Broad Sheep August 2014

BROAD sheep august 2014

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

Dead White Men’s Clothes

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S YOU know I am something of a trendsetting fashion Kumasi Market plate, man about town sort of a guy, so imagine my amazement at a gig last week to discover, on looking down, that I was entirely dressed (apart from my underthings) in items purchased from Ebay! How had this happened?

Now, admittedly, I’m not exactly Savile Row, but in the past I have been known to hit a few of the more salubrious local boutiques - Cancer Research, Oxfam, ‘even’ on occasions, if I’m flush, TK Max. Then this week I saw a documentary on the telly that began to explain my shift in buying habits and answered the big question that’s been worrying everyone for the last few years, i.e. “Why are the clothes in charity shops so shit these days?” The answer can be summed up in two words Vintage and Ghana.

Let’s start with vintage. In my day the only things that were vintage were cars built between 1918 and 1930 and Champagne. Now everything’s vintage, this magazine is if you’re reading it after August 1st. Probably you are, certainly all your clothes are and that’s why from Land’s End to John O’Groats we have this unhealthy outbreak of vintage clothes shops. Basically they are just like Oxfam shops, only without the football shirts and paperbacks, but instead of a pair of shoes being £5, they are £50.

Let’s hope this fad for all things vintage will soon pass, but while it’s still in spate the vintage shops are swallowing up all the grandad collarless shirts, lace petticoats and full length leather coats, they can lay their hands on (not to mention trilby hats, vintage shops love trilby hats). This makes a dent in what’s available, but it’s not the whole story.

So at this point I know what you’re thinking. What has happened to that pair of ‘dirty turquoise’ Ralph Lauren jeans I inadvisably bought the year before last and ended up giving them, unworn to ‘The Donkeys In Need’. Well I can tell you. They Small Ads

4 are now on a very smart stall at the posh end of the street market in Kumasi on Hugh’s bit 6 sale for 75 Ghanaian Cedi. Yes folks, Ghana has gone nuts for pre-owned British Art 8 clothes and is importing hundreds of tons of baled up charity shop excess stock.

In fact, there are so many imported second-hand clothes in the country now that Art workshops 12 it is having a really detrimental effect on the local clothing industry. This might be Cinema

18 a good thing, because frankly, who wants to be seen wearing those sensational, Dance 20 hand-made, brightly patterned clothes when you could be sporting a Luis Suarez Food

22 football shirt. But here’s the kicker. All this imported mass-produced trash you are throwing away is known in Ghana as ‘Obroni Wawu’ or in other words ‘Dead white Music 24 men’s clothes’!

Music workshops 37 So now you know what’s going on, it’s easy to see why your local British Red Venues 39 Cross outlet has only fawn cavalry twill trousers and grey macintoshes in stock.

Band directory 40 It’s all either being grabbed at source by Retro Rocket in Brick Lane or Mr Kwadwo Theatre 42 Mansva has got it for his market in downtown Accra.

Word 44 Very posh I guess now it’s Ewardian Green pages 46 blue suedes drape jacket becoming clear why I’m Price? Too Comp therapies 48 ex wedding hire embarrassed dressed by Ebay. It’s the £25 to say We take no only way you can get your responsibility for hands on all this pet free, the veracity of the non-smoking, only worn information herein twice clobber before the Pete Mustill sharks get in there. So Mayfield, Stapleton, here is a taste of my latest Nr Presteigne, Powys Very new aquisitions - pretty classy LD8 2LW collarless eh? vintage?!! shirt Tel: 01544 260051 no smoking pet Rock on Ebay.

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hugh’s bit Fencing the Dyke O

N ONE of the coldest of recent days I took my Land Rover up to Tim’s place in the hills and from there we bumped across the fields to Offa’s Dyke, where we had a job to do. In a fit of righteous zeal some DEFRA official had ordered the removal of a few venerable self-sown hawthorns which were growing out of the Dyke, along with two or three of those characteristically hardy silver birches that live up on the tops. It’s a policy being applied to other parts of the Dyke as well. We were going to load up some of the felled timber so that Tim - a skilled craftsman - could turn the baulks into obituary pieces of furniture, made from the trees that he had known and cherished for more than 35 years.

One of the reasons for the official directive was that badgers dig setts amongst the trees roots, thus undermining the Dyke. However there was no sign of badgers or setts at the site, and the tree roots couldn’t be removed anyway, and it’s a bleak and open spot to boot, so it wasn’t a likely place for them to take up residence, although there’s plenty of evidence of rabbits.

It probably never occurred to the heritage-inspired officer that someone might have recorded these ordinary trees in snow and in spring and in flower and at leaf-fall, in watercolours, photos, poems and journals for more than 3 decades. Tim had individual names for some of them. It wouldn’t have occurred to the officer that, alongside the national significance of the Dyke, these stunted and wind-twisted hawthorns were part of a local living heritage, an enduring physical and mental home range, and a song-line for the locality.

Many country people have friends amongst the trees; there’s a scraggy and insignificant thing called the Whitty tree on the Dyke near me - its probably only a solitary rowan (sorbus aucuparia), rather than a genuine whitty pear (s. domestica) but I know for a fact it’s important to the farmer on whose land it grows; it carries his family’s memories across several decades.

But perhaps local sentiment and local identity don’t match up to cold Heritage Science imported from “off” via an urban office and an ivory tower theory.

Under the same regime the Dyke, shorn of its trees, has also been fenced off for several hundred metres, to prevent over-grazing. Sheep however are the key mechanism that keeps this landscape from turning into scrub, and the cropped grass is the essential surface layer that holds back the erosion of the Dyke and binds the surface together, so, having mistakenly excluded the sheep, they then had to install gates to let them back in.

The whole bumbling operation is ugly and ridiculously expensive and makes the once-mighty 1300 year old rampart look pathetic. The redoubtable

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defence that Offa built to keep out the cattle-raiding Welsh - another Gaza made by another Hadrian - now has to be protected from a few herbivores by lines of unhedged barbed wire, in a doomed attempt to hold back the erosion which time and the weather will inexorably accomplish. And one wonders how on earth it has survived this long – only from King Offa to Queen Elizabeth II - without the zealous protection of the State.

Fencing the Dyke destroys the very heritage it is meant to preserve, which is the experience of history in context, and in appropriately slow motion. The Dyke is a very long, ancient earthwork worn down by history, a huge monument to Time, and the insignificance of man. Erosion is the permanent condition of the Dyke, that’s its status, part of its message; even in its prime it only baulked the marauding Welsh for half a century.

The Dyke is going back whence it came, this long breaker of soil subsiding in the tidal zone between the old kingdoms of England and Wales; it’s the slowest motion wave you will see on earth.

“Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.” – is perhaps what visitors briefly experience, whilst for the locals the intimate and irreplaceable relationships of the animals, and the trees around the Dyke and the seasons accumulate in the memory, layer by layer, year by year, like tree-rings in the bone.

Which is more important? – a living small-scale heritage, a deep sense of a particular place built up over a life-time, or the bleak protectionist ideas of officers from “off” who have imposed their disconnected, ugly, expensive and ultimately ineffective harness on yet another aspect of our lives, and who are unlikely to revisit the scene of their mistake from decade to decade?

The fading grandeur of the Dyke, this instance of the primitive power of our ancestors is both misinterpreted and diminished by being treated preciously as an exhibit.

As we left the Dyke with our load of timber we mused on the insensitivity to local detail and to local opinion of national farming, green, forestry and heritage agendas. We prayed that if the government has to cut jobs because of the economic down-turn, then please can we lose the pointless ones.

Come Global Warming proper the Dyke will become a sand dune and be blown away, or come the next Ice Age it’ll be scraped up and bull-dozed off the map by the new Arctic Ice sheet. In the meantime let us not be mean with time. Let Time flow across the Dyke as it always has, as a function of the weather. Erosion is part of its living presence. (c) Hugh Colvin 2008-14

August Live Events A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Fri 1 August, 2pm & 7.30pm Experience the thrill of watching theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe here at the Assembly Rooms in this hilarious and amazingly inventive play.

The Cloth of the World Thu 14 Aug, 2pm Journey with the Fetch Puppet Theatre into the fantastic world of the Mappa Mundi – a strange place ruled by mermaids, dragons and giant ants.

A shadow puppetry workshop follows afterwards.

NTLive: Skylight

Tue 5 August, 7pm Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan feature in this play about former lovers who attempt to rekindle their relationship, only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires…

Cajun Dance Night

Saturday 16 August, from 6.45pm A free Cajun dance workshop, followed by the Cajun Roosters, whose repertoire ranges from swamp blues to Louisiana rock ‘n’ roll!

August films

Belle, Bright Days Ahead, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Chef, Pudsey the Dog, Chinese Puzzle, The General, The Golden Dream, The 100 Year Old Man, Believe, Boyhood.

Box Office 01584 878141

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art POWYS No. 46 Wine Bar, High St, Presteigne 01544 267675 Aug GARRY JONES - quirky ceramics to make you smile. BLAKE & JANETTE MacKINNON - ceramic jewellery and buttons. Open wine bar times.

St Mary’s Church, High St, Brecon 4 - 18 Aug JONATHAN ADAMS paintings. Open 11am-5pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street.

01547 528052 Aug C20th art: JOHN BRATBY, GEORGE HAITE, JOSEF HERMANN LINCOLN PUGH JENKINS, JOHN KNAPP FISHER, JOHN PIPER, KEITH VAUGHAN. C21st art: GILL CROZIER, SIMON DORRELL, CLAERWEN HOLLAND, KEVAN HOPSON, CIARÁ LEWIS, ANTHEA STILWELL, BRONTË WOODRUFF, LESLEY WOOTTON. Greetings Cards. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, Berriew, near Welshpool SY21 8PJ 24 Aug ‘Jewellery Performance’.

Featuring Andrew’s latest fantastic jewellery creations. 6.30pm, £5 to include glass of wine. Surprise guest to open the show. www.andrewloganmuseum.org Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 27 Aug ‘Creating a Scene’.

Diverse works by scenographers, film-makers and set designers.

Until 27 Aug ‘Painting in Another Dimension’. MEGAN WYATT. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Tannery, Machynlleth 01654 703355 18 - 24 Aug ‘Autographs from Llangollen’. Open 10am-4pm.

Part of Machynlleth Festival.

Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 13 Sept ‘Rusty Filling Stations’.

PETER MONAGHAN. Until 13 Sept WENDY MURPHY recent paintings.

Until 30 Aug ‘Myself’. Tabernacle Art Competition. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Studio Sash, Presteigne LD8 2BE 01547 560244 21 - 26 Aug Art of current works by members of STUDIO SASH. Open 11am-5pm.

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Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until 16 Oct Exhibition of original drawings, watercolours and mixed media works by local artist CLARISSA KATE PRICE. Subjects include hares, Hay Castle and still life.

Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm Open daily, 9.30am-5.30pm.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Aug Selling exhibition of art from the last 214 years. Open Mon-Sat 10am-3pm. Facebook Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Aug FAINE MEYNELL. The India & China Tea Company. Homeade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea available. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674 6 - 10 Aug Summer Craft Festival with ALEX ALLPRESS Open Studio, exhibition, sales and demonstrations.

Plus workshops, craft stalls, live music and real ale. Open 10am-5pm.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells 01982 552555 Until 26 Sept ‘Journey: Response to Place’. A mixed media exhibition of Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery sculpture, photographs and drawings 01686 668746 by members of Sculpture Cymru.

Aug Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm. Exhibiting artists include SIMONE BIZZELL-BROWNING, JANE FOX, Rhayader Museum & Gallery, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 ANDY GRIFFITHS, JOHN HOWES, DILYS JACKSON, ALISON 2 Aug - 28 Sept ‘A Secret.’ THE LOCHHEAD, LYNDON MABLY, PICTUREMAKERS - mixed media.

GLENN MORRIS, GWYN PRICE, Until 15 Nov ‘Rhayader Remembers SUE ROBERTS, ANTONIA WWI’.

SPOWERS & MATTHEW TOMALIN. 2 Aug - 20 Dec ‘Ten Rhayader Men’ Open theatre times.

Commemorating the centenary of WWI. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes £4/£3, under 16s free.

01686 413467 Until 13 Sept ‘Turning Twenty’.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Celebrating 20 years with CWILT Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 CYMRU & SANDRA MEECH. Open Tues - Sat 10am-4pm.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne 01544 260149 From 4 Aug SIR SIDNEY NOLAN. This selection focuses upon paintings from his time at The Rodd. Open 11am-5pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 2 Aug Arts & Crafts. Local artisans working in silver, wood, wool, pottery, paintings and carvings. Free entry.

21 - 26 Aug ‘Landscapes and Sheep’.

JOSH PARTRIDGE - paintings in watercolour, gouache and wax.

Open Presteigne Festival times.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Near Newtown SY17 5SB 01686 688369 Until 3 Aug ‘Flower Power 2014.’

A group exhibtion by female artists.

CAROLE KING, BRONTË WOODRUFF, EDWINA ELLIS, THURZA COX, CHRISSIE MENZIES. 10 Aug - 3 Sept ‘Energy’. Prints, paintings and sculpture by renowned Welsh artists. Open 11am-4pm.

Old School Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa 01547 550377 9 - 30 Aug ‘Apprehending Lucidity: Searching for form and poetry.’

CARMEL STEPHENS - abstract paintings. Open Wed-Sun 2-5pm.

Hay Makers Gallery, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820556 Until 14 Sept GEORGE OMEROD ceramics. XUELLA ARNOLD & LAURA BAXTER - jewellery. HESTER COX - prints. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 25 Aug OS - poetry and photography. A work in progress by Presteigne-based photographer ALEX RAMSAY. He his joined by poet Liz Lefroy who will read from her recently published pamphlet, ‘Mending the Ordinary’. 11am, £6. Part of Presteigne Festival. Plus interesting and unusual gifts for all. Rare antique carpets and kilims. Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

Sidney Nolan, The Rodd, Presteigne

Julia D Gray, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan

Jonathan Adams, St Mary’s Church, High St, Brecon

Faine Meynell, Tower House Gallery, Knighton

Peter Horrocks, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge

Gill Tennant-Eyles, The Old Farmhouse, Lingen

HEREFORDSHIRE Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford.

01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 80 designers.

Open Mon - Sat 10am-5pm.

Art @ The Granary, The Old Farmhouse, Lingen SY7 0DY 21 - 26 Aug Exploring the theme of ‘Flight’. Artists from the Welsh borders include PAUL CATON, JOANNA GRIFFITHS, LOIS HOPWOOD, DEBORAH KING, TANIA MOSSE, ROS PRICE-JONES, RICHARD STUDER, GILL TENNANT-EYLES & BRONTË WOODRUFF. 10.30am6pm. Part of Presteigne Festival.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 30 Aug ‘Snowdrops and Candles Soothed the Bedside’. New works by VIVIENNE SOLE & JANE TUDGE. Open Tues-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Other times by arrangement. Framing also available.

Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 01544 388708 15 - 17 Aug KINGTON ART SOCIETY - exhibition and sale of paintings. Open 10am-6pm.

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 633325 Until 10 Aug GROUP OF FOUR. 11 - 17 Aug MUCH MARCLE ART GROUP. 18 - 24 Aug MARGARET CARPENTER - paintings and poetry.

25 - 31 Aug ‘Shared Perspective’.

JOANNA DIXON & CAROL RANDALL - paintings. Open 10am-4pm.

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Aug SUE BROWN - collagraph prints.

BRIDGIT MCVEY - ceramics. Plus an eclectic mix of English arts and crafts.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 Aug Works by local artists and from artists further afield.

Leominster Library 01432 383290 Anyone wishing to exhibit artwork, please contact the above tel. no.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester 01905 25371 Until 1 Nov ‘Sensational Clay’ Exhibition of ceramics by JON WILLIAMS. Until 13 Sept ‘Fancy Pants’.

