Broad Sheep September

BROAD she e p september 2012

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

BROAD Two-Wheeled Mayhem I sheep

f you remember last month I was sitting around waiting for three things to happen.

Well they did. Sheep Music passed off in a blaze of unexpected sunshine.

The youthful organising committee had done a fine job of keeping vehicles off the site during build week, so instead of a soggy quagmire, we ended up with a fantastic, sunny, grassy, well attended, packed full of great music, festival.

The Tour de France, you must remember it. It happened just before all that ballyhoo about the sport’s week in Hackney. As I predicted it was a stunning victory for Bradley Wiggins, nearly spoiled by two things. Firstly the never-ending problem of the Murdoch Mafia’s Sponsorship deal and secondly by a sneaking suspicion that if he had not been under team orders, Chris Frome (Bradley’s team-mate and nursemaid) might easily have won it himself.

The final thing I was waiting for was my trip to Amsterdam to meet a bizarre Small Ads 4 bicycle cruiser gang called the ‘Chopederos’. I was all set to leave on the 1st of August when I discovered my passport was out of date and the only way I could renew Papers 6 it fast was to waste a day in Liverpool hanging around the passport office. Spending a Art 8 day cycling around Liverpool in the sunshine, it quickly became apparent I was pretty Art workshops 14 much on my own. Yes folks, the cycling boom, we’re meant to be in the middle of, has decided to give the Scousers a miss. Four hours cycling round town and along Cinema 20 the Merseyside cycle path and I probably saw, at most, a dozen cyclists! What the Dance 24 hell is going on in Liverpool. Has everyone got a car? Is cycling banned by some Food 26 archaic by-law? Perhaps we could send the whole of Liverpool to Holland for a brief visit, they’d soon get the hang of it, as long as we could keep them out of the coffee Music 28 shops.

Music workshops 42 Anyway, the next day I dumped the car in a side street in Harwich and cycled onto Venues 45 the fabulous new Stenna ferry. Now I am not a fan of overnight ferries but this brand new Stenna job is the dog’s bollocks. Big and roomy, comfortable, staff friendly, good Band directory 46 reasonably priced edible food and really cosy cabins with a shower that works and a Theatre 48 flat screen satellite TV. I rolled into The Hook with a smile on my face.

Word 51 The difference between the Dutch cycling experience and the British one is like the difference between the London Symphony Orchestra and your seven year olds Green pages 54 first violin practice. Sometime in the late 1950s the canny Netherlanders enacted Comp therapies 56 a series of cycle friendly laws that ensured that everywhere you go in the country there are smooth, signposted cycle paths sometimes on both(!) sides of the road and We take no more importantly bicycles have the right of way over cars. If a car runs you down, it’s responsibility for the car drivers fault no matter how stupid the cyclist has been. As a consequence the veracity of the everybody cycles. Well you would, wouldn’t you? Oh, I forgot, they also passed a law information herein banning hills.

Pete Mustill I set off north up the Dutch coast on an Noordzeeroute 8am Mayfield, Stapleton, empty motorway of a cycle path called Nr Presteigne, Powys the Noordzeeroute. It was 8am in the LD8 2LS morning and a few people were walking Tel: 01544 260051 their dogs, but I had the path mostly to Email: info@broadsheep.com myself. Then as the morning progressed Website: www.broadsheep.com and the sun got hotter, the full panoply of Dutch cycling tribes started to reveal themselves. First the serious racing cyclists out on their morning training run.

Then mums with kiddie seats taking their toddlers to the crèche. Then some old geezers who always wake up early and can’t think of anything else to do but go for a ride. Then the mountain bikers looking for a sand dune to storm up. Then whole cycling clubs on racing bikes panting to the Hague and back. Then pairs of tourists of a certain age on hired electric bikes. Then by 11 o’clock, - well – just everybody going for a ride. Going to the beach. Going to work. It was quite simply two-wheeled mayhem. I felt very naive and foreign. In fact I was quite relieved to quit the Noordzeeroute at Zandvort and head inland to Amsterdam. I stopped to eat an ice-cream and catch my breath between Zandvort and Harlem and then cruised gently to Central Station in order to get my bearings.

Central Station a small There, the whole madness started up again. Central Amsterdam in August bit of the bike park is crazy. You’ve got a million Dutch cyclists whizzing along as usual plus another half million tourists of brightly coloured rented bikes who haven’t got a clue how to ride or where they are going. Eventually I was forced to a very sad, but inevitable conclusion. There are too many bikes! Or maybe there are too many people – full stop. As for my crazy Dutch bicycle gang, the ‘Chopederos’. I think they and their mad bikes deserve their own article.

P.S. Nicola has just reminded me that after the longest negotiations in the history of real estate our oldest surviving advertiser the Hat Shop is finally sold (boo-hoo). The end of an era and more to the point the end of my lunch!

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Cover pic: Lucy Schwartz - Reckless Shrimp Festival, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 15 & 16 Sept

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OMEONE says that the Olympics are over. How true, but then again what nonsense. The Olympic spirit is a wonderful thing (particularly when it is Gwynfor Daedreth’s Five Rings Welsh Vodka Style Beverage Drink the Best Ignore the Rest, available at an eisteddfod near you, buy now while stocks last, thank you Gwynfor). As I was saying. The Olympic Spirit has remodelled London, is responsible for the Standard Chartered crisis and has even got a couple of mentions on Midlands Today. But whither now, eh? As excitement steadily builds towards Buenos Aires, or is it Rio, 2015, or is it 2016, how can things possibly be improved?

