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welcome …to the November issue of Cotswold Preview.

After October’s warm and dry weather, the experts tell us that this is going to be an exceptional year for autumn colour. Wherever you look in the Cotswolds, that is already becoming apparent. With a view to making the most of the autumnal display, in this issue we highlight some of the walks recommended by the National Trust at its local properties, such as Upton House and Gardens and Sherborne Park Estate.

As anyone with school age children will tell you, another pressing reason for being outdoors at this time of year is to be on the touchline of a rugby pitch, loyally supporting your little darling(s). Despite some recent worries about safety – or perhaps because of the resulting improvements in the junior game – this sport is going from strength at many schools. As our Rugby for All feature on pages 107–115 shows, it’s also no longer just a game for the boys.

Other features with a seasonal flavour include professional tips from Paul Hervey-Brookes, founder of Allomorphic in Stroud, on creating a harvest wreath, and highlights of the Autumn/Winter’16 fashion collections, with a special focus on Cosy Couture.

If you are planning to make some cultural excursions this month, we can highly recommend three exhibitions in particular: a major retrospective of the work of British artist George Fullard at Gallery Pangolin, near Stroud (7 November – 16 December); Jane Garbett’s exhibition at The Artist’s Studio in Painswick (weekends only, 5–27 November); and the solo show at Fosse Gallery, in Stow-onthe-Wold, which features the work of Lucy Pratt (6–26 November). We have chosen Lucy’s wonderful painting of Bliss Mill as our front cover image this month.

We wish you all a fun-filled November…

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family matters feature… RUGBY FOR ALL

interiors feature… BOOK PREVIEW: IN THE MOOD FOR COLOUR

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In The Mood for Colour In this new book by interior stylist Hans Blomquist, the power of colour to change our moods is given a very visual exposition…

Perhaps the ultimate team game, rugby is one of the most popular sports within schools – and it’s not just for the boys…

A rugby match at Dragon School

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Using contrasting colours that share the same undertones will give any space more depth and interest.

In this room, a dusty pink is paired with a darker grey. The image is from In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist, published by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography © Hans Blomquist & Debi Treloar.

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book preview feature: in the mood for colour

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interior design comment: autumn harvest wreaths

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gardens feature: National Trust’s great british walks

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108 family matters 104 editor’s choice: children’s selection 107 family matters feature: rugby for all 116 advertorial: Irongate Wealth Management 118 advertorial: Richmond Villages

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gardens feature… THE NATIONAL TRUST’S GREAT BRITISH WALKS

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National Trust’S Great British walks Exploring the National Trust’s gardens, parks and countryside is a great way to experience the Cotswolds at this time of year.

Overleaf, we highlight several of The Trust’s recommended local walks for autumn colour and trails for spotting wildlife…

WHAT’S ON FEATURE: JANE GARBETT EXHIBITION, PAINSWICK

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Advertising enquiries: sales@guidemedia.co.uk Design / production enquiries: eve@guidemedia.co.uk Jane Garbett in her studio

Saturday 5 – Sunday 27 November (weekends only)

Jane Garbett: ‘Abstraction’ at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick

With many thanks to Preview’s Advisory Panel

This solo exhibition features new work from the artist’s studio…

Artist Jane Garbett has lived in Painswick for 22 years with her husband, two children and a cat. The family moved from Cheshire when the children were small and, when they started school, Jane took the opportunity to make a career change, studying fine art. She was awarded an honours degree in 2003.

On completing her degree, Jane set about establishing herself as an artist and developing a practice teaching painting and drawing, an equally important passion. The oldest part of the house was converted into a studio space and she now shares her time between teaching in the studio and making her own work.

As Jane says, “I love that so many local people visit not only to view my paintings but also to develop their own creativity. In addition to art,

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I enjoy photography, gardening and yoga. I also attend Quaker meeting at a beautiful meeting house next door to my studio.

“I am inspired by diverse subjects – from the patina of a pot to the clash of colours on a washing line. I am alert to details in texture, light and composition, carrying a sketch book and camera to record interesting juxtapositions.

The meditative quality of painting is important and I try to convey that in the finished piece.”

This exhibition opens with a Private View on Friday 4 November, from 6pm–8pm, and continues on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of November, from 10am–4pm.

Jane Garbett exhibition at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick: 01452 812176 / GL6 6XS / janegarbett.co.uk

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Cotswold preview NOVEMBER 16 For the second year running, whisky writer Jim Murray has awarded Cotswolds Distillery’s ’notyet-whisky’ a Liquid Gold award in his annual Whisky Bible. The Test Batch Series tasted by Murray included a 20-month-old ex-Bourbon cask and a 20-month-old STR red wine cask – the two cask types that will go into the distillery’s first release of Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky next October. Anticipation of the release continues to build: if you would like to taste the Test Batch Series, you can buy samples directly from the distillery’s shop or website. Cotswolds Distillery: 01608 238533 / CV36 5HG / cotswoldsdistillery.com

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News of recent awards for two local restaurants and the Cotswolds Distillery…

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Jesse’s Bistro has once again retained its two AA Rosette status, making it the only restaurant in Cirencester to hold this honour. Situated in an old stable yard on Black Jack Street, Jesse’s is also recognised by Michelin and in the 2016 Hardens Guide. It is run with precision by owners Vanessa Curnock and Amol Patil, and serves up contemporary British cuisine using modern cooking techniques. Pictured here, Cornish skate fillet with mussels, Pernod braised potatoes and a watercress velouté is a must for any fish lovers. Jesse’s is open for lunch on Monday to Sunday, from 11:45am–3pm, and for dinner on Tuesday to Saturday, from 6:45pm–9:45pm. Jesse’s Bistro: 01285 641497 / GL7 2AA / jessesbistro.co.uk

To celebrate Hywel Jones retaining his Michelin star at Lucknam Park’s restaurant, The Park, for the 12th consecutive year, you are invited to sharpen your own cookery skills at a Michelin Magic Cookery Course at the hotel’s cookery school. This takes place on 2 November (9am–4:30pm) and costs £175 per place. Participants will use locally sourced ingredients to create a three course meal of gourmet dishes including Pan-fried lemon sole with Salcombe Bay crab, buttered iceberg lettuce and truffle emulsion. Lucknam Park: 01225 742777 / SN14 8AZ / lucknampark.co.uk

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Wreaths add the ultimately stylish welcome to any door. Although they tend to be kept for Christmas and sometimes Easter, they can equally well be used indoors as elegant table centrepieces, laid flat with a church candle placed in the centre. Here, professional garden designer and founder of Allomorphic in Stroud, Paul Hervey-Brookes, gives his top tips on making an autumn wreath…

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Exhibitions & Auctions

The Paragon Gallery

The Stour Gallery

Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham In My Mind’s Eye at Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Early Autumn exhibition at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Queen Victoria in Paris at Compton Verney, near Stratford-upon-Avon 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley Jewellers & Silversmiths of Oxford at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Performing Arts Annie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm When We are Married at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Ellis Ensemble at Cheltenham Town Hall, 1:05pm Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels at The Priory Theatre, Kenilworth, 7:30pm Mig Kimpton’s Frozen Floral Roadshow at Royal Spa Centre, 7:15pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Round The Horne at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Albert Lee & Peter Asher live music at Swindon Arts Centre, 8pm

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Events Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Southside With You film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Bridget Jones’s Baby film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Folk Night at The White Hart Inn, Winchcombe

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Early Autumn exhibition at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley Jewellers & Silversmiths of Oxford at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

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Performing Arts Annie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Beaux Stratagem at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm When We are Married at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Remember, Remember at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Dreamboys at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Anastasia: ROH live screening at Gloucester Guildhall, 7pm Only Fools and Boycie: John Challis at Royal Spa Centre, 7:30pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm

Events Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Southside With You film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Bridget Jones’s Baby film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Garden Design for Gardeners workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley Witney Blanket Industry talk at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

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The John Davies Gallery

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Karl Martens exhibition at The John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley Jewellers & Silversmiths of Oxford at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Performing Arts Annie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Beaux Stratagem at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Fauré's Requiem at Bath Abbey, 7:30pm When We are Married at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Remember, Remember at Everyman StudioTheatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm An Evening with Brian Cox at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Victoria Art Gallery

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Events The WWI Memorials of the City of Bath at Museum of Bath Architecture Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath The Art of Language in the Brain talk at The Wilson, Cheltenham Writing Science Fiction workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Love and Friendship film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Southside With You film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Bridget Jones’s Baby film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds The History of Aviation in Gloucestershire talk at Museum in the Park, Stroud Prema Knitting Group at Prema, Uley

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Early Autumn exhibition at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley Jewellers & Silversmiths of Oxford at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

The Paragon Gallery

The Stour Gallery

Performing Arts Annie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Beaux Stratagem at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm When We are Married at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Remember, Remember at Everyman StudioTheatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm Nina Conti live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm Lewis Schaffer live comedy at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 8pm Georgia Lewis live music at Pound Arts, Corsham, 7:30pm An Evening with Glen Matlock at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

Events Light up Lansdown firework display at Bath Racecourse Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis talk at Gloucester Cathedral My Scientology Movie film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds

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Jane Garbett, The Artist Studio

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Early Autumn exhibition at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

The Stour Gallery

Annie at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Beaux Stratagem at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm When We are Married at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Remember, Remember at Everyman StudioTheatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm The Sons of Pitches live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Ezio live music at Pound Arts, Corsham, 8pm Fidelio Trio concert at Gloucester Cathedral, 3pm Julian Clary live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

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Fawkes Feast 2016 at Coughton Court, Alcester The Struggle For Heyford 1979–1986 talk at Banbury Museum Bath Rotary Club Fireworks Display at Recreation Ground, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Isms: Surrealism talk at The Wilson, Cheltenham Tablet Weaving workshop at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham The Antique and Collectors Fair at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Scientology Movie film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Fireworks display at Lydiard Park, Swindon

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley Jewellers & Silversmiths of Oxford at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts BalletBoyz at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm The Owl and the Pussycat at The Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 3pm Last Night of the Proms at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Honeybirds in Ladies of Swing at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 5pm James Acaster live comedy at Pittville Pump Room, 8pm Sofie Hagen live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 8pm Malina’s Dream at Sherston Village Hall, 2:30pm The Magic of the Musicals at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Ian Parker live music at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn, 7:45pm

Bacon Theatre

Events Photography workshop at Dyrham Park, near Bath Archaeology talk at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Cornwall in Collage workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester The Antique and Collectors Fair at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Scientology Movie film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Antique and Collectors Fair at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds The Big Amateur Weekend workshop at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Fosse Gallery

RSC Swan Theatre

Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham In My Mind’s Eye at Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Points of View at John Bowen Gallery, Malmesbury Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Queen Victoria in Paris at Compton Verney, near Stratford-upon-Avon Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts An Evening with Steve Backshall at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7pm Anthema live music at The Assembly, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

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Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath In the Nuns’ Footsteps trail at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Acrylics & Mixed Media workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Illuminating Capability Brown’s Landscape at Compton Verney Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Scientology Movie film showing at Gloucester Guildhall WellChild Christmas Fair at Daylesford Organic, Kingham Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Antiques & Collectors Fair at St Laurence Church Hall, Stroud Evening with Insect Painter Cath Hodsman talk at Nautre in Art, Twigworth NeedleFelt Narratives: Robin workshop at Prema, Uley

November Monday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Gallery Pangolin

The Paragon Gallery

Performing Arts Horrible Histories Barmy Britain at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7pm Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Cello and piano recital at Cheltenham Town Hall, 1:05pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Bach to the Future at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Wishbone Ash live music at Swindon Arts House, 7:30pm Psychic Sally at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath The Brand New Testament film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral WellChild Christmas Fair at Daylesford Organic, Kingham Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Exhibitions & Auctions

Gallery Pangolin

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Cheltenham Town Hall

Horrible Histories Barmy Britain at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7pm Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Spillikin, a Love Story at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Seth Lakeman live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Masterworks concert at Pittville Pump Room, 7:30pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm That'll Be The Day at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Bedroom Farce at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

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The Colours of Silver talk at Holburne Museum, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral WellChild Christmas Fair at Daylesford Organic, Kingham Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Block Print Wrapping Paper workshop at Nature in Art, Twigworth Garden Design for Gardeners workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley Oxfordshire on the Home Front 1914–18 talk at SOFO Museum, Woodstock

November wednesday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts Horrible Histories Barmy Britain at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Wild Willy Barrett’s French Connection at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Spillikin, a Love Story at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Seann Walsh live comedy at Pittville Pump Room, 8pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Bedroom Farce at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Robin Hood at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7pm

RSC Swan Theatre

Events Opus Anglicanum and The Steeple Aston Cope talk at Banbury Museum Mary Berry Book Signing at Upton House, Banbury Splendour, Decline and Renewal talk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Guided Tour at The Wilson, Cheltenham Room film showing at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Jigsaw Fest at Gloucester Cathedral Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds A Taste of Thai cookery course at Thyme at Southrop Manor The Wooden Cross at Woodchester talk at Museum in the Park, Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon

10 November

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Thursday

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Exhibitions & Auctions

Fosse Gallery

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

The Paragon Gallery

Horrible Histories Barmy Britain at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Big Girls Don’t Cry at The Forum, Bath, 7:30pm Violin and Organ recital at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath, 6:30pm Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm Dodgy live music at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Bedroom Farce at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Rob Rouse live comedy at Stratford ArtsHouse, 8pm Robin Hood at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7pm

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Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city The Open at Cheltenham Racecourse Second World War walk at Buscot Estate, Coleshill Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Pheasant & Pigeon cookery demonstration and lunch at Hidcote Manor Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Bob Brown lecutre: Late Perennials at Allomorphic, Stroud Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Needlefelt an Owl workshop at Nature in Art, Twigworth

November Friday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Valuation Day at Kingham & Orme Auctioneers, Lifford Hall, Broadway George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud

Performing Arts Horrible Histories Barmy Britain at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Rob Rouse: Are You Sitting Comfortably? at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Bard Heads at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Trenchcoats for Goalposts at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Mauritius at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm Holst Harp talk & concert at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, 7:30pm Rosco Levee & The Get-Go live music at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm Bedroom Farce at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Robin Hood at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Gallery Pangolin

Kingham & Orme Auctioneers

Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city The Open at Cheltenham Racecourse Poetry Writing workshop at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paperclay Lanterns workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Outsized Art event at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Winter Cocktails demonstration workshop at Allomorphic, Stroud Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud

12 November

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Jane Garbett, The Artist Studio

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 2016 British Wildlife Photography exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts An Elephant in the Garden at The Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 3pm Young Musician of the Year concert at Pittville Pump Room, 7:30pm An Audience with Gervase Phinn at Royal Spa Centre, 2pm Symphony Orchestra concert at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm Julia Fordham live music at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn, 7:45pm Robin Hood at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 2pm Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn

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Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Bath Hilly Half at Bath Racecourse Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Manor tour at Snowshill Manor, near Broadway The Open at Cheltenham Racecourse Experimental Life Drawing workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham In My Mind’s Eye at Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester The Curiosity Emporium at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Big Heart Art at Gloucester Cathedral Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Victoria Art Gallery

Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Tea Dance at Cheltenham Town Hall Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon Shakespeare Schools Festival at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon Pruning workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley Laurie Maguire talk at Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-by-Woodstock

14 November

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Monday

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Exhibitions & Auctions

Fosse Gallery

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Stratford ArtsHouse

The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Man Who Would be King at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Piano recital at Cheltenham Town Hall, 1:05pm The Solid Gold Rock & Roll Show at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm Les Contes d'Hoffmann, ROH live screening at Gloucester Guildhall, 6pm Rumours of Fleetwood Mac at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm In Conversation with Rev Richard Coles at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

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Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon Baklava cookery course at Prema, Uley

November Tuesday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Big Heart Art at Gloucester Cathedral Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Blackbird at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Man Who Would be King at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Howlers at the Hall at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm Junior Voices Project concert at Gloucester Cathedral, 6pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Emma at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Gallery Pangolin

RSC Swan Theatre

Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Look inside a Lacock cottage at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Basket Weaving workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon Have a Go: Speed sketching workshop at Nature in Art, Twigworth

16 November

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Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Gallery Pangolin

Stratford ArtsHouse

Performing Arts The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Blackbird at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Van Kuijk concert at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Mark Thomas live comedy at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 8pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:30pm Lee Nelson live comedy at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm Jenny Eclair live comdey at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7pm The Two Noble Kinsmen at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Emma at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Russell Kane live comedy at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

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TEDx talk at The Forum, Bath Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Discovery tour at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Writing for Performance and the Page workshop at The Wilson, Cheltenham Look inside a Lacock cottage at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham The Coronation of Henry III, 1216 talk at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral My Feral Heart film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud John Canton 1718–1772 talk at Museum in the Park, Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon

November Thursday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Big Heart Art at Gloucester Cathedral Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Blackbird at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Remember, Remember at Everyman StudioTheatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Jonathan Pie live comedy at Pittville Pump Room, 7:30pm Music Oft Hath Such a Charm at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm Starman – David Bowie at Gloucester Cathedral, 7:30pm An Evening with Monty Don at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Emma at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri live music at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

