Broad Sheep November 2018

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What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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We take no responsibility for the veracity of the information herein Clare Edwards The Lodge, Westhide, Hereford, HR1 3RQ Tel: 01432 850444

All Along the Watchtowers J UST back from Corsica, the stunningly beautiful mountain range that sticks out of the Med, South of France and West of Italy. All around the coast picturesque beaches and winding coastal roads. All up the middle, jagged rocks and a trillion trees.

We took one of the world’s most diabolical rail journeys on the island’s single line from Ajaccio to Bastia through the mountains and then picked up two bikes in Borgo so we could continue our important research project - ‘Hiring holiday electric bikes in Southern Europe’.

The plan was to explore the Cap Corse, which is the knob of land that sticks out of the Northern end of the island beyond Bastia. It looked on the maps to be sparsely populated and not quite so vertiginous as the middle of the island.

The guidebook suggested that any trip round the coast should be in a clockwise direction to ensure that you are on the right hand side of the road and hence nearest the solid rock and furthest from the sheer drop to the sea. Somehow or other we managed to bugger up the Air BnB bookings so that we ended up going anti-clockwise and it was with some trepidation that we scuttled out of Bastia up the D80.

Actually it wasn’t that scary on the East coast. The roads were good, the sun was shining and the light amount of traffic, although not keen to slow down, gave us plenty of room regardless of what was round the next bend. By the time we turned inland halfway up the Cap we were really having fun. Empty roads, nice places to stay although rather disappointingly the local mini supermarkets were all Spars, just like Presteigne!

Masses of ham, salami, sheep and goat’s cheese and we saw a few goats and sheep but there was no sign of the pigs. Were they in the woods? Were they in internment camps? I have no idea even now. (Hang on, I just Googled it. The little black pigs all live in the South of the island).

All round the Island are 14th century Genoese, stone, watchtowers and enough ornate mausoleums to solve the London housing crisis in one swoop but thankfully Email: info@broadsheep.com no high rise tourist hotels. Corsica is also famous for its bloody anarchy and its abnorWebsite: www.broadsheep.com mally high murder rate. It manages to rival its, next door but one, neighbour Sicily for Mafia killings, despite only having 300,000+ inhabitants compared to Sicily’s 5 million.

It doesn’t help that everyone has guns and knives so with 30,000 registered weapons on the island, it’s no surprise that every road sign is peppered with bullet holes and shotgun pellets.

But, what the hell, we were blissfully unaware of all this as we gently pedalled our way up 5km climbs (those bikes with their Bosch motors were fantastic) and spin down the other side to the west coast, which was even more beautiful and certainly a lot scarier. Still I might have been a bit more careful when I got into an argument with the owner of ‘Le Pete, surprisingly not dressed in his usual black Chat qui Peche’ about the state of his steaks (Me - ‘Only fit for the chien’) and about us having left our hotel key in the room (Him - ’You stupid English. What you think the key is for?’) if I had known about the guns. Anyway after shouting at each other in the empty street, he phoned us in our room to ask if we wanted to put our bikes in the bar out of the rain, so I guess he wasn’t proper Mafia.

The west coast got hairier and hairier, but then suddenly flattened out into the wine-growing region of Patrimonio and both breathed a sigh of relief. Great red wine and no sheer cliffs.

If only I hadn’t been haunted by the feeling that on a foggy morning a week before I’d left the lights of the car on in Stanstead long stay car park.

Cover pic: Ray Cooper, De Koffie Pot, Hereford, 1 December (Wild Hare Club)

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VIOLIN & VIOLA LESSONS given by experienced professional in Presteigne. All abilities and styles taught.

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PEMBRIDGE ALLOTMENT’S ASSOCIATION have several plots to let for the coming season large or small, lovely setting and very reasonable rates, please contact Rosie on 078660 27774 for details. We look forward to welcoming new members.

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JAZZ PIANO TUITION A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate level students.

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Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com PROFESSIONAL VIOLINIST / FIDDLER Kirsten Hellier ARCM offers lessons. Music as joyful life adventure.

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For details, phone 01544 267810. info@wherethelightgetsin.co.uk or visit www.wherethelightgetsin.co.uk FIDDLE LESSONS - Friendly, experienced fiddle teacher available for lessons, all ages, all levels. I teach in a fun and relaxed way. I will help with confidence, flow, technique, bowing, style and tune repertoire. My focus is mainly on the Irish tradition. Please get in touch. Herefordshire/ Worcestershire/Gloucestershire area. Caitlin cait@globe-ents.co.uk 07912 014636.

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Also wanted: quality curtains, lace and textiles, even damaged. Plus designer clothing including male/female... tweeds, evening dresses etc. Also unusual items including fans etc. Please telephone: Annie 07798 632247.

Teagowns and Textiles. annies.30@hotmail.com VIOLIN/VIOLA LESSONS All styles, all ages, beginners to advanced. Help with composition, theory, aural training. Accompaniment also offered. Ring Tony on 01544 321925 or visit his website: http://camelmusic.co.uk for a CV and more information.

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A STITCH IN TIME Careful repairs & creative alterations to well-loved clothes. Vintage a speciality.

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COURTYARD ANTIQUES, HIGH ST, PRESTEIGNE. A most unusual shop offering an eclectic and interesting collection of fine quality antiques, decorative and quirky items, Staffordshire pottery, country furniture and books.

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HAYSTACKS MUSIC, Backfold, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EQ. Tel: 07527 298199. Headline making independent music shop only a one minute walk from the main car park. A destination shop packed with new and machine cleaned vinyl records, CDs, books and more. 1000’s of items £4 or less.

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The Sleeping Dragon O NCE or twice a week in the spring and summer of 2014, I would walk across the fields between my home and Stapleton to visit the artist blacksmith Pete Smith, to catch up on the progress of the Sleeping Dragon, which was taking shape in his forge.

I had the honour, and the pleasure, to see the dragon in pretty much every stage of its construction; from photos of the initial clay model, to the chalk outline on the floor of the forge; from the actual construction of the steel frame, (from 700 feet of steel rods) to the painstaking (and painful) tying on of 50 metres chicken wire with 3500 zip ties; to the stretching and doping of the cheesecloth skin and the final paint job, I was lucky enough to follow the birth of the Sleeping Dragon from conception right up to the moment of her/his appearance by the roundabout in Presteigne.

Pete’s idea came about because someone wanted to commission a statue commemorating the Welsh contribution to the First World War, the Great War, the War, as it was hilariously known, to End All Wars.

They wanted a dragon. And Pete suspected – rightly as it turned out – that the commissioned dragon would be rearing in angry triumph, as though about to spew flames at its enemies. But this was to miss the point; 40,000 Welshmen died in the war. Is that a triumph?

In what sense? For Pete, is was equally important to remember what was lost in terms of culture; how many poets, singers, artists were silenced? The Sleeping Dragon is not just a sculpture; S/He is also an act of performance art. The Sleeping Dragon appeared on August 3th, 2014, and will leave the site at dusk on 11th November 2018.

Pete Smith hopes that anyone who had a relative who died in the war will send a British Legion cross, to be planted around the base of the dragon, so that when S/He goes, what will be left will be a void, an absence, a space where s/he once was. There is hope that another Sleeping Dragon might take his/her place; this will be 100% sculpture, rather than a sculpture/performance hybrid.

(Crosses can be sent to Royal British Legion, Presteigne, Powys).

I can only say what the Sleeping Dragon has meant to me. I had two great-uncles who died in the war;

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one as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, and one as an infantryman in the German Spring offensive of 1918. My paternal grandfather was too young to be in the forces.

My step-grandfather fought as a boy sailor at Jutland – and never really spoke of the experience. Old men I remember from my childhood, who were there – they didn’t talk about what happened. Their slogan was not ‘never forget.’ It was ‘never again.’ Fifty years ago, when many of the old soldiers were still alive, there was not the kind of Remembrance commemoration that we are seeing this year. I know, because I am 60. Remembrance has become politicised; and those who don’t wear poppies (supposed to raise money for the war-wounded, rather than to be seen as virtue-signalling), are viewed as something approaching traitors. What is it that we are remembering?

The UK is a country which still recruits under 18’s to the armed forces. Anywhere else in the world, we would call them what they are; child soldiers. The UK still earns billions from selling arms to brutal regimes, in particular Saudi Arabia, who bomb and kill and maim children everyday.

With plucky British bombs. With heroic British highexplosives. The First War was the first time that the Ruling classes had encountered the working classes in any number; and they were shocked to discover how ill fed the infantry were, how malnourished – how small, how underfed. Tonight, as you read this, there are people in this country who subsist on handouts from foodbanks. This is a country which still turns its back on its service personnel; which abandons them to sleep rough on the street.

The writer AL Kennedy has pointed out that no one bleeds poppy flowers, and that if we want a true representation of what the British state visited upon its people, we should pile offal at the feet of our war memorials. They treated us like meat. They still do. That is why the Dragon sleeps – S/He is in mourning. There is no triumph in this, no glory, no sacrifice. 40 000 Welshmen were murdered by their own government. The people who own this country and control it don’t care if we live or die.

That is the enduring lesson of war. The Dragon sleeps, and is lost in nightmare. War is an obscenity, waged by nation states, against other nation states – it is not our business.

We must not help them. Never again. Let dragons sleep.

Ian Marchant

ART AT THE COLLOQUY Lyonshall, HR5 3JA Christmas Exhibition supporting St Michael’s Hospice

27 - 29 November Ceramics, jewellery, prints, paintings, paper, pottery, sculpture, textiles, willow 27 Nov ticketed preview 6.30-9.30pm, £8 28 Nov 10.30am-9pm 29 Nov 10.30am-2pm entrance by suggested £2 donation

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art POWYS The Hall, Abbey-Cwm-Hir, near Llandrindod Wells 01597 851727 email info@abbeycwmhir.com 1 Nov - 6 Jan Christmas tours to individuals, small or large groups.

The tours combine history, architecture, interiors, 1000’s of collectabe items, gardens and more.

Christmas 2018 promises to be an outstanding creation of traditional, modern and whimsical Christmas themes. Please book. £16 pp or £14 for groups and return visitors, children under 12 £5pp. Open 7 days a week for tours 10.30am or 11am or 2pm, closed 24th Dec pm, 25th Dec all day, 26th Dec pm, 31st Dec pm, 1 Jan all day.

The Acorn, High St, Borth SY24 5JF 01970 871582 Until 1 Jan ‘Fragments’. MIKE LEWIS - photographic prints. Cafe open Thurs-Sat 12-2.30 & 5-8pm, Sun 12-5pm.

Market Square, Cheese Market & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820733 Email: haydoesvintage@gmail.com 25 Nov Hay Does Vintage. Over 50 vintage and retro traders, vintage tea room, jewellery, vintage clothes, curios, furniture and much more.

Open 10.30am-4pm.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown 01686 688369 Until 11 Nov 10th Anniversary Exhibition: ‘ The Bright Field’ All the Artists who have been associated with Mid Wales Arts Centre over the past 10 years have been invited to submit a piece of work on the subject of ‘The Bright Field’ by RS Thomas ...or another poem that reflects Welsh culture. Open Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm.

The River Cafe, Glasbury 01497 847007 Until 25 Nov POLLY JAMES - pencil and charcoal drawings. Open Mon-Sat 8.30am-late, Sun 8.30am-4pm.

Unit 3, Broadaxe Business Park, Presteigne, LD8 2UH 01544 260577 24 Nov Brixton Pottery sale.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton LD7 1AT 01547 529530 Nov Knighton’s Tribute to the end of WWI. Wed-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

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Old School Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton 01547 550377 Until 11 Nov TONY HALL ceramics and small sculptures. Shown for the first time with drawings, prints and his portrait sculptures.

16 Nov - 22 Dec Christmas crafts and gifts fair stalls. Open Fri-Sun 11am-5pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org 3 Nov Perfect presents from local artists and makers. Christmas gifts and winter woollens. Tea and cakes in the Green Room. Open 10am-3pm.

Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ 01982 560674 Nov A constantly changing mix of materials and styles occupying over 2000 square feet. Complimented by paintings and sculpture, plus seasonal exhibitions. Open daily 10.30am-5pm, tea room closes 4.30pm.

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8NN www.glasburyarts.co.uk Until 16 Dec Bi-Annual exhibition.

Celebration of ceramics and glass arranged by Glasbury Arts. DIANE HORNE, PAUL WEARING, HARRIET TOD, PAT BIRKS, JIN EUI KIM - ceramics. NANCY SUTCLIFFE, KATHRYN ROBERTS, SUE THORNE, NICOLA HOPWOOD, BERYL MORGANS glass. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm. £2.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 www.knightonfineart.co.uk knightonfineart@btinternet.com Nov ‘Christmas is Coming.’ No geese, but new artworks from: SUSIE CAWLEY, DRUSILLA COLE, WALTER HOYLE & STUART ROPER. New ceramics by MARY STEPHENS plus Christmas gifts from TRAIDCRAFT & MERI-MERI and a plethora of packs of Christmas cards. Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 Until 18 Nov Autumn Exhibition. SUE BROWN - prints.

SABINE NEMET & RUSSELL KINGSTON - ceramics. CATH HILL & SARA LLOYD MORRIS - jewellery.

SHARON CURTIS - papercuts.

19 Nov - Jan 2019 Christmas exhibition. CAROLINE MEREDITH & SARAH WENT - ceramics. ANNIE RIE - stained glass. CATHERINE BOWDLER - prints. KATIE ALMOND, ROSE HALLAM & REBECCA BLAKEWAY - jewellery. Mulled wine on weekend 1st and 2nd Dec. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 11 Nov ‘Canalworks’. PENNY HALLAS. 21 Nov - 2 Dec ‘From the Beacons to the Sea’. SOUTH WALES POTTERS GROUP - ceramics. SWANSEA PRINT WORKSHOP COLLECTIVE. Open theatre times.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 10 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas Craft Fair.

Open 10.30am-4.30pm.

Closed Sun & Mon. Cheese & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 07866 843538 Every Fri & Sat Flea & Vintage Market.

Vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques and jewellery. Open 9am-5pm.

The Artshop & Chapel, Abergavenny 01873 736430 10 Nov - 19 Jan ‘Out of This World Glimpses of Magic’. A winter mixed show of illustrations, weaving, pottery, sculpture, jewellery, paintings and prints. Tues-Sat 9.15am-5pm.

The Table, 43 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822802 Until 17 Nov TONY HALL, LOIS HOPWOOD & LOTTIE O’LEARY. 24 Nov - 29 Dec ANTHEA STILWELL & PETER STILWELL. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm or by appointment.

Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farm Llantillio Pertholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 23 Nov RACHEL PADLEY ceramics. JENNY JOYCE - paintings.

Showcasing the talented co-operative of artists and makers known as The Black Mountain Circle. A wide range of high-quality art and crafts at affordable prices.

24 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas exhibition by members. Open 10.30am-5pm daily.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Nov Antique pottery, country furniture and art. 10.30am-3pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Nancy Sutcliffe, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil

Deborah Harrison, Creates Gallery, Monmouth

Guy Lester, Colloquy, Lyonshall

The Hall, Abbey-Cwm-Hir, Llandrindod Wells

Angela Palmer, Creates Gallery & Coffee Shop, Dean Heritage Centre

Deborah King, Colloquy, Lyonshall

CARAD, East St, Rhayader LD6 5ER 01597 810561 24 Nov - 14 Dec Winter Open Arts Exhibition. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Drawing Room, 10 High Town, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AE gallery@thedrawingroomathay.uk Until 10 Nov ANTONIA SPOWERS sculpture. Open 10.30am-4pm.

Cider Barn Gallery, Combe, near Presteigne LD8 2HL 07903936952 ciderbarngallery@gmail.com Photography, ceramics, jewellery and textiles. Open Mon 11am-4pm, Thurs & Fri 10am-2pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ 01654 703355 info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk Until 10 Nov Tabernacle Collection.

Edward Wolfe’s Song of Songs.

Until 17 Nov ‘Landscapes’. JACOB BUCKLAND. Until 24 Nov ‘Naturalist & Conservationist’. WILLIAM CONDRY (1918-1998).

Until 24 Nov ‘Miscellany in Stone’.

KEVIN BLOCKLEY. 17 Nov - 12 Jan ‘Ar Dymor Gaeaf’ RUTH JȆN. 24 Nov - 12 Jan ‘I wish I could be an artist’ ‘Well why aren’t you then?’

HELEN ELLIOTT. 1 Dec - 26 Jan ‘Night Paintings’.

MALCOLM RYAN. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Wyeside, Castle St, Builth Wells 01982 552555 6 Nov - 3 Jan ‘Time with Paint’.

AUDREY BRADLE - paintings and sketches. Open Tues-Fri 5-9pm, Sat & Sun 2-9pm.

Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Merthyr Tydfil Until 16 Dec Displays the highlights of Glasbury Arts 2017 exhibition.

Featuring DIANE HORNE, PAUL WEARING, JIN EUI KIM, PAT BIRK, LOWRI DAVIES, HARRIET TOD, NANTGARW CHINA WORKS MUSEUM - ceramics. SUE THORNE, KINKY GLASS, NANCY SUTCLIFFE, NICOLA HOPWOOD, KATHRYN ROBERTS BERYL MORGANS - glass.

Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm.

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Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 7 Nov ‘Waking the Witch’.

Bringing together a whole array of contemporary art work exploring themes surrounding witchcraft from both past and today. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE St Mary’s Church, Fownhope 5 - 18 Nov Fownhope Local History Group. An exhibition on the impact of WWI on the families of local men who died in the conflict and the repercussions of war on the Fownhope area. 10.30am-4.30pm daily. Donations to Local History Group and Royal British Legion.

Great Hall, Kinnersley Castle HR4 6QF 01544 327407 17 Nov Kinnersley Church Christmas Fair. Rafles, lunches, cakes, free admission, 10am-2pm.

St Peter’s Church, Hereford 01432 372404 20 - 27 Nov ‘Mind@40’. A week of special events to celebrate 40 years of Herefordshire Mind. Paintings, photographs, prints, alongside a variety of talks.

St Mary’s Church, Pembridge HR6 9EA 17 Nov Annual Woodcock Craft Fair.

A range of local artists will be showcasing their crafts along with fundraising stalls and raffle.

Refreshments throughtout the day with lunches of homemade soup.

Open 10am-4pm.

The Feathers Hotel, Ledbury HR8 1DS 01531 670250 15 Nov Christmas Fayre. Christmas decorations, cards, home accessories, jewellery, handbags, fashion accessories and more. In aid of St Michael’s Hospice and Aylton Church, 4-8.30pm, £4.

Marsh Cottage, Yatton, Leominster HR6 9TP 01568 770177 or 07972 138088 bronte@woodruffsworld.co.uk Nov & Dec Brontë Woodruff Studio viewing by appointment. Wide variety of framed and unframed paintings and drawings, cards, available for Christmas.

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St, Hereford 01432 260692 Until 1 Dec ‘Humphrey Repton in Herefordshire & Worcestershire’.

Exhibition to mark the bicentenary of the death of garden designer Humphrey Repton. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-12.30pm.

7 & 8 Dec Christmas Craft Fair.

Open 10am-4pm.

Upstairs, Market House Gallery, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 24 & 25 Nov & 1 & 2 Dec Arts in the Marches. H.Art Christmas weekends.

25 Nov Arts in the Marches will be hosting Ross-on-Wye Christmas Lights ‘switch-on’. Open 10am-4pm.

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The Colloquy, Lyonshall, HR5 3JA 07972 138088 Email brontë@woodruffsworld.co.uk 27 - 29 Nov Art at The Colloquy.

Christmas exhibition supporting St Michael’s Hospice. Ceramics, jewellery, prints, paintings, paper, pottery, sculpture, textiles and willow.

JILL BARNEBY JASON BRAHAM, JULIENNE BRAHAM, PAUL CATON, SUSIE CAWLEY, JULIE COOPER, KATE DAWSON, MAGGI DENARO, SIMON DORRELL, CARRIE EDE, NANCY FROST, WILLA HILDITCH, JANE KEAY, VICTORIA KEEBLE, DEBORAH KING, GUY LESTER, CIARA LEWIS, MISTLETOE HOUSE CARDS, TANIA MOSSE, LOTTIE O’LEARY, HELENA ORLOWSKI, JENNY PEARCE, MAUREEN RICHARDSON, SUSANNAH ROYLE LESTER, LAURA ROWLATT, ANGELA SOULIER, PEARL TAYLOR, GILL TENNANT-EYLES, BRONTË WOODRUFF. Tues ticketed preview, 6.30pm, £8. Wed 10.30am-9pm, Thurs 10.30am-2pm, suggested donation £2.

Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford 1 & 2 Dec Hereford Christmas Market.

50 local makers and craftspeople.

Open 11am-5pm.

Ledbury Library, The Masters House, Bye St, Ledbury HR8 1EA 01432 383499 12 - 17 Nov Calligraphy Exhibition of poems by Dymock Poets. Part of Ledbury Remembers, Ledbury Reflects. Open Mon, Thus, Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Tues 9.30am-6pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm, closed Sun & Wed. Demonstration Friday, info from ilovelettering@outlook.com Trumpet Corner Tearoom & Gallery, near Ledbury HR8 2RA 01531 670082 3 - 23 Nov ‘Remembrance in Art’.

Remembrance themed exhibition to commemorate 100 years since the end of WWI decorating the Trumpet with hand-crafted poppies.

Open daily 10am-4pm.

Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 Nov Works by local and national artists.

The Chapel, 2 Forbury Chase, Sherford St, Bromyard HR7 4DL 07817 588981 www.thechapelbromyard.com 17 Nov Christmas light up Card Fair.

A sale of artists’ greeting cards raising funds for Bromyard Youth Club and Bromyard Community Arts Project.

Open 11am-4.45pm with pop-up cafe.

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Artistree Gallery, Heritage Centre, Church Lane, Ledbury www.artistreegallery.org 8 - 11 Nov ‘Pity of War’ ARTISTREE, a co-operative of local artists - paintings, sculpture, furniture, photographs, ceramics, glass, textile and encaustic work. Wed-Sun 10.30am-4.30pm.

South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 18 Dec Sale of Charity Christmas Cards for good causes.

Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

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

01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 70 designers.

Open Mon - Sat,10am - 5pm.

Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church St, Kington, HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 www.madeinthemarches.com Nov ‘Merrily All the Way!’ Marking the cycle of the year, with work celebrating seasonal changes and events. Featuring work from resident local artists and makers, plus visiting exhibitors: RICHARD BAVIN, DANIEL CANNON, DRUSILLA COLE, JANE DAVIES, ROSEMARY FAHIMI, EMILY GAUNT, RHIANNON HOOSON, KATE KATO, ANDREW LEGGE, HETTY SCOTT, PEARL TAYLOR & ALISON TRISTRAM. Work includes ceramics, paintings, prints, textiles, jewellery, sculpture, stone, wood, metal and willow, cards and gifts. Commissions and vouchers available. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

17 Nov Meet the Artist, Richard Bavin, 11am and 2pm.

23 Nov Launching Herefordshire Tree Week: 5pm to 7.30pm - Acoustic Celtic Music from Celia Kibblewhite, Richie Cotterill & Local Young Musicians.

5-7.30pm. More details on website.

Gallery 54, 54 High St, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Nov New pieces from ANNICA NEUMULLER, JO JENKINS, AMANDA HEMMER & MARIA PIERIDES. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Wobage Makers Gallery, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye HR9 7QP 01989 780495 Nov Contemporary craft work by makers BEN CASSON - furniture and treen. CLYDE HOARE - baskets and willow weaving. CLAIR HODGSON silver, gold and precious stone jewellery. PATIA DAVIS, SHEILA HERRING, ANDREW McGARVA, JEREMY STEWARD, PETRA STEWARD - ceramics. CLARE CASSON-McGARVA - handstitched and dyed textiles. Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 07867 483135 www.kingtonmarkets.co.uk 17 Nov Kington Art, Craft & Vintage Market. Work by local designermakers, plus quality vintage wares, paintings, prints, ironmongery, wool and more. Plus KLEEN repair cafe.

9.30am-3pm.

Every Friday Local Food and Crafts Market. Open 9am-1pm, plus additional country market venue on Bridge St. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 4 Nov ‘Midway Beyond - Growth Transition Change’. A contemporary mixed media exhibition created by young people engaging in the media SHYPP (Supported Housing For Young People Project).

7 Nov - 7 Jan ‘Colour Me Purple’.

Made by artists working on the Age Cymru Cartrefu project. Theatre times.

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury HR1 1DW 07881 926661 Until 4 Nov ‘Drawing Threads’.

FUSION 16 - textile group.

Daily 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-2pm.

12 - 18 Nov ‘Ledbury Remembers, Ledbury Reflects’. LEDBURY ART SOCIETY, LEDBURY QUILTERS & LEDBURY BOOKARTS. 19 - 25 Nov LEDBURY ART SOCIETY Christmas exhibition.

Interesting selection of paintings at affordable prices.

26 Nov - 2 Dec Winter exhibition.

RACHEL SUDWORTH - paintings.

PADDY DYSON - photographs. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 10am-2pm.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 17 Nov ‘Peace, Suffrage and the End of War’. Local artists responding to topical themes.

21 Nov - 22 Dec Christmas Delights exhibition. Local artists’ seasonal offerings. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Framing available.

Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome WR6 5BT 01885 490839 Until 12 Nov Autumn Exhibition.

RUSSELL FRAMPTON, JULI-ANN COWARD & PETER SHARMAN. 15 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas exhibition. Gallery artists with a scattering of new exhibitors too.

Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm, closed Mon except Bank Holidays.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 www.oldchapelgallery.co.uk 10 Nov - New Year Christmas exhibition. ‘Fire and Frost. Featuring TAMSIN ABBOTT, SEREN BELL, KAREN PEARCE, SHIRLEY VAUVELLE, VIVIENNE CAWSON, JEMIMA JAMESON, RACHEL DARBOURNE & JACKIE MORRIS. Jewellery, textiles, lighting, paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, candles and cards.

Throughout the year ‘Glory of the Garden’. Featuring an ever changing collection of unique sculptures for your oudoor space in a variety of media including stone resin, forged iron, ceramic and carved stone.

Open 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Tues by appointment.

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 A mix of quality contemporary art and craft. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth 01600 719401 1 Dec Christmas Craft Fair.

Open 11am-2.30pm, free entry.

Creates Gallery & Coffee Shop, Dean Heritage Centre, Camp Mill, Soudley, Forest of Dean GL14 2UB 07535 160712 www.createsgallery.com From 1 Dec Opening exhibition. Fine art, sculpture, glass, ceramics and jewellery. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Creates Gallery, Contemporary Fine Art, 15 Church St, Monmouth NP25 5DZ 07535 160712 www.createsgallery.com Until 11 Nov Autumn Exhibition.

STEVEN OUTRAM RBA - new works depicting local scenes in a misty light.

PAUL BURGESS - landscapes and figurative portraits. WARREN DAY mixed media paintings.

16 Nov - 11 Jan Christmas exhibition.

Plus fine art, sculpture, glass, ceramics and jewellery by Master Jeweller, PAUL HATTON. Open Tues-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-3pm.

SHROPSHIRE Festival Drayton Centre, Frogmore Rd, Market Drayton TF9 3AX www.chantillygrey.com 18 Nov Market Drayton Winter Fair.

Open 10am-4pm.

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Smithy Studio, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell SY7 0DH 07811 042478 www.thesmithystudio.co.uk Until Dec Keep Christmas shopping local! Tues, Thurs-Sun 11am-4pm.

Public Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5AQ www.castleartists.co.uk 1 & 2 Dec ‘Affordable Art’. CASTLE ARTISTS hosting their Christmas exhibition when around 25 local artists come together, including paintings, linocuts, watercolours, sculpture, textiles, ceramics and cards.

Open 10am-5pm.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, SY7 9RS 01588 676060 4 Nov Frost Fair - Handmade crafts and Christmas gifts from Shropshire crafts people.

Until 20 Nov ‘Mammoths in Shropshire, Lions in Venice’.

Acrylic paintings by DIANA NUTTALL. Until 20 Nov ‘A Brush with Shropshire’.

JULIE PRICE & GEORGINA SHEPHERD. Open 10am-5pm.

FBC Manby Bowdler Gallery, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 26 Nov - 6 Jan ‘All Things Considered He Can Swim Like a Fish’. PAUL BAINES - abstract paintings, sculpture and poems. A personal account of living with autism. Open Mon-Sat from 10am.

Kerry Vale Vineyard, Gallery & Cafe, Pentreheyling, near Churchstoke SY15 6HU 01588 620627 Until 25 Dec Original work and limited edition prints by CAROLE BAKER, ROB LECKEY, LYN EVANS AND PENELOPE TIMMIS. Open Wed-Sun 10am-4pm.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023 Until 17 Nov Young Person’s Art Exhibition, ‘1914-1918’. Exhibition to commemorate the Armistice of 11 Nov 1918.

3 Nov Antiques & Flea Market, 9am-4pm.

11 Nov Open Afternoon. Films, displays, memorabilia from WWI. Tea and cake, free entry.

24 Nov - 5 Jan SIMON JENKINS. 1 Dec Antiques & Flea Market, 9am-4pm.

8 Dec Craft Fair. Two floors of stalls including ceramics, sculpture, textile, jewellery and more. Open 10am-4pm.

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, The Music Hall, Market Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1LG 01743 258885 Until 25 Jan ‘Fracture’. Celebrating the story of Sir Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt.

Until 25 Jan ‘Strange Meeting’.

Showing 14 prints by Denis May, interpretations of quotes from Wilfred Owen poems. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Photo Space, 4 Castle St, Ludlow SY8 1AT 0330 900 0290 Until 1 Dec ‘Solace’. PAUL SANDERS - photographs.

Open Wed - Sat 10am-5pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 4 Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 17 Nov CLAIRE SCOTT. 24 Nov - Jan Rural Surrealism & Winter exhibition. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3 - 4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Nov ‘Winter Landscapes’.

Dec - Jan Winter Curiosities.

Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 17 Nov Winter shopping event discount and special offers throughout the shop, live music from the Trevor Davies Trio, free children’s crafts in the BookBurrow, free entry.

9 Dec Aardvark Christmas Fair, 10am-3pm. Normal opening times Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Art & Craft Workshops

Single, dated listings are free.

Ongoing workshops, £40 per year.

SILK SCREEN PRINTING CLASSES With Sunny Todd. 5 week evening classes, 6.30-9.30pm, £150. New Friday taster session 10am-1pm, £50.

Small class sizes, outstanding tuition, homemade refreshments, classes suitable for all, beginners to experienced. Studio in Ledbury.

Details 07527 048749, email sunnytoddprints@outlook.com CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors.

We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. For full details www.creativebreaks.co.uk Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride!

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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. Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk November & December JEWELLERY MAKING With Melissa Hunt. 3 Nov - Make a silver spoon, all levels. 11 Nov - Forged jewellery: hammered textures and forms, all levels. 17 & 18 Nov - Stone setting, levels 2 & 3. 22 Nov - Gypsy setting, 2-5pm, all levels.

24 & 25 Nov - Stone setting, levels 2 & 3.

1 Dec - Taster half day, make a pair of cufflinks, all levels. 8 Dec - Soldering tips and practice, all levels.

9 Dec - Enamelling techniques, all levels.

14 Dec - Tension setting, levels 2 & 3. 15 Dec - Make your own findings: catches and clasps, levels 2 & 3.

16 Dec - Staking bangles, all levels. Tuesdays 6 week evening classes, 6-9pm, £150. All courses Oxford Barn, Oxford Yard, Brampton Bryan, 07931 351233.

November & December THE ARTHOUSE STUDIO Creative workshops including lino printing, glass fusing, jewellery making, fabric printing, traditional glass painting, stained glass. The Art House Studio, Weobley, 07467 941208, www.thearthousestudio.co.uk November GLASBURY ARTS WORKSHOPS 18 Nov - Foley Sound Effects Digital Workshop for ages 9-13, 10.30am-4pm, £13. 25 Nov - Children’s Painting Workshop with Kate Freeman for ages 8-12 years, 10.30am-4pm, £13. Both events at Glasbury Village Hall, please book, 07583 544110.

November SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE Until 2 Nov - Half Term Activities, Mary Anning and the Dinosaurs, 1 - 2.30pm, £4 per accompanied 3-11 year old, booking advisable. 17 Nov - Themed crafts available 4.30pm with film ‘Incredibles 2’ at 5.30pm.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

November & December TRUMPET CORNER WORKSHOPS Mondays - Knit, Stitch & Natter Group, 1-4pm. 16 & 24 Nov - Furzie Wool Sculpture Course, 10am-4.30pm, £70. 17 Nov & 14 Dec - Quilt-In-A-Day workshop with Bee-Spoke Quilts, 10am-4pm, £65 per day. Trumpet Corner Tea Room & Gallery, near Ledbury, HR8 2RA 01531 670082, jo@trumpetcorner.co.uk

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November & December APLEY FARM SHOP EVENTS 24 & 25 Nov - Apley Christmas Market. 15, 17 Nov & 5 Dec Ladies Night, Pottery, Painting, Wine & Nibbles, 7pm, £7.50. 1 & 2, 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 - 24 Dec - Santa’s Grotto, plus Breakfast with Santa and Afternoon Tea with Santa. Apley Farm Shop, Norton, TF11 9EF 01952 581002.

November PEAK CLASSES AND COURSES 17 Nov - Life Drawing with Tony Tribe, 10am-3pm, £25 per day, bring your own drawing materials.

5 - 26 Nov - Basket Making with Mary Zammit, 10am-2.30pm, £120 for 4 weeks, £220 for 8 weeks.

3 Nov - Botanical Illustration with Debbie Devauden, 10am-3pm, £45. 10 Nov & 8 Dec - Tribe - a monthly workshop for young artists and their families, 7-11 year olds, 2-4.30pm, £3 to cover materials. 6 Nov - Writing Workshop: understanding your narrative, with Helena Attlee, 10am-1pm, free. Peak Studio, Crickhowell, 01873 811579, www.peak.cymru November EASTNOR POTTERY Pottery fun for families, couples and individuals. Make your own Christmas presents! Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

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. Excellent & creative indoor activity. Potter’s wheel workshops 10 & 24 November. Spend the day relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £130. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. Simply email admin@ eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book a session.

November BLEDDFA CENTRE WORKSHOPS 10 Nov - Inscriptional Lettering with John Rowlands-Pritchard, 10am-5pm, £45.

16 Nov - Linocut Printmaking, led by Dursilla Cole, 10am-4pm, £50. Every other Tuesday - Sewing Group, 10.30am-12.30pm, free. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

November & December CLASSES AT THE OLD SCHOOL, WHITTON Introduction to Welsh quilting followed by a six week afternoon or evening class learning to work one technique each week. Forthcoming classes, furniture restoration and upholstery, rag rug, Kantha and Boro stitching (quilting traditions from India and Japan). Details 01547 550155 or www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org

November & December WILDEGOOSE NURSERY WORKSHOPS 25 Nov - Get Ready for Christmas. Make your own Christmas cards and gift tags with graphic designer Dulcie Fulton. All materials supplied, 10am-4pm. 2 Dec - Make Your Own Christmas Wreath with seed heads, fruits, foliage and berries foraged from the Walled Garden at Millichope Park. All materials provided apart from a container for your floral arrangement, 10am4.30pm. Each workshop £75 includes 2-course lunch, refreshments. Wildegoose Nursery, Lower Millichope, Munslow, SY7 9HE, please book, 01584 841890, email office@wildegoosenursery.co.uk November & December THE HIVE WORKSHOPS 4 Nov - Festive Potters for ages 4-11 years, 1.30-3pm, £12. 5 Nov - Adult Festive Potters, 18+, 7-9.30pm, £25.

2 Dec - Mosaics Workshop for ages 4-11 years, The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970.

November THE ART SHOP & CHAPEL WORKSHOPS 17 Nov Bespoke Maps with Ekta Kaul - Hand embroidery one-day course. 10am-5pm, £85 includes materials, lunch and refrehsments. Every Thurs - Life Drawing, 6-8pm, £10. The Art Shop & Chapel, No. 8 Cross St, Abergavenny, 01873 736430.

November THE COURTYARD WORKSHOPS Thurs - Life Drawing, 10am-1pm, £7. Tues - Playing Together, bringing older people and preschool age together. Dementia friendly. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

November MID WALES ART GALLERY WORKSHOPS Wed & Thurs - Pottery Clubs, Wed 7-9pm, Thurs children’s after school club 5-6.30pm. Mid Wales Art Centre, Maesmawr, Caersws, Newtown, 01686 688369.

Tues 6 November CHRISTMAS WREATHS

By Phil Evans. Lingen Gardening Club, Lingen VH, members £1, visitors £4, 01544 267463.

Sat 10 November CALLIGRAPHY Calligraphy Taster Session. Monkland VH, 10am-1pm, £8 each session, to book, 01544 327657. Marches Scribes.

Thurs 15 November FIGURE DRAWING SESSION (Clothed). SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, £10, 01588 630321.

Sat 17 November MADE IN MADLEY WORKSHOPS 15 craft workshops, £10 per workshop includs materials, tea/coffee and light lunch. Needle felting, crochet and much more. See Madley Craft Workshops online for details, booking essential 01981 250527.

Tues 20 - Tues 27 November CREATIVITY, ART & POETRY WORKSHOPS A variety of creative workshops. 20 Nov - Art workshop 10.45am-12.45pm. 21 Nov - Poetry workshop 12-2pm.

22 Nov - Art workshop 10am-12pm. 24 Nov - Creative activities for all the family 10am-4pm. 27 Nov - Art workshop 10.45am-12.45pm. Either free or £2. Part of Herefordshire Mind 40th anniversary, 01432 372404.

Thurs 22 November FLORAL ARTS DEMONSTRATION

By Elizabeth Graham. Tenbury Floral Art Club. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

December TOWN HALL WORKSHOPS 9 Dec - Garland Making with Cath Murphy, 10am-1pm.

9 Dec - Felt Making with Clare Linford. Make a penguin, 2-5pm. Each workshop £10 includes materials, tea/coffee, mince pies. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630023.

November THE GLOBE, HAY ON WYE WORKSHOPS Every Sunday - Lego Club, 11am, free. Every Tuesday - Chess Club, 4.15pm, free, contact Drew on 07714 767779. One Tuesday a month - Globemakers - an informal craft group, 7.30pm, further details contact corin@lordburgess.co.uk The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

November ASSEMBLY ROOMS, WORKSHOPS Twice monthly, Tues, Oscars, 7.30pm, Ludlow Photographic Club, 01584 879180. First Thurs, Studio, 7.30pm, Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 01584 831458. Fri, Studio, 10am-4pm, Life and Portrait Workshop, contact Chris Bean, 01584 841668.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Until Sun 4 November RHAYADER’S DRAGON FESTIVAL EVENTS Events every day across town and locally. Rhayader Museum, 01597 810561.

Sat 3 November BASKETRY WORKSHOP Beginners workshop, making a small shopping basket.

Wigmore Village Shop, 9am-5pm, £65, please contact Sophia on 0790 445 4227 to book. www.weavefutures. com Sat 3 & Sat 10 November MARCHES SCRIBES 3 Nov - Cristmas Creations. Inspirational calligraphy workshop with Kathy Taylor. Monkland Village Hall, 10am-4pm, £21, members £18. 10 Nov - Taster Session, 10am-1pm, £8. To book - 01544 327657.

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cinema THE WIFE (15) Niftily adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s fêted novel, this is a familiar story of an underrated power behind a smugly occupied t h ro n e , i n t h i s case the monarch being novelist Joe C a s t l e m a n (Jonathan Pryce) who is off to collect his Nobel gong in Stockholm with titular wife Joan (Glenn Close) and their sullen son (Max Irons). During the celebrations it becomes clear just how vital Joan’s role is in her husband’s success, and how little respect and recognition he’s paid her, but it takes Joe’s putative biographer, Nathaniel (Christian Slater) to sense the regret and resentment seething behind Joan’s loyal and witty carapace, auguring a masterfully evolved finale. The players here are all at the top of their game and following Emma Thompson’s recent performance in The Children Act, a battle for Oscar honours between her and Close is inevitable.

All reveiws by Mark Williams

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC.

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

7 Nov SWEET COUNTRY (15) 21 Nov CUSTODY (15) 5 Dec THE SALESMAN (12) Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, doors open 6.45pm, films start 7.30pm, 01873 850167

5 Nov CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (15) 3 Dec MAGIC FLUTE (U) Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Brecon Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

CONQUEST, BROMYARD

2 Nov AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (15) 2 Nov A QUIET PLACE (15) 9 Nov MARY SHELLEY (12A) 13 Nov PILLOW TALK (PG) 16 Nov LEAVE NO TRACE (PG) 23 Nov THE RIDER (ctbc) 24 Nov A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR Wurlitza. A unique film and live music event.

30 Nov THE APPARITION (12A) 7 Dec C’EST LA VIE! (15) Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141

23 Nov ALL THE WILD HORSES (15) 30 Nov JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (12A) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC. 7 Nov LACOMBE LUCIEN 21 Nov GHOST STORIES 5 Dec THE SQUARE Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm.

