BROAD SHEEP - APRIL

BROAD sheep april 2022

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

Damaging DJ’s

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OU know how it is, you’re driving back from Ross happily listening to Radio 4 and what comes on – bloody Moneybox Live. I have enough money problems of my own thanks; I don’t need to listen to other peoples. I switch to 5 live but it’s that afternoon presenter who doesn’t really think about the question he’s going to ask before he asks it.

Then I have a brilliant idea. I’ll listen to Radio 1 and get ‘down with kids’. Check out the latest ‘hot grooves’.

I know you think I’m about to start ranting on about the state of the current music scene but you are wrong, it’s what I expected i.e. Everything very similar, a few R&B grooves some rapping in the middle bit and lots of electronic drum beats. However these days if you want a hit your songs must be written to a particular formula and that dictates you must repeat the title or main line of the song over and over again. “I want to party. Party party party. I want to party. Party party party” etc etc. This constant repetition has had Small Ads 4 a very damaging effect on the DJs in this case I think they were called Vick and Jordan.

Architecture While I was driving through Hereford they started talking about Vick’s sunglasses, which 6 he left on the tube and they were still talking about the aforementioned lost shades 40 8 Philosophy minutes later when I arrived in Presteigne. At no point did they mention the songs they 10 Art were playing, the weather or the war in Ukraine. Just Vick’s sunglasses. If someone tells Art workshops 14 you the same story over and over again it does make you remember it but it’s also very bleeding annoying. What’s the most annoying sound? A bunch of lambs separated from Cinema 20 their mums for the first time and dumped in the field behind your house? Well the tale of Dance 24 Vick’s shades is seven times as annoying as that!

Food 26 However talking of sheep I have just taken delivery of three or four back copies of every Music issue of Broad Sheep since 1992 that I was keeping for posterity in someone’s storage 30 room. I decided to knock it down to one copy of each and in the process I began reading Music workshops 38 the back copies again. I had forgotten how funny Martin Orbach’s ‘Sheep Droppings’ were.

Band directory 40 Martin was sheep farming at the time and spent many a drizzly afternoon checking for foot Theatre rot and wondering what the sheep might be talking to each other about. Here is one such 42 article from April 1994 he wrote for us in which they organise a sheep poetry competition.

Word 44 As part of National Poetry week, we ran a competition to find Broad Sheep’s own Poet Grass roots 50 Laureate. Category One was restricted to those under one year old and we chose as a Comp therapies 52 title the line from the famous English Hymn ‘Brief life is here our portion’. In making the We take no responsibility award, Mr McAlister of the Meat and LIvestock Commission, who generously sponsored this Class, gave us a fascinating insight into the criteria which had influenced his selection. for the veracity of the “What I look for, “ he said “is a good lean shape, plenty of vigour but evidence of maturity information herein and above all not too much back-fat. That I believe is what the modern market requires.”

All events listed may be The entry in this class was frankly disappointing, far too many whimsical offerings about subject to change growing up to be engine-drivers and nurses. with regard to Covid In Category Two, the Open Class, we chose as a title the words of the immortal Bard regulations.

‘If Music be the food of Love’, a line which brings together the twin elements of song and BROAD SHEEP, romance from whose conjunction so much of our great poetic tradition is descended.

The Fred Bulmer Centre, This delicate fusion sadly eluded some of our entrants who concentrated unduly on the Wall Street, Hereford, gastronomic aspect of the title as in this rather bizarre entry from Boris.

HR4 9HP The mountain sheep are sweeter, Tel: 07786 131159 But the valley sheep are fatter, Email: info@broadsheep.com But trying to shag Rita, Website: www.broadsheep.com Is like sausages in batter.

Boris submitted over 150 poems and although the judges were impressed by the size of his oeuvre it was felt that he lacked the ability to handle the range of emotions which marks out the true poet. We reprint a couple more extracts below.

Song by Boris To his Coy Mistress by Boris Sweetest love, I do not go, Had we but world enough and time, For weariness of thee, This coyness, Rita, were no crime, Nor in hope the world can show, But at my back I always hear, A fitter love for me, Slack-gutted Roger shuffling near, But bear in mind that down the road, So stand thou still for halfa mo, There’s another thirty-three.

I’ll jump up and have a go.

However, the winner is a poem that was admired for it’s tense spare rhythms and above all for its powerful conflicting emotions. The poet’s deft intermingling of past and present tenses gives vivid life to the inner turmoil that threatens to engulf the central character. Unsure whether to blame herself or her lover, her confusion characterises the crisis of identity that confronts her sex in this post-feminist age. Of this autobiographical poem it can be truly said that the voice of ‘Rose’ speaks for all her ovine sisters.

The Thick Rose by Rose Oh Rose, thou art thick, That bastard Boris, Who creeps in the night, In the howling storm, And just when you expected it least, Has jumped you again, the degenerate beast.

Cover pic: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury - 8 April

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architecture

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OTS going on in Stratford at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, thanks to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s £1-billion Olympic Legacy project.

Two jewels in this East London cultural crown promise to be the V&A’s East Storehouse (opening in 2024) and the V&A East Museum, due to open its doors a year later. The Storehouse (won in competition by New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro) should be the most spectacular, with a huge three-level Central Collections Hall, housing, inter alia, the cream of 92-year-old British product designer Kenneth Grange’s Archive (creator of everything from the Kenwood mixer to the Kodak Instamatic camera) to a reconstruction of the office interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Pittsburgh department store mogul Edward J Kaufman.

Until the Conran-funded Design Museum opened in Docklands in 1989, product designers had had a pretty raw deal in terms of public recognition of well-designed household items. Exhibits in the post-war Design Council’s London centre off Piccadilly were always a tad middle class (Habitat sofas, David Mellor cutlery). In the spirit of the Gare D’Orsay Museum in Paris, which seamlessly melds art, architecture, furniture and fashion, the V&A East’s all-enveloping Central Collections Hall intends to put that right.

One of the most challenging ‘exhibits’ to be given a permanent resting place at Stratford will be a complete three-storey concrete section the V&A rescued when the Robin Hood Gardens estate at Poplar was being demolished four years ago. Its demise was mourned by everyone from Building Design to Zaha Hadid.

The estate’s 213-unit slab blocks had been designed in 1972 by Alison and Peter Smithson, self-proclaimed high priests of the Brutalism movement (they coined the phrase from the French béton brut meaning raw concrete). The Smithson’s idea that their Poplar estate paid architectural homage to Le Corbusier’s Unité

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Visit Ledbury’s purpose built, intimate theatre with comfortable seats, bar and a warm welcome, for a great programme of original drama, music, cinema and live screenings - see listings for what’s on

Moved to Stratford?

A missing section of Poplar’s Robin Hood Gardens

d’Habitation in Marseilles (completed 20 years earlier) was just window dressing for their adoring architectural students; residents knew it at ‘Alcatraz’.

The scheme required heavily-fortified ‘noise barriers’ to minimise the sound pollution from traffic using the Blackwall Tunnel. In 2009 owners Tower Hamlets Council, refused listing, condemning it as ‘unfit for human habitation’. The V&A’s rescued section, soon to be rehabilitated in Stratford, will include part of the internal communal walkway plus two entire maisonettes, including their front and rear elevations. Not perhaps trophy hunting on an Easter Island scale, but certainly a fillip for surviving Brutalist groupies.

Britain’s Brutalist movement was mercifully shortlived, producing such oddities as London Zoo’s Elephant House, the South Bank’s unlovely Hayward Arts Gallery and the City of London’s elephantine Barbican Centre.

Then there was the late Owen Luder’s multi-storey car park, perched above Gateshead’s Trinity Square Shopping Centre like a beached aircraft carrier.

Featured in the Michael Caine crime thriller Get Carter it was demolished in 2011. The critic Jonathan Meades never afraid to go out on an architectural limb - once described the Gateshead monolith as the equal of Lincoln Cathedral.

One Brutalist monument which has survived for more than half a century - despite two concerted efforts by the local council to demolish it - is Preston’s gracefully sculptured Central Bus Station (1969), now protected by Grade II listing. As a paradigm of how to handle low-rise Brutalist housing, Neve Brown’s Alexandra Road Estate, Camden (1978) is in a class of its own. And another worthy survivor - thanks to the indefatigable developer Urban Splash - is Sheffield’s Park Hill Estate (1957-61), enjoying a renaissance as a private sector housing estate, comprising over 900 refurbished units, including student accommodation and artists’ studio-flats. Sadly, London’s National Theatre will be with us forever.

Nick Jones

philosophy

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dith Piaf claims to have lived a regret-free life. No regrets. None. ‘Rien de rien!’ Hard to believe, don’t you think? Also unconvincing is Frank Sinatra’s [slightly] more realistic admission - ‘Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention’. Who do these jokers think they’re kidding? No regrets? Just a few?

Come off it.

In the words of that splendid urban-warrior and crypto-philosopher, Victor Meldrew - I DO NOT BELIEVE IT! Do you?

Although regret is a common enough human experience, attempting to think systematically about it isn’t exactly a piece of cake, such is its complexity.

The problem is, like old age, it doesn’t come on its own. Closely related themes, such as guilt, forgiveness, disappointment, conscience, determination to improve and making amends, are never far away. Before you know it, you’re heading for the magical world of Moral Philosophy.

[By the way, knowing that Broad Sheep readers like nothing more than a knotty philosophical conundrum, you might care to speculate on the difference, if there is one, between morals and ethics. Best of luck.] [Spoiler alert: there IS a difference.]

Yes, regret throws up some weighty questions. For instance, while it can clearly have a debilitating effect on our lives, why do we often ignore its powerful transformative potential - providing the impulse to do better in the future? And if, as Piaf claims, she has no regrets, how did this come about? After all, her short life had been very far from trouble-free. So was it simply due to a stoical mental attitude and an ability to make the best of whatever trials and tribulations life threw at her? On the other hand, does the inability to experience regret indicate some underlying mental defect?

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The chances are you’re already deeply regretting reading this, so let’s, for heaven’s sake, lighten the mood with a real-life incident which hopefully might shed light on some of the dynamics of regret.

Oxford Station. Rush hour. Platform heaving with people. The packed Birmingham train is about to leave.

A man flings himself through the open door and asks, breathlessly, if this is the train to Moreton-in-Marsh. I tell him to get off at once. This is the train to Birmingham.

He thanks me, adding that there’s nothing worse than getting on the wrong train. He gets off, smiling with gratitude. The train pulls out of the station. Having settled down to read a bit more of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason I immediately fall asleep. On waking it occurs to me that if doctors were to prescribe Kant’s works to chronic insomniacs, it would save the NHS millions.

On the platform I asked a railway employee the two obvious questions: [1] Was there a train from Moreton to Birmingham? Yes. Soon. [2] What time was the next train from Oxford to Moreton? Nothing now until breakfast tomorrow. ‘Regrets I’ve had a few’ - and this was up there with the best of them. A regret, by the way, which has stayed with me to this very day, many years later. Why? But was I to blame? Yes and no. After all, it was a genuine mistake? Nothing deliberate, just a momentary lack of concentration. A ‘Senior moment’, though it’s unlikely that the beleaguered traveller saw it in that light.

For all I know, he my well have been rushing home to deal with some life-threatening crisis. I can still clearly recall the man’s face. With any luck he can no longer recall mine.

A further thought occurred to me: what about my fellow passengers? What was their role in this little tragicomedy? Unless they were all profoundly deaf and also unable to lip-read, they must surely have heard our conversation. In which case, why on earth did no-one intervene to prevent the double fiasco that was about to take place? Just a case of British reserve - frequently encountered on train journeys - or even a couldn’t-careless attitude, or even a hint of good old Schadenfreude?

Yes, regret. Together with its close companions, is a tricky knot to untangle. But one thing is crystal clear; a life without regret, even if that were possible, is not to be desired, for regret involves the precious element of reflexion, an examination of what might have been, but also what could be in the future, given a bit of effort on our part. As the Greek gentleman said, an unexamined life is not worth living. As another man said, the unlived life is not worth examining.

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art POWYS Studer Fine Art, The Gallery, 1A The High St, Presteigne www.studerfineart.co.uk Until 28 May ‘To The Hills’. ALISON MacGREGOR-GRIMLEY - paintings and SAFFRON GUY - ceramic vessels. In addition to a plethora of beautiful artwork from the borders and beyond including TANIA MOSSE sculpture, RICHARD STUDER - prints and textiles, CLARE MURPHY - rush basketwork. Plus cards, small gifts and more. Thurs-Sat 10.30am-3pm.

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL 01544 260149 Until 21 May ‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - A major solo exhibition, DANIEL MacCARTHY - paintings in the Gallery, The Rodd.

Until 14 May ‘Polaroids’ SIDNEY NOLAN - polaroid photographs in The Library, Rodd Court.

Until 29 Oct JIM CARTER environmental artist working in sculpture, ritual, sound and photography to explore themes of loss, remembrance and regeneration in relation to animals and landscape.

The Gardens, The Rodd.

Open Fri-Sat 11am-4pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 26 June The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour: Rembrandt. Saskia Van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635).

Until 26 June Portraits. Responding to Rembrandt.

Until 26 June Blodeuwedd in Arcadia.

Responding to Rembrandt.

Open Tues-Sun 11am-5pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DL 01597 824513 April Search Radnorshire Museum Facebook page for up-to-date exhibitions, workshops and events.

Open Tues-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 3 April Easter Craft Fayre. Amazing small businesses plus food from Burger Me Kitchen. 11am, free entry.

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The Table, 43 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye 01497 822802 www.thetablehay.com Until 9 April SIMON DORRELL. 16 April - 7 May MAGGIE JONES & TANIA MOSSE. Thurs-Sat 10am-3pm.

Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farm, Llantillio Pertholey, Abergavenny NP7 8AU 01873 852011 March ROSIE FAREY & MANDY COATS - baskets. SUSAN GALLAGHER - paintings.

Open daily 11am-4pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton LD7 1AT 01547 529530 Gallery, shop, cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Art by Osian (Celf gan Osian), 3 Short Bridge St, Llanidloes SY18 6AD 07484 763507 www.osiangwent.com Open all year ‘Art by Osian’.

OSIAN GWENT. A working studio and gallery of contemporary, modern and expressive art by Welsh artist.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 Until 24 April ‘Wings to Flye’. Original works by Hay Makers and a selection of invited artists. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Courtyard Antiques, London House, High St, Presteigne, LD8 2BA 07974 356128 outside normal hours.

Antique pottery, country furniture and art. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ 01982 560674 A constantly changing mix of materials and styles occupying over 2000 square feet. Complimented by paintings and sculpture, plus seasonal exhibitions.

Open 10.30am-4.30pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 413467 9 - 23 April Welsh Heritage Quilters.

Traditional quilts and more contemporary work.

20 April - 21 May Spring Exhibition.

Gallery 1 - ‘Sanity Through Stitch’.

Mid Wales Embroiderers. Gallery 2 ‘Make It Personal’ Hilary Beattie and some of her students work.

Open Mon - Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822900 Showcasing some of the very best artists from Wales and the Borders.

Open 10.30am-5pm daily except Tues, Sun 11.30am-4pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 www.knightonfineart.co.uk knightonfineart@btinternet.com April ‘Spring has Sprung’.

Landscapes by JOAN BAKER, JULIENNE BRAHAM, JOHN BRUNSDEN, MARTIN DUTTON, MARCIA GIBSON-WATT, JOSH PARTRIDGE, STUART ROPER, PETER SHREAD, ROWLAND SUDDABY, BRONTË WOODRUFF. Pottery by JASON BRAHAM, ROB FOUNTAIN & MARY STEPHENS. Over 450 greetings card designs.

Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Near Newtown 01686 688369 Until 27 May ‘Pushing The Boundaries’. Six printmakers and one printmaker/enameller. EMMA ALDRIDDGE, ALISON CRAIG, JACQUI DODDS, CAROLYN HUDSON, JILL LEVENTON, CHRISTINE MATTHEWS & ESTELLA SCHOLES. Thurs-Sun, 11am-4pm.

Found Gallery, 1 Bulwark, Brecon LD3 7LB 07736 062849 www.foundgallery.co.uk Until 23 April ‘Print & Paint’. MAGGY ROBERTS - artwork. LESLEY LILLYWHITE - prints. TONY HALL - pottery.

JUDY BOYT - sculpture.

From 26 April ‘City Stories’. PETE DAVIS. Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Rare antique carpets and kilims. Plus locally made pottery, art materials, textiles, haberdashery, jewellery, cards and gifts. Cafe. Wed-Sat 10am-4pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ 01654 703355 info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk Until 4 June ‘Legends’.

Until 11 June ‘Ceredigion’. Tabernacle Collection.

Until 11 June ‘Outside In - Inside Out’.

GILES FORD. Until 30 April ‘Autographs from Llangollen’. DAVID GEPP. 7 May - 9 July ANNIE GILES HOBBS. Solo exhibition.

Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm, by appointment only.

