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What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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KNOW my place in this magazine. I know I’m just the fluff on the top, a little amuse-bouche before everyone gets down to the serious business of art exhibitions, dance classes and hairy R & B bands playing in grimy pubs. But, occasionally, (believe it or not), weighty matters of international import skim across my brain “Look there goes one now! What did it say? What did it mean? Damn, missed it”. Anyway, last week I had a ‘big thought’ and since all the friends I’ve tried to tell about it just raise their eyebrows and go back to discussing whether The Bridge is superior to The Killing, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to dump it on you.

It started with all this noise about the centenary of the First World War. I was reflecting on how lucky people of my age are to have been born after the Second World War, but to have just skipped out of National Service and to have had 60+ years of uninterrupted peace in mainland Britain, (although not so lucky if you live in Belfast). Straight after this the newspapers, last week, were discussing the new F35 jets we (not me you idiots, the government) are buying at a cost with spares and stuff of one billion pounds. These are American jets that won’t be in business until 2020 and they have been procured to go onto two brand new massive aircraft carriers which are costing us six billion!

There seems to me to be an awful lot of worrying aspects to these two purchases, not least of which is - are they are actually going to be any use to us even if we were to embark on another series of stupid conflicts in the 2020s?

My guess is that with the current speed of technological change, people are probably going to be fighting with drones and other computer operated robotic vehicles by then and we won’t have much use for blokes in fur-lined leather jackets and goggles racing about going ‘ack ack ack ack ack ack’... all over the sky. My other thought as we collectively waded through the knee deep water of last week’s floods was that we might find by 2020 the enemy is not North Korean bombers, but the planet itself and the only use we have for an aircraft carrier is to fill it up with two of every species and set sail. Incidentally, Google informs me there are eight and a half million species of plants and animals, so thank God it’s a big aircraft carrier. Anyway, even this wasn’t big enough to be my ‘big thought’.

Small Ads 4 Two days later, the centre pages of The Guardian consisted of a three page Sam’s page 6 diagram illustrating the shocking fact that if we pull out of Afghanistan in the next six months, it will be the first time for 100 years we have not been at war.

Art 8 Extraordinary - every day since 1914 we’ve been off fighting somebody. Some Art workshops 12 of these conflicts you will be well aware of, i.e. World War I, World War II, NorthCinema 16 ern Ireland, Falklands etc. But some of them are a complete surprise. Did you Dance 20 know we were fighting in Oman from 1963 until 1976 or that in 1918 we were Food 22 part of an international coalition against the Bolsheviks, or that we had already Music 24 had troops in Iraq from 1919 until 1932? Yes folks, it transpires we are the most aggresive nation in the world, even beating U.S.A. and the notoriously triggerMusic workshops 32 happy French. Fortunately, since Iraq the country, does seem less willing to Venues 35 embark on anymore bloody ‘peace-keeping’ mission and after Cameron allowed Band directory 36 Parliament to actually vote on whether we went into Syria, it seems possible we Theatre 38 might vote our way out of the next few conflicts. But hey, here’s the ‘Big Idea.’

Word 42 What say we follow up our 100 years of warmongering with a nationally agreed 100 years of peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Let’s not spend the seven Green pages 46 billion on potentially useless armaments, lets spend it on hospital ships and rapid Comp therapies 48 response medical helicopters and other such useful gear.

Think how much goodwill that would generate around the world turning up We take no at conflict zones to save lives instead of shooting people! I realise that that responsibility for might leave a lot of people employed by defence industry out of a job, but that the veracity of the is great because all those expensive military budgets can now be spent on new information herein technologies to combat the real enemy - climate change. Hurrah, everyone’s a Pete Mustill winner and I’ll be made P.M. I’ll go on Newsnight and Paxo will say to me “I’m Mayfield, Stapleton, sorry Pete, I have no embarrassing questions to ask you - you’re perfect and Nr Presteigne, Powys you’ve solved the world’s problems at a stroke”. And then I’ll wake up.

LD8 2LW On a lighter note I have got together with a bunch of enthusiastic Presteigners Tel: 01544 260051 to plan a wild one day party/festival in the hills near Presteigne at the beginning Email: info@broadsheep.com Website: www.broadsheep.com of June. Tickets should be on sale by the time you read this.

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Ramblings W

E have been indulging in a bit of tourism in the high mountains of Mallorca lately. Walking the high mule-tracks, y’know. Quite like the Marches, a little home from home, really, except that the wine is a lot cheaper and the sheep are a bit smaller and everything is bright blue (sky) and bright orange (oranges) instead of the colour of wet grey flannel (Herefordshire). Obviously we have been thinking about a lot of things.

For instance. There we were about 3000 feet above sea level and someone says, ‘Look at that frowning crag.’ There it was, beetling at a valley of green fields and vineyards. But what, I found myself thinking, if it was actually a smiling crag, and this frowning was merely the natural expression of its cliff-face in repose? Was I, indeed, being craggist? Then there were these baby goats hopping to and fro on a rock, colour of chocolate, and someone said, ‘Aren’t they sweet?’ And the thought came into my mind that perhaps they were actually rather bitter. I mean they live largely on twigs and stones, and some time or other someone is going to come along and put them in a stew, or cocido as we say round these parts. Sweet? I rather think not. I was in the presence (I decided, as we walked on) of what the great novelist Flaubert called idees reçues, which is to say the idea-clichés the bourgeoisie uses to spare itself the necessity of actually thinking.

So the boots went one after another up the mule track, left, right, left, right, and more things cropped up for reinterpretation. There was a babbling brook, for instance, which should conventionally have been talking nonsense.

What, though, if it was declaiming an epic in Brookish, a language hard to understand unless you were another brook? It is the tragedy of brooks’ lives that they are seldom within earshot of each other. And also, come to think of it, that Nature has not provided them with ears.

While we were wrestling with this notion a single swallow flew overhead. Conventionally, one swallow does not make a summer. Well, the air was warm, and the sun was shining, and there was the swallow. As far as we were concerned, a summer was exactly what it made – not a very long one or a very hot one, but a sort of summerette, lasting half an hour or so. And very nice too.

Soon we will be home. The rain will be coming down like stair-rods, which are delightful things, made of brass and enhancing the domestic environment. People will be whining on Facebook, home from home of the bourgeois idea-cliché. There are people who might be depressed by the fact that the world, currently a Renaissance tapestry of blue sky and orange oranges, will once more be made of wet grey flannel. Not me. I will take it to the lady in Kington and she can make me a suit out of it.

Sam Llewyllen

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art POWYS St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne www.discoed.org 2 March - 27 April ‘The Way of the Wilderness’. CAROLYN BLAKE, JULIENNE BRAHAM, SIMON DORRELL, NICKY HOPWOOD (stained glass), LOIS HOPWOOD, ANDREA MacLEAN, CHARLES MacCARTHY, DAN MacCARTHY, TANIA MOSSE (sculpture), ALISON NEAL, ROGER PERCIVAL, MANDY PRITCHARD, ALEX RAMSAY (photographs), SUSANNAH ROYLE & BRONTË WOODRUFF. 10am-5pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street.

01547 528052 March & April Works by JOHN PIPER, JOSEF HERMAN, KEITH VAUGHAN, SIMON DORRELL, ANTHEA & PETER STILWELL, JULIENNE BRAHAM, LOIS HOPWOOD, BRONTE WOODRUFF, KEVAN HOPSON. C20th & C21st British Art, Crafts and Greetings Cards. Wed-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 March Selling exhibition of Staffordshire figures from 1800-1870.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Facebook Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne.

Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 01686 614555 Until 16 April RHAYADER ART GROUP. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 15 March ‘The Spirit of Cloth’. An exhibition and lectures of stitched, embroidered and woven textiles and artefacts from around the world.

John Gillow talk 11am. Martin Conlan talk 2pm. Open 10am-5pm, talks £2 per talk.

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Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 8 March CLYDE HOLMES studio works.

Until 8 March ‘Discovering Dylan’.

A tribute to Dylan Thomas. ANDREA KELLAND, MICHAEL FREEMAN, ROBERT MacDONALD & ELIZABETH CRAMP. Also with works by MERVYN LEVY and DEREK WILLIAMS from the Tabernacle Collection.

Until 3 May ‘Frozen Music’.

GEOFF WILDE. Geoff talks about his work on 19 March at 12pm.

15 March - 3 May ‘Country Matters’ JOHN LAVRIN - paintings and sculptures.

15 March - 21 June Tabernacle Collection. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Erwood Station Craft Centre & Gallery, Erwood, near Builth Wells 01982 560674 March AUDREY BRADLEY. Arts and crafts. Open daily 10am-5.30pm.

Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until May ‘Sicily 2013’.

PIPPA HEAVEN - photographs.

Open daily, 9.30am-5.30pm.

Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 2 March ‘The Beauty and the Grit’. ROY CAMPBELL-MOORE - dance photography. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm and occasionally in the evenings.

Beaufort Gallery, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 822777 Until 9 April ‘Celf o Gwmpas’.

Created by participants in workshops led by Finnish artists in residence alongside original work made by the artists who inspired them. Large scale work inspired by Kikka Jelisejeff, nature and natural forms.

Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 16 April ‘Tracer’. MELANIE MANCHOT, overall winner in Oriel Davies Open 2012. Featuring an installation combining photographs, and filmbased work.

Until 16 April ‘The Married Life of Atoms’. MORGAN GRIFFITH. Until 16 April ‘A Reality with Forms’.

MARY VETTISE, student winner in the Oriel Davies Open 2012. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 March Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 Until 9 April ‘Celf o Gwmpas’.

Created by participants in workshops led by Finnish artists in residence alongside original work made by the artists who inspired them. Paintings inspired by SaaraPiispa, myths and legends. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 1 March Arts & Crafts. Local artisans working in silver, wood, wool, pottery, paintings and carvings. Free entry.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 March ‘Further down my Silk Route’.

SUE WATERS - textile artist.

The India & China Tea Company.

Refreshments available.

Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Old School Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa 01547 550377 Until 15 March SILVIA PASTORE - paintings.

29 March - 19 April ‘Surface Tension’ KATE DAWSON - raku sculpture.

Open Wed-Sun 2-5pm.

Hay Makers Gallery, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820556 17 March - 11 May DAVIS WORSLEY - ceramics. ANGIE MITCHELL - prints.

JAN FRYER & SUE GREGOR jewellery. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Interesting and unusual gifts for all.

Rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE Dorstone’s Front Room (across from The Pandy Inn) 01981 550777 March DAN WASSELL 7 LEVINA BROMWHICH - Year 9 students from Fairfield High School - sketches in various media. Mon-Fri 9am-1pm.

Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 633325 4 - 9 March ‘Dear World...’ Art as open letters, THALIA GORDON CLARK, ANITA LOUISE DAVIES, LIZ NICHOLS. 24 - 30 March ‘Horizons’. THE QUILTERS’ GUILD - contemporary quilts. Open 10am-4pm.

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Alongside a wide selection of ceramics and jewellery. Plus an eclectic mix of English arts and crafts.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

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

Leominster Library 01432 383290 18 - 28 March REBECCA TIBBUTT - photographs. Open Tues & Fri 9am-5.30pm, Wed & Thurs 9am-7.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm, closed Mon.

Cecily Sash - see advert on Page 39, new book available.

Lily Smith, Fine Art Studen, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

Tamsin Abbott, Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley

Julienne Braham, Knighton Fine Art

Annabel Fairfax, The Coach House, Delbury Hall, Diddlebury

Pippa Heaven, Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, Hay-on-Wye

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.

All Saints Church Cafe, Hereford 01432 370414 1 March Exhibition and sale of stained glass and silver fingerprint jewellery.

3 - 8 March SIAN THOMAS - stained glass. LEISA RUCK - Small Print.

10 - 15 March GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY. 17 - 21 March HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS. 22 March LIZZIE MAY VINTAGE POP-UP SHOP. 24 - 29 March JAN BISHOP - silks and saris.

31 March - 5 April HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

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

Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral 01432 374225 March Explore Hereford’s famous medieval map and discover how scholars interpreted the world over 700 years ago, displayed alongside 225 illuminated manuscripts and over 1200 early printed books. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, closed Sun. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 2 March HEREFORD ART & CRAFT SOCIETY. 7 March - 27 April ADRIAN HIGGINS - painting, digital illustration, photographs and printmaking.

6 April Vintage and Craft fair.

11am-4pm, free. Open theatre times.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester 01905 25371 Until 26 April ‘A Song of the Sea’. An exhibition celebrating an intensively creative moment in landscape and seascape painting.

Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, Hereford 01432 273359 Until 26 March ANNICA NEUMULLER. Until 26 March ANDREW LANE. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm.

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Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St., Hereford 01432 260692 Until 5 March ROBERT GORE - drawings and paintings with a varied subject matter ranging from natural history to caricature. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Apple Store Gallery 3 Bridge St, Hereford 01432 378436 1 March ‘Fourth Quarter’.

Exhibition of new works by local artists.

4 - 22 March ‘Fine Art 2’. An exhibition by Fine Art Degree students from Hereford College of Arts. Tues-Fri, 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Shropshire Hills Cafe, Shopshire Hills Discovery Centre, School Rd, Craven Arms 13 - 30 March ‘Seen and Unseen’.

Exhibition and paintings by DIANA NUTTALL, LES DOBB & LIZ DOBB - acrylics, oils and mixed media.

Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 9 March - 30 April ‘Colours of Hergest Ridge’. JOANNA GRIFFITHS, PHILIP WITCOMB, AUDREY BRADLEY, LYNN HARRISON, MARY ROSE YOUNG, CHRISTY BOWDLER and more - paintings, sculpture, pottery, glass and photography. Phillip Witcomb will be at the gallery on 9 March.

Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

The Dunbabin Room, Willow Gallery, Willow St, Oswestry 01691 657575 www.willowartgallery.org 1 March ‘The Rights of Spring’.

The freedom to express our connectedness to nature and to our own bodies. Open 10am-5pm.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley 01886 880140 22 March - 11 May ‘Beast and Beauty’.