When Britain secured the Olympics, Broad Sheep proposed a radical restructuring, based on a close analysis of Classical precedent, much of it in the original Greek. The idea was that the games should be split into two: the Primal Games, to be conducted on a Greek island by athletes with no clothes on, who would level a stretch of beach on which they would run races; and the Anything Goes Olympics, which would be conducted in the middle of the Indy 500 track among wreaths of toxic fumes. Drug taking would be encouraged, cheating richly rewarded, and everything including the bribes would be sponsored by major corporations.

Boss Rogge, leafing through Broad Sheep behind the blacked-out windows of his limo, ignored these sensible suggestions, and put his weight behind the usual chauvinistic musclefest. Ah, well. Bureaucrats who reside in Fort Knoxes of prejudice, stuffed with gold and impervious to outside influence, cannot be expected to listen to argument, however closely reasoned. And we should not let a few charming performances by dancing horses obscure the fact that new thinking is vitally necessary if we are to keep the Olympic brand alive, sorry, torch burning.

So here are some suggestions for fine tuning.

1. Sponsorship. It is all very well for Coke and Macdonalds to exercise a stranglehold on the catering. But there is a strange arm’s length quality to the effort. Why not get sponsors directly involved in events? If Old Matelot Rum Soaked Shag sponsored tennis, for instance, players would be compelled to play with fuming briar pipes clamped between their teeth, and serves could come whipping out of an impenetrable globe of smoke. In the wrestling, sponsored by Acme Slaughterers, participants would tear into slabs of raw steak between rounds, and lubricate their outlying portions with the grease. You get the message.

2. Music. Bloody, bloody, bloody Chariots of Fire.

3. Weeping. Everyone except the horses and Husain Bolt bursts, on finishing a race, into tears. This is no good to anyone, and leads to dark thoughts about the psychological transference that has occurred between athlete and coach. This is a fundamentally abusive relationship, based on the embracing of pain for transitory pleasure.

Welcome, little gymnast, to my Red Room of Pain, from which you will emerge. . . changed. Cry us a river, medallists and failures. But let that river flow underground.

4. Chauvinistic nonsense. By the time you read this, we will know if the US or China has triumphed in the medal

rankings. I care not a row of buttons. In a fair world, we need to apply the Medal Compensation Factor. So if the Brits have got thirty medals and the Chinese have got forty medals, and the Brits have got 60 million inhabitants and the Chinese have got 1.5 billion inhabitants i.e. twenty-five times what the Brits have got, we apply the MCF and discover that the Brits have got 25x30 medals, which is quite a lot more than the Chinese. The options are stark. Either we adopt this system, or we breed like hell and put on a lot of new events suitable for four-yearolds.

You need accountancy training to understand this, of course, but the moral of the story is, we won, we won, Team Heebeejeebee, Engerlund. Now I am going to bed for the first time in what feels like weeks.

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VILLAINY & HEROISM IN OPERA, ART AND VERSE

Saturday 22 September 10.30am Terry Barfoot on Heroism in Opera: illustrated talk with music by Wagner, Mozart, Rossini, Berlioz, Mercadante, Puccini, Smetana, Verdi and Beethoven. Assembly Room, Presteigne £10 3pm Dame Anne Evans works with Longborough’s new Brünnhilde, Rachel Nicholls, as she prepares for the complete Ring in 2013. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne £10 Sunday 23 September 10.30am Terry Barfoot on Villainy in Opera: music by Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Mercadante , Bizet and Beethoven, featuring the Mastersingers Young Artists: Jonathan Stoughton, Antonia Sotgiu, Stuart Pendred and Nick Fowler. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne £10 3pm Dame Anne Evans and Anthony Negus coach Rachel Nicholls and other members of the Mastersingers Young Artists Programme Assembly Rooms, Presteigne £10 Tickets from the Judge’s Lodging 01544 260650

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS

An evening of classical and romantic songs arranged for oboe and piano. Works by Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Berg and others.

Nicholas Benda: oboe, Jeremy Fisher: piano Assembly Room, Presteigne 8pm Tickets £10 from the Judge’s Lodging 01544 260650

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art POWYS h.ART 8 - 16 September. Herefordshire’s Open Studio event with open studios, exhibitions and workshops.

Many are listed below (in all three counties), but there are many more. www.h-art.org.uk St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne 01547 560813 8 - 16 Sept MAGGIE BANKS, SIMON DORRELL, STELLA HIDDEN, SUSANNAH ROYLE, SUE POWELL, LESLEY WOOTTON - paintings.

SUSIE VAUGHAN - basket work.

ADAM WATSON - fabric weaving.

MAX SUFFIELD - paper and found materials. ANDREW FARMER photographs. KATE DAWSON, CATHY SUMNER, JEWELS WILLIAMS - pottery. JOSH PARTRIDGE - screenprinted textiles.

KEVIN BLOCKLEY - stone carving.

ROWAN McONEGAL - stained glass.

Open daily 11am-5pm.