Maggy Roberts, Found Gallery, Brecon

Alison MacGregor Grimley, Studer Fine Art, Presteigne

Peter Horrocks, Marches Makers Festival, Kington

Sara Hayward, Greenstage Gallery, Bishop’s Frome

John Feeney, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

Freya Gamble, Made in the Marches Gallery, Kington

Knighton Museum, 1 Broad St, Knighton The Museum is run entirely by volunteers and reflects the social history of the area. The majority of the exhibits have been either donated or lent by local people and reflect the varied history of this border town from the drovers to the flannel weavers; from trade to agriculture. Wed- Sat, 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Market Hall, Kington 07867 483135 3rd Saturday of the month Quality work by local makers. Kington Market Hall, 9.30am – 3pm. Plus KLEEN Repair Café on site. AKCrafts@gmx.com

Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EY 01597 258118 www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk 23 April Llandrindod Wells Artisan Market. Over 20 stalls. Arts, crafts, homemade, handmade local produce.

Open 10am-4pm.

Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury 01531 248743 23 April Spring Market. Local artists and makers. Open all day. Bookings for diners recommended. 10am-5pm.

The Old School, Whitton, near Knighton LD7 1NP 01547 560936 April Museum of Welsh Textiles. A fine collection of Welsh costume, textiles.

With a selection of antique textiles and blankets for sale, alongside changing exhibitions of art and antiques. Open by appointment, please phone to book ahead.

Rhayader Museum & Gallery, CARAD, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 April Rhayader Museum are offering an enjoyable opportunity to take part in the creative process of making and installing the displays and installations, working with our team. Please email all@carad.org.uk for details. Look out for new activities and sign up for our free information newsletter online: www.carad.org.uk Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-12pm.

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

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

HEREFORDSHIRE The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells WR15 8EA 01584 810085 www.georginafranklin.co.uk GEORGINA FRANKLIN jewellery. Individual contemporary design. Commissions undertaken.

South Chapel, All Saints Church, Hereford 01432 370414 4 - 9 April THE GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY - craft sale.

18 - 23 April Exhibition and sale of Indian silks and saris with JAN BISHOP. 27 April - 4 May SIAN THOMAS stained glass. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

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Oxenham Art, Broad St, Leominster HR6 8BT 01568 611898 April JANE KEAY - illustrations.

LINDSEY KENNEDY - mosaics.

GRETCHEN IND - paintings. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm.

Ridge Bank, 1 High St, Kington, HR5 3AX www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival.

Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Hereford 01432 374200 Until 23 April ‘All Things Bright: A thousand years of metalwork from Cathedral and Diocese’. Highlighting a wide variety of metal objects.

30 April - 3 Sept ‘Strangers: World views and marginalising the ‘Other”.

A new display in the Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, exploring how, throughout history, human beings have covered their tribalism and fear of the unknown. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, normal admission applies.

Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford 01432 638797 7 April Babar’s Bazaar Craft Market.

Local artisans bring their homemade wares. Free entry.

Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 07881 926661 16-24 April LEDBURY LETTERING FESTIVAL. A celebration of the beauty of calligraphy, in all its forms, from modern to traditional with work from across the Three Counties & two local groups. Demonstrations on most days plus Have-a-go sessions on 23rd.

Also 3 days of workshops from Celtic to Modern calligraphy. Open daily 10.30am-4.30pm Caroline: ilovelettering@outlook.com Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk 30 April Hereford Artisan Market, 10am-4pm.

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St, Hereford 01432 383383 Until 3 April ‘Artefacts, Replicas and Creative Arts’. Original artifacts alongside designs by Hereord College Art students blacksmithing undergraduates. Adults £5, students and under 18s free. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

Birches Farm Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, A4111 near Kington, HR5 3EY www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. ‘Heart of the Matter II: Responses to nature from the Marches’. Open 10am-5pm.

Art at No. 9, 9 Church Rd, Kington, HR5 3AG www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. Open 11am-5pm.

Border Bean Cafe, 22-24 High St, Kington, HR5 3AX www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival.

The Burton Hotel, Mill St, Kington, HR5 3BQ www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. THE BORDER MONOCHROME CAMERA CLUB photographs.

Kingswood Village Hall, Kingswood Rd, Kington, HR5 3HE www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. KINGTON ART SOCIETY. Marches Makers Festival Open Studios www.marchesmakers.co.uk 30 April, 1 & 2 May CLARE CONRAD - ceramics, 9 Church Rd, Kington, 11am-5pm. KATHRYN MOORE paintings and weaving, Kat & Fiddle Studio, 37 Church St, Kington, 9.30am-3.30pm. RACHEL RICKETTS - sculpture and paintings, 54 Bridge St, Kington, 10am-3pm. ANGELA SOULIER - jewellery, 37 Duke St, Kington, 11am-5pm. JEREMY ATKINSON - clogs, 44 Duke St, Kington, 2-5pm. JAMES BURNETT-STUART - pottery, Lower Way Farm, Lower Hergest, Kington, 11am-5pm.

Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church St, Kington, HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 www.madeinthemarches.com 30 April, 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival ‘Three of a Kind’. Artisan gallery showing work from local artists and makers, featuring paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, stone, metal, wood, willow, mixed media, gifts, cards and art materials.

30 April - 2 May ‘Homegrown’.

Celebrating the work of Kington’s local artists and makers. Open Tues–Sat, 11am-4pm.

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 30 April ‘Near and Far’.

PHIL CLARK - large gouache paintings and original prints.

Open theatre times.

Holy Trinity Church, Bosbury HR8 1QT 01531 670634 Until 24 April ‘Gethsemane Garments’.

PETER PRIVETT - four large unique hand made textile garments exploring the struggle and suffering but also hope in the world. Open daily in daylight hours. Community cafe Tues, 12.30-3pm at Bosbury Brew.

Hereford College of Arts, College Road Campus, Hereford HR1 1EB 01432 273359 4 April Foundation & Portfolio Open Event, 6pm.

5 April Degree Open Event, 2pm.

21 April Summer Short Courses start.

26 April College Open Event, 6pm.

Book via www.hca.ac.uk Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Rd, Hereford HR1 2UA 01432 263937 www.applestoregallery.com Until 23 April ‘Framework Herefordshire’. Current work by members and their friends.

27 April - 4 June CHRIS WILLIAMS & AMANDA ATTFIELD - oil paintings and bioresin sculptures inspired by the natural world. Wed-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Wobage Makers Gallery, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye HR9 7QP 01989 720495 www.wobage.co.uk March HEILA HERRING - pottery.

ANDREW McGARVA stoneware pots. CLARE McGARVA - stitched textiles. PATIA DAVIS porcelain & earthenware pots. BEN CASSON - furniture. SHEILA CASSON - stoneware & earthenware pots. CLAIR HODGSON - silver.

JEREMY STEWARD - wood-fired salt-glazed pottery. CLYDE HOARE baskets. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, East St, Pembridge HR6 9HB 01544 388842 www.oldchapelgallery.co.uk Until 30 April ‘Song of the Earth’.

Featuring new work by TAMSIN ABBOTT, RACHEL WRIGHT, RACHAEL BLAKEWAY, ELAINE ADAMS and more.

All year ‘Shadows on the Grass’.

Garden sculpture exhibition. A collection of unique sculpture for your outdoor space in a variety of media including ironwork, carved stone, stone resin, bronze resin, ceramic and stainless steel. Open Wed-Sat 11am-4.30pm, Sun & Mon by appointment.

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Gallery 54, 54 High St, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 April New work from TRACY HUNT, AMANDA HENNER & RACHEL SUDWORTH, plus gallery artists.

Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome WR6 5BT 01885 490839 www.greenstagegallery.co.uk 1 April - 22 May Easter Show.

Featuring new work by MATT CLARKE, SALLY STAFFORD, SARA HAYWARD MA (RCA) & ARTHUR PIERCE. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4pm.

The Basement, 18 Gloucester Rd, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5BU email gabydevitt@live.com Beautiful handwoven lampshades, fabrics, pottery, willow baskets and glass. Also a range of eclectic lighting.

Open Wed-Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Made in Ross, The Upstairs Gallery, Market House, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5NX 01989 769398 www.madeinross.co.uk April Made in Ross.

A co-operative of local art and craft makers who produce a wide range of beautiful work, for all tastes and budgets. Open daily, 10am-4pm.

SHROPSHIRE Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023 www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 1 - 30 April JULIA BATH - local landscapes. 10am-4pm.

(Please check before travelling).

2 April Antiques and Flea Market.

5 May - 4 June RICHARD OWEN. 10am-4pm. (Please check before travelling).

6 May Antiques and Flea Market.

9am-4pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 4 Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 www.twenty-twenty.co.uk Until 16 April ‘Boundaries’.

SARAH PURVEY. 23 April - 14 May ‘Collage’. PETER MONAGHAN, MICK HUTCHINGS, ROSA ROBERTS, NICKY KNOWLES, DENNIS FARRELL & YVETTE GLAZE. Open Wed-Sat 10.30am-4pm.

The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury 01743 234970 1 - 29 April ‘Wild Nocturnes: Stories from the Other World’. JOSEPH COYLE presents stories from Shropshire and British folklore featuring work in a variety of media including paintings, illustration, poetry, hand-crafted dolls and artefacts.

Tues-Fri 10am-4.30pm.

Ogilvie Vaile Conservation, Unit 9, Lower Buckton Barns, between Leintwardine and Brampton Bryan SY7 0JU 07780 616067 www.ogilvievaile.com Specialising in the conservation and restoration of fine art.

Ragleth Gallery, 1 Sandford Place, Church Stretton SY6 6DY 01694 723225 A contemporary gallery full of original art, inspired by the landscape and wildlife of the Shropshire Hills.

Sculpture, paintings, ceramics, glass, jewellery, prints, photographs, automata and more. Mon & Tue 10am-5pm, Thurs - Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

The Artists’ Gallery, Ludlow Farm (formerly Ludlow Food Centre), Bromfield, Ludlow SY8 2JR 07974 652866 April Artists include SHELLY PERKINS - wildlife artist. PRISCILLA HANN - bronze sculpture. DANIELLE FLOWERS - contemporary jewellery.

KIM DAVIS - wood turning.

MEGAN EVANS - collagraph prints.

JAN JAY - textile designs and screen prints. PIP JONES - watercolours.

SARAH BILLINGHAM - pottery.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. www.theartistsgalleryludlow.co.uk Open daily 10am-5pm.

Facebook - The Artists’ Gallery.

Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, The Music Hall, Market Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1LG 01743 258881 Until 5 June ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists’.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk www.theartistsgalleryludlow.co.uk 01584 878141 Until 7 May ‘Two Ways of Looking Exhibition’. Four artists with distinctive individual styles share their versions of our world. Open theatre times.

Smithy Studio, Brampton Bryan SY7 0DH 07811 042478 Rustic homewares, fine art and craft.

Local makers. Turned wood, slipware, lavender products, textiles, cards and gifts. Thurs-Sat 11am-4pm.

Art & Craft Workshops Single, dated listings are free.

Ongoing workshops, £40 per year.

VILLAGE ART CLUBS Love art? Come and join us! Friendly, local clubs with professional tuition run for three terms per year.

Beginners and experienced painters all welcome. Call Liz on 07938 563716 or see the website for details - www.villageartclubs.co.uk

CHILDREN’S SEWING WORKSHOP Do you have a child who would like to learn to sew or one who already loves to? Then let them come and join Lazy Daisy Chains at Make-it-Happen’s lovely studio in Hereford. Here we hold our monthly, Saturday morning workshops, (usually the second Saturday in the month.)

These workshops are designed for children aged 7-11 and no experience is necessary. All materials and tuition are included. The cost is £15. For more details have a look at our fb page, https://www.facebook.com/lazydaisychains or contact Andrea on 07709939503. Bookings can be made via https://www.make-ithappencreativedreams. com/book-online where forthcoming workshops are also listed.

ONLINE ART CLASS Would you like to learn how to paint or improve on the skills you already have? All you need is access to Zoom.

Also art tuition and home school art classes for 11-18 year olds. Stephen Hand, stephen@handdrawnart.co.uk 07786 934880.

ALEX ALLPRESS POTTERY SCHOOL - POTTERY WORKSHOPS Church Street, Builth Wells, LD2 3BS, Powys. Courses/workshop throughout the year.

Throwing, Hand building, glazing, kiln firing and much more. Clay and equipment and your own wheel included.

For more details 07443 875016. alexallpressceramics@ gmail.com / alexallpress.co.uk GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Discover your creative potential at my workshops covering, Art, Textiles and Sewing Techniques, catering for the experienced and inexperienced. Dates to suit you.

01432 760961.

STONE CARVING WORKSHOPS Monthly in Llangarron HR9 6PH. Glenn Morris, sculptor, leads an informal, friendly group. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience. Full tuition, safety equipment and tools provided. Stone available if required.

Copious refreshments guaranteed. 01989 770776.

Frances@artsinthemarches.co.uk BASKETMAKING USING RUSH Presteigne. Courses available throughout the year covering many techniques. Small groups and all levels taught.

All materials and equipment included. For more information see Rushmorebaskets.com or contact Clair at rushmorebaskets@gmail.com 07713 514902.

CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors, all based in beautiful countryside with outstanding views and local produce. We offer a wide range of courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, Enamelled Jewellery, Felt-making, Glass Fusing, Hand Block Printing, Hedgerow Medicine, Mosaics, Painting, Pastels, Photography, Plant Dyeing, Spinning and Weaving, Rag Rug Making, Sewing, Stained Glass, Stonecarving, Woodblock printing, Drawing and Upholstery. For full details visit www.creativebreaks. co.uk Make it yourself - take it home - treasure it – or give it with pride!

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THE ARTHOUSE STUDIO Creative workshops including lino printing, glass fusing, jewellery making, fabric printing, traditional glass painting, stained glass. The Art House Studio, Weobley, 07467 941208, www.thearthousestudio.co.uk 10am -1pm £38 per person all inclusive. Cawley Hall, Eye Lane, Leominster HR6 0DS book: www.cawleyhall.org.uk or 07970 627770

Sat 2 April HAVE A GO AT PRINTING WITH LITTER! Artist Megan Evans will teach you how to turn trash into artistic treasure in this printing workshop. Ludlow Mascall Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm & 2.30pm-4.30pm, £30 per workshop, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Sun 3 April CREATIVE PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP Get out and about with photographer Ashleigh Cadet and learn how to bring creativity and originality to your mobile phone camera. Meet at Ludlow Mascall Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm & 2.30pm-4.30pm, £25, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Sat 9 April COPPERPLATE CALLIGRAPHY Workshop with Rachel Yallop. Monkland VH, Leominster.

10-4pm. £25 (£20 members) To book 01544 327657.

Marches Scribes.

Tues 19 April EASTER FAMILY CRAFT DAY Crafting activities suitable for the whole family. Make a selection of crafts to take home and discover more about the Easter story. Hereford Cathedral, 11am-3pm, £2.50, www.herefordcathedral.org Starting Sat 23 April BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION INTRODUCTORY COURSE For beginners/improvers wanting to draw and paint plants. Introductory session followed by Sat 7 May Sat 11 June. Adforton, near Leintwardine, 2-5pm, £20 per session, refreshments included. Enquiries and booking: info@paviouranddaviesplants.co.uk Sun 24 April YOUNG PEOPLE’S PAINTING WORKSHOP For ages 8-12 years. An exciting painting experience with abstract artist Kate Freeman. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-4pm, booking essential, www.glasburyarts.co.uk Wed 27 April FELTED 3D BIRD HOUSE WORKSHOP Create a beautiful hanging felt bird house. Cawley Hall, Leominster, HR6 0DS, 10am-12.30pm, £28, includes all materials, tea and cake, 07970 627770, www.cawleyhall. org.uk Wed 4, 11, 18 & 25 May PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Four week course led by Frances Whitfield, will guide you through the process of printmaking from concept to final product. Pot and Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, www.potandpage.co.uk April LEDBURY LETTERING FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS 19 Apr- Introduction to a Celtic Script, Art Nouveau Lettering, Little Folded Books. 22 Apr - Dogs Eels & Dragons - Celtic Capitals. 23 Apr - Modern Calligraphy, Drawing with a Pointed Pen. All workshops are half-day and cost £25. For further info and to receive a programme, please contact Caroline on 01531 634571, e:ilovelettering@outlook.com April & May MID WALES ARTS CENTRE 2 & 3 April - Ceramic Surface Decoration with Owen Thorpe, 10am-4pm, £150 for both days.

2 April - ‘Unearthed’. Creative workshop exploring our relationships with local landscape, the environment and current issues, 11am-3pm, free. 9 April & 28 May - Enamelling Workshops with Jill Leventon, 10am-4pm, £75 per day. 10 April - Screenprinting with Emma Aldridge and Jacqui Dodds, £60. 15 - 17 April - Easter Egg Hunt, 10 minute slots from 10am-4pm, £2. Weekly Pottery Clubs for Adults, Thurs 2-4pm & 7-9pm, Wed 7-9pm, Fri 11am-1pm. Home Education Club, Wed 2-4pm. After-School Club, Thurs 5-6.30pm. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Newtown, 01686 688369.