Details 01588 680445

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP

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2 - 8 Nov BAD TIMES (15) 2 - 4 Nov THE WIFE (15) 9 - 15 Nov PETERLOO (12A) 16 - 22 Nov BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (12A) Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. 01497 820322

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 3 Nov SING-ALONG BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PG) Free pre-activitiy, make an enchanged rose 5 & 6 Nov THE SEAGULL (12A) 5 - 12 & 30 Nov KING OF THIEVES (15) 9 Nov MRS HYDE (MADAME HYDE) (15) 10 Nov THE SECRET OF KELLS (PG) Free pre-activity 10 Nov NAKED NORMANDY (NORMANDY NUE) (15) 12 Nov THE RED COLLAR (LE COLLIER ROUGE) (15) 17 Nov A STORK’S JOURNEY (U) Free pre-activity, a Stork’s Journey Trail 24 Nov PROMISE AT DAWN (LA PROMESSE DE L’AUBE) (15) 24 - 29 Nov FIRST MAN (12A) 24 - 29 Nov BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (ctbc)

27 Nov A SEASON IN FRANCE (UN SAISON EN FRANCE) (15) 30 Nov A STAR IS BORN (15) Details 01432 340555

1 Nov THE POST (12A) Brilley VH 01544 327227 2 Nov THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 2 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 2 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 3 Nov A PRIVATE FUNCTION (15) Ballingham Old School Hall 07967 017759 3 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 271129 4 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 4 Nov HUMAN FLOW (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 5 Nov EDIE (12A) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 5 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) All Stretton VH 07812 583113 5 Nov DARK RIVER (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 6 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 7 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Cardington VH 01694 771295 9 Nov THE POST (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 9 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 9 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797932 9 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Stoke Prior VH 07850 030821

9 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Leintwardine Community Centre 07572 442903 9 Nov ON CHESIL BEACH (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 9 Nov JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (12A) Staunton on Wye VH 01981 501031 10 Nov THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (12A) Little Witley VH 01886 888122 10 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Priest Weston VH 01938 561449 10 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 10 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 873940 12 Nov THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 13 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Ashford Carbonell VH 01584 831574 13 Nov LAND OF MINE (15) All Stretton VH 07812 583113 13 Nov THE HAPPY PRINCE (15) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 568705 13 Nov LEAN ON PETE (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 14 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 14 Nov GOING IN STYLE (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 15 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Grimley Peach Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572 15 Nov THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 15 Nov WESTERN (15) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 16 Nov EDIE (12A) Rodington VH 01952 770524 16 Nov THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (15) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505547 16 Nov THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (15) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 16 Nov WAR HORSE (12A) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 16 Nov SAVING GRACE (15) Sarn VH 01686 670843 17 Nov STORIES FROM THE HOP YARDS (U) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 17 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Hanley Broadheath VH 01886 853195 17 Nov THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 17 Nov EDIE (12A) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530258 17 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510672

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (12A) Originally slated for a 2017 release, director Brian Singer (The Usual Suspects, the X-Men franchise) repeatedly stopped shooting this rumbunctuous celebration of Queen’s career up until their legendary Live Aid perf or ma nc e ‘f or p e r s on a l reasons’. Actor/director Dexter Fletcher, whose musical credits include Sunshine On Leith was then co-opted to complete the work but the overall result is a seamlessly infectious biopic starring American t.v. actor Rami Malek as the suitably imperious, hugely talented but troubled Freddie Mercury. Unafraid to address Mercury’s wilfully wanton gay lifestyle and his ultimately lost battle with Aids, the film is still more about the music and the machinations within the industry that governs it, and neat turns for Tom Hollander and Michael Myers add to its considerable entertainment value.

17 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Bicton VH 01743 850495 17 Nov INCREDIBLES 2 (PG) Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 01588 676060 17 Nov THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SING-A-LONG (PG) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 18 Nov LES JEUX INTERDITS (U) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 19 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 20 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 20 Nov CHURCHILL (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 21 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640109 21 Nov THE HAPPY PRINCE (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 510352 21 Nov PUDLESTON FILM FEST Pudleston VH 01568 760606 22 Nov OCEAN’S 8 (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 22 Nov PHANTOM THREAD (15) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 23 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) All Stretton VH 07812 583113 23 Nov THE PARTY (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 23 Nov FUNNY COW (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 23 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Dorstone VH 01981 550943

23 Nov THE SILENT CHILD (exempt) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 23 Nov ALL THE WILD HORSES (15) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 24 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 24 Nov THE POST (12A) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 24 Nov IN BETWEEN (15) Bettws-y-Crwyn Parish Hall 01588 640233 24 Nov THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) (PG) Bedstone and Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 25 Nov HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (15) New Inn, Pembridge 01544 387571 26 Nov BEAST (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 27 Nov DARKEST HOUR (PG) Loppington VH 01939 809236 29 Nov GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Almeley VH 01544 327195 29 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 30 Nov JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (12A) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 30 Nov MAMMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 01588 676060

THE HIVE, BELMONT 2 Nov A FANTASTIC WOMAN (15) 16 Nov A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (15) 21 Nov THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (12) 30 Nov THE FLORIDA PROJECT (15) The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970

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THE RIDER (15) Brady is the titular bronco buster on South Dakota’s hayseed rodeo circuit, except that due to a serious head injury, he really isn’t anymore and struggles to adapt to a very uncertain future. His alcoholic gambler father and teenage sister with learning difficulties offer little emotional support and his best friend lies in hospital badly brain damaged by his own horrific rodeo accident. Superficially this isn’t a promising evening’s entertainment, but when you realise that the ‘actors’ here are playing themselves it becomes mesmerisingly engaging, and Chinese writer/director Chloé Zhao paints an evocative portrait of a disappearing rural Americana imbued with the hopes and dreams of her protagonists. Although there are echoes of Sam Peckinpah’s much glossier Junior Bonner, Brady Jandreau is a more complex character than Steve McQueen’s itinerant cowboy, and all the better for it.

LINGEN FLIX 9 Nov PHANTOM THREAD (15) Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01544 267736. www.lingen.org.uk

MKT. THEATRE, LEDBURY

2 Nov THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (15) 14 Nov THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (12A) 17 Nov CASABLANCA WEA Film Study Day. Michael Curtiz, The Man Who Knew Too Much, 10.30am-4.45pm, £20.

23 Nov THE SILENT CHILD (U) 23 Nov THE PARTY (15) 30 Nov STANLEY, A MAN OF VARIETY (15) 12 Dec EDIE (12A) Details 07967 517125

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. 1 Nov KING OF THIEVES (15) Until 4 Nov SMALLFOOT (U) 2 - 8 Nov A STAR IS BORN (15) 9 - 15 Nov THE LITTLE STRANGER (12A) 13 Nov OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (PG) 16 - 22 Nov A SIMPLE FAVOUR (15) 23 - 29 Nov BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (12A) 2 Dec 120 BPM (15) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER

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3 Nov THE BOOKSHOP 4 Nov HUMAN FLOW (12A) Phone for times. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

PRESTEIGNE SCREEN 2 Nov LADY BIRD (15) 16 Nov FACES PLACES (VISAGES VILLAGES) (PG) 30 Nov SWEET COUNTRY (15) 14 Dec LET THE SUNSHINE IN (15) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. www.presteignescreen.org.uk

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 2 - 10 Nov THE BURYING PARTY 3 & 5 Nov THE WIFE (15) 7 Nov JOYEAUX NOEL (12A) 9 - 13 Nov JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (PG) 19 - 24 Nov FIRST MAN (12A) 23 Nov SUNRISE Wurlitza. A unique film and live music event.

26 & 27 Nov BOHEMIAN RAPHSODY (12A) 30 Nov & 1 Dec THE NUTCRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS (PG) 4 & 5 Dec A STAR IS BORN (15) Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells 01584 811442.

SPARC, BISHOP’S CASTLE 2 Nov WIZARD OF OZ 20 Nov CHURCHILL 22 Nov OCEANS 8 (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle.

Phone for times 01588 630321

THEATR HAFREN, NEWTOWN 21 Nov I, TONYA 12pm & 1.30pm, pre-show light lunch available, pre-booking essential. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 01686 614555

SHROPS WWI FILM FEST 5 Nov OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (PG) Wem Town Hall 01939 232299 6 Nov LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (PG) Wem Town Hall 01939 232299 6 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 6 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 8 Nov THE BURYING PARTY & THE LONG WAY HOME A double bill with Q&A with the film makers.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery 01743 258888 9 Nov WAR HORSE (PG) Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton 01630 654444 9 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Leintwardine Community Centre 01547 540627 10 Nov THE BURYING PARTY (12A) With Q&A with the film makers.

Wynnsstay Hotel, Oswestry 10 Nov ACES HIGH (PG) Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton 01630 654444 10 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Priest Weston VH 01938 561336 12 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre 01952 433297 16 Nov A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (15) The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury 01743 234970 23 Nov JOURNEY’S END (12A) All Stretton VH 07812 583113 Shropshire’s First World War Film Festival. Details 07948 419008 www.firstworldwarfilmfestival.com

FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 26 Nov SPEED SISTERS Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, herefordpsc@gmail.com

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS 1 Nov THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS (12A) Until 11 Nov FIRST MAN (ctbc) Until 17 Nov GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN (ctbc) Until 23 Nov JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (ctbc) Until 28 Nov A STAR IS BORN (ctbc) Until 1 Dec SMALLFOOT (ctbc) 9 - 25 Nov BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (ctbc) 9 - 15 Nov HALLOWEEN (ctbc) 16 Nov - 3 Jan FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (ctbc) 17, 18 & 21 Nov BLACK 47 (ctbc) 23, 25, 27 & 28 Nov THE WIFE (15) 30 Nov, 1 - 6 Dec THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB (ctbc)

30 Nov, 1 - 5 , 8 - 9, 27 - 30 Dec, 1 - 3 Jan THE NUTCHRACKER & THE FOUR REALMS (ctbc) 30 Nov, 1 - 16 Dec, 22 - 24 & 27 Dec WRECK IT RALPH 2: RALPH BREAKES THE INTERNET (ctbc) 30 Nov, 1 - 5 & 12 Dec PETERLOO (12A) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 Nov ALLELUJAH! By Alan Bennett.

National Theatre. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. Aston on Clun VH, 7pm, 01588 660493.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

2 Nov DIE WALKURE Royal Opera House. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm, 01432 340555.

4 Nov LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST Encore stream from the MET. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3pm, 01584 878141.

6 Nov DEGAS - PASSION FOR PERFECTION Exhibition on screen. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

7 Nov RED MGC. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

8 Nov ALLELUJAH! National Theatre. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

10 Nov MARNIE Metropolitan Opera live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 5.55pm, 01885 488575.

11 Nov MARNIE Metropolitan Opera encore screening. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3pm, 01584 878141.

13 Nov MARNIE Metropolitan Opera encore screening.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555.

13 Nov DEGAS: PASSION FOR PERFECTION Exhibition on screen from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

13 Nov LA BAYADERE The Royal Ballet. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.15pm, 07967 517125.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Church Stretton School, 7.15pm, 01694 722209.

Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

14 Nov TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Royal Shakespeare Company.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 772467. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

24 Nov TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Royal Shakespeare Company.

Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

15 Nov LA BAYADERE The Royal Ballet. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555.

17 Nov LA BAYADERE The Royal Ballet. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.15pm, 01568 612583.

17 Nov FUNNY GIRL: THE MUSICAL Featuring Sheridan Smith.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

18 Nov DEGAS: PASSION FOR PERFECTION Exhibition on screen. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01568 612583.

18 Nov LA BAYADERE The Royal Ballet. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 2pm, 01600 719401.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, 01588 630321. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 2pm, 01885 488575.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3pm, 01584 878141. Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 2pm, 01497 820322.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 2pm, 01584 811442.

19 Nov LA BAYADERE The Royal Ballet. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555.

20 Nov THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III National Theatre. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Booth’s Bookshop,

21 Nov TREOILUS & CRESSIDA Royal Shakespeare Company.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

25 Nov ALLELUJAH! National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3pm, 01584 878141.

28 Nov GISELLE English National Ballet.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575.

29 Nov THE KING AND I Recorded live at the London Palladium. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 772467.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Church Stretton School, 7pm, 01694 722209.

Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

30 Nov THE KING AND I The London Palladium. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

1 Dec THE KING AND I Recorded live at the London Palladium. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 3pm & 7pm, 01743 281281.

WORKSHOPS BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL CALLING LOCAL FILMAKERS Are you a filmmaker? Have you made a short film in Herefordshire recently?

Would you like to showcase it at Borderlines Film Festival in March 2019?

Contact jane.jackson@borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk Wednesdays FILM MAKING CLUB The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.30pm, Ages 8-14 years, £73 per term, 01432 340555.

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dance Dance Performance

Dance Workshops

Wed 7 November ID NIGHT THE COURTYARD & 2FACED DANCE COMPANY. Up and coming artists from every art form have their work profiled. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £5, 01432 340555.

Fri 18 November TWMPATH With live band Murphy’s Law. Llandovery folk dancing.

Llanwrda Hall, SA19 8AD, 7.30pm, £8/£6, 01550 720483.

Fri 9 November SHANE SHAMBHU - CONFESSIONS OF A COCKNEY TEMPLE DANCER Featuring stand-up comedy and audience interaction, physical theatre, mime and storytelling. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01588 630321. Arts Alive.

Sat 10 November THE NUTCRACKER RUSSIAN STATE BALLET. Snow flurries, sweets, princes, magic and love. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £37.50-£28.50, children £22.50, 01743 281281.

Sun 11 November GISELLE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET. Giselle falls in love with the handsome Prince Albrecht but discovers he has been unfaithful to her... Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £37.50-£28.50, children £22.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 7 & Mon 12 November SWAN LAKE RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET. Mystery and romance.

A tale of two young women, Odette and Odilie, who resemble each other so strikingly one can easily be mistaken for the other. 7 Nov - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £21/£19.50, under 16s £16.50, 01874 611622.

12 Nov - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £22/£20.50, under 16s £17.50, 01432 340555.

Tues 13 November FACE IN + LET’S TALK ABOUT DIS - DOUBLE BILL CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY. Dramatic and powerful arresting choreography presented by the contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16-£12, students £8, 01743 281281.

Tues 13 & Tues 20 November FRANKENSTEIN CASCADE DANCE THEATRE. Five performers and two musicians bring to life Artistic Director Phil Williams compelling new adaptation of the ultimate gothic fantasy.

13 Nov - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622. 20 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14/£12, students £7.50, 01873 850805.

Sat 17 November A CELEBRATION OF PEACE Music and dance from around the world. Concord College, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10, 01743 281281.

Thurs 6 December BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BALLET THEATRE UK. One of the most enchanting love stories. Inspired by the original tale and classical score.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £15/£14, 01982 552555.

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Single, dated listings are free. Year round entries £40

Tues 20 November & Tues 4 December MOVING TO THE RHYTHM Rachel leads participants through a series of enjoyable, gentle movements. This session is mostly seated and includes a break for refreshments. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2pm, £2, carers go free, 01584 878141.

KNIGHTON JIVE CLASSES Tuesdays, at the Knighton Community Centre. 7.20pm-10pm, £5pp. Beginners and experienced dancers welcome. Just turn-up & join-in at 7.30pm, with or without a dance partner. Mid Wales Jive teaching Modern Jive, 50s Rock’n’Roll Jive, Swing-Jive.

07767 358079.

ECSTATIC RHYTHMS DANCE – WITH CLIVE HEDGER This is a freestyle dance class drawing upon elements of 5 Rhythms, ecstatic / shamanic dance with some of the best ever music on a great sound system. No experience necessary. No steps to learn, just following your inner rhythms. Wear loose clothing and bring water. BRILLEY VILLAGE HALL HR3 6JG 1st Saturday of each month.

The village hall is signposted from the Brilley to Kington road and is approximately 500 yards from St Mary’s church, Brilley. (These dates may occasionally be subject to change). 7.30pm £10 (concessions available). Info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 07905 743272 / 01982 552535.

ALANYA’S BELLYDANCE CLUB - OPEN LEVEL Monkland Village Hall - Mondays 7.30-9pm.

Miro Studio, Hereford - Fridays 10.30am-12pm.

No-obligation taster £6, then pay per term or block. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance. com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

DANCEFEST Mon - Hereford Chance to Dance (55+), 11.30am, St John’s Methodist Church Hall, Hereford. £58 a term. Tues - Dancefest classes for 4-16 year olds at The Courtyard, Hereford for 4-16 year olds from 4pm. £4 a week. Thurs - Kingsland and Bromyard Dancefest Clubs (6-11) 4pm, Kingsland Coronation Hall, Leominster; 5pm at Queen Elizabeth Humanities Colleges, Bromyard. £4 a week, www.dancefest.co.uk, 01905 611199.

Candoco Dance Company

CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session.

Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@ btinternet.com ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW CLASSES Mon - Circle Dancing, Studio, 1.45pm-3.45pm. Contact Kathryn Louhichi, 01584 877446. Tues Learn To Jive.

Fun, easy to learn and no partner/experience needed.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30-8.30pm, 01989 750354.

COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES Mondays - Find Your Feet, dementia friendly dance and movement class, 10am, £2 per session. Fridays - Dancing Tots 11.30am, ages 2-4, £4 per session, £1 per extra child.

Fridays - Chance to Dance 10.15am, for over 50s. Tuesdays - Zumba 1.30pm, £5, all abilities. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Mon, 7.30-8.30pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tues, 7.30-8.30pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tues, 7.30-8.30pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Tues, 7.30pm-8.30pm Pembridge Village Hall, HR6 9EB. Wed, 7.30-8.30pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wed, 8-9pm, Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Malvern, WR14 4LR. Thurs, 7.30pm-8.30pm, Hereford Academy, HR2 7NG. Thurs, 7.45pm-8.45pm Ledbury Dance Studio, HR8 2A. Fri, 9.30am-10.15am Charlestone Fitness, Point 4, HR1 1DT. Fri, 11am-12pm, Tupsley Whitehouse Community Hub, Gentle Jive.

Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. or info@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance.co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

Fortnightly Sat CHORUS LINE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561.

Mon SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Join an enthusiastic adult group on Monday evenings to learn how to dance jigs, reels and Strathspeys at Llanelwedd School Hall, Builth Wells from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. £2 per session (first free). No need to bring a partner. Beginners and experts welcome. 01982 570324/01544 350707.

Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561.

Tues FOXWELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing?

We practice every Tues evening at 7.30pm in Moccas Village Hall from Sept to May. Mainly dances from the Cotswolds, but also some from the Welsh Borders.

All sexes welcome, and ability to dance not necessary!

Beginners welcome. Contact Emma on 01544 327311 or Paul 01497 821003.

Wed BIG FISH LITTLE FISH FOR MUMS AND TOTS! Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 2-3pm, £3 drop in, for tots aged 8 months+, 01597 824370.

Fri (term time) VILLAGE BEATS SHAKE AND DANCE Come and dance to get that body and mind moving!

Village Beats gives you a chance to drop out of that busy thinking mind and to drop down into your body. We play some amazing music that lets us put anything that might be popping up into our heads into the dance through the use of breath, rhythm and movement. This is an active meditation to some a-m-a-z-i-n-g tunes! No steps to learn.

Nothing to get right or wrong. No upper age limit. All levels of physical fitness welcome. Sessions are drop in and are £8 per class. Little Birch Village Hall, Barrack Hill, Much Birch, HR2 8AZ. Contact Zoë 07879 425 458.

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food page Ask Italian, Hereford

B

EFORE Mr Pernickety gets stuck into the main subject of this month’s page, he returns briefly to a theme from last month – that of Her Majesty’s Government’s insistence that the British public may be permitted only to consume hamburgers that have been overcooked – and the difficulties that this directive creates for supreme Burger Meisters like Hereford’s Beefy Boys. Over a quick lunch at the excellent CSONS Green Café, by the salmon jump at Dinham Weir, Mr P and his ever-lovely companion enjoyed a burger that not only achieves the same heady heights of deliciousness as the BB’s product, but is also served delightfully, juicily, succulently rare! Hoorah!

For this month’s review, Mr P thought he should take a fresh look at one of the high street chain restaurants that he is inclined to distrust. They abound in Hereford, on the brick-built wind tunnel that is the New Market Mall, and in the older streets of the much-abused city. Mr P found it hard to choose; they all look, sound and smell pretty much the same. Having asked a long-standing, elegant and witty friend, who two decades ago had invited him to a dinner party she was cooking for the then fresh and spritely Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s TV Dinners programme, he chose Ask in Broad Street, as it was short walk for his guest.