Upper House, Knucklas, near Knighton 01547 528792 8 - 16 Sept WILL & LOTTIE O’LEARY - stonecarving. Open 11am-5pm daily, 15th Sept 11am-2pm.

The Rodd, Presteigne 01544 260149 Sept The 11th Fine Art Prints & Book Arts exhibition. Including wood engraving, lithography and screen printing. Plus sculptor in residence.

11am-5.30pm.

16 Sept ‘Identifying Fine Art Prints.

Talk. Tithe Barn Gallery, 2pm, free.

17 Sept ‘Introduction to Book Arts’.

One day workshop led by Lin Charlston, 10am-4pm, £30.

22 Sept ‘Nolan and Kelly’. Exhibition of prints of Nolan’s iconic Ned Kelly images, with readings, Australian folk songs; followed by piano recital by Tamriko Sakvarelidze and Richard Black, 7pm.

Courtyard Antiques, Manchester House, High St, Presteigne 01544 267033 8 - 15 Sept ‘Tie Art’. Contemporary art you can wear. Art on ties by PETER BLAKE and others. Open 10am-5pm.

Rhayader Museum & Gallery www.findingrhayader.co.uk Until 16 Oct ‘Finding Rhayader’. An exhibition with locally inspired paintings by JMW Turner, HRH Prince of Wales, Edward Dayes, William Stone, GWRANDRO - digital artists, curated

by Movix. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm, £4 adults/£3, children under 16 free.

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Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 1 Sept TABERNACLE ART COMPETITION 2012.

Until 8 Sept CHARLES SHEARER. 17 Sept - 27 Oct 56 GROUP WALES. 17 Sept - 24 Oct BRIAN ADAMS & GERALD DEWSBURY. 17 Sept - 20 Oct GARETH NASH. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Radnorshire Museum & Gallery, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 Until 1 Sept Llandrindod Bowling Club Centenary, 1912-2012.

6 Sept - 27 Oct The Picturemakers a collective of Mid-Wales artists.

10am-4pm.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 From 6 Sept ROSIE PROSSER photographs. Open theatre times.

The Beaufort Gallery, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5HG 01597 822777 www.celfogwmpas.com Until 6 Sept ‘28 Day Flower Diary’.

KATE OWENS. 7 - 28 Sept Resident’s exhibition.

DEAN WARBURTON. Open Tues-Thurs 10am-4pm.

Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until 30 Sept A.C. TELFER - oils, pastels, pen and ink and giclée prints.

9.30am-5.30pm, daily.

Wine Bar @ No. 46, High St, Presteigne, Powys 01544 267675 Sept Local artists exploring all mediums including BRONTË WOODRUFF & CIARA LEWIS. Open Mon 12-2, Tues & Thurs 12-2pm & 5-10pm, Fri 12-2pm & 5-11pm, Sat 10am-2pm & 6-11pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 5 Sept ‘Bathing Beauties’. More than 100 architectural models of beach huts by various artists and designers.

Until 5 Sept ‘Gimme Shelter’.

ANTONIA DEWHURST - a series of micro-structures.

15 Sept - 7 Nov ‘Alieni Luris’. DOUG JONES - ceramics and cross-stitch.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 1 Sept Arts & Crafts featuring local artisan wares and craft materials.

10am-2pm.

Old School Gallery, The Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa, near Knighton 01547 550377 6 - 27 Oct ‘I Have Been Many Shapes’.

TIM ROSSITER - paintings.

Open Wed-Sun 2-5pm.

Mid Wales Arts, Maesmawr, Caersws, SY17 5SB 01686 688369 www.midwalesart.org.uk Until 23 Sept ANGELA & OWEN THORPE - new works inspired by sunshine.

Until 23 Sept Graduate Show 2012, including GEORGINA BOLTON, LUCINDA COOK, ELLIOT GOAT, BENJAMIN HOARE, IVAN KNAPP, IMOGEN LLOYD. 30 Sept - 28 Oct Open exhibition.

Open Sun-Thurs 11am-4pm.

The Thomas Shop, Maesyfed, Penybont, Llandrindod Wells 01597 851951 Sept Local arts and crafts.

Wool Emporium exhibition - wool and textiles. Molas from Columbia.

Celebrating Heritage Penybont and Shop Museum. Fri - Sun 10am-5pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Sept ‘A Place Deserted - Welsh Ruins’.

PAUL WHITE - photographs. The India & China Tea Company. Refreshments available. Wed-Sat 9.30am5pm, Sun 11am-4pm, closed Mon & Tues.

Haymakers Gallery, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820556 Until 16 Sept JULIA MANNING - prints.

JANE WELLENS - ceramics. JANE RYAN - autometa. JAN FRYER jewellery. 10.30am-5pm, closed Tues.

Minerva Arts Centre, High St, Llanidloes 01686 413467 Until 8 Sept THE QUILT ASSOCIATION summer exhibition.

Antique and contemporary quilts.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

Lion Street Gallery, Hay-on-Wye www.lionstreetgallery.co.uk Sept 20 Artists and sculptors working in Wales. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm.

The Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Walk, Brecon 01874 611622 1 Sept ‘From One Extreme to the Other’. JULIA HARRIS watercolours.