A celebration of style 1920-1945.

Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

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Market House Heritage Centre, Ross-on-Wye 01432 260675 Aug Various arts and crafts from local artists. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4pm.

All Saints Church Cafe, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 2 Aug DICK RAY - exhibition and sale.

4 - 9 Aug Sale of Indian silks and saris with Jan Bishop.

11 - 16 Aug Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information from Love Zimbabwe.

18 - 23 Sept LORRAINE THURLOW exhibition and sale.

25 - 30 Aug Exhibition and sale of local arts and crafts, organised by Pam Brown.

1 - 6 Sept Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information from Love Zimbabwe. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 31 Aug ANN CAMPBELL. Until 31 Aug PAUL DAVIES photographs. Open theatre times.

Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 A picture framing service is also available. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St., Hereford 01432 260692 Until end Sept World War One exhibition. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 Aug ‘Shadows on the Grass’. Garden sculpture exhibition which includes sculptures in a variety of media forged iron, stone resin, stainless steel, carved stone, wood, ceramic and glass.

Aug ‘Twenty Five Years On’. A collection of artists and makers that have supported the gallery over 25 years. Featuring NICOLA WERNER, WILLIE CARTER, BRIAN STEVENTON, ROBERT PALMER, PETER HORROCKS, TAMSIN ABBOT & LESLEY STRICKLAND. From 6 Sept h.Art. CORINNA KENYON WADE, JEMIMA JAMESON and artists and makers from around the county and beyond. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Monnow Valley Arts Centre, Middle Hunt House, Walterstone, Hereford 01873 860529 Until 31 Aug ‘The Art of a Lifetime’.

EDGAR HOLLOWAY (1914-2008).

A centenary touring exhibition.

6 Sept - 2 Nov EDWARD ARDIZZONE (1900-1979): The Creator of Little Tim and Friends. Open Thurs & Fri 11am5pm, Sat & Sun 2-5pm.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley 01886 880140 Aug ‘Spring into Summer’. MARIE THERESE KING, KENJI LIM, DOUG EATON & TIA LAMBERT. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

SHROPSHIRE Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Until 27 Sept ‘Coast II - From Source to Sea’. KURT JACKSON, RICHARD CORBETT, ANN MCKAY, BETSY SMITH & LEIGH DAVIES - paintings.

CELIA SMITH & JOHN MAINWARING - sculpture. CHARLOTTE JONES, MORAG MCINNES, DENISE BROWN, & REBECCA PARRIN - ceramics.

Open daily 10am-5pm.

Ludlow Period House Shop, Corve Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Musuem of British Popular Culture. Open 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk Until 20 Aug ‘Lost Horizons’. A centenary exhibition of original works in ink, inspired by the poets and artists of WWI. Check website for opening times.

Gallery 3, The Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury 01743 355159 Until 25 Aug PAOLO ALESSANDRI-GRAY & ANDREW HOWARTH. Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm.

The Gallery, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery.

Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Chang Thai Bar and Restaurant, 3 Market Street, Ludlow, SY8 1BP Aug NIGEL STURGEON - wood.

Open Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 12-10.30pm.

Hightown Community Room, Vicarage Rd, Clun 01588 640401 Until 3 Aug Clun Art and Craft Show.

Exhibition and sale of work by 40 artists and craftspeople in the Clun valley. Open 10am-6pm, 3 Aug 10am-12pm.

Church Stretton School, Church Stretton 01694 724170 Until 9 Aug Church Stretton & South Shropshire Art & Crafts Exhibition. Features work by ROB LECKEY and over 600 works of art by both professionals and amateurs.

Open 11am-6pm.

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Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141 Until 15 Aug SUSIE CHURCH. Until 15 Aug LUDLOW PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB. Open theatre times.

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 2 Aug SARAH VAN NIEKERK - retrospective exhibition of wood engravings.

Until 2 Aug RAE HARRISON paintings.

Until 2 Aug Isaac Smart’s Showcase. ALISON MORTON linen weaving. JENNY CRISP willow baskets.

9 Aug - 6 Sept NOEL SHEPHERDSON - new watercolours and oils. ANNA RAVENSCROFT - etchings.

9 Aug - 6 Sept Isaac Smart’s Showcase. ALISON DUPERNEX knitwear - 9 Aug, artist in residence.

LIZ KEMP - textiles. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 31 Aug ‘Living Dangerously’. An exhibition of photographs by LIFE magazine photo journalist, TERENCE SPENCER. With additional photographs from ROCK ARCHIVE. Until 31 Aug ‘Ancient Wisdom’.

Ancient Egpyptian and Greek artifacts.

Open daily, 10am-5pm. Admission £4 adults, £2 per child, free aged 0-4years.

Ludlow Castle, Ludlow 12 - 14 Sept ALEX ALPRESS. Exhibition and teaching.

Part of Ludlow Food Fair.

Shropshire Hills Cafe, Shopshire Hills Discovery Centre, School Rd, Craven Arms 01588 676060 Until 2 Sept ‘Hedges, Edges and Boundaries’ SHEILAGH JEVONS. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell 01547 530888 Until 10 Aug ‘Threads of Thought;.

Westhope Guild of Contemporary Designers. WENDY RIDDICK, BRIGITTA SHUKER, CAROLE GARLAND, JULIA D GRAY, SUE GREENAN, TRISHA JAMES, VALERIE JOHNSONS, CHRIS MELLOR, JANE RYLANDS & MIRIAM OBREY - textiles, sculpture, multimedia and poetry. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

25 Aug Vide Grenier / Attic Sale. Stalls and music from Little Rumba, 9am-3pm.

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The Harley Centre, Castle Square, Ludlow www.ludlowartsociety.org.uk 16 - 25 Aug Summer exhibition.

LUDLOW ART SOCIETY. Open 10am-5pm daily.

The Old Surgery Gallery, 11 High St, Clun, Craven Arms 01588 640506 Until 18 Aug THE JACQUELINE FLETCHER EXHIBITION supported by PAUL HIPKISS, TIM NASH AND NOEL SHEPHERDSON. 20 Aug - 22 Sept ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA Exhibition. Also featuring DAVID HARBAN, PETER SHREAD, JACQUE WAKELY & DAVID WHITE. RALPH JANC - ceramics. Open 10am-5pm Thurs- Tues, closed Weds.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free.

Year round, £40 per year

WESTHOPE COLLEGE, NEAR CRAVEN ARMS Exciting new programme of summer holiday activities for young people.

Courses in hand-sewing, needlefelting and clay. Full details of these and all our wonderful craft courses at www.westhope.org.uk or call us on 01584 861293. A warm welcome, delicious home-cooked food and courses to inspire. There’s something for everyone at Westhope.

INTRODUCING BOOK ARTS A day to familiarise those new to Book Arts and re-engage the more experienced, through a presentation exploring this exciting and broad art form and making simple, creative book structures. Led by expert Rebecca Finney MA, on Tues 23 September at Westhope College.

Early booking is recommended. Day £45 or £240 for 6 sessions. These can be used to build-up to qualify for the Book Art Certificate. 01584 861 293.

Email: info@westhope.org.uk GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design.PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk CHIC BROCANTE Furniture showroom, paint courses, Autentico paint sales.

Full day furniture chalk painting course £75 including lunch, 20% discount with the advert on page 11.

Chic Brocante, Unit 1 Bron Offices, Brampton Bryan, 0787 507 6727.

CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk, www.artsengine.org.uk/ maryzammit ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds.

Wednesdays 4-6pm. Free. With different art techniques by local artists.

Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore.

Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo.co.uk, or call 01568 770110.

CRAFT WORKSHOPS IN THE RADNOR FOREST Spinning and floor loom weaving; pottery also:- hand building, throwing, medieval tile making. Half day £25, whole day £50 (including lunch).

Beginners welcome. Tel. Shirley or Bas on 01547 550693 www.slenderthread.co.uk.

Aug EASTNOR POTTERY Family Pottery Fun throughout the summer. Simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book a session, turn up and choose from an exciting menu of pottery projects using real clay. No minimum order or number of participants required and projects start at just £5 a head. Great for individuals, families and friends.

August ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS 7 Aug - Drums and Dreamcatchers, 10.30am-12.30pm, for ages 6+, £5.

14 Aug - Shadow Puppetry with The Fetch Theatre, 3.15-4.45pm, £5. Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35 per term.

First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

9, 10, 16, 17, 30 & 31 Aug ALEX ALLPRESS POTTERY SCHOOL: POTTERY COURSES One Day Courses all incl. with lunch, clay, glazing and firing, £85. Newbridge on Wye. www.alexallpress. co.uk alex@alexallpress.co.uk 01597 860127.

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August CHILDREN’S CLAY/DRAWING & SCULPTURE DAYS Every Thursday and Friday throughout August, with professional artists. Wear old clothes. Drinks and biscuits provided. Booking essential, 10am-4pm, £12.50 per session, 01686 688369.

Every Thurs & Fri in August ART & CLAY For 7-14 year olds. Work can dry, be fired and glazed.

Children will be taught to sculpt, coil and slabwork.

Mid Wales Art Centre, Caersws, 10am-4pm, £12.50 per session, 01686 688369, www.midwalesarts.org.uk

August VACATION CREATION High quality arts workshops for 8 - 12 year olds in the school holidays. Museum Resource & Learning Centre, Friar St, Hereford, from £14 per child. 01432 358232, www.brightstripe.co.uk

August THREE DAY POTTERY COURSES 22 - 24 Aug - Decorating Skills. With tutor, Mark Griffiths. All three day courses, each course £240 including refreshments and a light lunch every day.

The Pottery, Culmington, Ludlow, 01584 861212, email: mark@markgriffithspottery.co.uk

Sun 3 August FOLKY FELT Wet-felting and needle felting. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 11am-2pm, £25 including lunch, 01497 821762.

Sat 16 August DRAWING ON THE HARP With tutor Cathy Knapp. Musicians play and visual artists draw, paint and sculpt. Suitable for all abilities, 10am-4pm, £25 including basic materials, lunch available £5. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 01686 688369.

Sat 16 & Sun 17 August STONE POLISHING MASTER CLASS A very special opportunity to work under the supervision of acclaimed Japanese sculptor Atsuo Okamoto. For those with experience of working with stone. Limited spaces. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 10am-4pm, £100 01544 260149.

August VICKI NORMAN STUDIO WORKSHOPS 2 Aug - Beautiful Brushwork, 10am-4pm, £50.

All at Tasley Village Hall. 0777610 17468, www.vickinormanstudio.com

THE CHIC BROCANTE Workshop & Furniture Showroom Furniture Showroom Paint Courses Autentico Paint Sales Full day furniture chalk painting course £75.00 incl. of lunch 20% discount with this advert

Unit 1, Bron Offices, Brampton Bryan, SY7 0DH Call Dawn on 0787 507 6727 to book!

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Starting September WORKERS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION WEA HEREFORD BRANCH Courses in Hereford include Russian Art and Culture; Renaissance Art: Individual and Crowds; Celtic Calligraphy; Shakespeare’s Hamlet; German Language and Culture, 01432 851423. Dylan Thomas Study Day, visit to Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 01432 830208.

Aditional lectures relating to WWI include Clothing, Fashion and Austerity; Local Regiments in WWI; Artists of WWI, 01432 354003.

Mondays KNITTING CLUB Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Trumpet Crossroads, Ledbury, £3 per session + materials, 01531 634047.

Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110.

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furniture makers

Made to Measure Kitchens & Traditional Furniture

Marcus Field & Sarah Redway CALL 01544 260033 EMAIL enquiries@wealfi.co.uk VISIT www.wealfi.co.uk

FREE ENTRY Alpacas / Live Music / Food / Camping 20 minutes from Hay & Brecon, 10 minutes from Builth Wells Website: erwood-station.co.uk Tel: 01982 560674 Sat Nav: LD2 3SJ

ARTS & CRAFTS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

Sat 2nd august 9.30AM-3.30PM LOCAL ARTISTs WORKING WITH WOOD, WILLOW, WOOL, STONE, PAPER, silver, HAND MADE SOAPS paintings and photographs TEA & VEGAN CAKES

for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

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Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities. Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369.

Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864.

Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, Powys, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving. co.uk Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. In these sessions young people will be introduced to different art techniques by established local artists. Refreshments and snacks are available. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110.

Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

GORDON LANGTON RESTORATION BUILDING CONSULTANT ADVICE ON ALL ASPECTS OF REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RE-DESIGN OF YOUR HOME. OVER 35 YEARS OF BUILDING EXPERIENCE NASH COTTAGE, NASH, PRESTEIGNE, POWYS. LD8 2LG TEL: 01544 260295 07786 972344 EMAIL: gordonlangton@googlemail.com

Jonathan Adams An Exhibition of Paintings at St. Mary’s Church, High St. Brecon 4th - 18th August 2014

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cinema ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 5 & 6 Aug FROZEN (SINGALONG) (PG) 2 & 4 Aug POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (U) 2 & 4 Aug BELLE (12A) 6 & 7 Aug BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD (LES BEAUX JOURS) (15) 8, 9, 11 & 12 Aug HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) 9, 11 & 12 Aug CHEF (15) 13, 14, 25 - 27 Aug PUDSEY: THE MOVIE (U) 13 & 14 Aug CHINESE PUZZLE (CASSE-TETE CHINOIS) (15) 15 Aug THE GENERAL (U) 25 Aug THE GOLDEN DREAM (LA JAULA DE ORO) (ctbc) 26 & 27 Aug THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF A WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (15) 28 - 30 Aug BELIEVE (PG) 28 - 30 Aug BOYHOOD (ctbc) Details 01584 878141

15, 16 & 18 Aug MRS BROWNS BOYS D MOVIE (15) 19 - 21 Aug TWO FACES OF JANUARY (12A) 22, 23, 26 - 28 Aug PUDSEY THE MOVIE (U) 22 - 24, 26 - 28 Aug ARTHUR & MIKE (15) 27 & 28 Aug A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (12A) 29 - 31 Aug PLANES 2: FIRE & RESCUE 29 Aug, 1, 2 & 4 Sept THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF A WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (15) 1 - 3 Sept FADING GIGOLO (15) Details 01432 340555

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 1 Aug THE BOOK THIEF 15 Aug AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY 5 Sept TRACKS Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 & 2 Aug LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (PG) 1 & 2 Aug BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD (15) 11, 12 & 14 Aug THE WIND RISES (PG) 11 & 12 Aug DEVIL’S KNOT (15) 12 & 13 Aug CHINATOWN (15) 13 Aug STRAW DOGS (18) 15 - 21 Aug HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) The Book Thief

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2 Aug THE MONUMENTS MEN (12A) Playhouse Cinema, The Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 4 Aug THE BOOK THIEF (12A) The Hatton Arms, Warrington 01925 730289 9 Aug RUSH (15) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 16 Aug OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR (PG) WW1 commemoration. Walk 3pm, cream tea at 4pm followed by film. Chapel Lawn Village Hall, 01547 530530 23 Aug 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254

2 Sept THE BAND WAGON (1953) (U) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240416 3 Sept 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) Cardington VH 01694 771295 5 Sept THE RAILWAY MAN (15) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860717 5 Sept THE SELFISH GIANT (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 6 Sept RIO 2 (U) Knighton Community Centre 6 Sept THE MONUMENTS MEN (12A) Knighton Community Centre

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. 1, 4, 6, 8, 11. 13 Aug HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) 1, 2, 4 - 7 Aug CHEF (15) 9, 12 & 14 Aug IN SECRET (15) 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27 & 29 Aug THE NUT JOB (PG) 16, 19, 21 Aug TRACKS (12A) 23 Aug THE WIND RISES (PG) 26 Aug THE GOLDEN DREAM 30 Aug, 1 - 4 Sept THE JERSEY BOYS (15) Details 01743 281281