Everyman Theatre

Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Look inside a Lacock cottage at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon A Christmas Shopping Evening at SOTA Gallery, Witney

18 November

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Little Buckland Gallery

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Big Heart Art at Gloucester Cathedral Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artists Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud

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The Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Blackbird at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Duality in 18th century Music concert at Holburne Museum, Bath, 7pm A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Jim Moray live music at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Cheltenham Choral Society at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 6pm Beethoven: Missa Solemnis at Gloucester Cathedral, 7pm Christmas With Andre Rieu live screening at Gloucester Guildhall, 4:45pm Emma at Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Philharmonica’s 50th anniversary concert at Tewkesbury Abbey, 7:30pm

Events Bath Mozartfest at venues across the city Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Isms: Conceptualism talk at The Wilson, Cheltenham Working with Porcelain workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon

November Saturday

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Ceramics & Paintings exhibition at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Jane Garbett, The Artist Studio

Performing Arts Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, 7:30pm Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra at Pittville Pump Room, 3pm Cheltenham Bach Choir at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7pm Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra at Royal Spa Centre, 3pm

Events Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Manor tour at Snowshill Manor, near Broadway Archaeology talk at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Look inside a Lacock cottage at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham The Girl on the Train film showing at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Nuno Felted Wristwarmers workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Starfish film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Switch on of the City’s Christmas Lights at Gloucester Cathedral Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Book Festival at venues across Stroud Royal Wootton Bassett Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park, Swindon

John Noott Galleries

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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John Noott Galleries

Swindon Arts Centre

Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Christmas exhibition at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Queen Victoria in Paris at Compton Verney Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Circus of Horrors at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm An Evening with Harry Hook at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

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Wreath workshop at Upton House, Banbury Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Dare to Be Wild film showing at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Linocut Christmas Cards & Wrapping Paper workshop at Pound Arts, Corsham Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Starfish film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Help decorate the Manor for Christmas at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Planning for Peace at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa 20th century Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Little Buckland Gallery

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Flute and Guitar recital at Cheltenham Town Hall, 1:05pm Jimmy Carr live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm Rory Bremner live comedy at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Kiss Me, Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Events Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Starfish film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Tewkesbury Christmas Festival Of Lights

22 November

*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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Fosse Gallery

Little Buckland Gallery

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa 20th century Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm An Evening with Gervase Phinn at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm Cinderella: Australian Ballet screening at Gloucester Guildhall, 6:45pm Cinderella: Australian Ballet live screening at Royal Spa Centre, 7pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Kiss Me, Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

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Christmas Shopping Extravaganza at Aston Pottery, near Bampton Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Needlefelt Garden Birds workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Starfish film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Garden Design for Gardeners workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

John Noott Galleries

Performing Arts The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Kiss Me, Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Avebury Manor

Events Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Age Shall Not Weary Them talk at Holburne Museum, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Flamenco and Tapas with Adrain Brenes at Cheltenham Town Hall Guided Tour at The Wilson, Cheltenham Every Roman Coin Tells a Story talk at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Money Monester film showing at Pound Arts, Corsham Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Starfish film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Victorian Entertainment talk at Museum in the Park, Stroud

24 November

*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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Exhibitions & Auctions

John Noott Galleries

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Royal Spa Centre

The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Jack and the Beanstalk at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Romesh Ranganathan live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm Elkie Brooks live music at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Kiss Me, Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

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Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Holburne Up Late at Holburne Museum, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral Venison & Wild Boar cookery demonstration & lunch at Hidcote Manor The Light Between Oceans film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds The Valley in the Glass talk at Nature in Art, Twigworth

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Anne Gillespie exhibition at Pound Arts, Corsham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Little Buckland Gallery

Performing Arts The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Jack and the Beanstalk at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Princess Ida at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:30pm Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 6pm Bedriska Trio concert at Gloucester Cathedral, 3pm Whole Lotta Led at Gloucester Cathedral, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Kiss Me, Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 7:30pm

Fosse Gallery

Events Coughton Christmas Market at Coughton Court, Alcester A Trip To The Ally: Alcan Revisited talk at Banbury Museum Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Christmas Craft Fair at American Museum in Britain, Bath Poetry Writing workshop at The Wilson, Cheltenham Needle Felting workshop at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Candle Making workshop at Prema, Uley Christmas Market at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

26 November

*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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Exhibitions & Auctions

Jane Garbett, The Artist Studio

Kenneth Armitage exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Little Shop of Wonders at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

Little Buckland Gallery

Mark Steel live comedy at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8pm An Evening with Jodi Picoult at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 6pm Advent Carols by Candlelight at Malmesbury Abbey, 6:30pm Lily and the Little Snow Bear at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 2pm

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Coughton Christmas Market at Coughton Court, Alcester Rag Rug Wreath workshop at Upton House, Banbury Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Christmas Craft Fair at American Museum in Britain, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Manor tour at Snowshill Manor, near Broadway Printing for Christmas workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral The Light Between Oceans film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough The Christmas House at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Christmas Market at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Christmas exhibition at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Crafted for Christmas at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts

John Noott Galleries

Bath Christmas Market

Relatively Speaking at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm An Evening with Pam Ayres at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events Christmas at Coughton Court, Alcester Town Mayor’s Toy Appeal at Town Hall, Banbury Vintage Papercraft Decorations workshop at Upton House, Banbury A Georgian Christmas at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Free State of Jones film showing at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Acrylics for Beginners workshop at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral The Light Between Oceans film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Christmas Wreath Making workshop at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough Winter Hedge-laying workshop at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Art Weeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds Tower visit at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

28 November

*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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Exhibitions & Auctions

John Noott Galleries

Bath Christmas Market

Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath Science and Spirituality at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Indulgence at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Judy Rodrigues exhibition at RUH, Bath Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham Crafted for Christmas at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Relatively Speaking at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Trouble in Mind at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Jack and the Beanstalk at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 2pm Elaine Page live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 8pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm Emmy the Great live music at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

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Christmas at Coughton Court, Alcester A Georgian Christmas at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Writers in the Brewery at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral The Light Between Oceans film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough The Christmas House at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds

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*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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WHAT’S ON DIARY Exhibitions & Auctions Cold War Frontier at Banbury Museum Celebrating 40 Years on Broadway High Street at John Noott Galleries George Fullard exhibition at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham Sophie Gerrard exhibition at Fox Talbot Museum, near Chippenham James Hull Collection at British Motoring Museum, Gaydon Colin Hitchmough exhibition at Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa Conduct the Storm at RSC Theatre Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley

Bath on Ice

Performing Arts Relatively Speaking at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Sarah Moule live music at Castle Combe Village Hall, 7:30pm Jack and the Beanstalk at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 2pm Pippin at Cheltenham Playhouse, 7:45pm Dean Close Prep School: Oliver! at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Kevin Wilson live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Rory Bremner live comedy at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Robinson Crusoe at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 1:45pm The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm In Conversation with Nadiya Hussain at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm

The Theatre, Chipping Norton

Events Christmas at Coughton Court, Alcester A Georgian Christmas at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath Lost Terraces tour at Dyrham Park, near Bath Crypt tour at Gloucester Cathedral The Light Between Oceans film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Christmas Cheer at Avebury Manor, near Marlborough The Christmas House at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds In conversation with Nadiya Hussain at Stratford ArtsHouse Christmas Floral workshop at Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon The Seven Acts of Mercy talk at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Garden Design for Gardeners workshop at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley

30 November

*For contact details please see pages 44–46. The full What’s On Listings start on page 56.

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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 Aston Pottery, near Bampton: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk 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 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

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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 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

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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 Kingham & Orme Auctioneers: 01386 244224 / WR12 7BU / kinghamandorme.com 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 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 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

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: JANE GARBETT EXHIBITION, PAINSWICK

Jane Garbett in her studio

Saturday 5 – Sunday 27 November (weekends only)

Jane Garbett: ‘Abstraction’ at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick This solo exhibition features new work from the artist’s studio…

Artist Jane Garbett has lived in Painswick for 22 years with her husband, two children and a cat. The family moved from Cheshire when the children were small and, when they started school, Jane took the opportunity to make a career change, studying fine art. She was awarded an honours degree in 2003.

On completing her degree, Jane set about establishing herself as an artist and developing a practice teaching painting and drawing, an equally important passion. The oldest part of the house was converted into a studio space and she now shares her time between teaching in the studio and making her own work.

As Jane says, “I love that so many local people visit not only to view my paintings but also to develop their own creativity. In addition to art,

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I enjoy photography, gardening and yoga. I also attend Quaker meeting at a beautiful meeting house next door to my studio.

“I am inspired by diverse subjects – from the patina of a pot to the clash of colours on a washing line. I am alert to details in texture, light and composition, carrying a sketch book and camera to record interesting juxtapositions.

The meditative quality of painting is important and I try to convey that in the finished piece.”

This exhibition opens with a Private View on Friday 4 November, from 6pm–8pm, and continues on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of November, from 10am–4pm.

Jane Garbett exhibition at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick: 01452 812176 / GL6 6XS / janegarbett.co.uk

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Three Women by George Fullard

Monday 7 November – Friday 16 December

GEORGE FULLARD: ‘SCULPTURE AND SURVIVAL’ EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH AT GALLERY PANGOLIN, CHALFORD This major retrospective is the first solo exhibition of George Fullard’s work since 1998…

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: GEORGE FULLARD EXHIBITION

Head by George Fullard

Sculpture and Survival brings together bronzes, assemblages and drawings from all periods of Fullard’s oeuvre, including many previously unseen pieces.

George Fullard (1923–1973) was born in Sheffield and studied at Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts. He went on to the Royal College of Art where he later became a lecturer. At the time of his death, he was Head of Chelsea School of Art. During WWII, he served in the army and suffered severe injuries. Fullard’s work of the 1950s mainly focused on the human figure, particularly mothers with young children or babies, but he remained preoccupied with his wartime experiences. This is evident in his later drawings and assemblages which explore images and ideas from that traumatic period.

Jane Buck, Director of Pangolin Galler y, says: “Although George Fullard’s work received public and critical acclaim during the golden age of post-war British sculpture in the late 1950s and ’60s, it slipped into

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relative obscurity following his early death in 1974.

The recent surge in interest in this period has seen a growing regard for Fullard’s work and our exhibition is a timely opportunity to re-assess and acknowledge this intriguing and underrated artist.”

To accompany the exhibition, Galler y Pangolin has commissioned a new monograph on Fullard by the author and art historian Michael Bird. This will be launched at the exhibition. Bird’s research into the Fullard archive, and interviews with people who knew him, inform a timely reappraisal of one of the most distinctive British artists of the 20 th century.

In his Foreword to the new book, art critic Julian Spalding says of Fullard, “He was modern because he lived in modern times, not because he leapt onto a bandwagon. His art flowers within the radiance of Rodin, then Picasso, and then he created his own idiom, but all of these expressions are genuine and profound.”

Fullard’s work can be found in numerous private and Public collections, including the Arts Council and Tate, and several bronze sculptures are on permanent public display in Sheffield City Centre.

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

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

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: CHORLEY’S NOVEMBER AUCTION

Tulips and Hyacinths

by Christopher Wood

Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 November

20TH CENTURY Art & Design at Chorley’s November Auction, Prinknash Abbey Park, Near Cheltenham Chorley’s two day November auction showcases furniture, pictures, objects and jewellery from the Arts and Crafts period to the present day, with estimates to suit every budget.…

In Chorley’s November auction, the undoubted highlight of the paintings section is a still life by Christopher Wood (1901–1930). Wood briefly studied architecture at Liverpool University, where he met Augustus John who encouraged him to

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become a painter. By the mid-1920s, Wood was moving in the circles of Jean Cocteau and Picasso and producing a large number of paintings. In 1925 alone, he produced around 60 paintings, many of which were flower compositions. 

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FINE PAINTINGS & WORKS OF ART

JOHN NOOTT Galleries F I N E PA I N T I N G S & W O R K S O F A R T

Celebrating 40 years on Broadway High Street!

19th November - 4th December An exhibition of paintings from the 19th Century to the present day, including a superb group of paintings by Ron Bone RCA

The Landing Table, 1997

by Ron Bone, 17x13.5ins

Coffee Pot, 1997

by Ron Bone, 18x14ins

Painted Cupboard With Boxes, 1998

by Ron Bone, 16x14.5ins

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

Peter Kettle New artist exhibition 28th October 2016.

Private view 27th October. Call 01242 233391 or email eleanor@paragongallery.co.uk for tickets Peter is a rapidly rising star. Recently elected as a Fellow of the RSA and a Member of the RCA, his reputation is now widely established in the UK and overseas.

4 Montpellier Street, Cheltenham GL50 1SW

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WHAT’S ON FEATURE: CHORLEY’S NOVEMBER AUCTION Tulip necklace and earrings

by Georg Jensen

Addicted to opium, tragically he took his own life before the extent of his talent could be known.

The present work entitled Tulips and Hyacinths has many of the distinctive characteristics of his work, an intensity of colour and subtle patterns of wavy lines and crosshatching which creates the interplay between two and three dimensionality.

This is a major work from an artist whose pictures hang in the Tate Gallery, The Louvre and in many important private collections. Accordingly, it is estimated at £40,000–60,000.

Another picture sure to attract the eye is Mickey and Minnie by the street artist known as Mr Brainwash. Believed to be a French born ex-pat now living in LA, Mr Brainwash has been linked to

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British graffiti artist Banksy and is even considered by some to be a pseudonym. This colourful twist on the Disney characters carries an estimate of £3,000–5,000.

More affordable to most, the auction also offers a large number of limited edition colour prints, including a series of African big cats by wildlife artist Simon Combes. The studio collection of the late Barbara Dorf, original artworks ranging from colourful still lifes and nude studies to Balkan landscapes, is being offered without reserve and with all proceeds going to charity.

If your walls are already covered, there is plenty of furniture to suit all tastes, from the rustic oak of Liberty and Robert ’Mouseman’ Thompson to the chrome modernism of Charles Eames and David Linley.

A sparkling selection of jeweller y and silver includes pieces by fashion houses Hermès, Boucheron and Georg Jensen, and a good range of studio pottery and glass provides the opportunity to purchase some truly unique Christmas presents.

Viewing at Chorley’s saleroom is on Sunday 20 November, from 10am–4pm, and Monday 21 November, from 9am–5pm, as well as from 8am–10am on both sale mornings. A fully illustrated catalogue is available to view on Chorley’s website.

Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park, near Cheltenham: 01452 344499 / GL4 8EU / chorleys.com

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EXHIBITION IN THE SPOTLIGHT: LUCY PRATT AT FOSSE GALLERY

Blissful, The Mill, Chippy by Lucy Pratt

Sunday 6 – Saturday 26 November

Lucy Pratt: ‘All Around Me’ exhibition at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold A solo exhibition of recent paintings, including many local scenes, by the contemporary British artist Lucy Pratt…

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Steephill Beach, Isle of Wight by Lucy Pratt

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The 30 paintings in this show embrace the views and subjects that artist Lucy Pratt holds close to her heart: a love of the countryside, both sea and landscapes, her home and garden.

Lucy’s paintings all convey warmth and vitality, reflecting her own tireless energy and zest for life. Describing her distinctive style of painting, the artist says, “It’s a bit like handwriting – it’s totally unconscious. I think the more you depict personal experience, the more your own style comes out.”

Lucy was brought up in the Cotswolds and lives close to Chipping Norton. Many of her paintings are of local scenes such as Bell Lane in Hook Norton, showing off the familiar colour of the ironstone; cattle in Evenlode; the windmill at Compton Wynyates; and two well known Chipping Norton views – of the local book shop and Bliss Mill.

Holidays are spent on the Isle of Wight and in Cornwall, where she has forged a generation of friendships with the fishermen and artists.

In this exhibition, her paintings of Steephill Beach and May Waters portray timeless traditions on the Isle of Wight, whilst cleverly capturing the colours and light.

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EXHIBITION IN THE SPOTLIGHT: LUCY PRATT AT FOSSE GALLERY

What’s cookin’? Dudley and Cuthbert by Lucy Pratt

Autumn and winter are well documented with January Sheep, Green Lines, February and Magical March all showing the glor y of the Cotswolds throughout seasons. Lucy ’s other passions – her love of her garden, Dudley the lurcher and Cuthbert the 45 year old parrot – also find a place in the show.

Lucy says of her work: “My inspiration is really a mix of seeing things out of my car window which link with ideas of things I want to achieve.

I have a continual list of sights I want to capture, for example ’those fields in the right light or the right weather’: I’ll come back to them when the moment works.”

Her family has a strong artistic heritage: both parents paint and her grandmother was a potter. Lucy says, “Coming from a family of artists meant that we were always doing something creative. It was just something everybody did.

We are all very visual and get excited by each other’s work. That’s what I love about being an artist: the process of sharing and its power of communication.”