4 - 30 Sept ‘Above Beneath Beyond II’. KATHLEEN PACKWOOD & SUE PURCELL - range of media including textiles, painting, drawing, printing and 3D glassworks. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Andrew Eastwood, An Acre of Art, Wigmore

BrontĂŤ Woodruff, Wine Bar, No. 46, Presteigne

Lucinda Lewis, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge

Kathleen Packwood & Sue Purcell, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon

Tie Art, Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne

Paul White, Tower House Gallery, Knighton

Val Corbett, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow Norrie Davies, Dot’s Gallery, Bromyard

Ruth Issett, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell

Stuart Houghton, Tinsmiths, Ledbury

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Richard Bavin, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

Rosie Brewer, Tinsmiths, Ledbury

Mistletoe House, Tea Room & Gallery, Coombe, Presteigne 01544 260035 Sept MARGO BELL, JANE BOOTH, AUDREY BRADLEY, SUE CAMPION, PIP CARPENTER, JACKIE CONWAY, REBECCA DAVIS, BETTY EBANJA, MARTINA JIRANKOVA, JENNY LINES, FLORA McCLACHLAN, HEATHER POWER, MORNA RHYS, FRANS WESSELMAN & SUE WHEELER. Orignal prints, etchings, wood engravings, linoprints, screen prints, collagraphs et al.

Open Thurs-Mon 10am-5pm.

Erwood Station Craft Centre & Gallery, Erwood, near Builth Wells 01982 560674 Until 2 Sept Every Fri-Sun Summer of Great Events. Artist demonstrations, live music and family workshops.

Until 27 Sept MARTIN O’VEL surrealist paintings.

29 Sept - 7 Nov DAVID BAILEY & GLEN MORRIS - Welsh wildlife photographs and sculpture. Plus handcrafted ornaments to prints and cards. Open daily 10am-5.30pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Sept A collection of sculptural artists and makers including SARA

BAMFORD, RACHEL RICKETTS, TANIA MOSSE AND GILL TENNANTEYLES. Showing works in steel, ceramic, bronze and jesmonite.

Interesting and unusual gifts for all.

Plus rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Open every day during h.Art. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

HEREFORDSHIRE h.ART 8 - 16 September. Herefordshire’s Open Studio event with open studios, exhibitions and workshops.

Many are listed below (in all three counties), but there are many more. www.h-art.org.uk Dots Gallery, 41 Broad St, Bromyard, HR7 4BT 01885 483458 7 Sept - 7 Oct NORRIE DAVIES - paintings of Bromyard town. Plus original, contemporary art and crafts from Bromyard and the Marches.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Marsh Cottage, Yatton, near Aymestrey 01568 770177 8-16 Sept BRONTË WOODRUFF - recent landscapes in earth pigments, collages with mixed media. Free refreshments. Donations to Water Aid. Open Sun-Fri 10.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-6pm.

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Antiquesintents, Lynch Court, Eardisland 01544 267033 30 Sept One day quality antiques fair with up to 50 dealers offering a quality selection of traditional and decorative antiques. Open 10am-4pm, £3 admission, refreshments available.

Tinsmiths, Tinsmiths Alley, 8a High Street, Ledbury 01531 632083 8 Sept - 6 Oct STUART HOUGHTON - pottery. ROSIE BREWER - wooden boards. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome 01885 490839 8 - 16 Sept DOUG EATON & BETH RICHARDSON. Open Tues - Sun 10am-5pm, Mon 11am-5pm.

Forge Framing & Gallery, Eardisley 01544 327830 Sept CAROLA RICHARDS (1916-2004) - abstract and colourful exploration of imaginary subjects.

Open Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-1pm.

Hereford Cathedral 01432 374261 1 Sept - 31 Dec ‘Making an Impression’. An exhibition of some of the man seals from the cathedral’s collection from 1100-1900. Mappa Mundi & Chained Library exhibition.

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Leominster Library, 8 Buttercross, Leominster 01432 383290 5 - 28 Sept MARCHES SCRIBES caligraphy. Open Sat 9.30am-4pm, Sun & Mon closed, Tues & Fri 9am5.30pm, Wed & Thurs 9am-7.30pm.

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

Shellhouse Gallery, 36 The Homend, Ledbury 01531 632557 8 - 22 Sept DAVID SAVAGAR photographs. ANDREA McLEAN - drawing, etchings and paintings.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, Malvern 01886 880140 8 - 16 Sept CAROL JAMES - unique silver jewellery. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5.30pm.

Chrysalis Contemporary Glass Art Studio, Leominster 01568 613116 Sept Glass art designs: tableware and jewellery. Open by appointment.

Downstairs Gallery, Great Brampton House, Madley 01981 251094 Until 16 Sept “When Shall We Set Sail For Happiness?” CRAIG BARNES and DMITRI GALITZINE. Open FriSun 12-5pm.

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Sept HELGA POWELL - detailed watercolour flower studies.

CHARLOTTE GARDINER - textile landscapes. SUE BROWN & JANE WALKER - printmaking. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Weaver’s Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury Until 2 Sept MALVERN MAKERS - textiles.

4 - 16 Sept ‘Coloured Threads’.

WORCESTER EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Open 10am-5pm.

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St., Hereford 01432 260692 Until 2 Sept Treasures from the collections.