THE SITTING ROOM, LUDLOW 21 Aug LUDLOW 21 GREEN DRINKS Environmental film. Part of Ludlow Green Festival. The Sitting Room, above the Thai Box, Upper Galdeford, Ludlow. 7.30pm, free, but donations welcome, www.greenfestival.co.uk

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 Aug TRANSENDENCE 5 & 6 Aug KHUMBA: A ZEBRA’S TALE 6 Aug HERE & NOW 8 & 11 Aug GRACE OF MONACO 12 & 13 Aug MALEFICENT 13 Aug MRS BROWN’S BOYS D’MOVIE 15 & 18 Aug EDGE OF TOMORROW 16 Aug JUNGLE BOOK 19 & 20 Aug HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 22 & 27 Aug DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 23 Aug ROBIN HOOD 26 & 27 Aug TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 30 Aug HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS Until 21 Aug GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (12A) Until 21 Aug PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE (U) 1 - 7 & 24 - 27 Aug TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (12A) 8 - 11 Aug MRS BROWN’S BOYS: D MOVIE (15) 12 - 14 Aug TAMMY (15) 15 - 21 Aug HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (PG) 15 - 31 Aug THE NUT JOB (U) 8 - 14 Aug DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (12A) 15 - 17 Aug CHEF (15) 15 - 21 Aug HERCULES (ctbc) 20 - 27 Aug THE JERSEY BOYS (15) 22 Aug - 7 Sept PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (U) 20 - 28 Aug HOUSE OF MAGIC (U) 22 - 25 Aug BEGIN AGAIN (15) 22 Aug - 4 Sept THE INBETWEENERS 2 (18) 29 Aug - 2 Sept STEP UP: ALL IN (PG) 29 Aug - 2 Sept EARTH TO ECHO (PG) Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 Aug A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Shakespeare’s Globe.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

Monty Python Live... Mostly 3 Sept TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Royal Shakespeare Company live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600719401.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

4 Sept TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Royal Shakespeare Company live. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING Aimed for those with slightly more advanced skills than beginners.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays BEGINNER FILM MAKING CLUB Learn to direct, edit and star in your own film. Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

4 Sept MEDEA National Theatre live.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

5 Sept MEDEA National Theatre live.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

11 Sept MACBETH Shakespeare’s Globe. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

3 Aug SKYLIGHT National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

3 Sept THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA National Theatre live.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

7 Aug SKYLIGHT National Theatre live. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

16 Aug MONTY PYTHON LIVE...

MOSTLY (Encore). Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

28 Aug THE TEMPEST Shakespeare’s Globe. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

WORKSHOPS

Thurs 7 - Sat 9 August CAMERA ROLLING, ACTION...

Hay Film Makers present their first summer school for ages 12 - 18 years.

With qualified film-maker, Johnny Cartwright. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 10.30am-3.30pm, £57, 077330 55430.

FLICKS IN THE STICKS PROJECT Local people in Shropshire and Herefordshire come together to preserve the memories and heritage of the WWI. With help from professionals at Huntley Film archives, volunteers will catalogue and select material from the archives. Interested volunteers call Ian on 01588 620883 (option 2) or email ian@artsalive.co.uk

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dance Dance Workshops

Thurs LEARN TO JIVE DANCE Onibury Village Hall, Thursday nights, 8pm. £6 per class.

No partner required. 07800 634071.

Fri 1 August SHROPSHIRE LIBRARIES, ARTS ALIVE & BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET Workshop session in Craven Arms and Bishop’s Castle for children aged 5-13 to create a performance inspired by the company’s production of Beauty and the Beast.

All abilities welcome. £10 per child for the week. Details from pam.parish@talktalk.net

Thurs DANCE IN HAY Dance class for the over 50’s.

Gentle but vigorous dance session. Phone Mely if interested 01497 820991.

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40

Sat 16 August CAJUN DANCE WORKSHOP Hit the dusty dance floors of Cajun country with this fun workshop from Angie and Graham Breakwell. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.45-7.45pm, free, 01584 878141.

Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555.

Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. No need to book.

The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, £4, £1 for an additional child, 01432 340555.

PERSOMA MOVEMENT PRACTICES, DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY & DANCE CLASSES Session timetable: Tues 11am-12pm - Find Your Feet.

For people with dementia and their carers. The Courtyard, Hereford. Wed 4.50-5.50pm - Jigsaw Performance Group dance for adults with and without disabilities.

Westfields Community Hall, Hereford. NEW!! Wed 7-9pm Persoma Somatics - movement workshops exploring creativity, improvisation, body alignment and imagery.

Fri 10.15-11.15am Chance To Dance - creative dance class for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford.

Fri 4.15-5pm Mini Movers - creative dance class for children aged 3-7. Lauren Glendinning also runs closed movement therapy sessions in care homes and in the NHS. Movement therapy or Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) is a Creative Arts Therapy, strenthening the mind-body connection through physical movements to improve both mental and physical well-being. Contact 07825 914493, persomadance@ gmail.com www.persomadance.co.uk twitter: @ PersomaMovement facebook: Persoma Movement Practices.

WEA HEREFORD BRANCH

Mon DIZZY DAZZLERS DANCE CLASSES For 4 - 7 year olds. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

Clothing, Fashion and Austerity: 26 Sept.

Local Regiments in WW1: 9 Oct. Artists of WW1: 5 Nov. Contact for WW1 lectures 01432 354003

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds.

With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over.

With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company.

4-5pm 4-7 year olds, 5-6pm. 7-11 year olds, 6.15-7.15pm 11+ year olds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 276807.

Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm, £48 per term or £5 per week.

Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199.

Tues BRECON BREAKERS: BREAKDANCING CLASSES For ages 6 - 11, 7 - 8pm, ages 11+ 8 - 9pm.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Tues DANCE FACTORY All styles of dance, for ages 6-11 years old. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 5.30-6.30pm, £20 per half term, 07504 860774.

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Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711.

Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session.

Transition Leominster 01568 620180.

Charity No. 1112775 Adult Courses available From September 2014

Courses in Hereford City:

Russian Art and Culture Renaissance Art: Individuals and Crowds Celtic Calligraphy Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ German Language and Culture Contact for Hereford City Courses 01432 851423

To mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas:

Visit to Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea: 7 Nov Study Day: Dylan Thomas: His Life and Literature: 15 Nov Contact for Dylan Thomas 01432 830208

Additional Lectures Relating to World War 1:

Email: herefordbranch@wea.org.uk Full programme available at Hereford Libraries

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ROGE R KITE Available in Presteigne at The Rowan Tree, Winnie’s Newsagents, The Workhouse Gallery.

Grandad’s Shed in Kington, The Thomas Shop at Penybont.

Price: £3.50

Treburvaugh House Private Dining

Gwyneth Prosser for all your travel needs 01686 467590 07780 965737

gwyneth.prosser@travelcounsellors.com www.travelcounsellors.co.uk/gwyneth.prosser

16’ YURT FOR SALE Beautifully crafted from ash, well maintained, used only through 3 summer seasons.

The canvas is reg 12pl from Lows of Dundee, best toughened quality, felt lined for winter wear.

£3000 inclusive of the felt lining 0791947 5551 01497 832284

Can be seen on site right now.

Has to go end of season.

For more pictures visit my site www.newinnbrilley.co.uk

Individual dinner parties for 8 to 16 guests in the drawing room & dining room of a beautiful listed country house.

Three courses with coffee £28.50 pp Bring your own wine & beer.

B&B

01547 550193

B&B

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live Events

Sat 23 August , 7.30pm Music for a Summer Evening (Includes pig roast)

Live Broadcasts

Thurs 7 August, 7pm SKYLIGHT - National Theatre Sat 16 August, 7pm MONTY PYTHON LIVE... MOSTLY (Encore)

Films

Fri 1 Aug, 8pm The Book Thief Fri 15 Aug, 8pm August Osage County

Box office 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

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The Cider Barn, Pembridge

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FEW months ago, when Mr Pernickety’s alter ego received an invitation to the opening of a new restaurant, The Cider Barn, he felt a delicious surge of déjà vu, wafting him back through time to a moment, at least twenty years ago, when he’d been present at the first opening of a restaurant in that same building.

The barn, a fine old timber-framed edifice with stone footings, had been taken down in another part of Herefordshire, moved and skilfully re-erected in a peaceful, isolated meadow behind Dunkertons’ cider mill on the narrow lane that snakes prettily between Pembridge and Weobley.

Mr P liked what he saw then, and went back to enjoy several gatherings there – notably a party to mourn the passing of Hong Kong from Britain’s control in 1997 – an alarming seventeen years ago!

Sad to say, though, in the end the restaurant struggled to survive by the Millennium – perhaps as a result of its comparative isolation, perhaps due to other factors. One or two other brave individuals had a go at re-starting it, but, somewhat to his shame, Mr P never went to support them, and they too abandoned hope.

Driving to the party to mark the start of its third, possibly fourth incarnation, Mr P was not sanguine about its chances of success. He had discovered that it was to be operated by Sophie Griffiths-Goddard, a young woman of 24, who had trained to be a doctor, before changing her mind to become a chef. She was being backed in the enterprise by her mother and step-father, neither of whom, it seemed, had any experience of the restaurant trade.

These elements, combined with an immutable geographic handicap, seemed to offer little hope of a vigorous new life in the old building.

The party, when he reached it, was a pretty rum do which did nothing to diminish these cynical thoughts.

The other invitees, presumably prospective punters for the new venture, looked, for the most part, unglamorous and, frankly, dull. The dear old barn, on the other hand, was as inviting as ever, still with the same old furniture, although some unattractive white furniture had been introduced for no clear reason. On the face of it, the sample menu looked bland and a little expensive. Mr P bought himself a bottle of Dunkertons excellent Black Fox cider and moped around for an hour or so, feeling as if he were at a wake rather than a baptism. His evening was saved only by a visit on the way home to the New Inn at Pembridge, one of his favourite pubs where one who suffers, as Mr P does, from acute verbal dysentery is allowed to prattle on unhindered, to apparently receptive ears, while guzzling Hobson’s bitter.

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A month or so later, having given the new incumbents at the Cider Barn time to settle down, Mr Pernickety with his LC beside him pointed the aged Volvo towards the wilds of west Herefordshire to see how they were getting on.

It was a Wednesday; four or five tables were occupied, including a raucous eight-strong party of what might have been youngish farmers. Mr & Mrs P were invited to have their pre-prandial drink on a terrace on the south side of the barn, overlooking a classic Herefordshire landscape of orchards and meadows beneath a sinking sun. It was a pity, the LC remarked, that the terrace seemed a little neglected and the chairs and table at which they sat looked cheap and a little naff.

Menus, brought by attentive and, it transpired, efficient staff, came attached to pointless lacquered pine clipboards. But behind them the barn glowed mellow in the crepuscular light, and the menu looked a good deal more interesting than the opening preview – indeed, Mr P found an item he’d never seen before on a menu in the Marches – Crispy Pigs Ears with Walnut Mayonnaise & Green Bean Salad, which he ordered without hesitation.

The LC decide to start with Salt Pollock, Squid with Chilli, Tomatoes, Olives & a Mustard Cream.

Pig’s ears was a brave offering for any chef, especially one so young, but her decision was absolutely justified – Mr P found in them an entirely new flavour, delicious in their casing of breadcrumbs with the bean salad.

The LC, too, was delighted by her Salt Pollock, and pleased to find the squid – so often chewy and bland – tender and tasty.

Between courses, they looked around. There was no music, but the large high-ceilinged space (which will cost a packet to heat in winter) was prone to echo in a way which amplified the noisy banter from the neighbouring table. Some softening – partial covering of the floor with rugs – would help, as would tablecloths, plain linen or even gingham, which would also hide the dated lacquered finish on the pine table tops (though the ladder-backed raffia seated chairs in a variety of hues were goodlooking and comfortable). Some bigger, better pictures on the large wall spaces might have helped (and there is no shortage of artists wishing to show their stuff in good settings such as this barn). The horrid, distracting spotlights could easily be replaced with candles in wall sconces, and on the tables too, which do much to improve the ambience in the evenings.

Mr Ps’ Lovely Companion followed her salt pollock starter with Sea Bass, Confit Potatoes, Samphire, Pancetta & Lemon Butter – all to her liking. The fish was good and fresh, the samphire, a special treat.

Mr P decided to test the chef’s butcher by ordering a 10 oz Hereford Rump Steak, with Chips, Mushroom Ketchup & Rocket. He asked for the meat to be cooked rare, which it was, perfectly, with the mushroom ketchup adding a pleasing, unfamiliar twist.

In an attempt not to add to the growing mountain of chubby folk who are said to be clogging up the NHS, Mr P and the LC like their puddings tasty but small, and generally order just one between them – on this occasion Chocolate and Almond Praline Torte, Raspberry Sorbet and Cream. This provided two or three light, delicious mouthfuls to end an unflawed dinner which had been swiftly and discretely served (with no ‘Enjoys!’) for c£65.

Mr P is ashamed to say that he has forgotten and made no note of the wines they drank, but they must have been all right or he would have remembered. They are supplied, in any case, by the generally reliable John Villar.

Mr P is delighted that all his misgivings over the re-launch of a restaurant in this fine venue turned out to be unfounded. Ms Griffiths-Goddard is an intelligent and inventive chef who deserves to do well and Mr Pernickety truly hopes that, notwithstanding the lovely but hard-tofind location of the Cider Barn, she will prosper as she should.

Mr Pernickety, www.misterpernickety.com email: info@misterpernickety.com Twitter: mpernickety

EVENTS

Sat 2 Aug & 6 Sept FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm.

Every Wed CURRY NIGHT For £5.95. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203.

Every Thurs - Sat TAPAS From award winning Deli Tinto.

No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne.

Every Thurs STEAK NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203.

Last Friday of every month PIZZA NIGHT at The Old Mill, High Street, Llanidloes. To book, call 01686 807 506.

FOOD BYTES

Why not advertise? Only £40 per year.

AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

THE GARDEN TEA ROOM & DELI, KINGSLAND HR6 9QS (opposite the church green) Tel: 01568 709142 Open Tuesday – Saturday 11:00am – 6:00pm and Bank Holidays 11:00 – 5:30pm. Shop/deli for tasty treats. All day lunches, desserts, cakes & speciality teas and coffee.

Handmade, seasonal food including many vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Select ‘Scrummy Bites’ dishes always available. Great venue for special celebrations. Two 6m x 4m marquees plus crockery hire available.

Vintage setting with peaceful garden and log fire.

THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley.

Free wifi. Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-2.30pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

THE HARP INN, OLD RADNOR, PRESTEIGNE 01544 350655 An unspoilt 15th century Welsh longhouse pub with fantastic views over the Radnor Valley. Delicious, freshly cooked food made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients which you can enjoy with a glass of wine or one of our traditional cask ales or local organic ciders, beside our welcoming log fire. Current menus are on our website www.harpinnradnor.co.uk together with details of special events such as steak nights, seasonal tasting menu nights and our annual beer festival. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 6pm and weekend lunchtimes from 12pm.

THE LION RESTAURANT BRIDGE STREET KINGTON 01544 231002. Offering modern English food. open for lunch Wed-Sun 12 - 2.30 and open for dinner Tues-Sat 6-9.30pm.

THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543.

Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events.

Accommodation also available. Open daily 10am-5pm.

SCRUMMY BITES - made locally with you in mind. www.scrummybites.co.uk STONELEIGH, KINGSLAND 01568 709142. Handmade dishes include delicious desserts, savouries and pastries. Ideal for busy people, family gatherings. Special menus for events of 6 to 100 people. Available from The Garden, Kingsland, HR6 9QS plus Knighton, Ludlow and Presteigne farmers markets.

