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ATELY people have been writing letters to Broad Sheep and I have been pretty useless at either printing them or replying to them. We did have a letters page but it seems to have got lost, so I’ll try and make up for it now. Here is letter number 1 from Julia Parker.

Re: Ticking the Boxes. I have just been in hospital too, with a broken femur and a broken hip and I noticed the same preoccupation with ticks and boxes. After a few days of answering the same questions as you, I asked a nurse and she told me it was a new directive following the Mid-Staffs enquiry. At the end of 12 days I was even answering questions for other patients too - those too ill or confused to answer for themselves.

A friend of mine (a very capable farm manager who had driven his ride-on mower off the edge of a ha-ha) was actually organising the whole ward by the end of his stay. Thought you’d like to know all this and I hope you are getting better. Maybe we could write a sit-com set in an Orthopaedic ward. Best wishes, Julia Parker Small Ads

4 And another very flattering one from Simon Arbuthnott.

Hugh’s bit 6 Dear Editor (or Pete, if I may?) Another corking edition of a remarkable publication. For fourteen years, I had the dubious pleasure of doing the Shobdon Village News (actually I Art 8 enjoyed it!), which appeared every four months. It was hugely hard work, but was a very Art workshops 14 minor undertaking compared to Broad Sheep. The Editorial, as they invariably are, was original and delightfully sardonic, and I have spent enough time in Hereford Hospital to Cinema

20 endorse all you have to say. We may not totally agree about Trident, but it would certainly Dance 24 be better spent on the NHS than what the Green Party Candidate on Wednesday here was Food

26 advocating, which was ‘World Peace’, though how £150 billion was going to do this was never properly explained. With best wishes, Simon Arbuthnott Music 28 A very grumpy one about my dog editorial from Janet Phillips Music workshops 41 Dear Pete. I was having a bit of lunch while out yesterday and Venues 43 picked up the July 2015 copy of ‘Broad Sheep’. I read through ‘Dogday Afternoon’ with growing dismay. Dog rescue organiBand directory 44 sations are mown under with growing numbers of neglected, Theatre 46 dumped, and abused dogs. Your article ‘Dogday Afternoon’ did Word 50 nothing to foster positive attitudes in people that dogs are not just disposable items. The 10 year old Dalmatian belonging Grass roots 54 to the brother’s mate is a case in point - because of his new Comp therapies 56 job in Qatar, he must now ‘get rid’ of the unfortunate dog. The The new Workhouse puppy wording gives the impression that a dog is a disposable item and We take no responsibility for eating Pete’s Editorial should have said that the brother’s mate ‘needed to find a new the veracity of the information and loving home’ for the dog, thereby showing some sense of responsibility and care as a herein dog owner. Your article did nothing for the welfare of dogs. Yours sincerely, Janet Phillips Pete Mustill And David Williams giving Mr Pernickety a hard time (he deserves it) Mayfield, Stapleton, Dear Mr Pernickety. I cannot let you get away with your comments on Hereford’s new Nr Presteigne, Powys development in the August edition of Broad Sheep unchallenged, so here are a few points.

LD8 2LW Before the advent of the new eateries where did you eat in the city in the evening? Before the Tel: 01544 260051 Email: info@broadsheep.com advent of The Odeon the city had one rather run-down commercial cinema, never showing Website: www.broadsheep.com decent films, and we were saved in that regard only by the blessing of The Courtyard. The new development has been instrumental in ridding us of the awful dividing line of the duel carriageway with it’s concrete boxes of municipal flowers. Now we see a flow of people moving easily between the old centre and the new development. Hereford just cannot sit back and not develop. Best regards, David Williams Alan who quite rightly thinks I am the man to sort out Hereford’s coffee crisis.

Pete I am new to the area (5 years!). I find the Broad Sheep a great read! My particular concern is the lack of good cappuccinos in the Marches especially with cinnamon. - except the Workhouse Gallery its almost a complete desert. There are one or two hot-spots especially where the independent compete with the chains! I have heard all the excuses.... not the right milk, the girl that makes them is not in today, the weather is too warm/cold...not enough customers complain and the dreaded flat white is spreading like a disease! If I can produce a reasonable cappuccino at home with a hand milk frother what’s the problem! I seek help from the transformer! Alan of Llan-y-nis And finally a slightly delusional Conservative Councillor who for some reason thinks Broad Sheep is the right place to address her constituents. I can only assume she has never read it.

Good morning. I am the newly elected County Councillor for Stapleton and would like to put an article in your magazine for the people of Mortimer Ward, which includes Stapleton. Would this be appropriate? Cllr Carole Gandy I think what I need to do is write one of those standard replies that I can print off and sign that will satisfy all the above people and their opinions. So here goes.

Dear Sir/Madam. We were delighted to receive your recent communication. We are always pleased to hear from our readers especially ones who feel as passionate about things as you obviously do. That being said you can’t please all the people all the time, but you can please some of the people some of the time. Sometimes, when I’m walking my rescue dog to the local coffee bar and thinking about David Cameron’s exciting new proposals for the NHS, it occurs to me that life is very like Hereford’s Town Plan. Some things are on one side of the road and some other things are on the other. I like to think of Broad Sheep as a very pissed off guy in his Audi waiting for the traffic lights to change at the Widemarsh Street junction on a busy Friday evening. Although we occupy the centre ground, alas, we are going nowhere. Yours faithfully

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ACK in the 18th C. my ancestor John Edgeworth inherited an estate in Radnorshire and so became the local MP. When in 1750 a bill to correct Britain’s calendar was introduced in the House of Commons, he was an ardent supporter. After much wrangling Parliament agreed that the Julian calendar then in use was “attended with divers inconveniences”, being out of kilter with Scotland - and Europe, “and thereby frequent mistakes are occasioned, and disputes arise therefrom.” Our method of computing leap-years had put Britain 11 days out of synch with both the European calendar and the real solar year and was slipping further behind so that crossing the channel not only meant turning your watch forwards by an hour, but adding 11 days to the date. Despite patriotic complaints we fell in step with the insufferable foreigners and calculated the year by the more accurate Gregorian method. At midnight on 2nd September 1752 Britain jumped to midnight + 1 second on the 14th. Rioters demanded the return of their lost days. People went without their birthdays. Christmas came early.

Edgeworth was a fervent Enlightenment man, and decided to commemorate this triumph of reason with an epic calendrical work of his own. In 1753 he planted 2 oak trees, 20 feet apart, at the far end of his longest meadow.

Every year he planted another pair, 20 ft on from the last pair so that by the end of his life – some 55 years, 4 wives and 16 children later - there was an avenue of 110 trees in a rising curve, aged from 1 to 55 years old, the best of which were over 60 ft tall when he died. In his will he commanded that the line should be continued every year, come lightning bolts, storm, drought or flood, for the obvious reason of completing his purpose - to be able to see at once, in one sweep of the eye, all the life-stages of the species, but also because the avenue, his long experiment, was meant to preserve the marks of the accidents of climate, disease and other natural variations, in the living record of the trees. He took the long view down his long avenue.

His descendants were legally compelled to continue the plantings, and the estate descended father to son for 6 generations, until it was sold in 1922. Edgeworth’s Avenue had become a magnificent sight: more than a thousand

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yards long. One could walk the line from the maturing trees of the 18th C – now coming up to their full glory – past the already substantial trees of the 19th and then note the rapid descent in height and girth around the turn of that century until one reached the youngest trees planted after WW1, only a few feet high. The tenant of the largest farm bought the meadow. The wealth of many land-owning dynasties had ebbed away with the passing of the Victorian era; the final nail in the Edgeworths’ coffin was the loss of their only son, their only hope, in the 1st World War. Throughout the rest of the 20th C. the planting of a pair of trees by someone from the Edgeworth diaspora became a ceremony incorporated in the annual Village show, known as the Wakes, so that the tradition was further protected from failure or neglect, although by now it was not likely to die out; it represented too many things to the villagers, and had taken root as firmly in their hearts as it had in the meadows by the Teme. The avenue was the symbol of their community and their histories were preserved in it. “This tree was planted in the year my first grandchild was born” – “this tree marks the year when the church organ caught fire”, “This tree was struck in the Great Storm”. People could now go for time-walks down the line carrying a guide book written by a local historian.

And so Edgeworth’s avenue began to attract tourists, and with it their cash; the pub became a Michelin star restaurant; a farmer diversified into holiday chalets and villagers made money from seasonal B’n’Bs. The Wakes became a Wassailing event which celebrated the trees in music and cider. The villagers reacted with occasional disdain to the consequent tree-huggers and druidical oddballs but took their money anyway.

In the 21st C. the avenue became a listed feature. It was subject to inspection by all four English and Welsh Heritage and Nature authorities since the straight line of the trees twice transected the meandering national border. The first Ordinance Survey had unwisely set the boundary along the line of the river c. 1820, but the Teme had long ago taken a mind to wander off in other directions, and in the fullness of time back again, and with it the notional boundary, until the local government act of 1972 fixed it as an arbitrary line which disdained mere

geography. Then the valley was declared an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and later the river became a Sacred Site of Scientific Interest. A visitor centre was successfully resisted, likewise the vandalisation of the avenue with explanatory notices. Occasionally the farmer would let a bull into the field, “just to keep things in perspective� he said as he peered down the avenue at his finely framed Herefordshire cattle. There was a point in the mid 22nd C. when the visitor could see the living profile of the species in almost all its possible phases from fragile infant sapling to spreading grand-father, as well as some ruins prematurely broken by disease, dropped branches, lightning or subterranean disadvantages. However none had yet attained the grandeur of a 5 or 600 year tree nor was likely to for the climate had begun to change. 50 years later the new saplings could no longer be persuaded to take; the river dried up except for two months in the rainy season. The older trees that survived with their taproots down in the aquifers suffered from the heat and the dust which clogged their leaves, although many still stood in magnificent stag-headed silhouette. Through the 22nd Century the meadow became a savannah, then deteriorated to sand in the 23rd. The bleached bones of the oaks still stand in gap-toothed pairs in some places, a memorial to the events of history as recorded in the unique profiles and tree-rings of the trees, exactly as intended by John Edgeworth, but it was not a memorial of the kind he would have wished for or could have imagined, and was now seen only by the few travellers who pass through this uninhabited landscape.

So his long experiment drew towards its close.

Thanks to Andrew Darke, sculptor, for contributing thoughts. (c) Hugh Colvin 2012-15

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art h.Art - Herefordshire Art Week 12 - 20 September Free access to 150 artists and designer makers in studios, galleries and group exhibtions.

FREE guides with pull-out maps can be picked up from tourist outlets or posted to you (postage fees apply) by contacting 01432 358232 or info@brightstripe.co.uk.

Or download from www.h-art.org.

POWYS St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne 01547 560246 12 - 20 Sept TAMSIN ABBOTT, GILL TENANT-EYLES, PAUL CATON, JASON BRAHAM, YEN ROBINSON, SUSIE ARBUTHNOTT, SIMON DORRELL, ALISON MacGREGOR-GRIMLEY, RUTH KIRKBY, KEITH NOBLE, COLIN SIMMONDS, LOIS HOPWOOD. Open 11am-5pm.

Zani Lady Brocante, High St, Presteigne, 07968 842219 Sept ‘Floret of Creations’.

A continuous, changing exposition space. GO KIMONO period kimonos.

LITTLE AMULET, VISUAL NARRATIVE - textile art. Plus other works using recycled materials.

Open Fri & Sat 10am-3pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 Until 12 Sept ‘Visible Invisible’.

VIVA-MARI CARPELAN. Drawing together two separate projects, work from Project X and work from A Life Unremarked by her late husband Martin Herbert (1957-2014).

Open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

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

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Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne 01544 260149 Until 6 Sept ‘Gallipoli’. SIR SIDNEY NOLAN. 100 years since Australian and New Zealand troops spearheaded the landing of Allied forces on the Gallipoli peninsula.

Works painted between 1958-1963 explore the subject and echoes of the ancient Trojan War myth. 11am-5pm.

Part of Presteigne Festival.

12 - 20 Sept A showcase of work made at or inspired by the ancient setting of the Rodd. Exhibitors include leading artists, collaborative groups and newcomers.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Sept Art from the last 215 years.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-3pm. Facebook Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne.

The Hay Makers Gallery, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5BN 01497 820556 Until 13 Sept Summer exhibition.

CAROLINE REYNOLDS & ROBIN KINSMAN BLAKE - jewellery.

DRUSILLA COLE - prints. DENISE BROWN - ceramics. SALLY HARRIS sculpture. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street.

01547 528052 Sept ‘Autumn Leaves’. Trees by: JAMES CAMPBELL, LINDA GILLARD, KEVAN HOPSON, ROBERT HURDLE, KATHY HEINZELMANN, RUSSELL HOLLINGS, THERESA McGINLEY, SARA PHILPOTT, LESLEY WOOTTON. C20th Art, plus crafts and greeting cards. Open Wed-Sat 10am-5pm Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws 01686 688369 Until 6 Sept ‘Of Time and The Railway’. ROBERT DAVIES Until 6 Sept THE 56 GROUP - new works by renowned Welsh artists.

11 Sept - 31 Oct ‘Ymuno’. SUZYBEE * GINI WADE - projections, animations, prints and paintings. DAN ROBERSON - paintings 13 Sept - 31 Oct ‘A Personal Journey in Clay’. ANDY WARREN - ceramics.

Until Oct ISLWYN WATKINS. Open Thurs-Sun 10am-4pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 3 Sept MARTIN WENHAM DENIS CURRY - sculpture.

Until 19 Sept ‘Bird/Land’. JEREMY MOORE. Until 3 Sept Tabernacle Art Competition. Adult theme: ‘The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper’. Under 18 theme: ‘Magical things under the magnifying glass’.

12 Sept - 19 Nov BARRIE COOK (1970-2015) - selected work.

19 Sept - 14 Nov GEOFF OGDEN (1929-1997).

19 Sept - 31 Oct ‘The Wisdom of Wool’. SOPHIE MYFANWY WELLAN. 19 Sept - 9 Jan ‘Raising Stones’.

HOWARD BOWCOTT - sculpture.

26 Sept - 14 Nov ‘Reversephotospective’. MARK ROBERT DAVEY - combining sculpture and photography.

26 Sept - 21 Nov ‘The Way I See It’.

HELEN BAINES. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

CARAD, Unit 1 East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 Until 4 Sept ‘Siku’ GLENN MORRIS a sculptor’s response to change in the Arctic. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 9 Sept GWYN WILLIAMS. Until 9 Sept ‘Flora’. Large-scale exhibition featuring work by contemporary artists including EMMA BENNETT, MICHAEL BOFFEY, ANYA GALLACCIO, ORI GERSHT, OWEN GRIFFITHS, ANNE-MIE MELIS, JACQUES NIMKI, YOSHIHIRO SUDA & CLARE TWOMEY. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 Until 12 Sept Minerva Quilts 15.

26 Sept - 10 Oct ‘Vintage Style Autumn 2015’. Sale of exhibition of textiles clothes, china and ephemera from yesteryear. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am4.30pm.

Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until mid Oct MANU SONG a collection of original batik paintings. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm.

Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ 01982 560674 Sept Exhibition of sculpture by the celebrated PERRYN BUTLER. Open daily 10.30am-5pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 1 Sept ‘Rhoda’s Retrospective.’

RHODA PARTRIDGE. Part of Presteigne Festival. Open 10am-5pm, although not available during events and rehearsals.

5 Sept Arts and Crafts Fair. Local artisans working in silver, wood, wool, jewellery, pottery, furniture, paintings and carvings. Open 10am-3pm.

Garrison House, Church St, Presteigne 01544 267058 12 - 20 Sept RUTH KIRKBY - botanical watercolours of flowers and vegetables. SUSIE ARBUTHNOTT - varied works in pastel, watercolour and oils.

Open 11am-5pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Sept LAURA LUNN. Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

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Benjamin Hills, The Workshop, Clifford

BrontĂŤ Woodruff, St Mary Magdalene Church, Eardisley Jonathan Adams, The Chapel, Ashford Carbonel

Yvonne Crossley, The Drawing Gallery, Leintwardine

Kim Davis, Lingen Nursery, Lingen

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 1 Sept TONY COLLIER: A Retrospective. Paintings, drawings and prints.

Part of Presteigne Festival.

12 - 20 Sept SARA BAMFORD sculpture.

Until 3 Oct Rug and Textile sale.

Interesting and unusual gifts for all.

Rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE Leg of Mutton, 17 Duke St, Kington 01544 231563 legofmutton.wordpress.com Until 6 Sept ‘Leafy Spaces, Open Skies’. DENISE FORDYCE - new drawings.

Until 20 Sept SHANNON DONOVAN & ANDREW EASTWOOD - sculpture in ceramic and bronze, artist’s books and more. Venue 29 h.Art. Open 11am-5pm.

The Studio, Barnfield Farm, Pudlestone, HR6 0RB 01568 750283 12 - 20 Sept SILVIA PASTORE - oils, watercolours and pastels. 11am-5pm.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Westhide, HR1 3RQ 01432 850615 12 - 20 Sept ROBIN PEERS - watercolours. JAN STUDERUS - engraved glass. JO CANTON SMITH - oil paintings. RACHEL FENTON - ceramics. Demonstrations on 15 & 17 Sept, 2-4pm. Open 11am-5pm.