Born in 1970 in Oxfordshire, she studied at Banbury School of Art, Loughborough School of Art and Cheltenham School of Art. She worked

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Hook Norton Brewery by Lucy Pratt

at MOMA (Oxford) before teaching life drawing at Cheltenham School of Art. She has had many successful shows in the USA, the Far East and London and her paintings have been exhibited in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition three times.

This is Lucy’s fifth solo show at Fosse Gallery. She says of the exhibition, “I was brought up around here but then spent most of my twenties living away, mostly in Asia. Coming back to live here has rekindled my discovery of places and memories from my childhood, and that’s been really exciting. This exhibition is a real celebration of how I feel about where I live and how much joy I gain from it. And what I love about exhibiting at The Fosse Gallery is that Sharon gives you such freedom to express yourself.”

The exhibition can be viewed online at the gallery’s website from mid-October. Prices range from £595 to £6,000.

The Fosse Galler y is open Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am–5pm, and the Private View is on Sunday 6 November from 11am–4pm.

Fosse Gallery: 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com

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WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS

eXHiBitions &ANovember UCtions Thursday 3 – Sunday 27 Found, Fired and Fabulous at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org A group exhibition by five local artists: Marion Mitchell, who makes textured, glazed sculptures and vessels; Tara Davidson, whose ceramics feature antique lace and plants; Amanda Moriarty, who takes inspiration from urban and rural landscapes to create kiln-fired glass; Hannah Mathison, who creates sculptures from reclaimed metal and wood; and Gourd and Horse, who present playful and functional handcrafted ceramic works. All works are for sale.

Where the Sky Meets the Ground

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Thursday 3 – Tuesday 29 Rupert Aker exhibition at Gloucester Guildhall 01452 503050 / GL1 1NS / gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall Rupert Aker is a Cotswold landscape painter, based in Painswick, whose aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land though the medium of oil paint with palette knife. His works explore evening light and shadows; cow parsley on a wayside verge; water and reflections; and mist and sunshine after a rainstorm. His current project is to hold a regular pop-up exhibition at locations throughout the Cotswolds, showing his paintings in the landscape that inspired them. until Saturday 5 Early Autumn exhibition at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour 01608 664411 / CV36 4AJ / thestourgallery.co.uk This exhibition features work by Andrew Bird, Belinda Durrant, Janis Ridley, Jane Wheeler, ceramic artist Sotis Filippides, Bruce McLean, John Emanuel, Heidi König and Mark Raggett. An artist new to the gallery, Andrew Bird studied Graphic Design at Sheffield and Fine Art at Bradford, now using these different disciplines in his work to explore and simplify the visual content of his paintings.

Based in Derbyshire, and a frequent visitor to the South West of England, he is inspired by the activity of the coastal life in Cornwall and the rugged nature of the two varied landscapes. He works by building up layers of paint, then scraping and re-working the surface to reveal the textures and colour below until considering a painting ’complete’. He uses sketched ideas and references from memory as well as developing his paintings instinctively. The Stour Gallery is open Monday to Saturday (closed Thursday), from 10am–5:30pm, or by appointment. 

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David Linley, walnut & ebony inlaid cabinet and chairs

Auctioneers & Valuers

NEXT AUCTION: Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 November

Modern Design, Pictures & Decorative Arts Oriental Ceramics, Fine Wine, Country House Antiques On view from Sunday 20 November

01452 344499 | www.chorleys.com Prinknash Abbey Park Gloucestershire GL4 8EU

Mila Furstova, Motherhood I, Etching & Cut Paper

GLIMMER

An exhibition of contemporary art with an ethereal quality

IMPRESS PRInTMakIng FESTIval

We are once again The Wood Shed A mixed exhibition of relief prints, with a large scale opening our doors Wood Shed made of previously engraved and printed plates. Including to the IMPRESS work by Jen Whiskerd, Beth Jenkins, Tricia Torrington, Liz Paulden, Printmaking Festival, Suzanne Jones, Sam Wilson and students from the University of Saturday 19 – Sunday 27 November a month-long Open daily, between 10am and 4pm Gloucestershire.

LITTLE festival, this March, Family values A mixed exhibition featuring work in BUCKLAND dedicated to Print.

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WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS Saturday 5 – Sunday 27 (weekends only) Jane Garbett: Abstraction at The Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick 01452 812176 / GL6 6XS / janegarbett.co.uk Jane Garbett has lived in Painswick with her family for 22 years. As an artist, she is known for the meditative quality of her paintings and this exhibition, held in her studio, presents some of her most recent work. It opens with a Private View on Friday 4 November, from 6pm–8pm, and continues on Saturdays and Sundays throughout November, from 10am–4pm. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 47. from Saturday 5 Andy Lovell: Shifting Shapes at Museum in the Park, Stroud 01453 763394 / GL5 4AF / museuminthepark.org.uk Andy Lovell was born in East London in 1964 and moved to the Stroud area with his young family in 2007. He has enjoyed a diverse career as an artist and illustrator, but his chief love remains printmaking, in particular the immediacy of the screenprint and monotype processes. This exhibition centres on his silkscreen prints and monotypes and showcases new work covering landscape, cityscape, circus and abstraction.

Dudley Amongst Cow Parsley

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Renaissance

by Jane Garbett at the Artist’s Studio, Vicarage Street, Painswick

Sunday 6 – Saturday 26 Lucy Pratt: All Around Me at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com This solo exhibition features recent paintings, including many local scenes, by the contemporary British artist Lucy Pratt. The 30 paintings on display embrace the views and subjects that she holds close to her heart: a love of the countryside, sea and landscapes, her home and garden. The Fosse Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am– 5pm, and the Private View is on Sunday 6 November from 11am–4pm. For further details about this exhibition, see our Exhibition in the Spotlight feature on pages 53–55. from Monday 7 George Fullard: Sculpture and Survival Exhibition and Book Launch at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com Sculpture and Survival brings together many bronzes, assemblages and drawings

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Now in its fifth year and due to continued success the SOTA Gallery has relocated to larger more bespoke premises in Witney. The gallery is now showing across two floors, a wider collection of fine art and craft, from artists and makers throughout the UK.

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the exhibition, the gallery has commissioned a new monograph on Fullard by the author and art historian Michael Bird, which will be launched at the exhibition.

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

For further details about this exhibition, see our What’s On feature on pages 48–49.

Saturday 12 Valuation Day at Kingham & Orme Auctioneers, Lifford Hall, Broadway 01386 244224 / WR12 7BU / Head by George kinghamandorme.com Fullard at Gallery Kingdom & Orme’s November Pangolin valuation day (11am–4pm) provides the opportunity to bring along your items for the professional team of valuers to examine.

Fine art, jewellery, gold, silver, paintings, ceramics, bronzes, sculpture, military items, clocks, watches and oriental items are all of interest.

The auction house is accepting pieces for its forthcoming Fine Art Auction to be held at Lifford Hall, Broadway: all pieces will be professionally catalogued and internationally advertised. Single items to whole collections are welcome. If you are unable to attend on 12 November, please call 01386 244224 or email george@kinghamandorme.com to make an appointment. until Sunday 13 2016 British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk The first post-launch display of all the winning images from this prestigious annual competition.

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Monday 14 – Sunday 20 Big Heart Art at Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk Artworks submitted by artists and celebrities are on display before being auctioned off to raise money for the Longfield charity.

Saturday 19 – Sunday 27 Glimmer at Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway 01386 853739 / WR12 7JH / littlebucklandgallery.co.uk Glimmer is a group exhibition of abstract and semi-abstract art with a gentle, ethereal quality: work that rewards those who are prepared to linger a while. Speaking about the exhibition, Arabella Kiszely, the gallery owner and the show’s curator, says: “I am drawn to art that is intuitively organic, made by artists who allow a piece to emerge.

Whilst there’s a place for the sledgehammer statement, my preference is for work that is more subtle and enigmatic.” Glimmer features paintings by Rod Ashman, Elizabeth Cowell, Mary Edwards, Oliver Gosling, Niki Hare, Karen Keene, Arabella Kiszely, Ron Moore and Zoe Taylor; prints

by Lavinia Gallie; ceramics by Hillary LaForce,

William de Morgan ceramic charger, c.1890, estimate £4,000–5,000 at Kingham & Orme Auctioneers

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WHAT’S ON: EXHIBITIONS & AUCTIONS He has already enjoyed a number of sell-out shows with his work now in noted collections in Europe and overseas. The Paragon Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Monday from 10am–4pm. From 17–21 November, The Paragon Gallery is also showing at Edinburgh Art Fair, located at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on New Market Road. If you are in Edinburgh and fancy popping along, the gallery invites you to contact them for a free ticket. The fair features more than 60 galleries showcasing the work of established and emerging, national and international artists.

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by Rod Ashman at Little Buckland Gallery

Rhian Malin, Scarlett Massel, Chiara Vagnarelli, Robin Waldon and Jackie White; sculpture by Anne Boning and Zander Filho; and jewellery by Laure Filho and Susan Wilkinson. Little Buckland Gallery is open daily from 10am–4pm throughout the exhibition. until Saturday 19 Peter Kettle exhibition at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk Peter Kettle is a young British landscape painter with a rapidly growing reputation.

He works primarily in oils, enriching the texture with the addition of plaster to produce striking effects of mood and realism. Peter has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA).

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Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 20th century Art & Design auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park 01452 344499 / GL4 8EX / simonchorley.com Chorley’s two day November auction showcases furniture, pictures, objects and jewellery from the Arts and Crafts period to the present day, with estimates to suit every budget. Viewing is on Sunday 20 (10am–4pm) and Monday 21 November (9am–5pm), as well as on the mornings of the sale, from 8am. 

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Bernard Meadows, Reg Butler and Eduardo Paolozzi. Described by the critic Herbert Read as the ’Geometry of Fear’ school because of their deployment of sharp angular forms in metal, the group show sealed Armitage’s reputation as a member of the new generation of post-war British sculptors. Victoria Art Gallery is open daily from 10:30am–5pm.

Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson circular bowl, estimate £100–150, and oval tray, estimate £100–150, in Chorley’s November auction

A fully illustrated catalogue is also available to view online from early November. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 50–52. from Tuesday 22 The Valley in the Glass at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk An uplifting and thought provoking exhibition of glass sculpture, photographs and sounds by glass artist Amanda Lawrence, inspired by four years of walking and listening in Gloucestershire’s Slad Valley. until Sunday 27 Kenneth Armitage Centenary Sculpture (1916 – 2002) exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk Kenneth Armitage was Head of Sculpture at the Bath Academy of Art and this retrospective exhibition celebrates the work of an artist intimately connected with the city. It features numerous sculptures in bronze and plaster alongside paintings and drawings, mostly on a figurative or arboreal theme. Armitage was born in 1916 and first studied at Leeds College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. In 1952, he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, exhibiting alongside the sculptors Lynn Chadwick,

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throughout November Linda Brothwell: The Missing at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org Linda Brothwell has created a huge range of textures and colours in stone, wood and metalwork. Her works are in response to the most intricate works in the Holburne Museum’s collection and are displayed alongside the elaborate carved wooden, gilt bronze and hardstone plinths on which Sir William Holburne displayed his porcelain and bronzes. throughout November The Last Word in Art? at The Wilson, Cheltenham 01242 237431 / GL50 3JT / cheltenhammuseum.org.uk The Last Word in Art? explores the theme of language – word, image and body – in 20th century and contemporary art. Works on display span a range of media, by artists such as David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Tracey Emin, Jeremy Deller and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Selected from the Arts Council collection and the collections held at The Wilson, the exhibition shows artists’ approaches to the use of text and language in the visual arts. It aims to prompt debate about how ideas around the visual, literary and conceptual converge and diverge. The Wilson, formerly known as Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, is open daily from 9:30am–5:15pm. throughout November Sophie Gerrard: Drawn to the Land at Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey 01249 730459 / SN15 2LG / nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock Sophie Gerrard is an award winning documentary photographer whose focus here is on six female

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throughout November Simon Tozer exhibition at Prema, Uley 01453 860703 / GL11 5SS / prema.org.uk The work of Bristol-based artist Simon Tozer is influenced by British printmaking and graphic art from the early 20th century. Tozer’s prints are made using a mixture of traditional and digital mark making processes, to create the separate colour layers that are overlaid in the finished print.

His ever-popular Christmas card making workshop for the family, Screen Squint, is this year on Sunday 20 November. 

George Fullard Sculpture & Survival

7th November - 16th December

Near and Far

hill farmers, each one a custodian of the Scottish landscape. Her exhibition seeks to explore the relationship between farmer and landscape, but specifically from a female viewpoint. She says, “More often than not, the perspective is a male one and yet the number of women in farming has increased by almost 25% in the past 10 years alone.” The Fox Talbot Museum is open daily from 11am–4pm. Lacock Abbey admission charges apply.

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Performing ANovember rts Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 The Beaux Stratagem at Rondo Theatre, Bath 01225 444003 / BA1 6RT / rondotheatre.co.uk What could a gentleman do in the 18th century when he was short of cash? There were no credit cards or pay day loans, so he either enlisted, donned a mask and robbed a coach or, as a final resort, married a woman who had a fortune.

George Farquhar’s last play is a comedy about rakes, highwaymen and ladies with cash.

Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 Remember, Remember at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk This new comedy from Jenny Wren Productions is set in the dingy back room of a London pub, where a motley crew plot to overthrow King James I.

We all remember, remember one of these – Guy Fawkes – but is he really the one who should be sizzling on the bonfire every November 5th?

Caught in the act, was he the real revolutionary or the ringleader’s puppet?

Thursday 3 Fauré’s Requiem at Bath Abbey 01225 422462 / BA1 1LT / bathabbey.org A performance by Bath Spa University Department of Music. Fauré’s Requiem includes some of his most serene melodies: where other requiem settings are often somber, Fauré wrote that his music was dominated by “a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.”

Thursday 3 – Saturday 5 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Stratford ArtsHouse, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 207100 / CV37 6LU / stratfordartshouse.co.uk The Drama Club at Stratford ArtsHouse presents a new adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s classic novel about a fantastical adventure into Narnia, a land trapped in an eternal winter.

Friday 4 Nina Conti live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk After her sell out 2015 show, ventriloquist Nina Conti returns to Cheltenham Town Hall.

Friday 4 Lewis Schaffer: You are Beautiful live comedy at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester 01285 654228 / GL7 1XA / sundial-theatre.co.uk A short visit by the American comedian Lewis Schaffer to London in 2000 went very wrong when love and marriage took him from his beloved New York and gave him children, divorce and heartache in the UK. Here, Lewis Schaffer makes the worst of a bad situation.

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Friday 4 – Saturday 12 Mauritius at The Playhouse, Cheltenham 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk After the death of their mother, the estranged

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WHAT’S ON: PERFORMING ARTS plus the world première of a piano trio by Adrian Williams, commissioned by the Piano Trio Society to celebrate its 21st anniversary.

Sunday 6 The Men Who Marched Away at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa 0844 493 4938 / CV31 3AA / loft-theatre.co.uk This production commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War. The Men Who Marched Away is a mixture of soldiers’ songs, music hall numbers, war poems set to new music and original compositions, performed by Chris Green and Sophie Matthews. It is a moving tribute to the fallen and a fitting reminder of their sacrifice.

Sofie Hagen at Royal Spa Centre

half-sisters Jackie and Mary inherit a prized stamp collection. Jackie aims to sell it and clear her debts.

Mary, however, has no intention of selling. A stunt

by Jackie attracts the attention of con men and dangerous players and with the stakes so high, betrayal lurks around every corner. Against the odds, unlikely alliances are formed, but ultimately only one can walk away with the prize. until Saturday 5 Half Life at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk This award winning comedy is a love story between two elderly residents in a nursing home. Patrick was a mathematician and codebreaker, Clara is a beautiful innocent with a fading memory. Will their adult children be able to come to terms with their own feelings as the romance between their parents blossoms?

Saturday 5 Fidelio Trio concert at Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk The Fidelio Trio performs an afternoon recital (from 3pm) of works by Moeran and Stanford

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Sunday 6 Sofie Hagen: Shimmer Shatter live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa 01926 334418 / CV32 4AT / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre One of the fastest rising stars in comedy attempts to tackle her inner and outer demons.

Tuesday 8 Bach to the Future concert at Stratford ArtsHouse, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 207100 / CV37 6LU / stratfordartshouse.co.uk The Orchestra of the Swan performs a world premiere by Douglas Cuomo, composed to mark the orchestra’s 21st anniversary season, alongside works by Bach and Stravinsky.

Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 Night Must Fall at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk When charming, smooth-talking Dan arrives unexpectedly at old Mrs Bramson’s remote woodland home, he soon ingratiates his way into her life and that of her beautiful niece Olivia. But when a local woman goes missing and rumours in the press of a murder surface among the household, fingers begin to point. Has the past finally caught up with Dan and could

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he really be capable of murder? This psychological thriller is by master playwright Emlyn Williams. from Tuesday 8 The Tempest at RSC Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Simon Russell Beale returns to the RSC after 20 years to play Prospero in a production directed by Artistic Director Gregory Doran. In a unique partnership with Intel, the production uses today’s most advanced technologies in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s play.