At one o’clock on a Wednesday, the place was fairly empty, allowing Mr P a clear view of the bland, derivative furniture and plain walls that these kinds of establishments favour. Mr P’s guest, the LEWF, who can be a bit fussy, gazed around in disappointment and said she didn’t give a fig where she sat. They placed themselves by a wall, to better observe their surroundings.

They were ushered their by an over-jolly waiter who spoke English with a faintly Italian accent as he took their order for a glass of Primitivo from Puglia – which was good but overpriced – and Pinot Grigiot, which the LEWF liked.

To start, Mr P ordered Meatballs Picante, which, although they were served looking slightly tired, as if they’d hung around for a while before being skilfully popped in the microwave, tasted OK, even enjoyable. In theory, there’s no reason why a well-prepared dish can’t be heated in a microwave and retain some flavour. Mr P’s guest was surprised that the ‘Italian’ waiter called her Bruschetta ‘brooshetta’. However, she ate it without grimacing, which Mr P took as a good sign, and she observed that at least the parmesan cheese that topped it was freshly grated as it was scattered across the plate.

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So far, not so bad, they agreed, with Mr P, always fair, ready to rescind his prejudice against multiple eateries.

However, things went downhill after that.

The LEWF had chosen Salmon wrapped in Coppa Ham and roasted. She quickly concluded this was an unhappy combination, especially as the salmon hadn’t been boned or skinned. The outer edges of the concoction had been overheated, to the point of crispness, while the fish was dried out and bland; the gloopy tomato sauce did nothing to improve the dish. She ate two mouthfuls before giving up. Mr Pernickety’s Porchetta belly pork was worse. All the distinctive pork fat flavours had been cooked out of it, sitting on a small square slab of stuffing with squidgy roast potatoes which had gained nothing from their visit to the microwave. The pork meat was grey in colour and taste. Mr P managed only a few mouthfuls, then abandoned it.

The waiter, perceiving their dissatisfaction, expressed his regret in a different voice, this time with more of a Slavic lilt to it, and offered them a glass of wine on the house, which they accepted, having wasted some £30 on two unfinished dishes. There seemed no point in trying a pudding after this; besides Mr P was feeling guilty about subjecting his friend, a talented amateur cook in her own right, to such a disappointing experience.

The attractive profitability of mainstream Italian food (pizza, pasta and so on) has meant that many places serving it have opened over the last decade or so. Mr P knew an Italian who opened a pancake restaurant in London and told Mr P, “I take a sack of flour and turn it into a sack of money,” which seems like a sound business principle, but inevitably, there is now an oversupply of these places. Mr P believes that the public have become more savvy to the cynical exploitative nature of chains like Jamie’s Italian and Pizza Express, and it looks as if that particular party is now winding down.

Mr P’s view of Ask? Don’t ask.

www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

FOOD BYTES

November HERB GARDEN COMMUNITY CAFE 2 Nov - Vegan Cookery Demonstration, 7.30pm, £10.

9 Nov - Curry and Quiz night for MIND charity, 7.30pm, £12.

23 Nov - Caribbean Posh Nosh with samba music, 7.30pm.

Herb Garden Community Cafe, Llandrindod Wells, www.herbgardencommunitycafe.org.uk

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.

BLEDDFA CENTRE READING ROOM CAFE 01547 550377 Open every Fri, Sat and Sun 11am – 5pm.

Café, gift shop, art gallery, and an eclectic selection of books to borrow or buy. Hot and cold drinks, light lunches and homemade cakes, “ginger cake to die for”.

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 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

THE HEREFORDSHIRE GOLF CLUB, WORMSLEY, HR4 8LY Open daily for food and beverage also a Sunday Carvery 12.30pm-3pm every week, one course £9.95 two courses, £13.95. We can also cater for your private event, price includes free room hire. Call Martin on 01432 830219.

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 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October.

THE ORGASMIC CIDER COMPANY, GREAT PARTON, EARDISLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR3 6NX 01544 327244 or 07773 037448 Craft cider and perry off licence and gift shop with local products. Open Friday and Saturday 12 to 5pm. Group tours available.

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.galleryknighton.co.uk Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & 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.

Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk RUTH WATSON RESTAURATEUR AND PRIVATE COOK. Bespoke Food for all Occasions. Parties, special occasions, holiday home catering, pop-up food. Friendly personal service. Ring or email: 01544 350559/ 07870 752325. ruthwatsonfood@gmail.com YARBOROUGH HOUSE BOOKSHOP, MARKET SQUARE, BISHOP’S CASTLE 01588 638318 CAFE serving coffee, tea and cakes. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 10am-5pm. SPECIALISES IN Secondhand classical music, 5000 CDs, 1000 LPs, 7000 books.

Come and browse.

Sat 3 November FARMER’S MARKET Eaton Bishop Village Hall, 10am-12pm, local veg, organic meat, cakes, jams, chutneys, crafts and refreshments.

Fri 9 November WINE TASTING A wine tasting evening to raise money for The Hive organised by INC Shropshire and Shrewsbury Wine Assessors Club. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7pm, £25, 01743 234970.

Fri 9 - Sun 11 November GEORGE EGG - DIY CHEF An inspiring and inventive evening of stand-up, live cooking and comedy lecture, George prepares a breakfast, lunch and dinner using the most unconventional methods. For ages 14+. 9 Nov - Little Wenlock VH, £10, 01952 505547.

10 Nov - Chelmarsh Parish Hall, £12/£8, 01746 862104.

11 Nov - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, £10/£8, 01743 235384. All 7.30pm. Arts Alive.

Sat 10 November COOKING THAI - COOKERY COURSE With Sheela Udeshi. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, £35 pp to include all ingredients and recipe book to take home, booking essential, 01588 676060.

Fri 23 November SWAN BREWERY TASTING DAY Local products to sample and buy, soup available.

Swan Brewery, Leominster, 9am-6pm, 01568 617709.

Sat 24 November HAY FOOD FESTIVAL Celebrating winter cooking with over 50 stalls showcasing the best of local produce. Market Square, Hay-on-Wye. Sat 1 December KINGTON FESTIVE FOOD/DRINK FROM THE BORDERS A gastronomic inspiration from the Marches. Over 85 exhibitors, music and many other festive attractions.

Free parking in Kington. Email mppeek@btinternet.com Every Saturday LUDLOW COUNTRY MARKET 9am-12pm at The Womens Centre, behind the Buttercross, Ludlow town centre. Local produce, handicrafts, turned wood items, plants & veg, cut flowers, assorted cards.

First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm.

The best collection of artisan food producers in the area.

2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487.

3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023.

3rd Saturday of every month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd. Clun, 10.00am - 12.00pm. 01588 641180.

Every Wednesday CURRY NIGHT Curry, naan bread and a drink, £10. Vegetarian option available. Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-4pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk Every 2nd & 4th Thursday LUDLOW LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET 9-2pm Castle Square 01584 872043.

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HEREVER you live in the Marches, it’s likely there’s a Choral Society within a 30-minute drive … and equally likely they will be giving one of their main concerts in November. The third Saturday is always popular – doesn’t clash with Bonfire Night, and with term starting in September it means there are just the right number of weekly rehearsals to prepare a substantial programme of one or two major choral works or a selection of shorter ones.

If you’re reading this soon after publication you might just be in time to catch Ledbury Choral Society’s concert on 3 November in Ledbury Parish Church. They’ll be performing Vivaldi’s Gloria and Haydn’s Nelson Mass. (www.ledburychoral.btck.co.uk). The following evening, 4 November, in the Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Choral Society joins what’s billed as a Consortium of Shropshire choirs to perform a new work by Bob Chilcott, Move him into the Sun, to mark the centenary of the death of the Shropshire-born poet Wilfred Owen and the end of the First World War. (www.shrewsburychoral.org.uk) Bromyard Choral Society also marks the WW1 centenary with a performance of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins, at the Courtyard, Hereford on Saturday 11 November, paired with John Rutter’s Gloria (www.bromyardchoral.x10host.com).

But the busiest date is that third Saturday, 17 November. You can hear Benjamin Britten’s St Nicholas and Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms in the Blake Theatre, Monmouth (www.monmouthchoralsociety.co.uk); Handel’s Messiah in Leominster Priory (www.leominsterchoralsociety.co.uk); Poulenc’s Gloria and Vaughan Williams’s Hodie in Worcester Cathedral (www.worcesterfestivalchoralsociety.org.uk); or a programme of Choral Classics in Hereford Cathedral (www.herefordchoralsociety.org).

Popular favourites such as Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Cesar Franck’s Panis Angelicus will be slipped into Hereford Choral Society’s programme, which is built around works by Sir Hubert Parry, who lived near Gloucester and died one hundred years ago. It includes Parry’s wonderful Coronation anthem I Was Glad; a rarely-heard Magnificat that was written for the Three Choirs Festival in 1897; the beautiful ode to music Blest pair of sirens; Jerusalem; and Land of Hope and Glory. The ladies of the choral society will also perform The March of the Women by Dame Ethel Smyth, a prominent member of the women’s suffrage movement. Dedicated to Emmeline Pankhurst, The March of the Women became the official anthem of the Women’s Social and Political Union.

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Kington Choral Society Credit Bob Kennard

Hereford Choral Society Credit Derek Foxton

Hereford is one of the largest choral societies in the Marches, with around 150 auditioned singers, and is conducted by Geraint Bowen, Director of Music at Hereford Cathedral. If you want to work hard and perform challenging music to a very high standard, this is the choir for you; you can also do a more rigorous audition and join the Hereford contingent of the Three Choirs Festival Chorus.

Most of the societies in smaller towns are not auditioned, but some state in their information for new members that an ability to sing in tune is essential and the ability to read music is helpful.

One choir that is punching above its weight at the moment is Kington Choral Society (www.kingtonchoral. org.uk), whose current musical director, Robert Evans, is a professional singer who regularly appears with The Sixteen, The Cardinall’s Musick, Tenebrae and other chamber choirs. He has been inviting his colleagues to come over to Herefordshire and sing the solos in some of Kington Choral’s concerts. Their recent Bach St John Passion in Presteigne really benefited from having a team of soloists who know the work very well and are used to singing with one another; the inspirational effect on the choir was obvious.

Earlier this year the choir also ran an excellent masterclass for young singers with Julie Cooper, a soprano with The Sixteen, who spent an afternoon in the Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, working with young singers from the area.

Kington Choral’s autumn concert is on Saturday 24 November in St Mary’s Church, Kington, when they will perform Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Charpentier’s sparkling Messe de Minuit pour Noël … ie, Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve. If you’d like to hear the whole of the Christmas story as told by J S Bach in his Christmas Oratorio, actually a series of six cantatas that would have been performed on the relevant church feasts from Christmas Day to Epiphany, head to St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow on 8 December.

Patrick Larley has chosen this great work to bow out after 16 years as musical director of Ludlow Choral Society (www.ludlowchoral.org.uk).

Clair de Lune

NOVEMBER Thurs 1 November THE ENDINGS Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

EIRA SNOW Multi-instrumental duo that draws on musical influences from Europe, Celtic lands and the Middle East. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £13/£11, 01432 340555.

NEW PURPLE CELEBRATION The music of Prince. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £25, 01743 281281.

ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, near Kington, HR3 6LF, www.almeleysteadysession. wordpress.com

Fri 2 November MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

BELLA COLLINS & GARETH EVANS Blues, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz. Yew Tree, Peterstow, 9pm.

TIMBERWULF Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

GLENN TILBROOK ‘The Voice and Face of Squeeze’.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £18.50, 01874 611622.

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN A Mozart and Mendelssohn recital by American violinist Tai Murray, conducted

by Julian Lloyd Webber. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555.

THE TRAGIC MAGIC BLUES BAND Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

DECADES Halloween special. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2, 01497 821762.

THE WORRIED MEN King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye. SULTANA BROTHERS Three Tuns, Tamworth, 9pm.

SHOPFRONT HEROES White Horse Inn, Clun.

HMV BAND Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

GIGSPANNER Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £15, 01588 630023.

CUSTARD COLLECTION Malthouse, Ironbridge.

VOSKRESENIJE CHOIR OF ST PETERSBURG St Chad’s Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12, under 16s free, 01743 850054.

THE ROCK SHACK BAND Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE CONCERT

By Monmouth Male Voice Choir and Royal British Legion. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 6.15pm, £12/£11, 01600 719401.

Sat 3 November CONTRABAND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HEROES & FOES: POWYS The very first Powys Comic Con. Cosplay, traders and special guests.

The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 10am-4pm, £5, £3 6-12 year olds, 01597 258118.

BLAKE’S III Return of the legendary Martin, Rob and Mick. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

SONIC BOOM Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

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ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE BIG BAND ‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01874 611622.

Out of Order

TREDEGAR BAND Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 3pm, £10, 01686 614555.

Mon 5 November CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

THE STYLISTICS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £32-£29, 01743 281281.

AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8pm.

Sat 3 November SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Emrys the Brave with support from Atto Mul. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

VIVA LA COLDPLAY The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £12, 01952 728911.

BEE GEES FEVER The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21/£20, 01432 340555.

TICKLING THE IVORIES A musical romp through a hundred years of comedy song presented by Michael Lunts. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £15 includes glass of wine, 07967 517125.

HANNAH & BRIAN Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

SUPPER AND SONGS FROM THE TRENCHES John Kirkpatrick will sing a selection of songs from the First and Second World Wars. Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.15pm, £10 includes an appropriate supper, 01544 319143.

BONFIRE PARTY With Andrew Riverstone. The Monkland Arms, 8pm, 01568 720510.

SMOKIN’ TONES Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES Plus support. Return of Carl from Virginia with a pile of instruments and his champion fiddler wife Erynn to delight with Old Time Appalachian tunes, Southern song duets, dancing and humour. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10, 01544 350407, 01982 551116, 01547 528315.

TRAGIC MAGIC Blues. Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

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BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

PRESTEIGNE FIREWORKS Live music, bar, food. Went’s Meadow, Presteigne, 6.45pm, £4, under 12s free.

LIVE @THE WATERFRONT Free live music for the whole family.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, 01874 611622, FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

KATRIONA GILMORE & JAMIE ROBERTS The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch Leisure Centre, Whitchurch, 7.30pm, £12/£10, £6 children, 07506 724572.

North Shropshire Folk.

OUT OF ORDER The British Legion, Llandrindod Wells, £5.

THE LEGENDS OF AMERICAN COUNTRY SHOW Toe tapping country classics.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £20, 01600 772467.

Sun 4 November TEED UP Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

THE PITY OF WAR CONCERT ‘My subject is War and the Pity of War’ Wilfred Owen. Shrewsbury Bookfest in collaboration with St Chad’s Music Festival will present a concert in celebration of the life and work of Wilfred Owen. Choirs across Shropshire will perform with texts by Wilfred Owen and other war poets.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6.30pm, £20, 01743 281281, STEVE FAIRBRACHE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

THE BILL BAILEY JAZZ BAND Live jazz. The Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £7, 01432 276304.

Tues 6 November OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

HAY MUSIC Featuring The Amyas Ensemble and Duo Maddalena. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £12, students £6 from Richard Booth’s Bookshop, 01497 820322.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 7 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

MUSIC IN QUIET PLACES Words and Music for Remembrance.

Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, retiring collection in aid of the Royal British Legion, www.hhct.co.uk THE BUTCHERS DOGS Toby and John invite you to a fun musical evening. Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3 on the door.

Thurs 8 November THE DOODAHS Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

BARRY STEELE The Roy Orbison Story. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

A MOTLEY CREW ‘Pity of War’. A kaleidoscope of experiences of people at home and war 1914-1918 as seen through eye witness accounts, poetry, music and much more. The Heritage Centre, Upstairs Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury, 6.45pm, free with donations.

THE ALL TONES Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

Brodsky Quartet

CLUN VALLEY JAZZ Featuring Josephine Davies Trio Satori.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, £12 or £20 with supper, 01588 676060.

BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi tribute. White Horse Inn, Clun.

GENESIS CONNECTED Tribute band. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £18, 01873 850805.

WILL FINN & ROSIE CALVERT ‘Beneath This Place’ debut album tour.

Playing traditional music with a contemporary flair. Bitterley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 890881.

Arts Alive.

Thurs 8 November BRODSKY QUARTET Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19/£17, 01874 611622.

SONS OF PITCHES Fast paced medleys and mind-bending mashups as this vocal group attempt to hit their target of 100 legendary tracks in just one evening. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £25-£22.50, 01743 281281.

Fri 9 November JOHN KIRKPATRICK ‘Songs from the Trenches’. Sons from both World Wars. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, £10, 01588 630023.

OVER THE MOON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

HOBSON’S CHOICE Sea Shanty singers. Bedstone & Hopton Castle Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01547 530282.

VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘Voices from Darkness’. Featuring The Auric String Quartet and Giles Underwood, baritone. Concert One programme includes Butterworth and Ravel. St Mary’s Church, Hopesay, 7.30pm, £12, three or more concerts £10, under 25s £5, under 16s £1, 01588 640162.

Sat 10 November

KACHINAS 5-piece country rock band. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

EFFERVESCENT Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

GATHERING WAVE CHOIRS REMEMBER 1914-1918 Herefordshire triennial community choirs project. Songs and readings honouring those who suffered in the Great War. Point 4, Venns Lane, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10/£7 tickets from The Courtyard, 01432 340555.

AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE LIONEL RICHIE SONGBOOK Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19/£17, 01874 611622.

LEE JAY King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye.

FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Magpie Lane. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

DJ DAN 90s/00s. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

LIVE @THE WATERFRONT Free live music for the whole family.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, 01874 611622.

KINGTON COMMUNITY CHOIR WWI Remembrance. St Mary’s Church, Kington, 7.30pm.

CLUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘Voices from Darkness’. Concert Two. Featuring Giles Underwood and Gretel Dowdeswell. Songs by Ivor Gurney, Samuel Barber, John Jeffreys and Vaughan Williams, plus Ravel. St George’s Church, Clun, 1pm. Concert Three. Featuring The Auric String Quartet and Gretel Dowdeswell.

Programme includes Brige, Rebecca Clarke and Elgar. St George’s Church, Clun, 7pm. £12, three or more concerts £10, under 25s £5, under 16s £1, 01588 640162.

NORTHERN SOUL DJ, ticket only. Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

GEORGINA FRANKLIN Jewellery Individual Contemporary Design Commissions undertaken

Please see website for studio opening times.

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The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8EA

Phone 01584 810085

Weobley Village Hall proudly presents

DARIO NAPOLI MODERN MANOUCHE PROJECT UK TOUR Thursday 22nd November 7.30pm Dario and his band will play his style of Gipsy Jazz influenced by Django Reinhardt in Weobley’s Village Hall.

This Sicilian-born guitarist includes elements of more modern styles resulting in an unpredictable and exuberant sound.

Tickets priced at £10 available from Lyn Bruce on 01544 319143 or lynbruce7@gmail.com WEOBLEY VILLAGE HALL, GADBRIDGE RD, WEOBLEY, HR4 8SN

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CLUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ‘Voices from Darkness’. Concert Four.

John Kirkpatrick, Auric String Quartet, St George’s Handbell team.

Programme includes George Butterworth, Bartok, Lutoslawski and Rebecca Clarke with poetry by Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and others.

Memorial Hall, Clun, 6pm. £12, three or more concerts £10, under 25s £5, under 16s £1, 01588 640162.

Will Finn & Rosie Calvert 9 November

STEVE YEOMANS Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

INTO THE SHADOWS Tribute band. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £18, 01743 281281.

Mon 12 November Sat 10 November

Sun 11 November

SKA’D BY THE MUSIC An independent UK film.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 6pm, £5, 01497 821762.

OPEN AFTERNOON Films, displays, memorablia from World War I. Tea, cakes. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, free.

MICROBABY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Whose Hands Are These.

Yew Tree, Peterstow, 3pm, followed by Acoustic Session, 7.30pm.

MUSIC IN NEW RADNOR Featuring Syrinx Ensemble.

Programme includes Mozart, Faure, Richard Rodney Bennett and more. Community Hall, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £12, under 14s £3, 01544 231732.

NORTHERN SOUL AND SKA NIGHT With DJ Paul Nevin. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

THE LOST BOYS Vaga, Hereford, 9pm.

RATHLIN ROAD Local Irish folk duo. St Peter’s Church, Hereford, 4pm, £5, children £2, refreshments and art materials while you listen! For Mind@40, 01432 372404.

THE STONED CHERRIES The Bull, Ludlow, 8.30pm.