135 Bargates, Leominster, HR6 8QS 01568 615079 12 - 20 Sept JENNY CRISP - baskets.

SLVIA STIFF - paper experiments using print, bookbinding and digital imagery techniques. Venue 53, h.Art. Open 11am-5pm.

Trumpet Corner Art Studios & Tea Room, near Ledbury 01531 670082 12 - 20 Sept ED ELLIOTT - wood sculpture. ELAINE BROWN, CURIO & CURIO - textiles. BEN ESTHOP woodwork. JO HARVEY ceramics. ADRIAN HIGGINS - visual art. FEE PRINGLE - watercolours.

SIMON PROBYN - metal sculptures.

SHIRLEY SMITH - silversmith.

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Ledbury Market House, High St, Ledbury, HR8 1DS 01531 890703 12 - 20 Sept THE HEREFORDSHIRE GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN. Open daily 10am-5pm.

8b Bankside Studios, Little Marcle Rd, Ledbury, HR8 2DR 07527 048749 12 - 20 Sept SUNNY TODD - prints.

Open daily 11am-5pm.

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Marsh Cottage, Yatton, near Aymestrey, HR6 9TP 01568 770177 12 - 20 Sept Open Studio for h.Art week (venue 45). BRONTË WOODRUFF. Open 10.30am-5.30pm weekdays, 10am-6pm weekends.

Refreshments. WaterAid. St Michael & All Angels Church, Kingsland HR6 9QW 01568 709579 12 - 20 Sept Featuring ANDREW EASTWOOD, MARY STEPHENS, RUTH ZULEIKA CAMERON-SWAN, OLIVER CAMERON-SWAN - sculpture, paintings, prints, woodturning, ceramics, jewellery and more. Open 10am-5pm daily.

The Workshop, Paddock House, Clifford, HR3 5HB 01497 820172 12 - 20 Sept ‘A Joint Effort’. CHRIS ARMSTRONG & BENJAMIN HILLS fine furniture and woodturning. Open 11am-5pm.

Newport House, Almeley, Kington, HR3 6LL 07971 7740200 3 - 25 Oct ‘Out of Nature’. Sculpture exhibition. SARA BAMFORD, ANT BEETLESTONE, KEVIN BLOCKLEY, SHAUN BROSNAN MRBS, CARO BURBERRY, PAUL CATON, RACHEL CARTER, JAMES CONNOLLY, ARAGORN DICK-READ, JON EDGAR, ED ELLIOTT, KIM FRANCIS, SUE HILEY HARRIS, ROLF HOOK, HEATHER JANSCH, CHRIS KAMPF, MATT LANE SANDERSON, JONATHAN LOXLEY, SALLY MATTHEWS, CHARLOTTE MAYER FRBS, JULIAN MEREDITH, GLENN MORRIS, TANIA MOSSE, JEAN-PATRICE OULMONT, JEMMA PEARSON, WILLIAM PEERS, JENNY PICKFORD, SIMON PROBYN, MARK RICHARDS, KATE RAGGETT, ANDREW ROACHE, HELEN SINCLAIR ARBS, JOE SMITH, ANTONIA SPOWERS, ANTHONY TURNER, PAUL VANSTONE, DOMINIC WELCH, RACHEL WOOD. Open 10.30am-5.30pm. Ticketed preview on 3 Oct, 1pm, £10.

Admission 4 - 25 Oct £5, under 18s free. Homemade cakes, soup and refreshments. Profits from ticket and sculpture sales to The Cart Shed.

St Mary Magdalene Church, Eardisley 01544 327614 11 - 20 Sept (Venue 27 h.Art).

JULIENNE BRAHAM - paintings.

JASON BRAHAM - salt glazed pottery.

KIM DAVIS - woodwork. DEBORAH KING - jewellery. ANTHEA STILWELL - paintings. PETER STILWELL paintings. BRONTË WOODRUFF paintings. DILWYN SILVERSMITHS. Open Fri 11 Sept, 6-9pm. Open daily 11am-5pm. Refreshments.

The Granary, The Old Farmhouse, Lingen 01544 267800 1 Sept ‘Earth Song’. ANN LEWIS RCA. Open 10.30am-6pm. Part of Presteigne Festival.

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

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

Open Mon - Sat 10am-5pm.

Hereford Cathedral 01432 374261 Until Dec ‘15 ‘Flags of Freedom’.

CHRIS WHITE - evocative calligraphic banners.

Until 30 Sept ‘Magna Carta Icon of Justice - Pledge of Freedom’.

Open Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm.

South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 5 Sept HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS. 7 - 12 Sept LOVE ZIMBABWE. Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information.

14 - 19 Sept SIAN THOMAS - handmade stained glass. PREETI THAPA - Nepalese handicrafts.

21 - 26 Sept All Saints Church fundraising work.

28 Sept - 3 Oct Sale of Indian silks and saris with Jan Bishop.

5 - 10 Oct GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net Artist-made etchings, lino prints, screen prints, handmade, original cards, textile and other unique gift ideas. Open daily 10am-4pm.

Dorstone’s Front Room (across from The Pandy Inn) 01981 550722 Sept GIL PERKINS - photographs.

Open Mon-Fri 9am-1pm.

Monnow Valley Arts Centre, Walterstone, Hereford 01873 860529 Until 5 Sept The McDowall Collection of Neo-romantic paintings, drawings and prints.

Until 5 Sept Garden exhibition.

MATTHEW LANE SANDERSON & RACHEL WOOD - sculpture.

12 - 20 Sept ‘Border Lettering Festival’.

20 lettercutters, calligraphers and graphic designers showcasing their work. Thurs & Fri 11am-5pm, Sat & Sun 2-5pm, closed Mondays.

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St., Hereford 01432 260692 Until 31 Oct ‘Spun Gold: the Rich History of Wool’. The importance of Ryeland sheep.

Until Oct ‘Elgar, Herefordshire and the Three Choirs Festival’.Tues-Sat 10am5pm, Sun 10am-4pm, closed Mon.

Laura Lunn, Tower House Gallery, Knighton

Shannon Donovan, Leg of Mutton, Kington

Mary Brewin, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

Julienne Braham, St Mary Magdalene Church, Eardisley

Ciara Lewis, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan

Silvia Pastore, The Studio, Barnfield Farm, Pudlestone

Market Hall, Kington 19 Sept Arts and crafts market. Part of Kington Walking Festival. Open from 9am.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 6 Sept ‘Exploring Herefordshire’.

RICHARD BAVIN. Meet the artist on 5 Sept. Phone for times.

9 Sept - 27 Sept HEREFORD BOTANICAL SOCIETY. KATE DAWSON - ceramics. Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm, Sun 2pm-5pm. Framing also available.

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 12 - 26 Sept ROZIE KEOGH sculpture and jewellery. SARAH JANE BROWN - figures. KIM ROGERS birds. HELAINA SHARPLEY architecturally inspired work.

RUTH SLATER - wire drawings.

CRAIG SUMNER - paintings. Plus an eclectic mix of English arts and crafts.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Sept New work by STEPHEN RIPPINGTON - paintings plus continual exhibition from artists in residence. A picture framing service is also available. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Greenstage Gallery, The Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome, WR6 5BT 01885 490839 Until 2 Oct BELINDA HOPKINS, CLAIRE GRIFFITHS, PETER BURDEN, PIERRE WILLIAMS - new works. Plus gallery artists BETH RICHARDSON, CHRIS HOWELLS, DOUG EATON, JANE ECCLES, JULIE ANNE COWARD, MAGGIE JONES & SARA MEAD. Open daily 11am-5pm.

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

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury, HR8 1LP 01531 633325 10 - 20 Sept JILL EXELL & AMANDA WRIGHT - textile art.

29 Sept - 11 Oct ‘Daphne’s Glove: The Exhibition’. An exhibition of project pieces and supporting work by the 2015 Group Gathering artists: TAMSIN ABBOTT, CLAIRE E BAKER, SARAH BURFORD, ALI FERGUSON, CAREN GARFEN, SHARON HALL SHIPP, CHRISTINE KELLY, JEANETTE McCULLOCH, KATHLEEN MURPHY, MANDY PATTULLO, KAREN SHAPELY & MARIETTE VOKE. Open daily 10am - 5pm.

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

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 6 Sept ‘The Dressing Room’.

MARIETTE VOKE. Until 6 Sept ‘Made in Knucklas: The Village Show’. An insight into the art and cultural life of a small village on the Welsh side of the border of England and Wales. Artists include WENDY DAVIES, TONY HALL, LOIS HOPWOOD, MAGGIE JONES, ROBERT M WOOD, ANDY KENYONWADE, CORINNA KENYON-WADE, WILL O’LEARY, LOTTIE O’LEARY, JANE THOMAS - ceramics, paintings, sculpture, wood, stone, glass and plaster.

18 Sept - 8 Nov The Herefordshire Open 2015. Open theatre times.

Leominster Library 01432 383290 Until 1 Oct ‘Write/Right/Rite’.

MARCHES SCRIBES - calligraphy.

Plus decorated envelopes and slate.

Demonstrations. Open Mon, Tues & Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Thurs 9.30am7pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm. Closed Wed & Sun. See workshops for taster session.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 12 Sept - 31 Oct Featuring KATHIE BARRS, IAN MacKAY, HOLLY BROOKES, KATRIN MOYE, JEMIMA JAMESON, CHRISSIE NASH, ROBERT PALMER, PETER HORROCKS, RACHEL SUDWORTH, SHIRLEY VAUVELLE. Works include automata, ceramics, jewellery, paintings, original prints, sculpture and textiles.

Open daily during h.Art 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Thereafter same times, but Tues by appointment.

The White House, Llangarron, HR9 6PH 01981 770776 12 - 20 Sept ‘Sculptures @ Llangaron’. Affordable sculptures for home and garden by ALAN RICHARDSON, ARDYN GRIFFIN, DAVE PRESTON, FRANCES WARREN, GLENN MORRIS, KAREN EDWARDS, NIK BURNS, PETER SMITH, SALLY ANNE TOTTLE, SARA D’ARCY, ROSIE CALLINAN, VICTORIA WESTAWAY. Open 10am-5pm, closed Mon.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 Sept A selection of arts and crafts, handmade contemporary silver jewellery by SILVERFISH DESIGNS, picture framing, prints and images, plus a showcase of local artists.

Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester, WR1 1DT 01905 25371 Until 5 Sept ‘Way of the Warrior’.

Arms and armour from epic historical movies.

12 Sept - 21 Nov ‘Illustration Beats Explanation’. Contemporary artists who work in illustration.

20 Sept - 18 Oct Society of Artists.

The 68th annual exhibition of the WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ARTISTS - paintings and ceramics.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

SHROPSHIRE The Drawing Gallery, The Old Chapel, Walford, near Leintwardine 01547 540454 9 - 26 Sept YVONNE CROSSLEY RWA - recent works, drawing, painting, print and construction. Opening event 5 Sept 2-5pm. Open 11am-5pm.

Gallery 3, The Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury 01743 355159 Until 21 Sept The Art Panel Show.

SADDA ART PANEL & FRIENDS. 28 Sept - 2 Nov The Shropshire Open.

Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm.

Lingen Nursery, Lingen, nr Bucknell, SY7 0DY 01544 260811 12 - 20 Sept KIM DAVIS - woodturner.

MAGGIE DAVIS - mixed media. Open daily 10am-5.30pm, teas available.

Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Telford 01952 433424 9 Sept FAYE CLARIDGE - portraits.

Artist in residence. 10.30am-4pm.

Until 10 Sept ‘To Check the Tide of Prejudice’. JOHN COOKE BOURNE - lithographs, original sketches and painting of the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway.

Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, free entry.

28 Sept - 18 Dec ‘Landscapes with Machines’. JEREMY DELLER & TONY CRAGG - an eclectic exhibition.

Until 18 Dec ‘Shifting Worlds’.

Contemporary Art and the Birthplace of Industry.

9 & 10 Oct ‘Reimagining the Industrial Revolution’. Symposium.

Open Mon-Sun 10am-5pm.

Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed.

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Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 5 Sept Summer exhibition.

NOEL SHEPHERDSON, KEITH NOBLE, MARY GRIFFIN - oils pastels and watercolours. VICTORIA KEEBLE, ANNA RAVENSCROFT, SARAH VAN NIEKERK, DON SMITH & COLIN SEE-PAYNTON - prints.

12 Sept - 10 Oct ‘Some Things Left Unsaid’. SIMON DORRELL - new work. Plus KEITH ANDREW etchings and watercolours. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023 5 Sept Flea & Antiques Market.

Open 9am-4pm.

From 12 Sept VAL LITTLEHALES. Open Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm, please phone to check.

12 & 13 Sept Heritage Fayre.

Open 10am-4pm.

19 Sept Michaelmas Fair 3 in 1 Market. A mixture of Farmers, Flea and Craft market. Open 10am-4pm.

26 Sept Craft Fair. Open 10am-4pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Until 5 Sept LEIGH DAVIS, ROSEMARY VANNS, CELIA WILKINSON, RAY SHELDON. 12 Sept - 17 Oct GERALD DEWSBURY & CHRIS WELSH. Open daily 10am-5pm.

The Old Surgery Gallery, Clun 01588 640506 Until 14 Sept Summer Exhibition.

Featuring BRIAN FLETCHER, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, PAUL HIPKISS, TIM NASH, NOEL SHEPHERDSON, ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA AND GORDON YAPP WITH WENDY LANTOS AND JACQUE WAKELY, (textiles).

Ceramics by RALPH JANDRELL and jewellery by LIN BROWN. 17 - 30 Sept Clun Valley Artists.

Exhibition. Featuring TOM BARKER, DENISE EVANS, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, JEMIMA JAMESON, SARAH JAMESON, NIGEL KERRY, PAULINE KITELEY, WENDY LANTOS, ANGELA MARTIN, SYLVIA MILLS, JOCE PENDRY, NOEL SHEPHERDSON, CHERYL WILLIAMS AND GORDON YAPP. 10am-5pm.

Chang Thai Bar, 3 Market St, Ludlow, SY8 1BP 01584 874212 1 Sept - 21 Oct TOTTIE AARVOLD fine art photos focussing on ‘overlooked and forgotten’.

Open 11am-11pm.

The Chapel, Ashford Carbonel, Ludlow SY8 6BX 12 - 20 Sept JONATHAN ADAMS original oil paintings, old master copies and examples of easel painting restoration. Venue 48. 11am-5pm, refreshments, all welcome.

Aardvark Books & Cafe, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 12 - 27 Sept h.Art. Two exhibitions.

‘Volume, Contrast, Brilliance’. Focuses on textiles with art and 3D works: BOBBY BRITNELL, LUXY BAXENDALE, SARAH CAGE, ADAM WATSON, SUE PASCOE, JANE WELLS & CIARA LEWIS. ‘Beyond Type: New Letter Forms for a New Century’. Drawn, painted and carved.

Curated by Will O’Leary the exhibition showcases some of the UK’s leading letter carvers and calligraphers including TOM PERKINS, GARY BREEZE, WILL O’LEARY AND JOHN NEILSON. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Qube Gallery, Oswald Rd, Oswestry, SY11 1RB 01691 656882 10 Sept - 9 Nov ‘Fracture’. An exciting new digital installation by JUSTIN CLIFFE & PETER FARAGO. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm.

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Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 7 Sept ‘Luck’s Weight’. JEAN ATKIN AND ANDREW FUSEK PETERS - poems and photographs.

14 Sept - 11 Oct ‘Brick City - The World’s Most Iconic Building and Landmarks’. In Lego. Open TuesSun 10am-5pm. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-17 years, students (with card, £3.60).

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

Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free. Year round, £40 per year

GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design. PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk

COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) - www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080.

WESTHOPE COLLEGE, NEAR CRAVEN ARMS Wonderful craft courses taught by talented tutors in a beautiful location in South Shropshire for over 30 years.

Discover Westhope College at its Annual Exhibition and Craft Fair on 11th and 12th July. Free admission.

Refreshments available. www.westhope.org.uk SILK SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP Create your own silk screen prints with Royal College of Art graduate and Elle Decoration’s ‘Name to Watch’, Sunny Todd, in his Ledbury studio. A highly skilled and passionate designer with years of teaching experience at all levels, Sunny will share his knowledge and enthusiasm for this addictive process. Suitable for absolute beginners or those with screen printing experience. With a maximum of only 4 students you will have the time and support to produce or develop your own patterns and leave with your own collection of printed textiles. Half day taster session weekend workshop, 9.30am- 1pm. Includes materials and refreshments. One day weekend workshop, 10am- 5pm, £100. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch.

Five week evening course, Mondays 6.30-9.30pm, £150. Includes materials and refreshments.

For more information visit www.sunnytoddprints.co.uk or 07527 048749.

ORIEL DAVIES OPEN EXHIBITION Call for submissions for its esteemed biennial Open exhibition, which will feature from 16 April-15 June 2016.

Open to professional and students (17+) training in visual arts.