Many vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Awarded Ludlow Food Festival’s Graeme Kidd bursary 2010.

SETONAIKAI, 25 THE PARADE, SHREWSBURY. SY1 1DL 01743 343517 www.setonaikai.co.uk.

Specialists in authentic ingredients, cookware and tableware from Japan and the Far East, along with a range of cards, gifts and kimonos. We also have a growing range of the exotic, eclectic and the unusual from all four corners of the world. A vast selection you may not find anywhere else.

Take a look at our range of Japanese kitchenware and tableware to buy online at www.cookingjapanese.co.uk.

Open Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm.

THE OLD MILL BAR AND BAKERY, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412 008 Tucked away in the heart of Llanidloes, this independent, family friendly café/bar serves lunch Wed-Sun 11-2pm. The menu focuses on fresh, local produce and includes soups, toasted ciabattas, Welsh cheese ploughmans and daily specials. All the bread is supplied by in-house micro bakery, Andy’s Bread. Andy bakes a range of artisan loaves including wheat and 100% rye sourdoughs.

Bread is available to buy from the bar on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Open Wed-Sun 11am-11pm. www.oldmillbar.co.uk www.andysbread.co.uk The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wed - Sat 9.30 to 5.00pm, Sun -Tues CLOSED. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm.

RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers.

Morning Market stalls: Knighton Thursday and Presteigne Friday. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. CSA Scheme. Restaurant orders welcome info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk UNCLE G’S ICE CREAM PARLOUR, BRIDGE STREET, KINGTON 01544 231002 Open daily from midday. offering a variety of our own home made ice creams available in cones and party tubs of different sizes.

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AUGUST Fri 1 Aug

NOZSTOCK Nine stages of live music, DJs and roar-worthy entertainment including Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Roots Manuva, James Zabiela, The Heavy, Craig Charles DJ Set, Andy C & GQ, Friction, Amoss, Big Deal, The Skints, The Knights Project, Ballzout Circus, Bantam of the Opera Theatre and much more. Bromyard, www.nozstock.com THE KICKSTONES Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

BISYOC Lunchtime concert performed by professional musicians from across Europe. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 1pm, free, but donations welcomed, 01544 260551.

THE QUIRKS The Exchange, Newtown.

HOTSPUR JAM SESSIONS Blues, Jazz, Rock, Country. An “improv” evening in a unique setting.

Hotspur Cafe & Bar, Shobdon Airport.

Audience welcome, 8pm.

Will, 07580 690074.

JAMES HICKMAN Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

MAIN STREAM With Stuart Goodhew. Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

WILL KILLEEN & HIS BAND Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

JACK BRETT The Unicorn, Ludlow.

JENNY HOWELLS The Stag, Llanidloes.

BRECON FRINGE FESTIVAL LAUNCH With appearances from poet Huw Parsons, violinist Jan Hurst and Brecon’s finest rock and rollers, 4C. Screening previews of Greed The Rock Opera. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, free, 07926 196714.

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GROOVE CITY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

JOHNNY TRASHED The Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

THE TROY REDFERN BAND The Bull, Ludlow.

JAZZ IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE GARDEN Featuring Remi Harris Trio, one of the UK’s top gypsy jazz guitarists. Chapter House Garden, Hereford or Hereford Cathedral if wet, 12-2.30pm, free, donations welcome.

TEXAS DUST The Plough, Pontsbury.

TEXAS DUST White Horse Inn, Clun, 9pm.

Sat 2 Aug NOZSTOCK See 1 Aug for details. www.nozstock.com THE BLACK AND BLUES BAND The Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

HMV BAND Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SHENANIGANS Featuring Tantz, a fusion of virtuoso instrumentsalism and arrangements.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8-£5, 01497 821762.

XL5 The Stag, Llanidloes.

THIN VISION Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10am-4.30pm, free, 01432 374747.

CROWSAW The Plough Inn, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

BISYOC 85 instrumentalists, 11 countries, 60 local singers. Programme includes Vaughan Williams, Britten and Mussorgsky. Commemorating the Great War. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12.50 from Nick Deighton, Ludlow or 01544 260551.

Proceeds shared with Ludlow Hospital League of Friends.

Sun 3 Aug MANALISHI Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

DAVE RAE The Grape Vaults, Leominster.

GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

BISYOC 85 instrumentalists, 11 countries, 60 local singers. Programme includes Vaughan Williams, Britten and Mussorgsky. Commemorating the Great War. Leominster Priory, 7.30pm, £12.50 from Fletchers News, Leominster or 01544 260551.

Proceeds Echo Herefordshire.

NOZSTOCK See 1 Aug for details. www.nozstock.com

Mon 4 Aug ROEBUCKANEERS FOLK CLUB The Roebuck Inn, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854.

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring Cellophony, a cello quartet.

Church Stretton School, 7.30pm, £12, www.strettonfestival.org.uk CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

Tues 5 Aug THE TROY REDFERN BAND Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring a piano recital by Mark Bebbington. St Laurence’s Church, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £12, www.strettonfestival.org.uk LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm, retiring collection.

Wed 6 August SUMMER CRAFT FESTIVAL Five days of demonstrations, workshops, craft stalls, live music with John Eyre, 1.30pm, Neil Morgan 2.30pm and Dan James 3.30pm, plus local real ale. Camping available.

Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674.

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring Cassandra Wye and the Southbank Gamelan Players.

Church Stretton School, 7.30pm, £10, www.strettonfestival.org.uk

Thurs 7 August WILL BARNES & BEN HOLDER From Gypsy Fire, present Reinhardt and Grappelli influences, past and present. Mirren’s Steak and Tapas Bar, Newtown, 7.30pm.

SUMMER CRAFT FESTIVAL See 6 Aug for details. Music from Safely Insane 1.30pm, Open Mic 2.30pm, Blind River 3.30pm. Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674.

OPEN MIC King’s Head, Cross St, Tenbury Wells, 07721 58766.

BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL Featuring Burt Bacharach. Market Hall, Brecon, www.breconjazz.org

HARLEQUIN Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Will Barnes & Ben Holder

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring Manus Noble, guitar. Methodist Church, Church Stretton, 3pm, £8, www.strettonfestival.org.uk

Fri 8 August SULTANA BROTHERS The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL Featuring Warren Vache, Michael Wollny Trio, Warren Vache-Alan Barnes Quintet, JT4, Zara McFarlane and Junior Jazz. www.breconjazz.org THE CRAMS Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SUMMER CRAFT FESTIVAL See 6 Aug for details. Music from Lorraine King 1pm, Open Mic 2pm, John Eyre 3pm, Fireside Family 4pm.

Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674.

WILL KILLEEN The Stag, Llanidloes.

STEVIE YEOMANS The Unicorn, Ludlow.

WARREN VACHE QUINTET FEATURING ALAN BARNES Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 6pm, www.breconjazz.org ALI & STU Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

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Chris Barber, Brecon Jazz

STATIC ATTIC The Stag, Llanidloes.

THE BLUES OCCASIONALS Renowned veteran blues, R ‘n’ B quintet, plus special guests. The Old Mill, High St, Llanidloes, 9pm, free.

SUMMER CRAFT FESTIVAL See 6 Aug for details. Music from Safley Insane 12pm, Thieves of Time 1pm, Ffrinidiau Choir 2pm, Jeff Alderman & Jon Polson 3pm, oli Lewis 4pm and Andy Watts 5pm. Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674.

Fri 8 August RHYTHM THIEVES Chindit, 113 Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton.

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring Tim Kliphuis Trio: Celebrating Stephane Grappelli.

Church Stretton School, 7.30pm, £12, www.strettonfestival.org.uk JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT Part of Shrewsbury Flower Show.

On stage 7.15pm. The Quarry, Shrewsbury, £23 for day ticket, £10 after 6pm, 01743 234050.

JAZZ IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE GARDEN Featuring Dave Price Trio, specialising in the familiar melodies and standards of the Great American Songbook.

Chapter House Garden, in Hereford Cathedral if wet, 1pm, free, donations welcome, 01432 374251.

WAYNE MARTIN BAND White Horse Inn, Clun.

LINERUNNERS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8-£5, 01497 821762.

Sat 9 August THE RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS Part of Shrewsbury Flower Show.

On stage 7.15pm. The Quarry, Shrewsbury, £23 for day ticket, £10 after 6pm, 01743 234050.

ALTERNATE ROCK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

JAM FEST Daytime features live acoustic music.

In the evening, live music from Red Mad Dog Duo, Queen Bee and the Drones and SkaPhase. BBQ, quiz and raffle. Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support. King’s Head, Cross St, Tenbury Wells, 07721 581766.

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BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL Featuring Marius Neset Quartet, Imperial Kikiristan, Beats & Pieces Big Band, Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio, The Shape of Jazz to Come: RWCMD + NYJW, Kairos 4Tet, Don Weller & David Newton, Do Not Go Gentle: Wales Meets Dylan Thomas, Roger Beaujolais Quartet, Troyka, Fapy Lafertin Quartet, Mike Harries & The Root Doctors, Laura Mvula and Burum. www.breconjazz.org 16 TAMBORINES The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £3, 01497 821762.

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING Scenes, songs and sketches from both World Wars. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

A TRIBUTE TO STAN TRACY By his son, Clark who will lead a quintet. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1pm, www.breconjazz.org FAPY LAFERTIN QUARTET Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 5pm, www.breconjazz.org CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL Featuring The Big Chris Barber Band, Europe’s finest traditional jazz and blues band. Concord College, 7.30pm, £25, www.strettonfestival.org.uk

Laura Mvula, Brecon Jazz

Penguin Cafe Orchestra PENGUIN CAFE Acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 9.30pm, www.breconjazz.org 16 TAMBORINES The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £3, 01497 821762.

Sun 10 August THE JAZZ CRUISE Using the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal as a fringe venue and chartering a canal boat to host a jazz cruise. Featuring Tony Royale, a charismatic swing and jazz singer.

Part of Brecon Jazz Fringe Festival.

Further details, www.gooddayout.co.uk or 01874 749092.

LIVE MUSIC The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

SUMMER CRAFT FESTIVAL See 6 Aug for details. Music from Bwlth Ladies Choir 12.30pm, The Border Reelers 1.30pm, Les Coveney 2.30pm and Pangolin 3.30pm. Erwood Station Craft Centre, 01982 560674.

GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

BRECON JAZZ CLUB Brecon Jazz Club Festival concerts at the Guildhall, Brecon. Featuring Dominic Norcross & Jean-Paul Gard, £12. Lady Nade & The Silhouettes, £12. Remi Harris Gypsy Jazz Project, £12. Jim Barber Trio meets Bluesy Susie & Special Guests, £10. Tickets www.breconjazz.com or Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Knighton Rotary Club Presents a Charity Concert by

The Treorchy Male Choir Saturday 13th September 2014 Knighton Community Centre, 7.30pm Advance tickets £15 (£20 after 31 Aug) Sales: Tower House Gallery, Knighton 01547 529530 or via Kim Smith 01547 540593 kimsmith@schoolhousecrafts.co.uk Rotary Supporting Local Charities

RHYTHM THIEVES

Phone 01568 770134 Fri 8 Aug - Chindit Inn, Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton Sun 10 Aug - Farmer Phil’s Festival, Ratlinghope, near Church Stretton, (acoustic stage, 5.20pm) Fri 15 Aug - Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Leominster, 7pm, (with Joe Le Taxi) Sun 24 Aug - Ludlow Green Festival, Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Station Drive.

www.rhythmthieves.co.uk

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EG

JAM FEST

Saturday 9 August, from 2pm

BBQ, Music,Quiz, Raffle

Daytime.. live acoustic music in garden: blues, jazz, country, folk, indie Evening.. featuring Red Mad Dog Duo, Queen Bee and the Drones, SkaPhase Fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support - free entry www.facebook.com/kings.head.790

Trevor Davies Music

For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611

We stock Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Fernandez, Epiphone, Indie, Aria, Ovation, Adamas, Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, Crafter, Burns, Washburn, Jackson, AER, Marshall, Hartke, Carlsbro, Laney, Zoom, Digitech, Tama, Casio.

Plus many other brands.

Approximately 500 guitars in stock and Brass, Woodwind, Drums, Keyboards, accessories and thousands of music books and sheet music.

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THE BARRELS 69 ST OWENS STREET HEREFORD 01432 274968 proudly presents

THE 27TH ANNUAL CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL

FRI 22nd - MON 25th AUGUST OVER 40 DIFFERENT REAL ALES ~ OVER 20 TRADITIONAL CIDERS

15 BANDS INCLUDING:-

THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL UNDERTAKERS JACK HAMMER BLUES BAND VO & TYLER SYNERGY HEREFORD BIG BAND THE MAYOR OF HEREFORD

TIMES :-

FRI 23rd 7.30pm-MIDNIGHT SAT 24th 11am-6pm & 7.30pm-MIDNIGHT SUN 25th 12am-6pm & 7.30pm-MIDNIGHT MON 26th 11am-6pm

Lunchtime sessions are free, donations welcome Food available all weekend ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO LOCAL CHARITIES

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Tickets on sale from THE BARRELS: HEREFORD’S LOCAL

Glasbury Arts and Theatr Brycheiniog

Harp Summer School The new 2014/15 season of arts activities kicks off at the end of August with the joint Glasbury Arts –Theatr Brycheiniog Annual Summer School at Gwrnyfed High School and Theatr Brycheiniog.

Wednesday, August 27 to Saturday, August 30, 2014 Summer School – up to 40 places for harp players of all ages and levels of experience.

Tutors: Royal Harpist Hannah Stone, Celtic Harpist Lily Neill, Jazz Harpist Harriet Earis, plus a flautist.

Ticket prices: Summer School, £175 (full price adults); £125 (adult concessions); £75 (in full time education).

Tea/coffee/soft drinks throughout.

Full details and application form on: www.glasburyarts.co.uk

Have A Go Day at Theatr Brycheiniog on 30 August.

Open to anyone and is FREE. Book with the Theatr details below.

Harp Summer School Concert

Saturday, August 30, 2014, 7.30pm - Theatr Brycheiniog Upwards of 20 Harps on staged played by tutors and students with music across all genres, to bring the summer school to a thrilling climax.

Final concert: £12, adult, £10, concessions (over 60s, claiming disability benefit, registered unwaged); £5 (accompanied children). Booking fee per ticket of 50p.

Tickets for Harp Summer School Concert and Have A Go Day are available only from the box office at Theatr Brycheiniog. In person, by telephone on 01874 611622 or online at www.theatrbrycheiniog.co.uk.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Wharf, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7EW. Pre-event meals available at “Tipple ‘n’ Tiffin” at Theatr Brycheiniog.

Booking essential on 01874 611866.

Free wheelchair accessible bus, with pick up points available between Hay, Glasbury and Brecon, must be booked in advance on 075835 44110.

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Gregory Porter, Brecon Jazz

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Martyn Lane, Hereford.

Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm-2pm, retiring collecction.

Joe Le Taxi

Wed 13 August OPEN MIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

MICHAEL CHAPMAN The veteran singer/songwriter and world-renowned guitar player returns to the Dukes. The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £4 on the door.

Sun 10 August MATT WOOSEY Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL Featuring Gregory Porter, Christine Tobin, John Taylor Trio, The Big Chris Barber Band, Trish Clowes Quintet featuring Gwilym Simcock, Vinicius Cantuaria Quartet, Polar Bear, World Wide Wales: Wales Meets Mirabassi, Township Comets featuring Pinise Saul, Ollie Howell Quintet and Rhythms of the City. www.breconjazz. org

Thurs 14 August WELLBERRIES

Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Fri 15 August KERI HOFFMAN The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

UNDER THE FRIDGE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

FARMER PHIL’S FESTIVAL Featuring Rhythm Thieves, acoustic stage, 5.20pm. Ratlinghope, near Church Stretton.

