and mime in the tradition of Ecole Philippe Gaulier.

Tatterdemalion at Prema

adventures: her escape from an orphanage to a new life with Daddy Warbucks. Thursday 19 The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon at The Theatre, Chipping Norton 01608 642350 / OX7 5NL / chippingnortontheatre.co.uk A patchwork of puppetry, poetry, movement and live music, stitched together by the young ensemble The Human Zoo. This production sets out to explore humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies.

Sunday 22 Sue Moreno Trio live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath 01225 461700 / BA1 1QR / chapelarts.org Dutch diva Sue Moreno is a charismatic performer who blends rock ’n’ roll with rhythm and blues and Jazz standards. Sunday 22 Julian Clary live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Julian Clary presents The Joy of Mincing, a masterclass in camp comedy. Suitable for age 16+.

Thursday 19 – Saturday 21 Shreds: The Jack the Ripper Musical at The Playhouse, Cheltenham 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk Whitechapel, 1888. It’s no time to be a woman alone after dark: there’s a psychopath on the loose. But what’s left for a working girl to do but take to the streets and make a song and dance about it? Shreds is a musical thriller based on the true events that occurred in Victorian London. Saturday 21 Rob Beckett live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa 01926 334418 / CV32 4AT / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre Beckett’s brand new hour of comedy tackles some of the big issues of the day – like KitKats and flatbread.

The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre

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WHAT’S ON: PERFORMING ARTS Wednesday 25 The Hallé Orchestra at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk The Hallé performs Richard Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor and Beethoven’s famous Symphony No.5. The players are conducted by Jamie Phillips, with Elena Urioste as solo violinist. Wednesday 25 – Saturday 28 Out of Focus at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon 01789 403416 / CV37 6LU / thebearpit.org.uk A heart-warming play by Peter Gordon about a downtrodden vicar’s wife who makes a complete bodge-up of the church hall bookings. In true British fashion, the various parties eventually unite to help her out. Thursday 26 Jerri Hart show at American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org Following his successful appearance at the American Museum last year, Jerri Hart returns with a new show that mixes music and comedy. from Thursday 26 The Alchemist at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Ben Jonson’s amusing satire revels in just how vain we humans can be. When London is hit by an outbreak of the plague, the wealthy Lovewit flees to the country, leaving his townhouse in the hands of his trusted butler, Jeremy. But no sooner has his master left than Jeremy begins turning the house into a den of criminal activity. Friday 27 Philharmonia Orchestra at The Forum, Bath 01225 443114 / BA1 1UG / bathforum.co.uk One of the world’s great orchestras is in Bath for the International Music Festival. This concert features two works by Sibelius – Finlandia and his glorious Violin Concerto – as well as Elgar’s

Symphony no.2. The violin soloist is Valeriy Sokolov and the conductor is Edward Gardner. Sunday 29 The Knock Knock Stand Up Comedy Tour at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa 0844 493 4938 / CV31 3AA / loft-theatre.co.uk Between March and August, stand up comic Damian Kingsley is travelling penniless from Land’s End to Edinburgh on a 120-gig tour to help raise money for the homeless charity Shelter. He hoping to be given shelter, food and maybe a few lifts along the way; in return he’ll tell jokes to anyone, anywhere. throughout May Cymbeline at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Cymbeline is Shakespeare’s coming of age tragicomic romance: a story of power, sexuality and identity. Britain is in crisis, with an ineffectual Queen Cymbeline ruling over a divided country. Can the nation be saved? 

MON 20 - SAT 25 JUNE Featuring ANTONY COSTA from BLUE

TUE 12 - SAT 23 JULY Starring LUCY O’BYRNE as Maria

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eVents May Sunday 1 & Monday 2 Horsepower at Kenilworth Castle 01926 748900 / CV8 1NE / english-heritage.org.uk Two days of manes, reins and automobiles: a celebration of speed through the ages. Sunday 1 & Monday 2 Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring 01789 299011 / stratforward.co.uk The streets of Stratford are filled with cars of all ages, with free entry for pedestrians to view. Monday 2 – Saturday 14 Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across Swindon swindonfestivaloﬂiterature.co.uk The festival brings together novelists, poets, scientists, philosophers, artists, naturalists and

adventurers, to share and debate ideas. Participants with very different points of view include Brian Blessed, Roger Scruton, Vince Cable and Ken Livingstone. Tuesday 3 – Sunday 8 Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around Chipping Campden 01386 849018 / campdenlitfest.co.uk The seventh independent Literature Festival in Chipping Campden takes as its theme ’History’, with special events to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. As well as featuring authors, the festival brings musicians and actors to Chipping Campden. Wednesday 4 – Sunday 8 Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House, near Malmesbury 01454 218596 / GL9 1DF / badminton-horse.co.uk Badminton was first held in 1949 by the 10th Duke of Beaufort in order to let British riders train for international events, and was advertised as 

Badminton Horse Trials

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NEVILLE CROWSON An established plein-air painter and graduate of the Slade School

SIMON CLEMENTS Wood Carver, Sculptor and artist-in-residence

Artweeks at Aston Pottery Saturday 21st – Monday 30th May 2016

PATRICK FOYE Artisan Jeweller who has supplied the UK’s best department stores

PETER EDWARDS Painter of intimate rural landscapes for the last 40 years

Aston Pottery are excited to be showcasing a diverse collection of Oxfordshire’s best artists and craftsmen for Artweeks 2016. We will be converting our entire top floor into a gallery space to house paintings, jewellery, wood carving and photographic art. The exhibition will be open during our normal opening hours from Saturday 21st May – Monday 30th May 2016. Entry is free of charge. Aston Pottery is a working ceramics manufacturer with an award-winning shop stocking contemporary gifts and renowned Country Café serving a wide variety of delicious food. Throughout the summer our recently developed gardens will be in full bloom.

www.astonpottery.co.uk or call 01993 852031 7 days a week, Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm, Sundays and Bank Holidays 10.30am-5pm. We are a 5 minute drive from Witney on the B4449 between Standlake and Bampton. Aston Pottery, Kingsway Farm, Aston, Oxfordshire OX18 2BT Visit us on Facebook to see our latest designs and displays: www.facebook.com/AstonPottery

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“the most important horse event in Britain“. It remains one of the world’s most prestigious Eventing trials. Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern 020 3176 5810 / WR13 6NW / rhs.org.uk The annual Malvern Spring Festival features Show Gardens and colourful displays as well as talks, practical workshops and demonstrations and a Food and Drink Pavilion. Thursday 5 – Sunday 15 Cheltenham Poetry Festival at venues across Cheltenham cheltenhampoetryfest.co.uk Highlights of this year’s festival include appearances by Christopher Somerville, Dr Paul Innes, Nigel McLoughlin and Cheltenham Poetin-Residence Angela France. Novelist Samantha Harvey (“this generation’s Virginia Woolf”) pairs up with Faber New Poet Jack Underwood to explore the nature of memory and best-selling

Oxfordshire Artweeks at Woldstone: Tina Engell MultiCup gemset bracelet in 18ct gold

author Stuart Maconie reads work by iconic British poets such as W.H.Auden and Philip Larkin. Friday 6 Alexander Sturgis talk at Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-near-Woodstock OX20 1DZ / woottontalks.co.uk Alexander Sturgis was appointed as the new Director of the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, in 2014 following nine years as Director of Bath’s Holburne Museum. His publications include Rebels and Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the 19th century (2006) and Presence: Sculpture and the Portrait (2012). In his spare time, he also performs as a magician under the stage-name The Great Xa. Saturday 7 Randwick Wap in Randwick, near Stroud randwick.org.uk The Wap is a series of events during spring which culminates in a traditional procession and festival dating back to the Middle Ages. The procession starts at 12:45pm and is followed by the Fayre on the Field from 2pm.

Baby on Board, Zimbabwe by Galina Gardiner at Alison Vickery Open Studios

Weekends of 7 & 8 and 14 & 15 Open Studios at Morven and Little Kestrels St Chloe, Amberley, Stroud 01453 872518 / GL5 5AS / alisonvickery.co.uk / sitselect.org These open weekends (11am–5pm) show the work of two painters and a potter, and are part

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS of Select Festival’s month long celebration of the applied arts and crafts. Alison Vickery is showing her new paintings from trips near and far; Galina Gardiner is exhibiting art created on her recent volunteering trip to Zimbabwe; and potter Tom Knowles Jackson is displaying examples of his work and demonstrating pot throwing. The three artists are on hand to chat about their work in this informal environment. The studios are open from 11am–5pm on all four days. Saturday 7 – Monday 30 Oxfordshire Art Weeks at venues across Oxfordshire 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / artweeks.org This is the 34th annual Oxfordshire Artweeks festival. Participating venues include Aston Pottery, near Bampton; The Shaven Crown, in Shipton-underWychwood; Philippa Dickens, at the Studio Gallery in Little Barrington; and Sarah Wiseman Gallery, in Oxford’s Summertown. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 50–52.

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Sunday 8 Dawn chorus walk at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham 01242 890256 / GL54 3LJ / nationaltrust.org.uk Join National Trust rangers James and Laura for a rejuvenating morning walk, listening to Chedworth’s dawn chorus. A light breakfast is provided. Advance booking is required: tickets are £8 per person. Sunday 8 – Saturday 21 Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church, Chipping Campden 01386 849018 / campdenmusicfestival.co.uk This year’s festival debuts include the Austrian mezzo soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, who appears alongside Julius Drake, and Katherine Jenkinson and Martin Cousin, who join Ruth Rogers in the Aquinas Piano Trio. As always, many of the festival’s musicians are regulars: president Paul Lewis, Lucy Parham, the Nash Ensemble, Imogen Cooper, Ronan O’Hora, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alfred Brendel. 

The Royal Signals White Helmets Motorcycle Display • Shetland Pony Grand National Cookery Theatre StageSmart Stage Traditional Rural Skills Rare Breed Animals and Poultry K9 Dancing Dogs Display Pig Handling Falconry Display • Fun Dog Show and Dog Agility Course Sheep Shearing • Craft Pavilions Ferret Racing Clay Shooting • Archery Tree Climbing • 300 tradestands and lots lots more...

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS Thursday 12 Clive Aslet talk at American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org This talk is entitled ’Prison or Arcadia? What Americans Made of the English Country House’. Clive Aslet, who has written extensively about country houses on both sides of the Atlantic, describes how Americans have responded to the English country house – and what they have contributed to many of its greatest examples. Thursday 12 Brooklyn ﬁlm showing at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org Brooklyn is the story of a young woman, Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), who moves from small town Ireland to Brooklyn, NY, where she has the opportunity for work, a future and love. When a family tragedy brings her back to Ireland, she finds herself absorbed into her old community and eventually faces a terrible dilemma; a heartbreaking choice between two men and two countries. The screening starts at 7pm. Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 Museums at Night 01273 523982 / museumsatnight.org.uk Cotswold venues participating in this national event include Corinium Museum in Cirencester and Dyrham Park, near Bath.

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Friday 13 The Nelson Trust Clay Shoot and Dinner at Berkeley Castle 01453 512999 / GL13 9BH / nelsontrust.com This charity fundraising day features a shoot (£150 per gun, including refreshments) with four guns per team. This is followed by a three course dinner with wine, charity auction and raffle (£75 per head, to include a castle tour). Friday 13 – Sunday 22 Devizes Food & Drink Festival devizesfoodanddrinkfestival.info An annual, week long celebration of the best food, produce and drinks from the Wiltshire area. The Grand Market in Devizes Market Place takes place on Saturday 14, from 10am–4pm. Saturday 14 Barnsley Festival, near Cirencester GL7 5EF / barnsleyvillage.co.uk This annual event aims to open up Barnsley and its gardens for everyone to enjoy whilst helping raise funds for the upkeep of the village, and to benefit local and national charities. The day includes craft and local produce stalls, bell-ringing, a barbecue, licensed bar, Jazz band and family entertainments. Garden Passports provide access to all Open gardens and cost £7 per person, with free entry for children aged 14 and under. Saturday 14 Cowley Fete, near Cheltenham GL53 9NJ This fête in the centre of Cowley village takes place from 2pm– 5pm. It includes a dog show, terrier racing, coconut shy, tug-of-war, traditional races such as egg and spoon, a raffle and stalls with cakes, plants, books and clothes. There is live music by Ukesanon ukulele band and lots of refreshments including a barbecue, bar, cream teas and ice creams. All proceeds go to help maintain St Mary’s Church, Cowley. 

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3 –19 June 2016 Art Workshops Tony Allain, Gary Long, Roger Dellar, & demonstrAtions Deb Walker, Alex James Lecture series

Sir Roy Strong & John Julius Norwich David Haycock, Richard Ormond

recitALs & concerts Voces8 workshop & concert, the Severn

Trio, ‘Come & Sing’ Workshop Patrick Lichfield Photographs, Competition Exhibition, WWI & WWII

Tony Allain, Team Blue

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Monday 16 Undressing Antiques: talk by Mark Hill at St George’s Hall, Blockley GL56 9BY / blockleydfas.org A persuasive introduction to buying antiques and integrating them in today’s homes. Mark Hill is an antiques and 20th century design specialist, author, publisher, lecturer, dealer and TV presenter. Monday 16 Wine Tasting: Seeking Value at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath 01225 461700 / BA1 1QR / chapelarts.org This tasting is presented by Phil Cooke and features eight good value wines from regions or grapes that are currently ’out of vogue’. Tuesday 17 Michael Fairbairn talk: Discovering Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk This evening talk (7pm–9:30pm) explores some of the secrets behind various pieces of glass: how they were made and the skills that were employed to create them. Tickets are £8 per person.