Museum of Welsh Textiles

Spring Summer Exhibition

Welsh Folk Costume A fine collection of Welsh Costume, Textiles.

With a selection of Antique Textiles & Blankets for sale in the Gallery.

Alongside changing exhibitions of Art and Antiques.

Open from Spring By Appointment.

To visit please phone to book ahead 01547 560936 THE OLD SCHOOL, WHITTON, LD7 1NP info@radnoshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org

April SIDNEY NOLAN TRUST WORKSHOPS 14 April - Cyanotype Workshop. Learn about the art of cyanotype photography, 2-4pm, £15 per person, includes one free child. 30 April - Caring for your Family Photographs. Sarah Allen, an award-winning Photographic Materials conservator, will explain what photographs are, give an overview of their history and demonstrate how you can take simple steps to preserve your photographs.

11am-1pm, £15. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, to book email info@sidneynolantrust.org April EASTNOR POTTERY INTO TO THE POTTERS WHEEL £49 per person.

Perfect indoor activity for individuals, couples and small groups. 1.5 hr sessions take place on specific dates through the Spring and Summer. Please check availability and book online. POTTERS WHEEL COURSES 1, 2, & 30 April. £150 per person. Spend the day relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. Please book online.

CLAY MODELLING ‘NEST MAKING!’ 12, 13, 19 & 20 April. £25 per person. Spring flavoured Family Pottery Fun. Please book online www.eastnorpottery.co.uk Email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886.

April & May RAG RUG MAKING DAY WORKSHOPS Creative recycling with Jenni Stuart-Anderson.

Suit beginners and returners. 2 April & 28 May - Day Workshop, Learn progging and hooking for recycling textiles. Leysters & Middleton Parish Hall, Leysters, HR6 0HP, 10am-4pm, £60 includes beverages and hessian, 01568 750229, email jenni.ragrugs@freeuk.com www.jenniragrugs.com

April & May THE HIVE WORKSHOPS Fri 13 May - Making it Green: A Pathway to EcoFriendly Art. Full course of four workshops, for ages 16+. 1.30pm, £80. Workshop 1 - The Creativity vs The Destruction Paradox, special focus on Land Art and reducing, reusing and recycling. Workshop 2 - Special focus on using organic materials from the natural world.

Workshop 3 - Special focus on installation art and performance art. Workshop 4 - Special focus on digital art, video and photography. Every Tues - Life Drawing for all ages, 7-9pm. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970.

April & May VICKI NORMAN WORKSHOPS 5 - 7 April - Applying Colour Theory in Your Paintings.

25 - 30 April - St Ives Sketchbook Break. 12 - 21 May Morocco Mountains and Medinas. Following in the footsteps of the famous painter of Kasbahs, Jacques Majorelle, for artists and adventure lovers on this Art Safari. 24 - 26 May - 3 Day Painting Retreat at Acton Scott Hall. Vicki Norman Art School, 21 Mill St, Bridgnorth, WV15 5AF, www.vickinormanstudio.com Tuesdays DRINK AND DRAW Weekly life drawing class. Bring your own materials, just turn up. Upstairs in De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9.30pm, £8, 01432 357753.

Wednesdays INFORMAL ART GROUP All welcome, help given if required. The Old School Community Hub, New Radnor, 2-4pm, 01544 350242.

Thursdays HEREFORD LIFE DRAWING The Courtyard, Hereford, 10am-1pm, £7.50, 01432 340555.

Specialising in the conservationrestoration of works of art on paper and archive material.

Unit 9, Lower Buckton Barns, between Leintwardine and Brampton Bryan, SY7 0JU.

Please call or email Louise Vaile for appointments and further information.

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cinema THE DUKE (12)

The much delayed release of late director Roger (NOTTING HILL) Michell’s penultimate film is unashamed feelgood fare with the underlying social messaging that he successfully deployed in VENUS and LE WEEKEND. Here his protagonist is Geordie workers’ right activist Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent, also LE WEEKEND’s star) who in 1961 with son Jackie (Fionn Whitehead), elects to cunningly steal Goya’s Portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery and use the reward money to fund t.v. licences for Britain’s pensioners. Based on a true story, Michell take few liberties with the actuality, especially the ensuing court scene when Bunton claims he merely ‘borrowed’ the painting, but much of the film’s beguiling narrative comes from his relationship with long-suffering wife Dorothy (Helen Mirren employing a rather dodgy Geordie accent). And thanks to clever use of period news footage and production design, THE DUKE looks as good as it feels.

All reviews by Mark Williams

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 1, 4, 7 April THE BATMAN (15) 5 & 7 April HIVE (15) 8, 9, 11 & 12 April THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (12A) 12 April CRIES AND WHISPERS (15) 14 April COPPELIA (U) 14 & 15 April SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (U) 18 April THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (15) Stunt co-ordinator and performer Justin Pearson will be giving a talk about his remarkable career followed by the screening of one of the films he’s worked on.

25 April MURINA (15) 26 April THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (15) Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow, www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk 01584 878141

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

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4 April MAHANAGAR / BIG CITY 2 May SORRY WE MISSED YOU Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

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

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 1 April WESTSIDE STORY (12A) 15 April HOUSE OF GUCCI (15) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard.

01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 - 7 April CYRANO (ctbc) Until 4 April BOILING POINT (15) 1 - 14 April THE BEATLES: GET BACK (12A) 4 - 7 April SIDESHOW (15) 8 - 14 April THE BATMAN (15) 8 - 28 April THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (ctbc) 9 - 14 April HIVE (12A) 16 - 23 April SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (ctbc) 9 April ENCANTO (U) Special sing along screening.

19 - 21 April SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME (12A) 23 April CULT CLASSIC: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (12A) 22 - 30 April THE NORTHMAN (ctbc) 25 April MYSTERY FILM The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford 01432 340555

Flicks in The Sticks is offering 20 local venues the opportunity to donate their ticket sales to Ukraine or refugee charities in neighbouring countries.

To find out which film events apply, look out for the ‘This is a support event for Ukraine’ message alongside the film listing on the website. www.artslive.co.uk 4 April HAPPY AS LAZZARO (12A) Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre 01952 433297 4 April CRUELLA (12) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 5 April THE FATHER (12A) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 6 April WEST SIDE STORY (2021) (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295 7 April THE COURIER (12A) Bagley Sports & Social Club 07776 378622 7 April THE COURIER (12A) Brilley VH 01544 327227 7 April THE MARTIAN (12A) Lindridge Parish Hall 01584 881615 8 April THE COURIER (12A) Clungunford VH 01588 660159 8 April JUDY (12A) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797932 8 April GIRLFRIENDS (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 8 April MR JONES (2019) (15) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 07726 148736 8 April OFFICIAL SECRETS (15) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 9 April ROCKETMAN (15) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 07843 413653 9 April RESPECT (12A) Martley Memorial Hall 01886 888406 12 April STORM BOY (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 12 April UNDER THE TREE (15) Ashford Carbonell VH 01584 831574 13 April WOMAN AT WAR (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 14 April THE DEATH OF STALIN Leintwardine Community Centre 07572 442903 15 April HOW TO BUILD A GIRL (15) Shifnal VH 01952 462787

16 April JOJO RABBIT (12A) Hanley Broadheath VH 07972 183164 16 April THE LAST DUEL (18) Lindridge Parish Hall 01584 881615 16 April MOTHERING SUNDAY (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 17 April LA TOURNEUSE DE PAGES (15) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 20 April THE ALPINIST (12A) Chetton VH 01746 789257 21 April MOTHERING SUNDAY (15) Claverley VH 01746 710528 21 April MILITARY WIVES (12A) Pencombe & Little Cowarne Parish Hall 01885 400311 21 April THE NEST (15) Diddlebury VH 07375 326381 22 April OFFICIAL SECRETS (15) Marton VH 01743 792790 22 April VENUS (15) Priest Weston VH 07912 274891 23 April OFFICIAL SECRETS (15) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 592273 26 April PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY (U) Loppington VH 01939 809236 28 April THE BAKER (12) Almeley VH 07557 659291 28 April HOUSE OF GUCCI (15) Goodrich VH 01600 890609

29 April MR JONES (2019) (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 29 April LOST IN PARIS (12) Stoke Prior VH 07850 030821 30 April NO TIME TO DIE (12A) Trefonen VH 01691 657011

THE EDGE, MUCH WENLOCK 4 April CUELLA (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

THE HIVE, SHREWSBURY 1 April THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (U) 22 April THE PERFECT CANDIDATE (PG) 6 May UNDER THE TREE (15) The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 234970

MKT. THEATRE, LEDBURY 1 April PIXIE (15) 8 April GIRLFIRENDS (PG) Market Theatre, Market St, Ledbury 07967 517125

PRESTEIGNE SCREEN 1 April MARTIN EDEN (15) 22 April ANOTHER ROUND (12A) www.presteignescreen.org.uk Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, doors open 7.30pm, 8pm start.

01544 370202, 01544 260577

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 22, 23, 25 - 27 April THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (12A) Regal Cinema, Teme St, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442

SAVOY, MONMOUTH 12 April MINARI (PG) Savoy Theatre, Church St, Monmouth 01600 772467

SPARC, BISHOP’S CASTLE 12 April STORM BOY (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS Until 2 April THE BATMAN (15) Until 3 April DEATH ON THE NILE (12A) Until 6 April THE DUKE (12A) 2 - 7 April BELFAST (12A) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 2 April DON CARLOS Metropolitan Opera. Encore.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555.

2 April RIGOLETTO Royal Opera House. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.15pm, 01584 878141.

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HIVE (15)

Based on another but much darker true story, Kosovan writer/ director Blerta Basholli’s Sundance-winning debut begins with Fahrije Hoti (an electrifying Yllka Gashi) doggedly searching for the body of her husband who ‘disappeared’ during the Kosovo war. In the small town where one of that conflict’s worst massacres occurred, the few males left are misogynistic elders who seem to spend all their time drinking coffee and carping and have little truck with Fahrije’s quest whilst she also struggles to support her children from bee-keeping. This disapproval is amplified when she decides to learn to drive and then starts a small business making both honey and a savoury condiment, a business which gradually attracts other young, mainly dispossessed women. The sense of determination, righteous indignation and subtle tension Basholli infuses her film with is palpable and has added resonance in the light of the current, unspeakable Ukrainian tragedy. A gripping ‘must see’.

5 April EASTER IN ART Exhibitions on Screen. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

7 April RIGOLETTO Royal Opera House. Encore.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555.

13 April LA TRAVIATA Royal Opera House. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 6.30pm, 07967 517125.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 6.45pm, 01588 630321.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.45pm, 01432 340555. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 6.45pm, 01874 611622.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.45pm, 01584 811442. The Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 6.45pm, 01600 719401.

Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 6.45pm, 01743 281281.

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17 April LA TRAVIATA Royal Opera House. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555.

La Traviata

21 April HENRY V National Theatre. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 822010.

The Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7pm, 01584 878141.

24 April MERLIN Northern Ballet. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 2.30pm, 01885 488575.

27 April LA TRAVIATA Royal Opera House. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

28 April HENRY V National Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays FILM MAKING CLUB The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.15pm & 6.45pm, £73 per term, 01432 340555.

dance Dance Workshops

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

Tues 5 April NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES - WATCH DANCE CLASS Get a unique behind-the-scenes look at how the dancers prepare just hours before a show.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 12.30pm, free, but booking required, 01743 281281.

ALANYA’S BELLYDANCE CLUB - OPEN LEVEL Bodenham Parish Hall, HR1 3LB. 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month, 1.00-3.30pm. No-obligation taster, then pay per term. For full information visit www.alanyabellydance. com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

Ian Waite & Vincent Simone

Dance Performance Tues 5 April NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES Dance to reconnect us to our theatres, ourselves and ...

One Another. Ludo by Caroline Finn, Codi by Anthony Matsena and A New Work by Andrea Costanzo Martini.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17/£13, children/ students £9, 01743 281281.

Tues 26 April REMEMBERING THE OSCARS Oscar winning songs with Strictly’s favourite couple, Aliaz and Janette. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £45-£27.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 27 April EVERYTHING (BUT THE GIRL) 2FACED DANCE. A triple bill of emotionally charged lung-busting physicality. For ages 11+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

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Thurs 5 May IAN WAITE & VINCENT SIMONE STRICLTY THEATRE COMPANY. The Ballroom Boys double act presenting an evening of old-fashioned variety - dance comedy and song. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, VIP £63, Premium £39, standard £35. (VIP Meet & Greet pre-show, 90 minutes before the show begins).

01686 948100.

Starting January LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Mon 3 Jan - Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY 7.30-8.30pm. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY, 7.30-8.30pm. Tues 4 Jan - Pembridge Village Hall, HR6 9EB, 7.30-8.30pm. Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT, 7.30-8.30pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ, 7.30-8.30pm. Wed 5 Jan - Burford Village Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8LA, 7.30-8.30pm. Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Malvern, WR14 4LR, 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners Jive. 8.30-9.30pm, Intermediate Jive. Thurs 6 Jan - Ledbury Dance Studio, Bye Street, HR8 2AA, 7.30-8.30pm.

Abberley Village Hall, WR6 6AZ, 7.30-8.30pm. Sun 9 Jan - Eardisley Village Hall, HR3 6NH, 7.30-8.30pm. For more information please e-mail info@coolmovesdance.co.uk Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

JENNY PIPES MORRIS is a lively well established, all-woman’s Morris Side looking for musicians and dancers to join us! Traditional Morris, folk or other musicians welcome. All abilities of dancers welcome. We dance Cotswold and Border Morris, practicing on Thursday evenings at Stoke Prior Village Hall, Leominster.

Contact Rose 01584 810101.

Everything (But The Girl)

COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES Tues - Zumba, 1-2pm, £5.50 per session. Fri - Chance to Dance for the over 50s, 10.15am-11.15pm, £5 per session.

Tues - Laura Gale Contemporary Dance, energetic class for beginners and experienced dancers, 8-9pm, £8 drop in or £39 for 6 weeks. Tues - Laura Gale Street Jazz, 7-8pm, £8 drop in, £39 for 6 weeks. Thurs - Silver Swans Adult Ballet for the over 55s, 1.30-2.30pm, £5 per session.

Fri - Dancing Tots for ages 2-4 years, 11.30am-12.15pm, £4 per child. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

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

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561.

Tuesdays FOXWELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing? We practice every Tues evening at 7.30pm in Moccas Village Hall from Sept to May. Mainly dances from the Cotswolds, but also some from the Welsh Borders. All sexes welcome, and ability to dance not necessary! Beginners welcome. Contact Paul 01497 821003 or Jed 07549 096291.

Wednesdays CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre, 2-3.30pm. Kathryn 01568 616411 or 01584 877446.

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

Wednesday mornings & Thursday evenings TUDOR & MEDIEVAL DANCE Would you like to learn to do Tudor and Medieval dances?

Come and join us in Leominster on Wednesday mornings or Thursday evenings. Beginners welcome; no previous experience necessary. Contact Maureen Crumpler on 01568 613477 or email alancapriole@talktalk.net Thursdays WILD WEST SALSA Left Bank Village, Bridge St, Hereford, 7.45pm, £6, students £5, social dance only £4, 01432 357753.

Fridays CHANCE TO DANCE For the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am, £4.50, 01432 340555.

Fridays DANCING TOTS For ages 2-4 years. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11.30am, £4, 01432 340555.

Fortnightly Sunday HIGHFLYERS YOUTH DANCE COMPANY For ages 11-18 with disabilities or additional needs and their siblings. All welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 2-4pm, 01743 234970 or email Rachel youthsidance@gmail.com

food page The Bull’s Head, Craswall

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R Pernickety, with his Lovely Companion had driven to Hay under a soggy sky the hue and texture of cold porridge. Beyond this was the prospect of visiting an isolated pub on the windswept flanks of the Black Mountains to eat dinner without wine (due to Lenten abstinence) in order to appraise it for the readers of the Woolly Organ.

Luckily as they crossed the Wye, the rain ceased, ragged blue patches appeared in the west, and Mr Pernickety’s habitual though often inconvenient optimism was restored before they had started the six mile climb up winding lanes that lead to the scattered village of Craswall.

Mr P had not visited the Bull’s Head for over ten years.

It had always been for him a place of rare isolation and special character. For many decades it had existed as a remnant from a past century, with ancient peeling paper on the walls, heavily worn flagstones, and smoke blackened beams adorned with well-rusted banausic utensils – peat spades, dagging shears and such. On his last visit the pub had recently been taken over by the Mackintosh family who had gone some way to destroying the shabby inner charm of the place and were serving inappropriate food on square slate platters – a then prevailing though mercifully transient trend among pretentious restaurants. Soon after, the true intentions of the Mackintoshes were revealed when they closed the place and applied for permission to convert it into a private dwelling – an exercise which if successful can be very profitable indeed. After a prolonged local campaign to save the Bull’s Head, the planners did the honourable thing and the Mackintoshes slunk away.

Nevertheless, the building remained unused for several years until the beastly virus struck, when a White Knight appeared and bought the place.