BLIND EYE The Stag, Llanidloes.

WALDBRONN VARIETY SHOW Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 6.30pm, free, 01600 772467.

Rhythm Thieves

Tues 12 August MICHAEL KEVIN JONES & AGUSTIN MURORI World class classical cello/guitar from Spain. The Tabernacle, Talgarth, 7.30pm, 077954 73883. info@thetabernacle.co.uk

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CHRIS QUINN Housmans Bar and Cafe, Church Stretton, 8pm.

Michael Chapman

THE ESSENTIALS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

DAVID BUSBY Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

JOE LE TAXI + THE RHYTHM THIEVES Joe Le Taxi plays a mix of lively, raw Zydeco dance music, Creole blues and old-school Cajun waltzes. Rhythm Thieves are a lively four-piece dancy rolk-rock band. Arkwright Courtyard, Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, near Leominster, 7pm, £15.50. Cajun food and bar available, 01568 797777, www.hamptoncourt.org.uk

GREYHOUND INN LLANGUNLLO aaah... ANOTHER BEER FESTIVAL aaah... AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY * Fri 22nd - 4pm till late * Sat 23rd - 12pm till late * Sun 24th - 12pm till late * Mon 25th - 12pm till midnight Aaah...

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ALES & CIDERS a plenty AWESOME munchies from Rachel and Chris, our local caterers AND AS ALWAYS, our own eclectic mix of music to keep you entertained

Come along and join in the aaah... AMAZING UNIQUENESS that is THE GREYHOUND All enquiries to Paul or Jake 01547 550400

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Yang Jing

YANG JING The virtuoso ‘pipa’ (Chinese lute) player givers her only 2014 UK performance. Gallery, Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £12, 01544 260149.

Sat 16 August POKER JACK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

TEMPERANCE HALL The Plough Inn, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

ROCK FEVER Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

ED & THE EGG SHAKER The Stag, Llanidloes.

Fri 15 August LIVE MUSIC The Unicorn, Ludlow.

THE ANNUAL SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL The Oxford Arms, Kington.

JAZZ IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE GARDEN Featuring Brownfield Byrne Hot Four.

Chapter House Garden, in Hereford Cathedral if wet, 1pm, free, donations welcome, 01432 374251.

MORE THAN MEMORIALS

Will & Lottie O’Leary Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, Powys

TEL: 01547 528 792 www.stonecarving.co.uk

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CAJUN ROOSTERS Swamp blues, Louisiana rock ‘n’ roll, Creole and New Orleans beats.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £10/£8, £34 family ticket, 01584 878141.

Sun 17 August SEAN SAYE The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

BARRY CUDA & THE SHARKS Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring Cymanfa Ganu, sacred hymns. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 7.30pm, free, 01654 703355.

Mon 18 August MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring Steffan Morris, cellist.

Programme includes Bach, Brahms and Popper, 1pm, £8. Plus Gwyn Hughes Jones, tenor, 7.30pm, £15.

The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

Tues 19 August MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring a Children’s Concert with O Duo, percussion, 1pm, free.

Plus Male Voice Choir 7.30pm, £15. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Nigel Allcoat, Leicester.

Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm-2pm, retiring collecction.

Wed 20 August HANNAH & BRIAN TRIO Housmans Bar and Cafe, Church Stretton, 8pm.

MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring Darlith Hallstatt Lecture, 1pm, £6. Plus Jazz Night, 7.30pm, £15. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

Thurs 21 August

Cajun Roosters, 16 August

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL ‘Prometheus Drowned/Airborne’ A chamber opera double-bill.

St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 8pm, £30-£10, 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com ANDY O’BRIEN Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BIG FAT QUIZ Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring Bostridge & Drake, tenor and piano, 1pm, £12, programme includes Mahler and Weill. Plus Charles Owen, piano, 7.30pm, £18, programme includes Liszt and Schubert.

The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

Fri 22 August ROOTZ & BOOTZ Three-piece band playing soul and rock ‘n’ roll. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

TEN BOB MILLIONAIRES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

JOHN HARDMAN BAND The Stag, Llanidloes.

TREVOR ROWLEY The Unicorn, Ludlow.

Synergy, The Barrels Beer Festival

GREYHOUND INN BEER FESTIVAL Ales and ciders, food and an eclectic mix of music. Open 4pm till late. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 01547 550400.

THE BARRELS ANNUAL CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL Held over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Music includes The Rock ‘n’ Roll Undertakers, Jack Hammer Blues Band, Vo & Tyler, Hereford Big Band and Synergy. Over 40 different ales and 20 traditional ciders. All proceeds to local charities. The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, Lunchtime sessions are free, donations welcome. Open 7.30pm-midnight, 01432 274968.

DAWSON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Beethoven’s Ghost Trio, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 2pm, £12.50-£6.

Panufnik Centenary Concert, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.45pm, £22-£6. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments etc Room 12, 2nd Floor, Lion House 15, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07501 724663

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

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Whiskey River, Jazz in the Chapterhouse Garden

EARLY WARNING The Plough Inn, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

RHYTHM THIEVES & JESSIE PRENTICE Music and food. Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Station Drive, Ludlow, 7pm, £6. Part of Ludlow Green Festival, www.greenfestival.co.uk THE HYPE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Fri 22 August LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun, 9pm.

MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring Angharad Price, recipient of the Glyndwr Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales, 1pm, £6. Plus Masterclass with Bengt Forsberg, piano, 3pm, £8.

Plus Heath String Quartet, 7.30pm, £18, programme includes Beethoven, Panufnik, Sibelius and Schumann.

Milos Milivojevic, accordion, 10pm, £10, programme includes Vlasov, Bach, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Piazzola, Sarasate. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

MICRO BABY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE MURRAY BROTHERS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

JAZZ IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE GARDEN Featuring Whiskey River. A special acoustic set of Louisiana-style, swampy jazz and blues with some bluegrass thrown in. Chapter House Garden, in Hereford Cathedral if wet, 1pm, free, donations welcome, 01432 374251.

Sat 23 August

HOT ROX The Oxford Arms, Kington.

HANNAH BAILEY & FRIENDS King’s Head, Cross St, Tenbury Wells, 07721 581766.

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Cavaleri Quartet, St Stephen’s Church, Old Radnor, 11.30pm, £12.50, students £6. Dances, Fierce Tears and Conversations, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 2pm, £12.50-£6.

Joyful Company A Cappella, St Mary’s Parish Church, Pembridge, 4.30pm, £12.50, students £6. Leonore Trio, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.45pm, £19, £6 students. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com THE GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE JOHN HARDMAN BAND The Kings Head, Shrewsbury.

MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING Includes pig roast. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

THE BARRELS ANNUAL CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

See 22 Aug for details. Open 11am-6pm and 7.30pm-midnight.

CATCH 22 The Stag, Llanidloes.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Dolau Inn, Mochdre, Newtown.

Ticket only, F.U.K.T/facebook

FAT CHANCE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Sun 24 August

GREYHOUND INN BEER FESTIVAL Ales and ciders, food and an eclectic mix of music. Open 12pm till late. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 01547 550400.

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MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring On This Island, oboe and piano, programme includes Britten, Rhian Samuel, Elgar, Michael Berkeley, Vaughan Williams and Finzi, 1pm, £12. Lawrence Power & Friends.

Programme includes Turina, Brahms and Chausson, 7.30pm, £18. Die Schone Mullerin, baritone and piano, 10pm, £10, programme includes Schubert. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

SHREWSBURY STEAM RALLY Onslow Park, near Shrewsbury, £12, OAP £11, children £1, under 5s free, 01743 792731, www.shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk

THE BARRELS ANNUAL CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

See 22 Aug for details. Open 12am-6pm and 7.30pm-midnight.

DJ STRICKY Music from the 50s. The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Festival Eucharist, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 11am. Death and the Maiden, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa, 3pm, £12.50, students £6. Lukaszewski Requiem, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.45pm, £22 - £6. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com GREYHOUND INN BEER FESTIVAL Ales and ciders, food and an eclectic mix of music. Open 12pm till late. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 01547 550400.

FRUIT MACHINE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

THE MURRAY BROTHERS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow, 2pm.

WARREN JAMES SKIFFLE Housmans Bar and Cafe, Church Stretton, 7.30pm.

MACHYNLLETH FESTIVAL Featuring 1914-18 World War 1 in Pieces - Part 1 programme includes Janacek, Webern, Joplin and Ravel, 1pm, £12. Part 2 programme includes Stravinsky, Szymanowski, Bartok, Debussy, Satie, Clarke, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Bridge and Elgar, 7.30pm, £20. The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 01654 703355.

Mon 25 August OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10am-4.30pm, free, 01432 374747.

THE BARRELS ANNUAL CHARITY BEER FESTIVAL The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

See 22 Aug for details. Open 11am-6pm.

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SOUL CITY 7 Hundred House Inn, Purslow.

DAWSON Malthouse, Ironbridge.

HARP SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERT Upwards of 20 harps on stage, played by tutors and students with music across all genres. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12/£10, £5 accompanied children, 01874 611622.

Glasbury Arts and Theatr Brycheiniog.

SKAPHASE King’s Head, Cross St, Tenbury Wells, 07721 581766.

DRIVETONE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Cavaleri Quartet, Presteigne Festival

Mon 25 August LITTLE DAVE The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL To A Poet, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 11.30am, £12.50, students £6. Piano in the Afternoon, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 2pm, £12.50, students £6. And the Snow Did Lie with Cavaleri Quartet, 7pm, £19-£6. Chamber Music by Candlelight, St Michaels’ Church, Discoed, 9.45pm, £12.50, students £6. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com GREYHOUND INN BEER FESTIVAL Ales and ciders, food and an eclectic mix of music. Open 12pm till midnight. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 01547 550400.

SHREWSBURY STEAM RALLY Onslow Park, near Shrewsbury, £12, OAP £11, children £1, under 5s free, 01743 792731, www.shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk

Tues 26 August PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Madrigali Dell’Estate, St Andrew’s Church, Discoed, 2pm, £12.50-£6.

Festival Finale, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.45pm, £22-£6.

01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com

BC/DC Malthouse, Ironbridge.

NEW TRICKS But old tunes, classic covers of the 60s and 70s. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

THE REMI HARRIS PROJECT Bodenham Village Hall, 8pm, £12, bar and refreshments, 07814 986868.

DAI ROBS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

CIDER FESTIVAL Broome Farm, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye. www.rosscider.com 01989 567232.

LOU WHATLING The Unicorn, Ludlow.

THE BOOGLIES The Stag, Llanidloes.

WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL Events being held at Borough Theatre, King’s Arms, w2w stage and Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny.

Details www.blackmountainjazz.co.uk CIDER FESTIVAL Broome Farm, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye. www.rosscider.com 01989 567232.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Vega Tavern, Hereford, 9pm.

Sun 31 August CIDER FESTIVAL Broome Farm, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye. www.rosscider.com 01989 567232.

GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL www.blackmountainjazz.co.uk THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

ELEMENTARY DIDGERIDOO FESTIVAL 2014 See 29 Aug for details. www.ElementaryDidgeFest.com or 07795 557945.

SEPTEMBER Mon 1 September

ROEBUCKANEERS FOLK CLUB The Roebuck Inn, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854.

Thurs 28 August

JAZZ IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE GARDEN Featuring Trevor Davies and Friends.

A celebration of Latin, jazz and swing.

Chapter House Garden, in Hereford Cathedral if wet, 1pm, free, donations welcome, 01432 374251.

HENRY DON

Sat 30 August

DAVID BUSBY

ELEMENTARY DIDGERIDOO FESTIVAL 2014 See 29 Aug for details. 07795 557945. www.ElementaryDidgeFest.com

Fri 5 September

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Paul Carr, Birmingham.

Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm-2pm, retiring collecction.

Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Fri 29 August

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ELEMENTARY DIDGERIDOO FESTIVAL 2014 Performances, workshops and jamming. Featuring The Rhythmen, Aerodice, Yogev Haruvi, Los Monkeys, Didge Tall Paul, Chris Puleston, Steve Frost, Didge Beat George, The Alchemists Wardrobe, Mack Yidhaky, Dead Eye Masters, Melvyn Wright, Inta Africa, Hans Karssen, The Crees, Johnny Cope and many more. 07795 557945. www.ElementaryDidgeFest.com

THE BLUES OCCASIONALS The Stag, Llanidloes.

TOM CRISBEE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

Thurs 4 September Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HARLEQUINS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

FOLK NIGHT The Unicorn, Ludlow.

LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun, 9pm.

THE TROY REDFERN BAND The Stag, Llanidloes.

CHORDRUSH The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8-£5, 01497 821762.

Sat 6 September OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

JAMES HICKMAN The Stag, Llanidloes.

THE TROY REDFERN BAND The Bell, Leominster.

Sun 7 September GRAHAM REECE The Stag, Llanidloes.

ANDREW MORRIS & THEO JOBST Piano and saxophones. A programme of jazz influenced compositions by Andrew Morris, plus a few familiar jazz standards. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm, £8 on the door.

Music Workshops

Thurs 7 August DRUMS AND DREAMCATCHERS Make a dreamcatcher, medicine shield or totem drum. Learn some Native American rhythms and dance moves.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10.30am12.30pm, £5, for ages 6 years upwards. 01584 878141.

Wed 27 - Sat 30 August SUMMER SCHOOL For all harp players of all ages and levels of experience. With tutors, Hannah Stone, Lily Neill, Harriet Earis plus a flautist. Gwrnyfed High School and Theatr Brycheiniog. Summer school £175/£125 full adult, £75 in full time education, drinks throughout.

30 Aug - Have A Go Day at Theatr Brycheiniog, free. Glasbury Arts and Theatr Brycheiniog, www.glasburyarts. co.uk for application form or 01874 611622.

Aug TREVOR HEAD, TRAINING IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIR 4 - 8 Aug Brass Repair (foundation), £605.

18 - 22 Aug - General Woodwinds (foundation, £605. 23 & 24 Aug - Flute Repair (specialist course, £256.

11 - 15 Aug - Stringed Instrument repair (foundation), £605. Trevor Head. Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, 01547 550622, email: trevorhead@btinternet.com

Saturday 27 September A BMEMF WORKSHOP FOR SINGERS Music for Michaelmas. Tutor Patrick Craig explores music that features the words and actions of Angels, including works by Victoria, Palestrina, Lobo, Weelkes and others. Bartestree Village Hall, near Hereford, HR1 4BY. 10am-5pm. £16 for Early Music Forum members, £18 for non-members, £5 for students. Prior booking essential.

Tel. Hannah Davies on 01432 341154 or email hannahjdavies34@gmail.com Details see www.bmemf.org.uk

Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk

CASTLE VOICES SINGING WORKSHOP Join us to explore vocal harmonies from around the world. Tuesdays 6.30 to 8pm. Usually every week in school term, in top room at Three Tuns, Bishops Castle.

Details: Anne Loughran 01547 520339 anneloughran@gmail.co.uk

Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday FUN & PLAY WITH RHYTHM & HARMONY And songs from all over. All taught by ear so no need to read music! Folk meet 8pm term time Mondays at the Methodist chapel in Leintwardine. Email charlotte@ charlottebulleymusic.info or call 01547 540603.

Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 560950.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £5. All welcome.

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 560950.

Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge.

Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages. co.uk/larks

Hampton Court

Arkwright Courtyard Check It Out! New Venue! Stunning New Setting!

Fri 15th August. Doors open 7pm Joe le Taxi and the Zydeco Band 25th Anniversary Tour

Joe Le Taxi play a mix of lively, raw Zydeco dance music, authentic Creole blues, sleazy shuffles and old-school Cajun waltzes.

plus The Rhythm Thieves

A lively four-piece dancy folk-rock band.