Artists include The Sisterhood of Ruralists; TAMSIN ABBOTT, CATHERINE HYDE, JACKIE MORRIS & HANNAH WILLOW. Also AMANDA ANDERSON, ELEANOR BARTLEMAN, LUCY CAMPBELL, ERIN KEEN, KATHLEEN MURPHY, EVE O’NEIL, CLAUDIA PETLEY & JANE RYAN. Open WedSun 10am-5pm.

Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye 01989 565266 March New work by gallery artists.

Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

SHROPSHIRE The Coach House, Delbury Hall, Diddlebury, Craven Arms, SY7 9DH, 07966 103698.

22 & 23 March Over 30 artists exhibiting paintings, drawings, sculpture and ceramics. Donations and profits to Cancer Research UK, JDRF and St Peters Church, Diddlebury.

Open 10-5pm. Light refreshments available. www.thespringartshow.co.uk THE GALLERY, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts and crafts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery.

Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 15 March Winter exhibition.

TAMSIN ABBOTT - stained glass.

Until 15 March ‘Groundworks’. PETER HORROCKS, to be accompanied by an Isaac Smart’s showcase of JASON BRAHAM - pots.

Until 15 March JOAN BAKER accompanied by an Isaac Smart’s showcase of BLAKE AND JANETTE MACKINNON - ceramic jewellery.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141 Until 14 March MARCHES INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY. 21 March- 29 April ANGELA MINKIN - an intimate exhibition reflecting the artist’s love of nature and her fascination with local architecture.

21 March - 29 April LUDLOW & HEREFORD COLLEGE - printmaking showcase. Open theatre times.

Westhope Craft College, Craven Arms 01584 861293 16 March - 16 April ‘Lino Prints and Poetry’. LARA CLOUGH - colour and black and white printes inspired by poetry and local woodlands. Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm and some weekends.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell 01547 530888 12 - 27 April ‘Under the Hammer’.

Vintage auction poster exhibition, 1919-1945. Refreshments availalble.

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

The Old Surgery Gallery, 11 High St, Clun, Craven Arms 01588 640506 March BRIAN & JACQUELINE FLETCHER, JANIS GOODMAN, DAVID HARBAN, PAUL HIPKISS, PAULINE KITELEY, JOHN SCOTT MARTIN, TIM NASH, KEITH NOBLE, NOEL SHEPHERDSON, PETER SHREAD, ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA, JACQUE WAKELY, DAVID WHITE, GORDON YAPP, RALPH JANDRELL AND LIN BROWN. Open Sat and Sun, 10.00am to 5.00pm.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery www.meadowarts.org Until 5 April Cutting edge contemporary artworks are on show in public spaces in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Visit www. meadowarts.org and view ‘Public Commissions’ for full details. You can also see drawings and photographs by Indian performance artist NIKHIL CHOPRA at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

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Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free.

Year round, £40 per year

Deadline Sat 1 March SHROPSHIRE HILLS ART WEEK Artists wanted for SHAW which runs from 31 May - 8 June. Contact Jules McRobbie on 01568 770168 or jules@shropshirehillsartweek.co.uk Deadline before Fri 21 March SPRING INTO SUMMER! The Friends of Ludlow Arts have funding available to support bright ideas for local art projects. In any genre - music, art, poetry, drama and created by one-man bands or local groups, young or old. For delivery/ public performance during Ludlow Arts Festival 14 - 16 June. Find out more and/or send your ideas to www. friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk or email funding@friendsofludlowartsfes tival.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

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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.

RECYCLED GLASS GIFT WORKSHOPS @ TEN GREEN BOTTLES Particularly suitable for children. Learn how to make a pendant from locally sourced recycled glass. Ten Green Bottles, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 9am-5pm, 01544 350565.

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVE SELF IN THE RADNOR FOREST Weave some tartan on a floor loom, spin your colours into a rug.

Pottery also on site: Handbuilding, throwing, Medieval tile making. £10 per hour - includes materials and refreshments. Beginners welcome.

Bas or Shirley on 01547 550693 www.slenderthread.co.uk.

March TRUMPET CORNER TEA ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat 1 March - Decoupage Workshop with Jo Verity. To book call 01886 880197. Sat 8 & Sat 29 March Creative Hand Embroidery Workshop with Kathleen Murphy. To book call 07971 684573 or email Kathleen@mu rgatroydandbean.co.uk. Sat 22 March - Mosaic Workshop with Victoria Harrison. To book call 07768 080947 or email v.a.harrison@btinternet.com.

All at Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Trumpet Crossroads, Ledbury.

March WEA HEREFORD BRANCH SPRING WORKSHOPS 5 March - Hereford County Gaol and the Tupsley Murder. 14 March - Kells of Gloucester & Ross: Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements.

18 March - A Good Impression: Seals & Seal Making from the Middle Ages.

21 March - Belts, Buckles and Bows: A History of Fastenings.

24 March - Paved with Living Colour: The Godwin Tiles of Lugwardine.

Museum Resource & Learning Centre, 58 Friars St, Hereford, 10am-12.30pm, £10 per session, 01432 880545, email herefordbranch@wea.org.uk

GALLERY

Ceramics, locally produced art, ethical and unusual gifts, cards, toys, jewellery and a wide range of our handmade carpets and textiles from around the world.

CAFE

Serving freshly prepared lunches, tarts, soups, salads, home made cakes, treats, teas and coffees, and now serving wine and beer too...

www.theworkhousegallery.co.uk

Free parking & easy access OPEN TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10 - 4 Industrial Estate, Presteigne, LD8 2UF 01544 267864 info@theworkhousegallery.co.uk

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March THE SITTING ROOM, LUDLOW WORKSHOPS & EVENTS 11 & 25 March - Eclectic Sofa.

Get together for creative folks in the area. 19 March - Professional bookbinder workshop. All materials will be provided, £15 per person, limited numbers. 20 March - Multimedia quiz. thesittingroomludlow@gmail.com March FAMILY POTTERY FUN 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 of participants required and projects start at just £5 a head. Great for individuals, families and friends.

March ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am12.30pm, £35 per term, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Fri 28 Feb, Sat 1 & Sat 8 March STAINED GLASS WORKSHOPS Flexible. One or more days.

One day, £35 includes materials. advance booking essential. The Tithe Barn, Brecon Cathedral, 10am-4pm. hazelbarham@googlemail.com 01874 622672.

Sat 1 & Sun 2 March REPEAT WIRE SCULPTURE ONE DAY WORKSHOPS With Gail Stokes Hayward. A few places left. No previous experience necessary. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-4pm, £40/£25, 01497 847426. Glasbury Arts.

Sat 8 March THE MARCHES SCRIBES ‘Contrasts for Impact’ with Mary Noble. Friendly session. Monkland Village Hall, £18 members, £21 visitors, 01544 327657.

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Sat 8 & Sun 9 March THROWING DAY COURSES Limited places, all expenses included. Alex Allpress Pottery, Newbridge on Wye, £85.

01597 860127, www.alexallpress.co.uk Wed 19 March BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP Professional bookbinder from Ludlow Bindery Shop will show you simple bookbinding techniques, take home three decorative notebooks. The Sitting Room, (Above Thai Box), 4 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15, limited places, email thesittingroomludlow@gmail.com Fri 21 March ART IN THE LANDSCAPE - THE WEATHER Led by Eva Dutton. The weather can be captured on paper either from the balcony or behind the picture windows. The Bales, Brynmawr Farm, 10.30am-4.30pm. Material needed includes sketch pads, pencils, pens, charcoals, water colours or any painting or sketching medium that you feel comfortable using. Bring wellies, a change of shoes and a packed lunch. £40, to book contact jackyharrison51@hotmail.com, or phone 01588 630666, 07789 488657. www.clunvalleyorganics.co.uk.

Sat 22 March CREATIVE RETREAT ‘Silently, A Flower Blooms’. No previous experience necessary; all art materials provided. Info and booking www.wayofcreativity.com or call Joyce 01939 210640.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 March EASTNOR POTTERY POTTER’S WHEEL WEEKEND WORKSHOP Spend the weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £215 Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch.

Please tel 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk for info.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 March WEEKEND POTTERY COURSES Including clay, glazes, tools, lunch and firing. Alex Allpress Pottery, Newbridge on Wye, £155. 01597 860127, www.alexallpress.co.uk Sat 29 March WORKSHOP WITH GRETA FITCHETT A non traditional look at log cabin patchwork. The Quilt Association at The Minerva Arts Centre Llanidloes, £35, 10am-4pm. Booking is essential email education@quilt.org.uk to book, or for more information.

Sun 23 March PHOTODAYS WITH BRIAN GRIFFITHS Photographic workshops for complete beginners and advanced. Limited to only four people for individual attention. Gloucester Docks, 3-6pm, £35. Booking essential, 01989 769747 or email brian@pgriffiths1.plus.com April BLUE GINGER WORKSHOPS 3 April - Fly Felt Fox Workshop with Kathleen Murphy, 6.30-9pm, £25 including materials, refreshments etc, 07971 684573, kathleen@murgatroyd andbean.co.uk. 14 April Rug Workshop with Jenni StuartAnderson, 10am-4pm, £55 including lunch, 01568 750229, jenni. ragrugs@freeuk.com. 22 April Mosaic Workshop with Amanda Anderson, 10am-4pm, £45 includes all materials, light lunch etc. All at Blue Ginger, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, Malvern, 01886 880240.

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

Exhibiting Artists: Jill Barneby, Edward Bulmer, Kate Corbett-Winder, Susie Cawley, Emma Cooper Key, Fred Clark, Sian Egerton, Annabel Fairfax, Vanessa Fellows, Paddy Gunnery, Leonie Gibbs, Nicholas Hely Hutchinson, Rae Harrison, Jonathan Heale, Lois Hopwood, Auriol Innes, Priscilla Hann, Victoria Keeble, Corinna Kenyon-Wade, Peter Lloyd-Jones, Sophie MacCarthy, Sally Matthews, Iona Magnus, Jocelyn Magnus, Fiona McAlpine, Jim Stephens, Colin Simmonds, Anthony Turner, BrontĂŤ Woodruff, Felicity Warbrick, Silvy Weatherall, Paula Zimmerman Sponsored by: Balfours LLP, Robert Holden Ltd, Grainger & Worrall Ltd, Lycetts, Midlands Wood Fuel Ltd, The Millichope Foundation, Pol Roger, Treasure & Sons Ltd

www.thespringartshow.co.uk

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cinema BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL Runs from Friday 28 February to Sunday 16th March.

Each year the Borderlines Film Festival, the largest rural film festival in the UK, centred on Hereford’s Courtyard Arts Centre but also spread across numerous venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys, brings us a vast selection of new and old films.

See also the comprehensive website at www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk.

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC. 5 March MUD (12A) 19 March CLASSIC FILM Chosen by members of AFS. 2 April WADJDA All showings at Drama Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01600 780263, www.abergavennyfilmsociety.com

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 1 - 4 March 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) 4 & 5 March THE PATIENCE STONE (15) 6 March KISS THE WATER (PG) 8 - 10 March ALL IS LOST (12A) 17 & 18 March AMERICAN HUSTLE (15) 20 March THE INNOCENTS (12A) 23 March MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (12A) 25 & 26 March THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18) 28, 31 March & 1 April INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (15) 2 & 3 April AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (15) 6 - 8, 11, 13 & 14 April THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (12A) Details 01584 878141

ASS. ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE 21 March MEMORIALS OF A QUIET LIFE A dual portrait of the painters, Ann and Graham Arnold by Barrie Gavin (2013) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £6 on the door.

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC. 5 March NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS 19 March FISH TANK 2 April THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO All films at The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm. Details 01588 680445

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

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3 March HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

7 April THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED At Brecon Coliseum Cinema.

Start at 7.30pm, 01874 623166

CONQUEST, BROMYARD

2 March EPIC OF EVEREST 7 March RENOIR (12A)

9 March GONE WITH THE WIND 14 March PHILOMENA (12A) 16 March ROMEO AND JULIET (PG) 26 March A ROYAL AFFAIR (Bromyard Film Society) 4 April CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 - 4 March NEBRASKA (15) 6 March BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (18) 1, 2, 5 March ALL IS LOST (12A) 1 March LA BELLE ET LA BET (PG) 1, 3, 4 March HER (15) 2, 3 March JEUNE ET JOLIE (18) 2, 4 March WE ARE THE BEST! (15) 3 March FOR THOSE IN PERIL (18) 3 March AFTER LIFE (PG) + Sam Llewellyn 3 March UN PROPHETE (18) 4 March A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (15) 4 March MUSCLE SHOALS (PG) 4 March BENNY & JOLENE (12A) + Jamie Adams 5 March BFI FILM ACADEMY 5 March LE JOUR SE LEVE (PG) 5 & 7 March THE PATIENCE STONE (15) 5 March THE GOLDEN DREAM (15) 5 March DEATH OF A FARMER (15) + Trevor & Jack Eve 6 March ORPHEE PG) 6 March COMPUTER CHESS (15) 6 March COMPUTER CHESS (15) 6 March PAPUSZA (15) 7, 8 & 10 March AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (15) 7, 10, 11 March OUT OF THE FURNACE (15) 7 March WE ARE MANY (PG) 7 & 10 March THE MISSING PICTURE (12A) 7 - 9, 11 March INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (15) 8 March MOON MAN (U) 8 - 10 & 12 March DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (15) 8 March THE STORY OF CHILDREN & FILM (PG) 8 - 12 March THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (12A) 8 March NAIROBI HALF LIFE (15) 9 March MARIUS (12A) 9 March FANNY (PG)