Wednesday 9 Masterworks concert at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham 0844 576 2210 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk The 2016/17 Masterworks season features complete cycles of the Schubert Sonatas and Chopin Nocturnes performed by James Lisney.

In this concert, Lisney plays Chopin’s Nocturnes Op.27 and Op.32, and Schubert’s Sonatas in A, D 537, and G, D 894.

Friday 11 Austentatious at Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614837 / SN1 4BJ / swindon.gov.uk The theatre group Austentatious is known for its Jane Austen-style improvisations. Here, a brand new Jane Austen work will be improvised based on a single audience suggestion. Previous ’lost’ masterpieces have included Sixth Sense & Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark.

The performance is in period costume with live musical accompaniment.

Saturday 12 Notus Wind Quintet at Malmesbury Abbey 01666 826666 / SN16 0AA / malmesburyabbey.info Notus Winds is a group of five musicians each holding full scholarships to the Royal Academy of Music. They have won numerous awards

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including the Royal Academy’s most prestigious competition, the Patrons Award.

Sunday 13 Julie Fordham live music at Bishop’s Cleeve Tithe Barn 0844 576 2210 / GL52 8LU / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk After two sell out shows with Cleeve Concerts, singer Julia Fordham returns to the Tithe Barn.

Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 A Tale of Two Cities at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Dickens considered his novel A Tale Of Two Cities the best story he had ever written. Interweaving one family’s intensely personal drama with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution, it is an epic tale of love, sacrifice and redemption. In Mike Poulton’s bold new adaptation for the stage, the story remains as relevant as ever.

Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 Emma at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon 01789 403416 / CV37 6LU / thebearpit.org.uk Caramba Theatre Company presents a production based on Jane Austen’s novel. The story centres around the self-appointed match maker Emma Woodhouse and her attempts at pairing off her friends, often with comic and disastrous results.

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WHAT’S ON: PERFORMING ARTS Thursday 17 Van Kuijk Quartet at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham 0844 576 2210 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Van Kuijk Quartet, winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, play Kurtág’s 6 Moments Musicaux Op.44, Ravel’s Quartet in F major Op.35 and Beethoven’s Quartet in E flat major Op.127.

Friday 18 OperaUpClose: Music Oft Hath Such a Charm at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 258002 / GL51 6HE / bacontheatre.co.uk The Olivier Award winning OperaUpClose mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a performance of songs, operatic arias and ensembles inspired by his plays and poetry. The bite-sized jewels of music theatre are performed by a quartet of singers accompanied by piano, in staged scenes of romance, comedy and drama.

Saturday 19 Beethoven: Missa Solemnis at Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk Gloucester Choral Society and Bristol Ensemble perform one of the greatest works in the pantheon of choral music and one of Beethoven’s final masterpieces. The solo parts are sung by Anna Patalong (soprano), Emma Carrington (mezzosoprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor) and Jonathan Best (bass).

Sunday 20 Burford Singers at Church of St John the Baptist, Burford 01993 822412 / OX18 4RY / burfordsingers.org.uk Burford Singers with Cotswold Chamber Orchestra perform Mendelssohn’s Elijah, with soloists Mary Bevan (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Elwin (tenor) and Ashley Riches (bass), conducted by Brian Kay. Booking 

Saturday 19 Light and Shade concert at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org Les Bougies Baroques is made up of Ian Peter Bugeja (conductor/ fortepiano), Elizabeth Karani (soprano) and Cenk Karaferya (countertenor). In this concert, they lead the audience through the ’light and shade’ of European art music from the latter part of the 18th century. The era is associated with Sturm und Drang, an artistic movement in which extremes of emotion were expressed freely, in a reaction against the perceived constraints of Enlightenment rationalism.

Saturday 19 Jim Moray live music at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk 13 years ago, Jim Moray released Sweet England, an album that changed the way people perceived, played and presented English folk music. Absent were the familiar affectations of an invented historical aesthetic: Moray is a Bowie and Blur fan singing ballads with all of his influences unfurled.

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in person opens on 3 November at The Madhatter Bookshop on Burford’s High Street.

Sunday 20 Sean Walsh live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre 01793 614837 / SN1 4BJ / swindon.gov.uk Sean Walsh, who has been described as the best observational comic of his generation, returns with a new show.

Monday 21 – Saturday 26 The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal, Bath 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk Now in its 27 th year in the West End, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel has terrified nearly 8 million theatregoers. It tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ’Woman in Black’. He engages a young actor to help him tell his story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, the border between make-believe and reality starts to blur.

Tuesday 22 Lunchtime recital at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Clarissa Payne (flute) and Adam Khan (guitar) present a programme of duo works by composers including Casterede and Bach.

Tuesday 22 Rory Bremner live comedy at Gloucester Guildhall 01452 503050 / GL1 1NS / gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall Britain’s best known satirical impressionist is back with a new show, Partly Political. Bremner’s mission is to make sense (and nonsense) of a world where Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary, Donald Trump is a Presidential candidate and

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Brexit means Brexit. The show can also be seen at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, on Wednesday 30 November.

Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 Kiss Me Kate at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge 0845 299 0476 / BA14 0ES / arctheatre.org.uk Cole Porter’s classic musical is full of wit, dance and hit songs including Brush Up Your Shakespeare and Always True to You in My Fashion. from Thursday 24 The Seven Acts of Mercy at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Playing out across a gap of 400 years – from Naples in 1606 to Bootle in the present day – Anders Lustgarten’s visceral new play confronts the dangerous necessity of compassion, in a world where it is in short supply.

Friday 25 Elias String Quartet concert at Royal Pump Rooms Leamington Spa 01926 334418 / CV32 5AA / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre The Elias Quartet, one of Europe’s leading string quartets, returns to Leamington after a four year

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WHAT’S ON: PERFORMING ARTS gap. Their programme in this concert includes Haydn’s Quartet in E flat, Op.64 No.6, Britten’s Quartet No.3 and Beethoven’s Quartet in B flat, Op.130 and Grosse Fuge, Op.133.

Saturday 26 Son Yambu live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath 01225 461700 / BA1 1QR / chapelarts.org Red hot rhythms straight from the streets of Eastern Cuba: Son Yambu has been called “the UK’s very own Buena Vista band”. Most of the band members hail from Santiago De Cuba.

Saturday 26 Bedriska Trio concert at Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk Gloucester Music Society presents this afternoon concert (from 3pm) featuring the Bedriska Trio.

The programme includes piano trios by Schubert, Bridge and Rimsky-Korsakov, plus the world première of a trio by Christopher Brammeld.

Sunday 27 Mark Steel live comedy at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham 0844 576 2210 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Mark Steel is a regular on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4’s Newsquiz.

In his latest stand up show, adoption is the surprising theme.

Sunday 27 Kentwood Cracker at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon 01793 524481 / SN1 1QN / wyverntheatre.org.uk An extravaganza of songs and seasonal favourites featuring the Kentwood Show Choir, Kentwood Youth Choir, Aldbourne Band and special guests.

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Tuesday 29 Elaine Paige live music at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Multi-platinum singer Elaine Paige has starred in more West End and Broadway musicals than anyone else of her generation. This ’Stripped Back’ show sees her perform her favourite contemporary tracks, encompassing her 50 year career. from Wednesday 30 Pippin at The Playhouse, Cheltenham 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk The mysterious carnival rolls into town, the players emerge and so begins the tale of Pippin, eldest son of Charles the Great. Pippin wants an extraordinary life. Surely he is born for more than just the humdrum of everyday existence? throughout November The Rover at RSC Swan Theatre 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Amid the fast and furious world of the South American carnival, three wandering cavaliers roam in exile whilst three women looking for love – and fighting for a little freedom – explore this vibrant world. The play is by Aphra Behn, England’s first female professional playwright and a strong voice in early feminism. 

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eVents November Friday 4 Light up Lansdown at Bath Racecourse 01225 424609 / BA1 9BU / bath-racecourse.co.uk This Bonfire Night firework display also features funfair rides, face painting, circus tricks and apple bobbing, plus refreshment stalls offering mulled wine, hot chocolate with marshmallows, pulled pork rolls and homemade cakes. Gates are open from 5:30pm–8pm with the fireworks display at 7:30pm.

Saturday 5 Fawkes Feast 2016 at Coughton Court, Alcester 01789 400777 / B49 5JA / nationaltrust.org.uk A black tie evening with Champagne reception and seven course menu served in the Throckmorton family dining room, followed by after-dinner speeches and a private tour of the house. Tickets are £150 per person.

Saturday 5 Bath Rotary Club Fireworks Display at Recreation Ground, Bath BA2 7AY / bathrugby.com This is consistently one of Bath’s top firework displays. Gates open at 5:30pm. Tickets are £5 in advance / £6 on the gate.

Saturday 5 Tablet weaving workshop at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham 01242 890256 / GL54 3LJ / nationaltrust.org.uk An opportunity to learn the ancient art of tablet weaving and make something special to take home. Lunch and all materials are included.

The workshop is from 11am–3pm and costs £35 per person.

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Monday 7 – Wednesday 9 WellChild Christmas Fair at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham 01608 731700 / GL56 0YG / wellchild.org.uk This annual fair presents an edited selection of gifts from the UK’s leading designer–makers, with over 180 stalls selling homewares, cashmere, hand printed textiles, jewellery, millinery, leather goods, children’s toys and foodie treats. There are also free workshops, sponsored by AGA, on all three days. The fair begins with a special preview evening on Monday 7 November, from 6pm–9:30pm, then continues on the Tuesday and Wednesday, from 9:30am–4pm on both days.

Thursday 10 Opus Anglicanum And The Steeple Aston Cope talk at Banbury Museum 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / banburymuseum.org This talk is given by Zoe Boden and includes a brief introduction to Opus Anglicanum and medieval embroidered copes before concentrating on her research into the Steeple Aston cope. It starts at 7:30pm and costs £3 per person.

Thursday 10 A Taste of Thai with Bob Parkinson cookery course at Thyme at Southrop Manor 01367 850174 / GL7 3NX / thymeatsouthrop.co.uk A cookery course introducing the complex range of textures and flavours of Thai food. It is led by guest chef and local ’food hero’ Bob Parkinson who trained under David Thompson, the universally acknowledged authority on Thai food. The course runs from 10am–4pm, with a break for a morning snack of Thai street-food, then a late lunch of the dishes you have prepared, served with a glass of wine. Places are £185 per person.

Friday 11 Pheasant and Pigeon cookery demonstration and lunch at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden 01386 438333 / GL55 6LR / nationaltrust.org.uk Hidcote Manor’s catering manager demonstrates how to prepare and cook locally sourced pheasant and pigeon. The event (11:45am–3pm) includes 

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Experience Christmas at Aston Pottery

Join us for our Special

Christmas Extravaganza Wednesday November 23rd 2-8pm Mulled Wine & Mince Pies – Live Music – Food and Drink tastings Exclusive money off vouchers only available on the day Download your personal invitation from astonpottery.co.uk

New range of stunning gifts In addition to our fabulously themed trees and Nutcracker theatre, for Christmas we have some beautiful new jewellery, leather handbags, wallets, gloves, scarves and hats. For the children cuddly toys including reindeer, penguins and woodland animals. Also lots of stocking fillers and books, games, candles, cushions and toiletries.

Food Our Christmas food area includes new, homemade Christmas puddings, unusual chutneys, gourmet mulling syrups, mouth-watering chocolates, biscuits, fruits in brandy syrup, Panettone and new for this year festive drinks including Gin liqueurs and cocktails.

www.astonpottery.co.uk or call 01993 852031 7 days a week, Monday to Saturday and Bank Holidays 9am-5pm, Sundays 10.30am-5pm. For Christmas and New Year opening, please see our website.

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 onpreview Facebook to see our latest designs Cotswold NOVEMBER 16 and displays: www.facebook.com/AstonPottery

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The Open at Cheltenham Racecourse

a wine tasting by a local vintner and a two course lunch. Places are £65 per person.

the Emerson String Quartet on Wednesday 16 (7:30pm, Assembly Rooms).

Friday 11 – Sunday 13 The Open at Cheltenham Racecourse 01242 513014 / GL50 4SH / cheltenham.co.uk The Open provides three days of action at the home of Jump racing. The first day is Countryside Day, with its unique country fair atmosphere and a range of displays and demonstrations covering equine and country pursuits. Funds raised go to benefit the Countryside Alliance and Injured Jockeys Fund. The final day, The Open Sunday, is the only Sunday on which racing takes place at Cheltenham throughout the year. It features free entertainment for children, making this a race day for the whole family to enjoy.

Friday 11 – Sunday 20 Stroud Book Festival at various in Stroud 01453 760960 / stroudfestival.org Stroud Festival presents the first Stroud Book Festival, showcasing the talents of some of the area’s best selling authors and illustrators. Curated

by Jamila Gavin and Cindy Jefferies, the festival covers genres from romantic fiction to crime.

Friday 11 – Saturday 19 Bath Mozartfest 01225 429750 / bathmozartfest.org.uk The annual Mozartfest is a festival of classical music performed by international artists at venues throughout Bath. As its name suggests, it is primarily a celebration of the work and influence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However, it isn’t limited to Mozart’s music: in this year’s programme, works range from the Italian Renaissance to the 20th century. Highlights include performances by The Hallé with Sir Mark Elder and James Ehnes on Saturday 12 (7:30pm, The Forum) and by

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Friday 14 Laurie Maguire talk at Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-by-Woodstock woottontalks.co.uk The 90th Wootton Talk is entitled Remembering Shakespeare and is given by Laurie Maguire, a Professor of English Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford. Maguire is a leading authority on the works of William Shakespeare: her books include Thirty Great Myths about Shakespeare (co-authored with Emma Smith), Where There’s a Will There’s A Way, Shakespeare’s Names and How to Do Things with Shakespeare. from Friday 18 Bath on Ice at Victoria Park, Bath 07496 053136 / BA1 2NR / bathonice.com Bath’s outdoor ice skating rink has become a popular fixture at Christmas time. This year, you

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS can also try your hand at glow-in-the-dark mini golf on the neighbouring course.

for further details on exclusive offers only available on the day, please visit the pottery’s website.

Friday 18 A Christmas Shopping Evening at SOTA Gallery, Witney 01993 862799 / OX28 6FG / sotagallery.co.uk SOTA Gallery is hosting a festive shopping evening, from 7:30pm–10pm, accompanied by wine and mince pies. You can choose from a wide selection of unique art and craft gifts, with all purchases on the evening gift wrapped for you.

from Thursday 24 Bath Christmas Market at Bath Abbey bathchristmasmarket.co.uk This award winning annual market features over 170 artisan makers and niche brands in chalets lining the streets surrounding the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey. New this year is an animated light display. With Santa’s Grotto and the ice rink nearby, there is plenty to keep little ones occupied.

Sunday 20 Switch-on of the City’s Christmas Lights at Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk From 5pm, there is a service to celebrate the switching on of the Christmas lights in the city and the start of the festive season. A highlight is the procession headed by Father Christmas, civic leaders, samba bands and local children carrying giant lanterns.

Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 Christmas Craft Fair at American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org This fair, held in the museum’s Coach House and Stables, covers crafts such as ceramics, textiles, jewellery and prints. All items for sale are the work of the exhibitor, so visitors can discuss craft techniques with each maker. The fair is open from 11am–4:30pm on both days.

Sunday 20 Tewkesbury Christmas Festival Of Lights tewkesburychristmaslights.co.uk From noon, the centre of Tewkesbury is filled with Christmas stalls, carol singers and traditional fair ground rides. Father Christmas is in town to switch on the lights at 5pm.

Wednesday 23 Christmas Extravaganza at Aston Pottery, near Bampton 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk Aston Pottery’s Christmas shopping event, from 2pm–8pm, features exclusive offers only available on the day, plus live music, mulled wine, mince pies and food tastings. Aston Pottery has sourced unique Christmas gifts from around the world, with lots to choose from for all the family. The themed Christmas displays this year include an entertaining Nutcracker Theatre, a Kingfisher, Woodland and Traditional tree all adorned with decorations. To receive a personal invitation and

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Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 Christmas Market weekend at Waterperry Gardens, Wheatley 01844 339226 / OX33 1JZ / waterperrygardens.co.uk Local artists and craftspeople are on site selling their unique gifts. You can also watch the Waterperry team making Christmas wreaths and decorations, and pick up a Waterperry grown Christmas tree. A festive menu is available in the teashop from 12noon–3pm. throughout November Oxfordshire Artweeks Christmas exhibitions artweeks.org Oxfordshire Artweeks is an artists’ organisation that promotes the work of Oxfordshire based artists at a May festival and Christmas exhibitions.

You can meet participating artists in a wide range of venues including their home studios, view their work, watch demonstrations and maybe even have a go yourself. The artists’ media range from painting, photography and sculpture to textiles, furniture, glass, mosaics and jewellery.