As they approached the pub on a dark Friday night, Mr Pernickety must admit to some misgivings. There was a blaze of lights such as you might see on the promenade of a small seaside resort, and as they drew alongside, it was clear that a great deal of money had been spent. Mr P’s first reaction was a disappointed sourness in the back of his throat. They pulled into a tidy carpark next to a large open-sided oak structure housing tables and barbeque paraphernalia. At least, Mr P thought, the work was finely done which made up a little for the use of geologically inappropriate gravel – Cotswold cream in a region of old red sandstone.

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The pub itself had been painted too pristine; concrete steps, in accordance with the government’s Health and Efficiency laws, had replaced some (though thankfully not all) of the ancient cobbled path. In a nod to tradition, the loos are still housed separately, requiring a stroll through the wind and rain (though now they are easier on the olfactories) The interior has been Farrowed and Balled (or possibly Edward Bulmered) into submission, but the age-worn floors are still there, as are the beams and old

serving hatches, and the furniture is of an appropriately battered rustic character. Log burners push out good natural heat and the overall impression is one of more or less acceptable bucolic chic.

In any case what negative thoughts this may have created in the critical eyes of Mr P and his LC was soon trumped by the food they were served. They were happy with their table, Mr P perched on a settle with a thick sheep skin to soften the plank seat, amid slightly bare grey walls and glass shaded pendant lights that could have been dimmer. Reading the menu, they were aware that all the meat and much of the veg was grown or reared on the nearby farm of the family who had saved the place – a London-trained chef and a first-generation farmer of regenerative principles, with all the freshness of vision that implies – producing a menu that shone with creativity.

First the LC chose a conflation of Smoked Anchovies, Leeks Vinaigrette and Crispy Duck Egg. There was, she said smiling, an immediate uplift in the contrast between these distinctive elements, while Mr P found his Parmesan Croquettes crunchy and cheesily succulent. Then he chose a braised shoulder of hogget (a teenage sheep), slow and deliciously cooked with lentils, capers and beetroot, a novel and happy pairing, served with good buttery mash.

The LC who loves steak’n’frites above all things, was served a most flavoursome piece of beef (home grown Hereford or Belted Galloway according to the engaging young woman who served them). Her chips, cooked in beef dripping, were a special bonus. Mr P naturally helped himself to a slice of meat; it was perfect. It was worth noting that both these brilliantly prepared dishes were priced at £24 – not especially cheap but, astonishingly, the same price that Mr P had paid for a vile cassoulet at the Blue Boar in Hay a month before (see March’s Broadsheep).

They ended their dinner with a flourish – a sublime and glorious tiramisu which Mr P can still taste.

It was, if Mr Pernickety is to be frank, a challenge to eat great food without wine, but happily this didn’t diminish the enjoyment at all, but had he and the LC been drinking, the wine list looked fair and balanced, with a good house wine at £20 and a civilised-looking claret at £99.

What the hell, Mr P thought, there’ll be a next time.

Mr Pernickety - info@misterpermickety.com

EVENTS

Fri 1 April WINE TASTING WITH HAY WINES West Malvern Social Club, 145 West Malvern Rd, Malvern, 8pm, £15, 07583 410254.

Fri 1 April SWAN BREWERY, LEOMINSTER Tasting Day with The Beefy Boys plus live music, launching Swansong 4.4% farewell golden ale, both 10am-7pm, Swan Brewery, Unit 17, Brunel Rd, Enterprise Park, Leominster, 01568 617709.

Sat 9 & Sun 10 April SHROPSHIRE TASTY TRAIL Across a beautiful private estate in Ellesmere. All food and drink served is from the local area. Also a 7.5 mile walk and live music. www.shropshiretastytrails.co.uk April & May POT & PAGE, LEDBURY 8 April - Little Bento Box Pop Up, plant based sushi platters, 7pm. 13 May - Natural Wine & Cheese Tasting.

In partnership with Hay Wines, introducing natural wines and plant based cheese pairings, 7.30pm.

27 May - Amelia Earhart: A Journey Through Food.

In partnership with VegLifeEats to recreate a journey through food, 7pm, £30. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, www.potandpage.co.uk Every Saturday LUDLOW COUNTRY MARKET 9am-12pm at The Womens Centre, Ludlow. Local produce, handicrafts, plants & veg, cut flowers, cards.

First Saturday of every month (except August) FARMER’S MARKET Produce, craft, gifts, kitchen cafe open. Eaton Bishop Village Hall, 10am-12pm.

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

The best collection of artisan food producers in the area.

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

2nd Saturday of every month LEOMINSTER FARMER’S MARKET Corn Square, 9am-1pm, 01568 797427.

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

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

First Thursday EVENING FARMER’S MARKET The Barn, Ledbury, HR8 1EA, 6-8pm. www.ledburyfoodgroup.org Every Thursday MONTGOMERY TOWN MARKET Regular stalls on the lower floor. First Thurs of the month, using both floors with community cafe. Open 9am-3pm, www.montgomery-wales.co.uk/market 07790 100462.

Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-2.30pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk Every 2nd & 4th Thursday LUDLOW LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET Castle Square, 9am-2pm, 01584 872043.

Every Friday KINGTON PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

FOOD BYTES

Why not advertise? Only £40 per year.

AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc.

Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Tues-Sat 9.30am-3pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

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

PLANTASTIK cic, 15 WEST ST, LEOMINSTER’s new cafe serving plant-based food from supermarket waste produce. Open Fridays and Saturdays 10am-3pm.

Lunches from 11am, cakes, drinks, vegan pastries from Alex Gooch on Fridays. Run by volunteers. plantastik@myphone.coop POT & PAGE, 8 NEW STREET, LEDBURY HR8 2DX 01531 248743 Bookshop, vegan eatery and events.

Family run plant based eatery, serving wholesome home cooked food with an emphasis on fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. Open Wed-Sun. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Eco cleaning products & refills. Large range of groceries & wholefoods. The Old Garage Shop Knighton LD7 1EN. Wed. - Fri. 9 - 4, Sat. 10 - 2. Free parking.

Thursday morning market stall in Presteigne.

Local deliveries of veg. boxes. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk RUTH WATSON RESTAURANTEUR AND PRIVATE COOK. Bespoke Food for all Occasions. Parties, special occasions, holiday home catering, pop-up food. Friendly personal service. Ring or email: 01544 350559/ 07870 752325. ruthwatsonfood@gmail.com ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPICE COFFEE & BOOKS, UNIT 6-8 STATION YARD, LEOMINSTER, HR6 8TN (near Hintons).

Large range of specialist and fiction books, maps, CDs, DVDs, vinyl and sheet music. Local coffee, light meals, homemade soup, cakes and scones. Open 9am-4pm, free parking.

THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes.

Wed-Sat 10am - 4pm.

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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE

GROOVE ARMADA (TOM FINDLAY)

DJANGO DJANGO (DJ SET) • TALVIN SINGH NABIHAH IQBAL • AYANNA WITTER JOHNSON STEAM DOWN • CAMILLE OʼSULLIVAN • NEMONE

PORIJ • GIRLS OF THE INTERNET • FINDLAY • MR BRUCE• HONEYGLAZE KING CHARLES • DOWDELIN • PEANESS • KIZZY CRAWFORD • CERYS HAFANA SHUNAJI• HUSSY • FLATS & SHARPS • AILSA TULLY • CABLE STREET COLLECTIVE CHLOE FOY • CLARA MANN • BLAENAVON MALE VOICE CHOIR • MAX GALACTIC• DJ EMMA LATE NIGHT DISCO • LYCRA 80S PARTY • FOLK TENT • THE PEOPLEʼS FRONT ROOM

SPEAKERS

RICHARD DAWKINS • YUVAL NOAH HARARI • SLAVOJ ZIZEK ISY SUTTIE • DOC BROWN • SIR ROGER PENROSE

SABINE HOSSENFELDER • MICHIO KAKU • GILLIAN TETT • STEVEN BERKOFF AARON BASTANI • MARGARET HODGE • DALLAS CAMPBELL, TOMMY CURRY • SIMON BLACKBURN • ALEX OʼCONNOR • RUPERT SHELDRAKE C ATHERINE KATHERINE

HEYMANS ANGEL •

• MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI • SIMON BARON-COHEN • MARY

LISA ANN

R ANDALL SIEGHART

COMEDY

OLGA KOCH • ALFIE BROWN • JESSICA FOSTEKEW JOZ

NORRIS

STUART

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LAWS

SUNIL •

PATEL AMY

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PIERRE

GLEDHILL

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MICKY

ERIKA

EHLER

OVERMAN

music

APRIL Fri 1 April THE SIRINU ENSEMBLE ‘Miri it is!’ A quartet of voices, harp, positive organ, shawm, lute and gittern.

Norman and medieval music for the reopening of the Castle. The Castle, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, www.haymusic.org ALMIGHTY JOHNSONS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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

CHINA CRISIS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £29, 01743 281281.

CAPTAIN STINGRAY’S GROOVE MACHINE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

ROCK FOR UKRAINE Mid Wales Musicians Stand Together with Ukraine. Check social media for updates. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk FRANK SINATRA: HIS WAY Award winning singer Robert Habermann sings the songs and tells the remarkable story of ‘Ol Blue Eyes’.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

BABAR BAND Plays tropical vibes. Plus DJ Just Jay. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

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WOUNDED SPIRIT Rock/pop originals. Albert’s Shed, Southwater Way, Telford, 9pm, 01952 929340.

FRONT RUNNER Plus Richard Fleming and Friends, food

by The Beefy Boys. Tasting Day at the Swan Brewery, Leominster, HR6 0LX, 10am-9pm, 01568 617709.

MARK LATIMER & TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

Sat 2 April THE BROTHERS GILLESPIE Northumbrian folk duo. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, 01497 821762.

REGGULITES 7-piece band. Plus DJ Rich Riddim.

Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, £5 in advance, £7 on the door.

ROCK FOR UKRAINE Mid Wales Musicians Stand Together with Ukraine. Check social media for updates. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk MARCHES CHOIR & SINFONIA Mozart’s Requiem, together with his jubilant Regina Coeli and Violin Concerto No 4 in D. St John’s Church, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £15 (children/ students free), 01588 650315, www.ticketsource.co.uk or on the door.

THE BAREBACKS Ultimate party band. Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

CLUN VALLEY JAZZ Featuring Ivo Neame Quartet.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 07768 504322, clunvalleyjazz@gmail.com

THE KILKENNYS Old Irish folk songs and new songs of their own. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21.50, 01743 281281.

AFTER IMAGE The Vaga, Hereford, 8.30pm.

CATCH 22 Covers band. The Stag, 15 Great Oak St, Llanidloes, 8.30pm, free, with donations for the band, 07580 210169.

THE FLEETWOOD MAC SONGBOOK Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

PAUL PARKER & ALL THE RIGHT FRIENDS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BACK TO THE 80’S With DJ legend Roddy Hankins.

The Left Bank, Hereford, 8pm, £10, 01432 357753.

Hope Cramsie

LITTLE RUMBA + ANDRE VOITURE ROUGE ON DECKS Little Rumba’s first Presteigne gig for two and half years! Little Rumba’s sound has touches of Eastern Europe and South America, as well as jazz and blues; with beautiful melodies, infectious beats and songs that tell stories.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £12, from The Workhouse (cash only) and www.wegottickets.com THE JOHN CUBBIN BAND Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

HOPE CRAMSIE + NUADHA QUARTET Hope Cramsie, classical guitarist starts an evening of musical delight. Followed

by Nuadha Quartet, jazz with Chris Egan and friends. Llanwarne Village Hall, 7.30pm, free entry thanks to Community First Cultural Recovery Fund and Herefordshire Council.

Please LF Test before arriving.

WHOLE LOTTA DC AC/DC tribute band. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

CANDY MOUNTAIN With special guests Jesse and Tom Crow. Brecon Tap, 6 Bulwark, Brecon, 8.30pm, free, www.midwalesrandb.club THE FLEETWOOD MAC SONGBOOK Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

ALIVE AND BREL Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

OWEN MONEY’S JUKEBOX HEROES 3 Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Sun 3 April LIVE TRAD JAZZ Featuring The Cider City Jazz Band.

Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 8pm, £8, 01432 276304.

HR4K OPEN MIC NIGHT Unit 12a, Thorn Business Park, Hereford, HR2 6JT, 7.30pm. Contact martinchapple1@gmail.com BROMYARD CHORAL SOCIETY ‘Happy and Glorious’. Songs for a Royal celebration. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 2pm, 01885 488575.

JOHN HALLAM With the Graham Smith Quartet. Swing night. Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, 8pm, £10 on the door, www.malverncube.com TOMMY MILLS AND PEDRO BROWN The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 5pm.

KIKI DEE & CARMELO LUGGERI Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £25, 01743 361666.

CHORAL EVENSONG Leominster Priory, 6.30pm.

PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Knighton Community Centre, 3pm, £5 on the door, under 12s free, includes tea and cakes.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

CHRIS MAYFIELD’S APRIL FOOL BAND Blues. The Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 4-7pm. Pre-book your slot - email markianrichards@hotmail. com

Mon 4 April MOJAM Hosted by Roger Penwill. Acoustic guitar and harmony vocals. Brimfield Folk Club, Brimfield Village Hall, Ludlow, 7.30pm.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01584 711480. Please bring your own drinks/glasses.

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

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Matt Ridley - The Antidote

ARTIGO SON Plus Lady Baba on the decks. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

FOLK AT THE FALCON Featuring The John Ward Trio with support from les Woodley. The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, drinks available at the bar, 01885 483425, www.folkatthefalcon.com SOLANA The Lost Arc, The Old Drill Hall, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226.

Sat 9 April TABLE SALE St Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton, 10am-12pm, 20p entry. In aid of Knighton & District Refugee Support Group.

Tues 5 April NOXWOOD With Conor Gricmanis. ‘Baroque is Back’. An evening of early chamber music from across Europe. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, £12, 01588 630023, www.ticketsource.co.uk/bcth ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 8pm, 01743 241124.

Wed 6 April WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

RACHEL MCSHANE AND THE CARTOGRAPHERS Veterans of the folk scene. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

THE BIG WEEKEND Friday acoustic session. Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster, 01568 720510.

THE ORIGINAL WANTED Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

MOBIUS LOOP With support from Prem-Seva.

West Malvern Social Club, 8pm, £12 in advance, £14 on the door.

PIGDAZE Wrekin Inn, Telford.

SEAN NOONAN & LIGETI QUARTET The Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 8pm, free, 01600 712767.

LIAM WARD BAND Plus Jane Williams & Pete Mathison.

The Muse at Brecon Old Museum, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7.30pm, www.midwalesrandb.club

Thurs 7 April ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, www.almeleysteadysession.wordpress.com

Fri 8 April NAKATOMI PLAZA The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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LUDLOW ENGLISH SONG WEEKEND Opening recital. “Lord, Come Away!’

Programme includes composers Erik Chisholm, Richard Rodney Bennett, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Edmund Rubbra, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm. ‘Lute Songs

by Candlelight; works by Blow, Dowland, Purcell and Ackroyde, St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 9.30pm, www.ludlowenglishsongweekend.com £230 for all 10 events over three days.

JASPER CARROTT STAND UP & ROCK Jasper Carrott with the Bev Bevan Band and special guest Andy Bennett.

A night of comedy and music. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £31.50, 01686 948100.

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

John Ward Trio Folk at the Falcon

MATT RIDLEY - THE ANTIDOTE An evening of jazz with a focus on melody while drawing on a rich history of influential rock, folk and classical music. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, £23, under 22 £12, 01743 234970.

Shrewsbury Jazz Network.

THE ENDINGS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

OPEN MIC Credenhill Social Club, Hereford, 7.30pm. Contact martinchapple1@ gmail.com BALEARIC BABARS DJ night from Heepsy, Graham and Phil Reese, free before 8pm, £3 after.

REMI HARRIS & TOM MOORE Jazz and blues. The Hub, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £12, 01544 350559.

SOFT ROCK ANTHEMS LIVE Tribute act. The Left Bank Village, Bridge St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £15, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk SHINE ON Five-piece rock/indie/soul covers band.

The Stag, 15 Great Oak St, Llanidloes, 8.30pm, free, with donations for the band, 07580 210169.

WHISKEY RIVER ACOUSTIC QUARTET ‘The Big Weekend’. Finger-lickin’ Roots, Blues, Country, Cajun and Bluegrass. Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster, free.

DJ MAX GALACTIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762.

LUDLOW ENGLISH SONG WEEKEND ‘How English is English Music’. Chaired

by Katy Hamilton, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 10am. ‘Morning Recital My Own Country’ with Benjamin Appl, baritone and Iain Burnside, piano, St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 11.30am. ‘Flight of the Turtle Dove’ with The Carice Singers, St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 2.30pm. ‘Young Composer Recital followed by open discussion’, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 4.30pm, ‘A Brother Abroad’ with works

by Richard Rodney Bennett, Julian Philips, Paul Burnell and Martin Bussey, St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm. www.ludlowenglishsongweekend.com £230 for all 10 events over three days.

GOOD TO GO Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

WILLE & THE BANDITS Classic blues rock band. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, 01874 611622.