9 March LEVIATHAN (PG) + Debbie Crockard 9 March THE PAST (15) 10 & 12 March BACK TO THE GARDEN (PG) + Jon Sanders 11 March THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA (15) 11 March CHEWING THE CUD 11 - 13 & 15 - 16 March THE BOOK THIEF (12A) 12 March NOBODY KNOWS (PG) 12 March HEREFORD MEDIA NETWORK: Location Hereford 12 March EXHIBITION (15) 13 March THE PASSING OF THE YEAR + Barrie Gavin 13 March WINTER NOMADS (15) 13 March IIO IIO (15) 14 March AESTHETICA SHORTS 14 March VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! (U) 14 March KISS THE WATER (PG) + Kate Swan 14 - 16 March THE MONUMENTS MEN 15 March LES NUITS DE LA PLEINE LUNE (15) 15 & 16 March THE LUNCHBOX (12A) 16 March WAKOLDA (THE GERMAN DOCTOR) (PG) 16 March TRACKS (12A) 16 March BAYOU MAHARAJAH (12A) 17 - 19 March THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (PG) 24 - 26 March FILL THE VOID (U) 24 - 27 March CUBAN FURY (15) 27 March THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (12) 28 March - 2 April THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18) 30 March - 2 April PHILOMENA (12A) 30 March MAMMA MIA! (PG) 31 March - 2 April JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (12A) Details 01432 340555

1 March ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Upton Magna VH 01743 709482 1 March RENOIR (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 1 March BLUE JASMINE Brilley VH 01544 327227

MATHEW McCONAUGHEY – His Name Isn’t Mud Beginning in 1993 with silly student rom-com DAZED AND CONFUSED, and since embracing thoughtful sci-fi drama (CONTACT) and meretricious tosh (MAGIC MIKE), two recently released films confirm the progress of 44 year-old Mathew McConaughey toward true Hollywood gold status – otherwise defined as a single name guaranteeing a box-office jackpot. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB is the most remarkable of these, with McConaughey transformed from his normal muscular self to an almost skeletal 1980s rodeo roustabout, Ron Woodroof, whose wilder sexual excesses reward him with AIDS. His response segues quickly from angry denial into a determination to beat the odds and survive, primarily by sourcing drugs that the U.S. authorities deemed illegal, and then with a hitherto untypical munificence, making them available to other sufferers. This he and his unlikely transsexual partner, Rayon (Jared Lito, best known for 2005’s LORD OF WAR), achieve by ingeniously skirting the law with the eponymous ‘Buyers Club’. Both leads are hugely impressive but it’s McConaughey’s emotional range and restless energy that dominate the movie, shot

by French Canadian Jean-Marc Vallée in record time on a minimal budget because the subject matter proved Hollywood poison.

Indeed whilst McConaughey was still recovering from his emaciated BUYERS CLUB persona, he put on a scene-stealing show as Mark Hanna, the philosophically corrupt, coke-fiend trader who mentors the wannabe tycoon (Leonardo DeCaprio, also Hollywood gold) in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. By turns hilarious, ruthless and willfully self-indulgent, it’s an utterly mesmerising performance.

Fact is, McConaughey does mesmerising as well, if not better, than any actor of his generation, possibly excepting John Cusack who, coincidentally, co-starred in THE PAPERBOY, Lee Daniels’ (THE BUTLER) gripping thriller in which a hot-shot reporter (McConaughey) revisits his sleepy Florida hometown to investigate a raciast murder. Co-starring Zac Efron as his dopey brother and Nicole Kidman in an extraordinary, award-winning turn as a trailer-trash convict groupie, THE PAPERBOY was my ‘most underrated film’ of 2012 (okay, along with HOLY MOTORS) and well worth a DVD rental.

But for now 2013’s MUD is well worth catching at Abergavenny Film. Soc. and playing a mysterious loner living beside the Mississippi befriended by two wide-eyed teenagers, McConaughey give another nuanced performance which, as with 2011’s darkly compulsive KILLER JOE, proves that the actor now has little need for major co-stars.

Mark Williams www.markswill.wordpress.com

1 March LE WEEK-END (15) Hereford WRVS Hall 01432 358104 1 March LE WEEK-END (15) Moccas VH 07776 121956 1 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 1 March UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 2 March GONE WITH THE WIND (PG) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240416 3 March ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 3 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 3 March ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (15) Church Stretton School, Church Stretton 01694 724330

3 March MUSEUM HOURS (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 4 March THE FIFTH ESTATE (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 4 March SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 4 March AESTHETICA SHORTS Hereford College of Arts 01432 273359 4 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Garway VH 01600 750465 4 March THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (15) Hereford College of Arts 01432 273359 5 March PHILOMENA (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 5 March MUSEUM HOURS (12A) Hereford College of Arts 01432 273359 5 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 5 March ROBOT AND FRANK (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295

6 March SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Brilley VH 01544 327227 6 March HANNAH ARENDT (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 6 March RENOIR (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 6 March LE WEEK-END (15) SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 6 March PHILOMENA (12A) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 6 March PHILOMENA (12A) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 7 March RUSH (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 7 March MAO’S LAST DANCER (12A) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 7 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Bedstone & Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 7 March LES MISERABLES (2012) (12A) Staunton-on-Wye VH 01981 501031

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7 March THE WAY (12A) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860717 7 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 7 March LE WEEK-END (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 7 March MAO’S LAST DANCER (12A) Cound Guildhall, Shrewsbury 01743 761451 8 March SKYFALL (12A) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 247933 8 March PHILOMENA (12A) Eastham Memorial Hall 01584 781255 8 March SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Tibberton VH 01952 550582 8 March PHILOMENA (12A) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 8 March GLORIA (15) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 8 March RUSH (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 9 March FROZEN (2013) (PG) SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 10 March SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 10 March LE WEEK-END (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 10 March PHILOMENA (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 11 March LE WEEK-END (15) Ashford Carbonell VH 01584 831574 11 March PHILOMENA (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 11 March PHILOMENA (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 11 March GRAVITY (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 11 March WADJDA (PG) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 11 March MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2013) (12A) Garway VH 01600 750465 12 March LE WEEK-END (15) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 12 March HITCHCOCK (12A) Cuddington & Sandiway VH 01606 888931 12 March LE WEEK-END (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 12 March RUSH (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 12 March STORIES WE TELL (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 13 March PHILOMENA (12A) SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 13 March THE EPIC OF EVEREST (1924) (U) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 13 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 580298

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14 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Dorstone VH 01981 550451 14 March LE WEEK-END (15) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 14 March HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 14 March SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Lingen VH 01568 770920 14 March THE EPIC OF EVEREST (1924) (U) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 14 March PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) (PG) backed by live score by jazz group, Minima. Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 14 March PHILOMENA (12A) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797451 14 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Bedstone & Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 15 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 15 March PHILOMENA (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 15 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Moccas VH 07776 121956 15 March PHILOMENA (12A) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510672 15 March PHILOMENA (12A) Yarpole VH 01568 780253 15 March LE WEEK-END (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 15 March RUSH (15) Clifton-on-Teme VH 01886 812238 15 March POPULAIRE (12A) Ryton VH 01743 718237 16 March ROMEO & JULIET (2013) (PG) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 16 March JUSTIN AND THE KNIGHTS OF VALOUR (PG) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240416 17 March RUSH (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 19 March WHAT MAISIE KNEW (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 19 March PHILOMENA (12A) Myddle VH 01939 291030 19 March PHILOMENA (12A) Pencombe Parish Hall 01885 400611 20 March LE WEEK-END (15) Claverley VH 01746 710528 20 March PHILOMENA (12A) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641657 20 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 20 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 21 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 21 March PAPADOPOULOS AND SONS (15) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 21 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888

21 March ONE CHANCE (12A) Dilwyn Cedar Hall 01544 319363 21 March PHILOMENA (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 21 March PHILOMENA (12A) Weston VH 01989 562390 22 March PHILOMENA (12A) Moccas VH 07776 121956 22 March PHILOMENA (12A) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 22 March FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (U) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 580298 22 March MUD (12A) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530530 24 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 25 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 26 March HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 27 March BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (15) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 562750 27 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) Almeley VH 01544 327195 27 March PHILOMENA (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 27 March PHILOMENA (12A) Bagley Sports and Social Club 07773 983963 27 March PHILOMENA (12A) Chelmarsh Parish Hall 01746 862884 28 March PHILOMENA (12A) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 28 March SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760423 28 March ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 28 March THE HELP (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 29 March RUSH (15) Marton VH 01938 580116 29 March PHILOMENA (12A) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 29 March GRAVITY (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 30 March PHILOMENA (12A) Uptonupon-Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 31 March HANNAH ARENDT (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 2 April HITCHCOCK (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295 3 April PHILOMENA (12A) Brilley VH 01544 327227 3 April THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (12A) SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 4 April PHILOMENA (12A) Stauntonon-Wye VH 01981 501031 4 April PHILOMENA (12A) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860717

4 April LE WEEK-END (15) Priest Weston VH 01938 561425 4 April ABOUT TIME (12) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 4 April MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2013) (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 4 April LE WEEK-END (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 4 April WADJDA (PG) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 633760 5 April SAVING MR BANKS (PG) Withington Parish Room 01743 709236 5 April PHILOMENA (12A) Aston-onClun VH 01588 660545

MONTGOMERY MOVIE CLUB 6 March BLUE JASMINE 8pm, Montgomery Institute, Montgomery, 01686 668442

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. Until 13 March THE BOOK THIEF (12A) 14 - 17 March GRAVITY (12A) 17 March BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (18) 18 - 20 March THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18) 18 - 20 March PHILOMENA (12A) 21 - 27 March AMERICAN HUSTLE (15) 28 - 31 March & 1 - 3 April THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (12A) 4 - 10 April YVES SAINT LAURENT (15) Details 01743 281281

PRESTEIGNE FILM SOC. 14 March GLORIA (15) 28 March CHILD’S POSE (15) 11 April LE WEEK-END (15) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, 01544 370202 or 01544 260577

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 3 - 5 March GRAVITY (12A) 4, 18 March, 1, 15, 22 & 29 April MINICINIE MONKEYS Free film fun for the under sevens 7, 11 & 12 March THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (12A) 10 & 11 March 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) 15 March INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (15) 17 & 18 March JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (12A) 21 & 24 March ROBOCOP (12A) 25 & 26 March LAST VEGAS (12A) 31 March, 1 & 2 April THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18) 4 & 9 April THE MONUMENTS MEN (12A) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

SITTING ROOM, LUDLOW 26 March OLD COUNTRY Starring Virg Clenthills, with introduction from Virg himself.

The Sitting Room, (Above Thai Box), 4 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free.

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS

1, 4 - 6 March THE LEGO MOVIE 2, 4 - 6 March 12 YEARS A SLAVE 7, 9, 11 - 13 March THE WOLF OF WALL STREET 7 - 9, 11 - 13 March ROBOCOP 14 - 16, 18 - 20 March THE INVISIBLE WOMAN 16, 18, 20 March INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIES 21 - 23, 25, 26 & 27 March THE BOOK THIEF 22, 23, 25 & 26 March DALLAS BUYERS CLUB 23 & 30 March TINKERBELL & THE PIRATE FAIRY 28 - 30 March CUBAN FURY Details 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN

18 March WERTHER The Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 4.55pm, 01432 340555.

19 March THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Ballet: Royal Opera House live.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141.

22 March WAR HORSE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

23 March THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Ballet: Royal Opera House encore performance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

24 March AIDA Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

24 March ELTON JOHN - THE MILLION DOLLAR PIANO Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

1 March WAR HORSE National Theatre encore screening. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5pm, 01982 552555.

27 March ELTON JOHN - THE MILLION DOLLAR PIANO Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, 01982 552555.

1 March PRINCE IGOR The Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm, 01432 340555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 5pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

30 March MUNCH 150 From the Munch Museum & National Museum, Oslo. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

2 March COSI FAN TUTTE By Mozart.

Lingen Village Hall, www.lingen.org.uk 2 March PRINCE IGOR The Met Opera live. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

7 March WAR HORSE National Theatre live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401.

30 March WAR HORSE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

30 March THE GOLDEN AGE Bolshoi Ballet. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 4pm, 01885 488575. The Courtyard, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 340555.

4 April THE DOORS Live at The Bowl ‘68. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, 01982 552555.

8 March WAR HORSE National Theatre encore screening. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 2.30pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

5 April LA BOHEME The Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.55pm, 01982 552555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 5.55pm, 01885 488575. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401.

9 March WAR HORSE Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

WORKSHOPS

15 March WERTHER The Met Opera live. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 4.55pm, 01952 728911.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 4.55pm, 01600 719401.

16 March WERTHER The Met Opera live. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555.

16 March CARMEN Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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.

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dance Dance Performance Sun 2 March ESSENCE OF IRELAND A celebration of all things Irish, featuring original choreography, stunning dancers and traditional and modern Irish music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 13 March JO FONG WITNESS Witness three exceptional dancers as they explore the making of their own choreographic portraits. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Thurs 13 March THE IRISH HOUSE PARTY Dublin’s award-winning music and dance show, featuring Irish dancing and champion musicians. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £17.50/£15, 01686 614555.

Fri 14 March THE LITTLE MERMAID BALLET THEATRE UK. The re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s all-time favourite story. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16/£15, under 16s £12, 01600 719401.

Sat 22 March MY PEOPLE GWYN EMBERTON & FOOTLOOSE. A new dance production by Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Through intricately and affecting choreography, this work explores the dark, turbulent and sometimes mythical world of Evans’ fictional village of Manteg. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £8, children £5, 01686 614555.

Sat 29 March IGNITE DANCE BLAST. Ignite is a unique project empowering young dancers to select their own professional choreographers to create new dance works for Monmouthshire Youth Dance Company, Dance Blast’s flagship youth company. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £7/£5, 01873 850805.

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Wed 9 April MANA Exceptional dancers express soul, energy and precision to a stunning backdrop of commissioned music and cuttingedge lighting design. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12./£11, 01432 340555.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40

Starting Wed 5 March PERSOMA SOMATICS New movement workshops designed for you to share, energise, relax, improve posture and alignment and listen to your body. Hereford Musical Theatre Company, Whitecross Rd, Hereford, www.persomadance.co.uk or 01432 360932.

Starting Wed 12 March BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS SALSA CLASSES 10 week course with Diana and Geoff Thomas. Titley Village Hall, beginners 6.30-8pm, improvers 8-9.30pm, £4 per person, per session, 01544 260703 or email dandgsaunton@hotmail.co.uk Fri 14 - Sun 16 March UNITY FITNESS & DANCE SALSA & FITNESS WEEKENDER Classes, performance and party. The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells, 07886 884573, info@ufdance.co.uk, www.ufdance.co.uk DANCE CLASSES AT GYM & TONIC, HAY-ON-WYE Creative, contemporary and street dance classes.