Kansas Smitty’s House Band at Bath International Music Festival

Thursday 19 – Tuesday 31 Giffords Circus: The Painted Wagon at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe 0845 459 7469 / GL54 5JD / giffordscircus.com This year’s Giffords Circus show is based on the Wild West and features many old favourites including Messrs Bibi and Bichu, and Tweedy the

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS clown. The first venue is Sudeley Castle; check online for details of all other venues and dates over the summer. Friday 20 – Sunday 29 Bath International Music Festival at venues across Bath 01225 463362 / bathfestivals.org.uk Now in its 68th year, the festival is a mix of concerts and free events, starting with Party in the City on the opening night. The diverse programme presents classical repertoire as well as the best in contemporary Jazz, world and folk music. Performers range from international stars such as Willard White and Ute Lemper, to emerging younger talent and local musicians, both professional and amateur. Saturday 21 Daylesford Summer Festival at Daylesford Farmshop, Kingham 01608 731700 / GL56 0YG / daylesford.com A great day out for all the family: activities include a play barn for the children, tractor and horseand-cart rides and cookery demonstrations. Saturday 21 Witney Food and Drink Festival at St Mary’s Church Green, Witney OX28 4AW / witneyfoodfestival.co.uk Witney’s 4th Festival of Food and Drink showcases local produce from 70 local growers/ makers. The festival atmosphere is fuelled by live entertainment including performances by the Mason’s Apron Morris dancers and the St Mary’s Bell Ringers. When you’ve browsed the stalls, head for the Local Focus Pavilion, a new venture for this year’s festival and home to a number of local businesses and charities. The Festival Café serves tea, coffee and home made treats all day. 2016 Festival Champion, John Rustage of Hoggys Hog Shop, officially opens proceedings at 10am. Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 Race for Life at Lydiard House, Swindon 01793 770401 / SN5 3PA / lydiardpark.org.uk Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life is a series of women-only fundraising events. There is a 

• “Westonbirt is the finest ensemble of Victorian architecture, landscape and gardens in the Cotswolds”. (Country Life) • Grade 1 Listed House and Gardens • Private tours of the House by arrangement – see contact details below • House tours include afternoon tea overlooking our spectacular gardens and a leisurely walk around our formal gardens and grounds • Gardens only open for ad hoc individual visits Tues, Weds and Thurs 2-5pm, April to October.

For information on opening times visit:

www.holfordtrust.com For bookings contact: Jo Baker

Tel: 0166 01666 881 373 Email: jbaker@holfordtrust.com

Bowood House & Gardens 4th and 5th June 10am-5pm

Plants, fabulous food, music and fun!

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Tickets £10 online £12.50 on the day

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www.tobygarden

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muddy obstacle course on the Saturday and two distance courses (5k and 10k) on the Sunday. Saturday 21 – Sunday 29 Nailsworth Festival nailsworthfestival.org.uk The events include Jazz, folk, a capella and classical music, workshops and talks. On Festival Saturday (21 May), the programme features entertainment for all the family, market stalls and duck races.

Tuesday 24 Flavours of the Mediterranean cookery course at Lucknam Park, near Bath 01225 742777 / SN14 8AZ / lucknampark.co.uk Mediterranean cuisine combines bold flavours with a healthy lifestyle: this one day cookery course (9am–4:30pm, £175 per person) introduces participants to a range of dishes which can be recreated at home. Thursday 26 Gold from the Time of Stonehenge: talk by David Dawson at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org This illustrated lecture outlines the remarkable craftsmanship of objects found with the burials of the chieftains, important women and priests © Robert Markham

until Sunday 22 Select Festival 2016 at venues in and around the Stroud Valleys sitselect.org Now in its 10th year, the Select Festival welcomes visitors to Stroud and the surrounding area for almost a month of exhibitions, talks, film and workshops. The festival celebrates the applied arts and crafts with work from leading designer makers as well as emerging new talent. It opens on 30 April and the Select Trail’s open studios and artistled exhibitions take place over the weekends of 7–8 and 14–15 May. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 48–49.

Monday 23 – Monday 30 Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts at venues across the town winchcombefestival.co.uk This festival celebrates the best local bands, groups, artists, poets and writers. Highlights include the classical music concerts and a sculpture exhibition at Charingworth Court.

La Vie en Bleu at Prescott Hill

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS who used Stonehenge for their ceremonies. David Dawson is Director of the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes. Tickets are £6.50 per person or £5.50 for season ticket holders. The talk starts at 7pm. Friday 27 – Sunday 29 Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade 01367 700350 / GL7 3AG / lechladefestival.co.uk Lechlade Festival aims to present a vibrant, affordable and fun weekend for families. Scottish duo The Proclaimers headline on Saturday night and other acts include Hunter And The Bear and Elles Bailey. Friday 27 Sir Vince Cable talk at Wootton Village Hall, near Woodstock OX20 1DZ / woottontalks.co.uk Sir Vince is an economist and former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the coalition government between 2010–15. He lost his seat as the Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham at the 2015 General Election. At Wootton, he discusses his latest book, After the Storm, which is an analysis of the global economy and Britain’s place in it, between 2010 and 2015. from Friday 27 Bath Fringe Festival at venues across Bath 01225 480079 / bathfringe.co.uk The Bath Fringe is a festival of all the arts, with few rules as to what should be in or out. It continues until 12 June. Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 La Vie en Bleu at Prescott Hill Climb, Gotherington 01242 673136 / GL52 9RD / prescott-hillclimb.com This year, Prescott Hill Climb’s French festival also incorporates La Vita Rossa, a celebration of Italian motoring. For the weekend, Prescott’s paddock is packed with iconic French and Italian classic cars

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Jenny Bicat at Select Festival 2016

and supercars – ranging from a Bugatti Veyron Supersport to numerous Ferraris including an Enzo, a 1965 275 GTB, a 246 Dino, a 330 GTC, a LaFerrari and a Fantuzzi 196S. There are also trade stalls and visiting car clubs, plus lots of themed entertainment. Monday 30 Tetbury Woolsack Races tetburywoolsack.co.uk This annual event is always a crowd-puller and raises money for local charities and good causes. The races for individuals and teams demonstrate strength and fitness: participants have to race up and down one of Tetbury’s steep hills whilst carrying a sack of wool. There is also a street fair with entertainers, stalls and amusement rides.

HIGHLIGHTED CHARITY EVENT: MENINGITIS NOW

Steve Dayman, founder of Meningitis Now

Tuesday 10 May, 7pm

Fundraising evening for Meningitis Now at Calcot Manor, near Tetbury

The national charity Meningitis Now marks its 30th anniversary this year. During May, the charity is hosting a fundraising evening at Calcot Manor with Joanna Trollope OBE, Katie Fforde, Fiona Fullerton and Andrew Harvey… The Stroud based organisation Meningitis Now is the only charity dedicated to fighting meningitis in the UK. Its focus is on saving lives by funding research and creating awareness of signs and symptoms of the disease. It also helps rebuild futures – providing national support for people who live with the impact of meningitis, and their families. In its 30th anniversary year, the charity remains committed to the fight against meningitis. Its stated goal is not to rest until all strains of meningitis are preventable, and all affected families have access to relevant free support. Meningitis Now was set up following a hotspot of meningitis in the Storehouse area. The charity was founded by Steve Dayman, whose son Spencer contracted meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia in 1982. He sadly died and Steve has since dedicated much of his life to the meningitis cause in Spencer’s memory. Three decades on, Meningitis Now has funded vaccine research and development, and successfully campaigned for the introduction of

vaccines to prevent many strains of meningitis. It has also helped over one million individuals and families rebuild their lives after meningitis. Despite these successes, meningitis remains a real threat and over 500,000 people in the UK continue to live with its devastating consequences. This year, the charity is aiming to raise an extra £2m to dramatically increase awareness and vaccine uptake among key at-risk groups. During May, one of Meningitis Now’s fundraising events is an evening at Calcot Manor, near Tetbury, on 10 May: ’In Conversation with Joanna Trollope OBE, Katie Fforde and Fiona Fullerton, hosted by Andrew Harvey’. Tickets for this event cost £95 per person, to include a drinks reception and three course dinner. Louise Greer, Meningitis Now’s inspiring Young Ambassador who is a member of the Irish Paralympic Team is also attending the evening to talk about her own meningitis experience. Originally from Ireland, Louise currently lives in Gloucestershire whilst studying at Hartpury College.

For further details about Meningitis Now, please visit www.meningitisnow.org. To book tickets for the evening event at Calcot Manor on 10 May, please call 0345 120 4530 or email events@meningitisnow.org Meningitis Now is a registered charity in England and Wales, number 803016

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HIGHLIGHTED PROPERTIES EDITOR’S CHOICE: INTERIORS INTERIORS FEATURE: UNDERFOOT LUXURY EDITOR’S CHOICE: GARDENS GARDEN DESIGN TIPS: DESIGNING YOUR OWN GARDEN Cotswold preview MAY 16

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The Old Cottage, Duntisbourne Abbotts

Guide price: 拢549,000 Contact: Teresa Davis

A delightful stone cottage with separate annexe and charming gardens situated within this idyllic part of the Cotswolds

01285 648100

COTTAGE: Two Bedrooms 路 Three Reception Rooms ANNEXE: One Bedroom 路 Double Garage

mooreallen.co.uk

Cirencester 01285 648100 Lechlade 01367 252541 MAY 16 Cotswold preview

THE OLD VICAR AGE, Lechlade Occupying a commanding position within the Market Place of this charming riverside Cotswold town lies The Old Vicarage. The handsome property that has featured in a variety of ‘Homes and Lifestyle’ magazines

Guide price: £1,250,000 Contact: Richard Marriage 01367 252541

Five Bedrooms · Three Receptions · Walled Garden · Gated Parking

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The Bellcote

Period feature and contemporary living in a former estate building.

Location: Westonbirt, Tetbury Accommodation: Dining hall, drawing room, garen room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, boot room, first floor sitting room, four bedrooms, two with en suite and family bathroom. Outside: Two carports and gardens. Price: ÂŁ975,000 Tel: 01285 654535 Email: cirencester@hamptons-int.com

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SEARLES PROPERTY CONSULTANCY

A refurbished family house in a rural position about a mile outside the village, with the benefit of stables and grazing if required.

Location: Daglingworth Accommodation: Kitchen/breakfast room, separate utility room, cloakroom, 28' sitting room with woodburner, study/playroom/dining room, master bedroom with new en suite bathroom, three further double bedrooms, a single bedroom and two further shower/bathrooms. Outside: Pretty garden, garage and garden store. Situation: Unfurnished. EPC Band F. Stables, outdoor school and grazing close by separate negotiation if required. Price: £3250pcm Tel: 07887 888686 Email: soffisearle@btinternet.com Tenant Reference Fee: £45 Company Reference Fee: £60 Tenant Admin Fee: £100 (inclusive of VAT)

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Southberries

A listed Cotswold stone detached cottage with a pretty garden in this village location. Location: Filkins Accommodation: Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, study, garden room, bedroom with en suite, two further bedrooms and family bathroom. Outside: Off-street parking, garden and two sheds. Price: ÂŁ650,000 Tel: 01993 822661 Email: burford@jackson-stops.co.uk

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Midge Hall A handsome Grade II listed five bedroom farmhouse that has been in the same family for 84 years. Location: Hook, Royal Wootton Bassett Accommodation: Entrance hall, three reception rooms, kitchen, utility room, scullery, larder, two cloakrooms, two further ground floor store rooms, en suite master bedroom, four further double bedrooms, family bathroom and two first floor store rooms. Outside: Mature gardens, outbuildings, commercial glasshouses and extensive private parking in all about 4.25 acres. Price: ÂŁ795,000 Tel: 01285 627555 Email: ncroall@savills.com

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Sambourne Barn

A beautifully presented and very well appointed re-built barn conversion in weathered red brick under a mellowing Pantile roof. Location: Minety Accommodation: Entrance hall, living room, dining/family room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, bedroom with en suite bathroom, three further bedrooms and family bathroom. Outside: Garage for three cars and first floor storage space, garden, paddock, triple stable block, tack room and medium sized mĂŠnage. Price: ÂŁ700,000 Tel: 01285 655355 Email: cirencester@perrybishop.co.uk

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Luggers Hall A substantial and impressive Cotswold stone house in Arts and Crafts style sitting in approximately two acres of beautiful mature gardens. The property was originally built for the painter Alfred William Parsons.

Location: Broadway Accommodation: Entrance hall, reception hall, drawing room, library, family room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, utility room, boot room, study, cloakroom, cellar, master suite with dressing room, guest suite, three further bedrooms, three further bathrooms and ironing room. Outside: Self-contained staff/guest apartment with two bedrooms, kitchen/living room and shower room, impressive long approach, beautiful mature gardens, car ports, garage, storage, Stables and outbuilding in all about two acres. Price: ÂŁ3,750,000 Tel: 01451 600610 Email: rupert.wakley@knightfrank.com

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Editor’s Choice… INTERIORS

We love this hand printed wallpaper, Dog Rose, by the fine artist and botanist Helen Morley. Working with lino blocks on a coach built press, Helen prints this and her other patterns to order, either in her own range of colours or to any bespoke colourway. Dog Rose is a six colour paper which comes in 10m rolls: each roll takes two days to hand print and costs £280. All Helen’s work is printed to order: samples can be requested and orders placed through her website. Helen Morley: 07849 926239 / waybreads.com

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Our favourite new wallcoverings, plus exhibitors at Malvern Spring Festival… This botanical wallpaper by Sandberg (£68 per roll) also caught our eye recently: it is from the new Flora Sandbergica collection which was inspired by Scandinavian plants and flowers. The collection is divided into four parts – Urban Harmony, Natural Essence, Lasting Memories and Botanical Legacy – which capture the essence of manicured planting schemes as well as wild, uncultivated landscapes. For more information or local stockist details: 0800 731 9622 / sandbergwallpaper.com

This month’s Malvern Spring Festival (5–8 May) is showcasing several interesting homewares exhibitors such as Bristol-based Linen Prints (linenprints.co.uk) and Northwood (northwoodhome.co.uk), the UK arm of cult Australian retailer Southwood.

Hugely popular with architects and interior decorators, Paint & Paper Library has just relaunched with 40 new colours and finishes, including what is claimed to be the mattest emulsion paint on the market. Pictured here as the wall colour is Erica 346 (in Pure Flat emulsion, £42.50 / 2.5 litres). For local stockist details: 0845 880 5844 / paintandpaperlibrary.com

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interiors feature… UNDERFOOT LUXURY

Tiles of Stow’s ‘Norway’ porcelain floor tiles (pictured in 60cm x 60cm, from £56/m²) emulate the volcanic rock from northern Europe

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Runners & rugs Roger Oates Floors & Fabrics’ 100% wool flatweave runners create instant impact in halls and on stairs. Pictured right, the company’s iconic ‘Westport Rust’ runner design is a simple textured herringbone ground with a generous decorative border made up of narrow bands of colour, punctuated with a contrasting rib section. The runner is 70cm wide and costs £125 per linear metre. ‘Dart Persimmon’, pictured below in a bold, contemporary colourway, is a bordered stair runner by Roger Oates, complemented here by a rug that has been made from the ground design, joined by hand and bordered in a linen tape. The narrow weave is perfect for stairs and can be mitred on landings or fitted wall to wall. The runner is 62cm wide and costs £125 per linear metre.