Deadline 9 October. Further details from Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 01686 625041, www.orieldavies.org/ open2016 WILD WICKER Basket weaving workshops. Learn to make an attractive willow basket using various colourful willows and hedgerow materials, for beginners and more experienced. clyde@wildwicker.com or 07866 138436, www.wildwicker.com

ARTS & CRAFTS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

monthly fair local artists and makers Wood, wool, stone, silver, photography & paintings with more in the green room

Sat 5th september 10.00am - 3.00pm with tea, cakes and plants

open workshop in new radnor Unit 1,

brookside farm, park road

7th - 14th september 12.00 - 5.00pm work on display with demonstrations of up and coming classes including spinning, dyeing, knitting upholstery, creative writing and more. see website for details

www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org

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POP UP STONE CARVER Available for demonstrations, workshops, have a go sessions or childrens birthday parties. Can be from our workshop in Knucklas or at your own location. Stone and tools are all supplied and all ages catered for. Starting every Thursday - evening classes. Contact Lottie on 01547 528 792 or email her at info@stonecarving.co.uk

September ORIEL DAVIES ART WORKSHOPS For children and families. 1 Sept - Free storytelling and picnic, 10.30am-1pm, £5. Sat - Life Drawing Workshop led by Caroline Ali, 10.15am-1.30pm, £18 per workshop.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 10.30am-1pm, £5 per person, 01686 625041.

CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativitiy 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. Visit our website: www.creativebreaks.co.uk for full details of our courses.

Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride!

September SIDNEY WORKSHOPS 10, 17 & 24 Sept - Stone Carving Evening Classes, with tutor, David Walker. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 6-9pm, £26 per session or £72 for all three sessions, 01544 260149. For regular print studio, litho, screen-printing sessions go to www.sidneynolantrust.org

CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm. With different art techniques by local artists.

Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore.

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

BASKET MAKING COURSES With Jenny Crisp. 5 - 6 Sept Fitched Oval Arm Basket.

20 - 21 Sept - Round Log Basket (some experience necessary), £200. Tools, materials and lunch included.

Accommodation available for all courses £25 per night.

135 Bargates, Leominster (except Hoops course), 01568 615079, 07840 780618.

September ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

September EASTNOR POTTERY Eastnor Pottery Potter’s Wheel Weekend Workshop 26 & 27 Sept. Spend the weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £215, includes all materials, refreshments and lunch. Family pottery fun in September. phone to book a session. Projects start at just £5. A brilliant indoor activity for individuals, families and friends. Pottery open 10am-4pm, Tues-Sat. Simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book a session.

September MID WALES ARTS CENTRE WORKSHOPS 5 Sept - Developing Lino Printing with Jeb Loy Nichols, 10am-4pm. 6 Sept - David Moore will talk about the 56 Group and his recent book. 15 Sept - Illustrated talk by islwyn Watkins. 19 Sept - Assemblage/Collage Workshop with Islwyn Watkins, 10am-4pm, £40.

Every Thursday and Friday, 10am-4pm, art activity days aimed at 7-14 year olds. Pre booking essential. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, £15 per session, 01686 688369.

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September & October ADULT ART & CRAFT WORKSHOPS 7 Sept - 5 Oct - every Monday 1-3pm- 5 classes in ‘Facial Features and Portraiture’ drawing- £55 per student including all materials and refreshments. 5 Sept (10.30am-3.30pm) & 12 Sept (11am-1pm) - Two day course in ‘Fused Glass Jewellery’ (make at least 15 glass pieces)- £75 per student including all materials, bring a packed lunch. 26 Sept, 1-3pm- ‘Beginners Glass Engraving- Engraving a glass panel’- £15 per student including all materials and refreshments. 13 Oct - 3 Nov - Every Tuesday for 4 week (1-3pm). 4 Week Course –‘Still Life and Mixed Media’ working with chalks, oil pastels and pen & ink- £45 per student including all materials and refreshments. 17 Oct (10am-3.30pm) - ‘Paper People Construction’. Make a life size paper head in this dry working recycled material class. Places £35 each including all materials and refreshments- Note students must bring a packed lunch. The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells, www.annwallace.co.uk 01584 811080.

Until October GET CRAFTY WITH SPUN GOLD WORKSHOPS Ever wanted to have a go at spinning or weaving, knitting or crochet or a host of other woolly crafts. Now here’s your chance to have a go. Every week until 29th October there are exciting workshops taking place at the Museum Resource and Learning Centre, as part of the Spun Gold Exhibition at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery. For full details of all the workshops taking place please contact Julia Radburn on 01432 383599 or email jradburn2@herefordshire.gov.uk Starting September, first Saturdays of each month LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOPS Led by artist, Caroline Ali and using a variety of models, these sessions are suitable for beginners and practised artists. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 10.15am-1.30pm, £18 per workshop, booking essential, 01686 625041.

Mon 7 - Mon 14 September OPEN WORKSHOP Work on display with demonstrations of up and coming classes including spinning, dyeing, knitting, upholstery, creative writing and more. See different artists work and discuss up and coming classes. Unit 1, Brookside Farm, Park Rd, New Radnor, 12-5pm, 01544 260777, www.radnorshireartandcraftsfoundation.org Sat 12 September LIVING MOSAICS WORKSHOP Learn how to make mosaics with Victoria Harrison. Suitable from beginners to advanced, no drawing or artistic skills required. Upper Newton Farmhouse, Kinnersley, 10am-4.30pm, £50 includes all materials and a light lunch, 07768 080947, email v.a.harrison@btinternet.com

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12 - 20 September BLUE GINGER WORKSHOPS/DEMONSTRATIONS As part of h.Art. Carol James - silver jewellery. Kenji Lim - mixed media painting and drawing. Marie-Therese King - batik paintings and workshops. Sam Hemming - glass and beadwork jewellery. Jo Dewar - woven wirework sculpture and jewellery. Sally Nicholls - leather handbags. Jo Verity - montaged decoupage. John Bennison - turned wood. Ken Gilbert - ornamental boxes. Carol Graham - storytelling. Janis Waldron - silver jewellery.

Gabriel Pfeiffer - wood boxes and puzzles. Tamsin Abbott - stained glass design and etching. Kathleen Murphy - textile mask making. Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, 01886 880240.

Sat 20 September NUNO FELTMAKING WORKSHOP For beginners with Jenny Chippindale. The day will begin by making some practice samples with the aim of making a nuno-felted scarf. Basic pack of materials included in price, but if participants require extra this will be charged on the day. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-4pm, £55/£40, 0333 666 3366 or www.glasburyarts.co.uk

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

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

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

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

Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. In these sessions young people will be introduced to different art techniques by established local artists. Refreshments and snacks are available. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110.

Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, Powys, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving.co.uk

Mon 14 September ART & CRAFT WORKSHOP The art of painting flowers and trees in watercolours with Sue Percy. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 6.30pm, £7.50, 01588 630023.

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

Sun 20 September PHOTOGRAPHY WALK Led by local landscape photographer and teacher Jane Dickinson (ARPS). From Lady Hawkin’s School car park, 10am, £10. Part of Kington Walking Festival, www. kingtonwalks.org Sat 26 September & Sat 10 October CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS 26 Sept - Rachel Yallop, 10am-4pm, £18 members, £21 visitors. 10 Oct - Calligraphy Taster Session, 10am-1pm.

An informal chat about lettering plus hands-on activities and coffee, all for £3!. Monkland Village Hall, 01544 327657.

h-Art at ST MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, EARDISLEY Venue 27 Julienne Braham, art. Jason Braham, salt-glaze pottery.

Kim Davis, woodwork. Deborah King, jewellery.

Anthea Stilwell & Peter Stilwell, art.

Brontë Woodruff, art.

Dilwyn Silversmiths.

Fri 16 & Sat 17 October CHAIR SEATING WORKSHOP Learn to reseat your chair with natural rush. Moreton Wood, Ullingswick,£150, 07920 851674, www.moretonwood.co.uk or jo@moretonwood.co.uk

Sat. 12th – Sun. 20th September.

11am to 5pm daily. Refreshments Preview - Friday 11th September 6pm – 9pm - All welcome Contact Jenny Davis 01544 327 614

12th - 20th September

Kim Davis Woodturner & Maggie Davis mixed media artist Open daily 10 am – 5.30pm Teas available

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LINGEN NURSERY, LINGEN Nr BUCKNELL SY7 0DY Tel 01544 260811. Email: maggie_in_the_garden@hotmail.com

SILVIA PASTORE STUDIO Exhibition h.Art 2015 Site 57

Saturday 12th to Sunday 20th SEPTEMBER Open: from 11.00 to 17.00 the full 9 days or by appointment THE STUDIO Barnfield Farm, Pudleston, Leominster HR6 0RB T. 01568 750 283 silvia@silviapastore.com www.silviapastore.com

Herefordshire Art Week

Jonathan Adams

Original oil paintings, old master copies and examples of easel painting restoration.

Exhibitor no.48 at The Chapel, Ashford Carbonel, Ludlow, SY8 4BX. Open 11-5pm.

Refreshments. All welcome.

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cinema THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMPSON (15)

The titular Thompson is an abrasive, feckless Glaswegian barber leading a life of quiet desperation until his modest career suddenly hits the buffers, inadvertently propelling him into the world of serial killers. Pursued by a cockney cop-out-of-water (Ray Winstone), his irascible chief superintendent (Tom Courtney) and offered distinctly cold comfort by his hard-living mother (Emma Thompson), as the body count bizarrely mounts, Barney grapples with his fate as best he can, i.e. badly. Referencing that other darkly comic Scottish thriller, SHALLOW GRAVE and his own, memorable turn in TRAINSPOTTING, Carlyle’s directorial debut is a total joy, its four leads on riotously brittle form, especially Thompson whose 70 year-old foul-mouthed tart-without-a-heart is worlds away from the posho stereotypes we tend to expect.

All reviews by Mark Williams

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

CONQUEST, BROMYARD

1 & 2 Sept THOMAS & FRIENDS: SODOR’S LEGEND OF THE LOST TREASURE (U) 1 & 2 Sept LOVE AND MERCY (12A) 2 - 4 Sept INSIDE OUT (U) 4 & 7 Sept 13 MINUTES (15) 5 Sept SOUTHPAW (15) 8 Sept CHARIOTS OF FIRE (PG) 9 Sept MARSHLAND (LA ISLA MINIMA) (15) 11 & 17 Sept THEEB (15) 11 & 12 Sept ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING (12A) 14 & 15 Sept THE PRESIDENT (ctbc) 15 & 16 Sept MISS JULIE (ctbc) 18 & 30 Sept GEMMA BOVERY (15) Details 01584 878141

11 Sept KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (15) 23 Sept ALL LOST (Bromyard Film Society) 25 Sept STILL ALICE (12A) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC 16 Sept FORCE MAJEUR 30 Sept TIMBUKTO 14 Oct LOVE IS STRANGE Three Tuns, Salop St, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, 01588 630778, membership enquiries 01588 630776

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP 5 & 6 Sept DARK HORSE (PG) 18 - 21 Sept 45 YEARS (15) Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend.

Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

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7 Sept DARK HORSE Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon.

Membership enquiries 01874 623166

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 Sept MAGIC MIKE XXL (15) Until 5 Sept INSIDE OUT (U) Until 5 Sept THOMAS & FRIENDS: SODOR’S LEGEND OF THE LOST TREASURE (U) 1 - 3 Sept MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (12A) 4 - 10 Sept THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMPSON (15) 7 & 9 Sept STILL THE WATER (15) 8 & 9 Sept WOMAN IN GOLD (12A) 8 - 10 Sept AMY (15) 13 - 17 Sept GEMMA BOVERY (15) 14 - 16 Sept MARSHLAND (15) 15 - 17 Sept SUITE FRANCAISE (15) 18 - 24 Sept MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (12A) 21 & 23 Sept THEEB (15) 22 & 23 Sept MR HOLMES (PG) 25 - 30 Sept ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING (12A) 26 Sept MINIONS (U) 26 & 30 Sept THE WRECKING CREW (15) Details 01432 340555

1 Sept KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (15) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 2 Sept THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295 3 Sept THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Brilley VH 01544 327227 4 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 4 Sept WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 4 Sept THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Priest Weston VH 01938 561336 4 Sept TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 4 Sept DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE(PG) Staunton-onWye VH 01981 501031 4 Sept TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 5 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Ripple Parish Hall 01684 592781 5 & 6 Sept BIG SING UK - MAMA MIA Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 7 Sept SELMA (12A) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 8 Sept DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE (PG) Garway VH 01600 750465 8 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 8 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 9 Sept THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 9 Sept STILL ALICE (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125.

11 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 11 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 11 Sept ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (15) subtitles. Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125.

MARSHLAND (15) Co-writer/director Alberto Rodriguez’ much garlanded UNIT 7 was a noirish police thriller set in his Seville hometown and with MARSHLAND he’s an hour’s drive south in the Guadalquivir wetlands where a principled rookie cop (Raúl Arévalo) and his older, tougher-minded partner (Javier Gutiérrez) arrive to investigate the disappearance of two young sisters. Set in 1980 as Spain moved nervously from dictatorship to democracy, and in a community riven with suspicion, misogyny and a nascent whiff of sexual abuse, their differing methodologies – moral and otherwise – soon engender additional tension between them. Rodrigues’ regular cameraman, Alex Catalán, layers the tense narrative with a palette of agile, impressionist colours and imaginative angles which add considerably to the edginess of this masterful drama.

12 Sept TORTOISE IN LOVE (12A) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 873940 14 Sept KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 16 Sept TIN (12A) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 16 Sept TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 16 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Myddle VH 01939 290872 17 Sept THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Claverley VH 01746 710528 17 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 17 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 18 Sept KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (15) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 18 Sept SUITE FRANCAIS (15) Lingen VH 01544 260865 18 Sept THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760423 18 Sept THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY (PG) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 18 Sept DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE (PG) Upton Magna Memorial Hall 01743 709482 18 Sept THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 18 Sept WILD (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 19 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Trefonen VH 01691 657011

19 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 19 Sept BELLE (12A) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 19 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 19 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 21 Sept BIG EYES (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 22 Sept SAMBA All Stretton VH 01694 723378 22 Sept WOMAN IN GOLD (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 22 Sept WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12A) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 616460 24 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Almeley VH 01544 327195 24 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 24 Sept THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON FILM Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 25 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Marton VH 01938 580116 25 Sept A ROYAL NIGHT OUT (12A) Londen VH 01743 860368 25 Sept SELMA (12A) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 25 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Colwall VH 01684 540926 25 Sept THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 26 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545

26 Sept THE IMITATION GAME (12A) The film will be preceded by a talk and demonstration of the Enigma Machine

by Dr Mark Baldwin. Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530530 26 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Withington Parish Room 01743 709236 26 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Ryton VH 01743 718237 26 Sept THE GOOD LIE (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 26 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 28 Sept SELMA (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 29 Sept THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) Loppington VH 01939 236240 30 Sept HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (15) Pencombe Parish Hall 01885 400611 3 Oct SELMA (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460

PHOENIX THEATRE, R-O-W 5 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD 20 Sept A LITTLE CHAOS 3 Oct THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Details Phoenix Theatre, Ross-on-Wye 01989 564570

PRESTEIGNE SCREEN 11 Sept WILD TALES (15) 25 Sept OMAR (15) 9 Oct THE GOOD LIE (12A) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. Details 01544 370202 or 01544 260577. www.presteignescreen.org.uk Email: info@presteignescreen.org.uk

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS.

Until 3 Sept SONG OF THE SEA (PG) Until 3 Sept MANGLEHORN (PG) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 5 Sept THE WATER DIVINER (15) 19 Sept FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (12A) Details Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 & 2 Sept INSIDE OUT (U) 7 & 8 Sept THE CHOIR (PG) 9 Sept MR HOLMES (PG) 14 & 15 Sept MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (12A) 16 Sept HOT PURSUIT (12A) 21 & 23 Sept THE FANTASTIC FOUR (PG)

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PAPER TOWNS (12) British ‘It’ Girl/fashion model/eyebrow icon Cara Delevingne can now officially add ‘movie star’ to her credits, as she follows up Michael Winterbottom’s FACE OF AN ANGEL, with her second ‘proper’ big film role. A cleverly constructed coming-of-age story, it’s narrated by Quentin ‘Q’ Jacobson, a well-behaved teenager whose motto is ‘I like boring’. However, Q’s life is turned upside down by the antics of high-spirited Margo (Delevingne), the enigmatic girl-next-door who spirits him away on an all-night adventure – then disappears. Only the cryptic clues left behind for Quentin to decipher may hold the key to her mystery. A remarkable mix of hilarious and moving from another bestselling ‘young adult’ novel by John Green (THE FAULT IN OUR STARS).

28 & 30 Sept THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (12A) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

SITTING ROOM, LUDLOW 9 Sept CINEMA NIGHT 20 Sept SUNDAY AFTERNOON CINEMA 30 Sept CINEMA NIGHT The Sitting Room, Upstairs at the Blue Boar, 52 Mill St, Ludlow, email thesittingroomludlow@gmail.com 01584 878989.