Learning new routines, creating own dances and the chance to perform. Saturdays: 8-11 yrs 9.15am-10.15am.

3-7 yrs 10.30am-11.15am. 12-16 yrs 11.30am-12.30pm.

Please contact Lauren on: 07825 914493.

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 10.1511.15am 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.

BELLYDANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA Presteigne, St Andrew’s Hall, Mondays 8.00-9.30pm. Open Level.

Leominster, Bodenham Parish Hall, Thursdays 7.309.00pm Improvers/ Returners. £25.00 per 5-week block or £7.00 pay-as-you-go. For information & other classes/ workshops. www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

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

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds.

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

Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over.

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

Mon NEW WAVE DANCE CLASSES For adults. With Dawn’s Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, £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 DANCE FACTORY All styles of dance, jazz, hip-hop, street and contemporary for ages 6-11 years old.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 5.30-6.30pm, £20 per half term, 07504 860774.

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

Transition Leominster 01568 620180.

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

No partner required. 07800 634071.

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

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

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

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711.

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.

MORE THAN MEMORIALS

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

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

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food page

The Charlton Arms, Ludlow

T

HE Charlton Arms (the ‘Charlie’) is the bestsited pub in Ludlow. In 2007 it was extended and refurbished, when a decked terrace was created at second floor level, overlooking the Teme and providing a wonderful view of the Castle and St Laurence’s Church, albeit obscured by a broad rail, foolishly placed exactly at eye height for seated punters. Despite the comprehensive reordering, somehow the revamped Charlie never seemed to realise its full potential. There were too many things not quite right about it.

Mr P is delighted that now the former landlord has decided to go, he has been replaced by a charming, energetic Frenchman, Cedric Bosi, already known in the area since his brother, Claude, arrived to open, cook and earn a brace of Michelin Stars at Hibiscus in Corve Street. In 2007, Claude went to London where punters are thicker on the ground, while Cedric stayed on to run the Bell at Yarpole whose lease the brothers had taken on two years before. Despite the success he’d made of it (earning a Bib Gourmand), in 2010 he also left, no doubt frustrated by the selfdefeating terms imposed by big, heinous PubCos. In London he helped his brother open two gastro pubs, but such was his fondness for the Marches that when the opportunity arose, he returned.

One visit to the front bar (now humming again with old regulars who’ve started coming back) and a second, for dinner in the restaurant with his Lovely Companion, have been enough to show Mr Pernickety that after just a week, the Charlie is back on the right track.

Although the inside of the pub is clearly still work in progress, most of the clumsy excesses of the old interior have been removed; the beastly swirly carpets have gone, the clumpy furniture has been arranged in a less clumpy way (though surely those ubiquitous, saggy-seated high-backed ‘leather’ chairs should be on their way out?) and two of the stained glass horrors have been moved. The lighting is warm, soft and relaxing, helped by clusters of candles on the sills of the full length windows.

The menu is honest and unpretentious, in a way which seems to reflect the area’s natural bounty. Mr P is unsure of the origins of the new chef, and on the night he ate, the sous-chef was in charge.

In any event, the food he and the LC were served more than confirmed the menu’s promise. Mrs P wanted Devilled Potted Shrimps and was pleased by the subtlety of the devilling; there was, she said approvingly, just enough of a hint of chilli to give the dish its distinctiveness, without burning her rosy cheeks. Opposite her, Mr P was soon smacking his lips over the lovely combination of Garlic and Lemon Button Mushrooms on Sourdough Toast. Unfortunately, though, their starter was let down by his choice of wine

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– an Italian Chardonnay. Mr Pernickety often samples the cheapest wine on a restaurant’s list, not simply out of parsimony, but also as a gauge for the rest of the list. Carelessly, he’d forgotten that Italians treat their chardonnay grape entirely differently to the French, or the Antipods. This was sharp and a little sour, with none of the fruitiness that grape can deliver. House wines are helpfully offered in half-litre pichets – good for diligent drivers and the liver-conscious. For his second 500ml pichet (at £12.85) Mr P ordered what was described as an ‘easy-going Rioja with a soft underbelly of raspberry, strawberry and red cherry’, which sounds like an alcopop, but turned out to be a good, light version of the genre. It went well with Mr P’s Belly Pork with Cider Sauce, Bubble & Squeak, and a stilton-stuffed apple (£13). This offered an original, stimulating palette of flavours, although to cavil a little, Mr P found the sauce was fairly bland, failing to compensate for a lack of moistness in the belly pork, but the overall effect was unusual and tasty.

The LC was thrilled with her rare Rump of Lamb (£14) on a tump of mash, backed up by a delicious dish of haricot beans, chorizo, mint and coriander.

For pudding, she thought it would be fun to compare the Charlie’s Lemon Posset with the somewhat concrete example she’d eaten with Mr P at the otherwise likeable Tally Ho at Bouldon. This posset arrived looking lovely, with four small raspberries on top. Mr P immediately ordered a second spoon, and agreed with his spouse that it was as it should be, soft, lemony and light, and, he added dreamily, as sweet as a maiden’s kiss.

The service was outstanding for this part of the world, and the bill, at c. £40 a head, not out of the way.

Mr Pernickety is delighted to see The Charlton Arms revived and looks forward to many revisits.

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

EVENTS

Sat 1 March & Sat 5 April FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm.

Wed 12 March THE LUDLOW PUDDING EXPERIENCE Dinner and seven desserts, glass of house wine and coffee.

Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £17.95, 01584 878141.

Thurs 20 March SEAFOOD DEMONSTRATION, SUPPER & WINE TASTING EVENING Demonstration of fresh fish preparation by M&J Seafood and wine tasting by Mark Braithwaite from Momentum Wines. Includes a two-course supper. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 7pm, 01694 724441.

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.

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

More info: www.andysbread.co.uk/pizzas

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 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-12.30pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

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 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 HAT SHOP RESTAURANT, PRESTEIGNE 01544 260017 A friendly Bistro Style restaurant offering lunches and evening meals, Monday through to Saturday.

We use quality local produce all sourced within the local area, together with an extensive hand picked wine list.

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.

THE POP UP CHEF Email chrisric7@yahoo.co.uk or Phone 01544 267802 www.thepopupchef.co.uk WE TAKE CARE OF THE CATERING ARRANGEMENTS, SO YOU ENJOY THE EVENT! We take away the stress of organising and delivering your event, leaving you free to get ready and enjoy. If you need to host a dinner party or a catering event, we would be happy to help, hiring ‘the thepopupchef’. We would consult with you on your chosen menu, shop, cook, serve & clean up afterwards. Whether an intimate meal for two people or a dinner party for twenty or more, we can create and deliver. Special and Affordable — Your Personal Chef’s. Let personal chef’s Maria & Christina present to you a luxurious and distinctive approach to entertaining family and friends in your own home.

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.

SUGAR & SPICE CAFE BISTRO, Park Crescent, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824442 Friendly, family run cafe bistro located near the entrance to the beautiful Rock Park.

Homemade locally sourced breakfast and day menus, carte du jour, fresh ground Italian coffee and a warm welcome offered daily. Evening bistro specialising in Mediteranean and World cuisine from mid May onwards. Booking recommended, unlicenced - BYO, free wifi, disabled access, hire us for your special occasion evening!

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

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music

MARCH Sat 1 March

LITTLE RUMBA The New Strand Inn, Eardisley, 01544 327285.

ROY ORBISON & FRIENDS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19, 01743 281281.

WILL KILLEEN BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

ROCK ISLAND LINE WITH LONNIE DONEGAN JNR. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, £15.00, 01600 772467.

ADAM HODSON Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SHENANIGANS Featuring Baila La Cumbia, Columbian and Latin flavours. The Globe, Hay-onWye, 8pm, £10, 01497 821762.

JOHN HARDMAN BAND The Bull Hotel, Ludlow.

CLASSIC CLAPTON Mike Hall as Eric Clapton. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01874 611622.

OPEN MIC Greyhound Inn, Llangullo, 01547 550400.

MADI STIMPSON & PAUL SMITH The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

STOMP & HOLLER New Orleans blues. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 811442.

OPEN MIC For ages 14-25. Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells. For booking and information, 07852 216164.

SOUL PREACHERS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

TRIO GITAN The evocative sounds of Parisian cafe music. Bedstone and Hopton Castle Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£4/£22, 01547 530282. Arts Alive.

Sun 2 March EARL Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

CHRIS QUINN The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

JOHN HYMAS AND JEREMY FISHER John Hymas (violin and viola) and Jeremy Fisher (piano) play a programme which includes Brahms, Britten and Cesar Frank. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm, £10 on the door (includes tea and cake).

TREVOR BURTON BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

ESSENCE OF IRELAND Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

DUNCAN CHISHOLM Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281.

SULTANA BROTHERS Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821.

ST DAVID’S DAY CONCERT Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £8/£7, 01873 850805.

LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

Wed 5 March MICRO BABY Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

THE DRAGON BAND 11 piece band playing jazz, swing, Latin, standards etc. The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, free, 01686 668359.

Thurs 6 March OPEN MIC The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

CHRIS WOODS Acoustic guitarist. Lyde Court, Hereford, 8pm, £9 adults, £6 under 18s, 01432 357753.

LOU WATLING The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

SYLVASTEEL The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

Fri 7 March WORRIED MEN Rock and blues. Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford.

TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO ‘Grappelli and Vivaldi’. High-energy brand of gypsy swing, folk and jazzed up classical tunes. Eardisley Curzon Herrick Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5, 01544 327844. Arts Alive.

BORDERLINE BLUES BAND The Salopian, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

SHROPSHIRE STRUMMERS Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

SCARY LITTLE GIRLS ‘It’s Your Round!’ A pub quiz extraordinaire. For ages 14+.

Shipton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5, 01694 771790. Arts Alive.

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

Shenanigans - Baila La Cumbia

VO AND TYLER Fancy finger picking guitar duo and transatlantic songs. The Granary, Leominster, 8pm, 2-course meal £17, 01568 614290 to book.

GREY WOLF Old-time American and acoustic music.

The Morgan, 52 Clarence Rd, Malvern, 3pm, free, 01684 578575.

Mon 3 March

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Tues 4 March

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

STEVE EDWARDS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

SEAN SAYE The Exchange, Newtown.

BAD HAIR DAY The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

THE COMPANY OF FOOLS With Dirty Ray and the gang. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, donation entry, 01497 821762.

RESTLESS DOG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

RHAPSODY QUEEN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19-£17, 01743 281281.

KAYTOWN White Horse Inn, Clun.

20 YEARS OF CONCERTS FOR CRASWALL Featuring Katharine Gowers, Tom Hankey, James Boyed, Amy Norrington and Martijn Vink. Programme includes Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

St Michael’s Church Michaelchurch Escley, 7.30pm, £15, 01981 510332, www.concertsforcraswall.org

Sat 8 March SCARY LITTLE GIRLS See 7 March for details. Longden Village Hall, 8pm, £8/£5, 01743 861100.

Arts Alive.

TASHA The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

TENBURY MAYOR’S VARIETY SHOW Hosted by professional comedian, Lloyd Hollett. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

MIKE HOLLOWAY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SHENANIGANS Featuring WubWubWub, house and techno. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £3, 01497 821762.

FLOYD EARL The Bull Hotel, Ludlow.

BAGGAGE HANDLERS Beer in Hand, Eign Street, Hereford, 8pm.

NAOMI PAYNE’S HOTSY TOTSY BAND Vintage ball with proceeds going to the Lydbury North Primary School. Music from the 20s-50s. Walcot Hall, Lydbury North, 7.30pm, £15 which includes drink on arrival and canapes, dance instruction, 01584 879799.

AFTER DARK Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

CAPITAL WINDS Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, wind quintet.

Programme includes Farkas, Debussy, Hindemith, Barber, Holst and Ibert.

Community Hall, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £8, under 14s £3, 01544 350268.

Music in New Radnor.

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Thurs 13 March

Tim Kliphuis Trio

GERSOM ENGELS The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

WILL KILLEEN Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

THE IRISH HOUSE PARTY Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £17.50/£15, 01686 614555.

MAGIC Featuring Queen’s greatest hits.

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £17, 01873 850805.

Fri 14 March Sat 8 March GARAGE BAND The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HERR BACH - JUNIOR! With Ludlow Choral Society and Orchestra. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15 and £10, children half price, 01584 875053.

THREE’S ENOUGH FUNDRAISER Raising funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Live music performed thoughout the day. Bucknell Memorial Hall, Chapel Lawn Rd, Bucknell, 2pm-late, £5 includes a bowl of homemade soup, tea and coffee will be provided.

WHALEBONE Acoustic trio. Birchmeadow, Broseley, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, £9 on the door.

Tickets from Downes’ & Davis’, Broseley or WeGotTickets.com FIELD NOTES Composer Howard Skempton and artist Matthew Harris have each created a brand new work. Harris’s freestanding textile artwork using old maps of Shropshire and graphic scores as starting points, four members of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group perform.

Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£30, 01939 238279. Arts Alive.

TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO See 7 March for details. Chelmarsh Parish Hall, 7.30pm, £9/£6 including refreshments, 01746 862104.

Arts Alive.

Sun 9 March

SARAH NEWBOLD & MICHAEL BLACKMORE Flute and piano. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6, from Gill’s Gifts, Leominster or 01568 611588.

HONEYBOY HICKLING BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

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ONLY MEN ALOUD The Classical Brit Award winners.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

THE CHICAGO SWING KATZ Traditional jazz and swing. The Brooklands Hotel, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm, £5, 07831 383636.

ALBINO FROGS A great party band. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO See 7 March for details. Priest Weston Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5, 01938 561425. Arts Alive.

Wed 12 March THE DRAGON BAND 11 piece band playing jazz, swing, Latin, and standards. The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, free, 01686 668359.

OPEN MIC With Wayne Martin. White Horse Inn, Clun.