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HIGHLIGHTED CHARITY EVENT: THE HOLST HARP CONCERT

Saturday 12 November, from 7:30pm

‘The Holst Harp Comes Home’ concert at the Princess Hall, The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Cheltenham The Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham is holding a special musical evening with harpist Katie McClaughry, to help raise funds for vital repairs to the museum…

The Holst Birthplace Museum in Cheltenham’s Clarence Road is a memorial to Holst, one of England’s most respected composers, best known for his work The Planets. The house was built in 1832 and Gustav Holst was born here on 21 September 1874. He lived at the house until 1882, shortly after his mother died.

During torrential downpours in June this year, The Holst Birthplace Museum suffered an ingress of water which caused severe damage to three of the Museum’s period room settings and damage to another. There was also water damage to a small part of the collection which has been removed for conservation.

Currently, the museum remains closed for drying out, repairs and conservation. Although much of this refurbishment is covered by insurance, the museum has to fundraise an additional £30,000 for repairs and costs not covered by insurance.

Its ’Help Holst’ campaign is to enable the museum to undertake vital works to the building’s pipe work which will protect the collections from threat and enable it to re-open.

A fundraising event entitled ’The Holst Harp Comes Home’ is set to take place on Saturday 12

November at the Princess Hall, The Cheltenham Ladies’ College. The evening features the harp which belonged to Gustav Holst’s grandfather, Gustavus, the first Professor of Music at The Cheltenham Ladies’ College. Guests can look forward to learning a little about Gustavus and the Victorian harp as well as enjoying wonderful music by the harp’s owner – harpist Katie McClaughry – and Cheltenham Ladies’ College musicians.

Laura Kinnear, Curator of The Holst Birthplace Museum, says, “We are exceptionally excited to be welcoming home Holst’s harp and with it the talented Katie McClaughry. This event is of huge importance to both the Holst Birthplace Museum and also for The Cheltenham Ladies’ College, where Gustav’s grandfather Gustavus was the first Professor of Music. Not only will the evening include exquisite music, but a rare opportunity to see and hear the Holst harp in action.”

Drinks and canapés will be served in the interval. Tickets are £14 for adults, £5 for children and £10 for Holst Birthplace Museum members.

They are available from the Holst Birthplace Museum and from The Wilson, Tourist Information Centre on Clarence Street, Cheltenham.

The Holst Birthplace Museum: 01242 524846 / GL52 2AY / holstmuseum.org.uk Princess Hall, The Cheltenham Ladies’ College: GL50 3EP Further information on other ways to 'Help Holst' can be found on the museum’s website.

Holst Birthplace Trust – registered charity number: 1078599

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HIGHLIGHTED PROPERTIES EDITOR’S CHOICE: INTERIORS BOOK PREVIEW: IN THE MOOD FOR COLOUR INTERIOR DESIGN COMMENT… AUTUMN HARVEST WREATHS GARDENS FEATURE… NATIONAL TRUST WALKS Cotswold preview NOVEMBER 16

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West Croft

A handsome and splendid victorian townhouse with an attractive walled and landscaped garden.

Location: Shipston-on-Stour Accommodation: Entrance porch, reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen/ breakfast room, inner hall, utility area, cloakroom, cellar, five double bedrooms, four en suite bathrooms, shower room and study/bedroom six.

Outside: Walled and landscaped garden and double car port.

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Hidcote Farmhouse

A fine and well presented Grade II listed farmhouse set in this quiet North Cotswold hamlet.

Location: Ebrington, Chipping Campden Accommodation: Reception hall, drawing room, dining room, study, sitting room, kitchen/ breakfast room, cloakroom, laundry room, four bedrooms, dressing room/bedroom five and three bathrooms.

Outside: Delightful garden, large terrace, parking and cellar/garden store.

Guide price: ÂŁ1,275,000 Tel: 01386 840224 Email: campden@jackson-stops.co.uk

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Horseshoe Cottage A charming Grade II listed cottage with period features including an inglenook fireplace, flagstone floors and exposed beams, set within the heart of a beautiful North Oxfordshire village...

Location: Middle Barton Accommodation: Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, study, four bedrooms and family bathroom.

Outside: Garden and garage.

Guide price: ÂŁ600,000 01865 366660 and Faringdon, Oxfordshire n StanfordTel: Road, Near Shellingford Email: oxford@struttandparker.com

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Clardon Barn This substantial property is very pleasantly situated, siding onto open fields and accessed via a village lane.

Location: Clardon Lane, Purton Accommodation: Entrance hall, open plan kitchen/sitting/dining room, bedroom with en suite wet room, utility room, further four bedrooms and family bathroom.

Outside: Adjecent house with open plan kitchen/sitting/dining room, open gallery to first floor landing, bedroom with built-in wardrobe and en suite shower room, utility room, cloakroom and roof terrace, double garage, store, courtyard and private garden.

Guide price: £600,000 Tel: 01285 655355 Email:   cirencester@perrybishop.co.uk

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Monksgate

A beautifully presented family home with spacious accommodation arranged over three floors, gated parking and rear garden.

Location: Shipton-under-Wychwood Accommodation: Entrance hall, dining room, sitting room, kitchen/dining/family room, utility room, cloakroom, master bedroom with adjoining bathroom, three further bedrooms, family bathroom and games room.

Outside: Gardens and gated off-road parking.

Guide price: ÂŁ895,000 Tel: 01993 822325 Unicorn Cottage, High Street\nGreat Rollright, Chipping Norton,OX5R Email: felicity@butlersherborn.co.uk Approximate Gross Internal Area N

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Editor’s Choice… INTERIORS Just Fabrics, which has showrooms in Cheltenham and Burford, has a wide selection of wool tartan fabrics in stock this season, ideal for creating a cosy look. These tartans are very versatile and work well as floor length curtains, cushions or upholstery. If tartan fabrics aren’t your thing, there is also a good range of designer clearance fabrics at tempting prices. Knowledgeable staff are on hand to help you in store or you can check out the options on the company’s website.

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Interior highlights from across the Cotswolds…

The distinctive interiors of Soho House members’ clubs are a successful blend of contemporary and country. It’s a look that you can now tap into: the Soho Home interiors range is available online and includes pieces such as this Spoon sofa, made

by George Smith (£2,650). To view the full range, visit sohohome.com

The recent exhibition by members of the Cotswolds Art and Antique Dealers’ Association (CADA) at the Oxfordshire Museum provided an intriguing insight into the expertise on hand locally. The association’s members have in-depth knowledge of many areas of collecting – from furniture, clocks and textiles to glass, ceramics and paintings. If you are looking to add to a collection or to find a special item for your home, CADA should be a first port of call. For full details of CADA members, visit cotswolds-antiques-art.com

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Using contrasting colours that share the same undertones will give any space more depth and interest.

In this room, a dusty pink is paired with a darker grey. The image is from In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist, published by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography Š Hans Blomquist & Debi Treloar.

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interiors feature… BOOK PREVIEW: IN THE MOOD FOR COLOUR

In The Mood for Colour In this new book by interior stylist Hans Blomquist, the power of colour to change our moods is given a very visual exposition…

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interiors feature… BOOK PREVIEW: IN THE MOOD FOR COLOUR Colour is powerful: used successfully, it can be positively life-enhancing. And yet so many of us struggle to find an interesting palette, instead falling back on a safe but bland range of neutrals.

In the Mood for Colour, the third book by interior stylist Hans Blomquist, explores the way in which colour can affect our emotions. As Blomquist demonstrates, colour has the ability to make rooms feel cool and calming, dynamic and stimulating, or moody and intriguing.

Blomquist argues for bravery over safeness in your colour choices: “Sometimes it’s hard to be brave but the good news is that it’s only paint – if you hate it, you can paint over it again!”

In his choice of colours, he draws inspiration from the treasures of the natural world – from the dazzling white of newly fallen snow to the crimson heart of a newly unfurled poppy. Reassuringly, his first rule is that there is no right or wrong when it comes to the use of colour: “Only you are qualified to decide what suits you best.... You have to be brave enough to trust your instincts, go for what you like and put it together in your own way. As with so much in life, confidence is the key – the confidence to choose colours you love.”

There are a few pointers to bear in mind.

Firstly, consider the natural light in your home.

Northern light is cool and blue, so can make a space look cold and stark. Darker, richer shades work well in this sort of light. Southern light is golden and bright and makes almost any colour look good, but be warned that whites can look creamy and greys turn to beige.

On a practical note, Blomquist highlights specific paint companies whose colour selections he recommends: Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Benjamin Moore and Bauwerk Colour.

The book is then divided into five main sections, covering the author’s classification of colours into Dark, Pale, Soft, Natural and Bold.

DARK Dark and moody colours can be hard to digest and many people may long to try them but don’t dare to take the bold step of adding deeper shades to their home. Blomquist himself is a fan of dark

colours because “they have such impact and create a sense of drama yet at the same time give a very calm and cocooning feeling.”

The different dark pigments to choose from include deepest indigo, inky black, thunder grey and earthy brown shades. Variations on these colours work well with any style of architecture and décor, whether your home is super-modern or more traditional.

This colour group includes “moody blues” such as denim, about which the author says, “I especially like to layer different shades of blue, from darkest navy to washed-out cornflower. There is nothing more comfortable to wear than denim, and it is just as comfortable to live in a moody blue interior.”

You may think that dark walls would soak up all the light coming into your home and this is partly true, but they also create an unexpected drama that gives a room great interest. The trick, according to Blomquist, is to add texture and splashes of colour that lift the effect and ensure that your furniture and collections take centre stage. “Think of your home like a theatre, where there always is a focal point … and see where you can create drama with contrasting pieces and by playing with light and shadow. If you don’t want an all-dark interior, you can still create drama by using contrasting colours. Placing dark pieces of furniture and textiles against a lighter backdrop can be just as effective and arresting as when the walls are dark too, as the objects will be thrown into relief.”

PALE White is the first choice for many when it comes to choosing colours for their home. Blomquist disarmingly states that he has a “conflicting relationship” with all-white interiors: he loves their fresh, pure look, but at the same time “they can feel a little boring and safe”.

To create a successful pale interior, he recommends working with layers of different textures and the lighter shades of various pigments, and adding vintage surfaces to the mix. This advice is interspersed with photographs of interiors where the light palette ranges from pure white 4

Pictured left: This sunshine yellow home office uses the same hue on both the wall and desk. The image is from In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist, published by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography © Hans Blomquist & Debi Treloar.

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There is as much inspiration to be found in a dry desert as in a lush forest, and they both deliver such a different range of natural colours, with none being any more beautiful than the other.…

‘‘ to cooler greyish tints mixed with the pale shades of warmer hues. As Blomquist says, it is not hard to find inspiration from nature in the pale colour range: in the summer months, there are bleached grasses and pearlescent shells; in winter, snow and frost.

The warmer tones of the pale colour range work very well as part of a pure white scheme, as they add layers of soft, natural warmth that prevent a room from seeming too cold. Decorative items and collectables in different shades of warm white inspired by nature can add further texture and interest.

NATURAL Every colour is inspired by nature but what we typically think of as ‘natural’ tones are the shades of greens, browns, taupes, soft blues and greys associated Left: A dark paint colour works well in rooms with large windows. The image is from In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist, published

by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography © Hans Blomquist & Debi Treloar.

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with the landscape. The ‘natural’ palette therefore ranges from the pale green of olive leaves to deeper shades of hazelnut and wood, and also includes the brighter, spring-like tones inspired by apples, figs and fresh new leaves.

Blomquist has “a huge crush” on these colours, which work well on their own, mixed together or added into any other colour scheme.

They are, he says, versatile hues that are easy to work with.

“There is as much inspiration to be found in a dry desert as in a lush forest, and they both deliver such a different range of natural colours, with none being any more beautiful than the other.

All these colours have a soft feel and are easy to use in any style of interior, whether you introduce them in the form of furniture and objects or decide to repaint your walls. The darker shades work really well mixed in with the lighter and brighter range of natural pigments, as they complement each other beautifully.”

4 Above: These pots are painted in a lime paint from Bauwerk Colour that is suitable for use both indoors and out. The image is from In the Mood for Colour by Hans Blomquist, published by Ryland Peters & Small.

Photography © Hans Blomquist & Debi Treloar.

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interiors feature… BOOK PREVIEW: IN THE MOOD FOR COLOUR SOFT Decorating with a soft colour scheme creates a dreamy look and introduces colour without being “too colourful”. Pastel hues can appear childish if they are too pure, so Blomquist advises choosing slightly nondescript colours with a dusty finish.

He also says that most colours are easier to live with if they have black in them, as it makes them more interesting.

The soft palette ranges from dusty pink and duck-egg blue to vanilla yellow. These shades work well together, on walls and furniture or as accessories, on either a dark or light base.

In terms of finding inspiration, Blomquist says, “Sourcing soft colours in nature is not as easy as one might imagine. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot of inspiration to be found within this colour range, but it is very much concentrated on flowers, some vegetables and hen and duck eggs.

In one way, this makes me think that soft colours should be used only as accents in the home, as this is how they appear in the natural environment.

On the other hand, the soft colours in this range are far too beautiful to use in just small doses, as these gentle hues are very comfortable and soothing to live with.”

You can either embrace the look wholeheartedly by choosing furnishings in toning colours, or introduce contrasting darker hues. A gentle scheme is traditionally romantic and can feel quite feminine, but if you accessorise it with contemporary furniture and objects, you can make the look more neutral. Dusky colours give a moodier look, as they don’t make your interior as bright and light as a pure, clean colour would do.

BOLD Choosing a bold and bright colour scheme takes courage, as it dominates the space and diverts much of the attention from everything else. At the same time, it makes a brave statement and the bright, happy colours can help put a smile on your face!

Blomquist says that he loves visiting a home with a bold colour scheme, as it is such a personal choice.

Bold colours usually complement each other and so mix well, and can be used to accessorise a light or dark home. If you use a bright colour scheme for the backdrop, dark furniture and

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furnishings can be added to create a look that is not bold through and through.

When it comes to nature, bold colours mostly appear in moderation. Of course, there are some exceptions, but you are more likely to find small bursts of happy colours rather than large expanses of bright hues. Blomquist’s view is that if you mimic the way bold colours are used in nature when you are decorating your home, the result will be very successful.

The author says, “I realized how beautiful strong colours can be during my first trip to Mexico, where I saw them used with great success on both the exterior and interior of houses. In my opinion, bright colours look best when they have weathered a little and become slightly muted. This effect is, of course, hard to achieve when repainting your walls but one tip is to use a very matt finish, which gives a bold colour more depth and ensures it isn’t uncomfortably vibrant.”

Overarching these helpful tips of a practical nature, the book’s big message is to trust your own judgement. As Blomquist says, “My best advice is to go with your gut feeling – it is normally the right way to go.”

‘In the Mood for Colour’ by Hans Blomquist, with photography by Debi Treloar and Hans Blomquist, is published by Ryland Peters & Small (ISBN 978 1 84975 755 0 / rylandpeters.com), available from 1 November 2016, RRP £19.99.

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AUTUMN HARVEST WREATHS Wreaths add the ultimately stylish welcome to any door. Although they tend to be kept for Christmas and sometimes Easter, they can equally well be used indoors as elegant table centrepieces, laid flat with a church candle placed in the centre. Here, professional garden designer and founder of Allomorphic in Stroud, Paul Hervey-Brookes, gives his top tips on making an autumn wreath…

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The wreath pictured here celebrates the late autumn and – like the story of success in my own garden this summer – I am using largely what I have grown myself. When making a wreath, the first rule is to keep it simple: blocks of two of three things will look better than lots of little bits. For a modern feel, don’t be tempted by additional bows and ribbons!

WHAT YOU NEED: A medium Oasis wreath ring Home grown rosemary or lavender Dried orange slices (easily done in the Aga or on the very lowest setting of a conventional oven) Dried chillies Small twigs or, for fragrance, cinnamon Thick florist wire HOW TO MAKE THE WREATH: 1. Before you start, cut the rosemary the day before and allow it to stand in water, conditioning overnight in a cool place. Pre-soak the Oasis ring in water for an hour.

2. Fill the Oasis ring with pieces of lavender cut at roughly 5cm long. Pack them in and get a nice, even fill. I tend to cut shorter pieces for the inside of the ring and slightly longer ones for the outside to get a good dome.

3. Tie tight with twine or raffia bunches of twigs or cinnamon. Loop a single piece of floristry wire through the string and twist.

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4. Peg the twigs into the wreath by pushing the wire into the Oasis. You can see three pieces gives an even look to the wreath.

5. Take your dried oranges and chillies and wire them in the same fashion. In total, I used six orange slices and nine chilies in my wreath. You could also use apple, lemon and garlic if you wish.

6. Place the orange slices in the middle of the three spaces create by the twigs. To keep it loose and natural, I clustered these in a trio and a duo with one solitary piece.

7. Use the chillies in the same way, grouped through and around the orange slices. By using odd numbers, the whole will feel more natural and less staged.

Your wreath should last up to four weeks if kept watered and it will fill a room with its exotic fragrances of rosemary, orange and spice.

Allomorphic sells a wealth of fresh flowers, beautiful garden products, unusual plants and bulbs and selected vintage pieces from its store in Stroud.