Brewhouse Bar open Cajun Food available Tickets £15.50 Please go to our website for more details

www.hamptoncourt.org.uk 01568 797777

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Thursday fortnightly WILD ANGELS Informal community choir led by Sue Harris. All welcome. Songs from around the world. Llanidloes, 7.30-9.30pm 01686 625980.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC All welcome, from about 9pm. The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Pete Keeley and Dangerous Dave. The Back Bar, The King’s Head, Bishop’s Castle, 9pm onwards, 01588 630770.

Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for the under 5s and their parents. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970.

Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

SESSIONS First Saturday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Greyhound, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400.

First Saturday FOLK & IRISH SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373.

First Saturday of month PICKIN’ AT THE BIRD Acoustic session. The Bird in Hand, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, 01743 357484, 9pm onwards.

3rd Saturday OPEN ACOUSTIC NIGHT Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373.

Every Sunday FOLK/ROOTS SESSION Stag, Llanidloes, 6.30pm, 01686 414824.

Every Sunday SESSION The Old Mill, High Street, Llanidloes, 8pm. With tunes from many traditions, anything is welcome.

01686 412 008. www.oldmillbar.co.uk 2nd Sunday FOLK SESSION Powys Arms, Poolquay, near Welshpool, 7.30pm, 01691 831162.

2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION J ill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome. The Sun Inn, Leintwardine.

2nd & 4th Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT George & Dragon, Knighton, 01547 528532.

Last Sunday OPEN MIC The Herbert Arms, Kerry, 8pm, all welcome, 07970 135378.

Last Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT All welcome. The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

Every Monday ACOUSTIC NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, near Welshpool, 01691 830295.

Every Monday BLUES & COUNTRY JAM NIGHT The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

Every Monday OPEN MIC NIGHT Bull Inn, Shrewsbury, 01743 344728.

Every Monday nights BRECON TOWN BAND Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7-9pm. 07779 390954.

Every Tuesday BLUES NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, 01691 830295.

Every Tuesday TUESDAY JAM SESSION The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 8-11pm, 01885 483034.

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3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown. Register for e-Newsletter john.baxter87@btinternet.com Last Tuesday JAM SESSION Beer In Hand, Eign St, Hereford, 8pm.

Last Tuesday JAZZ NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio,Oswestry, 01691 830295.

Every Wednesday MAINSTREAM JAZZ NIGHT The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, 01686 668359.

Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC NIGHT Baskerville Hall Hotel, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, 01497 820033.

First Wednesday SONG AND GUITAR SESSION Red Lion, Llanidloes. 07445 338949.

First Wednesday JAZZ NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, 01691 830295.

Every Wednesday TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

First Wednesday HEREFORD BLUEGRASS SESSION The Victory, 88 St Owen St, Hereford, 8pm, details from Martin 01432 342018 or 07846 669890.

Every Wednesday FOLK SESSION Railway Inn, Forden, near Welshpool, 8pm, 01938 580120.

Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC, CONTEMPORARY & TRADITIONAL FOLK SESSIONS Knighton Hotel, Broad St, Knighton, 8.30pm, details from Terry, 01547 530588.

Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC SESSION Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8.45pm, 01531 632250.

2nd Wednesday STRANGE KIN BLUES SESSION Primarily blues, but all styles welcome. Raven, Welshpool, 8pm, email blue.raven@hotmail.co.uk free.

2nd Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Stockton Cross Inn, Kimbolton, near Leominster, 8.30pm, 01568 612509.

2nd Wednesday JAM SESSION White Horse Inn, Clun, 8.30pm onwards. 01588 640305.

3rd Wednesday FOLK/ACOUSTIC SESSION Any style, Crown Inn, Clunton, 9pm, 01588 660226.

Every Thursday JAZZ JAM Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

1st Thursday SESSION The Alma, Linton, 8.30pm, all welcome, 07779 144005.

1st Thursday MUSIC SESSION All styles welcome. Horse & Jockey Inn, Knighton, 8.30pm-till late. More info 01547 520062.

1st Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bridge, Tenbury Wells, call to book your slot, all welcome, 01584 810434.

3rd Thursday FOLK SESSION King’s Head, Cross St, Tenbury Wells, 07721 58766.

3rd Thursday FOLK NIGHT Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm till late, 01547 528223.

3rd Thursday OPEN MIC Spread Eagle, King St, Hereford, phone to book a slot, 01432 272205.

4th Thursday ACOUSTIC MUSIC The Sun, High St, Clun, 9pm. Contact Dave Wright 01588 640552.

Every Friday THE HOTSPUR SESSIONS Join in on our relaxed, creative music evening, or come along to listen. Aero-Club, Shobdon Airfield, 7.30pm, 01568 708783.

1st Friday ACOUSTIC SESSION The Unicorn, Corve St, Ludlow, 8:30pm. Contact: Ann Gray 01584 879 348.

1st Friday FOLK SESSION Led by The Pedigrees, Spread Eagle, King St, Hereford, 01432 272205.

3rd Friday TRADITIONAL SESSIONING & LIVE BANDS Llanfyllin Workhouse, 01691 649062.

3rd Friday ACOUSTIC FOLK MUSIC & SONG SESSION The New Inn, Bartestree, Hereford.

Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Mark from the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm, 07885 467673.

5th Friday SESSION Nelson Inn, Ludlow, 01584 872908.

VENUES

APPLETREE, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 01584 318015 ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Mill Street, Ludlow 01584 878141 BARRELS, St Owen Street, Hereford 01432 274968 BASKERVILLE ARMS, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820670.

BASKERVILLE HALL HOTEL, Clyro Court, near Hay-onWye 01497 820033.

BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540 BAYHORSE INN, BROMYARD 01885 482600.

BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 612818 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434.

THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814.

GARWAY VILLAGE HALL, Hereford 01981 580056 THE GEORGE & DRAGON, Knighton 01547 528532 GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274.

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290.

THE GROVE HOTEL, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, 01743 271227 THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOLLY BUSH INN, Near Hay-on-Wye, 01497 847371.

HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003.

HOTSPUR CAFE & BAR, Shobdon Airfield 01568 708783.

HUNDRED HOUSE INN, Purslow, 01588 660541 KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487.

LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 343360 THE RETREAT, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720 ROYAL OAK, Presteigne, 01544 260842.

TALBOT HOTEL, Tregaron, 01974 298719 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THE HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 614555 THE THREE ELMS, Hereford. 01432 273338.

THREE TUNS, Bishop’s Castle. 01588 638797 THE VICTORY, 88 St Owen St, Hereford 01432 274998 VOLUNTEER, Harold St, Hereford 01432 276189.

WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305.

WHITE SWAN, Eardisland, 01544 388577 WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE, Builth Wells, 01982 552555 YORKSHIRE HOUSE, St Mary’s St, Shrewsbury

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APPLEBY KINSEY 4-piece acoustic jazz, contemporary folk, singer-songwriter group: acoustic guitar, saxophones, flute double bass, beautiful female lead vocals.

Collectively we produce a different kind of purely acoustic sound, one that is familiar enough to be instantly accessible, while being original, sophisticated, and played with great instrumental skill, to grab and hold on to the audience’s attention. Perfect for your special occasion. Visit www.applebykinsey.com for music/details/contact.

ARTHUR MILLS & THE BLACK EYE FRIDAYS Acoustic/Folk 4 piece band playing lively original songs, with varied influences, and given an original edge. Please visit our website to watch our videos and enjoy 4 songs recorded in the ‘Shed of Dreams’. www.arthurmills.com Contact : info@arthurmills.com or phone Eggy : 07976 433753.

THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS - acoustic duo playing classic covers from the likes of R.E.M. to Johnny Cash, Snow Patrol to The Jam. We can be contacted at www.facebook.com/thebaggagehandlers www.myspace.com/baggagehandlersmusic or simply ring 07824 787168.

MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals, solo or with a variety of bands from duo to six piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece playing swamp music from America’s Deep South with fiddle, Cajun accordion and sax), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (5 piece trad bluegrass band with high lonesome harmony vocals), Blakes III (an eclectic acoustic trio with fiddle, clarinet, guitar and 3 part harmony) and The Blake Plowman Hot Band (red hot 4 piece rocking country band). Pubs, Clubs, Weddings, Divorces, etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org RUTH BOWEN'S Gardenia Swing - smooth vocals/d.bass led jazz & swing. From duo to sextet. 01874 690502 or email ruthbowenjazz@btinternet.com, website www.ruthbowenjazz.com CANOL folk band. From Welsh and Irish to American old time and French Canadian played on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Ceilidhs, twmpathau, barn dances, festivals, concerts, parties, birthdays, weddings, anything, anytime, anywhere. www.canolmusic.co.uk. Phone Martin on 01743 850154 or email: hugillm@hotmail.co.uk CUCKOO ALE CEILIDH BAND Not just an ordinary ceilidh band, but an extraordinary ceilidh band! Squeeze box, keyboard and percussion with expert calling. See www. cuckooaleband.co.uk or email bev.langton@talk21.com or phone 07799 408297.

CUCKURIOSITY A dynamic Ceilidh duo featuring Bev calling and Ray on his digital melodeon. A classy act which is versatile, flexible, requires minimum space and can set up in double quick time. Ideal for weddings, corporate events, marquees and venues without a stage. See and hear more on www.raybevlangton.com For bookings contact us at bev.langton@talk21.com THE DETAILS Acoustic Folk-Art band formed around highly original songwriters Andy Morton and Dave Carroll.

Songs to savour range from the heartfelt to the hilarious; from delta blues through wistful ballads to pacey rockers.

A listening band (or duo) for pubs, clubs, arts centres, book fairs, festivals. See and hear more on www.thedetails.org. uk and www.facebook.com/thedetails2 Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk

DEJA VU has grown and now features a talented girl singer, Hanah B, to enhance their nostalgic blend of 60s/70s pop and rock classics with soul and blues.

Contact Bill Pitt on 01584 819394.

DR. JAZZ 4-6 piece stompin’ trad jazz band, lots of old fav’s with energy, vigour and fun. Guaranteed to get those feet tapping. CD demo available Contact Kate for bookings 01544 350646, sosvisionary@hotmail.com DREWS BREW – hear the harmony, feel the beat.

3 piece band bringing you songs from Eagles, Lady Antebellum, Queen, Blondie, Amy Macdonald, Alan Jackson, KT Tunstall and more. So, sit and listen or party the night away. Contact: drewsbrew@icloud.com Richard on 01885 489119 or Peter on 0777 0851450 FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively five-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; visit www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flatworld.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions. Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook!

HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever.

For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now!

New footage on www.hotclimate.co.uk. Contact Charlie 01568 613895 or mobile 07702 528088 anytime!

HOT FEAT Sensational seven-piece soul band performing covers of all the soul greats, including Aretha, James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Sam and Dave. As well as more recent artists like Adele and Amy Winehouse.

Tel: 07984 816847 or www.hotfeat.org.uk THE JOHN HARDMAN BAND Uncompromising Power Rock and Heavy Blues. We play some Jimi, Rory, BB, Tull, Zep, Stones, Who, Steppenwolf, some originals and much more.

We are an experienced gigging band and will play private parties, pubs, festivals, stadiums. Give Mick a ring on 0786 4705156 or www.johnhardmanband See on myspace.com/johnhardmanband KEYGREEN Original music featuring vocal harmonies, guitar, piano sax, and clarinet. Herefordshire based brother and sister duo Tom and Nicky Jaques. A unique full sound for live music venues, festival gigs and private bookings. Contact Nicky or Tom for more info. www.keygreenmusic.co.uk nickyjaquesmusic@gmail.com www.facebook.com/KeyGreenMusic 07817268689 / 07837713384 LE FREAK Amazing 4 piece party funk band featuring music from Chic, James Brown, KC and the Sunshine Band, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Great band for any dance event.

Includes disco for non stop music.

Hear us on soundcloud.com/lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487.

LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com

MELOMANICS Really fun duo, trio, or full Ceilidh band, more than just great music - stilts as well if appropriate!

Modern, traditional and original tunes with a cosmopolitan flavour. (Specialité: Timoléon pour vos soirées Françaises).

Ideal for parties, weddings, fund raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants etc. For info call Tim on 01743 719438 or Rich 01743 718612, email tim@melomanics. co.uk, website www.melomanics.co.uk A MONTH OF SUNDAYS With electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, harmonicas, pipes, percussion and vocals, this Ledbury-based four/five piece ensemble plays fresh interpretations of folk, jazz and blues classics with a sprinkling of effulgent originals thrown in for good measure.

For festivals, parties and pub bookings, Nick Trigg on 07938 889976, email isoundprooftrigg@hotmail.co.uk or efsl.porter@btinternet.com website amos-uk.co.uk facebook.com/amonthofsundaysuk MOSTLY JOHN CEILIDH BAND Cast aside that economic gloom. Why not let our merry minstrels, aided by the lovely Pammy (“no, no, no!”) restore your joie de vivre at your party, wedding or knees-up. Contact John 01588 661096.

MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance.

5-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Contact Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com or Peter Watts 01497 831424, email peterwatts135@btinternet.com.

See website www.muchadoband.com SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07588 409059 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk.

Website www.seansaye.com.

RAY STROUD Respected electro-acoustic finger style guitarist/singer. Huge repertoire of songs and tunes from 60s-90s and originals plus ragtime and country picking.

Sets to suit venue - folk, roots, jazzy pop, soft rock, or a mixture. Also available in the duo Thyme Bandits and four piece power pop Hush. Friendly and professional. Call 07962 916333 or email raystrack@talo5.plus.com http:// www.bandmix.co.uk/ray-stroud RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun, The Rhythm Thieves, who have been gigging locally and nationwide, are a lively ‘must see’ band. Blending exceptional musicianship, intricate melodic counterpoint with John’s banjo to create an unforgettable but highly entertaining night out. Tel: 01568 770 134 www.rhythmthieves.co.uk SIR DANCELOT Traditional dance music for any occasion with/without caller. Fiddle, mandolin, concertina, guitar, cittern, banjo, whistles. http://sirdancelot.co.uk. Contact (01686) 411147/621156 or 07843 440789 or info@sirdancelot.co.uk SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187.

SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar.

For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@ hotmail.com SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk

SPIRIT OF TANGO Stylish café-jazz trio with a Latin/ French flavour featuring Phil Bond (accordion), Dave Carroll (guitar), and Mike Green (double bass).Polished, earcatching performances in styles from samba to Django unfailingly provide a lively ambience at private parties, weddings and corporate functions. Check us out at www.spiritof tango.co.uk Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk STOMPING GROUND Lively 3 piece covers band. Classic soul, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, classic pop (Tom Jones, Spencer Davis etc). Fronted by drummer vocalist Richie Lund ex Soul Survivors. Just give us a corner of your bar or lounge and we WILL entertain you. Ideal for parties. Contact Richie 01584 811500 / 07817 620644 www.stomping-ground.co.uk THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb. co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/thesultanabros STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll!

Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk TROVATORI Classical singers Darren and Caroline perform opera and musicals through to modern ballads and folk accompanied on guitars. Live, stylish and bespoke entertainment. www.trovatori.com Tel: 07971 880794 or email mail@trovatori.com THE TRENSETTS ROCK BAND: Good dancin’ good listenin’. Real authentic music. For parties, weddings, clubs, pubs. Reasonable fees.

Contact Gwyn on 01686 625665 /07831 557292.

THE VILLAGE QUIRE - a reputation for spine-tingling harmony singing with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories performed by actor Phil Smith. New show for 2014. ‘Precious Bane’ by Mary Webb: “Phil Smith injects a gamut of humanity ... The Village Quire deliver with conviction and gusto ... authentic passion and the enduring quality of the original prose.”

(Mike Lewis) (01497) 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band.

For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022.