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‘Whitman’ is a design from Roger Oates’ New England collection, which was just launched this spring. Inspired by folk embroidery, the design has a simple, striking herringbone weave with a bold border. Two colourways, Soft Black and Light Red, have been joined by hand to create the rug pictured here (310cm x 425cm, retail price £1,982). Roger Oates Floors & Fabrics: 01531 632718 / HR8 1EL / rogeroates.com

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Reclaimed & new wood ﬂooring This example of a beautiful old oak floor, about 200 years old, came from a farmhouse in Shurdington, near Cheltenham. The timbers were reclaimed, cleaned up, re-machined, fitted and re-finished by wood flooring specialist ATC Floors & Doors.

Pictured below, this fumed panel of engineered oak in a striking parquet pattern is from ATC Doors & Floors. Fuming wood results in a darker finish, and unlike staining which coats the top layers, fuming gives a darker finish throughout the whole timber.

ATC Floors & Doors’ ‘Double Fumed Oak’, with UV oiled finish, provides a hardwearing, practical flooring. It is ideal for adding a stylish background to a contemporary setting.

Pictured here is ‘Textured Engineered Oak’ board with hand rolled edges, finished with a burnished hardwax oil, from ATC Floors & Doors. ATC Floors & Doors: 01242 220536 / GL50 2TJ / atcfloorsanddoors.co.uk

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The Stroud Window Company Gloucestershire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; call 01453 824032

Experts in windows, doors & conservatories since 1982

For a free consultation and quote call us today

01453 824032

or visit www.stroudwindows.com The Stroud Window Company Ltd, Plot 10, Ryeford Industrial Estate, @Stroud_Windows Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 3HE

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Porcelain tiles Pictured right, ‘Lakestone Pearl’ from Tiles of Stow is a distinctive porcelain with characterful strata-like markings. The matt and gloss finishes are available in a range of colours which look equally at home in small rooms as well as larger living areas. Various tile sizes are available, priced from £56 per m². Looking just like a natural stone, ‘Graal Arras’ (£60 per m²) from Tiles of Stow is one of the best Italian porcelains. It comes in three sizes and can be used as a random mix, as pictured here, or in a simple format using just one of the sizes. Tiles of Stow’s ‘Axis Golden Oak’ wood effect porcelain tiles provide an alternative to wooden planks. This floor tile (£72 per m²) is a grade 5 wear tile, meaning that it can be laid in high traffic areas and is very easy to maintain. Tiles of Stow Ltd: 01608 658993 / OX7 6UP / tilesofstow.co.uk

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Fi BOYLE GARDEN DESIGN

Garden Landscape desiGn & consuLtancy

Turning Visions into Reality Landscape Contractors Tel: 01285 654766 www.estatesandgardens.co.uk

An award winning, creative & inspirational designer working with you to achieve your dream garden

Tel: Office 01747 840202 Mobile: 07787 913027 Stourhead Estate Office, Stourton, Whiltshire BA12 6QD www.fiboylegardendesign.com fi@fiboylegardendesign.com

Baunton Lane, Cirencester, Glos. GL7 7BG

ANDREW AYRE GARDENS

Cotswold based plantsman and landscape gardener with many years of experience in helping make your garden a beautiful place to relax! Garden management • Garden restoration Re-planning and planting • Pruning and training: fruit trees (espalier and cordon), roses, apples trees Walls wired for climbers • Border planting plans

For a bespoke monthly maintenance program please call 07771 332702

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Both in town and country settings, a benchmark in a Hendy Curzon garden each year is the first burst of Tulips. These portions of the company’s planting schemes are now peaking, soon passing the baton over to the likes of Alliums and an array of perennials. Each Hendy Curzon scheme is a bespoke design with planting combinations to reflect the signature style of the client. This year, the company promises a celebration of heritage plants, presented in new and striking ways. Alongside their designs, builds and project management, the Hendy Curzon team, led by Adrienne Hendy-Curzon, are currently relocating to the Design Barn on Blenheim grounds in Oxfordshire. Here, clients will be able to see live case studies, such as cut flower gardens, meadow patches and Tulip variety tests. For more details, call 01993 886915 or visit hendycurzon.co.uk

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Our top horticultural selection for May… May is one of the peak months for the National Garden Scheme’s open days. A highlight among participating Cotswold gardens is Stowell Park, near Northleach, which this year opens for the NGS on Sunday 8 May and Sunday 19 June (2pm–5pm on both days). Admission is £6 per adult, free for children. For further details: ngs.org.uk / stowellpark.co.uk

Chastleton Cutting Garden, near Chipping Norton, specialises in growing old-fashioned cottage garden flowers such as fragrant sweet peas, larkspur, cornflowers, cosmos, snapdragons and nigella. The nursery’s founder, Sarah Cotter Craig, supplies fresh, handpicked flowers – perfect for weddings and special events – or you can create your own cottage garden by buying seedlings selected by Sarah for their colour, long flowering season and scent. From 5 May until 30 September, the nursery is open Thursdays to Saturdays, from 10am–5pm, and at other times by appointment: 01608 674434 / GL56 0SY / cottercraig@btinternet.com If you have a balcony or roof terrace, there is masses of inspiration to be found in teNeues’ newly published book Living Roofs. The author, Ashley Penn, presents a selection of rooftop gardens from around the world, ranging from the sumptuous to the minimalist. Helpfully, the beautiful photography is accompanied by plant listings. Pictured here is a roof terrace in Holland Park, London, designed by Charlotte Rowe Garden Design. RRP £29.95; teneues.com

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gardens design tipsâ&#x20AC;Ś DESIGNING YOUR OWN GARDEN

GARDEN DESIGN TIPS

by Susan Dunstall

DESIGNING YOUR OWN GARDEN Would you like to have a go at designing all or part of your own garden? Here, professional garden designer Susan Dunstall provides some useful pointers as to where to startâ&#x20AC;Ś TRAINING Dependent on the scale of your garden, you may want to consider learning about the main principles of garden design before you begin. The RHS has a list of courses and workshops that it recommends which are run across the country. Alternatively, you could try an online course which

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can easily be completed in your spare time: an example is MyGardenSchool, an online garden school taught by well known experts. GARDEN DESIGNER Consider using a garden designer for an initial session of ideas. Most designers will offer a 4

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garden design tips… DESIGNING YOUR OWN GARDEN consultation of just a few hours’ work to discuss concepts with you that you can then develop and implement for an area of the garden. If the design is more complex, it may be worth having a master-plan completed by a designer; you can then implement this stage by stage or according to your budget. A designer will bring together years of experience and can translate your ideas into a cohesive design and a workable implementation. DRAWINGS If you decide to draw up your own plan of your garden, the first thing you will need to do is measure it. Drawing it to scale is essential and you will need graph paper and a scale rule to do that (there are several videos on youtube to explain this in detail). Having a scaled drawing helps you work out the different spaces accurately and avoid the most common layout – a lawn in the centre and planting beds around the edge. Calculations of the amount of stone needed for patios and paths and the number of plants needed to fill beds are more easily defined too. LAYOUT Getting the layout of the garden right is the most important factor in the success of your garden. If the layout is wrong, no amount of clever planting will make the garden work. Consider the different spaces and where you will need to get ‘from and to’ – then ensure you have a structure of paths that allow for this in direct routes, so that you do not cut the corners. It may sound obvious but be sure to make a list of everything you would like to include within your garden. It is also important to note any problems you need to address so that nothing is missed. For example, consider:

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Focal points – check the lines of sight from key areas of the garden and from different rooms within the house to ensure you have a good view from each position. Consider using specimen plants, sculpture or large pots to create interest. It is worth investing and indulging yourself with something you love: you may have your garden for many years and this one special item will help create a favourite spot. Screening – neighbouring properties may overlook you but trees, shrubs or trellis can be used to give some privacy. Pergolas and arbours can give a feeling of seclusion in a similar way. Separate your garden into different areas, often referred to as ‘rooms’, separated by hedging or screens in wood or metal. These areas might include a vegetable garden, orchard, outdoor kitchen, terraces/sitting spaces and a shade garden.

PLANTING The final stage of the design – planting – shouldn’t be addressed until the layout of the beds is defined. When choosing your plants, try to balance your selection and think about: • Shape – of both the flower and the leaf; • Texture – from intricate flowers to deeply ridged leaves; • A colour palette for the scheme; • Plant combinations that work well together; • Positioning within the border – for example, whether the tallest plants are at the back or in the middle; • Seasonal interest – make sure you have something for each month of the year. Finally: don’t forget your lighting so that elements of your garden are visible in the evening as well as during the day.

Susan Dunstall is a landscape and garden designer based in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. She believes that well planned gardens have a real and positive influence on our well-being, with the organisation of space the most important element of a design. Her gardens often have distinctive areas and are designed to surprise and entrance. Wherever possible, Susan works towards environmentally sustainable design and the use of locally sourced materials, creating beautiful and effective gardens of all sizes and to all budgets. For further details, please contact Susan Dunstall: 07879 842934 / susan@susandunstall.com / susandunstall.com

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DO YOU WANT TO WORK IN SPORT OR AS AN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE INSTRUCTOR IN THE UK OR ABROAD? With so many of our students going on to fantastic jobs or their dream course at university, Hartpury can turn your ambitions into reality. And we also offer a wide range of courses in animal, agriculture, equine and uniformed public services – the perfect stepping stone to a career with the police, fire service or in the military. From apprenticeships to A-levels and BTEC diplomas through to degrees and postgraduate qualifications, there really is no place like Hartpury. To find out what Hartpury could do for you, come along to our next College Open Day on June 28th, 2016 or our University Open Day on June 20th, 2016. You can book at http://www.hartpury.ac.uk/opendays

Did you know? You don't have to be playing elite sport to do your A-levels or a BTEC Diploma in Sport at Hartpury, but if you are, we can help you to balance your studies with your sport to help you be the best you can be. On our 360-hectare specialist campus with its exceptional facilities as your classroom, you'll discover we're so much more than a traditional Sixth Form college or school!

Former Hartpury Outdoor Adventure student, Tom Handley, is now working as a multi-activity instructor

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DEAN CLOSE SENIOR SCHOOL Having been Deputy Headmaster of Dean Close Senior School since 2009, Mr Bradley Salisbury was recently appointed the School’s Headmaster. Here, he explains why Dean Close’s founding Christian principles are still as important as they were in 1886, and how the school believes that education is as much about building character and relationships as it is about gaining knowledge… What is your professional background and where did you teach prior to becoming Headmaster of Dean Close Senior School? Having completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Leeds and a PGCE at the University of Bristol, I took up my first post at Gordano School (a large community school near Bristol) as a teacher of Religious Studies. Over the next ten years, I worked as a Head of Department and Head of Years 10 and 11 at Bristol Cathedral School before moving to Wells Cathedral School, a co-educational boarding school with a music specialism, as Head of RS and Housemaster.

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During this time, I was able to study part-time for a Masters at the University of Bristol. In 2009, my family and I moved to Dean Close Senior School so that I could take up the role of Deputy Headmaster. I have loved all of the schools I have worked in and feel equipped to take on the challenging role Dean Close has entrusted to me. What is the history of the school? Opened in 1886, Dean Close was named by its founders after the Very Reverend Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle, a former Rector of Cheltenham. The school remains on its original site, situated

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school profileâ&#x20AC;Ś DEAN CLOSE SENIOR SCHOOL on the outskirts of Cheltenham on a beautiful 50 acre plot. It is one of the oldest established co-educational independent senior schools and welcomed its first girl, Pamela Rowles, in 1967. The school has had nine headmasters since its foundation: I am the tenth. What was your first impression of the school? It struck me that the school simply tries to be the best it can be at whatever it does. This creates an incredible sense of community as pupils and staff support each other in a wide range of fields. The year I arrived, Dean Close was celebrating some superb academic results, a renowned performance of Les MisĂŠrables and winning the U18 National Schools Hockey Final. All this and more from a school of only 500 pupils is quite something. What do you bring to the school? I am first and foremost a school master. This means that I am constantly looking at ways to improve what we do in the classroom. One of the advantages of working with the Warden and Chief Executive of Dean Close, is that I am able to continue to have a limited teaching timetable. By being in the classroom and around the day-to-day activity of the school, I can help to ensure that our classrooms are the best learning environments they can be. Do you plan to introduce any changes, and if so, what are they? In the medium term, we hope to start a significant building programme in the Senior School. I am fortunate that we have inherited a great legacy of excellent facilities at Dean Close but we need to continue to ensure that we are planning for the future. In the short term, my main focus is to ensure that we keep to our aim of looking after individuals. This means tweaking our pastoral systems and reviewing our curriculum and co-curricular options. With the new A Level system upon us, we have a real opportunity to do just that. What are the goals and ethos of Dean Close? Dean Close is, at heart, a Christian school, where its founding values create a positive force of friendship, self-worth and mutual respect.

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In reality, this means that we work hard to ensure that all pupils are known and feel known. The benefit of a school of our size is that I am able to know each pupil; and Housemasters can have an in-depth knowledge of how each of their charges is doing at any one time and where they might need additional support. From the choices that we make with our academic programme, to the way in which discipline conversations take place, meetings with parents, and the sports that we offer, all of these are driven by the needs of the individual. In the classroom, we seek to add value to pupils of every ability. The needs of a potential Cambridge maths graduate are different to the needs of the Florida State tennis scholar. To provide teachers, resources and a culture which supports the range of needs is quite some challenge, but we are informed by and build on past experience. What is your personal philosophy of education? Schools exist to prepare pupils for the best days to come as leaders, employees, spouses, parents and neighbours. This is achieved by providing the right level of obstacle for each individual: obstacles that inspire them to reach higher and to develop their character. School should not just be about making life easy, but about providing the right balance of success and failure to help individuals flourish. Are there specific areas or disciplines in which the school excels? We have certain areas that have been traditionally strong and others that are areas of real growth. In terms of academic results, departments such as Maths, Classics and Art often lead the way but in recent years, History and Chemistry are showing the signs of the work they have put in. In the world of music, we have enjoyed a strong reputation for our choral music but with the arrival of the Carducci Quartet a few years ago, it is our string playing that is starting to turn heads. We have a strong national reputation for hockey and are consistent attendees at the National Hockey Finals, both indoor and outdoor. 4

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In my short time, we have won at every age group and in the boys’ and girls’ events. With the addition of the current U23 GB international Liam Brignull to work alongside former GB international Gary Tredgett, we fully expect this to remain an area of excellence for some time. The last few years have also seen the rugby club going from strength to strength as we seek to ensure that we provide an outstanding experience for those for whom rugby is a key sport. Our A teams can now match schools with twice our resources and with Andrew Stanley at the helm, this will continue to be the case. Drama has long been an area of real success and going to a play at Dean Close is a genuine delight. What stands out for me in all our productions is the understanding of the whole ensemble: everyone on the stage knows the importance of their role in telling the story. When we take productions to the Edinburgh Fringe, it is this strength and depth that often catches the eye. In and around these activities, a number of our pupils choose to take up the various informal groups that are led by the chaplaincy team. From a weekly Christian Union to evening Bible Studies, we have a flourishing Christian community. The knock-on effect across the whole school is that life’s big questions are taken seriously and discussed at lunchtime, break times and in the pupil newspaper, The Quad, on a regular basis.