BLACK HEART ANGELS Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

SONYA SMITH Contemporary covers and original songs on acoustic guitar. Mid Wales Music Centre, Pool Rd, Newtown, 1.30-4pm, 01686 622161.

The Bay Tree, Welshpool, 8.30pm, 01938 555456.

LIVE JAZZ Local quartet plays well-known standards, Latin and blues. The Cliffe at Dinham, Ludlow, 12.30pm-3pm, free entry, cocktails, light bites or book a table for lunch, 01584 872063.

STONE MOUNTAIN SINNERS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

SULTANA BROTHERS Remembrance Sunday event.

Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 90 ‘The Corelli Phenomenon’. The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 3pm, 01743 365561.

QUIZ NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm.

BROMYARD CHORAL SOCIETY & THE CRADLEY SINGERS Present Jenkins’ Armed Man and Rutter’s Gloria. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £15, 01432 340555.

PSYCHIC NIGHT White Horse Inn, Clun.

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Will be performing small scale concerts in the Foyer. The Courtyard, Hereford.

Prior to Swan Lake, concert 6,30pm, show 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Tues 13 November PEACE AND WAR An evening of poetry and music with Allen Fisher and Laurance Mendes.

Apple Store Gallery, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7pm, £5, 01432 263937.

OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Dario Napoli. Gypsy jazz trio from Italy. The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, £12 visitors, £10 members, info@breconjazzclub.org VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 14 November 7 STEPS ‘Miles Davis - Contemporary Interpretations’. Queens Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

FABULOUS BORDELLOS BAND NIGHT Ludlow Brewery, Station Drive, Ludlow, £8.50, 01584 873291.

VITOR PEREIRA QUINTET The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, under 22s £8, 01743 234970.

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Into The Shadows

LEARN JAZZ PIANO A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate students.

• Understand jazz chords and how to use them.

• Learn how to improvise.

• Play classic jazz tunes.

• Learn how to improvise in four important styles: blues, swing, mainstream/modern and Latin.

Based Presteigne/Knighton, but happy to travel.

For further details contact Simon Deeley A.L.C.M. Mobile: 07890 303681 email: simon.deeley@aol.com

LIVE MUSIC King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye. BEVERLEY SMITH, VERA VAN HEERINGEN & JOCK TYLDESLEY The Workhouse, Presteigne, 8pm.

All gigs in aid of Community Barn Project in Went’s Meadow, 01544 350407, 01982 551116, 01547 528315.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. Reet Petite, Leominster, 8pm.

BISHOP’S CASTLE ORCHESTRA Music Hall. Save SpArC Fundraiser.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, £7.50, under 18s £1, 01588 630321.

Little Rumba, 14, 17, 21 & 24 November

Wed 14 November LITTLE RUMBA Housmans Bar & Restaurant, Church Stretton.

FOSTER & ALLEN Celebrating over 40 years together in the music business. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £26.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 15 November FOLK NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 8pm.

SONS OF THE DELTA DUO Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

WELSHPOOL MUSIC CLUB Featuring Mary Hofman, violin and Richard Ormrod, piano playing Beethoven. Methodist Church, High St, Welshopool, 7.30pm, £10, students £2, 01938 811010.

FRIDAY LIVE Featuring Broken Bones Matilda plus support from Duncan McCorkindale.

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

ACADEMY OF SOUL Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MUSIC SCHOLARS CONCERT ‘Music for stage and screen’. St Mary’s Church, Bedstone, 7pm, £5 on the door, 01547 530961.

BOURBON ALLEY BAND Blues. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

ALLAN YN Y FAN Welsh traditional band Allan Yn Y Fan will be celebrating their 22nd year on the road with the release of their first single, followed by a European tour this autumn. The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, www.ayyf.co.uk

MINOR GLANCE Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

THE ONLY WAY IS 80 Dress up, dance and have fun with this exciting 80s music show. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £25-£22, 01743 281281.

Fri 16 November GENESIS CONNECTED Tribute. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555.

OPEN MIC Hosted by DJ Dan. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

STICK IN THE WHEEL East London five-piece folk band.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £14, 01982 552555.

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WOLVES & RENEGADES Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

Alasdair Roberts

ALISDAIR ROBERTS Experimental/avant-garde music and traditional/folk music. With support from Alula Down. Canon Frome Court, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10.

RICHARD DIGANCE ‘Not Bad for his Age Tour’. Telling stories, playing the guitar and singing songs. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, 01600 772467.

Sat 17 November INTO THE ARK Duo act who enchanted audiences on ‘The Voice’. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £12, 01686 614555.

THE STONED CHERRIES Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm.

TREVOR DAVIES TRIO A return to Aardvark Books with a lunchtime concert by the Trevor Davies Trio featuring vibes player, George Cummings. Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell, 11am-2pm, 01547 530744.

FEELING IT Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

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ENSONGLOPEDIA OF ANIMALS A new show from John Hinton and features 26 animal songs, one for each of the alphabet. Suitable for ages 5-105. Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10/£6 from The Workhouse, Presteigne or wegottickets.com SOUTH SHROPSHIRE BLUES CLUB Featuring Tom C Walker with support from Jack Brett’s Blue Moon Blues Band. Ludlow Brewery, Station Drive, Ludlow, 8pm, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, 01584 873291.

MUGENKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS ‘Tribe’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £20/£18/£12, 01874 611622.

Footprints, 17 & 24 November

Sat 17 November SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring The Brwmys plus support from Red Ethel. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

FOOTPRINTS Jazz, funk and Latin grooves.

The Monkland Arms, 8.30pm, 01568 720510.

LEOMINSTER CHORAL SOCIETY Handel’s Messiah. With The Marches Baroque Orchestra with Hilary Norris, harpsichord. Tickets in advance £10 from Fletchers Newsagents, Leominster TIC or online www.ticketsource. co.uk or from choir members. £12 on the door, under 16s free.

BRIGHTONERS Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

JAMES HUNT QUARTET Superb jazz saxophonist plays Desmond, Pepper and Mulligan.

Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

SKABURST Malthouse, Ironbridge.

STONED CHERRIES Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, £6 from Roebuch Village Shop or online, www.ticketsource.co.uk/brimfieldfolkclub

HATTIE HATSTAR & STELLAR FRIENDS An all-woman line-up for the Wild Hare Club’s acoustic-comedy-punk-folk cabaret featuring Hattie, poet Kate Doody and Libbertine Vale singing a capella. Spinning top African and reggae tunes into the night is DJ Debbie. De Koffie Pot, Hereford, 8pm, £10, www.wildhareclub.com LITTLE RUMBA Beaujolais Party. Pudleston Village Hall, 7.30pm. £14 includes 2-course French themed supper, email rogfryer@hotmail.com OLD MARKET CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON-DAY Live music from Viva la Lamp, Choral Diversity, Minnie’s Moochers, cast members from Courtyard panto ‘Peter Pan’ plus Santa and helpers.

Old Market Shopping Centre, Hereford, music starts from 2pm, free.

MONMOUTH CHORAL SOCIETY Bernstein - Chichester Psalms and Britten - Saint Nicolas. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £17, under 18s free, 01600 719401.

CLUN VALLEY JAZZ CONCERT ‘Satori’. Josephine Davies, a gifted saxophonist who possesses the art of the improviser. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £15, 01588 630023.

THE DARIO NAPOLI TRIO Presents the Modern Manouche Project. Bebop, funk and modern jazz in their version of gypsy swing.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £13, 07967 517125.

JAYWALKERS Acoustic Americana. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £12, 01743 234970.

Sun 18 November THAT’LL BE THE DAY 2018 Christmas Show. Classics from the 1950s-1970s. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, £27.50-£24, 01743 281281.

DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE ‘Echoes of the Great War’. Centered on Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, a concert of piano music written by composers who served in the Great War, or were affected by it. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6.

ALLAN YN Y FAN Welsh traditional band Allan Yn Y Fan will be celebrating their 22nd year on the road with the release of their first single, followed by a major European tour this autumn. The Met, Abertyleri. www.ayyf.co.uk SLIPPERY SLOPE Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

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LIVE @THE WATERFRONT Free live music for the whole family.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, 01874 611622.

Viva La Vamp, Christmas Lights Switch-on, Hereford

BAND OF TRUMPS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

BUSH PILOTS Blues. Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 3-5pm, 01432 356529.

SEAN SAYE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

LOUISE JORDAN ‘No Petticoats Here’. Singer, songwriter, Louise Jordan tells the stories of inspirational women who challenged expectations. Cawley Hall, Eye, 3pm, £12/£6, 01568 615836.

Arts Alive.

Mon 19 November STRING BEATS Violinist and beatboxer. Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 1pm, 01743 365561.

Tues 20 November OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 21 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

LITTLE RUMBA Nori’s Cafe, Leominster, £22 with meal, 01568 612876, please book.

THE D-DAY DARLINGS finalists of TV ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Thurs 22 November ROY METTE ROUGH & READY DUO Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

CATRIN FINCH AND SECKOU KEITA Welsh harpist and Senegalese kora player. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £18, 01874 611622.

MARK LATIMER & PETER CABARA Jazz night. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

WHIFFELDY Opening night ceilidh. Hay Winter Weekend Festival. Festival Tent, Hay-on-Wye, 6pm, £7, 01497 822629.

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ZED 3 TOP King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye.

Trio Dhoore

WURLITZA Presents FW Murnau’s ‘Sunrise’.

A unique film and live music extravaganza. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

INDIGO MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SULTANA BROTHERS Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

FAITH: THE GEORGE MICHAEL LEGACY Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £22, 01600 719401.

Sat 24 November Thurs 22 November DARIO NAPOLI Modern Manouche Project UK Tour. Gipsy jazz with a difference!

Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01544 319143.

TRIO DHOORE Folk, traditional Flemish tunes. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £15/£12, 01432 340555.

Fri 23 November ALLAN YN Y FAN Welsh traditional band Allan Yn Y Fan will be celebrating their 22nd year on the road with the release of their first single, followed by a major European tour this autumn. Village Hall, Redwick, www.ayyf.co.uk DJ DAN Rock ‘n’ roll night. Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

SULTANA BROTHERS Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

TIM CHU AND IAN BAILEY Celebration of Simon and Garfunkel.

Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £12, 18s and under £6, 01694 720132.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC WITH ARTS ‘For the Trees’, to launch Tree Week 2018. Celia Kibblewhite and Richie Cotterill play Celtic tunes plus local young musicians from traditions old and new. Made in the Marches Gallery, Kington, 5-7.30pm, drinks and snacks.

THE FORFEITS Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

FRIDAY LIVE Featuring The Rosellys, British Americana; plus support from Brent Lee. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, £5, 01497 821762.

FATHER RICHARD WILLIAMS Composer and vicar, performs live accompaniment to the silent movie, Nosferatu. St Mary’s Church, Hay-onWye, 9.30pm, £10, 01497 822629.

BEN BOWDEN ‘The Sounds of Simon’. Tribute to Simon and Garfunkel. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01588 630023.

WORRIED MEN Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

LUDLOW MUSIC SOCIETY Baritone Roderick Williams with Susie Allan, piano. Programme includes Elgar, Ivor Gurney, George Butterworth, Finzi, Vaughan Williams and others.

Henderson Hall, Moor Park School, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18, students £6, children free, 01584 878141.

SONIC BOOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MARCHES CHOIR ‘In Honour of St Cecila’. Programme includes Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Buxtehude and Purcell. St John’s Church, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £12 from 01588 638288 or on the door.

RICKY COOL AND THE IN CROWD Rhythm and blues, ska and soul.

Clun Memorial Hall, 8pm, £9, tickets from The White Horse Inn, The Sun, The Maltings, Brights and Richard’s Hairdressing, 01588 640109.

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

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; We buy books Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

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WINTER SHOPPING EVENT

Saturday 17th November, 10am-4pm.

Children’s crafts, live music from the Trevor Davies The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Trio, discounts and offers throughout the shop.

Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Home made soup and hot chocolate.

Tel: 01547 530744 OPEN EVERY DAY aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com AARDVARK CHRISTMAS FAIR Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Sunday 9th December, 10am-3pm. Free Entry

DIAL A FLIGHT CABARET Paul and Phil’s Flying Circus presents a variety of monologues, music, dance, poetry, comedy for all ages. Glasbury Village Hall, 8pm, bring your own bottle, refreshments interval, tickets from The Old Railway Nursery, Three Cocks, 01497 847428.

THE BLACK RAT EFFECT Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

DJ MAX GALACTIC Charity fundraiser for local nursery Busy Bees and the Callum Mannox Appeal. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 9pm, £10 from Busy Bees in Clifford, Flow at 29 Castle St, 01497 821762.

SIMON CROWTHER & FRIENDS Great tunes led from the piano.

Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

HAY WINTER WEEKEND FESTIVAL Featuring Gwyneth Glyn in concert.

Festival Tent, Hay-on-Wye, 9pm, £10, 01497 822629.

BAD SPANIEL Rock. Credenhill Social Club, 9pm, members free, visitors £1.

CHRISTMAS BEACH PARTY With Sean Saye. The Monkland Arms, 8pm, 01568 720510.

LUDLOW MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS FAYRE Food, drink, entertainment, shopping and more. Featuring Hand to Mouth Theatre, Flying Buttresses, Tryzna, Tournament of Knights, Shrewsbury Mummers, The Quire, Yarnsmith of Norwich, Wynndebagge and more.

Ludlow Castle, 10am-9pm, £11 adults online, £12.50 on the gate, children £5.50, under 4s free, family tickets £25.50, www.ludlowmedievalchristmas. co.uk VOODOO STONE Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

CRAVEN ARMS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON Meet Santa, face painting, festive craft activities and more. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 3pm, lights switch on 5.30pm, 01588 767060.

WURLITZA Presents ‘A Cottage on Dartmoor’.

A unique film and live music event.

Expect the unexpected! Wurlitza add a modern twist to silent film accompaniment by adding music that will be familia, including classical, jazz and pop. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £11.50, 01584 878141.

FOOTPRINTS Jazz, funk and Latin grooves.

The Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 8.30pm.

SHREWSBURY CHORAL SOCIETY Handel’s Messiah. St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, £15, children free, 01743 232236.

JAMIE SMITH’S MABON Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £14, 01982 552555.

LIVE @THE WATERFRONT Free live music for the whole family.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, 01874 611622.

GIGSPANNER Folk. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

Sun 25 November VELVET VIOLIN Featuring Remi Harris Duo, the best jazz guitarist in Britain, he can play the blues as well! Plus Nuala Honan, soulful but with a generous dose of country honk. Plus The Quiz? John and Dave with another chocoholic, mish mash.

The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £12 from Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne or 01544 267163.

Full Circle bar and snacks.

KENT DU CHAIN Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage Fri 9 November 7.30pm FOLK IN THE FOYER - MAGPIE LANE Tues 13 November, 7.30pm ‘FINDING JOY’ Vamos Theatre Fri 16 November, 7.30pm ‘WRONG ‘UN’ Red Ladder Theatre Sat 17 November, 7.30pm STEVE LEGG (Comedian) Sat 24 November, 7.30pm ‘SHIVERS’ Little Mighty Theatre

Film

23 November - ALL THE WILD HORSES (15) 30 November - JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (12A)

Screenings

6 November 7pm - DEGA: PASSION FOR PERFECTION Exhibition on Screen 8 November 7pm - ALLELUJAH! National Theatre 10 November 5.55pm - MARNIE Met Opera 18 November 2pm - LA BAYADERE Royal Opera House 20 November 7pm - THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE III NT 21 November 7pm - TREOILUS & CRESSIDA RSC 28 November 7.15pm - GISELLE English National Ballet

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

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Dario Napoli, 22 November

TWO PUSH CHARLIE Gordon Bennett’s Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE MUSIC OF YUSUF CAT STEVENS Keith James. In aid of the Unicef Syrian Children’s Appeal.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16, 01432 340555.

DECEMBER Sat 1 December Sun 25 November

Thurs 29 November

AARON BOOTON Acoustic. White Horse Inn, Clun.

ELLES BAILEY Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

KNIGHTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SOCIETY A vocal recital with Erika Madi Jones and pianist Panateros Kyriatzidis.

St Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton, 3pm, £12, students £2, 01547 530530.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Howard Bell and Clare Bennett. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

HAY WINTER WEEKEND FESTIVAL Featuring Fiona Evans the Festival Choir, singing Handel’s Messiah.

St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, £10/£5, 01497 822629. See music workshops.

JOHN ETHERIDGE With support solo set from Remi Harris.

Clows Top Victory Hall, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 881564. Yardbird Arts.

FIVE MINUS THREE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2, 01497 821762.

LUDLOW MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS FAYRE See 24 Nov for details. Ludlow Castle, 10am-4pm, £11 adults online, £12.50 on the gate, children £5.50, under 4s free, family tickets £25.50, www.ludlowmedievalchristmas.co.uk THE SUNDAY EVENING CHILL Music from local bands and artists.

Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080.

Tues 27 November OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 28 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

CANTABILE GIRLS’ CHOIR Christmas Tree Festival supper launch.

All Saints Church & Cafe, High St, Hereford, 6pm, £10/£20, www.cafeatallsaints.co.uk

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AMERICANA NIGHT Acoustic session with guest instrumentalist/vocalists.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Fri 30 November

DON’T STOP King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye.

LIVE DINNER JAZZ Local quartet plays well-known standards, Latin and blues. The Cliffe at Dinham, Ludlow, 8-10.30pm, free entry, cocktails, light bites or book a table for lunch, 01584 872063.

WAYNE MARTIN White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE JIGANTICS As well as mainstream country, the band reference folk, Cajun, Zydeco and blues. Linton Village Hall, 8pm, £8, 07974 484141.

VAGUE Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

THE ANIMATORS Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

LITTLE RUMBA The sound of Eastern Europe meeting South America via Mid Wales with a sprinkling of jazz and blues. Knighton Community Centre, 7pm, £10 includes free snacks. Tickets from Salty Dog, Presteigne, Tower House Gallery, AJ Pugh, Knighton. www.knightoncommunitycentre.com

LIVE @THE WATERFRONT Free live music for the whole family.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, 01874 611622.

HOT CLIMATE Joel’s Wish. Ludlow Brewery, Station Drive, Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 873291.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring The Rocker Covers.

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

ROGUES Pricklebums grand opening party and fundraiser. Ludlow Women’s Centre, Church St, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £6 in advance, 01584 878701 or £8 on the door. Cocktail bar available.

RAY COOPER & JENNIFER REID The Wild Hare Club hosts two different but complementary folk singers. Ray Cooper a.k.a. Chopper ex-Oysterband and opening the show is Manchester broadside singer, Jennifer Reid.

De Koffie Pot, Hereford, 8pm, £12, £9 students, www.wildhareclub.com KINSTRIFE Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

SUPPER WITH SYNERGY ‘Christmas Songs and Carols’. The amazing a capella male voice choir.

Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01544 319143.

LEE JAY King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye. JOHN ETHERIDGE With support solo set from Remi Harris.

Fownhope New Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 881564. Yardbird Arts.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Malt Shovel, Highley, 9pm.

THE PERCY VEER BAND Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

THE VILLAGE QUIRE ‘Out With The Old’. Songs and stories for Christmastide. All Saints’ Church, Glasbury, 7.30pm, £8, under 18s £5, includes glass of mulled wine and mince pie, 01497 847676, www.villagequire.org.uk

KINGTON FESTIVE FOOD/DRINK FROM THE BORDERS A gastronomic inspiration from the Marches. Over 85 exhibitors, music from choirs, including Kington Community Choir, Street Sax, Geoff Rogers, Jack Brett plus Kington Youth Theatre and many other festive attractions. Free entry, free parking in Kington. Email mppeek@btinternet. com MARTIN WHEATLEY & MARTIN LITTON ‘Before they went Electric’. Bach, Chopin, Hot Jazz novelties and even the Dambusters March. Hay Jazz.

07748 652194, www.hayjazz.org MAIRE NI CHATHASAIGH & CHRIS NEWMAN Award-winning guitar, Irish harp duo will play Christmas music plus their regular unique blend of classical, folk and jazz. Burton Hotel, Kington, 8pm, £12, from Made in the Marches Gallery and The Burton Hotel, 01544 230323 £15 on the door.

ALLAN YN Y FAN Multi-instrumental and vocal sextet renowned for blending traditional Welsh music with their own compositions. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

Sun 2 December CHRIS (WOODCHUCK) JAMES Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

THE SAUCE CITY JAZZ BAND Live jazz. The Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £7, 01432 276304.

TRAFFICKER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

CHRISTMAS WITH ELVIS AND FRIENDS Keith Davies with invited guests pay tribute to the King of rock ‘n’ roll.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467.