HUW WARREN ‘Tails for Wales’. Fusing jazz, improvised and contemporary classical styles. Also featuring a preperformance at 6.30pm, in the Jazz Bar of jazz musicians from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

PAUL WALKER & KAREN PFEIFFER Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

Clare Teal

TCHA LIMBERGER’S BUDAPEST GYPSY ORCHESTRA Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 8pm, £15/£13, 01873 850805.

ANDY O’BRIEN The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

TERESSA Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

NICKI ROUS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

FRIDAY LIVE Featuring The Radnor Improvisers, contemporary classical music.

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

DAWSON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring The Sarah Smith Quartet.

The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £7/£3.50, 01384 377797.

CUSTARD CONNECTION Malthouse, Ironbridge.

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

BRIAN COPSEY The Exchange, Newtown.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Borderlines Film Fes�val

Sun March 2nd 2.30pm Epic of Everest Fri March 7th 8pm Renoir Sunday March 9th 2.30pm Gone with the Wind Fri March 14th 8pm Philomena Sun March 16th 8pm Romeo & Juliet

Live on Stage

Tues/Wed March 4/5th, 7pm Treasure Island (St Richards School)

Live Broadcasts

Wed March 19th 7.15pm Royal Opera HouseThe Sleeping Beauty Fri March 28th Private Lives recorded live from the West End Sun March 30th 4pm Bolshoi Ballet live from Moscow Marco Spada

Box ofďŹ ce 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

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URSULA HOLDEN GILL An evening of story and song. Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 8pm, £10 includes supper, bring your own drinks, 01544 318089.

Sun 16 March MUSO CENTRALE Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

THE GASTRIC BAND The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

JACK THE BISCUIT Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

WENLOCK OLYMPIAN ARTS FESTIVAL 2014 See 15 March for details. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 01952 728911. Full details and entry forms at www.wenlock-olympian-society.org

Mon 17 March

Castle Street Quartet

Fri 14 March NEW ROPE STRING BAND An indefinable confusion of music, comedy and circus. Habberley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£30, 01743 790179. Arts Alive.

CLARE TEAL BBC Radio 2 broadcaster and queen of swing. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £18, 01743 281281.

VILLAGE QUIRE ‘Precious Bane’, the story of love and ambition through words and music.

Colwall Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01684 540300 or 01432 355111, www.concern-universal.org

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown.

THE AGE OF PLASTIC The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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

STOLEN COMFORT Greyhound Inn, Llangullo, 9pm, free, 01547 550400.

FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MATT JOHNSON The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

Sat 15 March

MORRISTON ORPHEUS CHOIR With soprano Ros Evans. The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, China St, Llanidloes, 7pm, £10, 01686 614555.

All proceeds in aid of Rotary charities.

SHENANIGANS Featuring Hereford Soul Choir.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4, 01497 821762.

PIGDAZE High energy semi-acoustic toe tappers.

The King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 9pm.

BRANDENBURG BACH SOLOISTS Featuring David Wright - harpsichord and Fiona Slominaka - flute.

Programme includes Handel, Vivaldi and Bach. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £16/£14, 01873 850805.

XL5 Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

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HOT FINGERS Jump-jive to swing. Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall, 7.15pm for supper, music from 8pm, £12.50 includes a ploughman’s supper, 01600 890640.

DREWS BREW Community Centre, Ledbury.

WALES AND NUBIA Singer, Sian James and guitarist, Gai Toms alongside traditional Nubian frame drummers from Egypt. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

THE TRISTAN CHORD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES Professor John Pickard. Christ Church, Edde Cross St. Ross. Visitors welcome £6, 01989 567750. Ross-on-Wye Classical Music Society.

ST PATRICK’S NIGHT Featuring The Ronaldos. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

Tues 18 March JAZZ AT THE BAR Featuring Debs Hancock who sings with the Dave Cottle Trio. The Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £6 on the door, 01874 611622.

CLASSIC LEGENDS OF ROCK & FOLK Featuring The Strawbs, Curved Air and Wishbone Ash. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 19 March

RETROFLECTORS The Bull Hotel, Ludlow.

DAMNED NATIONS Featuring singer Sian James and guitarist Gai Toms, alongside traditional Nubian frame drummers Nuba Nour from Egypt. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £10, 01686 614555.

CASTLE STREET QUARTET Music from the shows, through to jazz and swing. Plus dine on a tasty Bangla lounge curry. Coronation Hall, Kingsland, 7pm, £15. Tickets from Kingsland Post Office 01568 708201 or Rectory 01568 708255. In aid of Kingsland Church.

CHORDRUSH Fusion of jazz, funk and Latin.

The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

THE DRAGON BAND 11 piece band playing jazz, swing, Latin, standards etc. The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, free, 01686 668359.

WENLOCK OLYMPIAN ARTS FESTIVAL 2014 Creative writing, choral speaking, dance and music. Open to all young people aged up to 18 years. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 01952 728911.

Full details and entry forms at www.wenlock-olympian-society.org

DEREK GRIPPER & GERARD COUSINS Welsh traditional airs, Malian and world music. Y Neuadd Goffa, Christ College, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 624834.

GLASBURY ARTS Saturday, 22 March, 2014, 7.30pm, Drama Studio, Gwernyfed High School

An evening with Jacqui Dankworth

(Supported by Night Out scheme) Joyful, playful, passionate, enigma�c, top jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth always breathes her unique personality into her performance.

Her most recent album, It Happens Quietly, was recorded with her late father, John Dankworth – “A seriously good album in the classic mould, beau�fully sung and wri�en and superbly played” The Guardian.

Jacqui also appears in the Oscar-winning Les Miserables.

Ticket prices: £11 full price, £9 concessions (unwaged, students, over-60s).

10% Member’s discount applies to both prices.

Pre-event meals available at the River Café Glasbury, book direct on 01497 847007, two-course meals are at the special Glasbury Arts price of £11.50.

Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Cra� Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or online at www.glasburyarts.co.uk

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CARA DILLON Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £18.50, 01743 281281.

MIDNIGHT RUNNER Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MUSIC AT THE EDGE Featuring The Will Pound Band. A mix of English, Irish and Northumbrian tunes with jazz, bluegrass and blues.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £12, 01952 728911.

SOUTHERN CROSS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

FIELD NOTES See 8 March for details. Lyde Court, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01432 357753. Arts Alive.

Jacqui Dankworth

Thurs 20 March RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £32.50-£22.50, 01743 281281.

LOU WHATLING The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

FIELD NOTES See 8 March for details. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01588 630321. Arts Alive.

Fri 21 March THE CBSO CELLO ENSEMBLE Programme includes Vivaldi to Dave Brubeck. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10, students £5, 01432 383663.

DAI ROBS The Exchange, Newtown.

GAIL DAVIES A rare visit to mid-Wales of Nashville singer/songwriter Gail with Rob Price (bass/vocals) and Dave Luke (guitar/ vocals). St Andrew’s Church Hall, Presteigne, £10 advance only, 07967 029159 or daveluke1@hotmail.com BORDERLINE BLUES BAND The White Horse, Clun, 9pm.

HANK WANGFORD Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £13/£10 or 4 tickets for £44, 01584 878141.

ROB WHYTE Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

THE MAGIC OF THE BEATLES Celebrating the 50th anniversary of A Hard Day’s Night. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19.50, 01874 611622.

TOUCH TOO MUCH The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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BLAKE PLOWMAN Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

Sat 22 March THE CBSO CELLO ENSEMBLE See 21 March for details. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10, students £5, 01432 383663.

THIS WAY UP Malthouse, Ironbridge.

BEN JOHNSON & JAMES BAILLIEU Tenor and piano. Henderson Hall, Moor Park, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18, students £6, 01584 876141, www.ludlowmusicsociety.org.uk STEVIE YEOMANS The Bull Hotel, Ludlow.

Sat 22 March AN EVENING WITH JACQUI DANKWORTH Enigmatic, top jazz singer. Drama Studio, Gwernyfed High School, 7.30pm, £11/£9, 01497 847426.

Glasbury Arts.

OCD Plus Reggie Pie (upstairs). Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

SHENANIGANS Featuring Funky Dung, dancefloor jazz.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2, 01497 821762.

THOMPSON OLDEN The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY ‘The Canterbury Pilgrims’. Hereford Sinfonia. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £25-£10, 0845 4633124. tickets@herefordchoralsociety.org FERGUSSEN ELLIOT The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

DREWS BREW Red Lion, Pembridge.

THE SARAH SMITH QUARTET Celtic reels and 1930s swing. See workshops. Carad Theatre, Rhayader, 7pm, £7, 01597 810561.

CWMBACH MALE CHOIR Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £13, students £11, 01600 719401.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents Jean Toussaint. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, members £10, under 16s £6, 01743 234970.

Sun 23 March DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE PIANO PLUS 3 Programme includes Richard Francis, Morfydd Owen, William Mathias and Edward Elgar. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £10, students £6, from Gill’s Gifts, Leominster or 01568 611588.

THE CLIVEDEN SET Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

TASHA The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

WOODEN HORSE Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

MUSIC AT THE EDGE Featuring The Armed Man. Performed

by Shifnal Chorale and Shropshire Chamber Orchestra. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £10, 01952 728911.

Wed 26 March THE DRAGON BAND The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, free, 01686 668359.

DAY LEVEL Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

Thurs 27 March JACK BRETT The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

BALLADEERS & CHANCERS The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, 07837 944090, www.balladeersandchancers.com LITTLE RUMBA The Vaults, Bishops Castle

Fri 28 March

PASSADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA Alington Hall, Shrewsbury School, 7.30pm, £18, £9 young people, 01743 367482.

FRIDAY LIVE Featuring The Village Quire’s Precious Bane. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £6.50, 01497 821762.

SALSA CELTICA Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01743 281281.

INDIE DOG HOUSE Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

STEVE MARSDEN Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas,

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.

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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Manran

BEN & SAM The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

HEREFORD CONCERT SOCIETY Present O Duo. Programme includes Albeniz, JS Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev and more. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18, HCS members £15, students £5, children under 16 £3, 01432 340555.

Fri 4 April THE PEATBOG FAERIES From traditional jigs and reels throught jazz, hip hop, reggae and more.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £16 or four for £50, 01584 878141.

Fri 28 March MANRAN A powerful combination of Gaelic and English songs underpinned by driving accordion, fiddle, flute, drum and base.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281.

KIM DICKINSON - TOP OF THE WORLD Featuring The Carpenter’s songs.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

BORDER BEAT The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CHRIS QUINN Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

ELO EXPERIENCE Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £17, 01873 850805.

LOST THE PLOT Malthouse, Ironbridge.

FIELD NOTES See 8 March for details. Kingsland Coronation Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£5/£28, 015568 709579. Arts Alive.

Sat 29 March KNOXVILLE HIGHWAY COUNTRY SHOW Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £5, students £3, 01432 383663.

WILL KILLEEN Plus Asylum (upstairs). Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

GREGYNOG YOUNG MUSICIAN Celebrating 10 years of Competition.

Free during the day to listen to the semi- final round. An evening concert 7pm. Gregynog Hall, Tregynon, Newtown, £12.50 and a two course pre concert dinner costing £15.50 at 5.30pm, 01686 650224. www.gregynogymc.co.uk.

CHORDRUSH The Red Lion, Cradley, near Malvern, 01886 880318.

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FLETCH The Hopton Arms, Ashperton, Ledbury.

STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Hundred House Inn, Purslow, 01588 660541 KRAZY LEGS Malthouse, Ironbridge.

FAUSTUS Saul Rose, Benji Kirkpatrick and Paul Sartin. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13/£12, 01982 552555.

AMBER LIZZARD The Bull Hotel, Ludlow.

BRING THE ROPE The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 9pm, 01584 872012.

JIGSAW SOUND CHOIR Mixed adult choir based in Shrewsbury.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £7.50, 01584 878141.

Sun 30 March POSH FROCK AND BEAT BOX Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

DAVE BLACK The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

TOMMY ALLEN & JOHNNY HEWITT Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

CHORDRUSH Jazz, funk and Latin. Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821.

APRIL

Wed 2 April THE DRAGON BAND The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, free, 01686 668359.

Thurs 3 April

GREN BARTLEY BAND Studio Theatre, Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £10/£8, 01432 340555.

THE WELLBERRIES The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

MACIEK PYSZ TRIO An awesome internation jazz trio.

Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

UNDER THE FRIDGE White Horse Inn, Clun.

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CURTIS ELLERS AMERICAN CIRCUS An intriguing banjo-playing singer/songwriter. Club night with cabaret seating and space to dance. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £10 from No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne and www.wegottickets. com AARON BOOTON Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

THE MAGIC OF THE BEATLES Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 8pm, £18.50, 01905 611427.

FASCINATING AIDA The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20, 01432 340555.

Music Workshops

Mon 3 - Fri 7 March & Mon 21 - Fri 25 April WOODWIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIR COURSE General woodwinds with Trevor Head.

Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, £605, 01547 550622, 07971 083089, email: trevorhead@btinternet.com Sat 8 & Sun 9 March ADVANCED WOODWIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIR COURSE Including double reeds and saxophone with Trevor Head.

Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, £320, 01547 550622, 07971 083089, email: trevorhead@btinternet.com Sat 8 March SING INTO SPRING With Sue Harris. No experience necessary, all welcome. Brilley Village Hall, 10.30am-4.30pm, £15/£12, tea/coffee provided, bring packed lunch, 01547 560950 or 01497 820177.

Sun 9 March FAMILY MUSIC MAZE A fun, creative participatory workshop for children aged 8 - 11 and an accompanying adult, led by BCMG Director of Learning and Participation and

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musicians. Bring an instrument if you play one, but this is not necessary. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 10am-2pm, 01588 630321 to book your place, free. Arts Alive.

Sat 15 March COME-AND-SING DAY WORKSHOP: MOZART’S REQUIEM For singers of all ages, ability and experience, non-singers and audience welcome. St Mary’s Church, Kington, 10.30am registration, lunch/tea breaks, £2 score hire, £12 singers, £6 under 25s, under 18s free, 07968 044853.

Kington Choral Society.