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The pupils at Dean Close have to make real choices with how they are going to use their time. There is no way that they can do everything that is on offer, but the vast majority certainly try. Does the school suit a particular type of character? One of my favourite photographs each year is the leavers’ photo. With the girls wearing their choice of dress and the boys sporting a range of ties, it is clear that this is a community of individuals. What often unites them is their willingness to participate in many of the opportunities on offer at the school, giving them a broad outlook and experience. What are your plans for the future direction of Dean Close Senior School? Dean Close Senior School will continue to be a Christian, co-educational school which provides a traditional academic curriculum alongside a thriving range of activities. The way in which we deliver that curriculum will continue to move with the times and take advantage of the best research available. One of the areas I am keen to build on is our partnerships with other local schools across the sectors. I am certain there is much that we can learn from the work of others and I believe that we have much to offer in return. Dean Close Senior School, Cheltenham: 01242 258000 / GL51 6HE / deanclose.org.uk

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Wycliffe College’s rider Jess Telford on Joey

According to the 2015 British Equestrian Trade Association’s National Equestrian Survey, there has been a recent decline in regular riders: from 1.6 million in 2011 to 1.3 million in 2015. However, the survey also shows that there has been significant growth in the number of riders aged between 16 and 24 (rising from 368,000 in 2011 to 403,000 in 2015) and many independent schools are taking an active role in promoting equestrian activities. One such school is Wycliffe College in Stonehouse, which currently has a riding community comprising 21 members in the school team (aged 7–18) and 14 members in the riding club. Helena Sherwood, Wycliffe College’s Equestrian Manager, believes that the sport brings an added dimension to school life: “It offers students who ride a chance to develop their skills and enjoy their hobby and gives students who don’t ride the opportunity to try

Laura Palmer, a pupil at The Cotswold School, with Bakeburn Matador ‘Charlie’

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Pia Robinson, a pupil at Burford School, and her pony Buck

something new. They learn to care for an animal, providing valuable life skills.” Miss Hannah Milsom, who manages the 30-strong Equestrian Team at The Cotswold School, in Bourton-on-the-Water, adds that the common interest in horses and riding helps break down social barriers. She says, “Our young riders are incredibly supportive of each other, regardless of year group. It is a pleasure to see the students cheering each other on at competitions and to see them at school, chatting to each other. It’s the shared passion for this wonderful sport that draws them together.” Extra-curricular activities have always been a vital ingredient to school life at Burford School, which has had an Equitation Team as part of its enrichment programme for over 10 years. The team currently has more than 50 registered members. Its aims are to coordinate riders into teams at local and national events; to lend support to competitors; and to provide a programme of activities throughout the year. It is open to anyone, whether or not they own a horse. Such inclusivity is also apparent at Dean Close School, in Cheltenham, which currently has up to 50 male and female members of its Equestrian Club, from Year 4 up to Year 13. Anyone may join the club at whatever level they wish and the emphasis is on promoting and developing potential and enjoying the entire ‘horse and pony experience’. The school’s Equestrian Manager, Paula Watson, believes that pupils

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family matters feature & school reports… BRIDLE WAYS who participate in equestrian activities gain great benefits: “The Equestrian programme not only offers pupils the opportunity to develop their talents, it gives them confidence, individuality, a chance to learn more about themselves and to forge a relationship with an animal which does not judge them in any way.” Many schools are members of The National Schools’ Equestrian Association (NSEA). This was established in 1991 and is the recognised body for equestrianism in schools throughout the UK, providing intra- and inter-schools competitions for team and individual riders. Malvern St James Girls’ School is one such establishment with membership of this organisation. The school’s Equestrian Team consists of 25 girls from Years 4 to 13 and covers a wide range of disciplines including dressage, cross country, jumping with style and show jumping. The school enters NSEA events, in all disciplines, throughout the year at Princethorpe, Kings Equestrian, Stonar, Windsor Horse Show, Hartpury, NSEA Championships and Summerhouse, to name but a few. The school also offers and funds tailored equestrian Pilates sessions to enable the girls to improve their core strength, fitness levels, balance, poise, body confidence and concentration. Wycliffe College offers extra tuition opportunities, with Helena Sherwood running training sessions outside term time for the

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Beaudesert Park School polo players after a match

Equestrian Team. In each of the major holidays, external coaches are brought in to help develop individual disciplines, allowing the boys and girls to hone their skills. Some schools in the area also offer polo as an extra curricular activity and Cheltenham College has had a successful polo club for nearly 20 years. Experienced players and complete beginners are equally welcome and the College currently has around 15 pupils playing polo across in all year groups, while Cheltenham College Preparatory School has around 10 polo playing pupils. The school is a member of SUPA (Schools and Universities Polo Association) and its first team won the Association Championships in 2015. Another school offering polo is Beaudesert Park School, in Minchinhampton: pupils are taken to Beaufort Polo Club in Westonbirt for lessons. Headmaster James Womersley comments, “We believe that a good allround education should include plenty of opportunities for children to try new things, find new strengths and feed their passions. We offer 30+ extra curricular activities here, including horse riding and polo. Both can offer a child many things: a chance to learn a new skill and have fun whilst being physically active, the opportunity to respect and care for another living creature, and, if they wish, a path to taking part in competitive events whether individually or as part of a team.” 4

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Malvern St James, Great Malvern 01684 892288 / WR14 3BA / malvernstjames.co.uk Congratulations to members of Malvern St James’ Equestrian Team who achieved third place in the NSEA Warwickshire & Worcestershire County Dressage qualifiers and RPL at Kings Equestrian Centre in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Millie Cooper also achieved First Individual in both classes and will now go on to compete in the next competition at Bury Farm. Dean Close School, Cheltenham 01242 258000 / GL51 6HE / deanclose.org.uk At the last Championships in 2015, Dean Close School had three teams and five individuals who qualified for the Show Jumping Classes at 1m and 1.10m, plus one individual in the Arena Eventing. Dean Close School currently holds the National 1.10m Show Jumping Pony Champion and the Reserve Show Jumping Horse Champion at 1.10m. The successful Championships were completed with the teams being placed third, fourth and fifth in the country. The Kingsley School, Leamington Spa 01926 425127 / CV32 5RD / thekingsleyschool.com Princethorpe College, near Rugby 01926 634200 / CV23 9PX / princethorpe.co.uk In October, a joint Kingsley/Princethorpe riding team won the Open Class at the Beachborough Hunter Challenge Plus event at Foxhill Farm, Eydon, in Northamptonshire. Kingsley girls Millie Hatton (Year 10) and Amy Newcombe (Year 11) and Princethorpe student Izzi Heathcote (Year 11) rode with considerable skill and courage to complete the demanding course in style. As well as winning the team competition, all three girls were placed individually – Izzi came seventh, Amy fifth and Millie a magnificent first.

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family matters feature & school reports… BRIDLE WAYS INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES… Katrina Woodhead, a pupil at King’s High Warwick, on Pollyanna, won the Championship in the Bloxham School Eventer Challenge Series. The course consisted of 12 show jumps, following straight on to the timed cross country phase of 15 jumps. Katrina and Pollyanna rode a double clear over both courses, and cleared the joker-jump with ease, to come second. Added to Katrina’s two firsts, two fourths and a fifth in the series, this puts her ahead of everyone else in the final league table to win the Championship. Ursula and Joshua Levett, representing The Croft Preparatory School, came first and second (respectively) in the Bloxham Eventer Challenge Series, which has been run over the last six months. The Eventer Challenge brought together individuals and teams to compete in this new schools’ event, comprising show jumping and cross country. Competitors were permitted to enter as many classes as they wished and accumulated points for their performances; the highest scorers

Ursula and Joshua Levett of The Croft Preparatory School

were then invited to compete in February’s grand final. Ursula and Joshua worked very hard over the winter and competed most Sundays whatever the weather! Representing The Cotswold School, Laura Palmer (Year 9) is currently a National Dressage Champion having won both her classes in 1b dressage and 1b freestyle to music, at the RDA National Championships at Hartpury College last August. Another talented rider from The Cotswold 4

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family matters feature & school reports… BRIDLE WAYS School, Freya Partridge, came top of her class in dressage for Area 9 with a significant margin of some 4/5 points. As a result, Freya has qualified to go on to a National Championship taking place in Berkshire in April, where she will be up against the best in the country. Just a week ago, Freya started British Eventing on her pony and she started at a 90 level which requires that she rides against adults; not only that, Freya was in an open class which meant that competition was fierce in terms of numbers and experience. Despite being by far the youngest entrant and riding her pony, Freya took third place.

Congratulations also go to Megan Barratt of The Kingsley School in Leamington Spa (Year 9), who has just been chosen by the Great Britain selectors for her first International dressage competition, on a pony she has had for only four months! Finally, there was double success for Year 8 rider India Marvelly at the Kingsley/Princethorpe NSEA riding event with wins in the dressage and show jumping classes. Other members of the Kingsley squad who were placed were Hollie Jones (Year 10) and Olivia Inchley (Year 12).

2016 YOUNG RIDER SPONSORSHIP AND MENTORING PROGRAMME

Three winners will each receive: • a session with Natasha Baker, MBE, the double gold medallist at London 2012 Paralympics; • a photoshoot by Jo Hansford of horse and rider, plus a mounted print; • a horse blanket and gilet; • ongoing support and exposure via Jo Hansford Photography website and social media channels. In addition, three runners-up will each receive a Jo Hansford photoshoot and mounted print.

The competition is open to riders in all disciplines, aged between 12 and 25, from Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucester, Bristol or Bath and North East Somerset. Ella Nutbeen Slowley, an 18 year old show jumper from Gloucestershire who is studying Equine Business Management at Hartpury College, is a previous winner of the Jo Hansford Photography young rider sponsorship and mentoring programme. She says she benefited hugely from her session with Natasha: “Her advice has helped me deal with my nerves and pressure. She has given me lots of tips, such as to take myself away from a noisy environment for half an hour to listen to music, to calmly imagine myself going round the course, to always focus on the positives and to learn from both what went right and what went wrong. Natasha is a world class athlete and has so much expertise to pass on.”

Contact details: Beaudesert Park School: 01453 832072 / GL6 9AF / beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Burford School: 01993 823303 / OX18 4PL / burford.oxon.sch.uk Cheltenham College: 01242 265600 / GL53 7LD / cheltenhamcollege.org Cheltenham College Preparatory School: 01242 522697 / GL53 7AB / cheltenhamcollege.org/prep-home Dean Close School: 01242 258000 / GL51 6HE / deanclose.org.uk

King’s High, Warwick: 01926 494485 / CV34 4HJ / kingshighwarwick.co.uk Malvern St James: 01684 892288 / WR14 3BA / malvernstjames.co.uk The Cotswold School: 01451 820554 / GL54 2BD / cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk The Croft Preparatory School: 01789 293795 / CV37 7RL / croftschool.co.uk The Kingsley School: 01926 425127 / CV32 5RD / thekingsleyschool.com Wycliffe College: 01453 822432 / GL10 2JQ / wycliffe.co.uk

Jo Hansford Photography 0117 953 5801 / BS3 1LG / johansfordphotography.com Following the success of last year’s programme, Jo Hansford, who specialises in both equine and wedding photography, is again offering young riders the opportunity for one-to-one mentoring to help them improve their competition success.

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The Talland School of Equitation The Talland school Of Equitation is one of the world-renowned BHS horse riding schools and ABRS approved equestrian centres offering dressage, show jumping, cross country and side saddle lessons to everyone from beginner to advanced.