Mon 3 December CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8pm.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

Tues 4 December VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 5 December SEVENTH SENSE: SUPPER AND MAGIC Featuring Mark Townsend. All Saints Church & Cafe, High St, Hereford, from 5.30pm, £15, www.cafeatallsaints.co.uk MADDY PRIOR & THE CARNIVAL BAND Christmas music on renaissance and modern instruments. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £22.50, 01873 850805.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

THE BUTCHERS DOGS Toby and John invite you to a fun musical evening. Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3 on the door.

Thurs 6 December BRIAN MEACHAM Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, near Kington, HR3 6LF, www.almeleysteadysession. wordpress.com

Fri 7 December MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

LEE JAY King Charles II, Ross-on-Wye. JOEY THE CROW Folk/rock, bluegrass, Celtic and more.

Yew Tree, Peterstow, 9pm.

ALCATRAZ Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

SHOOSHOOBABY Hear watertight harmonising of much loved songs from composers as diverse as Verdi, The Proclaimers, Mel Torme and more. For ages 9+.

Winforton Community Hall, 7.45pm, £10/£5/£25, 01544 328425. Arts Alive.

Music Workshops CANTORIAN, LLANDRINDOD SEEKS EXPERIENCED CONDUCTOR For a choir of around 40 mixed voices.

From January 2019. Broad classical repertoire, Thursday rehearsals, renumeration negotiable, interviews in November. Details call Martha on 01597 829252 or email martha.wooldridge@btinternet.com

Sat 24 November TEENAGE STICKS Showcasing multi-genre percussive skills of local teenage drumming talent.

The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 6pm, free, 01743 234970.

Sat 24 November A BAROQUE BONANAZA! A Border Marches Early Music Forum Special Project. Workshop for orchestral string players on modern and baroque instruments. (A=440).

Tutor: leading baroque violinist Julia Bishop, 9.30am-4.30pm. Grange Court, Leominster, £10 /£5 (full-time students). Prior booking essential. For further details of the workshop and how to apply, contact Annie Nethercott on Annie.Nethercott@BTConnect.com or see www.bmemf.org.uk Sun 25 November SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE We sing and play mainly West Gallery music, which is energetic, rousing, no-nonsense stuff that is great fun to perform. Led by Sue Harris. FREE for newcomers! Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, Station Street. 2-5 pm. Enquiries: trevorchalkley@gmail.com.

Sun 25 November SING MESSIAH With Fiona Evans. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye. Part of Hay Winter Festival, 01497 822629.

Tues 27 November & Tues 18 December SONGS FOR YOU In association with Arts for Health, Sal Tonge, guides the group through a sing-a-long of well-known classics.

Refreshments and chat follow the session, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2pm, £2, carers go free, 01584 878141.

Every Tues until 18 December UPLIFT SINGING SESSIONS Led by Tanya Warlker. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07723 016837.

Monday evenings in November CASTLE CAROLS Carol singing rehearsal sessions at The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle.

Details www.castlecarols.com Sunday lunchtimes in December CASTLE CAROLS Carol singing rehearsal sessions at The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 12.30-3pm. www.castlecarols.com Monday BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 07779 390954.

Monday THE GARRICK SINGERS For over 60s/retired. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm. £5 per session, 01432 340555.

Mondays ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Old Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com

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Mondays CRAVEN ARMS MALE VOICE CHOIR All ages welcome singing a broad repertoire of traditional and modern songs. Practice at The Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30pm. Martin on 01694 722500.

Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

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

Tuesday LUNCHTIME UPLIFT SINGING SESSIONS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 12.30pm, 01874 611622.

Thursday VOICE ACADEMY AT THE COURTYARD For ages 13+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 4.30-6pm, £4 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774.

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

Friday MUSIC TIME For under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, 01743 234970.

Tuesday LEOMINSTER COMMUNITY CHOIR Choir leader: Olivia Preye. No auditions, no need to read music.

World, folk music, anything goes. 7-8.30pm at Leominster Community Centre. 01568 369074.

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

Tuesday ST MICHAELS SINGERS Welcome interest from new singers, (particularly basses and tenors!) If you are interested please phone our Chairperson Pat Mutton on 01584 819875. We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in St Michael’s Village Hall, near Tenbury Wells.

First Saturday OPEN MIC Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400.

Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm, Village Hall just outside Brecon.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome.

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158.

Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES Community choir, songs from around the globe, all taught by ear, led by Sue Harris.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7-8.30pm, £6, 01547 550158.

Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR Scandinavian Tunes.

Autumn course exploring traditional dance music. Expert guidance from tutor Kitty Greenwood. The Pilgrim Centre, Craven Arms, 7.30pm, £7.50 or £48 for 8 weeks.

Kitty 01584 841564 folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge.

Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world.

Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9.30pm.

01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Wednesday MUSIC MAKING WITH A BEAT BANG BONG Creative classes, dementia friendly. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £2 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. Songs to brighten up the day, all taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com Thursday KINGTON COMMUNITY CHOIR Come and join us for rehearsals on Thursday evenings - 7pm-8.30pm at Kington Primary School. We are a non auditioning, mixed choir formed three years ago, now with 30 or so voices.

We sing songs from the musicals, traditional, folk, pop and ballads, usually in 3 and 4 parts and give several performances a year. £4 per session. Enquiries to Teresa at t3mbk@hotmail.com

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Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com

Thursday BELLA A CAPPELLA All-female 4-part close harmony singing group. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15-9.45pm, email aimoevo@hotmail.co.uk

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

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

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

Every Sunday FOLK SESSION The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 8pm, 01686 412008, all welcome.

Every Sunday OPEN MIC Stag, Llanidloes, 6.30pm, 01686 414824.

1st Sunday OPEN MIC Hosted by Good Times Entertainment (Rich and Helli). All performances welcome and free entry. No. 46, High St, Presteigne, 7-9.30pm, 07917 646113, 2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION Jill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome.

The Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

2nd and 4th Sunday FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

3rd Sunday ACOUSTIC SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

3rd Sunday FOLK SESSION The Monkland Arms, 7.30pm, 01568 720510.

Last Sunday SUNDAY SOUL SESSION The Corners Inn, Kingsland, 8.30pm, free, 01568 708385.

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

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

First Monday BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB 01584 711480 and the website at www.roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub First Monday AMERICANA SESSION The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 01568 611404.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC King Charles II, Broad St, Ross-on-Wye, 8pm, 01989 219357.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC Run by Moz, PA provided, all welcome. Castle Vaults, Shrewsbury.

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

3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown, 8pm. e-Newsletter john.baxter87@btinternet.com Last Tuesday HOMEND POETS & MUSICIANS Ledbury, www.folklife.org.uk/homend-poets.html 01684 563281.

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

Every Wednesday JAZZ EVENING Incorporating all styles of jazz. Horse & Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, all welcome, free, 01588 620060.

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

Alternate Wednesdays FOLK SESSION Crown Inn, Colwall, 01684 541074.

2nd Wednesday OPEN MIC White Horse Inn, Clun, 8.30pm onwards. 01588 640305.

2nd & 4th Wednesday TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

3rd Wednesday JAZZ AND TAPAS With Mark Latimer.

Reet Petite, 18 West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

Fourth Wednesday AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Every Thursday OPEN MUSIC SESSION Nat and Delia present Duke Joint Jam. Oxford Arms, Kington, 6.30pm, all welcome, 01544 230322.

Every Thursday SESSION Black Swan, Much Dewchurch, 01981 540295.

First Thursday OPEN MIC King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

First Thursday BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB Longtown, 1.30pm, 01432 263495.

1st Thursday OPEN MUSIC SESSION All styles welcome. The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, New Radnor, 8pm, 01544 350526.

1st Thursday FOLK Farmer’s Arms, Wellington Heath, 8pm, 01531 660253.

2nd Thursday OPEN MIC Talbot, West St, Leominster.

2nd Thursday OPEN FOLK SESSION Horse & Jockey, Churchstoke, 8.30pm, all welcome, free, 01588 620060.

3rd Thursday FOLK SESSION King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

3rd Thursday FOLK DOWN THE TRACK Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm, 01547 528223 or 01547 528150.

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

4th Thursday OPEN MIC Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

2nd Friday OPEN MIC Reet Petite, 18 West St, Leominster, 07484 545368.

2nd Friday BAND BASED OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm, 01568 770134.

3rd Friday ENGLISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC NIGHT Open session, all musicians welcome. The Butchers Arms, Woolhope, 8pm, 01432 860281.

Last Friday TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Old Coppers Malthouse, All Stretton, 8.30pm, all welcome.

Contact Keith 07971 661615.

Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Mark from the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8.30pm, 01568 770134.

VENUES

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 BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 616811 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434 THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 BLACK LION, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CENTRE CELF, Tremont Rd, Llandrindod Wells 01597 822777 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 THE CLIFFE AT DINHAM, Halton Lane, Ludlow 01584 872063 CONQUEST THEATRE, Bromyard, 01885 488575 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 GLOBE AT HAY, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274.

GORDON BENNETTS BAR, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003.

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

THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679 LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 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 NORI’S CAFE, 3 Church St, Leominster 01568 612876 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 PAVILION MID WALES, Llandrindod Wells 01597 258118 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 358867 REET PETITE, 18 West St, Leominster 07484 545368.

ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THE HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 614555 THE TOWN HALL, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630023 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

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band directory APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz quartet: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, two female vocalists. A large repertoire of original songs from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and folk. Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey. com or call Ken on 07979 542 449.

BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: martin@martinblake.co.uk Website: www.martinblake.co.uk THE BUTCHER’S DOGS - Two crazy, high octane Irish Bluegrass Country Americana Rockabilly loving dudes with a lust for life have guitars, banjos and mandolins to bring a borderland Ho-Down to a place of your choice. Will travel, have played in London, Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff.

Contact Toby 07870 781853, John 01544 230699, email john.wood795@btinternet.com CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 07968 893719. Have a look at my social media for performance videos and more information. Also looking for a band so get in touch if interested.

ENGLISH DULCIMER DUO Sue and Lisa both play Hammer Dulcimers, conjuring up evocative music with their interpretations of traditional tunes and jaunty eighteenth century melodies. The effect of their combined sounds is spellbinding and suitable for a wide variety of happenings. Contact info@ englishdulcimer.co.uk THE FORDSONS. The Fordson family present a programme of old-timey, mountain and early bluegrass music - the content is morally good. String band music from the early 20th century - breakdowns, fiddle and banjo tunes and cautionary songs of love and loss.

Contact Pa Fordson on 01981 241436 or email thefordsons@gmail.com 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!

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THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Local Quartet/Quintet with singer if required, playing smooth sounds of well-known standards, Latin and blues.

Available for all types of events and celebrations.

Contact Paul Brooks 07980 822014.

Email pppbrooks@gmail.com

LITTLE RUMBA This is a band that will entertain and delight any audience that has its wits about it and has an ear for beautiful melodies infectious beats and songs that tell stories.

From Winchcombe Live “Absolutely fantastic evening from you guys tonight. We had so many positive comments from the audience; very gratifying! Great musical talent, great humour, variety, and warmth of performance.”

Contact Jacqui Savage 07966 943314 Email – jaxbass.xs@btinternet.com http://www.littlerumba.com MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engaging humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be. Either with the minimal, but inspirational option of Tim calling and playing, or if really necessary, with a separate caller. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc. Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk.

Website www.melomanics.co.uk THE RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA A roots string-band (duo) recreating the sounds of the early 20th century America, playing a good-time mix of blues, skiffle and Americana music. We like to get audiences involved!

Available for festival, events, parties, folk clubs, pubs and bars; performance presentations and workshops for all occasions too. Web: www.ragtimejug.co.uk Contact: John; 01594 861151. Email: info@ragtimejug.co.uk Facebook. com: ragtime jug orchestra.

RED ETHEL A contemporary, classy, affordable jazz/folk fusion trio, consisting of her and two hims, bringing you gorgeous lead vocals, luscious harmonies, guitars, percussion and double bass. Totally unique, beautiful, original material, guaranteed to leave you feeling good all over. Details and CD’s www.redethel.co.uk REVEREND FERRIDAY Upbeat One Man Blues Band.

Playing driving slide guitar with rockabilly flair, seasoned with a touch of Americana, a mix of stomping originals and traditional classics. Available for all occasions, large or small. Contact the Reverend: 01584 711700 - 07766 185451 - revferriday@gmail.com - www.revferriday.com RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show.

“If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.”

Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc.

For more information call Richard 07974 399524.

SILVER BRANCH (Ceilidh and Concert Band).

CEILIDH BAND with caller. Available for weddings/birthday parties/fund raisers, etc. For photos/videos please see our Facebook page. For further enquiries, ring David on 01981 540832 or Anna on 07980 961187. SILVER BRANCH (UN-CALLED FOR) - Five piece cutting edge instrumental Folk Band. Available for concerts/gigs.

Tel nos. as above.

SIR DANCELOT 4/5 piece ceilidh/twmpath band. Far and away the best exponents of traditional dance music of the British Isles and beyond for miles around and leagues beneath. Concertina, mandolin, fiddles, whistles, cittern, jews harp... Available for weddings, parties and public events. For information and bookings, contact: Cornelius 01686 411147 corns@mousemusic.co.uk or Peter 07561 820509. www.sirdancelot.co.uk SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/thestonedcherries

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 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 THE VILLAGE QUIRE spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Sensational vocals mingled with enthralling stories.

Various shows to book, including ‘Songs for Silas’ melting harmonies and tall tales inspired by H. E. Bates’ evergreen My Uncle Silas. “... Absolutely delighted that you have chosen to weave your magical sound around that old rogue, Silas.” Victoria Wicks (Skins, Shadowlands and H. E. Bates’ grand-daughter). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk / www.songsforsilas.org.uk VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Ludlow-based, 6-piece, New Orleans/Trad band. Comprising trumpet, sax, trombone, banjo, tuba and washboard, playing and singing popular foot-tapping songs mostly from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.

Available for all functions. See us every Tuesday at the Rose and Crown in Ludlow. Tel: Rob 01584 318088, email: vintagejazzrevival@gmail.com website: www.vintagejazzreival.co.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band.

For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022.

XL’S Maximum R ‘n’ B, Feelgood Rock & Roll.

01588 650686.

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theatre PERFORMANCE

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Thurs 1 November SARAJEVO BIG BANG THE BIG BANG GANG. In 1914 Gavrilio Princip killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.

Through stories, songs and crazy cabaret, follow a cast of characters on a surprising journey through power struggles and secret machinations. Quatt Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01746 781759.

Thurs 1 November CROSSINGS PENTABUS THEATRE COMPANY. This powerful and subversive new play explores the unexpected stories of war past and present. Leintwardine Centre, 7.30pm.

Further details www.pentabus.co.uk Thurs 1 & Fri 2 November TO HAVE TO SHOOT IRISHMEN AN ALMANAC ARTS PRODUCTION. A play with songs

by Lizzie Nunnery. Easter, 1916. Gunshots ring out in the Dublin streets. Frank walks through the crowds calling for peace. William is determined to serve the British army with honour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14.50/£12.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 3 November THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY BOX TALE SOUP present Oscar Wildes haunting story of evil, debauchery and scandal. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £15/£12, 01432 340555.

Tues 6 & Sat 10 November LOOT BLACK RAT PRODUCTIONS & BLACKWOOD MINERS’ INSTITUTE. Ludicrous slapstick meets dubious morals as two young friends stash the proceeds of a bank robbery in mum’s occupied coffin. For ages 14+.

6 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14/£12, students £7, 01873 850805.

10 Nov - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Wed 7 November MEET TOMMY ATKINS Taking the audience not just through Tommy’s war, but also his life back home in Britain post war. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £5, 01600 719401.

Wed 7 - Sat 10 November HENRY V SHROPSHIRE DRAMA COMPANY. Young King Henry wages war on France. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17.50, students £15, 01743 281281.

Fri 9 November PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS Australia’s greatest theatrical export, bringing you a collection of their ‘greatest bits’. This is a non-sexual show but does contain full frontal male nudity. For ages 18+.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £24, 01743 281281.

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Fri 9 & Sat 10 November BETWEEN THE LINES LADS. The story of some of the people who lived and worked at The Master’s House in Ledbury during World War I. The Master’s House, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £6 includes refreshments, 07967 517125.

Sat 10 & Fri 16 November NYE & JENNIE Aneurin Bevan and Jennie Lee were comrades and flatmates who together fought and preached for socialism as they saw it. 10 Nov - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £12, 01686 614555.

16 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14/£12/£7, 01873 850805.

Sat 10 & Mon 12 November AUDACIOUS MR ASTLEY 2018 is the 250th Anniversary of the invention of circus entertainment. Chris Barltrop has written a one-man play in which Phillip Astley himself tells his story and reveals his character and personality. 10 Nov - Falcon Mews, Bromyard, 7pm, 2-course buffet supper, £10, 01885 483034. 12 Nov - Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Sat 10, Thurs 15 & Fri 16 November JANE EYRE HOTBUCKLE. After a harsh and cruel childhood, the young Jane becomes the governess to the daughter of the enigmatic Mr Rochester... 10 Nov - Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01568 612583.

15 & 16 Nov - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15.50/£13.50, 01743 281281.

Mon 12 November A CHRISTMAS CAROL EUROPEAN ARTS COMPANY. John O’Connor faithfully recreates Dickens’s famous performance of his bestloved story. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2pm & 8pm, £15.50/£13.50, 01743 281281.

Mon 12 & Tues 13 November & Wed 23 - Fri 25 January SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR BLACKEYED THEATRE. Crammed full of adventure, romance, comedy and of course, one or two rather brilliant deductions. 12 & 13 Nov - Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £18/£15, 01600 719401. 23 - 25 Jan - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Thurs 2.30pm, £22-£17, 01743 281281.

Tues 13 November FINDING JOY VOMOS THEATRE. Joy is 83 today: she’s feisty, loves to dance and is losing her memory... Suitable for ages 12+.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Tues 13, Wed 14 & Mon 19 November SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL An exhilarating evening, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools.

13 & 14 Nov - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, £10.25/£8.25, 01743 281281. 19 Nov - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, £9.50/£7.50, 01874 611622.

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Wed 14 & Thurs 15 November FORBIDDEN NIGHTS Provocative choreography. Cast of acrobats, fire acts, aerial artists. Circus just got sexy! 14 Nov - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555.

15 Nov - Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £23 - £19, 01600 772467.

Thurs 15 - Sun 18 November AGENT OF INFLUENCE: THE SECRET LIFE OF PAMELA MORE FLUFF PRODUCTIONS. Lady Pamela, fashion columnist and socialite, is recruited by MI5 to keep notes on Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII. 15 Nov - Aston on Clun VH, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01588 660493. 16 Nov - The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01948 660660.

17 Nov - Cardington VH, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01694 771404.

18 Nov - Stoke St Milborough VH, 3pm, £10/£5/£25, 01584 823791. Arts Alive.

Thurs 15 & Fri 16 November THUNDER ROAD REDCAPE THEATRE. ‘Thelma and Louise’ bring first aid training to your hall... it’s all about the power of the Heimlich manoeuvre, adventure and escape, the death of the Little Chef, the call of the open road and the kind of friendship you’d take a bullet for! For ages 12+. 15 Nov Goodrich VH, £10/£5, 01600 891421. 16 Nov - Habberley VH, £10/£5, 01743 790179, both at 7.30pm. Arts Alive.

Fri 16 & Sat 17 November WRONG ‘UN RED LADDER THEATRE COMPANY. A Suffragette’s story. ‘Wrong ‘Un’ tells the story of a Lancashire mill-girl on her journey from schoolroom to prison cell and beyond.

For ages 12+. 16 Nov - Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575. 17 Nov - Quatt VH, 2pm, £10/£6, 01746 781759. Arts Alive.

Sat 17 November WAR GAME COURTYARD SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE. It’s 1914 when everything changes for a group of boys growing up and playing football in the Suffolk countryside.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £8/£6, 01432 340555.

Sat 17 & Sun 18 November BOXING CLUB RULES ROOFTOP THEATRE COMPANY will be working with members and coaches of Ludlow Amateur Boxing Club to devise a dramatic play using the movements, exercises and rituals of boxing. Ludlow Amateur Boxing Club, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm, £15, students £10, 07815 567903.

Thurs 22 - Sat 24 November A TOUCH OF DANGER OFF CENTRE THEATRE present a murder mystery thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12, 01600 772467.

Fri 23 November WINTER TALES REGIONAL VOICE THEATRE COMPANY. A trilogy of supernatural stories told by Alan Buglass and Kate Walton. Ludlow Brewery, Station Drive, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 873291.