Sat 15 March RENAISSANCE DANCE WORKSHOP FOR DANCERS & INSTRUMENTALISTS Border Marches Early Music Forum workshop. Tutor is early dance specialist Mary Collins. Community Leisure Centre, Lady Hawkins School, Kington, 10am-4.30pm, £16 for EMF members, £18 non-members, £5 students, 01544 267397 or email fjjohnstone@btinternet.

Sat 22 March STRING WORKSHOP FOR ALL AGES With Sarah Smith. Carad Theatre, Rhayader, 5-6pm workshop with the potential to join in a concert at 7pm. £7 workshop only, £12 workshop and participation in concert, £7 concert only, 01597 810561.

Sat 5 April CLAWHAMMER BANJO WORKSHOP With Dan Walsh. Glanings Centre, Crosfields, Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, 10am-4pm, £50 includes light lunch and refreshments, 01743 891412, www.gleanings.co.uk.

See also gig, 5 April.

Mon 17 - Fri 21 March + Mon 15 - Fri 15 August STRINGED INSTRUMENT REPAIR Foundation course with Trevor Head. Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, £320, 01547 550622, 07971 083089, email: trevorhead@btinternet.com

Sat 12 April BORDER MARCHES EARLY MUSIC FORUM WORKSHOP on Baroque music from Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Ouro Preto. A workshop for singers with tutor, Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor and artistic director of Ex Cathedra, whose performances of Latin American Baroque music are widely acclaimed. Grange Court, Leominster. 10am - 4.30pm, £18 for Early Music Fora members, £20 for non-members, £5 for students. Tel. Sue Russell on 01568 780559 or email peterandsuerussell@btinternet.com, com, www.bmemf.org.uk

Deadline before Fri 21 March SPRING INTO SUMMER! The Friends of Ludlow Arts have funding available to support bright ideas for local art projects. In any genre - music, art, poetry, drama and created by one-man bands or local groups, young or old. For delivery/public performance during Ludlow Arts Festival 14 - 16 June. Find out more and/or send your ideas to www.friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk or email funding@friendsofludlowartsfestiv al.org.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

Sat 26 & Sun 27 April & Sat 14 & Sun 15 June SAXOPHONE REPAIR WEEKEND Specialist course with Trevor Head. Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, £320, 01547 550622, 07971 083089, email: trevorhead@btinternet.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@charlott ebulleymusic.info or call 01547 540603.

We are looking for a Local Manager (Volunteer) Part-�me in Ludlow/Leominster/Presteigne or nearby, to assist our Management Team.

Tasks include assistance with raising our local profile, advance organisa�on of concerts, produc�on of printed material, publicity, �cket sales and front-of-house du�es at our 4 concerts in early August.

Please obtain the full role descrip�on from jimpywell@gmail.com before applying.

Visit www.bisyoc.com to learn more.

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SESSIONS back next month

The Big Art Show 19th & 20th July 2014

West Midland Show Ground, Shrewsbury

www.thebigartshow.co.uk

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.

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 352300 THE RETREAT, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL OAK, Presteigne, 01544 260842.

TALBOT HOTEL, Tregaron, 01974 298719 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THEATR HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 625007 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 01743 362622

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band directory 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.

AVENUE NINE - Male fronted 4-piece, available for pubs, parties, functions and weddings. Songs to dance to from 60s to modern day. Contact 01568 709466, https://www.facebook.com/avenuenineuk BABY BOOMER MUSIC. Respected electro-acoustic guitarist/singer with huge repertoire of songs and instrumentals from the 60s and 70s, especially Beatles, Paul Simon, James Taylor. Available for birthdays, anniversaries, functions. Friendly and professional.

Call Ray Stroud 07962 916333 or email raystrack@talo5. plus.com 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.

BANDAMANIA Bright and Breezy traditional music for ceilidhs, local and special events. Multi-instrumental community band with own caller Contact Sue Harris 01547 560950.

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.

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

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

Contact Bill Pitt on 01584 819394.

DIRTY RAY Renegade roots. ‘Gut-bucket, workbench blues’ Mojo. ‘Plug him in and watch him go!’ Sheep Music. 01982 560710 / 07904 079469 www.dirtyray.co.uk 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@flat-world.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!

THE HERBERT SPLIFFINGTON ALLSTARS featuring SATCH DIXON Excellent ska, reggae, calypso and jazz 5/8 piece with Satch Dixon, charismatic Jamaican vocal/percussionist who has worked with Bob Marley.

Also The Art Blank Combo - groove/latin/jazz/reggae 4 piece + Sir Lord Herbert - World Music DJ. 0781 2512891, pete.beresford@yahoo.co.uk.

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. Featuring the legendary John Hardman on guitar and vocals. We play some originals + Tull, The Stones, The Who, Hendrix and much more. We’re a hungry new band made up of experienced musicians. We play pubs, halls, weddings, festivals. Give Tim a ring on 07581 420869.

See on myspace.com/johnhardmanband JON WATSON - Boogie Woogie, jazz and blues piano and vocals. Taking bookings now. Solo or trio available 01432 266591 or 07954 288163 jon.watson4@talktalk.net 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.

KEYGREEN An Acoustic melting pot of sonorous vocal harmonies, guitar, sax, clarinet, harmonica and percussion. Original music and carefully chosen covers led by Herefordshire based brother and sister duo Tom and Nicky Jaques. KeyGreen play as a duo but also work with several other local musicians for full band gigs - their unique sound is a great backdrop for pub and festival gigs or small intimate venues. Contact Nicky or Tom for more info. www.keygreenmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/KeyGreenMusic nickyjaquesmusic@gmail.com 07817 268689 / 078377 13384.

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 BOB MARSHALL "The Entertainer" Solo vocalist/ guitarist/entertainer, performing an assortment of covers from 50s to the 90s, from The Monkees to Meatloaf and all sorts in between. Available for pubs, bars, weddings and parties etc. With over 25 years experience.

“The Entertainer” always delivers a good time. Please phone for more details 01981 250775 / 07990 800217.

Email: bob1marshall@hotmail.co.uk 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.

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 Ceilidhs, weddings, parties, special occasions. Traditional Folk Music. 01686 411147 or 01686 621156

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.

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, ear-catching 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 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

March THE JOKER & THE WHITE FEATHER OWEN LEWIS PORTABLE THEATRE COMPANY present a double bill of one-act plays. The White Feather is a poignant tale of the heroism of the ordinary man in World War 1, while The Joker, which includes original songs, looks at the trials and tribulations of a stand-up comedian.

1 March - Hales Club, Almington Rd, Hales.

7 March - The Adam Ballroom, Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. 15 March - SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle.

Details of times and prices www.olptc.com Sat 1 March MONTGOMERY YOUNG FARMERS CLUB FESTIVAL Showcasing the theatrical talent of Young Farmers from Trefeglwys, Llanfyllin and Dyffryn Tanat. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7pm, £8, 01686 614555.

Sun 2 March BUILTH YOUNG FARMERS CLUB Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2.30pm & 7pm, £8, £5 11s and under, 01982 552555.

Tues 4 & Wed 5 March TREASURE ISLAND ST RICHARD’S SCHOOL. When young Jim Hawkins finds a map, he opens a tale of intrigue, cruelty and greed.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, £6/£5, 01885 488575.

Tues 4 - Fri 7 March THE HUSBANDS KALI AND PENTABUS THEATRE. An explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose.

4 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01743 281281. 5 March - Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, 7.30pm, 01902 321321. 7 March - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01584 878141.

Thurs 6 March IMAGINE: THE EVOLUTION OF MAGIC Jamie Allan, recently seen on ‘The One Show’, with a show where modern technology meets ancient magic.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £20-£17.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 6 – Sat 8 March at 7.30pm THE MONKEY’S PAW AND GARLIC & LAVENDER OFF CENTRE THEATRE presents a spooky double bill of one-act plays. The Monkey’s Paw, a working-class family is granted three wishes – all of which come true, in a macabre and unexpected way. In Garlic and Lavender, there is the surly villager, the vampire expert and innocent maidens. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, £8, 01600 772467.

Dylan Thomas: Clown In The Moon

Sat 8 March SOLO FOR LU Based on the personal story of a Chinese actress and singer who lives in Prague. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Thurs 13 March HOW TO BE IMMORTAL PENNY DREADFUL. A bold, humorous and original play about love, science, death and the things we leave behind. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14/£12, 01743 281281.

Thurs 13 - Sat 15 March HEREFORD COUNTY DRAMA FESTIVAL One-act plays from drama groups in the county.

Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £8 or £21 for all three days, 01432 340555.

Fro 14 March ALAN DREW - PSYCHIC EVENING The Archibald Club, Castle Hill, Whitchurch, 8pm, 01743 272880 or 01948 804901. Fundraising for Bethphage, which provides services for adults with learning difficulties in Shropshire.

Sat 15 March NORTHANGER ABBEY BOX TALE SOUP. With the appearance of beautiful paper puppets and handmade costumes and props, this production stretches the imagination and brings out every last drop of Austen’s wit, playfulness and humour.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £8 from No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne and on the door.

Thurs 20 March WE WILL BE FREE The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the farmers from Dorset who stood up for what was right. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12, 01600 772467.

Fri 21 March DYLAN THOMAS: CLOWN IN THE MOON Celebrating 100 years since Thomas’ birth, Clown In the Moon is a dramatic portrait of the poet’s chaotic, frequently hilarious, and all too brief life. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £12/£11, 01982 552555.

Fri 21 March CALL MR ROBESON Paul Robeson is a world famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. This roller coaster journey through Robeson’s remarkable life highlights how his radical activism caused him to be disowned. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £10, 01686 614555.

Tues 25 March MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS With their latest production, Park Gorkogo. Featuring superstar clowns Splendid Pavlik and Klava. Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm & 8pm, £15-£27/£19-£24, 01432 340555.

Wed 26 March DEREK ACORAH Voted Britain’s Favourite Male Medium. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01600 772467.

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Thurs 27 & Fri 28 March TWELFTH NIGHT CONQUEST YOUTH (SENIOR GROUP). A magical journey of illusion, deception, disguises, madness and the extraordinary things that love will cause us to do.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, £7/£5, 01885 488575.

March Live Events Fri 7 March, 7.30pm

The Husbands

An explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose from Shropshire’s celebrated Pentabus theatre company. Featuring a pre-show chat with the play’s writer & artistic director in celebration of International Women’s Day from 6.15pm.

Friday 21 March, 8pm

Hank Wangford and the Lost Cowboys Hank has picked at the miserable underbelly of country music for thirty years and now returns to Ludlow for a special show with his full band.

Cecily Sash: Artist & Teacher The second book on this celebrated South African born artist, now living and working in Presteigne.

Lavishly illustrated.

Plus CD of conversation between the artist & Charles MacCarthy.

Lucy Worsley

Lucy’s talk ties in with her latest BBC TV series, examining Britain’s cultural obsession with murder.

Friday 4 April, 8pm

Peatbog Faeries

£30 – book + CD. Available from The Workhouse & The Rowan Tree, Presteigne and Amazon.com (+p & p)

We ALFI

Thursday 27 March, 7.30pm

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

These folk legends blend high-octane Celtic beats with traditional, foot-stompin’ Scottish music…Be prepared to dance!

March films

Films: 12 Years a Slave, The Patience Stone, Kiss The Water, All Is Lost, American Hustle, The Innocents, Mandela, The Wolf Of Wall St, Inside Llewyn Davis and many more!

Live streamings: The Sleeping Beauty, War Horse, Otello.

Box Office 01584 878141

www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

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Sat 29 March SING SOMETHING SIMPLE DARK HORSE THEATRE. Spencer can’t sing, but everyone around him can. Fed up with living in the shadows we join him in his quest for musical fame. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14/£12, 01743 281281.

Thurs 3 - Sat 5 April SOUTH PACIFIC NEWTOWN MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. Passion and prejudice on a South Pacific island during WWII...

Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £12/£11, family £42, 01686 614555.

Sat 29 March HEREFORDSHIRE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL A week of performances of music, drama and dance, culminating with a gala concert of the highlights of the week. Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £8/£6, 01432 340555.

Tues 8 - Sat 12 April HIGH SOCIETY AAODS. Enter the world of servants, suave men, beautiful ladies and all things High Society. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, £11, 01873 850805.

Fri 4 & Thurs 10 April STATES OF VERBAL UNDRESS RASA THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. A poignant, funny and insightful look at what happens when new identities slip.

4 April - Pentabus Theatre, Bromfield, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01584 856564. 10 April - Brilley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5, 01544 327227. Arts Alive.

Sat 5 April AN EVENING OF MEDIUMSHIP WITH TV PSYCHIC TONY STOCKWELL It’s not creepy or kooky, mysterious or spooky. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Thurs 6 - Sat 8 March THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD CONCEPT PLAYERS. Based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished book. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £10, 01873 850805.

Thurs 13 - Sat 15 March WE WILL ROCK YOU LUDLOW COLLEGE STUDENTS. Set in the future where mindless manufactured music is the norm and everyone is the same, hope of breaking free rests with an unlikely resistance. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 01584 878141.

Wed 19 - Sat 22 March PRINCESS IDA HEREFORD GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY present this tale of two rival kingdoms with a prince and princess married in babyhood! Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm and 2.30pm on Saturday, £16-£14/£14-£12, 01432 340555.

Fri 21 & Sat 22 March OFF THE SCALE SHOOSHOOBABY. Cabaret with witty new arrangements of well-known songs by an eclectic cast of composers.

21 March - St Leonard’s Church, Yarpole, 7.30pm, £8.50/£5/£25, 01568 780874. 22 March - Leintwardine Community Centre, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£28, 01547 540627.

Arts Alive.

Fri 21 & Sat 22 March AROUND THE WORLD WITH GILBERT & SULLIVAN WORCESTER GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY present a brand new fun-filled show suitable for all the family.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 01432 383663.

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Sun 23 March TEA WITH PUCCINI Soprano, Viginia Blakey presents Tea With Puccini, an expose of the great man’s life, loves and music through the eyes of his wife Elvira. A traditional afternoon tea can be purchased in advance. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 3pm, £9, or £12 with afternoon tea, 01600 772467.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Sat 1 March RUMPELSTILTSKIN Ruby, a poor miller’s daughter is forced to spin straw into gold when her drunken father boasts she can. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 1.30pm & 6pm, £7.50/£7, 01873 850805.