THEATRE SEVERN, SHREWS. 2 Sept OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL Showcasing the world’s most amazing ocean films, above and below the water’s surface. £14/£12. 01743 281281

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS

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Sept weekends MINIONS (U) Sept weekends INSIDE OUT (U) Until 2 Sept JURASSIC WORLD (12A) Until 3 Sept THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (12A) Until 10, 18 - 20 Sept TRAINWRECK (ctbc) 4 - 15 Sept ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING (12A) 4 - 13 Sept PAPER TOWNS (ctbc) 11-13 Sept HOT PURSUIT (ctbc) 5 & 12 Sept PIXELS (12A) 4, 6 & 13 Sept MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (ctbc) 9 - 16 Sept MR HOLMES (PG) 18 Sept - 7 Oct EVEREST (12A) 18 - 24 Sept MISS JULIE (12A) 25 - 30 Sept ME & EARL & THE DYING GIRL (12A) 26 - 30 Sept AMY (15) 26 Sept - 1 Oct RICKI AND THE FLASH From 2 Oct THE MARTIAN (ctbc) From 2 Oct THE BAD EDUCATION MOVIE (ctbc) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 www.wyeside.co.uk

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 3 Sept THE BEAUX STRATAGEM National Theatre Live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322.

8 Sept OTHELLO Royal Shakespeare Company. Playhouse Cinema, Leisure Centre, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

8 Sept JULIUS CAESAR Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

10 Sept OTHELLO A delayed live stream from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

The Beaux Stratagem

12 Sept THE BEAUX STRATAGEM National Theatre encore. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 12 Sept LAST NIGHT AT THE PROMS Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

14 Sept SPECIAL ROCK MUSIC EVENT Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820322.

15 Sept BEST OF KENDAL, WORLD FILM TOUR Experience the essence of the Kendal Mountain Festival.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

15 Sept AIDA Opera Australia.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

16 Sept OTHELLO RSC. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911.

17 Sept THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Live in cinemas for one night only. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.45pm, 01584 811442. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 6.45pm, 01885 488575. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 6.45pm, 01497 820322.

17 Sept ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

18 Sept BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT 75 From Biggin Hill. Presenters Dermot O’Leary, Jeremy Vine and Sophie Raworth together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and guest singers.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

21 Sept OTHELLO Royal Shakespeare Company. Coliseum Cinema, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 622501.

22 Sept ROMEO & JULIET The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.15pm, 07967 517125. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7.15pm, 01497 820322. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 23 Sept ROMEO & JULIET The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm 01952 728911.

24 Sept CORIOLANUS National Theatre (encore). Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401.

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

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

5 Oct LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Royal Opera House. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 6.45pm, 01600 719401.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.45pm, 01584 811442. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6.45pm, 01982 552555. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460

27 Sept ROMEO AND JULIET Royal Opera House. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7.15pm, 01497 820322.

WORKSHOPS

28 Sept ROMEO AND JULIET A delayed live stream from the Royal Ballet. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141.

29 Sept ROGER WATERS - THE WALL A concert film. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 878141.

29 Sept THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

3 Oct IL TROVATORE Met Opera.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401.

4 Oct IL TROVATORE Met Opera.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555.

Wed 9 September DANCING FLOOR CAMPAIGN Music, storytelling, info about the Mabinogion and about the film project, plus food and drink. A show of the fifteen minute pilot film. There will be plenty of opportunity for extras of all sorts, both Welsh-speaking and non.

Primary school children who like dancing. Young people who want to learn about film. People with film-making or production skills.

Hay Castle, 7pm, £5. www.lynwebsterwilde.wordpress.com Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays BEGINNER FILM MAKING CLUB Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

We Manufacture on Farm Poultry Housing • Pet Housing • Runs Pig Arks • Multi-Purpose Arks • Goat Housing • Strong Walk-in Enclosures (For Pets, Poultry, Aviary) • Bespoke Items - Simply Provide a Sketch.

Always Available Point-of-Lay Hens from £10, Fully Vaccinated. Also: Light Sussex, Bluebelles, Rhode Rocke, Speckeldy.

Also in Stock Jacob lambs • Miniature Pet Pigs Alpacas • Poultry Pellets with in-feed Flubenvet Wormer from £5.95 Hardwood woodchip from £7.35

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The Dancing Floor at Hay Castle

7- 9pm, Wednesday 9 September

furniture makers

Made to Measure Kitchens & Traditional Furniture

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

Join a celebration of our ancient culture with music, storytelling and a chance to see the ‘pilot’ version of the film Become part of the community making a feature film here in our part of Wales, a Welsh film exploring the legacy of the Mabinogion Tickets: £5 at door Food and drink will be served www.lynwebsterwilde.wordpress.com

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dance Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Starting Mon 7 September HEREFORD TANGO CLUB NEW BEGINNERS CLASSES With Adrian and Jolanta. Breinton Village Hall, HR4 7PJ, doors open 7.15pm for prompt 7.45pm start. To run for 6 weeks, first week is a two hour class, the following five weeks is a one hour class. £36 for 6 weeks or £7 per week, www.herefordtango.co.uk or Jim on 07977 541446.

Starting Mon 14 September HEREFORD TANGO CLUB INTERMEDIATE CLASSES With Adrian and Jolanta. Breinton Village Hall, HR4 7PJ, 9pm, £7 per class, www.herefordtango.co.uk or Jim on 07977 541446.

Sun 20 September DANCE & STORIES Paul Davies of Alphabet Dancers will provide instruction with live musical accompaniment. Amy Lambart will tell stories and there may be period dress to try on too! For children under 10 years. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10.30am-12.30pm, 01588 630023.

LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. NEW - Wednesday, 8-9pm, Tenbury Pump Rooms, WR15 8BA. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Leigh & Bransford Memorial Hall, Malvern, WR13 5DE. Thursday, 8-9pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 orinfo@coolmovesdance. co.uk www.coolmovesdance.co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

MELY’S ZUMBA Mon - Dorstone, 7pm. Tues - Zumba class at St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am. Mely 01497 820991, 07837 160505.

Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company.

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

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

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds.

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

EMILY JONES - Decorative China

www.emilyjoneschina.co.uk 01568 614843

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Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555.

Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm, £48 per term or £5 per week. Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199.

Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/experience needed.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354.

Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180.

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

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711.

Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555.

Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. No need to book. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, £4, £1 for an additional child, 01432 340555.

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food page

The Oak, Wigmore

and in with the new

F

ROM the way Mr Pernickety consistently rails about the over-restoration of formerly charming old pubs, and the conversion of their interiors into airport Departure Lounges, his regular readers might conclude that he is a stuffed shirt who dislikes anything ‘modern’. In fact, although Mr P deplores much modern architecture – the Pompidou Centre in Paris, for example, the Shard in London, Selfridges’ Silver Slug in Birmingham, the Library and Tesco in Ludlow, the Tax Office in Hereford – he appreciates the quiet irony of the Paddy’s Wigwam in Liverpool, the warm rotundity of the Eden Project Geodomes, even Boris’s Glass Bubble by the Thames. But what is most distressingly lost in the ‘modernising’ of older buildings is the patina which was often one of their most charming qualities. In his many reviews of eating places in the Marches, Mr P has found himself increasingly having to make this criticism, and so it was, it seemed, with this month’s subject, The Oak, in Wigmore.

Out with the old

First, although, in defence of those responsible, the former pub, The Olde Oak, from which The Oak has morphed, was, despite its age, no beauty – rough-rendered and grubby – and its interior, so far as Mr P recalls before it closed three years ago, was more heavily coated with grime than with charming patina, the refurbished version – more or less unrecognisable – has been done up to and slightly beyond its eyeballs, which inevitably tainted Mr P’s first impressions. Very little, if anything, of the old place appears to remain, inside or out. Mr P and his Lovely Companion (freshly and excitingly bronzée from the Sardinian sun) couldn’t immediately see from the new stone floors, the plethora of naked beams and rafters, and assortment of retro knickknackery just what ‘look’ the owners were aiming for.

Nevertheless, they kept their critical faculties on hold, and celebrated the warm evening by opting to drink Campari and soda outside. After a quick look at the small enclosed terrace at the back of the pub, and rejecting it on account of lack of panorama and a noisy kitchen extractor fan, they made their way back through the pub and the front bar – furnished with squashy sofas and low tables – to sit on a small, flag-stoned terrace at the front, where they sat on faux wicker garden seats in muted taupe,

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set beside green-grey metal planters which failed to deliver the sense of sophistication which Mr P imagines the owners were hoping for. From here Mr P and the LC could gaze over a shallow stone wall at the tractors roaring 0ver the crossroads which is Wigmore’s Piccadilly.

Their Camparis arrived well served, with a menu which promised, at least, that the skillet in the kitchen was being wielded by an imaginative chef. While drinking a glass of indifferent Pinot Grigio they made their choices and were shown through to a stylish table of recycled planks and mid-century chairs, situated in the middle of the dining-room. While Mr P faced a white wall adorned only with a giant knife and fork beneath which stood plain tables, lit with unsettling, bright spots, the LC was more happy with her prospect of a wall furnished with a fine old pew, and attractive timber tables lit low by warm-looking large square copper shades. The LC, whose pert nose is seldom to be found outside The World of Interiors is something of a specialist in such things, and she was beginning to show signs of approval of The Oak’s quirky decoration.

It was, she said, certainly original, with a hint of wit to it.

She was pleased to point out to Mr P its more interesting aspects. The enjoyment this offered was enhanced by the arrival of the first course. The LC glowed happily as she piled into her Beetroot whipped goat’s cheese, roasted golden beets, toasted sunflower seeds, Lane Cottage leaves, honey Chase Vodka dressing – a collection of outstanding ingredients which she felt came together to great effect. Mr P was more than pleased, too, with his Potted duck confit, garlic aioli and toasted ciabatta. The pulled duck in its pot had a particularly interesting rustic chic to it.

For the next course, Mr P abandoned the Pinot Grigio and ordered a large glass of San Millan, rioja reserva, 2008, a satisfying wine, well worth £7.50 for a large glass and a good match for his Duo of hogget, nicoise potatoes and mint jus – an unusually wrapped, slow roast shoulder of lamb and a brace of small chops – providing a strongly flavoured contrast, and evidence of real skill in the kitchen. The LC’s Duck breast with rhubarb and ginger purée was cooked just the right side of rare that she likes and which she kindly allowed Mr P to sample (but only after he’d polished off his lamb).

They rounded off their dinner with Lemon and lime cheesecake, served with delicious mojita granita and lime tuile, all light and zesty. In their postprandial review, they found, unusually, nothing at which to cavil in what they felt had been an exciting, uplifting dinner and were more than happy to overlook any minor shortcomings with the decoration of the place – even the giant knife and fork. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS Sat 5th September THE LEOMINSTER FOOD FAYRE Local Food and Drink Market in Leominster Town Centre, Cookery Demonstrations & Kids Kitchen in Grange Court and The S&A Big Picnic with HWAR Dog Show on The Grange. 10am until 4pm. Free. www.leominsterfoodfayre. co.uk Sat 12 September KINGTON SHOW Food marquee selling locally produced food, plus entertainment, crafts, trade stands and more. The Ovals Farm, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 10-16 year olds, under 10s free, parking free, www.kingtonshow.co.uk Tues 15 September THAI EVENING With Thai chef and waitresses. Housmans Bar, Church Stretton, 6-9pm, 01694 724441, www.housmansbar.co.uk Thurs 17 September GOULASH EVENING Market Hall, Kington, 6pm, £5 in advance, £6 on the door.

Part of Kington Walking Festival. Informal, friendly occasion with an opportunity to meet people from the walks. Music provided by Kington Community Choir, 6pm, www.kingtonwalks.org Sat 26 September EYE BREAD FESTIVAL Demonstrations by artisan bakers, good food and quality craft stalls, Cider City Jazzmen, Jenny Pipers Morris Dancers, Clapper Box Puppet Booth Experience, children’s activity area. Bring your own handmade loaf for competition for free entry, plus children’s loaf competition with prizes. Cawley Hall, Eye, 10am-4.30pm, £5 adults, children free, 01568 615836.

Thurs 1 - Mon 5 October OKTOBERFEST Dozens of cooled handpulls. Elephant & Castle, Dawley and The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 506412.

First Sat of every month FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm.

First Sat of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET Memorial Hall, Presteigne, 9am-1pm, 01544 262773.

3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 01588 630023.

3rd Saturday of every other month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 10am-2pm, 01588 641145.

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

Every Thurs MARKET Bread, cakes, crafts, fruit and vegetables, baskets and pottery. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-2pm.

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

Every Fri KINGTON LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-2pm, 07765 404759.

FOOD BYTES Why not advertise? Only £40 per year.

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

THE CIDER BARN IN PEMBRIDGE 01544 388161 www.the-cider-barn.co.uk Serving the best that Herefordshire growers produce in imaginative and inspired dishes cooked by Sophie Griffiths-Goddard the young chef patron. Full à la carte menu and lunchtime specials.

POTS & CROCKS to hire for any occasion. Reasonable rates. 01568 709142. Classic white plates, cups & saucers, tea pots (silver & vintage), jugs, sugar bowls, cutlery, cake stands, carafes, large saucepans, table cloths, tea urn etc. Stored in Kingsland.

Collection or delivery plus wash up service.

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 10am-2.30pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

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

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

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

Accommodation also available. Open daily 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October.

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ We serve 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).

Open Sundays, POLLY’S TEAROOM / GALLERY At the foot of The Narrows, Knighton 01547 528591 (eve) Light lunches,cakes, a variety of teas and coffees.

Selection of original paintings. Open all week except Fridays 11am-5pm Summer, 11am-4pm Winter 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 SCRUMMY BITES ‘made locally with you in mind‘ Local chef Sam Bruce produces delicious food for any occasion using ingredients from our great Herefordshire producers. Now cooking at the newly refurbished Oak at Wigmore. Bookings: 01568 770424 or Kitchen: 07837 848923. Awarded Ludlow Food Festival’s Graeme Kidd Bursary 2010.

UNCLE G’S ICE CREAM PARLOUR, BRIDGE STREET, KINGTON 01544 231002 Open daily from midday, offering a variety of our own home made ice creams available in cones and party tubs of different sizes.

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OPEN MIC Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

Tues 1 September

NEIL IVISON Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL Navarra in the Afternoon, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 2pm, £12.50-£6.

In Honour of John McCabe (19392015), St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7.45pm, £22-£6. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com SULTANA BROTHERS Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Featuring Laurence John and Jason Richards, Oundle award winners.

Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.

Wed 2 September THE DRAGON BAND 12-piece band playing traditional favourites, swing and mainstream big band arrangements. The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 3 September OPEN MIC Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Sunday 6th

Fri 4 September BLACKSMITH HILL The Stag, Llanidloes.

ADAM HODSON & ACOUSTIC UNDERDOGS Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SALLY MORRIS Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

THE CARPENTERS’ STORY Claire Furley’s uncanny representation of Karen Carpenter. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £23-£19, 01600 772467.

Sat 5 September

THE DELRAY ROCKETS Rock-a-billy. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

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

DESERT ISLAND PICKS With Anie Venables. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 821762.

UNDERCOVER The Stag, Llanidloes.

CIDER FESTIVAL ‘The Gathering’. Bar and food available from 2pm, live music from 5pm.

Camping available. £40 for the weekend, £55 including camping. Broome Farm, Peterstow, near Ross-on-Wye, www.ticketsource.co.uk/venue/MLEDI NEW ROPE STRING BAND Farewell Tour. Weobley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01544 319143.

Arts Alive.

OPEN MIC The Exchange, Newtown.

FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring The Golden Lion Orchestra. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, real ale available, 01885 488575.

JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburgh Duo, piano and bass.

Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 820841.

MICRO BABY Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

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QUEERBOOTS Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

SASHA MCVEIGH & SPECIAL GUESTS Hereford-born singer/ songwriter. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

THE HOUGHTON WEAVERS Folk songs, humour and audience participation. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01584 811442.

BOUTS OF IDIOCY Bell Inn, Leominster, 01568 616811.

CIDER FESTIVAL ‘The Cidermakers’. Meet the cider makers from midday, music 2pm onwards. Broome Farm, Peterstow.

See 4 Sept for details.

SULTANA BROTHERS Vaga Tavern, Hereford.

KING MANTIS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

LIVE MUSIC Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

GEOFF PRICE Acoustic solo artist. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

FAMILY BARN DANCE Featuring Bandemonium, tunes and dances from around the world.

Court Farm, Aylton, near Ledbury, 7pm, details from The Music Pool, Hereford, info@musicpool.org.uk XL5 Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

Sat 5 September OVER THE HILLBILLIES Llanfair Show, 5pm.

ELI WEST + SUPPORT From Seattle, a rare chance to see him perform material from his forthcoming solo album. Limted seating.

The Fforest Inn, Llanfihangel, near New Radnor, 8pm, £7.50, 01544 350407 or 01544 350526.

THE JENTS Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SPOOKYFEST Featuring Australia’s zany Spooky Men’s Chorale, known for their fine singing and deadpan humour will also present special guest artists, dance band Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, folk icon Roy Bailey, Folk Dance Remixed and the acclaimed Bristol-based quartet, Spiro. Also appearing will be The Rought Island Band. The Fold, new House Farm, Bransford, Worcestershire, midday - 11pm.

Organic food and drink. Adv. tickets £37 adults, £45 on the gate.

Children £15 for 12-18 year olds, £10 for 5-11 year olds. Camping available on Sat night at £6 per person. 01886 833633/833112 or www.thefold.org.uk

Sun 6 September STEVE AJAO BLUES GIANTS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

MARK BEBBINGTON Piano recital including major works by Beethoven and Chopin. Hellens, Much Marcle, 3pm, £16, students £8 includes strawberries and cream. 01905 570979 or www.orpheus-events.com GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £19.50-£14, 01743 281281.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND The last chance to see the acclaimed trio before they gig no more. An evening of joy unbound intertwined with fabulous musicianship. Knighton Community Centre, 7.30pm, £10, children £5, 01547 528315.