Fri 23 November MUSIC FOR DOG + THE BORDER POETS

By Paula Meehan, a black comedy about how one woman accidently makes a fortune. Plus The Border Poets book launch, ‘The Wolf Hoard’, readings and voices.

Clungunford Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01588 600152.

Fri 23 & Sat 24 November A VERY MARY CHRISTMAS BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCTIONS. When TV scriptwriter JD Macintyre finds herself landed with the role of writing the Christmas cliffhanger for her popular soap opera, she thinks the final titles have rolled on her festive plans... Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £9/£8, 01873 850805.

Fri 23 & Tues 27 November NYRSYS As this year sees the NHS turn 70, we take a look behind the scenes of a busy cancer ward in a hospital in Wales today. English language access via Sibrwd. 23 Nov - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £12/£10, 01686 614555. 27 Nov - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14/£12, NHS 10% discount, students £7.50, 01873 850805.

Sat 24 November DREAMBOYS The most successful and famous Male Strippers in UK history. The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 258118.

Sat 24 November SHIVERS LITTLE MIGHTY THEATRE. A trio of new ghost stories, set to the haunting sounds of the violin. Suitable for ages 14+. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Mon 26 November CANARY FUN IN THE OVEN THEATRE. Meet the Canaries, a motley crew of munitions workers doing their bit for the war effort. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £12/£10, 01432 340555.

Tues 27 November THE HUMOURS OF BANDON From the confines of every parochial hall in Ireland, Irish Dancing champions are churned out at a massive rate.

This play explores the trials and triumphs of competitive Irish Dancing. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622.

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Tues 27 & Wed 28 November VENTOUX The story of Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani on the fearsome Mont Bentoux in the drug-fuelled race of the 2000 Tour de France. 27 Nov - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £14, 01584 878141. 28 Nov - Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622.

Fri 30 November & Sat 1 December THE CASTLE PLAYERS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £5, under 18s £3, 01588 630321, www.sparctheatre.co.uk Sat 1 December CHRISTMAS GOTHIC DYAD PRODUCTIONS reserrects a Victorian tradition by presenting three seasonal tales of terror to scintillate the gooseflesh for dark Christmas nights. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14, 01873 850805.

Thurs 6 - Sat 8 December PRESTEIGNE GOES FOR A SONG PRESTEIGNE PLAYERS. Revisiting one of Mary Compton’s most popular pantomimes 30 years on...

Presteigne Memorial Hall, tickets from Winnies, Presteigne from 15th Nov.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Thurs 1 - Sat 3 November MY FAIR LADY CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS. With live orchestra and fully costumed. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, matinee on 28 Oct 3pm, 01885 488575.

Until Sat 3 November OLIVER! AAODS JUNIORS. With much drama and a few tears along the way. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7pm, Sat 5pm, £8, family ticket £45, 01873 850805.

Thurs 1 - Sat 3 November THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE KINGTON OPERATIC SOCIETY. Lady Hawkins’ Community Centre, Kington, 7.30pm, £9, £5 under 18s. Tickets from Tom Bounds Electrical, Kington, 01544 231303 day, 01544 231501 eves, www.kingtonoperatic.co.uk

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Tues 6 - Sat 10 November THE PRODUCERS HEREFORD MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. New York producer Max Bialystock recruits timid accountant Leo Bloom to help him pull off Broadway’s greatest scam. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm, £22-£20/£20-£18, 01432 340555.

Thurs 8 - Sat 10 November OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE. A playful re-imagining of this ground-breaking musical by Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm plus 2pm matinee on Sat, £11/£7, 01982 552555.

Throughout November & December A SPANISH HOUR - RAVEL’S L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE MID WALES OPERA. One act bedroom farce; an opera for everyone. The second half of the evening, musicians and singers will present and eclectic and entertaining taste of Spain. 9 Nov - Theatr Llwyn, Llnfyllin, 01686 614555.

10 Nov - Abertillery Met, 01495 355945.

11 Nov - Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £12, www.wegottickets.com or from The Workhouse.

22 Nov - St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629.

24 Nov - Trefeglwys Village Hall 01686 614555.

29 Nov - SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321.

6 Dec - Abermule Community Centre, 01686 614555.

7 Dec - St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Sat 1 December LAST TRAIN TO TOMORROW A musical drama celebrating 80 years since the Kindertransport. Featuring Herefordshire Youth Choir, Academica Musica Choir, Ethelbert Consort and Lucton School, conducted by composer Carl Davis. Guest speakers from Refugee Action and Kindertransport child Lady Milena Grenfell Baines. Leominster Priory, preconcert talk 6pm, concert 7pm, £12 from Eventbrite or Facebook online or Leominster TIC 01568 616460, £5 under 18s tickets only from Leominster TIC.

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Thurs 1 & Fri 2 November LIBRARY LION UNITED ARTISTS. Everyone knows rules have to be followed, especially in libraries, and you must be quiet.

But what would happen if a lion came to storytime? For ages 4-7 year olds. 1 Nov - Oswestry Library, 10.30am, £3 children, 01743 250351. 1 Nov - Bridgnorth Library, 2.30pm, £3 children, 01746 763358. 2 Nov - Leominster Library, 10.30am, £2, 01432 383290. 2 Nov - Belmont Community Centre, 2.30pm, £2, 01432 383295. Arts Alive.

Thurs 1 November THE CHILDREN IN THE MOON THE MAKESHIFT ENSEMBLE. Telling the story of Zack and Lil using beautifully hand crafted puppets and a teapot of tales. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £7.50, 01432 340555.

Fri 2 November HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE Original songs played live on stage with puppetry and laughter. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555.

Fri 2 November PENGUINPIG BARMPOT THEATRE COMPANY. A fun filled cautionary tale told through puppetry, that is both educational and entertaining. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £7.50, 01432 340555.

Mon 5 November SLIP STONES An interactive production about two friends who love collecting stones and turning them into patterns, shapes, sculptures and music. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am, 01874 611622.

Sat 17 November ENSONGLOPEDIA OF ANIMALS A new show from John Hinton features 26 animal songs, one for each letter of the alphabet. Suitable for ages 5 to 105. Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10/£6, tickets from The Workhouse, Presteigne and wegottickets. com Sat 17 November A HEART AT SEA HALF A STRING present this epic musical folktale told on a miniature scale. Visual storytelling and intimate gigtheatre that will resonate with all ages. Recommended for ages 7+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, free pre-show activity 10.30am, £7.50, 01432 340555.

Tues 27 November - Sat 1 December TERRIBLE TUDORS Horrible Histories live on stage. From the Horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, phone for times, £10, 01686 614555.

Tues 27 November - Sat 1 December AWFUL EGYPTIANS Horrible Histories live on stage. From the fascinating Pharaohs to the power of the pyramids. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, phone for times, £10, 01686 614555.

Wed 28 November - Sun 6 January MOTHER GOOSE Starring Brad Fitt and Eric Smith. With lots of audience participation and special effects. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, phone for times, £25.50-£15, 01743 281281.

Fri 30 November & Sat 1 December THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL: A WARMING TALE FOR WINTER THE LAST BAGUETTE. In this magical, humorous and poignant show, Last Baguette use physical comedy, live music and visual storytelling to shine a light on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale. For ages 5+. 30 Nov - The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, 7pm, £10/£5/£25, 01948 660660. 1 Dec - Farlow & Oreton VH, 6.30pm, £10/£5/£30, 01746 718642. Arts Alive Sat 1 December SANTA’S CHRISTMAS PARTY Dottie the Elf’s decorations have gone missing, Dasher’s party games are broken. A fun family show with a present for all the children. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 11am, £9 adults, £8 under 16s, £30 for family of four, 01600 772467.

Sat 1 December - Sat 12 January PETER PAN COURTYARD PRODUCTIONS. You don’t have to believe in fairies but an exciting adventure awaits audiences of all ages in a magical and spectacular pantomime. £1 per ticket goes to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The Courtyard, Hereford, phone for times, £22.50-£18.50, family tickets available, 01432 340555.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 9-13, 4.30pm-6pm. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells. Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD Wed - Courtyard Kids, reception 4.15-5pm, Year 2, 5pm, £63.50 per term.

Sat - Junior Youth Theatre. From Year 3 - Year 9, phone for times, £68.50 per term. Wed - Intermediate Youth Theatre. For years 10 & 11, 6pm, £70.50 per term. Fri Senior Youth Theatre, for ages 16+, 6.30pm, £73.50 per term. Thurs - Courtyard Musical Theatre, 7.15pm, £68 per term, contact Laura Gale 07725 357531. Mons - Drama Tots,10am – 10.45am, Ages 2-4, £4 per session, £1 per extra child. Mon Bromyard Conquest Kids (Reception & Year 1), 3.45pm, £36 per term. Bromyard Juniors (Year 3-6) 4.50-5.30pm, £39 per term. Bromyard Intermediates (Year 7-9), 6pm, £43 per term. Bromyard Seniors (Year 10+), 7.30pm, £46 per term. Wed - Kington Juniors (Year 2-6) 4-4.45pm, £36 per term. Kington Intermediates (Year 7- 9), 5pm-6pm, £39 per term. Kington Seniors (Years 10+) 6pm – 7.30pm, £43 per termThe Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Are you passionate about drama, performing and being involved in theatre? Aged 4 to 25? With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up, this is a great opportunity to explore and create exciting theatre, develop as a young actor and grow in confidence. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in the new Theatr Brycheiniog’s Youth Theatre productions. Theatr Brycheiniog is a member of The National Association of Youth Theatres. Mondays 3.45pm - 4.45pm Roundabout, Reception & Years 1 & 2.

Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm Junior Youth, Years 3,4 & 5.

Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm Junior Youth, Years 6,7 & 8.

Thursdays 8.30pm - 10pm Senior Youth, Years 9, 10 & 11, 16 - 25. Call 01874 611622, www.brycheiniog.co.uk ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW Mon - Go MAD in Ludlow, 5-6.30pm, Oscars. Contact Simon 07506 478235 & Suzanne 07484 289215 or email hello@gomadinludlow. org Sat - Ludwig Academy of Musical Theatre. 7-11 years 1-2pm, 12-16 years 2-3pm. Oscars. Contact Jack Ludwig, 077922 66225. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Becky Cook. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6.

Juniors ages 6-10. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term. Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555.

Tuesdays (during term time) PRESTEIGNE YOUTH THEATRE two sessions. For ages 9 - 12 years 4.30pm 6pm, contribution per session £2. For ages 13 - 16 years 6.15pm - 7.45pm, £3.50 each session. More info: 01544 267163 or info@midborderarts.com. PYT is an inclusive provision and is open to any young person.

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

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm.

Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

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

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928.

Alternate Fridays (term time) HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE All welcome, £5. Wyeside, Builth Wells, details Sue Best, 01597 811487.

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Sun 4 November THE PITY OF WAR CONCERT ‘My subject is War and the Pity of War’ - Wilfred Owen.

Shrewsbury Bookfest in collaboration with St Chad’s Music Festival will present a concert in celebration of the life and work of Wilfred Owen. Choirs across Shropshire will perform with texts by Wilfred Owen and other war poets.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6.30pm, £20, 01743 281281, Thurs 8 November A MOTLEY CREW ‘Pity of War’. A kaleidoscope of experiences of people at home and at war 1914-1918. Poetry, music and much more. The Heritage Centre, Upstairs Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury, 6.45pm, free with donations.

Sat 10 November GHOST STORIES - PHIL RICKMAN The Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 7.30pm, 01544 318738.

Tues 13 November PEACE AND WAR An evening of poetry and music with Allen Fisher and Laurance Mendes. Apple Store Gallery, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7pm, £5, 01432 263937.

Fri 16 November CATH EDWARDS & SUZANNE THOMAS-CORVID ‘Unconsidered Trifles’. A fasinating collection of little heard stories saved from obscurity. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £7, 01588 630023.

Comedy Thurs 1 November JIMEOIN: RESULT! An evening of world class stand-up as the Irishman from Australia brings his brilliantly observed, ever evolving and hilarious comedy to the stage. For ages 16+.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £19, 01432 340555.

Fri 9 - Sun 11 November GEORGE EGG - DIY CHEF An inspiring and inventive evening of stand-up, live cooking and comedy lecture, George prepares a breakfast, lunch and dinner using the most unconventional methods. For ages 14+. 9 Nov - Little Wenlock VH, £10, 01952 505547.

10 Nov - Chelmarsh Parish Hall, £12/£8, 01746 862104.

11 Nov - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, £10/£8, 01743 235384. All 7.30pm. Arts Alive.

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Sat 10 November GEOFF NORCOTT: TRADITIONALIST The world is changing at a dizzying rate. Geoff is trying to hold modern views, but worries that tradition is becoming a dirty word. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £12/£10, 01432 340555.

Tues 13 November & Tues 11 December COMEDY AND CURRY NIGHT 13 Nov - Featuring Simon Wozniak, Ethan McKinley, Gurps Cheeman, Phil Carr, Samantha Pressdee and Paul & Andy Nightingale. 11 Dec - Featuring Ben Briggs, Rob Mitchell, Freddie Farrell, Donald Mackerell and Lovdev Barpaga. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm, 01952 610888.

Fri 16, Wed 28 November & Sat 8 December TOM ALLEN: ABSOLUTELY Sharp, acerbic wit and camp, riotous storytelling.

16 Nov - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £15, 01686 614555. 28 Nov - Oakengates Theatre, Telford, 01952 382382. 8 Dec - Savoy Theatre, Monmouth 01600 772467.

Sat 17 November STEVE LEGG Anniversary tour. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Fri 23 November HEINEKEN COMEDY CLUB Starring Steve Bugeja, Joey Page and Sophie Duker.

For ages 18+. Courtyard, Hereford, 8.30pm, £12.50, 01432 340555.

Fri 23 November MARCUS BRIGSTOCK: DEVIL MAY CARE UK Tour. Hay Festival Winter Weekend, Hay-on-Wye 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org Fri 30 November RORY BREMNER & JAN RAVENS She’s Merkel to his Trump. He’s Boris to her Theresa.

Two of Britain’s finest impressionists come together on one bill. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £20/£18, 01873 850805.

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Sat 1 December IVO GRAHAM: MOTION SICKNESS Plus support from Jake Lambert. The Edge Art Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £12, 01952 728911.

Talks November ROSSITER BOOKS 8 Nov - ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers’ with author Bobby Seagull. Rossiter Books, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £3.

13 Nov - John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor and author talking about his debut novel ‘Moscow Midnight’.

Penyard House, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £6. 14 Nov - ‘In a House of Lies’ with author Ian Rankin. Penyard House, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £6. 20 Nov - Lunch and a glass of wine with Oz Clarke, Leonard’s at 39, Ross-on-Wye, 1pm, £22, includes lunch, a glass of wine and £5 off the book.

01989 564464.

November & December HAY CAMERA CLUB 6 Nov - Hay v New Zealand camera club.

13 Nov - Club competition ‘A Sense of Place’.

20 Nov - Presentation by Jim Cossey ‘Landscapes from Above - drone photography’. 27 Nov - Presentation by Megan A’Herne, ‘Adventures in Multimedia’.

4 Dec - Club Picture of the Year competition.

All meetings at Masonic Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £5, www.haycameraclub.co.uk November LUDLOW LIBRARY TALKS 8 Nov - ‘Edna’s Death Cafe’’, Angela Boden talks about her new book. 12 Nov - ‘The End of the Civil War in Ludlow’, with John Barrett. 13 Nov - ‘Ludlow and the Mortimers’, with Philip Hume. 14 Nov - ‘Wish You Were Here’ with Mark Baldwin. 15 Nov - ‘ Myth and Magic’ with Leon Bracelin. Ludlow Library, all 7pm, tea/coffee/cake, donations in the Honesty Hat, 01743 250510 ludlow.library@shropshire.com Thurs 1 November FEARGHUS O’CONCHUIR Presentation and Q&A with Fearghus who is a choreographer, dance artists and new Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales. Peak Studio, Crickhowell, 6pm, bring and share supper at 7pm, 01873 811579, www.peak.cymru Tues 6 November LINGEN GARDENING CLUB ‘Christmas Wreaths’ by Phil Evans. Lingen Village Hall, £1 members, £4 visitors, 01544 267463.

Wed 7 November NEIL OLIVER ‘The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places’. Whilst filming BBC2’s ‘Coast’, Neil has fallen in love all over again, from north to south, east to west, it cradles astonishing beauty.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £24, children £16.50, family £66, 01743 281281.

Wed 7 November ESCLEYSIDE GARDENING CLUB ‘Fruit Tipple’ with wine and mead-maker, Geoff Morris of Orchard Hive & Vine in Leominster. Samples available to taste and buy. Escleyside Hall, 7.30pm, all welcome, non-members £4.

Thurs 8 November STEVE PEAT: BIKES AND BEERS Mountain biking superstar Steve Peat tells the story of his illustrious racing career. May contain some strong language. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £18, 01686 614555.

Thurs 8 November OLIVIER PEACE LECTURE Organised by the Ludlow Quakers. ‘Untold Stories.

Peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland’. An evening of strange, hopeful and challenging stories by Paul Hutchinson. Paul is the founder/director of Imagined Spaces. A mediator, therapist, film-maker, story-teller and peace-practitioner. Methodist Church, Broad St, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5 from jcherry58@yahoo.co.uk or at the door.

Fri 9 November PEACE, POLICE, YOUTH, YOU Case studies from Northern Ireland. A talk by Paul Hutchinson. Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, 7pm, millichap.peacefund@gmail.com Sat 10 November HARDY PLANT SOCIETY - HEREFORDSHIRE & MID WALES ‘Perennials from seed’, a talk and demonstration by Rob Cole. Pembridge Village Hall, 2pm, £4, 01544 262795.

Sat 10 November MORTIMER HISTORY SOCIETY ‘Castle in the Welsh Marches & Wales: Troubles & Strife in the Middle Ages’. Three talks on early Earth & Timber Castles; Norman Stone Castles; Castles of the Welsh Princes. Grange Court, Leominster, 9.30am-1pm, members £9, non members £13, includes refreshments, 01584 831654.

Sat 10 November LESSONS LEARNED? REFLECTING ON 40 YEARS IN CHILD CARE A memoir by John Fitzgerald. A discussion with Oona Muirhead CBE and John Fitzgerald of his experience in child care will explore some of the high profile child death inquiries he had to deal with including the West murders in Gloucester. Glasbury Village Hall, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 07583 544110.

Sun 11 November THE HARD ROAD TO EVEREST: DOUG SCOTT & PAUL TUT BRAITHWAITE A fascinating and often humorous insight into how their colourful careers developed. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622.

Tues 13 November THE ARTS SOCIETY HEREFORD (TASH) 13 Nov - ‘All the Lonely People: The Work of the American Realist Edward Hopper’, a talk by Stella Lyons.

The Green Dragon Hotel, Broad St, Hereford, 2.50pm, guests £9, new members welcome, refreshments, 01568 797703, www.theartssocietyhereford.org.uk Tues 13 November & Tues 11 December BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY 13 Nov - Music & Art in the Age of Vermeer’, a talk by Adam Busiakiewicz. 11 Dec - ‘History & Art of the Nativity Crib’, a talk by Geri Parbly. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

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Tues 20 November LUDLOW AND MARCHES HUMANISTS ‘Salop Assizes 1949 - (swimwear and the law)’. A talk by Peter Roscoe. The Friends Meeting House, St Mary’s Lane, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01568 770282.

Wed 21 November LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY A talk given by Rhys Griffiths on Herefordshire’s Shire Hall. Grange Court, Leominster, AGM at 7pm followed by talk, members free, visitors £3.

Wed 14 November CONVERSATIONS AT THE CHAPEL Tim Dee on Nature Writing and his latest book, ‘Landfill’.

The Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £10, 01873 852690.

Thus 15 November WIGMORE & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Zoe Griffiths will talk about how Wye Valley Lavender Farm in St Harmon developed. Wigmore Village Hall, £2 non-members, 07813 733240.

Thurs 15 November THE LUDLOW PALMERS - THE CONSERVATION TRUST, ST LAURENCE, LUDLOW ‘Now the War is Over’, a talk by Derek Beattie. Part of the Palmers’ Talk and Tea series. Ludlow Methodist Church, Broad St, Ludlow, 2.30-4.30pm, £5 on the door, tea and cake included.

Fri 16 November FOWNHOPE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP ‘The Architect of St Catherine’s, Hoarwithy’.

Chris Lansberry’s illustrated talk will trace the influences of John Pollard Seddon’s career. Fownhope New Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £3, 01432 860733.