Throughout the year, Allomorphic also hosts a series of lectures alongside a programme of short day and evening courses covering topics from flower arranging to revamping your garden and making cocktails.

Allomorphic is open Wednesday to Saturday, from 10am–4pm.

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National Trust’S Great British walks Exploring the National Trust’s gardens, parks and countryside is a great way to experience the Cotswolds at this time of year.

Overleaf, we highlight several of The Trust’s recommended local walks for autumn colour and trails for spotting wildlife…

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The east facade and garden at Newark Park, Gloucestershire. Š National Trust Images/Andrew Butler

The Ebworth Centre, near Stroud The Cotswolds walking trail is a circular four mile route taking in Cranham Common and the foot of Saltridge Hill. It leads you through steep valleys with exhilarating views, limestone grassland, magnificent beech woodlands and two honey coloured villages where time seems to stand still.

Lodge Park & Sherborne Estate, near Northleach The Sherborne Orienteering Trail is a fun walk for families as you can discover a mystery word by finding 143 letters hidden along the route. The route is an easy mile through Sherborne Park, starting at Ewe Pen Barn and finishing at the Pleasure Ground. There are two other recommended routes at Sherborne: the Short Woodland walk and slightly longer Sherborne Family walk, which take in peaceful farmland and woodland and offer chances to spot a variety of wildlife.

The Lodge Park Bridgeman walk explores the grounds of Lodge Park and the wider parkland at the Sherborne Estate, designed by Charles Bridgeman in the 18th century. The one mile route passes the Lodge, a deer racing course and a Stone

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Age long barrow. There are also great views of the River Leach.

Newark Park, near Wotton-under-Edge The Cotswold Hills route is a fairly up-and-down three mile ramble across rolling farmland and wooded combes with viewpoints up to Newark Park House. The walk passes through wild woodland rich in birdwatching areas and an ancient orchard of apple trees. You then pass an original ha-ha before finishing the walk beside a tranquil lake.

Upton House and Gardens, near Banbury The What a View walk is a two mile circular walk from Upton House, with the option of a there-andback route for little legs. As its name suggests, the walk offers some spectacular panoramas: where it reaches the escarpment of Edge Hill, you are at the most north-easterly outcrop of the Cotswolds and there is rewarding view over North Warwickshire. On a clear day, you can see across to the Malvern Hills, some 40 miles away. You can also look down onto the site of the Civil War Battle of Edgehill. Expect to see gliders from the local club and birds soaring on the updraughts caused by the escarpment.

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The Ley Line walk is a longer, 5.5 mile circular route from Upton House that takes in two pubs for potential stops on the way. The Shenington Round walk offers the longest route: a 7 mile circular walk that again takes in views over the former battlefield.

The recommended stopping point on this walk is The Bell at Shenington.

West Kennett, Marlborough The West Kennett round is a circular walk of five miles across Wiltshire’s chalk grassland, passing historic ancient monuments such as West Kennett Long Barrow, a Neolithic tomb, and other archaeological features. The area is rich in wildflowers and you can also spot brown hares and red kites.

Contact details: The Ebworth Centre: 01452 814213 / GL6 7ES Lodge Park & Sherborne Estate: 01451 844130 / GL54 3PP Newark Park: 01453 842644 / GL12 7PZ Upton House and Gardens: 01295 670266 / OX15 6HT West Kennett: SN8 4EX For further details about walks at National Trust properties in the Cotswolds and throughout the UK, visit nationaltrust.org.uk/walking

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Royal Leamington Spa Come and see our excellent Sixth Form in action, where all girls achieve their academic best and progress to the destination of their choice.

Sixth Form Open Evening 22nd November 2016, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

We currently have girls studying for degrees at Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter, King’s College London, Liverpool, Sheffield, Southampton and UEA as well as choosing to undertake apprenticeships within prestigious commercial organisations or studying further Higher Education courses.

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An Outstanding 11-18 Academy, Language & Science College Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire GL54 2BD

OPEN DAY & EVENING: 5TH OCTOBER 2016 The Cotswold School is a highly popular, happy and successful 11-18 Academy school consistently appearing amongst the country’s top performing state schools at both GCSE and A Level. After their recent inspection, Ofsted has judged the school ‘Outstanding’ for the fourth time and across all categories while The Sunday Times has named The Cotswold School their ‘Comprehensive School of the Year 2015/16’.

THE SUNDAY TIMES’ COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL OF THE YEAR 2015/16

For admissions, a prospectus or to make an appointment to visit the school and see it in action, please telephone 01451 820554 or email: admin@thecotswoldschool.co.uk. Further information is also available on our website: www.cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk The Cotswold School Academy Trust is a company incorporated in England and Wales operating as a charity and limited by guarantee with registered Company No. 7338767.

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Editor’s Choice… CHILDREN’S SELECTION A major new exhibition at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon takes children and adults on a magical journey through 100 years of theatre, with a selection of costumes and props from the RSC’s archive. You can get hands-on and play Hamlet alongside actor Ewart James Walter, using state of the art gaming technology, or try on virtual costumes in the Magic Costume Mirror. There is also a story generator which creates quick and fun version of Shakespeare plays. The exhibition starts on the ground floor of the Swan Theatre, by the entrance to the Swan Café, and continues on the floor above. Tickets are £8.50 (adult) / £4.25 (child) and can be bought in advance or on the day, subject to availability, for general admission or a specific time slot. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: 01789 403493 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk

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Recommended family activities and days out…

Ideal for little adventurers: Corral T-Rex is one of the most popular of Peg Perego’s electric off-road vehicles for children aged 3+. The 12V battery is mains rechargeable and powerful enough to tackle off-road terrain; to keep riders safe, the gutsy design includes large footrests to offer support even when cornering. So who’s going to be writing a very, very nice letter to Santa this year?

Peg-Perego: en.pegperego.com

The annual Wellchild Christmas Fair at Daylesford Organic always features a good selection of children’s clothing, toys and gifts. This year, the fair is on 7–9 November.

Stallholders to look out for include Mandarine Coco, Alphabet Jigsaws, Belle Enfant and Christa Davis.

For further details or to book tickets, visit wellchild.org.uk The children’s cookery franchise Cookery Doodle Doo has a growing legion of fans across the UK, including in Cheltenham where Fiona Lannon hosts the classes and parties. There are pre-school clubs as well as holiday clubs for older age groups: for details of upcoming classes, call 07475 883019 or email fiona@cookerydoodledoo.com

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Could you be the next chapter in Hartpury’s sporting success story?

If you are dreaming of a career in sport, Hartpury College and University Centre’s specialist sports campus is the perfect place to learn with unrivalled facilities, coaching and teaching.

Having produced more than 150 internationals in the last 10 years and many more rugby players who have secured professional contracts at the highest level, Hartpury has an outstanding track record of developing players and athletes while providing them with a first class education.

I couldn’t talk highly enough of Hartpury. It’s a great place to come if you’re an aspiring player in any sport.”

Jonny May | England and Gloucester Rugby winger | Hartpury Graduate

But you don’t have to aspire to play sport at the top level to thrive at Hartpury. As a sport student with us, you’ll have the opportunity to work with athletes across a wide range of sports and levels - from elite to recreational.

We offer everything from College level Diplomas and A Levels through to degrees and postgraduate study in sport, equine, animal and agriculture.

Discover your future at www.hartpury.ac.uk

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Providing an outstanding, contemporary, girl-centred education for girls aged 3 to 18.

By recognising every girl as an individual, we offer a truly exceptional learning experience. Come and see us to find out why The Royal High School Bath could be the right choice for your daughter.

Email our Registrar at l.bevan@rhsb.gdst.net to book your visit.

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Day and boarding places available. Co-ed 3-18 years old.

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RUGBY

Perhaps the ultimate team game, rugby is one of the most popular sports within schools – and it’s not just for the boys…

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A seven year programme headed by the Rugby Football Union in 2012 is on target to introduce rugby to a million school children in state schools across Britain, with 400 schools already on board and another 350 to follow. Many secondary schools already offer rugby as a compulsory part of the physical education curriculum from the age of 11.

It’s been very much a traditional school sport since its inception at Rugby School in 1823 when it is said that William Webb Ellis took the football and ran with it. Today, it provides not only a great team sport that encompasses all sizes, strengths and talents, but also provides exercise for both body and mind.

Tim Knapp, Director of Sport at Dragon School in Oxford says, “At the Dragon, we’ve recently introduced our ’Sporting Values’ – Courage, Respect and Discipline – which embody the way that we would like the children to conduct themselves in all sports, both on and off the field.

There are few sports that place the premium on this triumvirate of values as much as rugby does.

Whether it’s committing yourself in the line of fire to score or prevent a crucial try, binding on and pushing together to work through a scrum, ruck or maul or the exceptional esteem in which players hold the referee, rugby is full of examples of sportsmanship and teamwork.”

Richard Ferley, PE Teacher at Sibford School near Banbury, believes it is the fact that everyone

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The Cotswold School’s girls’ rugby team with Sarah Hunter, England Rugby international and Red Roses Captain

The skills, knowledge and experiences gained from playing rugby are transferable to life. Rugby can offer unique experiences: the elation of outmanoeuvring the opposition and the realisation of sporting potential. Rugby promotes selflessness to meet team objectives, and creates moments of magic remembered for a lifetime.

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Nick Tisdale, Master in charge of Rugby at Malvern College has a role within a rugby team that makes it such a beneficial sport. He says, “Unlike football, rugby is a very inclusive game: there is such a variety of different positions that there tends to be a place on the field for everyone. In football, if you can’t control the ball, then there is very little you can do in the sport. A child who struggles with fine motor skills would be lousy at football but, as long as they can throw and catch, they could really excel at rugby.”

Bill Williams, Head of PE at Burford School, adds, “Teamwork, the reliance on others and the need to connect with others are all huge strengths in rugby. It’s good for students’ physical health, it is exciting and it develops a wide range of skills and

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qualities, gained from tackling, passing and kicking to reliability, respect and discipline.”

Malvern College Master in charge of Rugby, Nick Tisdale, also sees its value transfer into life skills beyond the pitch, saying “The skills, knowledge and experiences gained from playing rugby are transferable to life. Rugby can offer unique experiences: the elation of outmanoeuvring the opposition and the realisation of sporting potential. Rugby promotes selflessness to meet team objectives, and creates moments of magic remembered for a lifetime.”

It is hardly surprising then that it is such a popular sport for schools. Neil Crossley, Director of Sport at Beaudesert Park School in Minchinhampton, 4

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says that the sense of competition is only part of the fun: “Yes, we all get a buzz when we win, but for young children especially, there’s much more to be gained. There’s the sense of adventure associated with setting off with their friends in a school minibus, seeing what a different school is like or hosting another team back at base, meeting new people and sharing stories and sandwiches over the ’match tea’ afterwards. At this age, often what makes the memories is the shared experience – not the winning. Certainly at this stage in a child’s life, the focus of sport is best placed on the journey, not the outcome.”

Andrew Stanley, Director of Rugby at Dean Close School in Cheltenham, agrees that rugby provides opportunities for friendship and sportsmanship, whatever the age of the players, and says, “Rugby develops a great friendship network both within teams and between oppositions. Players can contest in a tough match but will still always shake hands at the end of the game. It is a game where discipline is paramount, where players display a high level of

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respect for the crowd and officials, making it a fun and fitting game within a school environment.”

At The Croft School, there has been much rugby success: its team won the U11 National Schools’ Rugby Tournament 2013 and took 3rd place at the U9 National Schools’ Rugby Tournament 2015. Boys at the school start rugby at the age of six, when safety is paramount and specialist sports teachers meticulously follow RFU guidelines. Lessons start with basic ball handling, introduction to evasion skills and physical fitness.

By the time the boys are in their final year at The Croft, contact, technical skills, game play and team work are all evident in their matches.

Safety is of course a key issue for the sport within all schools, with doctors and academics having recently called for a ban on tackling in school matches due to concerns over injuries that can have lifelong consequences. So how do our local schools go about keeping the game safe?

Nick Tisdale, Master in charge of Rugby at Malvern College, says, “Safety is the most

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family matters feature… RUGBY FOR ALL important aspect of our training and is rehearsed over and over again throughout the season.” At Malvern College, there is an emphasis placed on playing smaller sided conditioned games and non-contact decision making games. And Richard Ferley from Sibford School says, “We pay great attention to training before allowing any players to get involved in contact sport. We would never encourage any player to get involved in a contact game until they were ready to do so.”

Bill Williams of Burford School agrees: “We keep the game safe through close monitoring of contact situations and strict adherence to the laws of the game. Good teaching and coaching, in which students develop progressively, enable students to build up their skills and make use of tackle bags before contact is permitted. Safety is paramount and mouth guards and protective headgear are strongly encouraged.”

At Sibford School, staff ensure that pupils of similar abilities always play against each other. So, for example, in a PE session, they would pair team players up against each other rather than against non-team players. The school’s Richard Ferley adds, “We also ensure that we keep up to date with changes in guidance. So, for example, protocols for reporting and monitoring possible concussions in sport have changed recently. As part of this, should a player suffer concussion in a match we would ensure that all staff were aware so that he/ she could be monitored in and around the school over the next few days as symptoms of concussion are not always immediately apparent.”

At Dragon School, all the Rugby staff have completed an RFU Level 1 refereeing course which covers the whole spectrum of the junior game and on match days the school always has a qualified nurse on touchline patrol.

For youngsters just starting rugby for the first time, many schools develop skills through tag rugby, or flag rugby, where each player wears a belt with two velcro tags attached. Players dodge, evade and pass while defenders attempt to prevent them from scoring by tagging – pulling a velcro tag from the belt.

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contact rugby from Year 4 onwards (aged 7–13).

Tag rugby is a safe, fun way for them to start to understand the rules and love the game. Once we get to contact stage in Year 4, we go by the brilliant age-graded rules which the RFU (Rugby Football Union) introduced relatively recently. Going by those rules means the children are able to develop skills in a progressive way, with aspects of the game being introduced at different ages. So for example, tackling, rucking, mauling and kicking are not developed all at the same time. Similarly, contested scrummaging only comes into play once children are in Year 8 or above. Rugby and safety is a hot topic at the moment, and the current game has reinforced the positives of playing rugby.” He adds, “Something else which is great about the RFU’s age-related rules is that it stops children being put into particular positions too early. It used to be that certain body types might automatically be put into certain positions but the new rules allow players to try their skills in different positions, see the game from different angles and not specialise too early.”

At Sibford School, the ability to play tag rugby remains a choice for the student whatever the age.

Richard Ferley says, “Our team groups will play contact from Year 5 but as far as overall sport is concerned, our non-team players enjoy a mixture of contact and tag depending on how the child feels. 4

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So, for example we still have boys in Year 11 who will play tag in a contact game. We differentiate with different coloured bibs.”

Bill Williams from Burford School takes the view that tag rugby is useful as training for the game but that full contact is the ultimate aim: “The contact is what makes rugby what it is and it’s the full contact that the boys want and which maintains their enthusiasm.”

Andrew Stanley from Dean Close School says, “There is room for both tag and contact rugby.

Tag rugby is very enjoyable for children but also for many adults. It is a great introduction to the sport, allowing firm foundations and guidelines to be put in place before any contact is introduced.

Progressing to full contact rugby is both challenging and exciting for pupils, as it is a fast paced and highly technical version of the game, with a great responsibility to both team mates and opponents.”

Rugby sevens provides a faster game, using seven players in seven minute halves (as opposed to 15 players playing 40 minute halves). Tim Knapp at Dragon School explains, “While the full code of the game places an emphasis on phases of play, retention of possession and recycling the ball, sevens is all about pace and flair. With more space to run and gaps to find, players have the chance to break the opposition line and gain ground far more regularly: it’s the forwards and the men at the

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breakdown who win a 15-a-side game, but 7-a-side is a game for the backs.”

Sibford School has been holding an annual Rugby Sevens tournament for 19 years. Originally a one day event, it now runs over two weeks and features the Oxfordshire leg of the Elite Insurance Sevens Series. For the last two seasons, The Cotswold School U13 boys have been the regional winners. Sibford’s Richard Ferley believes that sevens is a great way to play higher class rugby as it is far easier to get seven high level players than it is to get 15, especially at a school like Sibford which is relatively small. It is also more physically challenging with fewer players and a faster pace.

The success of the England Women’s team winning the World Cup has seen more girls becoming interested in the game too, with Women’s Rugby one of the fastest growing sports. Although some schools struggle with finding the numbers within a particular age range to make up a girls’ team, many school are embracing this interest.

At Beaudesert Park School there’s much excitement, as Neil Crossley says: “We’ve recently started coaching girls in rugby for the first time.

One of our keenest rugby playing teachers decided to trial girls’ rugby as an extra-curricular activity.

30 girls signed up straight away and now it’s on the sports timetable. We’ve even got a couple of fixtures already lined up with other schools.” 4

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SCHOOLS’ RUGBY ALUMNI Beaudesert Park School Nick Abendanon, now 30, has been a rising rugby star since he won two caps playing for England as a full-back in 2007. Bath Rugby Club spotted him and signed him up in 2005 where he played for 10 years. He is currently playing in France for ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 and was named the European Player of the Year in 2015.