8 Sept - early Oct h.Art Open exhibition. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

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Trumpet Corner Art Studios & Tea Room, Trumpet, near Ledbury, HR8 2RA 01531 670082 8 - 16 Sept ED ELLIOTT - wood sculpture. VICTORIA HARRISON - mosaics. BRONTË WOODRUFF & CLARE HOOPER - paintings. KEVIN KIMBER - illustrations. ANGELA BOYDEN & DOUBY EVANS - mixed media. ELAINE MASON - reclaimed glass. Part of h.Art. Open Fri, Sat & Mon 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Shieldbrook Sculpture Garden, King’s Caple 01432 840670 Until 16 Sept More than 80 sculptures in various media, including stone, wood, metal, glass, alabaster and ceramics. Featuring DENNIS FARRELL, JEWELS WILLIAMS, ANDY DODWELL, SUE LOCKE, PETER KING and AMBROSE BURNE. Open every Sun 2-5pm £5, children free.

Fundraising for St Agnes Gokwe Children’s Home in Zimbabwe.

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

Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye 01989 565266 Until 3 Sept ‘The Picturesque Wye Valley’. BARRY HERNIMAN - watercolours. SARAH CHEESE - textiles.

KIM BRAMBLEY - glass.

8 Sept - 1 Oct JOANNA MARTIN - tanned leather goods. DENNIS FARRELL - hand-built pots.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

An Acre of Art Gallery & Cafe, Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore 01568 770110 Sept Original art, prints, cards and more. Open Tues-Sat 11am-4pm.

Gallery 54, High St, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Sept New work from gallery artists, plus h.Art. 9 Sept Demonstration of glass making with the Hermit.

15 Sept ‘Dandelion Clocks to Bird’s Nests’. Sue Purcell, artist in residence.

Thurs-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

All Saints Church Cafe, Hereford 01432 370414 1 Sept LOVE ZIMBABWE - sale of fairtrade arts and crafts from Zimbabwe.

Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 1 Sept Summer Exhibition. ‘Miniworks’ A celebration of the Olympics in London. Open to professional artists, students.

1 Sept ALLOY JEWELLERS. 7 Sept - 21 Oct ‘Young Open’.

A platform for young artists, aged 18 and over. Part of h.Art. Open theatre times.

Dorstone’s Front Room 01981 550777 Sept Outpost Gallery featuring local artists. Open Mon-Fri 9am-1pm.

Monnow Valley Arts, Middle Hunt House, Walterstone, 01873 860529 Until 28 Oct ‘Image and Word’. The

Julian Francis collection of prints and private press books.

Until 28 Oct Sculpture garden and park. Open Thurs & Fri 11am-5pm, weekends 2-5pm.

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

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

Open Mon - Sat 10am-5pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 8 Sept - 31 Oct LUCINDA LEWIS, CLAIRE DELANEY, NEIL LOSSOCK, VICKY JACKSON, JOHN RUXBURTON, MIRANDA MICHELLS, WILLIE CARTER, HOWARD LEWIS, OSTINELLI AND PRIEST - in a variety of media to include watercolours, photographs, drawings, ceramics, wood turning, ceramic sculpture and jewellery by Alloy members.

Throughout the year Garden Sculpture Exhibition 2012. New pieces for the garden in ceramic, stoneware, stone resin, forged iron, stainless steel and mild steel to include GARRY JONES, SIMON GRIFFITHS, DAVID ENGLAND, HELEN SINCLAIR, JOHN WHEELDON, MIRANDA MICHELS, NEIL LOSSOCK, TONY INGARFIELD, SALLY GASTON, PAUL MARGETTS and CHRISTY BOWDLER. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Apple Store Gallery 3 Bridge St, Hereford 01432 378436 1 Sept ‘From the Forest’.

DOUG EATON & SALLY SARNESKI paintings. SALLY GRANT - sculpture.

4 Sept - 29 Oct BORDERLINERS - a group of artists who studied at the Herefordshire College of Art & Design from 2000-2002.

16 Sept RICHARD BAVIN will be in the gallery painting. Tues-Fri 9.30am4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester 01905 25371 Until 5 Sept ‘Cloud Nylon’. NORA FOK - extraordinary jewellery.

15 Sept - 10 Nov WORCESTER SOCIETY OF ARTISTS - paintings and ceramics.

29 Sept - March 2013 Yellow Dress Project. A series of events and pop-up displays will give a rare opportunity to bring behind-the-scenes work of the museum alive.

Until 9 Oct ALEX PLATT & ELAINE DAY - jewellery. MARY MARSH contemporary woodwork.

9 Oct - 27 Nov SHEILA COX - jewellery. BARRY LOCKWOOD - ceramics.

Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.

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SHROPSHIRE h.ART 8 - 16 September. Herefordshire’s Open Studio event with open studios, exhibitions and workshops.

Many are listed below (in all three counties), but there are many more. www.h-art.org.uk Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 1 Sept - 6 Oct ALFRED STOCKHAM Hon. RWA - new paintings.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 10 Sept - 27 Oct MUCH WENLOCK OPEN ART EXHIBITION with Twenty Twenty Gallery. Open Mon-Fri 9am4pm and theatre times.