Fri 21 March GRANDPA’S RAILWAY M6 THEATRE COMPANY. Imagine a railway that fits iin one room and can travel a lifetime in one afternoon.

Featuring a working model railway, live music and two very playful characters. For ages 5+. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 6.30pm, £6.50, family ticket £24, 01873 850805.

Sat 22 March TOMTEN When all is quiet on the farm, when everyone is asleep, when the snow covers the ground and stars twinkle - that’s when Tomten wakes up. He watches over everyone on the farm without them ever knowing. Studio Theatre, Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, £8/£7, Kids Club £6.50, 01432 340555.

Tues 8 & Wed 9 April WASH BIRDNEST THEATRE. Monkey needs a WASH, but Anna doesn’t want to let him go! She hides him, but somehow he gets pulled in to the laundry... For ages 6 months 4 years and their carers. 8 April - Onny Primary School in the morning, St George’s C of E Primary School, Clun in the afternoon, 01588 620883, tickets limited.

9 April - Ledbury Children’s Centre, 1.45pm, £2 per family, 01432 383840. Arts Alive.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS Sun 16 March THEATRE WORKSHOP IN CLUN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE A free theatre workshop for young people (16-25) during which fun will be had, while learning, through theatre games and exercises. A CADS event led by professional director, Mick Greenway. Limited numbers. Please phone or email to reserve a place or for further information 01588 640525 or mick.greenway@googlemail.com.

Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Road, Clun – 10.30 am to 1.30 pm. Free light refreshments.

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.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE Drama workshop for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Deadline before Fri 21 March SPRING INTO SUMMER! The Friends of Ludlow Arts have funding available to support bright ideas for local art projects. In any genre - music, art, poetry, drama and created by one-man bands or local groups, young or old. For delivery/public performance during Ludlow Arts Festival 14 - 16 June.

Find out more and/or send your ideas to www.friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk or email funding@friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk

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.

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.

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

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

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

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141.

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 APPLETREE JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE Brand new, fun, creative and inspiring drama workshops for children between 7-11 years to develop performance skills, confidence, literacy and communication through games, improvisation and some scripted work. Workshops run by professional actors and qualified teachers. 4.15pm5.30pm, The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. office@appletreetheatre. co.uk or phone 01584 318015 to register.

Mondays APPLETREE SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE Brand new, fun, creative and inspiring drama workshops for children between 11-16 years. Workshops run by professional actors and qualified teachers. 5.45pm-7.00pm on Mondays from 13 Jan at The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. Email us at office@appletreetheatre.co.uk or phone 01584 318015.

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

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

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 Fri 21 March, 4 & 25 April COURT LAUGHING 21 March - featuring Dan Thomas, Steve Bugeja and Lucy Beaumont. 4 April - featuring Steve Williams, Hayley Ellis and Adam Hess. 25 April - featuring Iain Stirling, Steve Bugeja and Omar Hamdi. Studio Theatre, Courtyard, Hereford, 8.30pm, £12.50, 01432 340555.

Sat 22 March COMEDY AT THE EDGE - SHAPPI KHORSANDI Feisty, flirty, effortlessly funny, with razor sharp wit, deliciously dizzy delivery and endless charm. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £14/£12, 01952 728911.

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Poetry & Storytelling

Tues 4 March WENLOCK POETRY FESTIVAL 2014 ANTHOLOGY The Tour. The Poetry Lounge and Wenlock Poetry Festival featuring readings from poets. The Sitting Room, (above Thai Box), 4 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, 7.30pm.

Sat 15 March LIFE STANDS BEFORE ME LIKE AN ETERNAL SPRING WITH NEW AND BRILLIANT CLOTHES A ceilidh of spoken word and song to celebrate the Springtime with performances and readings by local storytellers, poets and musicians. Castle Green Pavilion, Hereford, 7.30pm, donations welcome, bring a bottle, 01432 341477, info.storyspace@gmail.com Sat 29 March NINETIES WOMEN Live interactive storytelling interspersed with video interviews, music and photo archive. Award winning comedian Rosie Wilby traces a personal journey through early 90s feminism to find the collective of women who set up Matrix, York University’s feminist newspaper in the 90s.

Studio Theatre, Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £10/£9, 01432 340555.

Comedy

Wed 5 March ROB BECKETT Rob Beckett, co-host of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Now!’ debut tour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12/£10, 01743 281281.

Fri 14 March COMEDY @ THE OLD MILL With Angela Barnes and Dan Thomas. Tickets £7 adv, £9 on the door. The Old Mill, High Street, Llanidloes, 7.30pm, 01686 412 008. www.oldmillbar.co.uk

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Fri 14 March WYESIDE COMEDY CLUB Featuring Angela Barnes, Dan Thomas, Omar Hamdi and Philip Simon, compere. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, 01982 552555.

Fri 14 & Sat 22 March RICH HALL Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit. 14 March - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £16, 01686 614555. 22 March - Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467.

Fri 21 March KERFUFFLE COMEDY CLUB Featuring live stand-up. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

Sat 22 March ROY CHUBBY BROWN LIVE He’s still rude and this time he’s turning headlines into punchlines. Strictly over 18s only. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Sat 22 March JOSH WIDDICOMBE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Sun 23 March DAVID BADDIEL: FAME: NOT THE MUSICAL In his first full show for 15 years, David takes aim at himself, fame and society’s obsession with it. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £20, 01743 281281.

Fri 28 March JETHRO - THE LEGEND AT LARGE More tear-jerking, farcical stories featuring his old mates Denzil and Slip Along Trevaskis. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £19.50, 01686 614555.

Fri 28 March SEANN WALSH Supported by Romesh Ranganathan. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13, 01982 552555.

Fri 28 March LEE HURST THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO AAARGGH!!

Lee Hurst is traveling through Britain to find out what really winds you up. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467.

Sat 29 March BOND: AN UNAUTHORISED PARODY Gavin Robertson focuses his attention on the Bond phenomenon, in his latest physical cartoon style adventure - spoofing the characters adored by millions. His brand of physical comedy has toured the world. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £10, 01686 614555.

Talks

Sat 1 March ONLY FOOLS AND BOYCIE An evening with John Challis. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £15, students £13, 01432 383663.

Monday 3 March FREDRICK THE GREAT: SOLDIER AND COLLECTOR Venue Larruperz Centre, Ross on Wye, 1.45pm. Non members welcome - £5 per head. Tel 07876 437135 Tues 4 March LINGEN GARDENING CLUB ‘Edible Plants’ a talk by Mark Moir. Lingen Village Hall.

Visitors £3 - for further info please visit www.lingen.org.uk Tues 4 March & Tues 1 April BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Lecture programme. 4 March - ‘Kent: the Gateway and Garden of England’. 1 April - ‘The Art of the Black Death’.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £40 annual subscription, visitors £7.50 per lecture, 01874 625679.

Tues 4, 11, 18 & 25 March LUDLOW LECTURES 4 March - Finds from the Fields - a look at the archaeolgical treasures, speaker, Peter Reavill. 11 March - The History and Landscape of Ludlow and the Marches, with speakers. The Stiperstones & Corndon Hill Country Landscape Partnership. 18 March - The History and Landscape of Ludlow and the Marches with speaker, Wendy Brogden. 25 March - Speaker, Colin Richards. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-12pm, £15 per person for all six lectures, £4 per lecture, 01584 874990.

Fri 7 March THE SILK ROUTE - JIM & DIANE GAFFNEY An illustrated talk. Dilwyn Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 7.30pm, £6.

Cabaret seating, bring your own bottle, tea and coffee will be served in the interval, 01568 720226.

Fri 7 March ROSS ARTS APPRECIATION SOCIETY ‘The Victorian Buildings of Hereford’. Talk and slide presentation by Tim Bridges. Larruperz Centre, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, members £2.50, visitors £4.50 including tea/coffee, 01432 840294.

Sat 8 March THE FRIENDS OF LUDLOW ARTS Holding its first AGM for members and the general public.

Ludlow Brewery, 11.00am. Apart from the formal business this is a chance to hear how members’ money has been spent, news about the 2014 Ludlow Arts Festival and some exciting future plans.

Mon 10 March LINGEN HISTORY GROUP ‘Diary of a Shropshire Farmer’. An illustrated talk on the diaries of Peter Davis, a farmer living 175 years ago.

Martin’s book which accompanies this talk will be available for signing on the night. Lingen Village Hall, 8pm, £3.50, all welcome.For further info please visit www.lingen.org.uk or phone 01544 260865.

Wed 12 March GLORIOUS APPAREL - EXPERIMENTS IN BOHEMIAN LIVING An illustrated talk by Dr Imogen Goldsmith - Du Fours.

The Sitting Room, (Above Thai Box), 4 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01584 874212 or 01584 879474.

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Wed 12 March RUBY WAX - SANE NEW WORLD Ruby shows us how our minds can jeopardize our sanity and explains how our busy, self-critical thoughts drive us to anxiety and stress. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01600 772467.

Wed 12 March VICTORIAN DINING With lecturer Annie Gray. Bishopswood Village Hall, 10am-3pm, £32 includes coffee and lunch, 01432 840670.

Wed 12 March CIVIC SOCIETY LECTURE The Great and the Good of Tudor Ludlow, with speaker, Jonathan Wood. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £2 members, £4 non-members, pennywake@mac.com.

Fri 14 March KATE ADIE - FIGHTING ON THE HOME FRONT Kate Adie tells how when WW1 broke out and the men went off to fight, women emerged from the shadows.

Kate’s book, ‘Fighting on the Home Front’ will be available for sale at this event. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £6, (£3 refunded on book purchase), 01600 772467.

Sat 15 March CHARLIE DIMMOCK - A PASSION FOR GARDENS Hear Charlie’s stories about her unique life in gardening, theatre and television. Charlie will also take audience questions in a fascinating ‘love your garden’ session.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, 01600 772467.

Sun 16 March REVD. NICHOLAS BURY The former Dean of Gloucester gives a talk on ‘The Wilderness Paintings of Stanley Spencer’. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 3.30pm, minimum donation on the door of £5 for Herefordshire Mind charity. www.discoed.org 01547 560246.

Wed 19 March JOHN CHERRY: FINDING GOLD AND SILVER TREASURE A look backward at changing societies. Leintwardine Community Centre, 7pm, £3, 01547 540334.

Non-members of History Society welcome.

Wed 19 March TEME VALLEY DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY LECTURE ‘The Fascinating World of Playing Cards’, with speaker Mr Yasha Beresiner. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.15pm, £7 on the door, 01584 711477.

Thurs 20 March 366 DAYS OF KINDNESS In response to the riots of August 2011, Bernadette Russell committed to be kind to a stranger every single day for a year. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £8, 01432 340555.

Thursday 20th March WIGMORE AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB With speaker Dave Thomlinson, ‘Tools for Self Reliance’.

Wigmore Village Hall, 7.30pm, £2 for non- members, with membership £5 per annum. All welcome. Contact Cathy Jones 07813 733240 for more details.

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Thurs 20 March ARCHITECTS AND CRAFTSMEN 1700-1930 David Whitehead, historian, presents a survey of those responsible for creating Hereford. The Kindle Centre, by ASDA, Hereford, 7pm, 01981 580002. Hereford Civic Soc.

Fri 21 March JAY GRIFFITHS ON FRIDA KAHLO Join award-winning author, Jay Griffiths, to celebrate the launch of her new book ‘A Love Letter from a Stray Moon’ with a reading and Q&A. 2pm. Free but ticketed. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. www.boothbooks.co.uk Sat 22 March POLLY HIGGINS, VOICE FOR THE EARTH. Polly Higgins is a lawyer who advises at all levels on creating and implementing an international law of Ecocide.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, 7pm, 01886 880140, £10 (includes light snacks and refreshments).

Wed 26 March JULIA STANLEY - GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY Julia is a local, freelance photographer, specialising in plants and gardens. Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. free to members of South West Shropshire Gardening Club; visitors are also welcome at £3 per person including refreshments.

Thurs 27 March DR LUCY WORSLEY - A VERY BRITISH MURDER In this talk, tying in with her recent book and BBC TV series, Lucy explores this phenomenon in forensic detail.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12. Lucy will be signing her book after the talk. 01584 878141.

Thurs 27 March AN EVENING WITH IOLO WILLIAMS Presented by Abergavenny Camera Club. Iolo Williams is a famous Welsh naturalist and adventuring around the world. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15/£13.50, 01873 850805.

Thurs 27 March ROBIN HOOD TO GANDALF An evening with Greenwood expert, Mike Abbott. An evening of slides, film and conversation. Blue Ginger, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, 7.30pm, £7.50 includes refreshments and a light snack, 01886 880240.

Fri 28 March TMS AND ALL THAT - AN EVENING WITH BLOWERS There is so much more to Henry Blofeld than the cosy old Test Match Special commentary box. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Sat 29 March ANDY KIRKPATRICK: INAPPROPRIATE CLIMBING Best-selling author, comedian and maverick mountaineer will talk about climbing El Cap with his 13 year-old daughter. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Wed 2 April A LITERARY SUPPER With Jim Perrin, author and Guardian Country Diarist.

Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01588 680302 Thurs 10 April TAMSIN ABBOTT - A WINDOW ON MY WORLD Stained glass illustrator, Tamsin Abbott will talk about her life long influences and give a slideshow. Blue Ginger, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, 7pm, £7.50 includes refreshments and a light snack, 01886 880240.

Sat 12 April A VOYAGE ROUND JOHN FITZGERALD A dip into his professional life in childcare and child protection, a detour to the infamous West murders in Gloucester, before sailing into calmer waters of photography, the arts and life on a canal boat. Glasbury Village Hall, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 01497 847426. Glasbury Arts fund-raising event.

Workshops & Courses Tues 4 March POETRY NIGHT The Sitting Room, Ludlow. Further details email thesittingroomludlow@gmail.com Thurs 6 & 20 March PHILOSOPHY CAFE An informal gathering bringing philosophy into life. The Globe, Hay-on-wye, 7.30pm, free, 01981 500288.