Burford School Mark Lee played for Scotland sevens at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006, and Henry Purdy currently plays for Gloucester (2014–current) and previously played for Leicester Tigers (2012–14).

Dean Close School Tom Johnson, who played for England, is now a flanker for Exeter Chiefs; Lloyd Evans, formerly England U20s, is now playing for Gloucester; Tiff Eden plays for the Worcester Warriors side; Peter Browne for Ulster. Tom Seabrook, a current Sixth Form pupil, is training with Gloucester RFC and represents their Second Team. He has also been selected for the England U18 Squad.

At The Croft School, Year 6 girls have been learning to play tag rugby and it’s one of the best attended clubs. Sibford School is also very keen on encouraging the girls to play rugby. Two years ago, the school’s U13 Girls were Oxfordshire county champions and last year Sibford introduced an U15s Girls section into its annual Rugby Sevens tournament.

The Cotswold School, in conjunction with GRFU (Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union), offers girls’ rugby every Monday afternoon. Numbers range between 15–30 across all year groups.

Matthew Maudsley, Head of Physical Education at the school, says, “We enjoy strong links with our local rugby club at Stow where a girls’ rugby team is being developed to compete regularly. We have teams for Key Stage 3 and 4 girls who compete

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Dragon School Gus Jones (OD 2007) and Tom Guthrie (OD 2012) have recently worn national colours at age-group level, whilst Will Rowlands (OD 2005), an Oxford Blue, made his Premiership debut for London Wasps last season. Dragon has a strong rugby tradition and has had two England captains: Bernard Gadney (OD 1923) led England to the Triple Crown in 1934, while Ronald Poulton Palmer (OD 1903) captained England to a 1914 Grand Slam, scoring 17 tries in his 28 caps (having once scored 15 tries in a single game in Dragon colours).

Hartpury College England and Gloucester Rugby winger Jonny May is among the more than 150 men’s and women’s Hartpury College and University Centre students who have gone on to shine on the international stage. Many more have secured professional contracts at the highest level.

Sibford School Tom Stephenson was a pupil at Sibford from 2003–2007. He has played for England U18s and is currently with Northampton Saints, although unfortunately is out of action at the moment having broken his leg. in annual district 7-a-side and 10-a-side events.

In my view, there is a desire by girls to play full contact. Girls’ rugby is enormously popular and our team was inspired and honoured with a visit from Red Roses Captain Sarah Hunter who awarded our young players with a rugby ball signed by the England team. It was given in recognition of the girls’ focus on rugby and their dedication to rugby’s TREDS ethos: Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline and Sportsmanship.”

Rugby is very strong at Hartpury College where the rugby programme is one of ten sports academies on offer at College level. Indeed, more than 20 of the current senior England Women’s, U20s and U18s Talent Development Group have come through the girls’ rugby programme at Hartpury College, and around half of the players

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in Gloucester Rugby’s current first team and Gold Academy squads have also come through the Hartpury College ranks. Hartpury’s U18s boys’ team has won the AASE National Colleges title for a record seven years in a row.

This year has seen Hartpury College attract a record number of new students studying BTEC Diplomas and A Levels, and many of them combine their academic studies with being a member of one of the sports academies. All Hartpury Sport students have access to facilities including two gyms, rehabilitation and physiotherapy suites and six grass and two 3G pitches. The college’s Director of Elite Sport, Tom Radcliffe, says, “Hartpury’s success stems from the fact that we enable talented young rugby players to develop in their sport whilst providing them with a first class education and life skills.

“The development teams are an extremely important part of our programmes and we are focused on improving young people across all of our squads. And you don’t have to be playing at the highest level or have aspirations to make our senior squads to study at Hartpury or to play sport and get active. There’s rugby and football at recreational

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level as well as other sporting opportunities.”

Above all, it seems, rugby is a school sport which promotes many positive life skills. As Nick Tisdale from Malvern College says, “It creates, in so many ways, a feeling of togetherness and the building of something important as part of a team.

It entails taking the knocks, getting back in the game and going again.”

Contact details: Beaudesert Park School: 01453 832072 / GL6 9AF / beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Burford School: 01993 823303 / OX18 4PL / burford.oxon.sch.uk Dean Close School: 01242 258000 / GL51 6HE / deanclose.org.uk Dragon School: 01865 315400 / OX2 6SS / dragonschool.org Hartpury College: 01452 702345 / GL19 3BE / hartpury.ac.uk Malvern College: 01684 581500 / WR14 3DF / malverncollege.org.uk Sibford School: 01295 781200 / OX15 5QL / sibfordschool.co.uk The Croft Preparatory School: 01789 293795 / CV37 7RL / croftschool.co.uk The Cotswold School: 01451 820554 / GL54 2BD / cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk

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A head start for the children in your life “Saving is a very fine thing, especially when your parents have done it for you,” said Sir Winston Churchill. We all want the best for the children in our lives. We don’t know what their future will hold, but we do want to make sure they have every opportunity to do well and be happy, whatever they eventually decide to do…

Of course, money isn’t everything, but it can help to give the children in our lives a head start. It can give them a good education, open up opportunities and help them get established when they grow up.

Starting to save money now might be the difference between whether or not they can afford to do what they would like when the time comes.

It’s one way that you can give them the best start in life.

The cost of growing up The simple fact of the matter is that the financial world in which our children are growing up is a very different and difficult one. If saving for our children was once regarded as an aspiration, it is increasingly becoming a necessity if we want them to have the best possible start to their adult lives.

Consider for a moment some of the things they might want to do and that you might want to help become a reality.

Think then about how much some of these things cost today. With the average cost of full-

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time tuition fees in 2015/16 reaching just under £8,900 (source: House of Commons Library, October 2015), a recent survey estimates that graduates could be saddled with average debts of £35,000–£40,000 (source: University.which.co.uk, February 2015). After education comes the cost of setting up a home. According to a recent report, the average deposit on a house for a firsttime buyer is now £29,127 (source: LSL Property Services, February 2015). And, unsurprisingly, the average age for a first-time buyer is 37 (source: Telegraph.co.uk, November 2015). Without a

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Making a start How much do you need to invest? Quite simply, as much as you can afford. The important thing is to start investing as soon as you can so that your money has plenty of time to grow. This is true whether you save on a regular basis or invest lump sums as and when you wish. It’s surprising how much even small amounts of money saved on a regular basis can grow given time.

The right choice for their future However you want to invest, you need to choose a simple, flexible and tax-efficient way that gives you every chance of success in providing for their future. At Irongate Wealth management we have access to a range of financial solutions to help you invest on behalf of your loved ones. You can choose from a comprehensive range of funds available through different investment plans.

Perhaps a Junior Individual Savings Account is the right solution or it might be appropriate to invest in a unit trust portfolio. You can save regular amounts each month or invest lump sums whenever you wish. In some circumstances it may be possible to get income tax relief on the money you save for children. Our aim is to provide an easy way to put money aside that suits you.

Perhaps estate planning is also one of your financial aims. Investing for the children that matter most to you can make rewarding use of your Inheritance Tax gifting allowances.

You might also want to consider other solutions, such as life assurance, to help fulfil your hopes for them should you not be there to see it happen.

The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds selected and the value may fall as well as rise. You may get back less than the amount invested.

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Retirement Villages: better living and better health!

When it comes to elderly care and housing, there’s a vast array of different options available. Retirement villages are becoming the choice of many as they provide everything you could wish for within one setting, from independent and assisted living through to 24-hour nursing and dementia care. The best retirement villages also include superb central facilities and luxury accommodation…

For those who need a helping hand but not the 24-hour care a care home provides, Assisted Living which is sometimes referred to as extra care, is becoming more and more popular. Awardwinning retirement village operator, Richmond Villages, who have retirement villages in Painswick and a new one in Witney, are a market leader in Assisted Living. People purchase a one- or twobedroom Suite and then a have a weekly package which takes away the daily chores, allowing people more time to enjoy the things they prefer to do.

It also means being surrounded by like-minded people with lots going on, but still with the security of owning your own home. When families visit, they can enjoy quality time with their relatives, happy in the knowledge that their loved ones are getting all the help and support they need. The weekly package includes all meals, a daily housekeeping service, laundry and utility costs.

David Westerby, Village Manager at Richmond Witney, reiterates the benefits of Assisted Living, “A retirement village such as ours gives the resident reassurance that help and support is available 24-hours a day, plus the peace of mind that daily chores are taken care of. This frees them up to enjoy life to the full by taking part in the many activities and

events that we organise. It also means that when family and friends visit, they can spend quality time together.”

Recent studies, including ones by Aston University and the International Longevity Centre, have proved that moving to a retirement village can benefit the individual in many ways.

These results include how retirement villages reduce the sense of isolation and loneliness which is a major problem for many older people living alone; lowering the likelihood of depression; promoting greater independence; decreasing GP visits and unplanned hospital stays and providing a wider choice in planning for later life than would otherwise be available.

Such findings are showing that retirement villages can improve your health and wellbeing as well as offering wonderful accommodation and facilities. The new Richmond Witney, which is part of Bupa, boasts a wellness spa with swimming pool and gym, hair and beauty salon, library, IT room, terrace café, quality restaurant and garden bar, beautifully landscaped grounds, bowling green and nature reserve… wouldn’t we all love to have these facilities on our doorstep!

So why not arrange a tour of a retirement village – you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

For more information on Richmond Witney call 01993 768679 or visit www.richmond-villlages.com/witney

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Nostalgic classics, brilliant new bestsellers and a wonderful range of children’s books.

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.

Great recommendations for all ages and a variety of events including some great author signings!

24 Black Jack Street, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 2AA 01285 650677 | www.octaviasbookshop.co.uk

Jesse’s

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

www.jessesbistro.co.uk

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EDITOR’S CHOICE: FASHION & BEAUTY FASHION FEATURE: COSY COUTURE CHRISTMAS GIFTING FEATURE: BRITISH JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIES EDITOR’S CHOICE: FOOD & DRINK FOOD & DRINK FEATURE: BREWED IN THE COTSWOLDS THE PREVIEW INTERVIEW: CINDY JEFFERIES NEW BUSINESS PROFILE: WOLDSTONE GALLERY Cotswold preview NOVEMBER 16

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Editor’s Choice… FASHION & BEAUTY

This stylish down jacket is the latest addition to Holland Cooper’s Padded Coat collection.

The Gold Label padded coat (£599) has a luxury down fill, with a raccoon fur collar and detachable cuffs – just the thing to keep you looking chic while feeling snug at the racecourse or on the pistes. Holland Cooper: 01608 658063 / OX7 6YF / hollandcooper.com

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Our top selection of winter fashion and skincare...

For a lower key look, we love this Marl Colourblock Cape (£95) from Whistles: an elegant outer layer to add as the weather turns colder. The colourblock style has a reversible navy design and sleek fringed edge. Whistles, Cheltenham: 01242 221439 / GL50 1NB / whistles.com

A good manicure is an easy way to up your glamour in less than an hour – especially if you choose a killer red. One of our favourite reds at the moment is Essie’s ‘Macks’, which goes with pretty much every colour of clothing and, applied well, looks good for up to a week.

We can highly recommend the manicures at Stow Health & Beauty: 01451 832275 / GL54 1JS / stowhealthandbeauty.co.uk

Aphrodite Facial Oil (£20) by niche skincare brand MOA is an easily absorbed formulation that helps smooth out fine lines and ward off premature ageing.

The key ingredient is rosehip oil, which provides a nourishing base rich in vitamins A and C and essential fatty acids, enriched with Damask rose essential oil, organic yarrow essential oil, fragrant rose geranium and marshmallow extract. MOA skincare is available from Qetty Bang Bang in Tetbury: 01666 503148 / GL8 8AA / qettybangbang.co.uk

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Under new ownership

Now stocking lots of beautiful new labels with an emphasis on European brands. Easy to wear pieces mixed with unique one offs.

Friendly shopping environment

Have a girls night in the shop with prosecco and nibbles, take time trying on clothes and enjoy the experience of having the shop to yourself!

Visit our shop online

WWW.QETTYBANGBANG.CO.UK

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61 Long Street, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8AA Tel: 01666 503148

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Couture This season’s accessories – hats, gloves and scarves – are rich in natural fibres and trimmed with fur (both real and faux), pom poms, bows and buckles. On the following pages, we highlight some of the best designs to keep you warm in style…

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Wool beret (ÂŁ12), available from Monsoon: 020 3372 3052 / monsoon.co.uk

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Felt hat (ÂŁ15.40), available from Monsoon: 020 3372 3052 / monsoon.co.uk

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Kendra Pompom beret (£58), available from Anthropologie, Bath: 01225 335578 / BA1 1BE / anthropologie.com

Navy, fur trimmed hooded scarf (£175) by Charlotte Simone, available from Harvey Nichols, Bristol: 0117 916 8888 / BS1 3BZ / harveynichols.com

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Pink hat available from Aston Pottery: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk

Light brown Truffle beanie (£72), available from Cotswold Trading: 01386 853331 / WR12 7DT / cotswoldtrading.com 4

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Frida fur trimmed cashmere fingerless mittens (£440) by Hockley, available from Harvey Nichols, Bristol: 0117 916 8888 / BS1 3BZ / harveynichols.com

Stone & Berry Cordelia woollen gloves (£16.75), available from Cotswold Trading: 01386 853331 / WR12 7DT / cotswoldtrading.com

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Eimear pair of gloves in charcoal and red, available from Aston Pottery: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk

Bobble Dawson mittens (£44), available from Anthropologie, Bath: 01225 335578 / BA1 1BE / anthropologie.com 4

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Devon fluffy scarf (£98), available from Anthropologie, Bath: 01225 335578 / BA1 1BE / anthropologie.com

Cable knit scarf (£22.50), available from Marks & Spencer: 0333 014 8000 / marksandspencer.com

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Deanna blanket scarf, available from Aston Pottery: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk

Golden bear buckle collar (£59), available from Cotswold Trading: 01386 853331 / WR12 7DT / cotswoldtrading.com

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Jewellery by Kate Hamilton-Hunter Studio (from £16.99)

BUYING BRITISH JEWELLERY AND ACCESSORIES Ruth Jones, director of Rococo, highlights some of the shops’ new British jewellery designs and presents her top suggestions for stocking fillers…

As readers who have visited my shops in Cirencester and Stroud will know, Rococo’s gift range is diverse and jewellery has been a growing part of that range.

After an influx onto Britain’s high streets of cheap, mass-produced jewellery from Thailand and China (where labour is cheap and working conditions can be poor), I have been trying to source what I can from the UK. Affordable jewellery for gifting was hard to find and so, in June this year, I bought a jewellerymaking studio in North Wales: Kate HamiltonHunter Studio. The studio produces beautiful, delicate, hand-made jewellery, fashioned from

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all kinds of modern and vintage tins including biscuit, toffee and tea tins. The tins are upcycled into dainty jewellery, finished to a high standard by a team of talented jewellery makers with Sterling Silver and Swarovski crystals. We also have a recycled Aluminium and Copper Rose on Aluminium collection.

The collections are sold direct to the public but also to a large number of gift shops and art galleries around the UK and abroad, providing these retailers with an opportunity to sell British jeweller y at prices comparable to imports whilst paying a fair wage and supporting our economy.

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Christmas gifting feature… BY ROCOCO HOME & GIFTS

St Eval candles (from £10)

Alpaca pastel socks (from £15)

Hot water bottles (from £20)

With Christmas gifting in mind, these are some of my top recommendations of UK made stocking fillers to delight your friends and family.

Do join us if you can at Cirencester’s Advent Festival on Saturday 26 November and at the Stroud Goodwill Evening on Friday 2 December. Wishing you all a ver y happy festive season!

Cashmere wrist warmers (£24)

About the author and Rococo: Ruth Jones has lived in Southrop for 18 years since moving to the Cotswolds from London when her first son was a toddler. She founded her business, Rococo, almost four years ago and this now trades as two lifestyle boutiques located in Cirencester and Stroud. Ruth brings 20 years of retail experience to the role: after completing a degree in textiles, she gained much of her buying knowledge as a chain store merchandiser in Oxford Street, London. She finds hunting for new products and designers, and looking at emerging trends, an essential and fascinating area of her business. Describing Rococo as a reflection of English country living, she says, “I exclusively stock a range of brands that reflect our way of life in the present but also embrace elements of the past.”