VINTAGE SUMMER PARTY Live music with Andrew Marc (from The Voice) and guests. Licensed bar, cream teas, hog roast, vegetarian food, vintage games and fun for all.

St Richard’s School, Bredenbury Court, Bromyard, 12-6pm, £7.50 per car.

In support of St Michael’s Hospice, 01432 851000.

CIDER FESTIVAL ‘The Brunch and Fadeout’. Live music from 11am-4pm. Broome Farm, Peterstow. See 4 Sept for details.

SIMON BLIGHT Grape Vaults, Leominster.

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RIDING WITH ANGELS Plus Hospice Angels Vintage Summer Party. Join for a fundraising ride out. St Richard’s School, Bredenbury Court, Bromyard, registration 11.30am, ride starts at 12.45pm, £10 per bike (includes entry to Summer Party). For details call Chris Smart 01432 851000.

In aid of St Michael’s Hospice.

Mon 7 September CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

JAZZ @ GRACIES Featuring Mark Latimer, Steve Tarner and Trevor Davies. Gracie’s Wine Bar, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610051.

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

Tues 8 September LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Featuring Shaun Ward. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.

Wed 9 September OPEN MIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE CAVERN BEATLES The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

GEE LIVE Saxophone. Housmans Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm, 01694 724441.

THE DRAGON BAND 12-piece band playing swing and mainstream big band arrangements.

The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 10 September HERITAGE OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10.30am-4.30pm, free entry and guided tours, 01432 474747.

TROY REDFERN BAND Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Fri 11 September COCKTAIL NIGHT Fresh cocktails, folk bands and DJs. The Old Electric Shop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821194.

AARON BOOTON Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE It’s Vaudeville gone volatile, couture costumes and worldwide all-stars.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

KAYTOWN White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE SOUNDS OF CASH Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £14, 01584 811442.

JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Dave Price and Dayne Cranenburgh Duo, piano and bass.

Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 820841.

LE FREAK The Crown and Sceptre, Ross-on-Wye. THE RADNOR IMPROVISERS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £3/£4/£5, 01497 821762.

TONY HUGHES The Stag, Llanidloes.

HALF OF PHOENIX Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

LANCASTER MUSIC CO-OP 30TH ANNIVERSARY GIG Featuring Bloodyard, Callus, The Glass Poppies, Howdenjones, Insurgency, Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests, 3D Tanx, The Blackmail Snaps and Tony Cook. Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

ROOT AND BOOT The Exchange, Newtown.

THE ANIMATORS 3-piece rock and pop covers band.

Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

UNORTHODOX PARADOX Three days of alternative music and much more set in the beautiful Shropshire hills at The Bridges, Ratlinghope. Artists include Tim Exile, Misty’s Big Adventure, Evil Blizzard, Paddy Steer, The Display Team, STUFF, Glowpeople, 7 Shades and more. Tickets £30/£15/£10, under 12s free, more info from paradox@sirreal. biz THE ROVING CROWS Rushbury Village Hall, near Church Stretton.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown.

PUMA CREEK Dilwyn Cedar Hall, 8.30pm, £7, 01544 319272.

DAWSON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

HERITAGE OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10.30am-4.30pm, free entry and guided tours, 01432 474747.

JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring Julian Dean’s Jazz South Africa Group. The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £7 adults, £3.50 students.

IT’S TIME TO TANGO HEREFORD TANGO CLUB PRESENTS

NEW BEGINNERS CLASSES WITH ADRIAN & JOLANTA Starting Monday 7 September, 7.15pm (6 weeks) at Breinton Village Hall, HR4 7PJ NEW INTERMEDIATE CLASSES Starting Monday 14 September, 9pm (5 weeks) £36 for 6 weeks or £7 per class Details: Jim 07977 541446 tango4jim@aol.com www.herefordtango.co.uk also facebook group

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Fri 11 September BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring over 170 hours of entertainment in just one weekend of traditional music, song and dance.

Some of the most outstanding local, national and international traditional folk musicians. Headlining this year are Sharon Shannon, Breabach, Gerry Colvin Band, John Doyle, New Rope String Band, The Young’uns, Emma Sweeney, Allan Yn Y Fan, The Hut People, Speldosa and many more. Next to Bromyard Town Football Club, Bromyard, HR7 4NT, adult weekend tickets from £79, 01432 340555, www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk

Frank Harrison Trio

THE HYPE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

GA GA Queen tribute band. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, 01600 772467.

Sat 12 September KINGTON SHOW A one-day traditional agricultural show with livestock, trade stands, arts/crafts and food stands. Music from The Bill Bailey Band and the Builth Wells Male Voice Choir, dog show, entertainment and more. 9am-6pm, £10, 10-16 year olds £5, under 10s free. After show dance. www.kingtonshow.co.uk

Learn 2 Jive Beginners Classes

Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT Wednesday, 8-9pm, Tenbury Methodist Church Hall, WR15 8EE Wednesday, 8-9pm, Leigh & Bransford Memorial Hall, Malvern, WR13 5DE Thursday, 7.30-8.30pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 or info@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance.co.uk

Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for Adults

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BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL See 11 Sept for details. www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk MICRO BABY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

SATURDAY NIGHT BEE GEES Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

PERFECT STRANGERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

DARK SIDE: THE PINK FLOYD SHOW Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

UNORTHODOX PARADOX Three days of alternative music and much more set in the beautiful Shropshire hills at The Bridges, Ratlinghope.

Tickets £30/£15/£10, under 12s free, more info from paradox@sirreal.biz ROD KELLY TRIO Piano-led jazz. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12pm, free.

DUB MAFIA The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5/£6/£7, 01497 821762.

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES BAND The Stag, Llanidloes.

DREWS BREW Country and Western. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents the Frank Harrison Trio with piano, bass and drums. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14, £12 members, £7 for ages 21 and under, 01743 234970.

OVER THE HILLBILLIES Dragon Fest, Llandysil, near Newtown, 4.30pm.

LIVE MUSIC Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

COCKTAIL NIGHT Fresh cocktails, folk bands and DJs. The Old Electric Shop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821194.

Sun 13 September BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL See 11 Sept for details. www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk JOHNNY TRASHED Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

UNORTHODOX PARADOX Three days of alternative music and much more set in the beautiful Shropshire hills at The Bridges, Ratlinghope.

Tickets £30/£15/£10, under 12s free, more info from paradox@sirreal.biz ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Story and songs of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23-£21, 01743 281281.

TIR NA NOG Alt folk/prog folk/psych folk and even space folk! Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £15, 01588 630023.

WORRIED MEN Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

DAVE BLACK Grape Vaults, Leominster.

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM The Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Story. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23 and £21, 01743 281281.

SARAH SMITH Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

LUKE DOHERTY BAND Blues. The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

Mon 14 September JAZZ @ GRACIES Featuring Mark Latimer, Steve Tarner and Trevor Davies. Gracie’s Wine Bar, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610051.

Growling Old Men

Tues 15 September LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Featuring Stephen Disley. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.

LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

Thurs 17 September

Fri 18 September

LIVE MUSIC Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

THE BLUES OCCASIONALS The Stag, Llanidloes.

THE SITTING ROOM QUIZ £2 p/player, maximum 4 p/team.

The Sitting Room, Upstairs at the Blue Boar, 52 Mill St, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878989.

SONIC BOOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

GROWLING OLD MEN + SUPPORT Neither old nor growling, Ben Winship and John Lowell from USA with Ben Somers from UK play an eclectic mix of bluegrass, swing and original songs on mandolin, guitar and bass. Knighton Community Centre, 8pm, £10, 01544 350407 or 01597 825390.

OVERBOARD Covers music covering the last 50 years. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

FOLK SESSION Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

BENDRIX Benji Kirkpatrick’s Hendrix Project.

Reinterpreting the songs of Jimi Hendrix. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13/£11, 01982 552555.

Wed 16 September

ROCKABYE The Exchange, Newtown.

JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburgh Duo, piano and bass.

Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 820841.

TEARS OF THE DEAD + SLANDER Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

ANDY O’BRIAN Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Robin 2, Bilston. More details on www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk

LIVE MUSIC The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

THE DRAGON BAND 12-piece band playing traditional favourites, swing and mainstream big band arrangements. The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

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

THE ENDINGS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

Benji Kirkpatrick

AN EVENING OF DIRTY DANCING A tribute show. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21/£19, 01743 281281.

The sixth Arcadia Festival is in Leintwardine, Kingsland and Downton and this year has the theme Youth, Age and Love. Arcadia, this year extended to include film and poetry, is devised and directed by composer/pianist Eleanor Alberga and violinist Thomas Bowes and brings together what Christopher Morley of the Birmingham Post called a hand-picked bunch of world-class instrumentalists.

Concerts in the historic 14th century Leintwardine church, its fellow Norman church in Kingsland, and in the delightful rural setting of Downton, will again bring superb musicianship and three compelling programmes to this ancient and beautiful part of Herefordshire.

For more information on guest artists, our poet-in-residence Pele Cox and the poetry event 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd October at Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan; the screening ‘Late Quartet’ 3:00 pm Friday 2nd October in Leintwardine and all other fringe events please go to: www.arcadiamusic.org.uk Tickets: £15 each, two concerts for £25, three for £30 from Ludlow Assembly Rooms 01584 878141 www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk or order from local agents 01547 540356, 01568 709569.

Also available at Griffiths Garage Shop, Leintwardine, Kingsland Post Office, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan.

Website: http://www.arcadiamusic.org.uk

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STEADY ED & THE BOOGIE MAN Bell Inn, Leominster, 01568 616811.

Zen Hussies, Swing Time at the Castle

PARTY AT THE CASTLE Evening music from The Carny Villains, a six-piece circus show band playing stomping swing and ska. Tantz, a hard-hitting blend of Eastern European folk, dub, hip hop and Balkan beats.

Little Rumba, a talented band mixing romantic Bohemian tunes with witty lyrics on mandolin, guitar, bass and saxophone. Simply Rouge who play love songs and an extensive repertoire of current hits and Nuala. Abergavenny Castle, from 6.30pm, £20 adult, £10 child. With food and bar available.

Part of Abergavenny Food Festival. www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

Fri 18 September

Sat 19 September

SWING TIME AT THE CASTLE Featuring the Zen Hussies, a high octane mix of swing, ska, jive and boogie. Plus Swing Patrol and rock ‘n’ roll DJ. Abergavenny Castle, from 6.30pm, £20 adult, £10 child.

With food and bar available.

Part of Abergavenny Food Festival. www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

ZIGGY STARDUST EXPERIENCE Take a walk on the wild side! (Dress glam). The Oxford Arms, Kington, 8pm, £10. Part of Kington Walking Festival, www.kingtonwalks.org

THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY With a full live band, the tale of how two young boys from Queens New York went on to become the world’s most successful duos. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

THE BEAT Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm, £20 (standing), 01743 281281.

THE BLUES OCCASIONALS The Stag, Llanidloes.

THE SOWETO SPIRITUAL SINGERS Zulu songs, full of rhythm, style and spirit. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, under 16s £10, 01600 772467.

CATCH 22 The Stag, Llanidloes.

ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL Music in the daytime. Lower Brewery Yard featuring The Cafe Sound of DJ Andre Voiture Rouge, Abergavenny Sing with Us, Abergavenny Borough Band. In the Castle Vintage Tent, Fromage En Feu, Abergavenny Borough Band, Nuala Honan and Little Rumba. Abergavenny Food Festival, www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com GA GA Queen tribute. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA Authentic acoustic blues and roots.

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

OPEN MIC With the Wayne Martin Band. Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

INTO THE SHADOWS Tribute band. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £15, 01584 811442.

SWINGING BLUE JEANS AND MIKE BERRY AND THE OUTLAWS Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £18, 01584 878141.

HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN Tribute act. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

BRECKNOCK SINFONIA With Ervin Nagy (piano). Programme includes Beethoven, Grieg and Dvorak.

Brecon Cathedral, 7.30pm, £12 on the door, under 16s free. www.brecknocksinfonia.co.uk PAUL PARKER Malthouse, Ironbridge.

ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN With pianist Peter Donohue. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

APPLEBY KINSEY In concert with Kings of Folk.

Acoustic jazz and contemporary folk.

The Ale House, Colwall, 8pm, £10, 07979 542449, www.pindropevents. co.uk MICHAELMAS FAIR Steam engine and vintage vehicle processions, lantern procession and samba band, street theatre, live music, street markets, exhibitions, plus lots more. Bishop’s Castle, 12pm until late, £5, under 12s free, 01588 630595, www.michaelmasfair.co.uk BLIND EYE Acoustic. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 01547 550400.

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Swing Patrol

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS STORY Accompanied by his 4-piece band, Les McKeown tells the story and sings the songs which made the band famous.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20.50, 01743 281281.

PIANO TECHNICIAN & TUNER ROBBY TONER (A.E.W.V.H.) Tuning, Regulation, Repairs & Transportation of Concert, Grand & Upright Pianos.

Fine Tune/Concert Pitch

Please Call:- 07884 245665

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

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

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

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

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Tues 22 September TEMPERANCE SEVEN Playing tuneful jazz classics and original numbers presented with a Pythonesque deadpan tomfoolery.

Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

DAVID BRIGGS An evening organ concert. Hereford Cathedral, 7.15pm, £12, students £5, 01432 374261.

Wed 23 September Simply Soweto

Sat 19 September BC/DC Rock. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

SIMPLY SOWETO ENCHA A five-piece a cappella group performing gospel, soul, jazz, doo-wop and R ‘n’ B in African and popular styles. Bodenham Parish Hall, 8pm, £8/£5, 01568 797404. Arts Alive.

Sun 20 September SONIA HAMMOND WITH MEMBERS OF ST WOOLOS PLAYERS Cellist with string trio. Programme includes Mozart, Bach and Dohnannyl.

Superb music for autumn afternoons with outstanding cellist and very special guests on the third Sunday of each month. The Tabernacle, Talgarth, 3-5pm, £5 single recital or £16 if booking for four recitals. Tickets from Bakers’ Table, Talgarth or 07795 473883.

BAY CITY ROLLERS STORY Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE Piano recital of works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm. £12 students £6, 01905 570979 or online at www.orpheus-events.com MAZ MITRENKO Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL Music during the daytime. Lower Brewery Yard featuring The Cafe Sound of DJ Andre Voiture Rouge, Rock Choir.

At the Castle Vintage Tent, Fromage En Feu and Nuala Honan.

Abergavenny Food Festival, www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com MIKE HOLLOWAY Grape Vaults, Leominster.

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KAST OFF KINKS Former members of the legendary band get back together to re-live the good times. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

MARTIN SIMPSON, ANDY CUTTING & NANCY KERR Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £18, 01743 281281.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND Farewell Tour. Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01588 640254.

Arts Alive.

WAREEN JAMES Skiffle & blues. Housmans Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm, 01694 724441.

G4 X Factor finalists. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29, 01743 281281.

THE DRAGON BAND 12-piece band playing swing and mainstream big band arrangements.

AN AFTERNOON WITH DAPAUL The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, Talented singer and songwriter whose influences include gospel, soul, jazz and 8pm, free, donations. blues. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, EMILY SMITH 01432 340555.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £14, 07967 517125.

GIARDINO STRING QUARTET Period chamber music. In the garden Thurs 24 September of the Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, LIVE MUSIC 2-5pm, 01588 630023.

Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Mon 21 September

JAZZ @ GRACIES Featuring Mark Latimer, Steve Tarner and Trevor Davies. Gracie’s Wine Bar, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610051.

Temperance Seven

BALLADEERS AND CHANCERS Featuring Ragwort. Dukes Arms, Presteigne.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND Farewell Tour. The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, 7.30pm, £10/£6/£30, 01948 660660. Arts Alive.

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Sat 26 September

Lindisfarn Story

VOCAL SCORE & ENSEMBLE ST MICHAEL Vocal Score’s repertoire reflects the best in light popular music of the 20th century. Ensemble St Michael is an instrumental group performing classical, jazz and popular music.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10, 07967 517125.

FOO BAR Malthouse, Ironbridge.

OVER THE HILLBILLIES Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

MATTHEW SCOTT & DANIEL KING SMITH Clarinet and piano. Programme includes Poulenc, Bliss, Leo Weiner, Saint-Saens, Ireland, Jorg Widmann and Robert muczynski. Moor Park, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18, students £6 from 01584 878141 or at the door.

Ludlow Music Society.

WHITNEY: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Tribute. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23/£21, 01743 281281.

Fri 25 September LOST THE PLOT Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE DUVETS White Horse Inn, Clun.

SONGS FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE Tenor and soprano duo, Travoatori present the premiere of their new touring show, which include songs from grand opera, romantic operetta, West End classics and more. Village Hall, Norbury, 7.30pm, £8, refreshments available from cash bar, 01588 680100.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark of Rhythm Thieves.

Sun Inn, Rosemary Lane, Leintwardine.

STEVE EDWARDS Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

BUILTH WELLS MALE VOICE CHOIR & BUILTH WELLS LADIES CHOIR Fundraiser for Wyeside. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555.

BLIND EYE The Stag, Llanidloes.

HARRIET EARIS & CLOVIS PHILLIPS A duo instrumental concert of lively, foot-tapping Celtic harp music backed by jazz guitar. Everything from Celtic to ragtime. Lydbury North Village Hall, 8pm, £7.50, under 16s £5, 01588 680302.