FIFI LA MER ‘A Journey into French Music from Offenbach to Gainsbourg’. Be transported to Paris with a repertoire of musical gems, and tales of mystery, romance and heartache. Cawley Hall, Eye, 7.30pm, £15/£8 includes French buffet, 01568 615836. Arts Alive.

Hilary Norris, Herefordshire Composers

Sun 10 April HEREFORDSHIRE COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP Present a concert of new composition for cello and organ to celebrate the coming of Spring. Performed by Joris Boon and Hilary Norris. Leominster Priory, 7pm, £10, under 26 £5 from TIC Leominster and on the door.

LUDLOW ENGLISH SONG WEEKEND ‘Life Writing in Music and Beyond’, a panel discussion chaired by Katy Hamilton, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 10am. ‘Young Artist Masterclass with Marcus Farnsworth and Iain Burnside’, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 11.30am.

‘Closing Recital - Still Alive & Frying Bacon’. Gerald Finzi’s life in songs and letters, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.30pm. www.ludlowenglishsongweekend.com £230 for all 10 events over three days.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 9pm, 01743 241124.

CHORAL EVENSONG Ross Parish Church, 6pm.

BARBARA DICKSON Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £33.50-£29.50 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 4-7pm. Please pre-book your slot, email markianrichards@ hotmail.com ZERVAS & PEPPER Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, £15, 01743 361666.

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Sat 16 April

The Undercover Hippy

AARDVARK CAR BOOT Live music, stalls still available.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 10am-3pm, 01547 530744.

SOLAR MOHICANS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

ANDY SIMPSON A local solo artist, playing a wide range of covers from golden oldies to modern pop. The Stag, 15 Great Oak St, Llanidloes, 8.30pm, free, with donations, 07580 210169.

SOUTHCIDERS Martin Chapple and Charlotte Knott. De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 3-5pm.

Sun 10 April

Thurs 14 April

THE BIG WEEKEND Featuring Massed Morris at the Monk.

Lunchtime onwards with sessions in the bar. Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster, 01568 720510.

WOBBLY QUIZ NIGHT Wobbly Brewery, Beech Business Park, Hereford, 7.30pm, £2 per person.

01432 355318.

THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE The Cliffe at Dinham, Ludlow, SY8 2JE, 12.30-3pm, 01584 872063.

SNATCH IT BACK Richmond Place Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 3-5pm, free, 01432 356529.

SOUTHCIDERS Martin Chapple and Charlotte Knott.

The Rose & Crown, Redmarley D’Abitot, 3-6pm. martinchapple1@ gmail.com

Mon 11 April FOLK AT THE FALCON Featuring The John Ward Trio.

Support by Les Woodley. Falcon Mews, Bromyard, £10, 07726 462220.

Tues 12 April ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL CHOIR & MARCHES BAROQUE ‘St John Passion’. Bach’s sublime masterpiece sung by the cathedral choir with Marches Baroque and renowned line-up of soloists. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £25-£18, from Cathedral shop or www.herefordcathedral.org

Wed 13 April LEIA ZHU 15 year old British violinist is recognised as a star of the future. Supported by pianist Benjamin Engeli. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £18, £5 under 18s, 01584 878141.

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WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

Fri 15 April OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762.

THE JB CONSPIRACY + PACKET RACKET Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

LEOMINSTER CHORAL SOCIETY Stainer’s The Crucifixion. Leominster Priory, 6.30pm, free.

REFUGIUM CHAMBER CHOIR Music for Lent and Passiontide.

Programme includes Purcell, Lotti, Chilcott, Tallis, Allegri. Holy Trinity Church, Bosbury, 7pm, free entry, donations to Embrace the Middle East.

Refreshments and nibbles, 01531 670634.

PSYCHEDELIC IGNITION Electronic dance music from RePublika Tec with DJs Charlt xL and Phil P. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

THE DROOGS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

OPEN MIC AND BLUES JAM Hosted by Mark Richards. The Rose & Crown, Ludlow, 8pm. Please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail. com THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY Politically driven acoustic roots reggae folk-hop, with feel good vibes and a sly sense of humour. Plus Funke & The Two Tone Baby plus Cartoon Violence.

Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 258118,

UKRAINE FUNDRAISER A variety show of live bands, alternative comedy, DJs and live art.

Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, 7.30pm, pay what you can, www.malverncube.com KINDA VIBES Presents Milf from EMF (DJ set).

Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, £6 in advance, £8 on the door.

MUSIC BINGO Secret Garden, Coldwells Rd, Hereford, £2 per person, booking essential, www.secretgardenhereford.co.uk 07715 953497.

THE ELVIS YEARS Mario Kombou with band/singers for a journey through over 50 golden greats spanning over three decades.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

COMMUNITY EASTER EVENT The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, more info www.thealberthall.co.uk CANTALOOP Show stopping Brit funk. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762.

ELIZA CARTHY TRIO With Saul Rose and David Delarre. A night of folk magic with the Eliza Carthy Trio performing songs from their ‘Conversations we’ve had Before’ album. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, www.versatilearts.co.uk HOT RUBBER The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

NEIL MAYA QUARTET ‘The Golden Year of Jazz’. A lighthearted look at one of the most influential years in jazz history.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575. Arts Alive.

ROVING CROWS A mix of fiery, Celtic inspired fiddle, backed by solid thumping rhythms.

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

Sun 17 April MANSELL DAVIES The Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The White Swan, Eardisland, 4-7pm. Please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@ hotmail.com JOJOWAILS The Vaga, Hereford, 4-6pm.

CAFE DEL BABAR Chill out DJs Nico Demus, Lady Baba plus special guests from 3pm. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

SUNDAY STEPPING SESSIONS Folk tunes and songs with a stepping theme. Monkland Arms, Monkland, near Leominster, 01568 720510.

TRANSATLANTIC HOT CLUB Featuring guest violinist from NYC. The Muse, Brecon, www.breconjazzclub.org Brecon Jazz Club.

Mon 18 April BABAR BAND Bank holiday reggae Sunsplash with BBQ if sunny. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

EASTER MONDAY ORGAN RECITAL Perfomed by Peter Dyke. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, www.herefordcathedral.org

Thurs 21 April

Tues 19 April

GLOBAL CAFE With OmniVibes’ Paul Jackson playing Sitar and vocals. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £40.50-£30.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 20 April WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

BELLA ACAPPELLA & LUDLOW MALE VOICE CHOIR Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 878141.

ANDREW MORRIS Solo piano recital to include works by Bach, Shostakovich and Andrew Morris.

The Hub, School Lane, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £10, 07779 380483. Profits to be given to charity for Ukrainian refugees.

THAT’LL BE THE DAY Golden age of rock and roll and pop, mixing vocals and musicianship with impersonations and comedy routines.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £28.50-£25, 01743 281281.

THE DORIS DAY STORY Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20, 01743 281281.

JON BODEN & THE REMNANT STRINGS Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

POT & PAGE GAMES NIGHT Table top games with fast food and drinks. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 7.30pm, www.potandpage.co.uk ESCAPE ROOM You have been accused of embezzling money from the Vicars Choral funds and have been shut in the Old Chapel until the police arrive. You have one hour to crack the code of the Escape Room! Hereford Cathedral, bookable sessions between 10am-4pm, £45, suitable for groups of up to six people. www.herefordcathedral.org

EMERGENCE 7pm, Sunday 10th April

LEOMINSTER PRIORY

Herefordshire Composers’ Workshop present

Joris Boon (cello) and Hilary Norris (organ)

In a new concert of new works to celebrate the coming of Spring by Herefordshire composers £10 (£5 under 26s) on the door or in advance from Leominster TIC 01568 616460

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THE TRANSPORTERS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

LEGENDS OF SWING An evening of swinging band music with the Neil Coley Big Band. Dazzling instrumental solos in classic tracks from the era of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller to modern numbers. St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Leintwardine, 7pm, tickets from Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141 or Griffiths Garage, Leintwardine.

Sun 24 April Charm of Finches

Fri 22 April MERRY HELL Joyful uplifting folk-rock. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £15, 01694 720132.

MOBIUSLOOP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762.

CLUB JUJU DJ sets playing lively funk ‘n’ soul.

Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

TO BE ANNOUNCED The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

JOHN E VISTIC ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SOUNDSYSTEM Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS Talented cast of musicians and singers will have you singing to all the Irish classics. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £26/£24.50, 01743 281281.

FLASH A tribute to Queen. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk WILLIAM CRIGHTON Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14, 01743 361666.

MATTHEW FREDERICK + EVE GOODMAN & MANSEL DAVIES The Lost Arc, The Old Drill Hall, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226.

Sat 23 April GIGSPANNER BIG BAND Their high-energy, virtuosic performances, described as ‘melodically folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

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THE CHICAGO BLUES BROTHERS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £25.50-£23, 01743 281281.

CEILIDH DANCE FOR UKRAINE With Hijinx Ceilidh Band. Simple Ploughmans, bar, raffle, families welcome. Diddlebury Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, under 12s £3, 01584 841265. All proceeds to Disasters Emergencies Committee.

HASH TAG WORST KEPT SECRETS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

LOS SQUIDEROS Dress up Mexican dress plus food, plus DJ Lady Baba. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, £3 in advance, £5 on the door.

KINGTON WALKS QUIZ NIGHT Teams of 4 or just turn up. Oxford Arms, Kington, 8pm start, £3 a head including light refreshments. www.kingtonwalks.org SHREWSBURY CHORAL Performs Haydn’s Creation.

Shrewsbury Abbey Church, 7.30pm, £15, under 18s free, 01743 232236.

ESCAPE ROOM You have been accused of embezzling money from the Vicars Choral funds and have been shut in the Old Chapel until the police arrive. You have one hour to crack the code of the Escape Room! Hereford Cathedral, bookable sessions between 10am-4pm, £45, suitable for groups of up to six people. www.herefordcathedral.org ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW & THE LOW RIDERS The former frontman of 60s group Amen Corner. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

LITTLE RUMBA WITH BLUE MOON BAND Little Rumba’s sound has touches of Eastern Europe and South America, as well as jazz and blues; with beautiful melodies, infectious beats and songs that tell stories. Oscars, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 878141.

ALEXANDER PRATLEY & JONATHAN FRENCH Baritone and piano. A concert to celebrate the centenary of the poet AE Housman’s Last Poems.

St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 4pm, £12 from Ludlow Assembly Rooms, www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 4-7pm. Please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail. com THE EARL BAND Contemporary Country influence music.

The Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

CHARM OF FINCHES From Melbourne, Australia, playing dreamy indie folk with many stringed things, awash with seamless blood harmonies traversing melancholy and wonder in equal measure. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £14, 01743 234970.

G4 LIVE Performing classic hits plus recent tracks from their latest G4 Love Songs album. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £30, 01743 281281.

Tues 26 April ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

DAVID SCHEEL Beautiful music and fun, this hilarious send-up of classical music has established Australian pianist David Scheel as the successor ot the legendary Victor Borge. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, £16.50/£14.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 27 April OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Val & Keith. Phone to book a slot. Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm, 07971 661615.

JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH’S BACK AGAIN! Performing all the faves from his pre-lockdown tour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21.50, 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 7.30pm. Contact martinchapple1@ gmail.com WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

DAVE JONES QUARTET Jazz quartet. The Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

Tues 28 April JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOW The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

ELO EXPERIENCE Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £24.50-£26.50, 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm.

QUIZ With paralympic comedian Ricky Balshaw. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford.

WOBBLY QUIZ NIGHT Wobbly Brewery, Beech Business Park, Hereford, 7.30pm, £2 per person.

01432 355318.

DON’T SHOOT ME... I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER An hilarious send-up of classical music. Hear two famous pieces played simultaneously, one with the right hand, one with the left, plus his ‘translation’ of the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda, already a comedy classic. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

SKA & ROCKSTEADY Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm, £3 after.

ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

LOCKED & LOADED The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

DEAN FRIEDMAN Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £25, 01743 361666.

OPEN MIC NIGHT YOUNG PERFORMERS The Underground Bishop’s Castle (side gate Public Hall). No need to book, turn up and play or support a mate. Dry bar, amps/mics/ spare instruments available.

Organised by SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 6.30pm, 01588 630321.

Fri 29 April PIGDAZE + DONT FEED THE GOAT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

FOLK AT THE FALCON Featuring Nick Dow, traditional folk songs. With support by Dora Darling.

Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, £10, 07726 462220.

BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST Folk duo singer, violinist and oboist Paul Sartin (of Bellowhead) and accordionist Paul Hutchinson (Petrichor). Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, 01588 630023, www.ticketsource.co.uk/bcth

A CELEBRATION OF OLD SKOOL 90’S DISCO Malvern Cube, Albert Road North, Malvern, 8pm, £6 in advance, £10 on the door, www.malverncube.com WILKO JOHNSON Featuring Wilko Johnson, Norman WattRoy and Dylan Howe on drums playing R’n’B. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £34.50, 01743 281281.

THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE The Cliffe at Dinham, Ludlow, SY8 2JE, 7-10pm, 01584 872063.

Sat 30 April HAY MUSIC Featuring Tom Poster (piano).

Programme includes Schumann, Schubert and Chopin and also an eclectic sequence ‘Of Night and Dreams’. St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, £15, students £7.50, www.haymusic.org

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos

Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments Bow Repairs etc

PEMBRIDGE M: 07901 064875

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

Trevor Davies Music

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

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

Plus many other brands.

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

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Sat 30 April ECO FRIENDLY Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

SUZY ST CLAIR Organist. ‘Dnipro, Ukraine’. Handel, Bach, Sumision, Lemare, Howells and Widor. Ross Parish Church, 7pm, £10, www.rossparishes.uk/recital.

Tues 3 May ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

Wed 4 May

MARCHES MAKERS FOLK Music as part of the Marches Makers Festival. Oxford Arms, Duke St, Kington, 8pm, www.marchesmakers.co.uk

WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

A MUSICAL MISCELLANY Chamber music and songs presented by Ludlow Palmers. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18, www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

ROBYN HITCHCOCK Plus support - Jessica Lee Morgan. Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £20, 01743 361666.

BROOMDASHER Edwardian Country Diary 150th anniversary concert. St Mary’s Church, Pembridge, 7.30pm, £10, 01544 388279.

LOBSTER 6-piece ska/punk band with Reggae Pie DJ support. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, £5 in advance, £7 on the door.

ROY ORBISON STORY Featuring Barry Steele. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £26, 01743 281281.

UPFRONT The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

REMI HARRIS & TOM MOORE Jazz and blues. The Muse at Brecon Old Museum, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12, www.midwalesrandb.club STAND BY YOUR MAN Featuring the music of the legendary Tammy Wynette.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

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Sun 1 May LIVE TRAD JAZZ Featuring The Tudor Rhythm Kings. Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 8pm, £8, 01432 276304.

HOT ROD 55 The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

STEVE HERBERT The Vaga, Hereford, 4-6pm.

THE GRAHAMS Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 361666.

CHORAL EVENSONG Leominster Priory, 6.30pm.

Mon 2 May BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01584 711480. Please bring your own drinks/glasses.

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CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.

CLUN GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 11am Craft Fair opens 12pm, The Battle on the Battlements. Plus music from The Ronaldos, The Flying Toads, Toby Hay and Haress. Plus Corbet Household Historical Society, Greenman & Frosty, Maypole dancing with music

by Paul & Kitty. Foraging walks with Rob Rowe, Circus skills workshops, children’s entertainment, craft demonstrations, refreshments and more, until 5pm.

The Grounds of Clun Castle, www.clungreenman.org

Thurs 5 May

ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.

ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, www.almeleysteadysession. wordpress.com

Music Workshops Sat 2 April SINGING FOR THE TERRIFIED Polly Bolton gently guides you from speech to song with humour and support. Ludlow Mascall Centre, 10.30am-12pm & 1pm-2.30pm, £15, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Sat 2 & Sun 3 April DIVE DEEPLY INTO CLASSICAL MUSIC I & II Two days to explore classics by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Demonstrations, discussion and performance. Ludlow Mascal Centre, 10.30am-4.30pm with break for lunch, £65 per day, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Sat 23 April FIDDLES IN HARMONY Sociable ensemble playing with expert guidance on style, technique and musicality with tutor Kitty Greenword.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10.30am-12.45pm, £15, includes pdf sheet music, complete with bowing and ornaments. 01584 841564, email folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Sun 24 April SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE Led by Andy Watts. Free for newcomers. Instrumentalists welcome. Lydbury North VH, 2-5pm, trevorchalkley.com JENNY PIPES MORRIS is a lively well established, all-woman’s Morris Side looking for musicians and dancers to join us! Traditional Morris, folk or other musicians welcome. All abilities of dancers welcome. Thursday evenings at Stoke Prior Village Hall, Leominster.

Contact Rose 01584 810101.

Monday BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 07779 390954.

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

Mondays ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Old Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Mondays CRAVEN ARMS MALE VOICE CHOIR All ages welcome singing a broad repertoire of traditional and modern songs. Practice at The Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30pm. Martin on 01694 722500.