PAUL WRIGHTSON Professional singer-guitarist with extensive repertoire; pop, rock, blues, standards, instrumentals and original compositions. Accomplished performer with wide experience of functions, parties and festivals. Tel 01584 876584, mobile 07729 059847, email paul.wrightson@gmail.com XL'S Maximum R'n'B, Feelgood Rock & Roll.

01588 650686.

ZIGGY STARDUST EXPERIENCE The Spiders from Kington play early Bowie; from “Space Oddity” to “Aladdin Sane” in full costume! Available for festivals, gigs and parties. Release Your Inner Starman Let All The Children Boogie! Call Richie Cotterill on 07777 661252.

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theatre PERFORMANCE

Sun 3 August MY DEAREST GIRLS: HELEN’S STORY FRANCESCA MILLICAN SLATER. This 30-minute one-woman show is based on the real letters sent between a group of six Shropshire women between 1917-1920.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 11.30 & 2.30pm, £7, children £3.50, 01588 630023. Arts Alive.

Until Sat 2 August TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY A sharp-witted satire reviewing five years of coalition government as seen through the eyes of ordinary households and the rose-tinted spectacles of our politicians. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, students £5, 07967 517125.

Thurs 7 August SCHOOL’S OUT @ THE ARTS FESTIVAL A showcase of local youngsters from an initial four-day workshop in musical theatre, culminating in a stage performance by 7-16 year olds. Church Stretton School, 7.30pm. www.strettonfestival.org.uk Sat 9 August STREETS ALIVE Bizarre acts including The Larking About Angels and the Bedlam Slinkies. The streets of Brecon, 01874 611622.

Wed 13 August ROMEO & JULIET THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN. Millennium Breen, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15, children £10, 01584 878141.

Fri 22 & Sat 23 August HUMANS ON TRIAL - AN ECOLOGICAL FABLE A young cast with music, movement, masks and a poignant message. Willow Globe, near Rhayader, 7pm Friday, 3pm Saturday, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.co.uk

Fri 22 - Sun 24 August HUMANS ON TRIAL SHAKESPEARE LINK is joined with MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE, RADNOR WILDLIFE TRUST & RED KITE THEATRE to present a truly original and vital piece of theatre involving over 40 young people, using drama, mask and movement to convey a poignant ecological message. 22 Aug & 23 Aug, Willow Globe Theatre, Rhayader, Fri 7pm, Sat 3pm & 7pm. 24 Aug, Rock Park, Llandrindod Wells, 2pm as part of Radnor Fringe. £10 adults, £5 under 16s, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.co.uk

DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Until Sat 2 August SUMMER SCHOOL - IT’S MAGIC! HAY THEATRE COMPANY. Fun and magic for ages 7+, no experience necessary. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 10.30am-12.30pm daily, £10 per day or £27 for three days, 07733 055430.

Mon 4 - Fri 8 August STREET THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL Five days of bilingual street theatre workshops.

Learn circus skills, mime and dance in a fun, friendly environment with professional street entertainers.

With a live performance in Brecon at Streets Alive on Sat 9 Aug. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am-4pm, £60/£50, 01874 611622.

Sun 24 August DYLAN THOMAS’ FINAL JOURNEY A one-man show written and performed by Peter Read and follows Dylan Thomas through some of the journeys he made. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 4.45pm, £12.50, students £6. Part of Presteigne Festival. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com

Thurs 14 August SHADOW PUPPETRY With The Fetch Theatre. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3.15-4.45pm, £5, £3 if booking for ‘Cloth of the World’, 01584 878141.

Fri 5 September TWELFTH NIGHT - TWO SCORE YEARS AND TEN Willow Globe, near Rhayader, 7pm, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.co.uk

MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 8-11, 4.15pm-5pm. 11-14 years, 5.15pm-6.15pm.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells.

Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Sun 3 August MR BAMBOOZLE COMES TO THE GLOBE A one-hour show full of magic tricks and balloon modeling.

For ages 4-6 year olds, £6 on the door, 07733 055430.

Fri 8 August STREET THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL A one-day bilingual street theatre workshop with Vamos Theatre Company. For ages 14+. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am-4pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622.

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Fri 15 August THE CROW AND THE CANARY Telling the lost fairy tale of Dylan Thomas, this is a new visual storytelling performance with harp, voice, fiddle, storytelling and illustrations. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, £8/£6, 01497 821762.

Thurs 14 August THE CLOTH OF THE WORLD THE FETCH THEATRE. Journey into a fantastical world of wonder - into the Mappa Mundi. Suitable for ages 6+.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2pm, £6/£4, four tickets £16, 01584 878141.

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest.

Mondays NO STRINGS ATTACHED Puppetry and Mask Theatre with The Fetch Theatre Co. 11-16, 6.30-8pm.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141.

Mondays APPLETREE JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE Creative and inspiring drama workshops for children 7-11 years to develop performance skills, confidence, literacy and communication. 4.15pm-5.30pm, The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. office@appletreetheatre.co.uk or phone 01584 318015.

Mondays APPLETREE SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE Creative and inspiring drama workshops for children 11-16 years. Workshops run by professional actors and qualified teachers. 5.45pm-7.00pm, The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. Email us at office@appletreetheatre.co.uk or phone 01584 318015.

Mondays YOUTH THEATRE Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 6-11 4.30-5.30pm, ages 11-14 6-7.30pm, ages 14-18 7.30-9.30pm, 01432 340555.

Mondays (during term time) BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry and Gareth Williams.

Ages 9-12 6-7.15pm, ages 13-25 7.30-9pm.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555.

Tuesdays THE ITC / IMPROV THEATRE For ages 11-25, £24 for 6 week block. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 3.45-5.15pm, 01588 630243.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE IN WIGMORE Wigmore group runs at Teme Valley Youth Project, 3.30-4.30pm for 6-11 year olds, 5-6.30pm for 11-16 years old. £40 per term. 01568 770110 or visit www.courtyard.org.uk Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE Drama workshop for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kington Primary School. Wed - Years 5 & 6, 4-5.30pm. Years 7,8 & 9 5.30-7pm. Senior 7.15pm-8.45pm, £40 per term, 01432 340555.

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £65 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Wednesdays and Fridays INTERMEDIATE YOUTH THEATRE Year 10s Wed and Year 11s Fridays.

The Courtyard, Hereford, £60 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367.

Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-onWye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. Janine on 07733 055430.

Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110.

Thursdays LUDLOW DRAMA WORKSHOP For all ages: 16 + and adults, 7.30-9.30pm at Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow SY8 1RU. Theatre & performance skills developed through improvisation workshops, led by experienced team of pro-am actors. Regular public performances; no experience needed. www.ludlowdramaworkshop.org.uk Contact 01588 673219 or 07811 164670.

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY Theatre games and performance to develop the fundamental skills of improvisation theatre, including teamwork, storytelling, character development and more. For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928.

Fridays and Saturday JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE For Year 3 - 9 led by either David Durant or Ellen Dorsett.

The Courtyard, Hereford, £75 per term, 01432 340555.

In one of the most exciting open air productions of the year, Shakespeare Link join with Mid Powys Youth Theatre, Radnor Wildlife Trust and New Red Kite Theatre to present a truly original and vital piece of theatre involving over 40 young people, using drama, mask and movement to convey a poignant ecological message.

Local writer, Margie Douglas, has adapted the book, Humans on Trial, for its UK premier at The Willow Globe, Rhayader. The production will be performed on Friday 22nd August at 7pm, and Saturday 23rd August at 3pm and 7pm.

Tickets £10 and £5 [under 16’s]. There will be an additional performance at 2pm on Sunday, 24th August at Rock Park Llandrindod Wells as part of the Radnor Fringe Festival.

The Story - Representatives from every corner of the Animal Kingdom have gathered in the jungle for an extraordinary trial. The Human Being is accused of atrocious crimes against its fellow creatures.

Come and decide whose side are you on?

To book call 01597 810749 or info@shakespearelink.co.uk

Saturdays PETERCHURCH DRAMA AND FUN CLUB Open to all abilities. For ages 6-12, 10am-11.30pm, £3 per session, 01432 340555.

Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6.

Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

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word Poetry & Storytelling

Closing date Fri 1 August WESTHOPE COLLEGE NEW OPEN POETRY COMPETITION Poems in English, any subject, up to 40 lines, two copies required. Prizes £200, £100, £50, £25. Entry fees £4 for first poem, £2 for subsequent poems, no limit. www.westhope.org.uk, postal entries to Westhope College, Craven Arms, SY7 9JL. Mon 11 - Sun 17 August THE BLEDDFA ANNUAL STORYTELLING WEEK 11 Aug - Eastern Women, Western Men - Michael Harvey & Hazel Bradley, 8pm, £5 on the door. 12 Aug - Carried on the Wind - Malcolm Green, 8pm, £5. 13 Aug - State of Matter Tales of Burning - Vergine Gulbenkian, 8pm, £5 on the door. 14 Aug - Course Participants and Guests, 8pm, £5 on the door. 15 Aug - Myth Night - Hazel Bradley and Michael Harvey, 8pm, £5 on the door. 16 Aug - Course Participants and Guests, 8pm, £5 on the door. The Hall Barn and Orchard, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knigton, 01547 550377.

Fri 15 August THE CROW AND THE CANARY Telling the lost fairy tale of Dylan Thomas, ‘The Crow and the Canary’ is a new visual storytelling performance piece from Ceri Owen Jones (harp/voice), Elsa Davies (fiddle/ voice) and Peter Stevenson (storyteller/illustrations). The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8-£6, 01497 821762.

Talks

Fri 1 August EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DEATH BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK...

This is an informative and light hearted discussion on death as part of the national Dying Matters Awareness Week. The speaker, Dr Khesh Sidhu, has had extensive experience relating to Dementia and End of Life Care.

Knighton Community Hall, 7.30pm, free, but donations to St Michael’s Hospice would be welcome. Bring along a pencil, note pad plus a sense of humour (essential!)

Fri 1 August AN AUDIENCE WITH JENNI MURRAY Part of Church Strettton Arts Festival. Church Stretton School, 7.30pm, £18, www.strettonfestival.org.uk Sat 2 August THE LOST WORLD OF BLETCHLEY PARK With Sinclair McKay. Part of Church Strettton Arts Festival. Church Stretton School, 7.30pm, £16, www.strettonfestival.org.uk Thurs 14 August PAUL ATTERBURY: WORLD WAR 1 IN 100 FAMILY TREASURERS The Antiques Roadshow team filmed a series of specials at the Somme, where Paul Atterbury will share some of these extraordinary stories. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £5, 01600 772467.

Tues 12 August TOMOAKI SUZUKI The London-based Japanese artist talks about his diminutive sculputres that put a decidedly contemporary twist on the millennia-long tradition of Japanese woodcarving. Gallery, Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 6.30pm, £7.50, 01544 260149.

Sat 16 & Sun 17 August THE AARDVARK BOOKS HISTORY WEEKEND Incorporates two lectures and small exhibition on ‘Herefordshire and the Picturesque’. Professor Charles Watkins on ‘Uvedale Price of Foxley’; Peter Burden on ‘Richard Payne Knight at Downton Castle’. Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 01547 530744.

August PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL 21 Aug - Prehistoric Radnor, Evenjobb VH, 11am. Welsh Writers & WWI, St Andrew’s Church, Norton, 2.30pm.

Pre-performance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.15pm. 22 Aug - Poetry at Discoed, St Michael’s Church, Discoed, 11am. Panufnik in Perspective, St Andrew’s Church 4pm. Pre-performance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7pm. 23 Aug - Pre-performance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7pm. 24 Aug - Preperformance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7pm.

25 Aug - OS, Poetry and Photography, The Workhouse

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE New website: www.aardvark-books.com

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; Sat 26 July - Sun 10 July THREADS OF THOUGHT We buy books

Exhibition. Textiles, sculpture and poetry.

Sat 16 & Sun 17 August HISTORY WEEKEND Also open our superb CAFÉ!

‘HEREFORDSHIRE & THE PICTURESQUE’ The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Lectures by Prof. Charles Watkins & Peter Burden, Exhibitions, Long Bow Archery.

Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Mon 25 August 9am-3pm VIDE GRENIER / ATTIC SALE Tel: 01547 530744 aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Stalls and music from LITTLE RUMBA Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

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OPEN EVERY DAY Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm

Gallery, Presteigne, 11am. Coming Home with author Sue Gee. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 4.30pm. Preperformance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 6.15pm.

26 Aug - Three Generations of Polish Composers, Adrian Thomas enthuses, Titley VH, 11am. A Life In Music with John McCabe in conversation with Stephen Johnson, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 4pm. Pre-performance talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7pm. Further details 01544 267800 or www.presteignefestival.com

Until 25 October ORIEL DAVIES WRITING COMPETITION With the theme ‘A Sense of Place’, convened and judged

by Chris Kinsey. Poems of up to 50 lines each; or prose pieces of up to 1000 words each. Full competition entry guidelines go to www.orieldavies.org or 01686 625041.

Workshops & Courses

STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS at the Story Space Studio at Grange Court in Leominster. Explore the world of the Imagination and develop personal creativity. Full day sessions on 18 October. Also Community Arts Days, Birthday Parties, School Projects, Forest School and Tai Chi Movements for Well Being classes starting Tues 16 September 10-11am. www.storyspace.co.uk

August LIVELY LIBRARIES PROJECT A series of family sessions, lasting two hours for adults and children aged 5+. ‘Endless Story Landscapes’ with Zoe Needle. 18 Aug - Ludlow Library 01584 813600.

20 Aug - Bishop’s Castle Library 01588 638215.

‘Playing With Words’ with Sally Tonge.

15 Aug - Bridgnorth Library 01746 763358.

27 Aug - Bishop’s Castle Library 01588 638215.

27 Aug - Ludlow LIbrary 01584 813600. ‘Myth Makers’ with Polly Peters. 23 July - Bishop’s Castle Library 01588 638215. 28 July - Ludlow Library 01584 813600.

29 July - Bridgnorth Library 01746 763358. ‘Story Nests’ with Kate Johnston. 30 July - Bishop’s Castle Library 01588 638215. 11 Aug - Ludlow Library 01584 813600.

27 Aug - Bridgnorth Library 01746 763358. Arts Alive.

Mon 11 - Sun 17 August THE BLEDDFA ANNUAL STORYTELLING WEEK There will be storytelling exercises, movement, a myth enactment and a bonfire, plus evening performances, (approx 8pm). Run by Hazel Bradley and Michael Harvey.

Daily warm-ups and a variety of workshops look at specific aspects of story preparation and delivery. Guest tutors will be Malcolm Green and Vergine Gulbenkian. £275 (food and accommodation not included, camping in the orchard £25 or book a local B&B. The Hall Barn and Orchard, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knigton, 01547 550377.

Sun 7 September HARVESTING, SHARING AND CELEBRATION Emma Beynon. A fruitful writing session. Willow Globe, near Rhayader, 11am-5pm, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.co.uk

SPANISH CLASSES & LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE Mondays 6-7.30pm, advanced and Film Club.

Wednesdays 11.30am-1pm, Intermediate. Castle Green Pavilion, Hereford. Email: pato@agua.nu, 07587 234720.

Every 2nd Mon SIGN CAFE Open to hearing or deaf people. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 6pm, 07769 031619.

Every Tues SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS ONLY! Tomatitos Hay on Wye, 7-8.30pm. Learn and practice your Spanish now! Mely 01497 820991, 07837160505 Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555.

First Wednesday of the month AYMESTREY POETRY GROUP The Riverside Inn, Aymestrey, 8pm.

Tony Walton 01568 770177 or Meg Cox 01568 708160.

First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813.

4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153.

4th Sunday of each month (excluding Bank Holidays) WINGED WORD Storytelling club, venue for the spoken word at the Six Bells, Bishop’s Castle, 8.00pm. Free.