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Overdale Equestrian Centre

Our region plays host to some of the top class equestrian events of the calendar, such as the Badminton Horse Trials (Wednesday 4 – Sunday 8 May) and The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park (Friday 5 – Sunday 7 August); but for those of us not quite at this level, there are also specialist local riding schools and centres at which to pursue every equine interest. Set in 30 acres of Oxfordshire countryside in Hook Norton, Turpins Lodge is a riding school that caters to every age and level of riding. It has an indoor school and outdoor school, and boasts access to miles of bridleways giving excellent off-road horse riding. The school also offers assistance with horse riding taken as part of the GCSE PE syllabus and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, in which riding can be taken as a skill or physical activity. However, the yard owner, Caroline Catling, has noticed a development among younger riders: “We will always run lessons for children in the afternoons but we have noticed a small reduction in numbers: possibly this is due to the increase in children attending afterschool clubs.” That said, Caroline has also noticed an increase in the number of adults keen to indulge their passion for horses. Such people often love the social aspect of riding, as Caroline says: “While we

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don’t run a formal riding club, groups of people often enjoy a coffee and a chat after a lesson or a hack.” Riding for this age group has proved so popular that Caroline is contemplating running courses in horse husbandry, similar to the courses she already runs in the summer for children. The Talland School of Equitation, near Cirencester, offers similar courses for children. The centre runs residential courses in the Easter holidays and from the end of June to the end of August: children arrive on a Sunday and then depart the following Saturday. They ride in groups of up to six, with other children of similar ability, and they also attend a stable management lecture each day. This family run equestrian centre, established in 1958, has international dressage rider and trainer Pammy Hutton and her husband Brian at the helm. With over 80 horses and ponies, including advanced dressage and event horses, Talland caters for all abilities from complete beginners to international competitors. The school offers a range of equestrian services including regular lessons for adults and children, side saddle tuition and career training. For those interested in learning “the how of riding”, a visit to the Overdale Equestrian Centre near Chipping Norton is a must. Riders from

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Overdale Equestrian Centre

around the world visit this specialist centre to learn about ‘Rider Biomechanics’, as it is the base for the international Rider Biomechanics coach and author Mary Wanless. Resident coach Karin Major also specialises in body awareness and movement and uses the Feldenkrais Method – an educational method focusing on learning and movement. Karin has a particular specialism in working with riders who are recovering from falls or injuries, as well as those who are riding in pain or with restrictions. The method of teaching has been developed to maximise learning for each individual, with the goal being to teach riders to understand how their body influences the horse and how, by paying attention to what they are doing, they can improve the performance of the horses they ride. Karin Major explains, “For the more experienced riders, this may be the equivalent of Wimbledon players taking apart their shots then putting them back together again to be more efficient and effective. For the novice, it is learning best practice from early in their riding journey.” Also available at Overdale Equestrian is a state-of-the-art riding simulator that improves skill and sheds light on the key issues of riding. The simulator trots and canters, and these paces can be adjusted in many ways depending on the needs of the rider. The simulator contains sophisticated 4

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family matters feature… A GOOD SCHOOLING sensors which it uses to give computerised feedback on each of the three planes of motion. Additionally, it measures rein tension and the consistency of the contact. For the most committed horse lovers, their passion may evolve into a career in equestrianism. Hartpury College and University Centre – the world’s largest equestrian education facility – provides top class education alongside elite equestrian training. Hartpury’s Equine Therapy Centre, with its impressive water treadmill – where Olympic gold medal winning horse and dressage world record holder Valegro comes for a weekly workout, provides students with work experience, industry contacts and partnerships. The same is true of the commercial yard and the college’s three international equestrian events – the Hartpury Festival of Dressage (Wednesday 6 – Sunday 10 July), the NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials (Wednesday 10 – Sunday 14 August) and the Showjumping Spectacular (December 2016). Hartpury’s new Rider Performance Centre supports riders of all levels to enhance their performance and gives equestrian students opportunities to apply the theory they have learnt in the classroom in a practical setting. A unique facility nationally, the Margaret Giffen Centre for Performance in Equestrian Sports enables riders from all disciplines and levels to access facilities and professional therapists who can enhance their performance and help them rehabilitate from injury. The opening of the new centre also ties in with the launch of a degree programme in Equestrian Sports Coaching, which develops students’ coaching skills and supports them to apply theory through practical sessions with horse and riders partnerships at all levels. Students from a range of college and university centre equine courses have access to the new centre, which incorporates a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning suite, and a rider performance zone including horse simulator, 3D motion capture and electromyography equipment, alongside weight-lifting platforms and sport therapy area. Additionally, Hartpury will soon have the first mechanical horse in the UK capable of jumping and doing dressage tests as well as hacking!

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Turpins Lodge Contact details: Turpins Lodge Horse Riding School and Livery Yard: 01608 737033 / OX15 5DQ / turpinslodge.co.uk Talland School of Equitation: 01285 740155 / GL7 5ED / www.talland.net Overdale Equestrian Centre: 01993 832520 / OX7 6SD / overdale-equestrian.co.uk Hartpury College: 01452 702345 / GL19 3BE / hartpury.ac.uk

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Caring for your horse in summer Summer is a great time to be a horse owner. Long days and warm weather mean that concerns about mud, frozen water pipes and dark afternoons are quickly forgotten. There are, however, some conditions during the summer months that can be an issue: here, Alex Wood of B&W Equine Vets provides her professional advice about things to bear in mindâ&#x20AC;Ś WORMING Horses are more likely to be exposed to worms during the summer months as they tend to be turned out for longer periods of time and worms produce more eggs during warmer months. It is completely normal and natural for your horse to have some worm burden; it is when worm numbers become excessive that health problems can occur. The best way to manage worms is to poo-pick paddocks regularly, as this will limit your horse ingesting worm eggs when grazing, and to monitor your horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worm burden by asking your vet to

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carry out a worm egg count on a faecal sample every two to three months. Your vet can then advise if worming is necessary and which product is best to use. LAMINITIS Although laminitis can strike at any time of year, spring and summer months are classically the times of year at which we need to be most vigilant with laminitis-prone animals. We now know that 90% of cases of horses and ponies that develop laminitis are suffering from one of two underlying

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expert comment… CARING FOR YOUR HORSE IN SUMMER causes: Cushing’s disease (correctly termed PPID) or equine metabolic syndrome (EMS). PPID most commonly occurs in animals aged 12 and over. The condition occurs when there is disruption to the signals between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland in the brain. This in turn can affect the release of hormones into the blood stream. One effect of this hormone disruption is the development of insulin resistance, similar to type 2 diabetes in humans. Insulin resistance also occurs in cases of EMS. This condition describes the commonly encountered scenario of the overweight native breed that seems to “live off fresh air”. Affected animals will usually have a large fatty crest and often lumps of fat around the top of the tail. These breeds have evolved to survive in harsh conditions with limited access to feed and so have very efficient metabolisms. When they are fed too much hard feed and have access to rich grazing, these animals will put on weight very easily. If they are allowed to become too overweight, they will also eventually develop insulin resistance. Warm, wet weather promotes lush grass growth, leading to an increased volume of grass and increased levels of sugars in the grass. In animals suffering from insulin resistance, consuming large volumes of grass with high sugar levels triggers the body to repeatedly release high levels of insulin into the blood stream. For reasons that still aren’t fully understood, these very high levels of insulin can then cause a painful bout of laminitis. Prevention of laminitis is based around two key points: firstly, controlling the underlying PPID/ EMS and, secondly, restricting access to grass to limit the excessive insulin response. PPID can be well controlled in most cases using the licensed treatment Prascend. The mainstay of managing EMS is weight control and exercise. These horses

need to be placed on a strict diet with no hard feed and limited grazing: they need to be kept quite slim and as active as possible. Restricting grazing can be done by limiting time on grass, the use of grazing muzzles or restricting the area of grazing available. This is best done by fencing a track around the edge of a field so that the horse has space to move, rather than limiting it to a very small area. SWEET ITCH Sweet itch is the common name for hypersensitivity to midge bites. In affected animals, contact with midge saliva causes an allergic reaction which makes the animal extremely itchy. Horses and ponies affected by sweet itch typically rub their manes and tails, although the face and belly can also be affected. Some animals will rub to the point of making themselves bleed. This continued rubbing can cause hair loss and thickening and scaling of the skin. The best way to manage horses suffering from sweet itch is to limit the number of times they are bitten by midges, using fly rugs and masks and the use of strong fly repellents. Stabling the horse during times when midges are most active (from 4pm–8am) can also help, and placing an electric fan outside the stable will help prevent midges from entering the stable. Midges populate areas around muck heaps, water and trees, so avoid turning a sweet itch sufferer near these areas if possible. An open windy field is ideal! These measures should be taken before midges are present in large numbers – ideally in March. There are some products available which can help reduce the horse’s excessive reaction to the midge bites: your vet can advise about these. Linseed oil can also be added to your horse’s diet to help reduce the itchy response and improve their skin health in general.

Alex Wood is one of B&W Equine Vets’ dedicated team of mobile vets who can be found on the road covering an area stretching from the Welsh Valleys to Swindon and from Bridgwater to Cheltenham. The company has four mobile equine clinics from which its specialist vets provide all aspects of regular as well as advanced equine veterinary care. The two Cotswold clinics are in Breadstone, near Stroud, and Willesley, near Tetbury. B&W Equine Vets, Breadstone: 01453 811867; B&W Equine Vets, Willesley: 01666 880501

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Books recommended by…

Madhatter Bookshop

The Madhatter Bookshop is a family run independent bookshop in Burford which sells both books and hats. Although Sara Hall, the owner, stocks all the latest titles that you'd expect to find, she also keeps a look-out for those quirky new books which are a great read and an ideal gift. She is always happy to provide advice on hats for every occasion and books for readers of all ages. This month, she recommends four books that she has particularly enjoyed reading recently… The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain Hardback, £16.99 The Gustav Sonata is set in the 1930s as neutral Switzerland faces the threat of invasion from Nazi Germany. Erich Perle, an upstanding policeman in Matzlingen, loses his job for falsifying documents giving refuge to Austrian and German Jews escaping the death camps. After the war, Erich’s son Gustav befriends a Jewish boy at his kindergarten. But Gustav is taught that he must develop a hard shell, like a coconut, to protect his soft nature inside – just as Switzerland retains a hard shell to protect its neutrality. Rose Tremain asks, “What does it do to a person – and to a country – to pursue a quest for neutrality and self-mastery when all life’s hopes, sorrows and passions continually press upon the borders and beat upon the gate.” Like many other books by Rose Tremain, this latest novel is a truly thought provoking and deeply affecting read.

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books recommended by… MADHATTER BOOKSHOP Elemental by Amanda Curtin Paperback, £8.99 Australian writer Amanda Curtin’s third novel, Elemental, is one of my favourite books this year. Meggie Tulloch decides to write her life story for her granddaughter, Laura. Beginning in northeast Scotland in the early 1900s, where life has hardly changed for generations, men strive to make a living from the unforgiving sea whilst the women struggle to keep their children fed. Leaving her village to find work in the herring trade, Meggie travels to the Shetlands, Great Yarmouth and then across the world to Freemantle in Australia in search of a better life. But Meggie’s life is littered with unspoken memories and secrets. And 30 years after her grandmother’s death, Laura receives her notebooks and discovers the truth about Meggie and her family’s past. The novel is a gripping read, historically detailed and a fascinating story. A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicholson Hardback, £14.99 As a respected historian, Juliet Nicholson was well placed to trace her family’s past. Like many of us, Juliet grew up listening to intriguing but unsubstantiated tales of the lives of her maternal ancestors. According to the stories, her relatives included a celebrated flamenco dancer, an influential political hostess and the famously eccentric Vita Sackville-West. Stretching back almost 150 years, A House Full of Daughters begins in the poorest parts of 19th century Malaga, moves on to 1890s Washington DC, London in the 1960s and New York City in the 1980s. This is a deeply personal book which not only offers a fascinating insight into Juliet’s relations but also shows the importance of sharing a family’s memories, myths and legends to gain an understanding of where we come from and who we are. Infinite Air by Fiona Kidman Paperback, £9.99 Infinite Air tells the story of Jean Batten, one of the most celebrated New Zealanders of her generation. Known as the “Greta Garbo of the Skies” and armed only with superb navigational skills, extraordinary tenacity and astonishing bravery, Jean undertook a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. The 1930s were an exciting but dangerous time to be an aviator and Fiona Kidman brilliantly describes the thrills and triumphs of solo flying – marred all too frequently by the agony of reports of lost colleagues in missing planes. This book is ideal for anyone who enjoyed Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun. Madhatter Bookshop, Burford: 01993 822539 / OX18 4QJ / madhatterbooks.co.uk

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EDITOR’S CHOICE: FASHION & BEAUTY STYLE FEATURE: UNIQUELY YOURS EXPERT COMMENT: PARTY ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR’S CHOICE: FOOD & DRINK FOOD & DRINK FEATURE: THE PARTY PROFESSIONALS THE PREVIEW INTERVIEW: CHRISTOPHER DEAN A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… LINDA PURVIS BEHIND THE SCENES AT: LITTLE BUCKLAND GALLERY SPECIALIST BUSINESS PROFILE: ROGER OATES FLOORS & FABRICS VENUE OF THE MONTH: STONE BARN MY COTSWOLDS: NICK PARTRIDGE Cotswold preview MAY 16

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Editor’s Choice… FASHION & BEAUTY Gloucester based beauty salon Cedars Health and Beauty has recently introduced a cancer massage training course, aiming to reverse 40 years of mis-information about the ‘dangers’ of massage for people with cancer. In fact, there are huge benefits to be gained from massage for cancer sufferers: these include improved physical and emotional confidence, and a restored sense of balance and wellbeing. The award winning salon has also trained its team of 12 therapists to ensure that they are able to welcome clients who have a history of cancer without the referral of a GP. For full details: 01452 307767 / GL1 1EW / cedarshealth-beauty.co.uk

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The latest fashion updates and groundbreaking massage training… Even if you’re not staying at Dormy House Hotel, near Broadway, you can relax in its fabulous House Spa by booking a Spa Day, available Mondays to Thursdays. For the ultimate in relaxation, the spa’s Top to Toe day (£195) includes two and a half hours of treatments, full use of the spa facilities and a light lunch. For more details or to book a spa day: 01386 859910 / WR12 7LF / dormyhouse.co.uk

We’re big fans of Anthropologie, the American lifestyle brand which has been taking the UK by storm. Its clothing and homeware collections combine luxe looks with affordable price tags, and we are impressed by its range of jewellery too. For example, this Parione Pendant necklace (£44) would make a stylish addition to any summer outfit. Anthropologie, Bath: 01225 335578 / BA1 1BE / anthropologie.com

Two new shoe brands are now stocked at Qetty Bang Bang, in Tetbury. Both brands are family run with an emphasis on quality and attention to detail: Candice Cooper is known for über-cool flats – designed, cut and hand finished in Italy; and Seven Boot Lane’s Spanish-made collection of boots and shoes includes the Freya design (£150) pictured here. If for any reason you can’t make it to the boutique, there’s also a very user-friendly online shop. Qetty Bang Bang: 01666 503148 / GL8 8AA / qettybangbang.co.uk

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Dessous Chics

Beauty and elegance at the heart of the Cotswolds Lingerie • swimwear • nightwear Beauty and elegance at the heart of the Cotswolds

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Masterpieces by Modern Designer Goldsmiths

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18ct gold & tourmaline ring by Susi Hines

Discover Woldstone at 25 Oxford Street, Woodstock, OX20 1TH www.woldstone.com

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A ring by Susi Hines at Woldstone and its initial development sketch

Working with a designer to create a totally individual piece of jewellery can be a thrilling journey. Here, Sally Bult describes the process and profiles some of the Cotswolds’ best jewellers who accept commissions… One of my most precious pieces of jewellery is a simple gold heart, commissioned for me by my husband when we first started dating. The time and thought invested in its creation and the fact that it is unique and made especially for me, gives it a special cachet. This, in essence, is the appeal of bespoke jewellery. Engagement rings and wedding bands are a popular form of commission but there are many other occasions warranting the personal touch: remodelling family heirlooms into something more wearable, marking a milestone event or simply setting a gemstone. A companion piece to an existing piece of jewellery can be made, or a creative idea implemented.