Monday BANDAMANIA Bright and breezy traditional and original music.Youth Centre, Presteigne. Mondays at 7pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158

Monday GARRICK SINGERS For over 55s, no prior knowledge or experience of singing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £5 per session, email lisa@encore-enterprises.com.

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

Tuesday LUNCHTIME UPLIFT SINGING SESSIONS With Tanya Walker. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 12pm, 07723 016837.

Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm, VH, near Brecon.

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

World, folk music, and more. 7-8.30pm at Leominster Community Centre. 01568 369074.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Traditional, world and original songs. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm. Call Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES Community choir, songs from around the globe. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm.

Sue Harris 01547 550158.

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

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

Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9pm. 01584 823604 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday CLUN SINGERS Informal community choir, traditional and original songs taught by ear. 10am in High Town Hall, Clun. Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Thursday BELLA A CAPPELLA All-female 4-part close harmony singing group. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15-9.45pm, email aimoevo@hotmail.co.uk Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD A non auditioned mixed voice choir early and classical music. Rehearsals currently in Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells. 7.459.15pm. 01597 810601, www.cantorion-llandrindod.org First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495.

Friday LITTLE HEREFORD VOICES COMMUNITY CHOIR We are a non-audition choir formed 10 years ago with 25+ mixed voices. Rehearsing at Little Hereford Village Hall, 7.30pm- 9.15pm. Subscriptions £3.50 per session paid termly, first trial session free. Broad repertoire (usually 3 & 4 parts) – all welcome. More info: term dates etc: lhvoices. wix.com/home Facebook: @LittleHerefordVoices Friday BUZZY BEATS! A fun music filled morning for the under 5s. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £7, 01743 234970.

Friday CRAVEN ARMS SAMBA CIRCLE Craven Arms Community Centre. 4.15pm - 5.45pm. Traditional drum rhythms and fun drumming activities. All ages, including accompanied children, welcome. Adults £5 (+ child £1, second child free). Enquiries carol@mkgriffs.plus.com 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.

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band directory

ANIMAL Solo entertainer, piano/vocals, harmonica, mixed music. Also session player on drums.

Experienced TV, theatre, cruises, holiday parks, radio, concerts, Britain’s Got Talent 2012. Backed Stella Parton, Tommy Cash, Screaming Lord Sutch, Dr Feelgood, Wishbone Ash, Ruby Murry.

To book please phone Paul 0751 484 7966.

APPLEBY STONE Live acoustic duo/trio, guitar, flute, saxophones, voices, double bass, jazz, folk, R&B, pop, many originals, perfect for private and public events. applebystone.com 07979 542 449.

BAGPIPES Authentic Highland music for your formal event or gathering from international piper Keith Wellings. Keith is a former British diplomat bringing Scotland’s music to festivals, theatres, balls, weddings and funerals. Contact by phone 07580 389903, email keiththepiper@gmail. com facebook keith.wellings instagram keiththepiper 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 BEST FOOT CEILIDH BAND The hottest dance band on the borders + caller. Available for weddings, barn dances and parties. Contact: 07969 440183 or john@johnhymas. com BIG MAGIC DANCE BAND 10-piece jive/R & R group.

‘Does what it says on the tin!’ Parties/festivals/happenings/weddings etc. Call Eddy on 01691 648729 or 07796 148448. Web: eddygartry.com Email: w.gartry@hotmail. com Management also for The Werewolves of Powys and Blues State UK THE CHICAGO SWING KATZ - New Orleans Blues to Chicago Swing. 6/7 Piece band playing foot-tapping, fun music that will make you feel happy. Weddings, Birthdays, Corporate events, Festivals, even funerals - but book well in advance for those! Traditional Jazz Trios, Quartets also available. email: chicagoswingkatz@aol.com, www.thechicagoswingkatz.co.uk, Jeff Matthews 07831 383636 THE DRAGON BIG BAND - 14 musicians playing Basie, Ellington, and exclusive arrangements. Jazz to Swing to Latin. Trumpets, trombones, saxes, bass, guitar, keyboard, drums. We play every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 8.00 - 10.30 at: The Montgomery Town Hall, Broad St., Montgomery, SY15 6PH. Local free car parking and nearby Hotel for food or drink. Free admission but £5 donation gratefully received. Available for weddings and events.

Band enquiries: Jeff Matthews - 07831 383636.

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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!

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

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

Contact Jacqui Savage 07966 943314 Email – jaxbass.xs@btinternet.com http://www.littlerumba.com THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Local Quartet/Quintet with singer if required, playing smooth sounds of well-known standards, Latin and blues.

Available for all types of events and celebrations.

Contact Paul Brooks 07980 822014. pppbrooks@gmail. com

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ADD A BAND - Real instrument backing to your own music. Perfect for singer songwriters etc. Studio near Newtown. www.addaband.co.uk, 07515 401635.

Band Directory ONLY £40 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

Just post the details of your band (around 40 words) with a cheque for £40 payable to Broad Sheep and post to: The Lodge, Westhide, Hereford, HR1 3RQ

Just call Clare on 07786 131159 or email: info@broadsheep.com DON’T FORGET... if you have any gigs in the area, email/phone by the 15th of the preceding month for FREE LISTINGS.

The Rotundas

SILVER BRANCH (Ceilidh and Concert Band).

CEILIDH BAND with caller. Available for weddings/ birthday parties/fund raisers, etc. For photos/videos please see our Facebook page. For further enquiries, ring David on 01981 540832 or Anna on 07980 961187.

SILVER BRANCH (UN-CALLED FOR) - Five piece cutting edge instrumental Folk Band. Concerts/gigs.

SIMON THE PIPER Highland Piper with 20 years experience. Available for all occasions - weddings, funerals, Burn’s Night, Hogmanay, festivals, processions etc. Based in Hereford. Call 07791 045831 or facebook. com/simonthepiper Email simonthepiper@hotmail.com

MELOMANICS A wacky, Shropshire-based Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopolitan repertoire with engaging humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out how much fun a ceilidh can be with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc. Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises).

For more info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich on 01743 718612. Email: tim@melomanics.co.uk Website: www.melomanics.co.uk THE RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA A roots string-band (duo) recreating the sounds of the early 20th century America, playing a good-time mix of blues, skiffle and Americana music. We like to get audiences involved!

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

REVEREND FERRIDAY Upbeat One Man Blues Band.

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

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

Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com THE ROTUNDAS are a pair of jolly chaps who sing and play contemporary versions of industrial and social folk songs from Birmingham and the Black Country. Listen on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/therotundas and contact us at our Facebook page @TheRotundas or email therotundasband@gmail.com SHRED BELLY Ludlow/Shropshire based acoustic duo, playing covers of popular ‘Dad’s Rock’ songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and more. Full band can also be available. All bookings and enquiries please contact: Kevin on 07873 426205 or Paul on 07957 247851.

SINGLED OUT Experienced, 3-piece band covering the best pop and rock music from the 50’s to the current era.

We focus on great tunes that don’t usually get played by other bands, but which everyone will know. Of course, we do some of the more usual songs as well! www.singledoutband.com email: info@singledoutband. com Phone 07518 291 676.

SIR DANCELOT 4/5 piece ceilidh/twmpath band. Far and away the best exponents of traditional dance music of the British Isles and beyond for miles around and leagues beneath. Concertina, mandolin, fiddles, whistles, cittern, jews harp... Available for weddings, parties and public events. For information and bookings, contact: Cornelius 01686 411147 corns@mousemusic. co.uk or Peter 07561 820509. www.sirdancelot.co.uk THE CHERRYSTONES are Aly (whistles, flute, accordion, vocals), Matt (bass, foot drum, vocals) and Dave (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals) who bring you a mix of original and traditional folk songs and tunes.

From thoughtful, well-crafted songs to infectious uptempo Irish whistle tunes, we will warm your heart and stir your souls and soles! Contact : Dave 07817 220016, dgand2@btinternet.com. Find us here Facebook.com The Cherrystones. Website coming soon!

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

For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk / www.songsforsilas.org.uk WHISKEY RIVER is a 5/6 piece electric Americana band that play swamp blues, Cajun, Zydeco and good country music to set the dance floor rocking. To suit smaller venues and smaller budgets, pruned down acoustic versions of the band are available as “The Whiskey River Quartet”, “The Whiskey River Trio” or as a Duo [“The Whiskey River Boys”]. Laissez les bon temps rouler!! Contact Martin, phone: 07846 669890, 01432 342018. Email: martin@whiskeyriver.co.uk.

Website: www.whiskeyriver.co.uk

Whiskey River Trio

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theatre Cluedo

Tues 12 April THE SONAS CIRCUS FAMILY SHOW Family friendly show. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £10.50/£8.50, family £34, 01874 611622.

Tues 12 April DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS Two dangerous Irishment doing dangerous things for a laugh. Adults only. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £12.50/£10.50, 01874 811822.

Thurs 14 April DREAMBOYS ‘Too Hard To Resist Tour’. The boys tease, tantalise and sweep you off your feet for a raunchy night! For ages 18-80. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

PERFORMANCE Sat 2 & Sun 3 April INSPIRED FESTIVAL Created by and for young people. A platform for the Intermediate Youth Theatre groups. The Courtyard, Bromyard and Ledbury Intermediates will be performing one-act plays. For ages 14+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 16 April WELSH WRESTLING Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 7pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk

Sun 3 April ALICE IN WONDERLAND REGAL SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 3pm, 01584 811442.

Wed 20 - Sat 25 April HEREFORD GANG SHOW An evening of song, dance and comedy by Hereford Scouts and Guides. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, plus Sat matinee 2.15pm, 01432 340555.

Wed 6 - Sun 10 April THE LADYKILLERS A sweet little old lady alone in her house pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing...

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm, Sun matinee 3.30pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 22 April TWO SCORE CAFE THEATRE TWO SCORE THEATRE COMPANY. Classic cafe theatre.

Dinner from Bill’s kitchen and two one-act plays.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £15 includes dinner, 01584 878141.

Wed 6 & Thurs 7 April THE TEMPEST SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE brings to life Shakespeare’s late great play of redemption.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16, under 18s £10, 01743 281281.

Fri 22 April AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE Leave your inhibitions at the door and prepare to experience the UK’s biggest burlesque extravaganza.

Strictly over 18s only. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £27, 01686 948100.

Fri 8 April PETULA NATIONAL THEATRE WALES & THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU WITH AUGUTST012. A new production of Fabrice Melquiot’s extraordinary play that mixes Welsh English and a little French. For ages 12+.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Sun 24 April SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY BASH Willow Globe, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 811487, www.shakespearelink.org.uk

Sat 9 April WE ARE NOT SELFISH SABOTAGE THEATRE use masks and puppets and is guaranteed to enchant audiences from 7-90 in this fastpaced adventure with bite. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 2.30pm, £8, family £35, 07967 517125.

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Fri 15 - Mon 18 April THE CURIOUS CASE OF ABERLLIW The Department of Strange Events. Call all detectives, an outdoor adventure for families. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, £10, 01874 611622.

Mon 11 - Sat 16 April CLUEDO Starring Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, this comedy thriller is based on the 1985 film Clue and the classic board game loved by generations. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £37.50-£21.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 27 April JABS This love letter to the NHS is played for affectionate laughs, with moments of poignancy, new songs and a touch of audience participation. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12.50, 01743 281281.

Sun 1 May WE ARE ALL STORIES ABOUT FACE THEATRE COMPANY. Perfomances throughout the day as part of the Marches Makers Festival. This new collection of five theatre-for-one plays, inspired by historical stories from around Herefordshire. is magically presented by the actors and puppets in Kington’s Market Hall, Church St and other venues around the town. More information www.marchesmakers.co.uk

Milky Peaks

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Thurs 7 April SOUL SISTERS - THE MUSICAL A story of self-discovery and friendship set during a riotous, toe-tapping Soul Weekender. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £29, 01686 948100.

Mon 11 & Tues 12 April MATILDA THE MUSICAL JR GET YOUR WIGLE ON. 8-18 year olds join forces to stage one of the most popular musicals. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16/£13.50, 01743 281281.

Tues 12 & Wed 13 April ALADDIN JR LUDWIG THEATRE ARTS present a 60 minute musical with a cast including local budding performers from Herefordshire and beyond. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Wed matinee 2.30pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 14 - Sat 16 April JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT GET YOUR WIGLE ON. The story of Jacob’s favourite son Joseph and his brothers. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £17.50/£14.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 16 April SONGS FROM THE SHOWS Ribbon cutting with MP Philip Dunne to celebrate the start of LAR Returns Weeks, 4pm. A night of song and dance from the young performers of Ludwig’s Theatre Arts.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 878141.

Tues 19 & Wed 20 April ALL SHOOK UP CURTAIN CALL THEATRE COMPANY’S Teen Members are jumping into their ‘blue suede shoes’ with the Elvis Presley musical. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01743 281281.

Fri 22 - Sun 24 April LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS GHOSTLIGHT presents a musical comedy. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01874 611622.

Fri 29 & Sat 30 April MILKY PEAKS THEATR CLWYD. A ferocious musical comedy.

The warmest welcome in the cold bosom of Snowdonia.

However, strange forces are rising, both political and supernatural. Can three lost souls and a shabby drag queen save the community’s heart? Theatr Hafren, Newtown, £13, 01686 948100.

Thurs 5, Fri 6 & Sun 8 May FUNDRAISING MUSICAL REVUE In aid of The Albert Hall. The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Thurs & Fri 7.30pm, Sun 2.30pm, 0333 666 3366, details www.thealberthall.co.uk

CHILDREN’S THEATRE Fri 15 April ERNIE’S JOURNEY CLEMENTINE’S LIVE ARTS. Magical circus theatre for children aged 4-11 years, with a chance to try out your circus skills afterwards. Wem Town Hall, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £8/£5/£24, 01939 232299. Arts Alive.

Sat 16 April SQUIDGE A fun interactive dance film with music and digital projection which takes a light-hearted look at our sense of touch and how it influences our everyday lives. For ages 3-8 years. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 12.45pm, 2.30pm & 4.30pm, 01432 340555.

Thurs 21 April I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE THE PEOPLE’S THEATRE COMPANY. For Molly’s birthday, her parents and Bingo the dog are going to throw her the best party ever, complete with terrific treasure hunt, sing-along songs and lots of fantastic games. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2.30pm, 01982 552555.

Sun 24 April THE AMAZING BUBBLE MAN Louis Pearl conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages. Explore the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles! Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 11am, £13, children £11, 01743 281281.

Thurs 7 - Sat 9 & Tues 26 April THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN A musical adaptation of the best selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. 7 - 9 April - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14, family £49, 01743 281281. 26 April - The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 2.30pm & 4.30pm, 0333 666 3366, www.thealbertall.co.uk

5.15pm, £68.50 per term. Fri - Senior Youth Theatre, Year 12+, 7pm, £73.50 per term. Courtyard Musical Theatre, Tues for ages 4-8 years, 4-4.55pm, £60 per 12 week term.

Thurs for ages 9-17 6.15pm-7.25pm, £66 per 12 week term, contact Laura Gale 07725 357531. Mons - Drama Tots,10am – 10.45am, Ages 2-4, £4 per session, £1 per extra child. Mon - Bromyard Conquest Kids (Reception & Year 2), 3.45pm, £36 per term. Bromyard Juniors (Year 3-6) 4.50-5.30pm, £39 per term. Bromyard Intermediates (Year 7-9), 6pm, £43 per term. Bromyard Seniors (Year 10+), 7.30pm, £46 per term. Wed - Kington Juniors (Year 2-6) 4-4.45pm, £36 per term. Kington Intermediates (Year 7- 9), 5pm-6pm, £39 per term. Kington Seniors (Years 10+) 6pm – 7.30pm, £43 per termThe Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up. Mondays 3.45pm 4.45pm Roundabout, Reception & Years 1 & 2.

Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm Junior Youth, Years 3,4 & 5.

Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm Junior Youth, Years 6,7 & 8.

Thursdays 8.30pm - 10pm Senior Youth, Years 9, 10 & 11, 16 - 25. Call 01874 611622, www.brycheiniog.co.uk ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW Mon - Go MAD in Ludlow, 5-6.30pm, Oscars. Contact Simon 07506 478235 & Suzanne 07484 289215 or email hello@gomadinludlow.org Sat - Ludwig Academy of Musical Theatre. 7-11 years 1-2pm, 12-16 years 2-3pm.

Oscars. Contact Jack Ludwig, 077922 66225. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE For 7-14 year-olds after school.

Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

Thursdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Seniors, 7-9.30pm, 14-25 years. All abilities welcome.

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

Alternate Thursdays (term time) HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE All welcome, £5. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 10.30am-1.30pm, details Sue Best, 01597 811487.

Saturdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Beginners 9.30am-10.45am, 6-8 year olds.

Juniors 11am-1pm, 9-12 year olds. The HIve, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk

DRAMA WORKSHOPS Wed 13 & Thurs 14 April MA STAGE SCHOOL 2 DAY MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP: WICKED Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells,10am-4pm (tbc), booking essential, email mastageschool@gmail.com, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk

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COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD Wed - Courtyard Kids, reception 4.15-5pm, Year 2, 5pm, £63.50 per term. Sat - Junior Youth Theatre. From Year 3 - Year 9, phone for times, £68.50 per term.