Mike 07816 133372.

International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451.

Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tue, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group Tenbury Library, 01584 812585.

Border Poets 01547 530380.

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green door Green Events

August HAY TOURS Guided walking tours giving a historical perspective around Hay-on-Wye. www.haytours.org August THE CARTSHED 4 & 11 Aug - Bushcraft for the Family, 10am-3pm, £15 each, 0791 7740200. Newport House, Almeley, 07796 421373 www.thecartshed.co.uk Sun 3 & Sun 31 August REPTILE SHOW Meet and find out about Indie the corn snake, Cornel Custard the boa constrictor and all their other hairy and scaly friends. No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne, 2pm, £2.50, booking essential, 01544 267675.

Sat 9 August OPEN DAY & CELEBRATION OF 20 YEARS OF CLISSETT WOOD Displays of the making of the famouse Philip Clissett chairs, timber framed barn. Plus barn owl conservation, bowl turning demos, horse and cart rides and much more.

Clissett Wood, HR8 1HE, 01531 640125, www.greenwoodwork.co.uk Wed 20 August AFFORDABLE FASHION Showcasing locally designed and made sustainable fashion, Fairtrade and upcycled clothing and jewellery.

The Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £7 including glass of wine, www.greenfestival.co.uk Part of Ludlow Green Festival.

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Sun 24 August LUDLOW GREEN FESTIVAL A green trail, ceilidh, family bike ride, foraging walk, allotment open day, an interactive sound sculpture, stalls, food, entertainment, activities for all ages. Castle Square, Ludlow, 10am-4pm. Plus children’s activities at Linney Park and loads more to explore.

Sat 30 August GARDEN AND PRODUCE SHOW Lydbury North Village Hall, 2-4.30pm. Open to everyone with over 80 classes. Entry fees 30p or 50p on the day, 01588 680454.

Thurs 4 - Sat 6 September FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS Hereford Cathedral, 01432 374261.

Tues 9 September GARDENS AND COFFEE MORNING Coffee morning in the Wain House and walk around the gardens at Dewsall Court, Callow, Hereford, 10am to midday. £7.50 per person in aid of the Samaritans, Hereford Branch.

Sat 13 & Sun 14 September A WALKING WEEKEND AROUND KNIGHTON Walk in the footsteps of King Offa and Owain Glyndŵr, join Rebecca Morris for a ‘long’ walk and hear about her 1000 mile walk around Wales. www.visitknighton.co.uk Sun 14 September APPLE DAY Orchard gathering and entertainment for all the family.

Willow Globe, near Rhayader, 2pm, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.co.uk

Local Environmental Groups Knighton Tree Allotments Trust (KTAT): Christine Baker 01547 529990.

Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hay-on-Wye Friends of the Earth, meets on 3rd Thursday every month at Kilverts Hotel, Hay-on-Wye. 01497 82153 gareth@cyrusgardendesign.co.uk Hereford Christian Ecology Group, meets occasionally for talks and outings. 01432 279740Transition Ledbury Paul/ Beverley Kinnaird 01531 634788 or transitionledbury@googlemail.com.

Transition Leominster, Regular meetings, contact Ann Ashley, 01885 420473 or Anne Adams, 01568 780886.

Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Kevin Jones, 01547 520266, www,knucklascastle.org.uk, info@knucklascastle.org.uk Hereford Carbon Rationing Action Group www.carbonrationing.org.uk - Vey Straker - T: 01432 840955 - M: 07961 125470 - vey.straker@virgin.net Kington Local Environment & Energy Network (KLEEN) meets regularly 2nd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, The Oxford Arms, Kington. Planning local action, supporting initiatives, open to all. Contact kleen@momentary-lapse.co.uk Teme Valley Environment Group - Anne-Mary Davies 01547 528833 Will O’Leary - 01547 528792 amdskyborry@hotmail.com www.tveg.org.uk Transition Presteigne meets first Thurs of every month, (except Jan, April & Aug), Wine Bar, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267768 or email transitionpresteigne@gmail.com Green Presteigne - Nigel Griffin - 01544 267437 nigel.griffin@btopenworld.com www.greenpresteigne. wikispaces.com.

Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - Paige Mitchell 01432 277857 - www.herefordshirefoe.org.uk co-ordinator@herefordshirefoe.org.uk Lightfoot Enterprises - The Old Primary School, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, Tel 01588 630683, E mail info@lightfoot.org.uk, www.lightfoot.org.uk Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) Dave Smith, 7 Primrose Close, Hereford HR2 7QX. Tel. 01432 266937 davetreesmith@aol.com https://sites.google.com/site/herefordshiremammals/ Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - office@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Transition Hereford - Charlotte Lake 01432 343577 www.transitionhereford.org Rea Valley Environmental Group (ReaVEN) Aims to promote sustainability and environmental concerns throughout the Rea Valley. reaven@live.co.uk.

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org Presteigne Freecycle for Presteigne and surrounding area, groups.yahoo.com/group/presteignefreecycle.

For other areas www.freecycle.org Upper Onny Wildlife Group. Meetings at The Crown Inn, Wentnor, Bishop’s Castle. Species surveys, recording and training (mostly summertime).

John Muller email: jmuller983@gmail.com

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complementary therapies Disclaimer. We would like to emphasise that these listings relate to COMPLEMENTARY medicine practitioners. Broad Sheep does not endorse any of the practitioners or healing methods listed. We provide no recommendation and take no responsibility for their content.

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A RANGE OF THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER including Indian Head Massage; Aromatherapy Massage and Reflexology. Humphrey Clement Bsc MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038063 for a consultation or email healing.rose@icloud.com www.healing-rose.co.uk ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR AND THERAPIST, experience of all ages including young people, and of individuals, couples and groups, offers confidential sessions, short or long-term, in the Knighton and Presteigne areas. Richard Lewis MSc (Intergrative Psychotherapy), PG Dip (Supervision), MA, FTCL, FRSA, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

01547 510360 or 07951 304457.

A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, B.Ac, M.B.Ac.C. Traditional Acupuncture for pain management, acute and/or chronic health problems. Phone for free initial discussion on 01568 709142. Stoneleigh, Kingsland, HR6 9QS. registered and insured with the British Acupuncture Council since 1986.

ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ANDREW WEBSTER HYPNOTHERAPY AND N.L.P. CLINIC Whitton Court, Whitton, near Ludlow, SY8 3AB. www.aquariuswavesofchange.co.uk 01584 891170.

Peaceful therapy in beautiful surroundings.

A.P. VET LTD Veterinary Acupuncture and Physiotherapy, broad range of conditions treated including musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, respiratory and skin. Team approach to rehabilitation for horses and dogs to get your athlete back into action. www.ap-vet.co.uk, 01497 851608.

ALEXANDER TECHINIQUE in Hay-on-Wye. Learn to eliminate and avoid aches and pains by becoming more aware of how the whole body works. Philippa Morrell BA MSTAT. Please ring me or go to my website for more information. www. philippamorrell.co.uk 01497 822967.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467.

AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY AND REIKI TREATMENTS IN HEREFORD These natural therapies can be wonderfully relaxing and aid healing.

Experienced holistic therapist with adults and children (ex-nurse) working from own therapy room. Home visits can be arranged if necessary. Reasonable rates and Gift Vouchers available. Natural Therapies : Contact Alison 07788 547255 AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY TREATMENTS OFFERED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which have a number of properties, that may, when used, help improve overall emotional health.

Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR and CNHC registered, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

BOWEN TECHNIQUE - JOY PEARMAN. Also reflexology, Pilates and Zumba classes. Ledbury, Bromyard, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford areas. 01432 820484.

BODYWORK & HEALING with Hilary Foxwell BTAA, AHSC, GWCG. Recovery, self-maintenance, health & wellbeing for your individual needs. Bowen treatment for muscle, skeletal, nerve, respiratory, intestinal conditions. Alexander tuition to retrain muscle action, breathing, body-mind reactions.

Energy release for stress, grief, old trauma. Practitioner since 1984. Home visits if needed. Clinics in Tenbury Wells, Bromyard and Ludlow. 01584 819010.

CHARLOTTE HALL COUNSELLING based in LUDLOW. I work in a quiet central office in Ludlow, offering you space to explore and understand whatever may be troubling you. I am here to help you seek empowerment. Enable self development and awareness through empathic listening and support. I work with a wide range of issues: communication, relationship breakdowns, depression, anxiety, loss, work stress/bullying and low self esteem to name a few. BACP Accredited. www.charlottehallcounselling.co.uk 07855 299579 charlottehallcounselling@gmail.com COMPANY IN THE WILD - walking and talking, peaceful companionship outdoors, healing of the wild. For times in life when events, grief, raw emotions feel overwhelming. Contact Katrinn on KatrinnDavey@yahoo.com or 01544 388689 for more details.

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more!

Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred).

COUNSELLING: Space for you to explore issues that are troubling you in a confidential, safe, supportive and nonjudgemental environment. I offer short and long term, low cost, individual integrative counselling. I have experience of working with a range of issues including anger, anxiety, bereavement, depression, disability, eating disorders, low self-esteem and confidence, illness, relationship problems, rape, self-harm, sexuality and stress. South Shropshire/Powys borders.

Alison Trott FdA (Counselling), PGDip (couns), MBACP. Contact trott912@btinternet.com 07791 013587.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair.

Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma‌.Clinics in Leominster, Kingsland and Hereford. Phone to talk or book: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk

COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk EMOTIONAL THERAPYAnne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) BAoG (Dip). Safe, effective therapy to improve and enhance personal potential. Specialist knowledge and experience with panic attacks, anger issues, severe anxiety, bullying, bereavement and depression. If you have difficulty relating to others, or persistent, troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. See also www.thewritetofeel.com See also www.thewritetofeel.com FLOWER ESSENCES THERAPY. One-to-one sessions for personal development, to enhance well-being by working on emotional/mental attitudes, inner disharmony and other imbalances. Essences can be used for a wide range of issues, including lack of confidence, concerns and worries, despondency and sadness, relationship issues, unhelpful negative emotions, adjusting to change, and upsets and distress. Based in Rosson-Wye, I also offer animal sessions within a ten-mile radius.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Jill Stern, BFVEA (adv): 01989 563147 www.bfvea.com FOOT HEALTH PRACTITIONER Fully Registered CRB checked and also RGN, diabetes / wound care experience. Home visits in Herefordshire area. Prices vary according to treatment.

Many foot ailments treated. Google: Dishleyfoothealth for price details or call 01568 613298, Mob 07816 988196.

HEALING THROUGH POETRYConnecting deeper with yourself, finding insights in your life, helping to find light at the end of the tunnel - looking at select and accessible poems, your written responses to them can open new doors and offer new illuminations. No knowledge of poetry necessary. Led by experienced healer and poet, Bethany Rivers (M.A.) bethanyrivers77@hotmail.co.uk www.writingyourvoice.org.uk 01686 650146.

HEALING and COUNSELLING in Bishops Castle.

ESH is a method of healing which works with the human energy system in a gentle and nourishing way. It helps to relieve energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. I am also a fully qualified personal counsellor with over 20 years experience and an accredited CRUSE bereavement counsellor. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A., Cert.

ESH, Dip.Couns. Tel : 01588 638242. Email: Philomena@soul-healing.net Web : www.soul-healing.net HEALING-SHIATSU. WITH CHRISTOPHER SHEEHAN. Over 20 years healing experience. Clinics in Hereford, Hay-onwye, Maitreya House. chris@eryritai-ji.co.uk 07870 149745. www.eryritai-ji.co.uk HOMOEOPATHY: Annabel Stacey ACH. Homoeopathy supports the body’s own efforts to heal itself and can be used effectively to treat both emotional and physical disorders.

Treatment is adapted to the individual needs of each patient, taking all their symptoms into account. If you would like to find out more or make an appointment please contact me on 07960 865564 or annabelstacey@yahoo.co.uk (clinics in Ludlow and Shrewsbury).

MASSAGE THERAPY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, LUXURY FOOT MASSAGE, ORGANIC FACIAL with Marian Hardiman (MTI CNHC). No set routine, just careful attention to what the individual needs. Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Hereford (Neal’s Yard Remedies) or at your workplace or event. 07816 981454, marian@silvanmassage.com or www.silvanmassage.com.

JENNIFER HODGE DO Registered Osteopath. Cranial Osteopath. The Old Rectory, New Radnor 01544 350241.

HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing.

Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre.com.

MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley.

One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352.

MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford.

MASSAGE THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe MTI Theraputic bodywork to release muscular tension, encourage calm and assist recovery. Clinics in Leominster and Hereford. Phone to talk or book: 01568 708836 www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk PAMELA SPENCELEY MNIMH Medical Herbalist and Allergy Therapist 01568 770614 / 01584 878123 PATHS OF HEART – Bio-Energy Healing Practitioner of 20 years experience. Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Wellbeing.

Physical Healing / Pain Relief & Emotional Clearing.

Counselling & Psychotherapy.- Child Centred Art Therapy & Person Centred Art Therapy For Adults. Supervision. M.A A.T (B.A.C.P) (B.A.A.T) Informal enquiries welcome 01588 640491 PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk PSYCHIC READINGS: Clairvoyance, Tarot & Astrology (tape inc). Gifted & compassionate reader with over 20 yrs professional experience. Personal readings from home (near Hereford); at Zenith in Leominster on Thursdays; & telephone readings (pre-booked). ROWIE (M.BPRB) 01432 820684.

REFLEXOLOGY including auricular reflexology and fertility/ maternity reflexology. Qualified 2003. Experience of working with people with physical and learning disabilities. Catherine Brown, FHT MA, 07960 989894. Home visits available, (Ludlow area).

SHIATSU BODYWORK with Sarah Churcher-Owen ds.mrss.

Bodywork received fully clothed on a comfortable futon mat. Releasing and nurturing techniques for muscles, joints and energy flow, with meridian massage to support the body, mind and spirit. Helpful with many conditions, physically

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE

Group classes and individual tuition Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk

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and emotionally. Supporting your wellbeing. Qualified since 1996 and registered with www.shiatsusociety.org (more info).

Treatments at www.naturalharmonycentre.co.uk Llanerfyl SY21 - 01938 820663 or Lydbury North SY7 - 01588 680496.

SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 24 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL MEDIUM - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website.

Tues 19 - Thurs 21 August INTRODUCTION TO STAGES OF MEDITATION With Khenpo Karma Namgyal, the Abbot of Karma Lekshey Ling Monastery in Nepal. Anyone welcome. New Inn, Brilley.

Suggested donation £25 per day, £15 if in financial difficulty, 01684 573737, lesleyangmo@yahoo.co.uk

HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY: Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs. Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal. co.uk or 01531 670075.

YOGA AT MOCCAS VILLAGE HALL Small group class on Monday evenings, suitable for eanyone, with or without experience. Please contact Nicky Jaques for further details 07817 268689 nickyjaquesyoga@gmail.com SCARAVELLI INSPIRED YOGA WITH DOROTHY WATKINS Kindle Centre, Hereford, Mon & Thurs 9-10am. Belmont Community Centre - Tues - Parent Yoga 9am and 10.15am.

All Ages Yoga 11.30am. Wed - Pregnancy Yoga 9am. Parent & Toddler Yoga 10.15am. All Ages Yoga 11.30am. 01981 580453.

Sun 3 August BASIC MASSAGE CLASSES WITH BEATRIX VEAL Pressing, Rocking, Squeezing and Holding, 11am-5pm, £40 each or £70 per couple. All at The Pavilion, Castle Green, Hereford, 07813 778012.

SIAM SMILE

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE

BY GAN (JANYARAK MORRIS) • • • • •

Traditional Thai Massage Thai Foot Massage Aromatic Oil Massage Thai Crafts & Handmade Jewellery Facial Massage

3 Broad Street, Knighton, Powys Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com

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