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A bespoke piece of jewellery is likely to be pricier than something mass produced but this only reflects the level of skill involved in creating a highly personalised piece. With the time, passion and energy invested in the creative process, the collaboration between maker and client can even develop into a long lasting friendship. And, as those who have commissioned their first piece of jewellery can attest, the process is highly addictive and often leads to further commissions! Jeweller Philippa Taylor, from Taylor Black in Tetbury, enjoys working on bespoke items for clients and explains, “Commissions are where it really becomes an honour to be a jeweller. The pieces tend to be sentimental – the replacement of a stolen

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style featureâ&#x20AC;Ś UNIQUELY YOURS Oval sequin necklace in 18ct gold and silver by Sarah Pulvertaft at Woldstone

item or a piece for a special occasion like a wedding or birthday. Commissions are labour intensive and can be stressful but are a very rewarding part of my job.â&#x20AC;? Commissions are also accepted at Woldstone, the recently opened jewellery gallery in Woodstock which specialises in fine jewellery and silverware by studio goldsmiths and silversmiths. Here, you can find unique works by local, national and international designers including leading names in British jewellery such as Daphne Krinos, Susi Hines and Catherine Mannheim; Cotswold based designers Sarah Pulvertaft and Julia Beusch; and the internationally renowned wedding jewellery specialist Brigitte Adolph.

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As Woldstone works directly with designers, the commissioning process is fully managed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which many clients prefer. While no two commissions are the same, the process typically entails helping customers select the designer who best matches their jewellery preferences and supplying initial development sketches and quotations. The beauty of choosing jewellery and silverware from a designer/maker is knowing that you have a one-off piece transformed from an original idea into something that is beautiful, unique and likely to endure many lifetimes. Remodelling treasured and inherited pieces into something more personal also adds a new chapter to their story. 4

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Commissions are where it really becomes an honour to be a jeweller. The pieces tend to be sentimental – the replacement of a stolen item or a piece for a special occasion like a wedding or birthday. Commissions are labour intensive and can be stressful but are a very rewarding part of my job…

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Pineapple cufflinks at Taylor Black

Halcyon necklace in 18ct gold with tanzanites, aqua and pearls, at Woldstone

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Requesting an adaptation of a maker’s work in a custom colourway or finish, or commissioning entirely original work deepens this personalisation. Philippa Taylor says, “My favourite commission is when someone loves something that I’ve created but wants a bespoke version. For example, a client loved my Pineapple necklace and wanted some cufflinks made in solid gold (pictured, left) for his partner’s landmark birthday. I think we often think of women’s jewellery when we think of commissions but I love doing pieces for the guys too!” The greater the customisation, the greater the need to trust in your chosen designer’s interpretation of the brief. Alongside an appreciation for the designer’s previous work, you should consider several elements when commissioning jewellery. It is vital that the designer has a sense of your own personal taste: inspiration in the form of sketches, pictures from magazines or other pieces of jewellery all help convey this. Your budget will also dictate the design to some degree, such as the colour/finish of metal and any stones to be used. Making to commission is an integral and fulfilling part of a jeweller’s craft and it may push the designer in a different, and sometimes challenging, direction. Because of the nature of commissions, they may take a designer between three and eight months to fulfil (in the case of silverware, sometimes longer). This lead time needs to be taken into consideration if you would like to commission a piece of jewellery to mark a specific occasion: a sketch of what is to come never has quite the same impact as a beautifully wrapped box with its special contents!

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Sabine Muller’s Fiesta jewellery in silver and hand-mixed colour resin, at Woldstone

Several jewellery designer-makers can be found taking part in this month’s Oxfordshire Artweeks and others at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester. For example, Louise Parry, who is considered one of the UK’s leading silversmiths and jewellery designers, has a studio at New Brewery Arts. She makes highly individual jewellery and timepieces in gold, silver, platinum and palladium, specialising in commission work. Louise is constantly exploring new shapes and forms whilst maintaining her strong, contemporary identity. Cotswold jeweller Kristina Charrington presents a selection of her hand crafted and hand assembled jewellery at Number 52 in Burford as well as adapting her designs according to clients’ requests. She says, “It is exciting to own jewellery that you have been intimately involved in, so you can customise many pieces with your own choice of stone.” Her online store also has a range of

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special designs, often made using unique stones which create totally individual pieces of jewellery. Whatever the catalyst, customising or commissioning jewellery is becoming ever more popular among those who prefer something bespoke in an age of mass production. Contact details: Kristina Charrington: 01993 823 379 / OX18 4QF / kristinacharrington.co.uk Louise Parry: 01285 657501 / GL7 1JH / newbreweryarts.org.uk Oxfordshire Artweeks: artweeks.org Taylor Black: 01666 503412 / GL8 8DD / taylorblack.co.uk Woldstone: 01993 813000 / OX20 1TH / woldstone.com Oxfordshire Artweeks Woldstone is taking part in this county-wide festival which takes place during May, promoting works by local as well as national and international goldsmiths and silversmiths. For further details about Oxfordshire Artweeks, turn to our What’s On feature on pages 50–52.

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by Henry Bonas

A spectacular laser show at a party organised by Henry Bonas

Party entertainment Professional party planner Henry Bonas explains how to get the entertainment right, whatever your event… So, we have sent out your invitations, arranged food tastings, come up with a wonderful lighting design and marquee layout. The last ingredient to get right is the entertainment. My following three pointers on this topic help get the entertainment spot on for any event:

any doubt, then don’t be afraid to go for the Radio Two option! My top tip: people love music that they grew up to, as it makes them feel young again. We have a selection of fantastic party bands and DJs who are experienced enough to judge the audience and get them dancing.

1. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE You need to determine the age and tastes of the party – this is essential if you want a packed dance floor and guests partying into the early hours. Decide if your guests are Radio One, Radio Two, Ibiza, Bob Harris Country or a mixture… if there is

2. WARM UP THE AUDIENCE An audience needs to be warmed up, especially if you have a risqué act to come on. We have worked with an extraordinary number of performers and artists but you have to make sure people are well watered, fed and jolly before launching individual

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A circus horse and rider trot around the tables in this party marquee

performers on them. It’s best not to have just one act for the evening: start with a light-hearted touch and build from there. At one party, we started with camels at the entrance, to give a taster of the Egyptian opera with 100 performers which was to come. 3. SURPRISE! Don’t let your audience know what is about to hit them next. I love to keep people guessing all evening as it creates a buzz. Never give guests a timetable and don’t let on to the fact that you have a live laser show interspersed with 50ft flames, all choreographed to music heading their way at midnight. And don’t let on that you are about to bring in a circus horse and rider to trot around the tables as guests eat dinner. Make your entertainment ideas something that guests will be talking about for a long time to come! Lastly, remember that it is the people who make a party. Cotswold based Henry Bonas plans bespoke weddings and events such as private parties throughout the UK. For further details, call Henry on 01451 844440 or visit www.henrybonas.com

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Camels at the entrance to a party

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In addition to its recent collaboration with The Little Pickle (see above), The Cotswolds Distillery has been busy winning awards and adding to its porfolio of spirits. Its flagship Cotswolds Dry Gin was named the World’s Best London Dry Gin at the 2016 World Gin Awards, seeing off competition from around the world, and it has just launched 1616 Gin to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. This new spirit is based on the 17th century Dutch�style Genever – the precursor of today’s gins. The Cotswolds Distillery: 01608 238533 / CV36 5HG / cotswoldsdistillery.com One to watch: The Vault, a wine and tapas bar, recently opened in Nailsworth, set in the old HSBC in the centre of town. The food is a big draw, with a head chef specially recruited from Madrid. Also owned by Greg and Caroline Saturley, The Hog at Horsley, near Stroud, is hosting Hog Fest again over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May: drop by for live music, BBQ, pizza and a family friendly welcome. The Hog at Horsley: 01453 833843 / GL6 0PR / thehogathorsley.co.uk

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Sally Armstrong CATERING

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Sally catered a ball for our club recently and did a fantastic job! She came very highly recommended and I now understand why – wonderful food and great to work with.

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– Cotswold Polocrosse Club.

Fresh, local produce cooked with style, imagination and flair… Our meat is supplied by Jesse Smith butchers and we pride our selves on our fresh fish and seafood, delivered daily from Corwall.

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The Stableyard, Black Jack St, Cirencester GL7 2AA 01285 641497 | info@jessesbistro.co.uk

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For further enquiries we welcome your call

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or email sallyarmstrong07@btinternet.com Sally Armstrong, The Kitchen, Chavenage House, Chavenage, Tetbury, GL8 8XP

Too much on your plate? Contact the team at Passion for Food for all your wedding reception, corporate events, high class dinners and Christmas party catering needs.

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Professionals With the summer party and event season on the horizon, we highlight six of our favourite outside caterers and report on the latest trends in party menusâ&#x20AC;Ś 140

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food & drink feature… THE PARTY PROFESSIONALS As gardens spring into life, a natural inclination is to spring into partyplanning mode. Weddings, birthdays, graduations and retirements are all very fine excuses to throw a party but you no longer need a milestone occasion to justify calling in the professionals: outside caterers report a steady increase in bookings for more casual private events such as large dinner parties. Here, we profile six of the Cotswolds’ top outside caterers who are able to cater to every ’foodie’ whim and desire… Asparagasm 01453 839352 / GL6 0DA / asparagasm.com Asparagasm started as aspirational vegan fine dining for vegans and vegetarians – and anyone who wanted to try something a bit ’different’. Working in partnership with chefs, venues, restaurants, event partners and guest brands, Asparagasm’s vegan and gluten-free pop-up dining extravaganzas quickly earned a cult following. After three years and 20 events in London, the company has now opened a vegan and glutenfree café and deli in the Cotswolds, in Nailsworth. Here, the creative team serves organic superfood salads, creative vegan mains, raw sugar-free cakes, smoothies and cold pressed juices. The house drinks list includes including the award winning Asparagasm pale ale by Stroud Brewery alongside superfood cocktails (such as Kaletinis and Gojoi Royals) and its own vegan and biodynamic wines. From the café, Asparagasm collaborates with guest chefs, holds workshops and co-creates popup events. Recent collaborations have included working with Koj (a recent finalist in Masterchef) and Deborah Currant, a talented local raw chef. In the future, Asparagasm plans to collaborate with Jamie Raftery (the holistic chef) and Erin Baker of the Natural Cookery School. It also offers private catering, so you can bring the Asparagasm experience to your own party

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Vegan options by Asparagasm

or event. Kate Lewis, the owner of Asparagasm, sums up its ethos: “Asparagasm is all about making vegan dining delicious and accessible to everyone – we hope to create food everyone can share and enjoy no matter what their lifestyle or dietary requirements. We interchange between quirky café, jazzy bar, bistro and chefs table supper clubs.” Gusto to You 01242 239111 / GL50 1SD / gusto-deli.com The award winning Gusto café in Montpellier, Cheltenham, is now in its 10th year. For seven of those years, the team has also been operating Gusto to You, catering for private clients and corporate events. The privately owned business caters for smaller, intimate supper parties or larger scale events (up to 150 guests) to include full event management. Customers know that they will experience the same quality of food and service as at Gusto café. The owner, Rachel Cappuccini, has witnessed a very clear trend in catering for events, with customers moving away from formal dining to a more casual, almost Mediterranean style of eating. As she puts it, “Traditional canapé catering 4

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Outside catering by The Little Pickle

has been replaced by street food and bowl food: our customers like to share platters and sit in an informal setting. We recently provided picnic hampers on each table at an event and the guests really enjoyed ’tucking in’ and sharing out the hampers’ contents.” She adds, “Customers like the fact that bowl food and shared platters taste more substantial than traditional canapés, and they feel they are getting more for their money.” With palates becoming ever more sophisticated, the requirement to have excellently prepared, simple foods has intensified. “People want to experience unpretentious food that bursts with intense flavours,” says Rachel. While the majority of Gusto to You’s outside catering has been in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, Rachel is happy to travel further afield and has catered several parties in London. Sample menus are available but often the approach is more personal, with bespoke menus put together following a brief from the client. This also allows the chefs to cater for any special dietary needs or allergies. The Little Pickle 07966 724695 / thelittlepickle.co.uk The Little Pickle was launched in October 2014 when ex-seasonaires Alex Edgecombe and Jess

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Hughes returned to the UK and began putting down roots in the Cotswolds. Alex and Jess have always been passionate about excellent food and service and wanted to follow their dream of having their own foodie business rather than going into the fields of their degrees – mechanical engineering and interior architecture. Based in Moreton-in-Marsh, The Little Pickle provides bespoke private catering for events ranging from hen parties and birthdays to christenings, weddings and, recently, even a proposal. Menus are created based on the type of event that is being held and each client’s request, whether it is for a nine course tasting menu, a buffet lunch, a wedding brunch or a three course dinner party. As the name suggests, The Little Pickle also makes pickles and preserves. Alex and Jess produce interesting and unique flavours such as Cotswold Membrillo and Spiced Plum Ketchup. The popular Pumpkin Piccalilli paired with a creamy local cheddar makes for a wonderful picnic; it also goes very well with slow cooked ham hock terrine – a dish often cooked by The Little Pickle for private dinners. Alex and Jess are also advocates of popup dining and enjoy holding restaurant events in unique locations that wouldn’t necessarily be the usual spot for a Friday night out. The menus are created to be seasonal and use local produce where available. One such event is taking place at The Cotswolds Distillery on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 July. This has resulted from a collaboration with the distillery in which they created a range of five products using its gin and whisky, including Whisky BBQ Sauce and Pink Grapefruit and Gin Marmalade. We’re intrigued: expect further reports in future issues. Passion for Food 01296 651755 / HP18 0JX / passion-for-food.co.uk Based in Westcott, Buckinghamshire, Passion for Food lives up to its name. This outside catering 4

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The Restaurant at

Now Open A new dining experience is coming to the Cotswolds.The Fish Hotel, sister of Dormy House, is launching a brand new restaurant. Serving up the best of land and sea, enjoy an inventive menu of locally sourced meats and fresh fish, a retro afternoon tea and a Sunday roast that’ll knock your socks off. The Restaurant at The Fish Hotel promises a warm welcome, a gorgeous view and great food by the platterful.