STASH Folk, Celtic and rock. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

HAY2TIMBUKTU FUNDRAISER The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, entry £5, food £5, 01497 821762.

THE DRIFTERS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £27/£25, 01743 281281.

JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburgh Duo, piano and bass.

Plus guest Anthony Stevens, trumpet.

Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 820841.

STEVE KNIGHTLEY Singer, songwriter and acoustic musician. Community Centre, Newbridge-on-Wye, near Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01597 860142.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND Farewell Tour. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Strettton, 7.30pm, £10/£6/£30, 01694 720132. Arts Alive.

LAURENCE JONES With Rowley & Paul, Jack Brett and more. Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Ludlow, 8pm, £12.50.

Fundraiser for Cancer Research UK, 07896 676189.

JAMES HICKMAN The Stag, Llanidloes.

THE LINDISFARNE STORY Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

STEVE REGGIE ROBERTS Solo acoustic pop. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

ANN DUGGAN & ROB HINES Country and Americana. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12pm, free.

SONS OF YODA Bell Inn, Leominster, 01568 616811.

CHRIS WOOD Folk. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01743 281281.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND Farewell Tour. Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£28, 01981 540221. Arts Alive.

REIGN OF KINGS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

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THE ILLEGAL EAGLES Tribute band. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Tantz, Party at the Castle, 18 Sept

BOX OFFICE

01743 281281

GLASBURY ARTS

SUN 20 SEPTEMBER

MARTIN SIMPSON, ANDY CUTTING, NANCY KERR

Three of Britain's finest musicians come together for the joy of playing and exploring the possibilities of music together.

TICKETS £18

SAT 26 SEPTEMBER

WHITNEY : QUEEN OF THE NIGHT

Starring West End Star Rebecca Freckleton.

A celebration of the music of one of the greatest singers of our time, a magical ride through three decades of classic hits.

TICKETS £26 - £24

view full listings at www.theatresevern.co.uk

Sunday, 20 September, 2015 Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am to 4pm

Nuno feltmaking workshop for beginners with Jenny Chippindale Nuno felting is a technique developed 20 years ago to bond loose fibre, usually wool into a sheer fabric to create a lightweight felt. It’s a process that’s especially suitable for creating extremely versatile lightweight fabrics for clothing that won’t stretch out of shape. A Basic pack of materials is included in price, but if participants require extra this will be charged separately on the day.

Ticket prices: £55 full, £40 concession (unwaged, students, over-60s) 10% member’s discount applies to both prices.

Tickets: by telephone on 0333 666 3366 or online at www.glasburyarts.co.uk

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Screenings

3 Sept, 7pm BEAUX STRATEGEM 12 Sept, 7.30pm LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 15 Sept, 7pm OPERA AUSTRALIA - AIDA 17 Sept, 6.45pm ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE 18 Sept, 7.30pm ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Live on Stage

4 Sept, 7.30pm Folk in the Foyer (real ale available) THE GOLDEN LION ORCHESTRA 5 Sept, 12.30pm & 2.30pm HOP IN A POCKET

Films

11 Sept, 8pm THE SECRET SERVICE 23 Sept, 7pm ALL LOST (BFS) 25 Sept, 8pm STILL ALICE

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

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ARCADIA MUSIC FESTIVAL Devised and directed by composer/ pianist Eleanor Alberga and violinist Thomas Bowes world-class instrumentalists. Programme includes Dvorak, Eleanor Alberga and Beethoven. St Mary Magdalene, Leinwardine, 7.30pm, £15 per concert, £25 for two concerts, £30 for all three concerts, 01584 878141 or tickets from Griffiths Garage Leintwardine, Kingsland Post Office and Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk

London Mozart Players, 27 Sept

LOST THE PLOT Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

Sat 3 October Sun 27 September

Wed 30 September

FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

THE ROBBIE WILLIAMS EXPERIENCE The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

HOWARD SHELLEY & LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Playing Mozart. Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

CHARITY YOUNG MUSICIANS CONCERT Showcasing talented young people.

Sculpture Hall, Caersws, near Newtown, 2.30pm, £6, 01686 688369.

LIFE DUO Grape Vaults, Leominster.

LIAM DUNACHIE & FRIENDS Jazz brunch. Ludlow Brewery, 12.30pm, tickets £15/£12.50 from Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141.

LUKE DOCHERTY BAND The Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821.

Mon 28 September AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC SESSION Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown.

JAZZ @ GRACIES Featuring Mark Latimer, Steve Tarner and Trevor Davies. Gracie’s Wine Bar, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610051.

Tues 29 September LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Featuring Peter Dyke. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.

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THE DRAGON BAND 12-piece band playing traditional favourites, swing and mainstream big band arrangements. The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

OCTOBER Thurs 1 October KING SIZE SLIM Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

Fri 2 October CLUN VALLEY BEER FESTIVAL White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE CONSPIRATUALISTS Ego’s, Ludlow, 01584 878000.

WHALEBONE The critically acclaimed acoustic trio.

Knighton Community Centre Bar, 8pm, £8 tickets from Tower House Gallery or 07751 221487.

OPEN MIC The Exchange, Newtown.

THE GT’S Mod/ska/two-tone. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburgh Duo, piano and bass.

Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 820841.

BILLY & THE BACKLINERS The Stag, Llanidloes.

HMV BAND Malthouse, Ironbridge.

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

CLUN VALLEY BEER FESTIVAL White Horse Inn, Clun.

ARCADIA MUSIC See 2 Oct for details. Programme includes Dohnanyi, Brahms and Spohr.

St Michael and All Angels, Kingsland, 7.30pm, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk KIM CYPHER QUARTET Top jazz with sax, vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12pm, free.

CHRIS GREAVE The Stag, Llanidloes.

NACHDA SANSAAR BHANGRA BAND Loud, bright and undeniably cheerful, bhangra music is fast and furious.

Whitchurch Blackberry Fair, 1pm & 3pm with informal workshops following each performance, 07773 047744. Arts Alive.

GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CALLING CARD Bell Inn, Leominster, 01568 616811.

Sun 4 October BORN HEALER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

ARCADIA MUSIC See 2 Oct for details. Programme includes Barber, Janacek and Beethoven. St Giles, Downton-on-theRock, 4pm, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk GASTRIC BAND Grape Vaults, Leominster.

CLUN VALLEY BEER FESTIVAL White Horse Inn, Clun.

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

Starting Wed 16 September PLAY IT BY EAR Series 4: French and Breton tunes.

Extend your repertoire, improve technique and develop musicianship from tutor Kitty Greenwood. All melody instruments welcome. Craven Arms, 7.30-9.30pm, £6 per week including refreshments. Booking essential, 01584 841564. folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com

Whalebone JAZZ @ GRACIES Featuring Mark Latimer, Steve Tarner and Trevor Davies. Gracie’s Wine Bar, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610051.

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

Tues 6 October LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

Music Workshops

Sept,Oct & Nov INSTRUMENT REPAIR COURSES 5 - 7 Sept Brass Open Workshop.

14 - 18 Sept General Woodwinds (foundation, £617.

19 & 20 Sept - Flute (specialist), £326.

19 - 23 Oct - General Woodwinds (foundation), £617.

24 - 26 Oct - Re-pad a Saxophone (foundation) £438.

2 & 3 Nov - Brass Monkeys, £265.

Trevor Head, Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, 01547 550622.

Sat 5 September THE BIG SING (MAMMA MIA) A fun day for anyone who loves to sing. Led by West End performers.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 12-6pm, £25 students, over 60 £20, 07908 853914 for details.

Starting Thurs 10 September KINGTON COMMUNITY CHOIR Love to sing? Under the leadership of Jon Watson our experienced and well respected choir leader we sing pop and songs from the musicals at our friendly, relaxed weekly choir practices, held Thursdays 7pm–9pm in Kington Primary School, Mill Street, Kington. There are no auditions and new members, particularly men, are always welcome. For more information contact Valerie Whittaker 01544 260633 or Tina Davison on 01544 262762, or visit our website at www.kcchoir.wordpress.com Saturdays starting 12 September NEW UKES Learn to play music together for ages 9+, by qualified teacher. Welshpool.

For more details 07720 106071 or email niallevansmusic@gmail.com

Sat 19 September CHORAL WORKSHOP - BRAHMS GERMAN REQUIEM (Sung in English). A day singing and exploring this sublime work, with Roger Langford. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 10am-4.30pm, registration 9.30am, £12 + £2 music hire.

Pre-booking essential. Text 07968 044853, kingtonchoral@mail.com, www.kingtonchoral.org.uk Saturday 19 September BMEMF WORKSHOP FOR SINGERS & INSTRUMENTALISTS Tutor: Justin Doyle. Monteverdi: opera choruses and sacred works. The Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, Ledbury. 10am-4.30pm. £18 for Early Music Fora members, £20 for non-members, £5 for students.

Prior booking essential. Contact Marna Gowan on 01684 565 707 or Marna. gowan@btinternet.com For further details see www.bmemf.org.uk Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday FUN & PLAY WITH RHYTHM & HARMONY All taught by ear so no need to read music! Meet 8pm term time Mondays at the Methodist chapel in Leintwardine. Email charlotte@ naturalvoice.net or call 01547 540603.

Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

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

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

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

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

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £5. All welcome.

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158.

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

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

Wednesdays BISHOP’S CASTLE EARLY MUSIC GROUP Singing renaissance and baroque music a cappella. All music readers welcome, 7.30pm. Contact Mark, 075385 68378 or email jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk

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

Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

4th Monday FOLK/ACOUSTIC SESSION Any style, Crown Inn, Clunton, 8pm, 01588 660226.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday COME SINGING IN CLUN New group meeting in the mornings. For everyone who fancies singing.

Uplifting songs drawn from many traditions around the world, all taught by ear. Meet in Hightown Hall –along from the church, 10am–11.30am starting Feb 5th. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158. sumarieharris@btinternet.com 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 A session of music and movement for under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970.

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

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

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

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

First Monday IRISH NIGHT The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 01568 611404.

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

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

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC All welcome, from about 9pm.

The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

Every Tuesday LIVE MUSIC SESSION Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 8pm onwards, 078070 18110.

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

1st Tuesday IRISH NIGHT Volunteer, Harold St, Hereford, 01432 276189.

3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown.

Register for e-Newsletter john.baxter87@btinternet.com Last Tuesday ACOUSTIC LIVE SESSIONS Hafren, Newtown, £2 on the door, 01686 614555.

Last Tuesday JAM SESSION Beer In Hand, Eign St, Hereford.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every Sunday SESSION The Old Mill, High Street, Llanidloes, 8pm. 01686 412 008. www.oldmillbar.co.uk 2nd Sunday FOLK SESSION Powys Arms, Poolquay, near Welshpool, 7.30pm, 01691 831162.

2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION Jill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome.

The Sun Inn, Leintwardine.

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

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Last Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT All welcome.

The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

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

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

2nd Wednesday STRANGE KIN BLUES SESSION Raven, Welshpool, 8pm, email blue.raven@hotmail.co.uk 2nd Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Stockton Cross Inn, Kimbolton, near Leominster, 8.30pm, 01568 612509.

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

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

1st Thursday (except Aug) TRAD SESSION Acoustic traditional music session. Join in or listen. The Bull & Heifer, Bettws Cedewain, Newtown, 8pm, 01686 650603.

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

1st Thursday MUSIC SESSION All styles welcome.

Horse & Jockey Inn, Knighton, 8.30pm. 01547 520062.

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

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

3rd Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT Tarrington Arms, Tarrington, Hereford. Details ne-services@hotmail.co.uk 3rd Thursday FOLK NIGHT Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm, 01547 528223.

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

Every Friday THE HOTSPUR SESSIONS Join in on our relaxed, creative music evening, or come along to listen.

Aero-Club, Shobdon Airfield, 7.30pm, 01568 708783.

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

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

1st & 3rd Fri every month OPEN MIC & ROCKAOKE The Exchange, Newtown, 01686 624275.

3rd Friday BUSKING NIGHT Play a song, read a story, it’s your pavement! Free to enter, free drinks for performers. The Sitting Room, 4 Upper Galdeford, Ludlow, thesittingroomludlow@gmail.com 3rd Friday TRADITIONAL SESSIONING Llanfyllin Workhouse, 01691 649062.

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

Last Friday TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Yew Tree, All Stretton, 8.30pm, all welcome. Contact Keith 07971 661615.

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

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

Trevor Davies Music

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

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

Plus many other brands.

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

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 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 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 GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274.

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290.

THE GROVE HOTEL, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, 01743 271227 THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003.

HOTSPUR CAFE & BAR, Shobdon Airfield 01568 708783.

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

THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679 LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOP, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821194 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 343360 THE RETREAT, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

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

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

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

WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305.

WHITE SWAN, Eardisland, 01544 388577 WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE, Builth Wells, 01982 552555 YORKSHIRE HOUSE, St Mary’s St, Shrewsbury 01743 362622

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band directory APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz trio: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, female vocals. A large repertoire of original songs, from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and dance.

Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey. com or call Ken on 07979 542 449.

BAD SPANIEL Four piece covers band playing classics from The Jam, Pink Floyd, REM, Morissey, The Strokes, Dire Straits, Kings of Leon, Stone Roses and many more. Many years experience between the guys who have played in and around the Herefordshire and Worcestershire music scene. https://www.facebook.com/Badspaniel THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS - acoustic duo playing classic covers from the likes of R.E.M. to Johnny Cash, Snow Patrol to The Jam. We can be contacted at www.facebook.com/thebaggagehandlers www.myspace.com/baggagehandlersmusic or simply ring 07824 787168.

BANDAMANIA 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, solo or with a variety of bands from duo to six piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece playing swamp music from America’s Deep South with fiddle, Cajun accordion and sax), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (5 piece trad bluegrass band with high lonesome harmony vocals), Blakes III (an eclectic acoustic trio with fiddle, clarinet, guitar and 3 part harmony) and The Blake Plowman Hot Band (red hot 4 piece rocking country band). Pubs, Clubs, Weddings, Divorces, etc.

Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org THE CASTLE STREET QUARTET: Vocal and sax led combo playing all of your favourite jazz standards. From ballads to boogie-woogie and samba to swing, we can provide the perfect music for wedding receptions, parties and fundraising concerts. Check out our repertoire and hear some samples on castlestreetquartet.co.uk or call Jon Weller on 07850 019489.

DREWS BREW – hear the harmony, feel the beat.

3 piece band bringing you songs from Eagles, Lady Antebellum, Queen, Blondie, Amy Macdonald, Alan Jackson, KT Tunstall and more. So, sit and listen or party the night away. Contact: drewsbrew@icloud.com Richard on 01885 489119 or Peter on 0777 0851450.

FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively 5-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions.

Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook!

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HAGGLEBAG How about some lively and raucous Irish songs, jigs and reels from this 5-piece band? Featuring flute, guitar, melodeon, mandolin and bass. Great for pubs, parties and festivals. Find us on facebook or email lornaflute@ talktalk.net Telephone 07442 168858.

THE HANNAH BAILEY BAND play soul, classic rock, pop and blues. Featuring Hannah, the queen of midland soul on vocals and guitar. Double keyboards, guitar, bass and electric drums (they can be turned down - or up!) and vocal harmonies provide their funky sound. You just “gotta, gotta, gotta” book them for your party or pub.

Contact Bill Pitt on 01584 819394.

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!

HOTSY-TOTSY If you’re seeking musical entertainment with a vintage twist from the golden age of swing, delivered by experienced performers, dancers and musicians who exude elegance, sophistication and glamour, also specializing in strict tempo for ballroom, latin and fun sequence dancing, then Hotsy Totsy Entertainment Inc. can help. Different line ups for different occasions, tailor made entertainment for your event.

Parties, Weddings and Corporate Events catered for.

Contact Naomi 01588 674823 or email npayne14@yahoo. co.uk www.hotsytotsyentertainmentinc.co.uk LE FREAK Upbeat party covers band. Great 5-piece outfit for any dance event. Hear us on soundcloud.com/lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487.

LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com MELOMANICS Really fun duo, trio, or full Ceilidh band, more than just great music - stilts as well if appropriate!

Modern, traditional and original tunes with a cosmopolitan flavour. (Specialité: Timoléon pour vos soirées Françaises). Ideal for parties, weddings, fund raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants etc. For info call Tim on 01743 719438 or Rich 01743 718612, email tim@melomanics.co.uk, website www.melomanics.co.uk MOSTLY JOHN CEILIDH BAND Cast aside that economic gloom. Why not let our merry minstrels, aided by the lovely Pammy (“no, no, no!”) restore your joie de vivre at your party, wedding or knees-up.

John 01588 661096.

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

4-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com.

See website www.muchadoband.com OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees. With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing.

Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA!

Appleby Kinsey

PIANIST FOR ALL OCCASIONS BAFTA winning composer Ric Lloyd (founder member of The Flying Pickets) will play for all your corporate events, weddings, functions, parties, restaurants and other celebrations. A wide repertoire of standards, jazz favourites, pop and boogie-woogie.

Many pro years experience in the music and theatre world, which includes playing shows and accompanying singers.