Rococo Home and Gifts: 12 Black Jack Street, Cirencester: 01285 650308 / GL7 2AA; 30 Kendrick Street, Stroud: 01453 764399 / GL5 1AA; rococogifts.co.uk

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Editor’s Choice… FOOD & DRINK

For the second year running, whisky writer Jim Murray has awarded Cotswolds Distillery’s ’notyet-whisky’ a Liquid Gold award in his annual Whisky Bible. The Test Batch Series tasted by Murray included a 20-month-old ex-Bourbon cask and a 20-month-old STR red wine cask – the two cask types that will go into the distillery’s first release of Cotswolds Single Malt Whisky next October. Anticipation of the release continues to build: if you would like to taste the Test Batch Series, you can buy samples directly from the distillery’s shop or website. Cotswolds Distillery: 01608 238533 / CV36 5HG / cotswoldsdistillery.com

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News of recent awards for two local restaurants and the Cotswolds Distillery…

Jesse’s Bistro has once again retained its two AA Rosette status, making it the only restaurant in Cirencester to hold this honour. Situated in an old stable yard on Black Jack Street, Jesse’s is also recognised by Michelin and in the 2016 Hardens Guide. It is run with precision by owners Vanessa Curnock and Amol Patil, and serves up contemporary British cuisine using modern cooking techniques. Pictured here, Cornish skate fillet with mussels, Pernod braised potatoes and a watercress velouté is a must for any fish lovers. Jesse’s is open for lunch on Monday to Sunday, from 11:45am–3pm, and for dinner on Tuesday to Saturday, from 6:45pm–9:45pm. Jesse’s Bistro: 01285 641497 / GL7 2AA / jessesbistro.co.uk

To celebrate Hywel Jones retaining his Michelin star at Lucknam Park’s restaurant, The Park, for the 12th consecutive year, you are invited to sharpen your own cookery skills at a Michelin Magic Cookery Course at the hotel’s cookery school. This takes place on 2 November (9am–4:30pm) and costs £175 per place. Participants will use locally sourced ingredients to create a three course meal of gourmet dishes including Pan-fried lemon sole with Salcombe Bay crab, buttered iceberg lettuce and truffle emulsion. Lucknam Park: 01225 742777 / SN14 8AZ / lucknampark.co.uk

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Christmas at The Ebrington Arms Nr. CHIPPING CAMPDEN

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food & drink feature… BREWED IN THE COTSWOLDS

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COTSWOLDS Fed up with bland processed beers, many drinkers are now seeking out natural ales. These are brewed using traditional ingredients – often locally sourced – and are left to mature in the cask, allowing them to develop distinctive tastes and aromas.

On the following pages, we highlight four local breweries and their teams’ own favourite ales…

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WINTER SOLSTICE North Cotswold Brewery is a family run brewery situated on Ditchford Farm, between Moreton in Marsh and Shipston on Stour. It was established in 1999 and was acquired by the current owners, Guy and Sandra Holiday, in 2012. The Holidays are passionate about brewing quality ales the traditional way, using only the finest ingredients sourced from local producers. The brewery is always happy to supply ale for special events, in 10 litre, 20 litre and even 9 gallon firkins.

The brewery’s five regular ales are: Windrush Ale, Moreton Mild, Cotswold Best, Shagweaver and the much awarded Hung, Drawn ‘n’ Portered. Every few months, the brewery team comes up with a special or seasonal ale, such as the popular Winter Solstice which was inspired by Belgian beers.

As a dark ruby ale brewed to 4.5%, Winter Solstice has a wonderfully complex palate and is a well balanced, classic winter warmer. Traditionally, winter ales are intended to be savoured slowly – preferably in front of a roaring log fire.

North Cotswold Brewery: 01608 663947 / GL56 9RD / northcotswoldbrewery.co.uk

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ULEY BITTER Uley Brewery was built by Samuel Price in 1833 when there was a great demand for beer in Uley: the valley was full of woollen mills – a dusty, thirsty trade. These old premises reverted to farm buildings after WWII and slumbered on until 1984, when Chas Wright, a local beer wholesaler, was given the opportunity to re-open the brewery.

Uley Brewery has its own spring water, which is used to mash with Tuckers Maris Otter malt and boiled with Hereford hops. No sugar or additives are added.

Uley serves 40–50 free-trade outlets in the Cotswold area and, says owner Chas Wright, “Contrary to the decline in cask ales, we have never been busier!”

Although the brewery has become famous for its Old Spot Prize Ale and Pigs Ear Strong Beer, Chas says everyone at the brewery drinks either Uley Bitter (which won CAMRA Champion Beer Of Great Britain, S.W. Region Gold Medal 2013) or Old Ric, which the team has brewed for over 20 years as the house beer for the Old Spot Inn, in Dursley.

Uley Brewery: 01453 860120 / GL11 5TB / uleybrewery.com

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ALEDERFLOWER ORGANIC ALE This year, Stroud Brewery celebrates its 10th anniversary. It produces a range of beers which are organic and vegan, sold largely to pubs across the Cotswolds and independent retailers across the UK. MD / owner Greg Pilley says, “We believe our brewery has a valuable role to play in its contribution towards the quality of life of Stroud and its surroundings, adding to its wealth, culture and ‘social cohesiveness’.

This is one of the reasons why we will not sell our beer through the supermarkets, but choose to sell through independent outlets.”

The brewery has an informal bar that acts as the ‘face’ of the brewery. Open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, it is a hive of activity, serving wood fired pizzas and hosting music every Saturday.

Over the past year, the brewery has been experimenting and has released a couple of its beers in cans. Alederflower Organic Ale (4.2%) is Greg’s current favourite. An elderflower infused pale ale packaged directly from the fermenter, it is a fresh ale in a can.

Stroud Brewery: 01453 887122 / GL5 2BU / stroudbrewery.co.uk

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YUBBY Claire and Jim Alexander founded The Yubberton Brewing Co. in 2013 having become keen connoisseurs of craft beer at their two pubs, The Ebrington Arms and The Killingworth Castle.

Encouraged by the plaudits lauded on them

by The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which included The Ebrington Arms three times being crowned ‘North Cotswold Pub of the Year’, they set up the brewery and baptised it Yubberton after the original name of the village of Ebrington.

Claire says, “Our locals still talk about ‘going up the Yubby’, meaning the pub!

Our beers were an instant hit, with takeouts frequently requested at closing time – we thought it only fair to get bottling.”

Jim had a clear idea of how the beer should taste – somewhere between his favourite pint, London Pride, and Flowers that used to be popular in the area but hadn’t been brewed for a long time. With local ‘food scientist’ Dr Julian South, the pair decided on a recipe using all British malts and hops.

The resulting Yubby is a copper ale with floral nose and bitter finish (3.8% abv).

Yubberton Brewing Co: 01386 593223 / GL55 6NH / yubbertonbrewingco.com

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Cindy Jefferies Cindy Jefferies is a children’s author and co-artistic director of the first Stroud Book Festival, which takes place this month. Herself based in Stroud, she has 25 books in print and her writing covers issues relating to friendship, ambition, disappointment and the struggle to find yourself. Here, she talks to Sally Bult about her work and the plans for the festival…

Where were you born and bred?

I am a Cirencester girl although I lived in Scotland for some years. I loved the West Coast of Scotland but when I moved to Stroud in 2008 it was the defining moment of my life. I knew a few other writers who lived here when I arrived but now I have an explosion of writer friends!

When did you start writing?

I started writing as soon I could write! I’ve always written stories and have always wanted to be a writer but I had no knowledge of how to become one. In those days, you didn’t have writers visit you at school and tell you how to do it. I was first published in 2000 and have just recently completed my first adult novel which is a new and exciting departure for me.

A lot of your novels to date have been popular with an early- and mid-teens age group. Do you decide to write for a particular age group or does the book write itself and then find an audience?

It’s a very closely defined thing. You just have to tailor it to what children know and remember that

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children don’t have all the back story of life that adults have. It’s no easier or more difficult than writing for adults – it is just different. My books seem to have been pitched at an older and older audience as I’ve gone on. My adult novel started off as a children’s book but one of my main characters just wouldn’t conform and wasn’t suitable. Sometimes you have to go with what the character dictates! I think in writing you discover what is important to you and what you want to write about. You do find out things about yourself. It is a truism to say every book is about yourself because at its core will be things that are important to the person that you are.

You’ve written a series of football books called Stadium School in collaboration with your son Seb Goffe. How did that happen?

I’d had some success with my series Fame School, and the publishers had angled it towards girls, so I wanted to write something that would appeal to boys and thought – what do they like? Football!

I suddenly realised that although I’d watched lots of football with my son Seb, I hadn’t a clue about the game and this was a bit of a problem. Seb,

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the Preview interview… CINDY JEFFERIES however, is a football fanatic so I thought I’d ask him for some pointers. He wrote these down for me and what he had written was so brilliant. He made the character’s internal conversations come to life, so it became a real collaboration between us. We’d discuss plot and characters and then one of us would write a bit and the other would edit it and on we would go. We did this in his gap year and when he went to university we managed to do three more books – skype is a wonderful thing!

It was absolutely brilliant. We had so many laughs together, and we’ve always got on really well and have the same sense of humour. I was thrilled when he went on to write his own football book, in fact we both had books published on the same day.

Where do you find inspiration?

I’m actually in between books right now and it is incredibly restful! I don’t have any ideas in my head so I’m free to garden, see friends and catch up on paperwork. When you are in the middle of writing, it won’t leave you alone. Writing a series it is a bit like a day job – when I was writing the Fame School series I was writing a book every three months, so with 14 books, that’s lots of work.

I know something will suddenly grab me – it may be the back of someone’s head walking down the street or something I read and an idea will be there.

You are an artistic director of the first Stroud Book Festival which is taking place the first Stroud Book Festival this month. How did this come about?

70 years ago, Margaret and Netlam Bigg left a legacy to bring arts to Stroud through the promotion of festivals and other events. This year, the committee decided to host a book festival.

Jamila Gavin was one of the committee members and she texted me to ask whether I’d organise it with her, so we decided that she would curate the adult events and I’d look after the children’s section. We cast about our friends in the area and have discovered about 40 authors who live here – I think it is really unusual to have so many writers in one area. The festival has come together very well.Everyone taking part has a link to Stroud so it’s very much a Stroud Book Festival with Stroud

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participants. We’ve got writers of all genres and an exhibition of the work by some of Stroud’s wonderful illustrators as well.

What is planned for children at the festival?

I really want children to be entertained and to encourage them to create their own stories, so we have illustrators running workshops and also events where we write stories together. Sebastian Parkinson, who has the Atlantic Games store in Stroud where gamers can meet and play games, will also be running an event which involves a different type of story telling. We have a series of library sessions each Saturday with authors reading from their own books. Tom Percival will be talking about digital story making so we’re also embracing modern technologies. I’m particularly excited about a session we have planned called A Family Business on 19 November with author Wendy Meddour and her young daughter, illustrator Mina May. I’ll be there with Seb, too, talking about our collaboration.

Do you think the Stroud Book Festival will become a regular event? If so, will you continue to be involved?

I really hope the book festival becomes a fixture in Stroud's calendar but who knows? Let’s see how we do with this one before we worry about that!

Stroud Book Festival takes place from Friday 11 – Sunday 20 November.

The full programme of events is available to view online at stroudfestival.org. Tickets can be purchased via the Subscription Rooms website (subscriptionrooms.org.uk) or from the Stroud Tourist Information office.

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Bronwen Jameson and Sian Perry-Smith

WOLDSTONE GALLERY The recently opened Woldstone Gallery in Woodstock showcases the best in contemporary jewellery and silverware…

Isn’t a jewellery box full of sparkly gems every girl’s dream? At jewellery boutique Woldstone Gallery, in Woodstock, owners Bronwen Jameson and Sian Perry-Smith are certainly enjoying every minute of their new venture. The sisters had wanted to work together so, last year, when contemporary goldsmith and friend Julia Beusch moved her workshop to Oxford, the gallery became available and Woldstone was born.

The venture makes complete sense for the pair, with Sian’s strong design and jewellery retail background complementing Bronwen’s marketing experience, alongside a combined passion for jewellery. Their aim was to develop the gallery showcasing unique works by leading designers from Oxfordshire and across the UK, including collections by acclaimed jewellers Catherine Mannheim, Jean Scott-Moncrieff, Daphne Krinos and Nicholas Yiannarakis and International designer goldsmiths and silversmiths such as Brigitte Adolph, Mikala Djorup and Tina Engell.

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Sourcing artists is an organic process that the pair undertake together. Goldsmiths and silversmiths are famously generous and encouraging of one another and it is often through word of mouth that Sian and Bronwen discover a new talent. Bronwen says, “It can be a personal journey. Like everyone, we have a visceral reaction to jewellery so we seek items that inspire us or that work well with the range we already have, but it’s always something beautiful and intriguing, with quality workmanship that we love – and think visitors to the gallery will love also.”

Attending London’s Goldsmiths’ Fair is another way of sourcing new and exciting artists.

Building relationships is crucial to the business as it allows us to understand how a designer/ maker likes to develop work and what techniques, modern or traditional, they use and excel at.”

Currently, the gallery presents work from 20 hand-picked designers and the sisters are keen to keep the numbers at a level where the personal

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new business profile… WOLDSTONE GALLERY touch can be maintained. As Bronwen puts it, “It is all about building relationships and because of this we are careful not to proliferate. We want to provide great service – whether that it is to the customer or to the artist. In effect, we act as the bridge between the two and if we have too many designers working with us, we won’t be able to really maintain those relationships.”

Woldstone’s displays are presented within the gallery in sleek glass cases, with pieces arranged by

Prices are dependent on the precious alloys, rarity of gemstones and pearls used, the intricacy of design and the time involved in developing and crafting a specific piece. All the work is unique or part of a limited small run. For those seeking something bespoke, however, Bronwen and Sian can guide customers towards the perfect designer for their commission and manage the commissioning process. They find it particularly rewarding remodelling heirloom pieces for the

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Each of our artists expresses their creativity using precious gemstones rather than clay or oils, but these contemporary jewellery makers have the same integrity of design process as any other artist, whether that’s a sculptor or painter…

style, rather than by artist, so that they harmonise with each other. The case design is stripped back so that the jewellery can speak for itself. Sian and Bronwen are on hand and always happy to talk about each maker and his/her expertise, but this design-led approach to display enables customers to “fall in love with the work first, even before they know the artist” as Bronwen puts it.

There are diverse styles of fine jewellery for women and men. The jewellery ranges from a beautiful hand crafted 18ct gold necklace by Nicholas Yiannarakis, with a one carat triangular cut diamond suspended above a 4ct. flawless aquamarine, to a striking silver ring from Danish artist Tina Engell, containing four topaz stones of various hues sitting in high tubular settings. There is also silverware from the award winning artist Rauni Higson and a collection of work by the well established contemporar y British goldsmith Diana Porter is on show in the gallery from November.

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next generation of wearer or working with couples to create their one-of-a-kind engagement ring and wedding bands. Woldstone also provides a full range of jewellery services including repairs, alternations and valuations Bronwen and Sian like the enduring quality of jewellery and they have a keen appreciation4

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new business profile… WOLDSTONE GALLERY From left: Nicholas Yiannarakis hand-cut and polished peridot and tanzanite rings, set in 18ct yellow and white gold; Tina Engell ’Slice’ Bracelet in matt silver or gold plate.

of design and items crafted by hand. One reflection of this is that they provide a biography of the artist with each sale.

Bronwen says, “It is important that we offer long-lasting, heirloom pieces that can be enjoyed now and by generations to come.” This sustainable ethos also applies to their selection of suppliers; they source local services with a low environmental impact. And while the Woldstone jewellery is presented in elegant boxes, you take it home in a gift bag where the branding is removable – so it can be re-used.

Bronwen believes that jewellery is a bit like clothing, in that it is best tried on, but she and her sister have not discounted the idea of selling selected pieces online. She says, “The gallery is still quite young so there are options we can explore.” Would they consider including other art forms within the gallery? “No,” explains Bronwen, “we want to remain a dedicated contemporary jewellery and silverware gallery – it is important to us that we specialise so we can provide the very best service to our customers. We take inspiration from the legendary Electrum Gallery in London.”

Trade is year round for Woldstone, with unique jewellery always popular to mark a milestone, for a celebration or anniversary and for collectors. Bronwen says, “Talking to our customers, we have confirmed our belief that more people are looking to source hand-made, unique

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items that are different to the mainstream.” The gallery is, of course, even busier than usual with Christmas approaching. Bronwen and Sian enjoy being on hand to guide those seeking a present for a loved one and gift vouchers are always available too – the reality being that some recipients do just prefer choosing their own jewellery!

The sisters are incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about the gallery, and they are proud to have achieved their original aim of offering the Cotswolds a showcase of contemporary goldsmiths and silversmiths of international calibre. Temporary exhibitions allow them to extend that offering even further to works that push the boundaries of contemporary jewellery.

Summing up Woldstone, Bronwen says, “It is incredibly rewarding to promote the work of outstanding artists, who express their creativity using precious metals and gemstones as a sculptor or painter uses clays and oils. It is also a huge privilege to be part of a customer’s personal story as they seek to purchase a one-of-a-kind piece of jewellery to mark their special event or milestone.

Introducing the work of goldsmiths and silversmiths at the vanguard of their craft to people who will love and wear it: that’s Woldstone.”

Woldstone Gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Saturday from 10am–5pm.

Woldstone Gallery: 01993 813000 / OX20 1TH / woldstone.com

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