Lunch - Afternoon Tea - Dinner

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The Fish Hotel • Farncombe Estate • Broadway • Worcestershire • WR12 7LJ

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company specialises in events such as wedding receptions, corporate hospitality, private dinners and parties, offering an uncomplicated, client-driven approach. Passion for Food is happy to travel to venues throughout the Cotswolds and beyond. The company was set up in 2003 by Managing Director Philip Baker, who developed a passion for fantastic flavours and ingredients at a very early age. He has worked with some of Europe’s best chefs and has over three decades of culinary and catering experience under his belt, including running his own restaurant. He says, “As an outside caterer coming from a restaurant background, I am passionate about bringing first class restaurant style food to event catering and exceeding the expectations of our clients. It’s a great feeling and a privilege to be involved in our clients’ special occasions and to heighten the element of enjoyment through our food and service.” In terms of recent trends in outside catering, he says, “Over the last few years, we have seen

…festival theme weddings, street food and the idea of sharing platters have become more and more popular and lend themselves well to aaainteractive dining…

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a change in the demand towards more informal settings: festival theme weddings, street food and the idea of sharing platters have become more and more popular and lend themselves well to interactive dining”. The provenance of the food is a particularly important aspect of Passion for Food’s event planning. For example, the meat is sourced from Aubrey Allen – voted by chefs the ’Catering Butcher of the Year’ for the past seven years; lamb is from Cornwall, where Anne Dennis raises free range produce from West Country herbed pastures; and free range pork and chicken are from Suffolk and the Cotswolds respectively. Fruit and vegetables are locally sourced, with asparagus coming from Wykham Park, near Banbur y, and strawberries grown at nearby Medley Manor Farm in Oxford. Relish 01285 658444 / GL7 1QD / relishevent.co.uk Based in Cirencester, Relish is one of the largest events catering companies in the UK, employing more than 100 staff. Since its formation over 15 years ago, Relish has catered private parties, weddings, corporate functions and large outdoor events throughout Britain and Europe. It also has a presence at many of the country’s largest cultural events, such as Badminton Horse Trials, the Royal

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International Air Tattoo and the Hay Festival. The company has a list of regular corporate clients and has been chosen as outside caterer for the Dyson Christmas party for the past eight years. Philippa Sawyer established the company with the aim of creating something bespoke and unique in the outdoor catering industry: the Relish team prides itself on being real foodies, interested in fresh, locally sourced food and bespoke menu design. Rob Goves, who is rarely out of his ’whites’, is the creative lead for Relish; Adam Guppy is the logistics expert; and Harriet Hall is renowned for her organisational skills. Whatever the scale of your event, Relish has the expertise to meet and exceed expectations. Sally Armstrong Catering 07710 423895 / GL8 8XP / sallyarmstrongcatering.com Sally trained at Prue Leith and has been running a catering business since 1987. Based in Chavenage House, Tetbury, Sally has established a strong reputation for her menus at weddings, business lunches, drinks parties and private events in the Cotswolds. She caters for drinks and tea parties

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up to 500 people and dinners for up to 250 people and says she particularly enjoys catering for numerous shoots in the area. Sally believes that having a good team is vital to her success: “There are often little dramas and I always take a few friends to help out when catering for an event.” Although a consummate professional, Sally recalls with a smile that she has been known to call upon the ’god of food’ for help. At a wedding where she was providing an Indian menu in a remote field with no mobile phone signal, the hired oven kept turning itself off. After numerous, unsuccessful attempts to repair it, there was only one option left and Sally asked her team to pray: miraculously, the oven started working again and the wedding reception was a great success! Over the years, Sally has noticed a shift in catering trends, with clients increasingly requesting a more casual approach to events. As she puts it, “People are definitely moving away from the more formal style. I’ve particularly noticed this when catering for weddings where shared platters have become more popular.” There is also a move towards a healthier menu and away from rich foods. The fact that everyone now has everyday access to a wide variety of foods provides Sally with an extra challenge: “You have to maintain a fine balance between the orthodox and the unusual: it is important to think outside the box and provide something special whilst respecting the traditional.”

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Christopher Dean Christopher Dean is one of the world’s leading makers of classical guitars, with his instruments highly sought after by guitarists such as Colin Greenwood from Radiohead, Laura Snowden and the Eden Stell Duo. This year, he celebrates 30 years in his Kingham workshop: Sally Bult met him there to discuss his career and passion for guitars… Where were you born and bred? I was born in Lincoln but spent three years in Germany as a child before living in Maidenhead. I’ve lived in the Cotswolds since 1983 as I came here originally to work with guitar maker Paul Fisher in Chipping Norton. I set up on my own in 1985 and have been based at Langston Priory workshops in Kingham since 1986. I’ve worked my way around a few of the different units over the years!

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How did you become involved in making classical guitars? I have always been quite artistic. As a child I loved drawing and making models, and at the same time I was musical. I started playing the guitar in my teens and when I was 17 my mother asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I wanted a book about guitar playing but she actually gave me a book on guitar making! It was put aside in protest

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the Preview interview… CHRISTOPHER DEAN until about a year later when I thought I’d have a go at making one – in the kitchen. I loved it: it filled me with a real excitement and I struggled on, making a few more. My parents always wanted me to get a ’proper’ job and keep it as a hobby but I’m glad I didn’t. I was lucky enough to get into the Musical Instrument Department at the London College of Furniture for a three year course. It was wonderful. It gave me the opportunity to begin to learn the craft and the freedom to experiment. As students we pooled our knowledge and were fortunate to visit other makers (including Paul Fisher) and just use the workshop to experiment and learn. After I graduated, I spent a year in New Zealand with a girlfriend and on my return I pestered the guitar maker Paul Fisher to take me on. He did and we worked well together. When you set up Christopher Dean Guitars a couple of years later, how did you find running your own business? It was hard initially. I remember making two or three guitars and having no money so I hitchhiked to London to approach the two main classical guitar retailers with my guitars, and was thrilled when I sold one. Then I hitchhiked back to Chipping Norton again! I was always so passionate about it and at that time there were only three or four good guitar makers in the country. The Spanish Guitar Centre in Bristol was finding it hard to find good, hand made, reasonably priced guitars and have always been very supportive. Nowadays they’d be inundated with them – it’s a craft that lots of people are interested in. Who are your clients? It’s a vibrant market now with China opening up and Japan has always liked British made guitars. Beside professional musicians, students going to college often want to upgrade their instrument, and then there are those individuals who may just love guitars and have an income that allows them to purchase one. When I started out, I would send my guitars to professional musicians and ask them to give me an opinion – on a couple of occasions they would then purchase one. A dealer in Tokyo read an interview with me in Classical Guitar magazine and I’ve been

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supplying him for 30 years now. I make about 12 to 14 guitars a year and am booked up for the next two years. What defines a Christopher Dean guitar? All makers have their own unique sound and you could say there is a Christopher Dean sound. I always like to chat to a client when they order a guitar and preferably hear them play so I get a real sense of what they want. All my guitars are individual but they have a similar quality. What I’m aiming for is a beauty in sound – often nowadays there is a tendency to subsume beauty for the sake of power. My feeling is that when you make it that way, you detract from the beauty of the sound. There should be a range of colours in the sound. How have your production techniques changed over the years? With a ’picture’ of the sound I want to hear in my mind, I select the right wood, tapping and flexing pieces and deciding which soundboard will work well with which back and sides. I work mainly using 4

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traditional methods, tools and materials, hand finishing my guitars by French polishing. I don’t use any more machinery now than when I first started but the woods I use are becoming rarer and it is increasingly harder to find the quality. Brazilian rosewood with its wonderful belllike resonance now has CITES certification, so I need a licence for each piece. The spruce used on the top of the guitar has to be grown in a certain way to ensure that its grain and strength is sufficient. You could say it’s the engine room of the guitar, so it’s the most important part. In terms of production, an apprentice has recently joined me. At the moment, the average price of one of my guitars is about £6,000 so I’m looking into producing a range of ’no-frills’ guitars – primarily with students in mind – which have the same high quality but a simplified decoration. He’ll help me with that. I love coming into work and I strive to keep getting better at what I do but also to keep the consistency. My daughter Laura, who is a silk screen designer, has just given up her job with Zandra Rhodes to use some of the space upstairs for teaching silk screening (www.silkandscreen.co.uk), so suddenly the workshop will be full of people!

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Do you still play guitar? No, unfortunately I had an accident which left me without the pad on one my fingers so I can’t use my left hand to play. I do miss making music – I think it’s something you should do as much as you listen to it. I don’t have any of my own guitars but my mother has the first one I made at college and I intend to make one for each of my children. How do you spend your free time? I don’t have any! But we do enjoy eating out and there are so many great places to go: The Chequers in Churchill is very good and also The Mill in Kingham. I love walking the dog in Trigmoor Wood along the old railway line and I love Cirencester: I just find it fascinating, all the higgledy areas and the church. The little church in Hampnett is also wonderful – I call it the ’tattooed church’. I do think we can take living in the Cotswolds for granted sometimes. I have about five different routes to drive to work, and decide which one to take according to how I feel – whether I’m in a rush or want to be inspired. They are all really lovely and I just can’t imagine being anywhere else. Christopher Dean: 01608 659013 / OX7 6UP / deanguitars.co.uk

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No two days are the same for Linda Purvis, the owner of Encore designer clothes agency in Cirencester: she could be visiting clients in Belgravia, adding the finishing touches to her recently refurbished cottage or pricing up clothes in her shop. However, the unifying theme is her ability to greet each day with a highly contagious joie de vivre. Here, Jo Bolton describes a day spent with Linda, at Encore and in and around Cirencester… An unexpected ’water feature’ erupting through the paving outside the kitchen door might put a dampener on most people’s day – but not Linda Purvis’. In fact, thanks to her unshakeable optimism, Linda is quick to draw a positive from this burst pipe: “The water will be off for five days but I’m quite lucky really as I have a standpipe in the garden, so I can fill up my bucket from there.” This innate optimism is just one of the reasons that Linda’s business, Encore, has thrived for nearly 20 years. The designer clothes agency, based in Black Jack Street, Cirencester, sells pre-owned contemporary designer clothing and accessories for men and women. It is very much at the smart end of the pre-owned spectrum: items here are exactingly screened and all in excellent condition, in season and in vogue. Linda is a fan of “the effortlessly chic style of the French and Italians” but her shop is an eclectic

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mix of different styles, colours and sizes. The shelves and rails are brimming with Prada, Marlene Birger and Mulberry and when I visited the shop, one of Linda’s three assistants, Bridget Gifford, was excitedly sorting out a bag crammed with mint-condition Brora cashmere. “We do ask for people to call before they deliver clothes and I also visit London weekly and offer a collection and consultation service,” explains Linda. “I have some very loyal, long-standing clients who regularly pass on entire seasons’ collections.” The doormat that greets customers to the shop states: “Beware of the Yorkshire terrier” (a nod to Linda’s Northern roots) and although she may display the tenacity of a terrier and is fiercely loyal to friends, family and her clients, there is none of the misplaced ’terrier-type’ bravado. In fact, it quickly becomes apparent that she is self-deprecating in the extreme and is genuinely surprised by her success.

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A day in the life of… LINDA PURVIS Over a pot of tea in The King’s Head, we discuss her career path to becoming a successful business woman. Linda grew up in Middlesborough and then came to the Cotswolds with her two small sons, Alex and Oliver, in 1995 after the breakdown of her marriage. She had been living in Java and arrived with a small amount of money and a dream to give her boys that quintessentially English rural start to life: “I really believe that if you have a dream, you have to keep that dream in your head. In Indonesia, I

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would read magazines about living in a little cottage, with my children going to the village school – and actually my dream has come true.” Linda had been helping to design the interiors of 5 star hotels in Indonesia but was keen to try something new on her arrival in England. A friend suggested opening a high end dress agency and Encore was established in South Cerney in 1997. Linda settled on the name Encore in homage to the New York shop where Jackie Onassis used to resell her barely used clothes. While Linda was thinking about starting Encore, she happened to read an article about a charity event Trinny Woodall had put on. Linda says, “I wrote to her and asked if we could have the clothes that hadn’t sold in return for a donation to charity. She phoned me the next day and I left London with bags and bags of amazing clothes. The shop in South Cerney opened with those as the core of our stock. A few years later, we met again and she asked me to help her put on the Couture Car Boot Sale in central London to raise money for Action on Addiction: we ended up making a five figure sum for the charity.”

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Linda spends her days collecting clothes from London and the south of England and then preparing them for re-sale in the shop. She clearly loves Cirencester and the Cotswolds generally, which she calls “an enclave of loveliness”. Following a fantastic lunch at one of Linda’s regular haunts, Made by Bob, in Cirencester’s Corn Hall, we make our way to her recently refurbished home. The quaint exterior of the traditional Cotswold cottage belies the contemporary interior which she has designed: a palette of muted colours, clean lines and stand-out furniture give it a fresh, ’Danish’ feel. The shelves are peppered with photographs of her two boys whom she refers to as her “greatest achievement”. As we go into the garden, Linda smiles when she hears the chattering children leaving the school opposite. “I think I have a really nice, balanced life. In my life now, I feel so blessed with everything,” she says. She then starts filling her bucket from the garden standpipe!

Encore, Cirencester: 01285 885223 / GL7 2AE / encore-cirencester.co.uk Encore is a contemporary designer clothes agency based in Black Jack Street, Cirencester. The shop is open 10am-5pm, Monday to Saturday. Consignments of ladies’ and mens’ clothing and accessories are accepted on Mondays and Fridays by prior appointment. Consigned goods must be in excellent condition and ideally no more than five years old; all sizes are welcome.