Fri - Intermediate Youth Theatre. For years 10 & 11,

Squidge

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live Events

Sun 3 April, 2pm BROMYARD CHORAL SOCIETY ‘Happy & Glorious’. Songs for a Royal celebration.

Sat 16 April, 7.30pm NEIL MAYA QUARTET Delivering high quality jazz for all ages to enjoy, but with a light hearted approach.

Streamed Events

Tues 5 April, 7.30pm EASTER IN ART Exhibition on Screen Thurs 21 April 7pm HENRY V National Theatre Sun 24 April, 2.30pm MERLIN Northern Ballet Wed 27 April, 7pm LA TRAVIATA Royal Opera House

Films

1 April, 7.30pm WESTSIDE STORY (12A) 15 April, 7.30pm HOUSE OF GUCCI (15) Saturday Coffee Shop open 10.30am-12.30pm

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

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word Poetry & Storytelling

Fri 1 April UNEARTHING GIANTS: FOLKTALES FROM SHROPSHIRE To coincide with his exhibition, artist Joseph Coyle hosts a story-telling activity, sharing his own versions of some of the folktales that have inspired the work in the show, with a particular focus on local Shropshire stories about giants.

The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 6.30-7.30pm, free, 01743 234970.

Nish Kumar

Fri 8 April BLAST - STORYTELLING Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, doors open 5.30pm, www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023.

Sat 9 April TED, THE SEA AND ME Book launch suitable for 5+. Local author Anna Granger invites families to join her for an exclusive story-time experience. Followed by a drawing workshop with the books illustrator, Leanne Coelhow. Book launch free, drawing workshop £4. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am, 01743 234970.

Mon 11 April RED PARROT POETRY The bird takes to the air again, with readings from poets Samantha Wynne-Rhyddrech, Nicholas Murray and Charles Wilkinson. No 46 (The Wine Bar), High St, Presteigne, 7pm, £5 on the night; half of the takings will be donated to Ukrainian refugees.

Thurs 14 April BABAR BLAH! Spoken word, poetry, vocal art. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free.

Sat 30 April POETRY SLAM In association with The Courtyard and Ledbury Poetry Festival. With hosts Elvis McGonagall and Sara-Jane Arbury for an energetic evening of good verbal vibrations. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 6 May PUT AWAY NEATLY To coincide with her exhibition, artist Grace Currie performs ‘Put Away Neatly’, exploring those repeated words and phrases that can be uttered by the people who have our best interests at heart. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 6-6.40pm, free, 01743 234970.

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Fri 1 April CHRIS RAMSEY With support from Carl Hutchinson. For ages 14+.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6.30pm & 9.30pm, £24, 01743 281281.

Sat 2 April COUNT ARTHUR STRONG After years of giving his wonderful lecture talks, Count Arthur Strong has at last bowed to public demand and is making a show about himself for once. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £23.50, 01743 281281.

Fri 8 April KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN ‘Home Truths’. A brand new tour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 9 April CHRIS MCCAUSLAND One of the UK’s top stand-ups, on tour with his ‘Sunday Times Best of the Edinburgh Fringe’ show ‘Speaky Blinder’. For ages 16+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £17, 01743 281281.

Sat 16 April NISH KUMAR: YOUR POWER, YOUR CONTROL As seen on Live at the Apollo, Taskmaster, QI, Conan and The News. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Thurs 21 April JULIAN CLARY A chance to see this outrageously camp show, as renowned homosexual Julian Clary bares his soul.

For ages 15+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £27, 01743 281281.

Fri 22 April & Fri 20 May LAUGHTER LOUNGE @ SECRET GARDEN The Secret Garden, Coldwells Rd, Hereford, 8pm, £10 to include a curry served between 6.30-7.30pm, 07389 766816, email bookings@secretgardenhereford.co.uk Fri 22 April SIMON BRODKIN World-famous prankster and creator of the hugely popular Lee Nelson, is back on stage with ‘Troublemaker’.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22, 01743 281281.

Sat 23 April ED BYRNE: IF I’M HONEST Join Ed as he takes a long hard look at himself and tries to decide if he has ANY traits that are worth passing on to his children. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £27, 01686 948100.

Sat 23 April BOX OF FROGS Expect the unexpected with comedy from Birmingham’s premier Improv Group, based on audience suggestions.

Chapel Lawn Village Hall, 8pm, £12, 07964 710983.

Arts Alive.

Matt Forde

Thurs 28 April DON’T SHOOT ME... I’M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER An hilarious send-up of classical music. Hear two famous pieces played simultaneously, one with the right hand, one with the left, plus his ‘translation’ of the lyrics of Waltzing Matilda, already a comedy classic. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 29 April MATT FORDE There are wallies everywhere and half of them are running the country. The other half are trying to. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16.50, 01743 281281.

Fri 29 April BLOKES OF A FEATHER Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are on the road to share their memories of their careers and the famous and infamous personalities they’ve fought along the way including Frankie Howerd, Adam Faith, Kate Winslet, Ray Winstone, Rik Mayall, Warren Mitchell, Michael Caine and of course the ‘Birds of a Feather’. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 30 April THE LEFT BANK COMEDY CLUB Farcical Comedy production. The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12.50, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk Sat 30 April ALFIE MOORE Join BBC Radio 4’s cop-turned-comedian for his latest stand-up tour show. For ages 14+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 5 May MARK WATSON: THIS CAN’T BE IT We’ve all had some pondering to do about the fragility of life recently, but don’t worry, skinny national treasure Mark Watson has it covered. For ages 14+. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, 01982 552555.

Talks Fri 1 April 24TH SIR JOHN LLOYD MEMORIAL LECTURE ‘Tretower, A Pretty Castle and a Fair Place’. The Conservation and Interpretation of Tretower and Court Castle. A lecture by Dr David Robinson. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, free, but booking advised, 01874 611622.

Blokes of a Feather

Mon 4 April & Mon 9 May ROSS ARTS SOCIETY 4 April - ‘Matryoshka: the Magic and Mystery of the Russian Style’. A lecture by Rosamund Bartlett.

9 May - ‘The Four Walls that Changed Everything! Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel’. A lecture by Stella Lyons. Larruperz Centre, Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, 1.30pm, £10, 01989 565465.

Tues 5 April TAMMY HALL ‘The Wild Bunch: A new look at growing commercial flowers’. Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £4, 01544 267463.

Lingen Gardening Club.

Wed 6 April KATE HUMBLE An uplifting, inspiring, funny and an emotional roller coaster of a journey full of the warmth and passion for the natural world. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £26, 01743 281281.

Wed 6 April RAY MEARS: WE ARE NATURE Educational show, where Ray will be demonstrating and explaining techniques that will help us improve our senses and highlight the problems nature faces today. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Thurs 7 April GOING WILD TALKS Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7pm, 01588 630023, www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk Wed 13 April BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY ‘Architects & Craftsmen of Georgian Herefordshire’. A talk by David Whitehead. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, members free, guests £5, 01885 488575.

Wed 13 April PROFESSOR MICHELLE P BROWN, FSA ‘The Hereford Gospels and Origins of Hereford’. Hereford Cathedral, 2.30pm, £10, www.herefordcathedral.org Thurs 14 & Wed 20 April AN EVENING WITH SHANE WILLIAMS Rugby player for Wales. With Phyl Harries and Ieuan Rhys. It also includes a Q&A session. 14 April Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

20 April - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £24/£19, 01686 948100.

Mon 18 April SHROPSHIRE STUNTMAN, JUSTIN PEARSON Award winning film and TV stunt co-ordinator will be giving a talk about his remarkable career, followed by a screening of one of the films he’s worked on, The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 6.30pm, £10, 01584 878141.

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Tues 19 April GARETH OWEN LIFE SENTENCES Local author, Gareth Owen will be talking about his life in writing. With live musical accompaniment by Kim and Martin Olylet. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 878141.

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Tues 19 April CYBER PROTECTION A talk by DC Patrick Brearty of the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Squad. Leominster Baptist Church Hall, Etnam St, Leominster, 2pm, members free, visitors £2. www.u3asites.org.uk/Leominster Wed 20 April & Wed 18 May THE ARTS SOCIETY TEME VALLY 20 April - ‘The Arts & Crafts of Mexico’.

18 May - ‘Passionate Potters’. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 2.15pm, visitors welcome, £8 on the door, www.artssocietytemevalley.org Wed 20 April LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alf Jenkins will give a talk on ‘War Two Time on the Clee Hills. John Abel Room, Grange Court, Pinsley Rd, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free (£10 yearly), visitors welcome £4 on the door, 01568 613695.

Thurs 21 April AN EVENING WITH NICK BUTTER ‘The Tales of An Extraordinary World First Expedition’. In 2019 Nick was crowned the first person to run a marathon in every country in the world. Along with this, he sets a number of world records and has a wild, eclectic story to tell. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £19, Maldwyn Harriers/Park Runners £15, 01686 948100.

Mon 25 April ALICE ROBERTS Professor Alice Roberts talks of the burials in Britain, with behind-the-scenes insights from digs and filming. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £28.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 27 April SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB ‘Perfume in the Garden’, a talk by Anne Harrison. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5 non-members welcome, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk Thurs 28 April ARTS SOCIETY MID WALES & BORDERS ‘The Triumph of Lutyens’ New Delhi’. The speaker is Anthony Peers. Powis Suite, Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, 2.30pm, visitors welcome, £6, 01938 555574.

Workshops & Courses Sun 3 April CREATING CHARACTERS AND WRITING DIALOGUE With author and BBC writer William Gallagher.

Create characters that live on and off the page and make sure they don’t sound like you. Ludlow Mascall Centre, 10.30am-12.30pm, £25, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Sun 3 April GET WRITING, KEEP WRITING, AND FINSIH WHAT YOU STARTED With author and BBC writer William Gallagher. You have all these ideas you’re writing none of them. Learn how to pick the one to do, how to make yourself start it - and then keep yourself going until you finish. Ludlow Mascall Centre, 2.30pm-4.30pm, £25, 07813 612033, www.haveagoludlow.org Tues 5 April LENT ART DISCUSSION: ‘THIS SPEAKS TO ME’ Short video reflections each Monday evening onto the cathedral website before a final online discussion via Zoom. Exploring the wider meanings and thoughts about Lent, Easter and the relationship between art and theology. Book for zoom discussion is essential.

Hereford Cathedral, www.herefordcathedral.org Sat 9 - Fri 15 April SPRING BOOK SALE Bargain books, CD’s and DVD’s. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-4pm, 01588 630023.

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE Website: www.aardvark-books.com

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

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Tel: 01547 530744 aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Bookshop open to visitors Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

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Sat 16th April, 10am-3pm AARDVARK CAR BOOT Live music, stalls still available.

Until June 2022 OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPERIENCED WRITERS Intimate monthly seminars with Angela France, organised in partnership with The Poetry School.

Maximum of eight students. 12 Apr, 10 May, 14 June.

Barrett Browning Institute, Ledbury, 6-8.30pm, £265, email administration@poetryschool.com 0207 582 1679.

Until May 2022 ONLINE POETRY READING GROUP Read and chat about the books shortlisted for the Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize. 4 April - ‘Love Minus Love’

by Wayne Holloway-Smith. 9 May - ‘After the Formalities’

by Anthony Anaxagorou. Online reading group meetings are on Zoom, 7-9pm, free. Email director@poetry-festival. co.uk for Zoom link.

1st Saturday READING GROUP Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, afternoons, donations, 01547 550377.

Mondays WRITING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.30-8.30pm, £75 per term, 01432 340555.

Mondays STORY CORNER AT THE COURTYARD For ages 4 years and under. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Fourth Monday SCIENCE CAFÉ Informal group, talks and discussions on scientific topics. The Swan at Hay, 7pm, free, all welcome, sciencecafe@outlook.com Every Tues & Wed SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Tues - Advance beginners 5.30pm, beginners 7pm, Wed - Advance Spanish B1, 10am, with Mely. Private tuition - GCSE students and A Level. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 07837 160505.

Every Tuesday READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555.

Last Tuesday of each month HOMEND POETS Share words written by themselves or others. Music, good company and food. No booking required. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 6.30pm, www.potandpage.co.uk First Wednesday of each month BABARS’ BOOK CLUB All welcome, 6.30pm, Babar’s Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 01432 342334.

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

Every Thursday WELSH CLASSES FOR ADULTS Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 10.30am-3pm, 01639 841751.

Every other Thursday PHILOSOPHY CAFE Informal group which offers the chance to discuss philosophical issues. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762. philosphycafe@outlook.com Last Thursday of the month BOOK CLUB De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 357753, ECStarling@theherefordacademy.org.uk First Friday of the month POT AND PAGE BOOKCLUB An evening bookclub for readers with a literary themed cocktail in hand. Food and drinks served all evening.

Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 7pm, free, 01531 248743.

Fridays READING ROOM EXTRA The Courtyard, Hereford, 6-8pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555.

International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, Frank Pavitt, chairman LWC, 01568 614973, meet first Tuesday, monthly, 2pm.

Presteigne Writers’ Circle, 3rd Thursday, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01544 260398.

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grass roots Ukraine and Our Gas Supplies - Crisis? What Crisis?

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ADMIT that I’ve pinched the last part of that headline from a tabloid newspaper report, right back in 1979.

The paper was trying to convey the nonchalant manner of Labour prime minister, James Callaghan, as he returned to Britain from a summit on a beautiful Caribbean island.

He was coming back to a country wracked by the socalled Winter of Discontent, which, Fleet Street judged, was bringing the UK to its knees by strikes and sky-high inflation.

I don’t think Callaghan ever uttered the words “Crisis?

What crisis?” – but words from him which failed to respond fully to the chaos, plus shots of him strolling with his wife on a beach in Guadeloupe, were used to suggest a leader a bit out of touch, and not fully tuned in to the hardships ordinary people were undergoing. That image played a part in sweeping the Tories and Margaret Thatcher into power at the next election - for what turned out to be a decade.

OK, the invasion of Ukraine is utterly different. And I don’t want to imitate Callaghan’s fatal nonchalance. But there are ways of addressing the current crisis of rocketing gas and fuel prices that don’t involve abandoning all the measures which Britain and some of our European neighbours have taken so far to tackle global heating. However, there are a few dozen MPs and peers who have a visceral antipathy towards green policies and who have seized on the Ukraine crisis as a chance to try and derail the UK’s climate change strategy.

Around fifteen years ago a group called the Global Warming Policy Foundation began to rubbish the idea of man-made climate change and to attack policies aimed at curbing it. They tended to deny or downplay man’s role in causing global heating. And recently a new body has appeared - the Net Zero Scrutiny Group. BBC News Online says that the group does not question the science of climate change but it asserts that “some of its members have close links to think tanks that have long queried the scientific consensus on global warming, and the necessity and cost of doing something about it.”

On security of energy supply, these Net Zero sceptics tend to support fracking for shale gas, which the government is hinting it might reconsider. The Conservative Environmental Network summed up the case against fracking in a few words - “It’s unsafe, unpopular, and unsuited to the UK’s complex geology.” However, the brutal invasion of Ukraine has acted as a recruiting sergeant for the Net Zero sceptics.

Over a single weekend in early March their ranks in parliament grew from around a score to about 40. An odd thing about them is that the more there are problems with polluting fossil fuels, the more they seem to focus on them.

Whereas, for any household, surely the rational response to rising gas and fuel prices is to go for energy efficiency turning down the heating, cutting weekly car mileage, and avoiding holiday flights. And clearly Britain should provide urgent and generous support for all the fuel poor.

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But back to the Net Zero sceptics. No one should write them off. We should all recall the Brexit referendum. There

is quite an overlap between the Net Zero sceptics and the Brexiteers. David Cameron was destroyed politically by his failure to grasp the appeal of the Brexiteers’ message, or to match their campaigning methods.

Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine has put pressure on several politicians with links to Russian energy and resources firms. Lord Barker, who was an energy minister under David Cameron, is just one example. He resigned in early March as chairman of the mining company, EN+, part-owned at that time by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

It emerged that in 2019 alone Barker was paid about £4 million by for his work at EN+. As Barker’s resignation became known, we learned that he had been challenged in February by defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said, “I think Lord Barker should explain why he works with people like Deripaska.” Deripaska’s alleged links with the Putin regime were questioned in 2018 by the US government, which applied sanctions to him and to EN+. Deripaska said that the sanctions imposed by Washington were based on “false rumour and innuendo”.

The links to Russian firms of some senior figures in British politics should come as no surprise, according to Greenpeace UK. Its policy director, Doug Parr, has said, “We’ve long known that the oil and gas industry has strong connections right at the top of politics and this appears to extend to the Russian industry as well. Fossil fuel connections should be ousted from our political system so that we can get on with the urgent reconfiguration of the (energy) system we need.” And the clean air campaign group DeSmog has called on MPs and peers, to “ditch their shares in Russian oil and gas”.