Housman’s Cafe Bar, Church Stretton 01694 724441 Sept RACHEL WALKER - acrylic resin contemporary art. Open cafe hours.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141 1 - 29 Sept LUDLOW PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL 2012. Featuring BRIAN BEANEY FRPS. CLIVE HAYNES FRPS. VAL CORBETT, MICHAEL HALLETT FRPS. LUDLOW C of E SCHOOL. OPEN PRINT, works by professional and amateurs.

Open theatre times.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 Until 8 Sept MALCOLM TILLIS collages. From the private collection of the late Kate Christie.

Open theatre times.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell 01547 530888 8 - 16 Sept DRUSILLA COLE, ANN PATERSON, RUTH ISSETT, MARIETTA ALKER, VERONIKA LAVERY, THE FFIESTY FFELTERS, ROSIE READ & YVONNE CROSSLEY - textiles. Open Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

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

Open Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Creamery Cafe, Apley Farm Shop, Stockton Buildings, Norton, Shifnal 01952 730345 23 Aug - end Nov ‘A Year at Apley’.

VICKI NORMAN - paintings.

Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun and Bank Holidays 10am-4pm.

Sandford Gallery, 1 Sandford Place, Church Stretton www.sandfordgallery.org Sept Gallery artists ROS BURNS, DI PURSER, GILL CROZIER, DAVID MACE, TONY PURSER & STEPHEN VICARY. Open Fri-Mon 11am-5pm.

The Old Surgery Gallery, 11 High St, Clun, Craven Arms 01588 640506 Until 17 Sept ‘The Tim Nash Show’.

BRIAN FLETCHER, PAUL HIPKISS, ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA & TIM NASH. From 20 Sept ‘The Back to School Exhibition’. TOM BARKER, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, RUSSELL MORRIS, KEITH NOBLE, ANNA RAVENSCROFT, JOHN SCOTT MARTIN, NOEL SHEPHERDSON & JENI VIDLER. Open daily, including Sundays, from 10am - 5pm.

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 1 Sept NOEL SHEPHERDSON & PATRICK HOWSE - paintings.

1 Sept Isaac Smart’s Showcase ALISON DUPERNEX knitted textiles. MELANIE TOMLINSON - jewellery.

8 Sept - 6 Oct CAROLYN BLAKE, HELEN CASS, SIMON DORRELL, DAVID ENGLAND, PETER HORROCKS, VICTORIA KEEBLE, CHARLES MacCARTHY, SHELAGH POPHAM & ANNA RAVENSCROFT. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

EVER THOUGHT YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE A STUDIO OR RUN ART COURSES IN ITALY? We have a beautiful 3 bed 2 bath house in Umbria. 45 mins from Assisi, 50 mins from Perugia. Wonderful views. Lower ground floor (160sqm) is a light airy space suitable as a studio with its’ own kitchen area and shower room. Garden around ½ acre mainly orchard. £250,000 ono.

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For more information and photos please email: csellams@hotmail.com

Qube, Oswald Rd, Oswestry 01691 656882 14 Sept - 13 Oct Qube Open Art Competition ‘Celebrate’. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm.

Art & Craft Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops £40 per year EASTNOR POTTERY & THE FLYING POTTER 1 - 30 Sept Choose from a menu of exciting projects and techniques ranging in price from £5-£25 including make and take away and fired and glazed. Booking essential.

8 & 9 Sept - Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £105 for the day or £190 weekend. Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch.

Details 01531 633886 or admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk WORKSHOPS BY THE RIVER WYE In woolcraft, from fleece to item: including spinning, plant dyeing, weaving and felting. Also traditional Indian block printing with natural dyes. workshops from April through mid September. Please contact Jane Meredith on jane@plantdyedwool.co.uk CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes exploring willow weaving techniques for basket-making, garden structures and sculpture. Gladestry, Clyro and Builth Wells. Also one and two day workshops throughout the year. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk CREATIVE ART WORKSHOPS @ THE TON FARM NEAR HAY ON WYE With a varied and eclectic range of tutors these workshops are for anyone needing to open up the creativity within. They are run over three days from 10am-4pm to include a delicious homemade lunch.

For further information or to make a booking please contact Val Harris 01497 831289 or visit the website www.thetonfarm.com

Make sure we are on YOUR trail this year! ► Over 40 artists in a range of media ► Café with garden ► Ample parking and fully accessible ► Wide range of cards, crafts, gifts PLUS - SEE ARTISTS AT WORK ► 9th Sept. 11am-2pm - demonstration of glass ► 15th Sept - Sue Purcell, artist in residence Open every day 11am-5pm, 8th - 23rd Sept www.acreart.co.uk Mortimer Enterprise Centre Kings Meadow,Wigmore HR6 9UX 01568 770110

arts & crafts AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

Sat 1st september 9.30AM-3.30PM FURNITURE FROM LOCAL MAKERS HAND KNITTING & WEAVING PHOTOGRAPHY & PAINTING HAND-PAINTED & ENGRAVED STONE JEWELLERY & WILLOW WORK Tea & vegan cakes for details contact RosAmund 01544 260777

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September PLANT DYE / WOOL WORKSHOPS 1-3 Sept - Plant dyeing, peg loom weaving, Brinkley loom weaving and felt making. The Forge, Byford, Hereford, 01981 590370, www.plantdyedwool.co.uk September THE SIDNEY NOLAN TRUST 8 Sept - Open Day. Taster sessions in wood, clay, stone, printmaking. Tithe Barn Gallery, The Rodd, Presteigne, 11am-4pm. 22 & 23 Sept - Portrait Sculpture with Mark Richards FRBS. An intensive 2 day course at Castle Hill Pottery, Knucklas, £120. 16 Sept ‘Identifying Fine Art Prints. Talk.