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Little Buckland Gallery If you take a short detour off the road between Broadway and Winchcombe, you’ll find a beautiful listed barn which houses Little Buckland Gallery. This contemporary art gallery showcases works by national and international talent as well as emerging local artists… Arabella Kiszely, the owner of Little Buckland Gallery, converted the barn opposite her house seven years ago to create a contemporary art gallery spread over two floors. An artist herself, she wanted a space in which to promote and encourage other artists and at the same time display work that excites and interests her. The result is a very relaxed, charming gallery exhibiting an eclectic range of art, curated by Arabella. She explains, “I’m drawn to art that interests me: pieces that fascinate me or that I can learn from. My house is also full of art that I’ve collected over the years from exhibitions – having a gallery is rather dangerous from that perspective!” Initially, exhibitions were drawn collectively from artist friends but have expanded over the years to include works from national and international artists. Ceramics, paintings, sculpture, works on paper and original prints all have their place. Arabella admits that she is, first and foremost, an artist rather than a businesswoman. As a result, she has no desire for the gallery to become just another commercial gallery. Her aim is to encourage and develop talent rather than purely to sell work from established artists. As she puts it, “Often I feel that the work of some artists who become commercially successful doesn’t develop in any way and can become boring.” However, Arabella says

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that some of her best exhibitions, from an artistic point of view, haven't been her most commercially successful. She adds, “I think the works that sell best are those that people can relate to in some way. Exhibitions that are more challenging, that I may find rather more fascinating, aren’t as commercially successful – but that is an curatorial choice that all galleries have to make.” Exhibitions take place at Little Buckland Gallery around four times a year, with key events in April, June and November. The gallery also takes

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behind the scenes at… LITTLE BUCKLAND GALLERY part in Open Studio activities for Cheltenham, Warwickshire and Worcestershire; and, as a member of the Management Committee of the biennial Broadway Arts Festival, coming up this June, Arabella is very involved in the organisation of the Open Art Competition and Exhibition. This competition is open to any artist and generally garners about 400 entries from all over the world. With the judging panel chaired by Professor Ken Howard, 150 of the best entries go on display at Little Buckland Gallery as part of the festival, which runs this year from Friday 3 to Sunday 19 June. The 2016 theme is ‘Conflict’ and Arabella says that the competition can often be a great way to discover new talent. She is completely without snobbery when it comes to finding exciting work, and explains, “It’s the emotion expressed in a painting that I’m interested in. If there’s something about the body of work that has inspired you, that’s far more important than whether the artist has had formal training or where they have exhibited before.” She is also happy to reference the work of artists exhibiting in other galleries if she believes their work should be seen. For Arabella, hanging each exhibition is part of the joy of running her gallery. She says, “I love the hanging – I find it fascinating. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle. I just go for it and usually get it 90% right but there are always a few pictures that don’t work and need moving around!” With three separate areas within the gallery, Arabella has the flexibility to exhibit several artists at once. Exhibitions are promoted to an everincreasing database and Arabella now has many ‘regulars’ who always attend her exhibitions. However, she has a rather worrying view of the future for galleries and believes that the internet will start to replace conventional gallery sales. She says, “I think, currently, that those aged 50 and over still visit galleries and enjoy purchasing art in this way. However, I’m not sure that the younger generations will continue to do this. I’ve just started uploading and selling work online and it’s really interesting tracking the interest shown on a website.”

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Future plans for the gallery include asking “interesting people to run workshops”. There is also the intention to do more to involve the whole community: an exhibition by female prisoners is one of the suggestions. Arabella admits that we all face the problem of having huge constraints on our time: “There are so many festivals, so many places to go and things to do – and no-one has the time to do everything.” However, Little Buckland Gallery is definitely somewhere worth finding the time to visit. With a diverse portfolio of artists’ work on display and Arabella on hand to advise, you are likely to discover art that both fascinates and delights you. Little Buckland Gallery: 01386 853739 / WR12 7JH / littlebucklandgallery.co.uk Tickets are now on sale for Broadway Arts Festival in June. The programme includes workshops by Tony Allain, Gary Long and Deborah Walker. An exhibition of Patrick Lichfield’s Photographs, concert by Voces8 and talks by Sir Roy Strong and John Julius Norwich. See broadwayartsfestival.com for further details.

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A house in Cheltenham in which two Roger Oates stair runners in Cluny stripe were made as a bespoke order to complement each other

ROGER OATES FLOORS & FABRICS Just outside Ledbury lies the pretty village of Eastnor, home to Roger Oates Floors & Fabrics. This established British business has earned an enviable international reputation for its luxurious flatweave flooring, fabrics and home accessories… Over the past 25 years, Roger Oates and his wife Fay have turned stair runners into an art form. Indeed, if you were to take a random sample of interior designers in any part of the world and ask them to name the leading brand in luxury flatweave floorcoverings, you would receive the same reply: Roger Oates.

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The company has earned this position of international dominance through the team’s longterm focus on product quality, a unique colour palette and innovative designs. And, at every stage, the company’s success has been driven by Roger and Fay’s energy and imagination. Roger Oates Floors & Fabrics was founded

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specialist business profile… ROGER OATES FLOORS & FABRICS in the late 1980s by Roger and Fay, who originally met through a shared passion for weave (they have now been married for 40 years). They had both studied woven textiles at art school and were interested in working as designer-makers. However, after making hand woven rugs, throws and scarves for companies such as Designers Guild, they decided to look at how a small, creative business could be developed: if the woven textiles could be made by machine rather than by hand, the process would become more scalable. It was an opportune commission in the late 1980s to reproduce an early 19th century flooring fragment for an American client that began Roger and Fay’s interest in Venetian Flatweave flooring. This term actually has nothing to do with Venice but is a generic name for a particular type of twill-based woven flooring. Most rugs and runners were once made in this way: indeed, flatweave flooring was popular in Britain before the rise of pile carpets in the early 19th century. However, it had become all but extinct in Britain by the mid-20 th century when mechanisation made pile carpets more affordable and wall-to-wall carpets became fashionable. Having ’rediscovered’ flatweave flooring, Roger and Fay had the vision to spot a niche opportunity within the carpet industr y: the hallway. The narrow width and finished selvedge edge make it “perfect tailoring” for stairs and halls. In essence, flatweave’s appeal is that it has a robust, durable construction and subtle woven texture that provides a stylish alternative to pile carpet. Rather than simply reviving an old style, Roger and Fay set about creating one that is all their own. They have effectively reinvented flatweave flooring for the 21st century through a focus on design and colour. The couple’s secret has been to combine Roger’s passion for high quality, traditional weaving techniques with Fay’s artist’s eye for colour and her understanding of its power to enhance an interior scheme. All the company’s flooring is woven from yarn spun in Roger’s native Yorkshire and dyed using an exclusive palette of fresh, modern colours. The design process is very flexible: Roger and Fay

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start by creating a design on computer and then reproduce it by wrapping yarn around a narrow piece of card, to get a better idea of the balance of tones and pattern. They then produce a sample on a traditional Swedish loom, interchanging threads and colours until they are satisfied with the composition. All this takes place in the design studio at Eastnor, before going to the mill to be woven in 100% wool on traditional narrow Dobby looms. Later, each carpet is hand finished back in the Eastnor workshop, where the narrow widths can also be joined by hand to create unique rugs and coverings. The whole process champions British manufacturing, with all the collections designed, woven and hand finished in the UK. The patterns for which Roger Oates is best known are its elegant stripes and herringbones, and the unique palette of colours – ranging from classic neutrals to Bohemian brights – sits perfectly in both contemporary and traditional interiors. Many customers now request bespoke carpets, so the company’s colours and patterns can be adapted in unique combinations to create one-off designs. Roger says, “We have always targeted a discerning client with our design integrity and material integrity, and we now do a lot of commissions, particularly custom colours. Over the last 10 years, the brand Roger Oates has really developed.” Rather than rest on their laurels after the success of their stair runners, Roger and Fay continued to expand and develop the brand to include complementar y rugs and wall-to-wall floorcovering options. There are now also Roger Oates fabric collections, suitable for curtains and upholstery. These build on the company’s flatweave technique which, in effect, creates heavy fabrics. The first fabric designs were launched in 2006 and each successive collection has focused on a different aspect of the company’s specialisms: from stripes in distinctive colour combinations to wonderfully textured weaves with an artisan feel. This autumn, a new direction for the company’s fabrics will be the introduction of a Print collection, with designs printed onto textured linens. The most recent addition to the Roger Oates product portfolio has been a collection 4

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of home accessories: the flatweaves have been used to upholster benches, cushions and carpetbags and the iconic stripe designs have been adapted for a range of throws and bedding. If you are interested in learning more about Roger Oates flooring, fabrics and accessories, there is a rare opportunity to go ’behind the scenes’ next month at the company’s Open Days. These are being held at the company’s Eastnor headquarters on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 June, from 10am–4pm on both days. The Roger Oates team will be on hand to demonstrate and explain the making processes from design to finish, and visitors will be able to view the complete collection of natural weaves. There will also be a special offer of 20% off all lifestyle store goods purchased

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on the day, and 20% off Roger Oates flooring and fabric (valid for orders placed direct before 31 July, excluding fitting). As a bonus for visitors, a free prize draw will offer the chance to win one of the company’s lambs wool throws, a Portcullis/Diamond rug and a Tapis rug. The company also has an excellent website, which shows the various collections and allows for samples to be ordered. In terms of placing an order, retail customers can then either visit the Eastnor showroom or a local stockist, all of whom have been hand selected by Roger and Fay and are trained in the company’s specialist measuring and fitting techniques. When asked about his plans for the company, Roger says that he would like to see: “Steady growth – nothing too rapid!” This approach has clearly served the company well to date, and it seems sure to underpin further success in the future. Roger Oates Floors & Fabrics, Eastnor, near Ledbury: 01531 632718 / HR8 1EL / rogeroates.com Roger Oates products are also available at selected local stockists: The Carpet & Flooring Co., Banbury: 01295 261100 / OX16 9AA Capitol Carpets, Bath: 01225 333341 / BA1 5BG Town & Country Flooring By Design, Burford: 01993 824331 / OX18 4JA

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venue of the month… STONE BARN

The atmospheric interior of Stone Barn

Stone Barn Stone Barn, near Aldsworth, provides the perfect venue for relaxed, private get-togethers and, as a romantic retreat, is a popular choice for wedding ceremonies and receptions… A wedding or party in a smart hotel can be impressive, but some people are looking for a venue that’s more informal, more romantic. Stone Barn is, as its name makes clear, a traditional Cotswold stone barn and it certainly lives up to expectations: it is full of rustic charm. The location is idyllic too, tucked away in the countryside near Aldsworth. Here, informality reigns: children can run around, you can relax

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by fire pits on the terrace and guests can camp instead of driving home. Inside, the barn is one vast room complete with flagstone floors, a huge open fireplace and wooden beams. The simple elegance of this candle-lit setting provides an authentic ambiance for any celebration. Attached to the barn are traditional Dutch Barns, which are used as the dining and 4

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bar area, and contain what is believed to be Britain’s largest indoor barbecue. The Dutch Barns are split-level and can accommodate up to 200 guests for a sit down meal, but the atmosphere is kept surprisingly intimate by touches such as the fairy light-bedecked ceiling. For civil weddings, Stone Barn is licensed for 120 in the barn itself and a further 40 can be seated in the Dutch Barns. If you’d prefer an outdoor wedding service, this can take place in Stone Barn’s newly created, oak-built ’ceremony shelter’. The the rather smart design incorporates corrugated iron, polished concrete and sawn oak floors, and the shelter has glorious views out over the Cotswold hills. There is also a large lawn and terrace area with lanterns and fire pits, ideal for toasting marshmallows at the end of an evening. There are also several churches nearby, so if you are planning a church wedding, Stone Barn can be booked just for the reception, wedding breakfast or evening party. The venue has a bar and music license until 12:30am and is known for its excellent food including whole barbequed lambs, butterflied legs of lamb and sirloin steaks. Alternatively, couples

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Contemporary meets traditional at Stone Barn

can choose from the Rotisserie options such as chicken with a cream and tarragon sauce, whole suckling pig with roast apples or Gressingham duck with wine and blackcurrant sauce. The in-house chefs pride themselves on using the best ingredients available and prepare food that is served simply, generally in ’feast’ style – on boards and in bowls placed at the centre of the tables. This relaxed approach continues with the free camping available in a neighbouring field, so guests can enjoy the occasion without worrying about getting home. Stone Barn is run by the Cripps Barn Group team who have over 20 years’ experience in running weddings and events. The group also owns the popular Cripps Barn, near Bibury, and The New Inn at Coln St Aldwyns – venues which can provide extra accommodation options for larger parties.

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NICK PARTRIDGE Having qualified as a farrier 21 years ago, Nick Partridge now works throughout Gloucestershire, Hereford, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the surrounding counties, with clients ranging from owners who keep one pony at home, to top race trainer Martin Keighley and Hartpury College. Since 1999, he has also been an Approved Training farrier: Nick has trained 10 apprentices to date and in 2011 was named Approved Training Farrier of the Year… How long have you lived in the area? I was born in Cheltenham and love the Cotswolds. I moved away for my apprenticeship but then came straight back to set up home in 1996 with my now wife Louise. Where would you recommend for a great hack? I’ve been a keen horse rider from the age of four and was a member of the Cotswold Vale Pony Club where I enjoyed competing and taking part in all Pony Club activities until I was 16. We have four horses at home and run a livery yard in Brockhampton. Hacking out around Brockhampton is stunning and I believe we have the best hacking in the UK. I enjoy hacking out with my girls on their ponies – we have such a variety of country

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where I live, from little streams to paddle in, Cleeve Common to gallop on, woods to explore and the Deer Park next door to go cross country schooling. What do you most enjoy about being a farrier? I shoe on average 12 horses a day. I love working with horses and working outside: it is a true passion. Being a farrier, you have to love the job you do as it’s so physical – working underneath a fit racehorse is something you wouldn’t want to do if you didn’t really love it, as it can be dangerous! Working with my clients and their horses is very rewarding. What is your favourite time of day and why? Once I’ve dragged my aching body out of bed and woken it up, my favourite time of day 4

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is the morning – quiet and peaceful. The area is just beautiful, with a surprise around every corner when you are driving through the countryside. What are your favourite local destinations? Broadway is great for shopping and eating out. I love taking my children there: it has a lovely park, good cafés and, as I’m a father of three girls, they love spending their pocket money in the many gift shops – Cotswold Trading is brilliant for them. Broadway makes an easy trip out for me with the girls: a park, ice-cream and shopping... what more could three girls want! Which local pubs or restaurants do you particularly like? I love a good roast at the weekend and our village pub, The Craven Arms in Brockhampton, is a great, family-friendly place to eat on a Sunday.

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The service is brilliant, they make children welcome and it gives my wife a day off from cooking. I also love The Lion in Winchcombe for a meal out without the kids. Being so busy at work, it’s often not possible to go out for dinner – so a ’dine-in’ at home is another treat. I can highly recommend Koloshi for an Indian take-away that’s always delicious. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be and why? There is no place like the Cotswolds but if I had to live anywhere else it would be Sainte Foy in the French Alps – a hidden gem. I love skiing and the outdoor life and this small French village has it all. I highly recommend a family ski trip to Sainte Foy and if I had chance to buy a property abroad it would definitely be there. Nick Partridge: 07785 905139

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