Deadline before Fri 21 March SPRING INTO SUMMER! The Friends of Ludlow Arts have funding available to support bright ideas for local art projects. In any genre - music, art, poetry, drama - and created by one-man bands or local groups, young or old. For delivery/public performance during Ludlow Arts Festival 14 - 16 June.

Find out more and/or send your ideas to www.friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk or email funding@friendsofludlowartsfestival.org.uk Sunday 6 April YOUNG PEOPLE’S WRITING COURSE & COMPETITION With Jenny Valentine. For children aged 7 - 12 years. At the end of the workshops, participants will bring together all the skills and techniques they’ve learned.

Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-12pm, £21 for three workshops, booking essential, 01497 847426.

Every Wednesday until 2 April CREATIVE WRITING A 10 week course with award-winning author, Lisa Blower.

Shrewsbury Library, 1-3pm & 6-8pm, places limited, booking essential, 01743 255308, or email shrewsburycreative writing@gmail.com 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.

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 and short courses. Also Community Arts Days, School Projects, Early Years, Forest School and Birthday Parties. www.storyspace.co.uk Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555.

First Wednesday of the month AYMESTREY POETRY GROUP Bring a poem to share or your own or an old favourite. The Riverside Inn, Aymestrey, 8pm.

Tony Walton 01568 770177 or Meg Cox 01568 708160.

First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Every Thursday PHILOSOPHY EVENING Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 7.30pm.

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.

Friendly sessions held in Monkland V. Hall.

Fees are £18 members & £21 for visitors.

Mar 8 CONTRASTS FOR IMPACT Mary Noble Apr 12 FIRMING UP YOUR FOUNDATIONAL May 10 INSPIRATION FROM ARTISTS FOR CALLIGRAPHIC DESIGN Josie Brown Jun 21 THE UNEXPECTED POSSIBILITIES OF UNCIAL Peter Lloyd Jul 12 RED LETTER DAYS (FULL) Val Yost Sep 20 ITALICS WITH AUTOMATIC PENS Sept EXHIBITION AT LEOMINSTER LIBRARY Oct 4 INSPIRATION FROM ARTISTS Part 2 Oct 18 TAKE GOTHIC-AND EXPERIMENT Nov 22 CHRISTMAS CREATIVITY Kathy Taylor

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green door

Happy March!

B

Y the time you read this it will be March and, hopefully the floods will have subsided and emergency COBRA meetings will have concluded and politicians everywhere in the UK will have been able to pack their wellies away.

Or probably. And if so, this will be nice for them, especially as there is an election coming up quite soon. And after all, nobody really wants to be filmed for the news, standing knee deep in murky water trying hard to avoid the subject of climate change, whilst being heckled in the background by people trying to rescue their dogs in canoes.

200 Mazillion Farmers So I thought I’d write about something happy for March instead. And then my friend Lin came along and asked me to write about seeds and growing food and a fantastic movement of peasant farmers across the world and I thought yes, this is what we need, something about growing food and spring. So may I introduce La Via Campesina, which translates as The Peasants Way. It’s an international movement of some 200 million small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers and indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe, including 150 rural organisations from around the world, all supporting family-farm-based sustainable agriculture.

La Via Campesina was the group that first coined the term food sovereignty – meaning the right to produce food on one’s own territory. The movement has carried out several campaigns, including an ongoing one to defend farmer’s seeds from corporate patents by opposing new laws that give multinationals like Monsanto a monopoly over seed and seed varieties.

Who Owns the Seeds?

Seeds are part of our common heritage. They have been passed from farmer to farmer for generations. Year upon year the best seeds from the strongest plants have been selected, in clever, peasant-ish ways. Today each variety carries a certain a set of attributes, especially adapted to country, region, climate and soil. These wonderful seeds are very valuable little things.

And these seeds are the very first link in the food chain.

They are fundamental to survival and to locally based and independent food production. If we have seeds and soil and

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seasons then we also have the ability to feed our families or our community without having to pay some massive company for the privilege. So why shouldn’t these seeds stay in the hands of the farmers, who sowed, bred, saved and exchanged them for thousands of years?

To be fair, seed laws were introduced for a very good reason: to prevent unscrupulous seed merchants from selling poor-quality seed. There are some very sensible testing regimes around seed and plant health to reduce diseases, and protect consumers, which is all fine. One law that La Via Campesina took exception to was the EU Plant Reproductive Material Law, which set rules for the propagation and marketing of seeds and propagating material of agricultural crops.

At first glance this new law was about ensuring productivity, health, quality and diversity of plant reproductive material.

However, because of the rigorous testing and quality controls that would be set for seeds, so that they could go on the market commercially, there was no way small scale farmers and gardeners who routinely save their own seeds at the present time could have afforded to take part or compete.

And so with nothing in the proposed legislation that allowed small-scale producers exemption, this was actually an opportunity for the wealthy and powerful corporates to get their hands on the rest of our seeds by law.

Fair and Shared On Tuesday 11th February, the European Parliament Agriculture Committee voted to reject the proposal of the European Commission on Plant Reproductive Material. The full Parliament will vote on this in a few weeks’ time and if it also rejects the draft law on seeds, the whole proposal will have to go back to the drawing board. If you want to help keep seed ownership fair and shared, in the hands of the family sized farmers and growers you can 1. Keep diversity alive: buy some open-pollinated varieties and save your own seed.

2. Organise local seed swaps 3. Support small seed and plant companies by buying from them.

And here are two useful websites for more info http://viacampesina.org/en/ www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Green Events

Sat 1 March SAVE MONEY... BE SUSTAINABLE An event to help small businesses, farmers and domestic consumers. Various suppliers and organisations will be exhibiting and promoting sustainability. Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 8.30pm, 01588 674080.

Sat 1 March A NATURE MARCH FOR FAMILIES Quizzes for all ages and colouring over hot chocolate. Erwood Station Craft Centre, Builth Wellls, 01982 560674.

Sun 16 March APPLE TREES GRAFTING WORKSHOP One day practical workshop, learn how to graft and take home two of your very own grafted apple trees.

Led by Janta Wheelhouse. Karuna Permaculture Project, Picklescott, Church Stretton, 01694 751374, www.karuna.org.uk, merav@hotmail.com Tues 25 March KNIGHTON TREE ALLOTMENTS TRUST (KTAT) AGM 7.30pm at Offa’s Dyke Centre Knighton. Very short business meeting followed by presentation ‘Woodland Management’ by Phil Ward of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust.

A great opportunity to find out what KTAT can offer you!

01547 529990.

Sat 12 April HEDGEHOG DAY! Howey Hedgehog Recscue and Hedgehog Children’s book launch with Brenda May Williams. Erwood Station Craft Centre, Builth Wellls, 11am-3pm, 01982 560674.

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 transitionledbur y@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 - http://www.herefordshirefoe.org.uk - Paige Mitchell - 01432 277857 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

BAKER WANTED We are looking for a competent, reliable baker to work night shifts in our well-established artisan bakery in Hay-on-Wye, where we take great pride in our work.

A passion for bread is essential.

Please email a current CV to alexgooch1@hotmail.co.uk, or write to Alex Gooch, Unit 7, Greenfield Industrial Estate, Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5FA.

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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 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.

CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUMSHIP AND TAROT READINGS with Gina Murray, also animal mediumship and animal communication within Hay on Wye tel:07812 /035459 www.ginalmurray.com or email ginalmurray@gmail.com.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more!

Also, couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Please contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see webpage for more info www.cbtgail.co.uk.

MBACP (Accred).

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. Valérie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com 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.

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 COUNSELLING/PSYCHOTHERAPY: JANE COOKE Presteigne. Safe, creative, equal approach. I have wide life & work experience; I work to support your increased understanding of yourself, and do not judge or try to change you – change comes through your awareness & when you are ready. jane.cooke@heartfeltwork.co.uk 07771950899.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Mike Hadden RCST, based in Hereford, a gentle but profound way to reconnect to health and well-being. To find out more tel: 01432 261222 or email: mike@herefordcraniosacral.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 ENCOUNTERS: Soul Realignment, Soul Profiles, clearing restrictions at a Soul level. House Healing - geopathic stress, earth energies. We can tune-in to you and change energies. Tel 01584 892049. Healingencounters.co.uk HOLISTIC, THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, Indian head massage, Thai foot massage, seated acupressure massage, natural facial and massage with Marian Hardiman at Silvan Massage (CNHC, MTI). No set routine, just careful attention to what the individual requires. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford or at your workplace or event. Find out more or to make an appointment: 07816 981454, marian@silvanmassage. com or www.silvanmassage.com.

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

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).

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.

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

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.

LIFE COACHING RELATIONSHIPS... loving living together... Are you unhappy or dissatisfied in your relationship?

Struggling to get on well with your partner or not seeing eye to eye? Do you want to make your relationship work but don’t know where to begin? Would you like to have a more fulfilling and loving relationship? Karen Robinson ACMC, PNLP. Shobdon. Call: 01568 709194 or 07792 256451, Email: karenrobinson67@live.co.uk 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 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 NEW HAY OSTEOPATHS Ian Wright is a Registered Osteopath with 20 years experience in Ireland and Harley Street.

He is now practicing in Hay-on-Wye. Ian treats all conditions and all ages and gives clear and detailed feedback. For more information take a look at our website www.hayosteopaths.co.uk and to make an appointment telephone Heloise - 07772 000728.

NUTRIONAL THERAPY Would you like to know how to make the most of what you eat? Would you like help with choosing the foods that might suit you best? Would you like to understand why your food choices are important? Do you simply have an interest in how foods may affect you and your body? Phaedra Bushby 07794 476892. Consultations available in Leominster, New Radnor and Worcester. yourhealthylife@bti nternet.com, www.phaedrabushby.webs.com PAMELA SPENCELEY MNIMH Medical Herbalist and Allergy Therapist 01568 770614 / 01584 878123

The Yoga Practice Small group classes, individual tuition Body. Breath. Mind. Heart. www.theyogapractice.org.uk 49

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 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 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.

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 HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 23 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

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.

March INTRODUCTION TO ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE This mind-body training shows you how the ‘tools for living’ can be applied during everyday activities. With understanding & awareness many difficulties often become easier - additional benefits may include reduced tension, enhanced movement & overall wellbeing. 5 week course, (small group) plus one-to-one session.

Wednesdays 6.30 - 7.45pm, The Pump Rooms, Tenbury Wells with Hilary Foxwell. Info and to book tel 01584 819010.

Workshops

YOGA AT MOCCAS VILLAGE HALL Small group class on Monday evenings, suitable for anyone, with or without experience.

Please contact Nicky Jaques for further details 07817 268689 nickyjaquesyoga@gmail.com

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

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

Thurs 6 & 20 March BLEDDFA MEDITATION GROUP The Hall Barn, Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377, www.bleddfacentre.com Thurs 13 March PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP Hatha yoga course starts. Knighton Community Centre, afternoon and evening sessions. Call Diane Millbery for details 07807 523330.

Sat 22 March CREATIVE AND MEDITATIVE RETREAT ‘Silently, A Flower Blooms’. No experience necessary. All materials, hand-outs, drinks included. Only a few places left, www.wayofcreativity.com Saturday 22 March SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHY MORNING Ever wondered about life? A session that you determine!

Subject areas may include Life and Death, Intuition, The Ego, Conscience, Troubles in the World, Responsible Giving, Relationships and Family, Materialism and much more.

10am-12.20pm. Please contact Holistic Health Practitioner Diane Millbery for further details, 07807 523330 email dianemillbery@yahoo.com

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Wednesdays (termly) PREGNANCY YOGA Classes feature yoga based postures, breathing techniques (to aid in relaxation, mental clarity and can be used in labour) and the principles of active birth. Glasbury Village Hall, 7-8pm.

Details 07891 689957 or email yogalouise@live.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.

SAMATHA MEDITATION Encourages calming, stilling the mind, towards greater well-being and understanding. A class for newcomers to Samatha now meets at Greenstreete, Llangunllo, near Knighton. Everyone welcome. Classes include instruction, group practice and Dhamma discussion.

Classes by donation. Please contact Martina for more details.

Tel: 01239 820352. Email: Martina@treffynnon.com HEALING YOGA AND MEDITATION SATURDAYS Georgie holds monthly Saturday morning yoga and meditation workshops at the beautiful Brilley Village Hall. These workshops focus on different themes, e.g. anger release, grief & acceptance, loving and healing the self, stress release, living with energy and purpose and lots more. They are always healing and tailored to those who attend. Homemade cake, yogi tea and fruit are served in the breaks. Investment between £15£20. Call 07807 550 653 or visit www.healingspirits.co.uk to book or for info about workshops as well as regular Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes in your area.

SCARAVELLI INSPIRED YOGA At Richard Booth’s Bookshop, The Yoga Studio, Brook St, Hay On Wye. Come and experience an energizing and uplifting approach to Yoga. Nurture Mind, Body and Spirit. Mon: 10 -11.45 Adult Yoga.

12 -1pm Parent and Toddler Yoga. Wed: 10 - 11.45 Adult Yoga.

12 - 1.30pm Pregnancy Yoga. Fri: Adult Yoga 1 - 2.45pm. Adult Yoga: £6 cons £8 waged. Pregnancy Yoga: £6 cons £8 waged.

Parent and Toddler Yoga: £5. Payable per half a term. Two places available paying weekly per class. (Reduced rate for students attending two classes a week: £5 cons £7 waged). Suitable for all ages and sizes. The space has all the equipment and under floor heating. For more information and to book a place, please contact Dorothy Watkins: dorothyopentheatre@live.co.uk 01981 580 453.

TAI CHI AND CHINESE YOGA from the Li family system of Taoist Arts led by a well qualified and experienced instructor.

Suitable for people of all ages and levels of fitness. Enjoyable, relaxing and improves physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Classes held at The Monty Club, Broad St, Newtown on Tuesdays at 3.30pm and 6.30pm. Contact Dave Philips on 01588 638614 or email to taichiatbc@phonecoop.coop