Tithe Barn Gallery, 2pm, free.

17 Sept- Introduction to Book Arts.

One day workshop led by Lin Charlston, 10am-4pm, £30.

01544 260149.

September ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS 23 Sept - Beginners Photography Course, bring your camera along, 10.30am-4pm, £25.

Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35 per term, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

September ERWOOD STATION, WATCH AND LEARN 1 Sept - Demonstrations on hand carved walking sticks, tools for self reliance, glass making, and pine martins. Have A Go with the Auto harp, Up-Cycling and face-painting.

2 Sept - Demonstrations on spinning and knitting, weaving and dying, glass making, tools for self reliance. Have A Go with Up-Cycling, Auto harp and face-painting. All at Erwood Station Craft Centre, near Builth Wells, 10am-5.50pm, 01982 560674.

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Starting Mon 24 Sept FLOWER PAINTING Ten week course on Mondays.

St Andrew’s Hall, Presteigne, 10am-3pm, £145, 01970 621580.

Mondays KNITTING CLUB Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Trumpet Crossroads, Ledbury, 1-3pm, £3 per session + materials if needed, 07813 350826.

Sat 6 & Sun 7 October UNDERSTANDING WATERCOLOUR A weekend course with Nigel Street, an essential grounding for beginners and more experienced watercolourists.

Trumpet Corner Art Studios and Tea Room, near Ledbury, 01531 635404 to book.

Mondays LIFE DRAWING Village Hall, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, 01497 831550.

Sat 13 October LEARN THE ART OF DECOUPAGE With Jo Verity. All materials included.

Trumpet Corner Art Studios and Tea Room, near Ledbury, 10am-4pm, 01886 880197 to book.

THOMAS SHOP ACTIVITIES Every Mon, 7-9pm, Sewing/Textile Group.

2nd Sat of every month - Spinning classes with Rachel Berry.

3rd Sunday - Weaving classes with Rachel Berry.

The Thomas Shop, Penybont, 01597 851951.

WORKSHOPS BY THE RIVER WYE IN WOOLCRAFT From fleece to item: including spinning, plant dyeing, weaving and felting. Also traditional Indian block printing with natural dyes. Workshops from April through till mid September. Jane Meredith on jane@plantdyedwool.co.uk, www. plantdyedwool.co.uk. 01981 590370.

Mondays SEWING/TEXTILE GROUP Informal open group, (not Bank Holidays). The Thomas Shop, Maesyfed, Penybont, near Llandrindod Wells, 7-9pm, 01597 851951.

Mondays LIFE DRAWING With John Everett. The Forbury, Leominster, 01568 612646.

Wednesdays ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Teme Valley Youth Project and An Acre of Art Gallery in Wigmore are providing free art workshops for young people aged 11-25. Every Wednesday 4-6pm. Young people are introduced to different art techniques by established local artists. Registered Charity No: 1062438. 01568 770110, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX Wednesdays CRAFT CLUB Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Trumpet Crossroads, Ledbury, 10am-12.30pm, £3 per session + materials if needed, 07813 350826.

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

Fridays THE FRIDAY GROUP LIFE AND PORTRAIT WORKSHOP Has limited vacancies for new members every Friday Sept-May. The Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-4pm. Life and portrait model provided every week, £10 per day,

Tower House Gallery Gallery – Shop – Café - Oriel – Siop - Caffi

September 2012 – Paul White - Photographer “A Place Deserted - Welsh Ruins” Now open – THE BACK OF BEYOND at THE GALLERY - art & craft materials, fairtrade jewellery, clothes,

accessories and gifts, textiles and MORE GALLERY SPACE! The India & China Tea Co

HOMEMADE FOOD AND GREAT TEAS AND COFFEES

29 High Street, Knighton, LD7 1AT Tel: 01547 529530 jlr.thg@virgin.net http:/towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/

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SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE

BY GAN (JANYARAK MORRIS) Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand

September events Thurs 6 September, 7pm

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Streamed LIVE from the National Theatre.

Thurs 13 September, 7.30pm

Two Way Street

Ludlow’s own touring Theatre Company with an evening of hilarious comedy duologues.

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Traditional Thai Massage Thai Foot Massage Aromatic Oil Massage Thai Arts and Crafts

Sat 15 September 11am-1am Sun 16 September 11am-11pm

The Reckless Shrimp Festival

A celebration of folk, roots and Americana, featuring big name acts.

Thurs 27 September, 7.30pm

London Mozart Players Programme includes Purcell, Vivaldi and Piazzolla.

An excellent way to unwind and de-stress.

Reducing stiffness and improving flexibility.

3 Broad Street, Knighton, Powys, LD7 1BL

Behind Dudley Building society,

3rd door on the left (Ground Floor)

Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249, www.siamsmile.org.uk Gift vouchers available

September films Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Dog Days, The Amazing Spider Man, Your Sister’s Sister, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Tortoise in Love, The Dark Knight Rises, Friends with Kids, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Hunter.