I can also do gigs with a female vocalist and trio. Wearing my other hat I am Musical director for The Hornettes (female trio) who sing Tamla Motown and 60’s songs. Dust off your beehives and bring your dancing shoes for this one! www.facebook.com/riclloydhornettes Phone: 01974 282515. E-mail: pianist@mm.st RAY STROUD Respected electro-acoustic finger style guitarist/singer. Huge repertoire of songs and tunes from 60s-90s and originals plus ragtime and country picking.

Sets to suit venue - folk, roots, jazzy pop, soft rock, or a mixture. Also available in the duo Thyme Bandits and four piece power pop Hush. Friendly and professional. Call 07962 916333 or email raystrack@talo5.plus.com http://www.bandmix.co.uk/ray-stroud RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. 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 SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk.

Website www.seansaye.com.

SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes.

David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187.

SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk STASH Rockin’ good folk. Firey fiddle, souring guitar, pounding rhythms, with bouncing energy. Folk rock at its best. Please phone Mick on 01432 840475, Wizzy on 01432 263317 or Will on 07960 569784.

STOMPING-GROUND Versatile 3 piece party band.

Ideal for weddings and function’s. Contact Richie 07817 620644. www.stomping-ground.co.uk www.stomping-ground.co.uk 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 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 ROCK OF AGES EXPERIENCE BackTrack to the 80s with The Rock Of Ages Experience Tribute Band.

Ian: 07736 816136. See our live video on our website www.therockofagesexperience.com STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll!

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

Contact Gwyn on 01686 625665 /07831 557292.

THE VILLAGE QUIRE - a reputation for spine-tingling harmony singing with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories performed by actor Phil Smith. New show for 2014. ‘Precious Bane’

by Mary Webb: “Phil Smith injects a gamut of humanity ... The Village Quire deliver with conviction and gusto ... authentic passion and the enduring quality of the original prose.” (Mike Lewis) (01497) 847676. www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band.

For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022.

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

01588 650686.

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

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theatre Wed 9 September THE HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE FAMILY A one-man show about love, loss and motorways. Actor, writer and UK poetry slam champion, Ben Norris battles service stations and lower league football in search of the man who became his father. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, 07967 517125.

Wed 9 - Fri 11 September WAITING FOR GODOT Beckett’s ground-breaking, meditation on the meaning of life and death that moves seamlessly between absurdist comedy and philosophical drama.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £17/£15, 01743 281281.

Fri 11 & Sat 12 September RIVERS UP The very first play tackling the subject of climate change.

Focuses on the impact of flooding in Worcester, interlaced with a memorable love story. The Courtyard, Hereford, Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2pm & 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

I Loved You and I Loved You

Wed 16 September THE BOGUS WOMAN CURTIS PRODUCTION & THEATRE BY THE LAKE. An African woman arrives in a strange country fleeing for her life, seeking safety and asylum. She witnesses the cruelty of the authorities and their casual disregard for an individual’s human rights. For ages 16+. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01982 552555.

PERFORMANCE

Fri 18 September BRIEF ENCOUNTERS LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY. A double bill of Noel Coward Plays, Mild Oats and Still Life. Tabernacle, Machynlleth, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 01654 703355.

Thurs 3 & Fri 4 September WATCHERS A MARKET THEATRE SHOWCASE PRODUCTION. By David Pollard. A tale of intrigue and deception. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £7, 07967 517125.

Sat 19 September THE SINGULAR EXPLOITS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Features the great detective recounting highlights of his crime-busting career. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 3 - Sat 5 September ABSENT FRIENDS Exploring friendship, marriage and what it means to be happy. Ayckbourn’s writing and acute social observation have never been sharper or more biting. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £17/£15, 01743 281281.

Wed 23 September MY DEAREST GIRLS: HELEN’S STORY FRANCESCA MILLICAN SLATER. Based on real letters sent between six young Shropshire women friends between 1917 and 1920. Helen’s story is a 30 minute piece that tells the tale of one of them; a farmer’s daughter in Much Wenlock. Bridgnorth Library, 7pm, £3, 01746 763358. Arts Alive.

Sat 5 September HOP IN A POCKET CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS. A new play for the 2015 Hop Festival written by Janet Hugman. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 12.30pm & 2.30pm, 01885 488575.

Sat 5 September THE MAN CALLED MONKHOUSE Blending film archive and stand-up material, this is Monkhouse’s story, the man with a ‘Teflon’ veneer, an expert comedy technician and a stand-up legend.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £16/£14, 01743 281281.

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Tues 8 September I LOVED YOU AND I LOVED YOU The extraordinary true story of young Welsh composer Morfydd Owen, charting her rise from humble beginnings to great success in music. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

The Bogus Woman

Much Ado About Nothing

Tues 29 Wednesday ADOLF AND WINSTON Two actors, two world leaders, one black dog.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Wed 30 September STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE During the final lecture on the duality of man, the respectable Dr Jekyll reveals his strange association with the mysterious Edward Hyde and the shocking truth about his identity. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01600 719401.

Wed 23 - Sat 26 September and Fri 2 - Sat 3 October MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING HERE TO THERE PRODUCTIONS. Perhaps the definitive Rom-Com, with boy meeting girl, another couple who hate to love each other and some villains who just stir everything up. 23 - 26 Sept - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, Sat 2pm, £15/£13. 01584 878141.

2 & 3 Oct - The Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 2.30pm & 7.30pm on Sat, £15/£13, 01584 811442.

Adolf and Winston

Sat 26 September A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM BOX TALE SOUP. A delight from beginning to end, the puppetry work is charming and wildly creative. Expect an hour of understated brilliance! Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £8 adults, £4 children. Tickets from The Workshouse Gallery, Courtyard Antiques or on the door, www.wegottickets.com

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Fri 18 September YOUNG MONTGOMERY VOICES SING OPERA MID WALES OPERA YOUNG ARTISTS join local school children for a short concert of operatic classics. Hafren, Newtown, 6.30pm, 01686 614555.

Sat 19 September & Fri 9 October FIGARO AND FRIENDS - A CELEBRATION OF OPERA MID WALES OPERA with the Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra. Excerpts from Marriage of Figaro and Barber of Seville. 19 Sept - Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, 01686 614555. 9 Oct - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Wed 23 - Fri 25 September THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE MONMOUTH MUSIC THEATRE. The story spins an hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major General. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, under 16s £5, 01600 772467.

Fri 2 & Sat 3 October SWAN CANARIES ARLETTY THEATRE. It’s June 1918 and Polly Barton is starting work at Chilweel Shell-Filling Factory. Based on real events, Arletty Theatre celebrates the hidden lives of these heroic workers through songs and dances from the era. Suitable for ages 10+. 2 Oct - Wigmore Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8, 01568 770337. 3 Oct - Garway Village Hall, 8pm, £10/£5/£25, 01981 580056. Arts Alive.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Fri 9 October MACBETH PANTALOONS THEATRE COMPANY. Taking their cues from film noir, gangland Britain and the clowning tradition, Pantaloons put their own contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s most dangerous play. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01600 719401.

Sun 13 September HOW THE KOALA LEARNT TO HUG A gorgeous outback cast for some great stories, sing-along songs, superb games and first class hugging. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Wed 2 September TAPAS, OLIVES & OPERA MID WALES OPERA showcase four young artists from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama who will perform operatic classics with supper from The Potting Shed Cafe.

Sangria bar available from 6pm. Glanservern Hall Gardens, 01686 640644.

Fri 18 September AN EVENING OF DIRTY DANCING: THE TRIBUTE SHOW A fully choreographed, highly interactive celebration of the music from the iconic movie. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £21/£19, 01743 281281.

Thurs 10 September JACK & JILL AND THE RED POST BOX SKIMSTONE ARTS. A sensitive, humourous and challenging multimedia and physical theatre performance, with original music and projection. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sun 13, Sat 19, Sat 26 September & Sat 3 October CLAPPER BOX THE FETCH THEATRE. An intriguing, fun interactive street puppet booth experience... with popcorn!

13 Sept - Clifford Community Hall from 2pm, free, 07702 24172. 19 Sept - Bishop’s Castle Michaelmas Fair, £5 adults from 12pm. 26 Sept - Cawley Hall, Eye, as part of the Bread Festival, 01568 615836.

3 Oct - Wigmore Show Harvest Festival, 12-4pm, small entry fee, 01568 770605. Arts Alive.

Tues 15 & Wed 16, Mon 21 & Tues 22 September JURASSIC ADVENTURES This brand new, groundbreaking family show transports the audience to a Jurassic theme park complete with state-of-the-art lighting, sound and scenery.

15 & 16 Sept - The Courtyard, Hereford, Tues 4.30pm, Wed 11am & 4.30pm, 01432 340555. 21 & 22 Sept Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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Sat 19 September ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND BOX TALE SOUP invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world of wondrous fantasy. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, 01432 340555.

The Mighty Prince and Other Fabulous Fables

Mondays APPLETREE THEATRE Junior Youth Theatre for children 7-11 years, 4.15pm-5.30pm. Senior Youth Theatre for 11-16 years, 5.45pm-7pm. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. office@appletreetheatre.co.uk or phone 01584 318015.

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

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

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

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

Sat 19 September THE MIGHTY PRINCE AND OTHER FABULOUS FABLES Stars a host of magical creatures using rhyme, live music and puppetry. For ages 3+. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 3.30pm, £8, children £5, family £16 (1 adult, 2 children), 07967 517125. Arts Alive.

Fri 25 September CHERRY PIE’S HOLIDAY ADVENTURE TIDDLY PROM. An interactive musical show for the under 5s, introducing the young to music and a full range of musical concepts. Wem Town Hall, 4.30pm, £8/£7/£5, 01939 238279. Arts Alive.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Tuesdays DAI Y BANNAU Focussing on acting, scriptwriting, singing and dancing, storyboarding and set design. Dai Y Bannau is a Welsh medium multimedia theatre group. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 4pm, for ages 7-12 years, 01874 611622.

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

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

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kington Primary School. Wed - Years 5 & 6, 4-5.30pm.

Years 7,8 & 9 5.30-7pm. Senior 7.15pm-8.45pm, £40 per term, 01432 340555.

HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare - read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun! Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday Rhayader. Fridays - Builth Wells. More info at www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487

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

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds.

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

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.

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

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

Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

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

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141.

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

Cherry Pie’s Holiday Adventure

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

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

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

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

Thursdays LUDLOW DRAMA WORKSHOP For all ages: 16 + and adults, 7.30-9.30pm at Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow SY8 1RU. No experience needed. www.ludlowdramaworkshop.org.uk Contact 01588 673219.

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928.

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

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

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

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

Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

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Sat 5 September SEAN HUGHES: MUMBO JUMBO The show consists of stories including being serenaded at the break of dawn by Robert Smith, trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda and coming to the conculsion that he will never have a proper conversation with his mum.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £14/£12, 01982 552555.

Sean Hughes

Poetry & Storytelling Tues 1 September POETRY LOUNGE Open mic poetry night with special guest poets John Hegley and Ian McEwan. The Sitting Room, Upstairs at the Blue Boar, 52 Mill St, Ludlow, £5, 01584 878989.

Fri 11 September WILD EDRIC STILL RIDES With Amy Douglas and Lucy Wells. Storytelling, song and music combine to tell a story intrinsically linked with South Shropshire that still resonates in the bones of the land.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £7 or £20 for four, 01588 630023.

Sun 20 September MARCHES POETS: THE HISTORY LAUNDERETTE Celebrating the launch of their fifth anthology, Marches Poets present an evening of readings with classical guitarist Gareth Rees-Roberts. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £7 with refreshments and wine.

Tickets from The Judge’s Lodging 01544 260650 or on the door.

Sat 26 September AN AFTERNOON WITH BORDER POETS A chance to talk to them and hear a range of original work.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 2.30pm-4pm, £3, booking essential, 01686 625041.

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Sun 6 September SEVERN JESTERS Featuring Alfie Moore, Tony Cowards, the Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £10, 01743 281281.

Thurs 17 September AL MURRAY Al Murray The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor 20 years at the lager tap! The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 18 September COURTYARD COMEDY CLUB Featuring Ed Gamble, Fin Taylor and Ahir Shah.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 8.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 19 September FRED MACAULAY: TWENTY FIFTEEN Back on the road again after 18 years at BBC Radio Scotland. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £15/£13, 01952 728911.

Sun 27 September JUSTIN MOORHOUSE: DESTINY CALLING Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281.

Talks

September & October HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST TALKS 2 Sept - ‘An Eye for the Land: geology and landscape in North West Herefordshire and the Welsh Marches’. A talk

by Robert Williams. Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £2.50 HWT members, £3 non-members.

24 Sept - ‘From Coral to Coal’. A talk by Tim Coleshaw.

Aymestrey Village Hall, 7.30pm, £1 HWT members, £1.50 non-members. 29 Sept - ‘Rewilding Herefordshire’.

A talk by Evan Bowen-Jones. Kington Primary School, Kington, 7.30pm, free, but donations welcome. 1 Oct Birds in the Caribbean by Roger Beck. Christ Church Hall, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £1.50 HWT

members, £2.50 non-members. 7 Oct - Campaign for the Farmed Environment by Caroline Hanks. The Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £2.50 HWT members, £3 non-members. No booking required on any of these events. www.herefordshirewt.org.

Tues 1 September PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL 1 Sept - The Sounds of Life. Musical discovery with Stephen Johnson. Village Hall, Titley, 11am, £7.50. Why Outreach, Sophie Lewis leads a discussion. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 4pm, £6. Pre-Performance Talk, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7pm, free. 01544 267800, www.presteignefestival.com Tues 1 September & Tues 6 October BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY 1 Sept - ‘Satirist To Insanity: Celebrating the bicentennial of James Gillray’. 6 Oct - ‘Russian Art: from Icon to Avant Garde’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, annual membership £40, visitors welcome £7.50 per lecture, 01874 625679.

Sat 5 September THE TOWER OF ST JAMES’ CHURCH, WIGMORE Open for guided tours from 10am-4pm. Juniors under 8 can be occupied with drawing or stickers while waiting for older members of the family, 01568 770150.

Sun 6 September 56 YEARS OF THE 56 GROUP: DAVID MOORE Art critic, David Moore will be talking about his recent book. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 4pm.

Private view and special closing of the exhibition, 2-6pm, 01686 688369.

Sat 12 September AN AFTERNOON WITH PHIL RICKMAN The bestselling author of the popular Merrily Watkins thriller series. Your opportunity to ask Phil about his latest books and and have your books signed. St James’ Church, Wigmore, 3pm, £7, refreshments available, 01568 770150.

Tues 15 September THE PHILOSOPHY OF HERACLITUS ‘No man ever steps in the same river twice...’ Just one of the many profound sayings of Heraclitus. Come and find out more about this pre-Socratic Greek philosopher when Ludlow & Marches Humanists host a talk by Mark Pitter.

7:30pm at The Friends Meeting House, St Marys Lane, Ludlow, SY8 1DZ, 01568 770282.

Tues 15 September GARWAY HERITAGE GROUP: A STITCH IN TIME How work on the Egyptian Pyramids has helped develop the technology for stabilising historic and important structures in Britain and around the world. Garway Village Hall, 7.30pm, all welcome! Free for members, £3 for visitors (incl. refreshments). www.garwayheritagegroup.co.uk Wed 16 September NADFAS - FABER & FABER, 90 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN COVER DESIGN This lecture traces the history of Faber and Faber through it’s illustrations, covers and designs. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Thurs 17 September THE FUTURE OF HANDMADE TEXTILES An illustrated talk by Jim Gaffney. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £3.50, 01588 630023.

Fri 18 September MARK COCKER Bookworms presents an illustrated talk by Mark Cocker, author, naturalist and Guardian Country Diarist.

This presentation explores the ways birds have given wing to the creative imagination for thousands of years.

Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5, 01588 680302.

Sun 20 September IDENTIFYING FINE ART PRINTS This illustrated demonstration by the Trust’s printmaking tutor Mike Clements provides succinct answers and ends with participants applying their knowledge to identify a selection of prints. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Prestiegne, 2-4.30pm, free, donations welcome.

To reserve email info@sidneynolantrust.org Mon 21 September MICHAEL ASTON Lord B was a composer, painter and writer with friends ranging from Stravinsky, Diaghilev to the Mitfords and Gertrude Stein. He was a part of ‘the last Eccentrics’.

Ross-on-Wye Classical Music Society, Christ Church, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £6, visitors welcome, 01989 567750.

Wed 23 September PETER AND DAN SNOW: THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO EXPERIENCE An illustrated talk which bring the historic clash between Napolean and Wellington at Waterloo into sharp focus.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19.50, 01743 281281.

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

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; We buy books H.ART: VOLUME CONTRAST BRILLIANCE 12 - 27 SEPT

Combines textile makers Sarah Cage, Adam Watson, Su Pascoe & Bobby Britnell with artists Ciara Lewis, Jane Wells and Luxy Baxendale.

The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Beyond Type: New Letter Forms for a new Century Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

A group show of some of the UK’s leading letter Tel: 01547 530744 OPEN EVERY DAY carvers and calligraphers including Tom Perkins, aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Gary Breeze, Will O’Leary and John Neilson.

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Private View 11am-2pm Saturday 12th September Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

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David Starkey Thurs 24 September WELLINGTON PARISH HISTORY SOCIETY A talk on Herefordshire Folk Tales by David Phelps and Valerie Dean. Wellington Community Room, visitors £2.50, 01432 839109.