Britain is much less reliant on Russian gas supplies than are some of our European neighbours. But in recent years it appears that 4% or 5% of UK gas imports have come from Russia. According to Jan Rosenow, of the Regulatory Assistance Project, none of this would be needed if we insulated our homes properly and switched to heat pumps, as argued before by Broad Sheep. That won’t happen overnight, but it should be a top priority for the government. An energy efficiency drive in Britain in the next few years would give us a real chance of entirely cutting out our need for any gas from Putin.

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Green Events GARDENING ON THE ‘BORDERS’ Planting Schemes Perennial Borders Flower Meadows Nurture Maintain Restore Designs A Garden Sanctuary for You and Wildlife Call Michelle - A Plant Guru 01547 528003 M: 07793750691 E: mlrubybrink@gmail.com Fri 22 - Sun 24 April KINGTON WALKS SPRING WEEKEND Over the weekend there will be 14 walks, all led by experienced walk leaders. Walks vary from 2-15 miles with topics such as history and archaeology, an expert led dawn bird walk, a led tour of Hergest Croft Gardens, a walk covering ancient trees and trackways and with a few pubs along the way. 07708 668316, www.kingtonwalks. org Sat 23 April PAM’S PLANT SALE Clun Methodist Church Forecourt, 10am-12pm. Proceeds: Medicins sans Frontieres & Clun Methodist Church.

April, May & June SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE 2 April - Shropshire Way 80K Festival 2022. Three amazing challenges:- 50 miles in 24 hours; The Mammothon - full-distance trail marathon with a generous 12-hour time limit; and the Half-Mammothon, 13 miles with a 6-hour time lime. Fundraiser for Grow Cook Learn.

11-15 & 18-22 April - Easter Holiday Activity - Pond Dipping, 1pm-2.30pm, £4.40 per child 4-11 years, booking essential. 20 April - Joys of Spring Bird Walk with local expert, Dave Pearce, 7am, £10 per walk, booking essential, £25 for all three walks. 11 May - Walk 2, Spring Residents Bird Watching Ramble, 9.30am. 8 June - Walk 3, Early Summer Birdwatching, 9.30am. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

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Mobile: 07828 995237 Email: smorrisaos@gmail.com Wednesdays LITTLE WILLOWS OUTDOOR NATURE PLAYGROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 9.30am-11am, £1.50 per child, includes a bowl of porridge. Themes posted weekly on Facebook page, 01497 821762.

Every Third Saturday in the Month PRESTEIGNE REPAIR Presteigne Youth Centre, Hereford Street. 10am-12pm.

Household items repaired for free. Info: 01544 267997.

Mondays & Wednesdays KNIGHTON MENS SHED Sharpening service available. Teme Mill, Station Yard, Knighton, 10am-2pm. John on 01544232750 or email jtknightonmensshed@gmail.com.

2nd Thursday of the month KINGTON KLEEN Networking drinks. Oxford Arms, Kington, from 7pm, www.kingtonkleen.org.uk

April & May WILDLIFE SURVEYING AT HELLENS MANOR 4 April - Pondlife. 6 May - Botany. 20 May - Invertebrates.

No experience necessary. All training will be supplied by Ecologist Tim Kaye from ‘Hidden Herefordshire’. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury. To book and more info email tim@clan-cic.org April KNIGHTON TREE ALLOTMENTS TRUST KTAT manages woodlands for the benefit of wildlife and members. Volunteer to learn. Details email woodland@ tveg.org.uk 01547 520374 http://tveg.org.uk Sat 7 & Sun 8 May SPRING GREENS FAIR Environmental Fair, Re-Sprung! Exhibitions, stalls, displays, local food, shelter, arts and music, demonstrations, guided walks, presentations and activities. Local Campaign Groups and sustainable businesses. Wildlife and child-friendly atmosphere.

The Court of Noke, near Pembridge, HR6 9HW. (By kind invitation of Edward & Emma Bulmer). Free entry and parking, www.springgreens.org.uk Sun 8 May PUTLEY OPEN GARDENS Explore seven gardens in aid of the Parish Hall and Church. All starts and finishes at the Parish Hall, Putley, HR8 2QN, refreshments, plant sales etc, 10am-4pm, £5, free under 15, www.putleygardens.org.uk

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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 is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, MBAcC at The Body Clinic, Leominster & Richard’s Castle. Treating pain (NICE recommended) and long-term health conditions since 1985. Food intolerance testing. Phone 01584 831 840 or text 07984 460969.

E-booking: www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk 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 ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, TRAUMA, LOW SELF WORTH and emotional difficulties - our innovative approach is being used with private and NHS clients with great success.

Clients attend an average of 4 sessions to achieve a substantial, some say transformative, effect on their well being. You can check out the testimonials and book a one to one session on our website www.peaceofmindnow.co.uk or get in touch for more information Mike Buckley 07931 986168 mcmbuckley@gmail.com

AROMATHERAPY massage and facials - Bach Remedies - Herbalism - Reiki. For comprehensive, holistic treatment: Roz Myers Brown, Dip. Ar. IPTI, MIPTI. Kington clinic.

07967 137208, roz.brown@btinternet.com BESPOKE MASSAGE THERAPY BY CHERYL LILWALL MTI. Sensitive communication through the medium of touch. For physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Clinic held at the Integrative Health Clinic, Holland House, 70 Belmont Road, Hereford. Tel: 07487 738089. www. herefordbespokemassagetherapy.co.uk THE BRIGHT N BUTE COMPANY - Medical/Sports & Veterinary - K-laser (low level laser therapy) endorsed by vets (VBS Direct) & NHS (NICE guidance) for GP practices & medical profession.

Contact: Louisa Clarke BSc(hons) RVN BHSPT Cert Ed. Email: thebrightnbutecompany@gmail.com Website: https://the-bright-n-bute-company.business.site CHARTERED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST with over 25 years professional NHS experience, providing psychological help to adults. Please see website for details: www. drmatthewfaull.co.uk. I am highly trained and experienced in using evidence–based psychotherapies to relieve distress and help you achieve your life goals, and offer sessions in Ludlow and Leintwardine. I also offer supervision to mental health professionals. Please contact me by email: mfaull@ btinternet.com, to arrange a free initial phone conversation to consider your needs. Registered with British Psychological Society, British Psychoanalytic Council, Health Professions Council.

CLEAR HEAD, FREE BODY, OPEN HEART Craniosacral Therapy, Therapeutic Massage and Yoga Classes with Clare Johnson, to help you feel more at ease and aligned physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I work in Ludlow and Elton. Please phone 07980 070675 or email clareswork@gmail.com

Human medical / Sport Rehabilitation

Clinic addresses: Hay-on-Wye Google: Pinewood Health & Beauty Hay-on-Wye. Leominster www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk

Veterinary Low Level Laser Therapy I will travel to your horses and pets.

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Louisa Clarke BSc (hons) Cert Ed. RVN, BHSPT Email: thebrightnbutecompany@gmail.com Mobile: 07972 220082 Web: www.thebright-n-bute-company.com

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair. Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland.

Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk DEEPLY RELAXING Craniosacral Therapy can increase your well-being by releasing emotional and physical tensions. Given a safe space and correct focus, your body knows the way. I am an accredited practitioner, qualified since 2004, based in Shrewsbury, Crickhowell and Mid Wales. Email: cheryljonestherapy@gmail.com Mobile: 07476 012299.

EMOTIONAL WELLBEING: Anne Cummings FETC (Adv Dip), BAoG (Dip), MBIG (Dip) offers a safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their emotional and spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/loss and anxiety. Ffi see www.thewritetofeel.com.

EQUINE FACILITATED LEARNING. Personal growth for individuals and groups through powerful yet gentle interactions with horses, with seasoned Eponaquest facilitator Angela Dunning. EFL sessions involve spending time outdoors with these beautiful sentient beings, where you will be guided to deepen your connection to yourself and your body; build true confidence; reconnect to your Soul’s purpose and bring greater authenticity to your life.

No horse experienced required. Shropshire/Herefordshire/ Borders. Contact me on: 01588 630061/07583 726207; angela@equinereflections.co.uk; or visit www.thehorsestruth.co.uk HEALINGS, INSIGHT READINGS, PERSONAL GROWTH COACHING, ANIMAL COMMUNICATION Healings, insights into life path and situations, space and guidance to explore and help re-align with our inner truth. Also offer help understanding our animals’ behaviour and needs. Enquiries: Kohra 01544 262 110, kohra@gmx.co.uk HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Holistic health care with experienced practitioner using homeopathy, essences and homeobotanicals; safe and effective for all ages. I work with you as an individual, listening without judgement, working with whatever issues or problems you may have. Regular clinics in Monmouth and Hereford, incl. Saturday morning children’s clinic in Hereford. See website: www.julietablett.co.uk or contact Juliet at juliet@julietablett.co.uk or 01981 241456 HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPY: Meg Lawrence MTI. A listening and sensitive therapy, treating the whole person.

For relief from aches and pains, easing of occupational and postural tensions, providing relaxation and calm in peaceful surroundings, 20 minutes from Presteigne, Hay-on-Wye and Kington. Email meg@radnorshire.com; phone or text 07910 892172.

HYPNOTHERAPY Vicky Nicolson-James DipHP HWHP Herefordshire based empathetic hypnotherapist offering online or 1-1 therapy to help you live the life you want and deserve. Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association and National Society of Hypnotherapy. T:01568 760 306 E: vickynicolsonjames@gmail.com WhatsApp: 07790 162067.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Kinesiology, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Reflexology, Emmet technique.

Remedial and Holistic Massage. Counselling inc: Couples and Family, Cognitive Behaviour and NLP Stress Management, Child Birth Issues, Psychotherapy. Telephone 01568 616411 email infoleominstercommunitycentre@ gmail.com Or visit Leominster Community Centre, School Road HR6 8NJ (behind Bridge Street car park).

LIFE COACHING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT brings confidence, good relationships, clear communication, and skills for life to enable you to be your true, authentic, more fulfilled and happier self. I’m compassionate, empathic, focused and work with confidentiality and integrity. Working from The Body Clinic Leominster I offer a free 15 minute call to see if it’s right for you. Suzanna Underwood Graduate Life Coach and Person Centred Counsellor 07903 415359.

MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage.

Clinic in Presteigne (The Retreat), Presteigne, LD8 2UF. Contact: marian@silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.

MINDFULNESS Alithea Waterfield MBCT teacher offering Mindful Walks in Nature, 8-week Mindfulness courses and Mindfulness Guided Meditations. Committed to helping you reconnect with a more authentic and compassionate self and develop skills to manage life’s challenges resourcefully, skillfully and creatively. 07899 361316 alitheawaterfield@ gmail.com www.midwalesmindfulness.co.uk NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST JULIE HOWES If you suffer gut problems, dementia, hormone imbalance, chronic fatigue or any degenerative disease, I can help. Four consultations £150. Home visits or therapy room Hereford.

Call 07462 937 389. Web site juliehowesnutrition.com Email juliehowesnutrition@outlook.com OSTEOPATH. Mr R A Hughes D.O. Registered Osteopath and Sports Therapist. Fully qualified and registered since 1995. Established in Presteigne for over 20 years.

Sciatica, Arthritis, Trapped Nerves, Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain. Headaches, Sports Injuries. 07961 352056, rahughesosteo@gmail.com The Retreat, Presteigne – free car parking.

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 REIKI means Universal Life Energy. It’s a very gentle relaxing healing of the body and emotions relieving pain, stress and anxiety. Working from The Body Clinic Leominster I offer a free 15 minute call for you to see if it’s right for you. Suzanna Underwood Advanced Reiki Master 07903 415359.

SPIRITUAL HEALER. 30 years plus experience.

One-on-one healing and ‘introduction to healing’ workshops.

“If you truly know yourself you will truly know freedom”.

Please contact Gilly Williamson, MNFSH, Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE Group classes - both live and online.

Individual tuition in Stapleton.

Moving consciously with the breath

Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk

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SOUND HEALING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP RETREATS We run the 5 part Sound Therapy training programme for the College of Sound Healing as weekend retreats in the beautiful setting of Primrose Haven with lovely gardens and sacred spaces. Also Seasonal Sounds Days and weekend retreats: Sound Healing and Nature; Magical Resonance of Celtic Sounds and Sound and gardening for the soul. Retreat stays in our cosy Shepherd Huts. Occasional evening sound and Gong meditations.

Please contact Paul Benham, paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk. 07811 816637.

THE BODY CLINIC LEOMINSTER HEALTH Health Assessments, Massage, Sports Therapy, Acupuncture, K-Laser, Yoga, Thai-Chi, Thai Massage, Reflexology, Counselling, Mindfulness, Reiki. Support with rehabilitation, pain, long term health conditions, womens and mens health, mental health, fertility and pregnancy. www.thebodyclinicleominster 01568 368907, 07493 078566, thebodyclinicleominster@gmail.com 17 West Street, HR6 8EP. TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING & COUNSELLING WITH WENDY YOUNG Compassionate and focussed conversations and body-centred processes to heal developmental & emotional trauma and core wounding.

This supports your transformational journey of becoming and living your authentic and joyful self. I offer a FREE 30 mins discovery call to answer your questions and see if it feels right for us to work together. Online nationally and inperson in Llanidloes, mid-Wales. For more info and to book call 07388 491 990; email wendy@wiselivingworld.com; website www.wiselivingworld.com.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single (dated) listings are free.

Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year.

FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement Classes.

Learn to move more freely, with greater ease and flexibility, improving posture, balance and coordination. The Feldenkrais method uses a combination of gentle movement and relaxed attention to improve comfort and function and to enhance our sense of well being. Online classes (Tuesday mornings and Wednesday evenings); live classes in Tenbury (Wednesday mornings). To book and for more information, please contact Jane at janesethi@yahoo.co.uk or on 07949 432555.

ONLINE MINDFUL YOGA CLASSES Slow down, soften and turn inwards. Move and breath your way back into a natural state of vibrant well-being.

Join via Zoom weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6:15pm - 7:30pm. Classes are small, friendly and suitable for all levels of flexibility and experience. For more info and to book call Wendy Young 07388 491 990; email wendy@wiselivingworld.com; website www.wiselivingworld.com/mindful-hatha-yoga/

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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.hedgerowmedicine.org 01531 670075.

PILATES SESSIONS Pilates is a method of exercise designed to elongate and strengthen the body. It promotes improved core strength and stability which in turn improves posture, flexibility, circulation and physical wellbeing. Classes available in Presteigne and various locations within the North Herefordshire, North Worcestershire and South Shropshire area. All sessions are based on small groups and working to individual abilities therefore booking is essential. Private sessions by arrangement. Contact Jackie on 0782 4114979 or justjackie39@gmail.com YOGA & AYURVEDA Individual yoga practice. Diet. Exercise. Life Balance.

Jill Bonner BA PGCE Art. DIPL Yoga Therapy.

DIPL Ayurveda Therapy. Details 07789 428109.

Upto and including Wed 13 April MEDITATION CLASSES IN NEWTOWN At Plas Dolerw, Milford Road, on Wednesdays, continuing with our 5 week course. “Growing Our Good Heart” at 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Two guided meditations, and a short talk on how to integrate Buddha’s Ancient Wisdom into our busy modern lives, to improve our self and our relationships with others. We have an opportunity to ask questions, followed by refreshments. For beginners and experienced meditators; Everyone Welcome. Drop in class £6 per person, or free with all levels of membership. For more info contact KMC Wales, www.meditationinwales.org or Juliet on 01547 510247.

Beginning Tues 3 May A NEW SERIES OF TALKS ON MEDITATION Will start with a public talk given by Paul Jenkins, resident teacher for the Swansea Buddhist Centre and continue with six more classes with Juliet Wallis teaching. Plas Dolerw, Milford Rd, Newtown, 7.30pm. www.meditationinwales.org or Juliet on 01547 510247.

Every Saturday RIVER FLOW YOGA With Graham Nolan. Mixed ability, open to all.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 9.30am, 01497 821762, phone to check class is on.

First Saturday of the month MEDITATION For beginners or experienced meditators. run by The Bleddfa Centre, held at Cascob, near Presteigne, 11am-12.30pm, donations £3-£5, 01547 550377.

Sundays REST AND RESTORE Meditation session. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 4.30pm, £8.50, food and drink included, 01531 248743.

Mondays MAMA MOJO YOGA FLOW The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am, £6, 01743 234970.

Mondays & Wednesdays PILATES Pilates-Based Back Care - Mon 10.30am & Wed 5.45pm.

Pilates-Based Body Conditioning - Mon 11.45am & Wed 7pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 625992.

Tuesdays VOICE YOGA (YOGIC SINGING) Willey Chapel, LD8 2NA, 11am. Also online via Zoom Mondays 6pm. No singing or yoga experience necessary! Learn how to connect to your most peaceful place through your voice. Contact Liv: oliviapreye@gmail.com or visit www. voiceyoga.co.uk Thursdays YOGA With Karen Booth. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 4.30pm-6pm, 01686 688369.

Third Thursday of the month ECO SPIRIT CAFE An informal monthly meeting for people interested in spirituality and connection to the environment.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, free, 01497 821762.