Sat 17 November TAMSIN ABBOTT - STAINED GLASS An illustrated talk by Tamsin Abbott about her inspiration and techniques. The talk is accompanied by a showcase of Tamsin’s work at Tinsmiths, 8 High St, Ledbury, 11am-1pm, tickets from Tinsmiths 01531 632083, www.tinsmiths.co.uk Sat 17 November DR PHIL HAMMOND - HAPPY BIRTHDAY NHS? Come cheer the heroes, boo the villains and look to the future of robot surgeons, Fitbit nurses and iPhone GPs. Dr Phil Hammond has worked in the NHS for 31 years and still does, plus broadcaster, journalist, author, campaigner and comic. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £16, concessions and NHS staff £12 01873 850805.

Tues 20 November GARWAY HERITAGE GROUP Forensic scientist David Scaysbrook tells of a secret WW2 mission that went badly wrong when a Halifax bomber crashed near Goodrich, carrying one of Britain’s foremost scientists. Garway Community Centre, 7.30pm, members free, £5 visitors including refreshments. www.garwayheritagegroup.co.uk

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Wed 21 November IN SEARCH OF MARY SHELLEY THE GIRL WHO WROTE FRANKENSTEIN Fiona Sampson is a prize-winning poet and writer and will be in conversation with Peter Florence CBE, Director of Hay Festival. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6pm, film 7.45pm, talk only and drink £15, talk, film and drink £18, 01432 340555.

Thurs 22 November ARTS SOCIETY MID WALES & BORDERS ‘What did the Egyptians Ever Do For Bolton?’

A talk by Jacqueline Hyman. Royal Oak, Welshpool, 2.30pm, £6. 01938 555938.

Thurs 22 - Sun 25 November HAY WINTER WEEKEND FESTIVAL Candle-lit storytelling, comedy, walks, music and family workshops combine with the best of the town’s seasonal shopping. Featuring Helen Parr and Cedric Delves, Andrew Robert, Mark Urban, Rosie Boycott, Mary Portas, Kate Humble, Marcus Brigstocke, Andrew Green, Horatio Clare, Simon Jenkins, Jeanette Winterson, Rose Tremain, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Oliver Bullough, Helena Kennedy, Laura Bates, Tracy Borman and Gina Miller.

Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org 01497 822629.

Fri 23 November HEREFORD ARTS APPRECIATION SOCIETY Talk by Patrick Joel of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Kindle Centre, by ASDA, Hereford, 2.30pm, visitors £2, membership £10, 01432 357552.

Wed 28 November BRECON & DISTRICT MIND ‘OCD, OCD, OCD’, a talk by Dr Lucy Jessica Deacon about how Obsessive Compulsive Disorder has affected her life. The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7pm, £5, friends/members £2, 01874 611529.

Wed 28 November SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB ‘The Invaders’, a talk by John Scrace.

Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5 non-members, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk Thurs 29 November WELLINGTON SCHOOL PAST & PRESENT Wellington Parish History Society. Wellington Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01432 839109.

Workshops & Courses November WEA AUTUMN PROGRAMME Talks at HARC. 7 Nov - Behind the Scenes at ‘The Archers’, 10am-12.30pm. Study Days at the Kindle Centre.

19 Nov - In Search of Fossils. Further details 01531 634460 or email herefordbranch@wea.org.uk

Tues 6 November DEATH CAFE Run by Mollie Lord. Not a grief support group, but tackles the complex ideas that surround death.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, free, 01497 821762.

Tues 6 November WRITING WORKSHOP ‘Understanding Your Narrative’ with bestselling author, Helena Attlee. Peak Studio, Crickhowell, 10am-1pm, free, 01873 811579.

Sun 11 November STEPS OUT OF STILLNESS A Creative Writing Workshop with Dr Rhiannon Hooson.

Suitable for anyone who would benefit from a thoughtful approach to exploring their own practice. The workshop will focus on equipping you with new strategies and techniques. The Old School, Whitton. 1.30 – 4.30, £28 including afternoon tea. crhooson@gmail.com to book.

ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP Meet monthly at local hostelry, Bishop’s Castle. Hilary 01588 638426.

STORY SPACE - Storytelling Workshops and Creative Writing, CPD for Educators, Coaching, and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. www.storyspace.co.uk email: info@storyspace.co.uk 1st Saturday READING GROUP Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, afternoons, free, 01547 550377.

Mondays WRITING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £75 per term, 01432 340555.

Mondays STORY CORNER AT THE COURTYARD For ages 4 years and under. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Every 2nd & 4th Monday TERRIFIED AND TONGUE TIED? Toastmaster provide a friendly and supportive environment to practice public speaking. Constructive feedback to help you improve. An opportunity to grow.

Ludlow Speakers, Blue Boar pub, Mill Street, Ludlow.

Monthly, 7.20pm-9.30pm.

Every Tues SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Level 1 with Mely. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 07837 160505 or www.hayspanish.com Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555.

Fourth Tuesday SCIENCE CAFÉ Informal group, talks and discussions on scientific topics. The Swan at Hay, 7pm, free, all welcome. Contact sciencecafe@outlook. com Every Wed SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Level 2 with Mely. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 10am, 07837 160505 or www.hayspanish.com First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813.

2nd Wed of each month WYESIDE WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7pm, £2.50, 01982 552555.

2nd & 4th Thursday PHILOSOPHY CAFE Informal group which offers the chance to discuss philosophical issues.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762.

Fridays READING ROOM EXTRA The Courtyard, Hereford, 6-8pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555.

International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350

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grass roots The UK & greenhouse gases – falling or going up?

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OR most of the last two decades, governments of both colours in the UK have claimed they have cut greenhouse gas emissions considerably compared with the 1990 figure. That year has been used as the baseline for British and global efforts to curb climate change.

In March this year, the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) trumpeted that new figures for 2017 showed that UK greenhouse gas emissions had gone down by 43% since 1990. A breathless sounding message from climate change and industry minister Claire Perry said “…fantastic news that we continue to lead the world in cutting our emissions while growing our economy.”

Wow that’s impressive! Given that the official target is a cut of 80% in emissions by 2050, it looks as though we in Britain are almost half-way there! Marvellous! We can all stop worrying and go home, put on the kettle, and turn up the heating!

But there is a problem with that apparent huge reduction in our emissions. The fact is that this figure accounts only for what’s been emitted here in the UK. And, sadly for Britain’s industrial workers, a big percentage of our manufacturing - plus all the emissions that go with it - has effectively been outsourced to other countries during the last three decades.

When an imported foreign-built car hits the road in Britain and starts to pump out exhaust gases, nearly all the greenhouse gases linked to the vehicle’s manufacture have been emitted elsewhere in the world. And if you look at the greenhouse gas emissions linked to what we’ve consumed in Britain, as opposed to what we have produced here, things look a lot less impressive.

In Britain, in the 1980s and 1990s, we were effectively outsourcing a lot of our industrial production to Asia, Europe and elsewhere. So, the official tables showing our greenhouse gas emissions since then look, at first sight, a lot lower than they ought to.

Indeed, the expert committee set up by the government, the Committee on Climate Change, has said that, on the basis of consumption, Britain’s carbon footprint has actually gone up by 10% since 1990. A little noticed House of Commons committee summed up the situation succinctly as long ago as 2012.

“The UK’s territorial emissions have been going down,” it said, “while the UK’s consumption-based emissions, overall, have been going up. The rate at which the UK’s consumption-based emissions have increased has far offset any emissions savings from the decrease in territorial emissions. This means the UK is contributing to a net increase in global emissions.”

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Each day I receive an excellent newsletter called Carbon Brief. Its whole purpose is to get at the real facts on climate change and to assess where we have got to on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. I have a lot of time for the people who write it.

Claire Perry, Minister for Climate Change & Energy

But the idea that Britain, despite regular government boasting to the contrary, has been helping to cause a net increase in global greenhouse gas emissions, seemed to have hit them like a bolt of lightning when they learned of it three years ago, from a BBC report.

Their article was headlined “Are the UK’s emissions really falling or has it outsourced them to China?” and they suggested that for greenhouse gas purposes, global trade should be tracked from the point of purchase and use back to the point of manufacture.

If someone in Britain buys an Audi or an iPhone, they implied, then Britain should take ownership of the emissions needed to make those products and ship them to the UK. Actually, Carbon Brief found that the bulk of Britain’s outsourced emissions did not take place in China. China accounted for only a fifth of them. More were taking place in Europe and elsewhere.

However, by March this year Carbon Brief seemed to have lost sight of its own very forceful argument.

And, with other climate campaign groups, it went into celebratory mode to announce the steep drop in UK greenhouse gas emissions claimed by the BEIS department.

Carbon Brief reported that, “The UK’s total CO2 emissions…are now as low as emissions were back in 1890 – the year the Forth Bridge opened in Scotland and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was published.”

If that assertion rings hollow, I suspect it happened because even environmental campaign groups and climate experts have may have faulty memories. From time to time even they fall victim to Whitehall spin that tends to point to past successes rather than to current failures.

No department wants to highlight its own shortcomings or to point out that some of the statistics it puts out year after year, showing it in a good light, are, at best, beside the point and, at worst, downright misleading.

Julian O’Halloran

Green Events

November HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST Full details and bookings 01432 356872 or www.herefordshirewt.org

Greenpeace, ‘Tawai’ film by Bruce Parry

November & December KNIGHTON TREE ALLOTMENTS TRUST Volunteer with us to learn about woodland management and associated skills. Task days on 1, 11, 15, 25 & 29 Nov and 9 & 13 Dec in Beggar’s Bush. Details email woodland@tveg.org.uk 01547 520374 http://tveg.org.uk/ wordpress/what-we-do/woodland-project November SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE First Sunday of every month (4 Nov) - Become a Habitat Helper! For all ages and abilities. 24 Nov - Discovery Club for 3-7 year olds, £2.50 per child. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

Thurs 1 November GREENPEACE Informal meeting of local activists and supporters to discuss campaigns and environmental issues. Featuring the film ‘Tawai’ by Bruce Parry, 8pm. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, for info, email pbdelphiee@hotmail.com Thurs 1 - Sun 4 November EKO BUSHCRAFT Three activities every day for four days. Fire Lighting 10am, Creative Clay 11am, Wonderful Willow 12pm.

Apley Farm Shop, Norton, TF11 9EF, 01952 581002.

Sat 3 November THE SOIL BENEATH OUR FEET Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales Brecon & Radnor Branch. Open Symposium on an ecosystem vital to life. Speakers include Dr John Scullion, Dr William Stiles, Rory Francis, Richard Tudor and Geraint Powell, Ian Rappel and James Cooke. Talgarth Town Hall, 10am4pm, £10 members, £12 non-members, free to under 26, 01497 821668, www.brecon-and-radnor-cprw.wales Sat 24 November WALK ROUND EATON BISHOP All welcome, 10am. Further details www.eatonbishopvillagehall.btck.co.uk Mondays & Wednesdays KNIGHTON MENS SHED Sharpening service available. Teme Mill, Station Yard, Knighton, 10am-2pm. John on 01544232750 or email jtknightonmensshed@gmail.com.

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

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

ALLERGY &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health.

Enquiries: 01568 709142.

AMAZING HEALINGS Help is available for physical and mental challenges at the The Terrace Healing Centre, near Kington. Gentle, effective emotional guidance and bodywork can free your vitality! The therapist, James Gee, has been studying healing since 2004, and has an excellent track record.

Call to discuss your situation: 01544 231348.

AROMATHERAPY in Kington: Roz Myers Brown, Dip. Ar. IPTI, MIPTI. Providing holistic care since 1988. Massage, herbal facials and intensive foot treatments. Bach Remedies. roz.brown@btinternet.com. 07967 137208.

BALANCED BEING -Is based near Church Stretton and a lovely environment where you can receive sessions of Natural Spiritual Healing, Progressive Counselling/Life Coaching, Hatha Yoga or Pure Meditation Foundation Alternatively come and see us in clinics in Brecon, Hay-on Wye, Ludlow or Shrewsbury.

We offer bespoke residential retreats and B&B serving vegetarian food. Please call for details and also check the workshop listings for dates of our forthcoming longer courses in Pure Meditation, Animal Healing Training and Weekly Yoga classes. DipNsph / Dip Prog Couns Coach / Dip THY&R / SRMHC Reg’d Teachers and Associates. Members IYN, Reps.

Tel: 01694 771559. www.balancedbeing.org.uk BOWEN TECHNIQUE Bowen is a holistic, non invasive therapy consisting of gentle moves over soft tissue and muscles, interspersed with periods of rest. Suitable for adults and children. Working from clinics in Bishop’s Castle and Church Stretton. Home visits available. Contact ROB ROWE MBTPA tel: 01588 630648, email rob@robrowe.co.uk or learn more at www.bowentherapy.org.uk

BOWEN & ENERGY HEALING: Releasing imbalances on many levels; listening to the body with compassion. Gentle deep body-work for pain, muscles, joints, internal conditions & whole health. Also clearing emotional, spiritual, mind-brain-body stuckness. My passion is to help clients discover more freedom & ease, enabling them to move forwards in life! Tenbury Wells & Ludlow (also home visits). Phone me for a chat or appointment. Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010.

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CLAIRE KERBY COUNSELLING (Post grad dip Counselling, MBACP). Having someone to talk to outside your normal circle of friends / family can really help to gain a new clarity and sense of perspective. I would love it if you would call me, in confidence, with no judgement on 07971 816541, or email me at Claire.kerby@btinternet.com.

CHARTERED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST with over 25 years professional NHS experience, providing psychological help to adults. Please see website for details: www. drmatthewfaull.co.uk. I am highly trained and experienced in using evidence–based psychotherapies to relieve distress and help you achieve your life goals, and offer sessions in Ludlow and Leintwardine. I also offer supervision to mental health professionals. Please contact me by email: mfaull@btinternet. com, to arrange a free initial phone conversation to consider your needs. Registered with British Psychological Society, British Psychoanalytic Council, Health Professions Council.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello!

CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more.

I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them. Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www. cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor COUNSELLING. Person-centred, focused on you. Do you need someone to talk to in confidence? I am a qualified counsellor based between Ludlow and Leominster. Home visits are also available. Contact me - Wendy Clare on 0792 3311550, email vivada.advice@gmail.com or visit my website wendyclare.weebly.com Together we discover what works for you.

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 & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer.

I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety.

I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk

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

Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland. Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk DRUM MANTRA MEDITATE Lead by Roise (roe-sha) On the first Thursday of the month 9.50am - 11am. £8 It’s fun, it energises the body and calms the mind.

Phone 07511 621 856. At S.E.N.S.E. in Tenbury Wells

EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings FETC (Adv Dip), MNCS (Accred) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their emotional and spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/loss, anxiety and depression. Centres in Powys/ south Shropshire. Ffi including workshops and talks see www.thewritetofeel.com.

HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Experienced practitioner works with you as an individual, listening without judgement; working with whatever symptoms or issues you have. Natural, effective treatment suitable for all ages. I am very happy to chat with you on the phone about what treatment you are looking for before you commit to an appointment. Weekly clinics at Hereford Centre for Natural Health and Monmouth Natural Health Centre. Juliet Ablett www.julietablett.co.uk julietablett@rocketmail.com 01981 241456 HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing.

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

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, McTimoney chiropractor, craniosacral therapy, 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.

MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage.

Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.

NO HANDS® MASSAGE works on every level: physical, energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual. It’s deep, transforming touch with no pain. Come and train with Wendy Mills, Master Therapist and Instructor. Clinic and Courses held in Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. 07858137889; millsw1@tiscali.co.uk; www.wendymills.co.uk MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation.

Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford.

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

PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, call the therapist - numbers on the website or email pnhc2014@gmail.com

REFLEXOLOGY &/OR MASSAGE Combination treatments available. Reflexology helps to identify and restore energy to imbalances and health issues helping the body to heal itself, helps regulate sleep and eating habits. - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits considered.

SOUND BATH WITH ROISE (roe-sha) On the third Tuesday of the month 7 - 9 pm. Roise plays gentle sounds for groups for healing and relaxation. £12, or £10 with a friend. Roise also offers individual treatments. Phone 07511 621 856.

At S.E.N.S.E. in Tenbury Wells.

SOUND HEALING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP RETREATS We run the 5 part Sound Therapy training programme for the College of Sound Healing as weekend retreats in the beautiful setting of Primrose Haven with lovely gardens and sacred spaces. Also Seasonal Sounds Days and weekend retreats: Sound Healing and Nature; Magical Resonance of Celtic Sounds and Sound and gardening for the soul. Retreat stays in our cosy Shepherd Huts. Occasional evening sound and Gong meditations. Please contact Paul Benham, paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk. 01497 847299.

SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 28 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

Workshops

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single (dated) listings are free.

Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year.

Sat 3 November A DAY OF SPIRITUAL CONTEMPLATION, CONVERSATION, SONG AND DANCE With Herefordshire Interfaith Group. All spiritual explorers and those of all faiths are welcome. Green Lane Methodist Church, Green Lane, Leominster, 10am-4.30pm, £15/£8, please book in advance 01981 500764, email mikejhadden@gmail.com

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE New location

Group classes and individual tuition Stapleton Yoga Studio Marie Hudson 01544 260352

www.theyogapractice.org.uk

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PILATES SESSIONS - Pilates is a method of exercise designed to elongate and strengthen the body. It promotes improved core strength and stability which in turn improves posture, flexibility, circulation and physical wellbeing. Classes available in Presteigne and various locations within the North Herefordshire, North Worcestershire and South Shropshire area. All sessions are based on small groups and working to individual abilities therefore booking is essential. Private sessions by arrangement. Contact Jackie on 0782 4114979 or justjackie39@gmail.com BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION CLASSES IN HEREFORDSHIRE Led by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. HEREFORD Mondays, Near LEDBURY Wednesdays, LEOMINSTER Thursdays. All classes 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Give what you can, suggested donation £5. All welcome. More details from matthew@adhisthana.org 01531 641726 or Meg 01432 830322. Text 07980 892653.

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.

MARY STEPHENS YOGA (Friends of Yoga, Yoga Alliance 200hr Teaching Diploma), small classes offered in North Herefordshire, and Ludlow. Each class is planned for the individuals attending. For details and to check spaces please call Mary on 07769 686259.

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EVENTS IN THE YURT BUILTH ROAD, 17 RAILWAY TERRACE, LD2 3RH Drum and Song Circle 1st Friday of the month 7.30-9.30pm Bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary. Shamanic Exploration 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30-9.30pm journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others. Our groups are held in sacred space. Cost is £10, £8, £6 depending on income.

For further info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272.

Mondays & Wednesdays PILATES Pilates-Based Back Care - Mon 10.30am & Wed 5.45pm. Pilates-Based Body Conditioning - Mon 11.45am & Wed 7pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 625992.

Mondays YOGA With Lisa Arundale, 5.15-6.15pm.

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01686 413608.

First Friday of the month SILENCE AND STILLNESS Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12pm, free, 01547 550377.

First Saturday of the month MEDITATION Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12.30pm, free, 01547 550377.

GLASBURY ARTS Bi-Annual Exhibition at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Gallery Celebration of Ceramics and Glass 25 October—16 December 2018

In 2017 Glasbury Arts arranged an exhibition that celebrated the skills of ceramic and glass artists within Wales and the border country and this current exhibition re-produces the highlights.

The artists participating are: CERAMICS - Diane Horne, Paul Wearing, Harriet Tod, Pat Birks, Jin Eui Kim. GLASS - Nancy Sutcliffe, Kathryn Roberts, Sue Thorne, Nicola Hopwood, Beryl Morgans.

Entrance Fee-£2,Opening Hours, Tues-Fri 10-4, Sat/Sun-12-4, Mon Closed.

Book Launch Glasbury Village Hall – Saturday 10 November 2018, 7.30pm Lessons Learned?

Reflecting on 40 years in child care, memoir by John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald in Conversation with Oona Muirhead CBE

The discussion will cover his childhood, his professional experience in child care and will explore some of the high profile child death inquiries he had to deal with including the West murders in Gloucester, and since retirement, his involvement in the arts to his debates with Powys County Council Education Department.

Tickets: £9 adults, £7 Concessions (over 60’s, unwaged, full-time education) 10% Members Discount Applies. Tickets available on glasburyarts.co.uk All net proceeds from the event and book royalties will go to Glasbury Arts.

Pre-event 2 course meal at River Café at Glasbury Arts special price of £12.50. Booking essential on 01497 847007.

Free wheelchair accessible bus, with pick-up points, available between Hay-on-Wye, surrounding villages and Glasbury. Must be booked in advance on 07583 54411.

Two Workshops for young people 9-13 years of age both at Glasbury Village Hall

18 November - Foley Sound Effects Digital Workshop with Nick Brown 25 November - Painting workshop with Kate Freeman

Full details at glasburyarts.co.uk