Sat 26 & Sun 27 September DAVID STARKEY: MAGNA CARTA The UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for his forthright views, talks about the 13th century agreement that, imperfect though it was, and radically modified in its first ten years, limited for the first time the power of the monarch. 26 Sept - Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01600 719401. 27 Sept - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 3pm, £15, 01584 878141.

Sat 3 October DOUG SCOTT’S EVEREST: THE HARD WAY Doug will tell of the epic expedition and climb, how his life led up to this defining moment and where it took him upon his return from the summit. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £13.50/£12, 01982 552555.

Workshops & Courses Thurs 3 September BOOK CLUB The Sitting Room, Upstairs at the Blue Boar, 52 Mill St, Ludlow, 01584 878989.

September & October WEA LEOMINSTER BRANCH AUTUMN COURSES Seven-week courses. Each £49. Starting 16 Sept - Modernist Painting 1950-1970 in Britain and America with Allen Fisher. Starting 28 Sept - Justice, Power and Freedom: Political Philosophy with Robert Ellis. Starting 20 October - Babylonian Stargazers to the Space Age; A Brief History of Astronomy with Paul Oliver. All courses held in Leominster Community Centre, Leominster, 10.30am-12.30pm, 01568 620486.

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September & October WEA HEREFORD BRANCH ADULT COURSES Six-seven week morning courses in:Art & Culture of Central & South America.

Calligraphy & The Art of Magna Carta.

Early European Renaissance Art. Tess of the D’Urbervilles & Hardy’s Poetry.

Study Days 10am-4pm, £20 each include 19 Sept - Blanche Parry, Herefordian and Courtier.

Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall, £20, 01531 634460.

10 Oct - The Eye: How We See. Saxon Hall, Hoarwithy Rd, Hereford, £20, 01432 830208. All in Hereford.

Details contact 01531 634460 or 01981 251426.

Email: herefordbranch@wea.org.uk

September WRITING COURSES WITH LARA CLOUGH Starting 23 Sept (9 sessions) - Scriptwriting. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 10.15am-12.30pm.

Starting 24 Sept (9 sessions) - Writing as a Creative Process. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 10.30am-12.45pm.

Starting 25 Sept (9 sessions) - Writing as A Creative Process. Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre, 10am-12.15pm. Starting 23 Sept (9 sessions) - Writing From Nature. Paradise Farm, Presteigne, 1.45pm-4pm.

All courses with University of Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning, £20 if enrol by 30 Sept, 01970 621580.

07795 112431 for information.

Starting Thurs 17 September POETRY AND CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES For six weeks. Led by poet Jean Atkin. Exploring the catalogued, bottled and taxidermied past of the Resource Centre. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10.30am12.30pm, £55 includes refreshments, 01743 258881 Fri 25 - Sun 27 September WRITING FICTION FOR PLEASURE With Rebbecca Ray and Hilary Shepherd. Whether approaching fiction for the first time or reaching an impasse with your current project, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the possibilities. Residential weekend retreat - workshops, tutorials with full board and accommodation in shared twin rooms, £190/£180. Hill Cottage Retreats, Rhos-y-meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044.

ORIEL DAVIES 2015 OPEN WRITING COMPETITION Writers are invited to submit either poems (up to 50 lines each) or prose (up to 1,000 words each) that focus on the theme of ‘flora’, The winning entries (one for best prose and one for best poetry) will receive a £50 voucher to spend in the gallery shop. The entry fee is £3 per piece submitted. Closing date: 2nd Nov 2015. Contact: desk@orieldavies.org / 01686 625041.

STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS Led by Carol Florence Graham at the Story Space studio, Grange Court, Leominster. Next workshop October 10th 2015. Also available are creative coaching sessions, CPD training for educators and individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing.

For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555.

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

2nd Wed of each month MID WALES WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds.

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01982 552555.

Last Wed of each month POP UP POETRY - GRIOTS ARTS Tomatitos, 38 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye. Also featuring a visiting poet with an open mic. Page and performance poets, call 07961 589616 to register for the open mic.

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

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

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

Border Poets 01547 530380.

New collection of overheard conversations

JUST a few more WORDS ROGER KITE

Available in Presteigne at The Rowan Tree, Winnie’s Newsagents and The Workhouse Gallery. Grandad’s Shed at Kington and The Thomas Shop at Penybont. Price £4.

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grass roots Deep Heat T

Planning Session

HIS summer I travelled to Andalucía. I arrived in a heat wave, early and intense even by Spanish standards. It was 41 degrees by the time I reached Seville on 10th July and the walls and pavements were still radiating heat at 11.00 at night. The mountains beyond Seville were fresher, but the heat was taking its toll upon local crops.

Organic Chestnut farm, Andalucía

Changing Landscape Despite all the dire warnings about hold-ups at Calais, the only real problem was the London tube strike. I walked from Euston and just managed to catch my train from St Pancras International to Paris.

Europe by Train Popular opinion says the easiest way to get to Spain from UK is to fly. But I wanted to travel from Knighton to Sevilla by train.

I was going to do some writing, and it was climate related.

I had come across a new company called Loco2 that sets out “to make booking trains across Europe as easy as booking a flight.”

The small team at Loco 2 have put together some clever software that simplifies booking trains in and across Europe and they now work with many of the big train companies including Renfe in Spain, SNCF in France and Eurostar.

You can plan your journey and order the whole thing online, with print-at-home tickets for many routes. Loco 2 have also developed a tool that tells you the carbon dioxide savings you can make by taking the train in comparison to flying the same route.

Air travel is still the fastest growing contributor to climate change. The huge increase in aircraft pollution is mostly because of the growth in air traffic since the sixties, but Eurostar recently commissioned independent research to assess the CO2 per passenger produced by a LondonParis Eurostar journey compared to a London-Paris flight.

They found that taking the train to Paris instead of flying cuts CO2 emissions per passenger by 90 percent.

The next morning it was the high-speed TGV to Barcelona.

This is a long journey, but from the upper deck the views, especially along the coast, are fantastic. The changeover at Barcelona was a bit rushed and in future I would plan to stay at more destinations along the way. One good thing though - Spanish trains are on time. They are also very sociable with friendly, lively bars. My most memorable experience, however, was getting off the air-conditioned train at Madrid to walk into a wall of heat. There is no preparing yourself for the 25-degree temperature change between Wales and Southern Spain.

From Madrid to Seville takes just over 2 hours in an AVE train. The scenery along my route had steadily transformed from lush in Mid Wales - through the patchwork crops of central France and vineyards to the South – and finally into sun baked mountains, scorched earth, magnificent solar arrays and lunar landscapes between Madrid and Seville. I was picked up by car and taken by Sam to Finca Buenvino.

Time to get writing.

Turning Point By the time I left Spain, temperatures were peaking at 48 degrees. This extreme heat, unimaginable until you experience it, is related to climate change. In Spain it’s getting hotter, in Wales - mostly wetter. This December is the Paris climate summit. I hope UK will follow America’s amazing lead and commit to real action. I’m not saying we don’t benefit from some deep heat from time to time – but there are limits – and the world has reached them.

Rachel Francis, www.sharpeningpencils.co.uk Salt-water pool, Andalucía

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Green Events Until 4 September TREE SPIRITS Exploring the trees of the Onny Meadow, family run workshops. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 1-2.30pm, £3.50 per child, sibling discount, 01588 676060.

Sat 5 September ANNUAL GARDEN & PRODUCE SHOW South West Shropshire Gardening Club. Lydbury North Village Hall, 2-4.30pm, open to all, 01588 680454.

Fri 11 September BROCKHAMPTON COTTAGE & GRENDON COURT OPEN GARDEN With Tom Stuart-Smith. £65 per person (pre-paid ticket only). Includes guided private tours of Brockhampton Cottage at 10.30am, Grendon Cout at 12.30pm, two course lunch accompanied by a glass of wine; talk from Tom Stuart-Smith (internationally renowned landscape architect, garden designer and writer). In aid of St Michael’s Hospice. www.st-michael’s-hospice.org.uk Sat 12 September KINGTON SHOW A traditional agricultural show with horses, cattle and sheep. Dog show and horticultural, food/crafts, trade stands including renewable and energy. Enertainment, food and more. The Ovals Farm, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 10-16 year olds, under 10s free. Dogs allowed. www.kingtonshow.co.uk Sat 12 September BACKYARD SEED SAVING WORKSHOP A free workshop with expert gardener and author Sue Stickland. Saving your own seeds saves you money, protects diversity and help create new varieties to suit your specific local microclimate. Memorial Hall, Presteigne, 10.30am-12.30pm, pre-booking essential 01544 262773.

Sun 13 September APPLE DAY Orchard gathering and entertainment for all the family.

Willow Globe, Shakespeare Link, Penlanole, near Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6NN, 2pm, £3 adults, children free, all proceeds to local charity. www.shakespearelink.co.uk Thurs 17 - Sun 20 September KINGTON WALKING FESTIVAL Over 40 events with guided walks from easy to strenuous, historical and scientific, spectacular views and pub walks.

All around Kington. Full details www.kingtonwalks.org

Sat 3 October KINGTON LIGHT FOOT ENERGY CLINIC Will be based at the big table in the window at the Border Bean Cafe, High St, Kington. A wonderful opportunity to get answers on any energy questions you may have.

10am-4pm, www.herefordshirenewleaf.org.uk 01547 528265.

October TREDEGAR HOUSE EVENTS Until 22 Oct - Behind the Scenes Tours, every Tues & Thurs, 12.30pm & 3pm. Until 30 Oct - Architectural Tours, every Friday, 12-3.30pm. Tredegar House, Newport, 01633 815880. Normal National Trust charges apply.

September & October HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 11 & 18 Sept - Birches Farm Nature Walk. Birches Farm, Kington, 2-4pm, free, donations welcome, please book 01432 356872. 19 Sept - Bromyard Downs Big Picnic.

Bring your picnics, with WildPlay activities and games for kids, free, no booking required. 3 Oct - Queenswood Autumn Festival, Dinmore Hill, Leominster, 10am-4pm.

4 Oct - Orchard Extravaganza. HWT, Lower House Farm, Ledbury Rd, Tupsley, 11am-3pm, £5, under 5s free, booking required. 15 Oct - Wildlife Recording Workshop for Beginners. HWT, Lower House Farm, Ledbury Rd, Tupsley, 7-9pm, free. 21 Oct - Fungus Foray, 10.30am2.30pm. The Woolhope Dome which encompasses the village of Woolhope, Haugh Wood, Broadmoor Common and four HWT nature reserves. Further details and bookings www.herefordshirewt.org or 01432 356872.

A NEW CHARITY SHOP IS OPENING SHORTLY In aid of the Herefordshire Samaritans, at 63, Whitecross Road, Hereford, opposite Bayham’s garage. Any clothes / bric-a-brac to donate please leave them at the shop, or we can arrange to collect, ring Rae on 01432 274800 or Jan on 01568 770007 to arrange. We would appreciate any offers to help in the shop, or plastic shopping bags.

Every Tuesday TODDLE TIME For children aged five and under and their carers.

Onny Meadows, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10.30am-11.30am, bring your wellies!

(With indoor alternative if wet), 01588 676060.

Sun 20 September KENTCHURCH COURT OPEN GARDENS Kentchurch Court, Pontrilas, 11am-5pm, £5 adults, children free. In aid of St Michael’s Hospice. www.st-michael’s-hospice.org.uk Sat 26 September LLANDRINDOD WELLS GREEN OPEN HOMES Light Foot and Transition Llandrindod will be hosting an event with open Eco homes. Energy experts will be based in The Herb Garden Cafe and Severn Wye Energy will be on hand with advice. 10am-4pm. Details 01547 528265 or www.lightfoot.org.uk September SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB 5 Sept - Annual Club Show. 23 Sept - A Flower for Every Day, the 12 month Garden with Pam Pittwood.

Lydbury North Village Hall, 01588 620055.

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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.

A RANGE OF THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER including Indian Head Massage; Aromatherapy Massage and Reflexology. Humphrey Clement Bsc MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038063 for a consultation or email healing.rose@icloud.com www.healing-rose.co.uk ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, offers supportive, non-judgemental, face-to-face, skype and telephone sessions to individuals, couples and groups. Richard Lewis MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Post-Grad Dips - Consultative Supervision and Children and Young People. BACP Sen. Accred., UKCP Reg. 01547 510360.

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

ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536.

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

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.

AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY TREATMENTS OFFERED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which have a number of properties, that may, when used, help improve overall emotional health.

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

HILARY FOXWELL BTAA, AHSC, GWCG. Recovery, self-maintenance, health & well-being for your individual needs. Bowen technique treatment for muscle, skeletal, nerve, respiratory, intestinal conditions. Alexander technique tuition to retrain muscle action, breathing, body-mind reactions. Energy and emotional healing release for stress, grief, old trauma.

Practitioner since 1984. Clinics in Tenbury Wells and Tenbury Wellness Centre. 01584 819010.

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

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

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CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. Valérie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COUNSELLING/PSYCHOTHERAPY. Jane Cooke Dip Gestalt Therapy, CSS, RCN Cert Group & Family Work, Registered Member MBACP, CAPO. Presteigne & Llandrindod. Safe, creative, equal approach. I have wide life & work experience; I work to support your increased understanding of yourself, & do not judge or try to change you – change comes through your awareness & when you are ready. jane.cooke@heartfeltwork.co.uk 07771 950899.

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

Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster, Kingsland and Hereford. Phone to talk or book: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk CRYSTAL THERAPY Touchstones School of Crystal Therapy provides fully accredited training in Crystal Therapy in Mid Wales. Principal Lauren D’Silva is Chair of the Affiliation of Crystal Healing Organisations (ACHO), she is fully qualified and experienced teacher, therapist and author of Touchstones Manual for the Crystal Therapist. Whether you want to learn more about crystals for your own enjoyment and well-being, or work as a Crystal Therapist, Touchstones has a course for you.

Lauren is also available for Crystal Therapy sessions and can offer Hypnosis and Colour Therapy. Call 01597 822749 or visit www.crystal-therapy.co.uk EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their 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 sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks.

EXPERIENCED THERAPIST based in Bleddfa. Treatments for:- Back, neck and joint pain, weight issues, including hypno gastric banding) fears, phobias, stress, anxiety, addictions, alcohol and nicotine dependency etc. Contact JAN LLOYD B.Ed Hons, DHyp, CPNLP, DEMDR. Bowen Therapist (ECBS and US Bowen trained), Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master and Teacher. 01547 550215 or email oghanlloyd@msn.com

HEALING and COUNSELLING in Bishops Castle.

Energy healing can help you create Positive Change by relieving blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. Such blockages may prevent you from living a full and nourishing life. I also offer individual counselling sessions. I am a fully qualified personal counsellor and accredited CRUSE bereavement counsellor. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood BA, Cert. ESH, Dip. Couns. Tel : 01588 638242. Email : Philomena@soul-healing.net Web : www.soul-healing.net.

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.

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

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

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

HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomeryshire and am happy to visit you at home should you prefer. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, a remedy will be carefully selected to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself.

I am very approachable and welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032.

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

MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley.

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

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

PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk PSYCHIC READINGS: Clairvoyance, Tarot & Astrology (tape inc). Gifted & compassionate reader with over 20 yrs professional experience. Personal and telephone readings (pre-booked) available. ROWIE 01432 820684.

REFLEXOLOGY Helping to relieve stress, regulate hormonal imbalances, sleep and eating patterns. Aid the release of toxins and restore energy levels. Over 20 years experience - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876 796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits available.

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SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 25 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

SPIRITUAL MEDIUM - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

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

Starting on Tuesdays from 22 September TMW CLASS At Leominster Community Centre. 10am -11am. Easy to learn and can help reduce stress. Contact 07765 851480 or carol.florence@tmwtraining.com Sat 26 September HOW TO BE HAPPY A one-day skills workshop with Professor Neil Frude. Friends of Brecon and District Mind. Subud Centre, Brecon, (behind Morrison’s Garage, Watton), 10am-4pm, £5 for Friends/Members, £10 full rate. Bring your own lunch, tea/coffee will be provided, 01874 611529. Numbers are limited, please book.

Sat 26 & Sun 27 September, Sat 10 & Sun 11 October SOUND THERAPY COURSE Four day certificate course in Ludlow. Held by the Colour of Sound Institute, an International Sound Therapy Academy.

Contact Roise 07511 621856, www.thesoundsanctury.co.uk roise@thesoundsanctuary.co.uk HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY: Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs.

Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal.co.uk or 01531 670075.

YOGA CLASSES AND ONE-TO-ONE LESSONS An integrated and holistic approach to working with movement, breathing and mindful, restorative practice. Classes in Moccas, Hereford, Eaton Bishop and Peterchurch. 1:1 sessions at Hereford Centre For Natural Health, Belmont, Yeleni Support and Therapy Centre, Hereford.

Contact Nicky at www.nickyjaquesyoga.co.uk or 07817 268689 for more info.

TAI CHI MOVEMENTS FOR WELLBEING A simple sequence which can promote physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. This enjoyable form of movement meditation can enhance creativity and help realise true potential. One to One sessions available at Grange Court in Leominster and in Hereford. Contact Carol Florence Graham carol.florence@tmwtraining.com or phone 01432 507703 or 07765 851480.