Box Office 01584 878141

www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

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cinema ANNA KARENINA Director Joe Wright’s consummate feel for period drama (PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT) is further evidenced with his unique take on Leo Tolstoy’s epic saga of misplaced family ties and romantic danger.

Scripted by another master of historical adaptation, Tom Stoppard, it tells of a 19th Century Russian princess (charismatic Wright regular, Keira Knightley) locked into an unhappy marriage to an older statesman (Jude Law) and her passionate affair with an affluent cavalryman, Count Alexei Vronsky, (Aaron Johnson – magnetic as John Lennon in NOWHERE BOY).

And although it’s one of cinema’s most filmed literary works, under Wright’s stewardship ANNA KARENINA achieves a whole new status. Featuring performances that owe as much to the brashly theatrical as they do to the more intimate screen drama, and enhanced by intoxicatingly lush visuals and Dario Marianelli’s majestic score, this ANNA KARENINA is not only a stark caution on the perils of infidelity, but also an absolute feast for the senses.

All reviews by Mark Williams

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 1, 3 & 4 Sept DIARY OF A WIMPY KID - DOG DAYS (U) 1 & 3 Sept THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (12A) 4 & 5 Sept YOUR SISTER’S SISTER (15) 5 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12A) 6 Sept THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME National Theatre live 10 - 12 Sept TORTOISE IN LOVE (12A) 14, 17 & 18 Sept THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (12A) 19 & 20 Sept FRIENDS WITH KIDS (15) ART MINI FEST Treat yourself to a feast of film about art and artists. Enjoy them on one day, or spread them over Friday & Saturday. Special price to see all three films, £15, call box office to book 21 & 22 Sept MARINA ABRAMOVIC - THE ARTIST IS PRESENT (15) 21 & 22 Sept EAMES: THE ARCHITECT AND THE PAINTER (12A) 21 & 22 Sept AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY (15) 24 Sept THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (15) 25 & 26 Sept THE HUNTER (15) 28 & 29 Sept & 1 Oct THE WEDDING VIDEO (15) 4 Oct REEL ROCK UK TOUR An extraordinary collection of short films from the world’s best adventure film makers. Featuring alpine legends, amazing adventurers and climbing icons: be transported across the globe as they attempt to achieve their lifelong ambitions all in HD on the big screen.

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9 Oct THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12A) 10 Oct VICY CRISTINA BARCELONA (12A) Part of the Woody Allen Season Details 01584 878141

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC. 19 Sept LE HAVRE 3 Oct ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm.

Join £35, £17.50 students. Guests £4/£2. Details 01588 680445

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 3 Sept MY WEEK WITH MARILYN 1 Oct MOONRISE KINGDOM At Brecon Coliseum Cinma. doors open at 7.15pm, start at 7.30pm 01874 623166

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 1 Sept HOP FESTIVAL Archive film, free.

7 Sept SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (12A) 21 Sept OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL The first film festival to be run by people with a learning disability, 9.45am-12 noon.

21 Sept WOMAN IN BLACK (PG) All at 8pm. Details 01885 488575.

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 & 3 Sept ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (U) 1, 3 - 5 Sept THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (12A) 1, 3 & 4 Sept RED LIGHTS (15) 4 & 5 Sept WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY (15) Part of the Woody Allen Season 4 & 5 Sept KOSMOS (12A) 6 Sept THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME National Theatre live

7 Sept MANHATTAN (12A) Part of the Woody Allen Season 7 - 11 Sept JACKPOT (15) 9 Sept DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX (U) 10 & 11 Sept SING YOUR SONG (12A) 11 & 13 Sept A ROYAL AFFAIR (15) 14 - 16 Sept THE WEDDING VIDEO (12A) 18 & 20 Sept THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (15) 18 & 19 Sept THE LAST PROJECTIONIST (12A) 21 - 27 Sept ANNA KARENINA (PG) 22, 24 - 27 Sept SHADOW DANCER (15) 28 Sept, 1 & 2 Oct A SIMPLE LIFE (PG) 2 Oct ANNIE HALL (15) Part of the Woody Allen Season30 Sept THE SYLPHIDE Bolshoi Ballet Details 01432 340555

FESTIVAL OF BRITISH CINEMA

21 Sept HUNKY DORY Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm 21 Sept TYRANNOSAUR Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm 22 Sept DR. STRANGELOVE Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 11am 22 Sept ALBATROSS Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 11am 22 Sept WAY OF THE MORRIS Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye 2pm 22 Sept LOCAL SHORT FILMS Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 2pm 22 Sept OLIVER TWIST Talgarth Flix, 2pm 22 Sept ZIGGY TOUR DOCUMENTARY Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 4.30pm 22 Sept CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER Talgarth Flix, 4.30pm 22 Sept MARLEY Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm 22 Sept THE MUSIC LOVERS Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm 22 Sept HOT FUZZ Talgarth Flix, 8pm 22 Sept AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 10.45pm 23 Sept FUJI SHORTS Booth’s Cinema, 11am 23 Sept THE PIRATES Talgarth Flix, 11am 23 Sept NEWPORT FILM SCHOOL SHORTS Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye 2pm 23 Sept 2 YEARS AT SEA Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 2pm 23 Sept TUNE FOR THE BLOOD Talgarth Flix, 2pm 23 Sept THE ANGEL’S SHARE Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, 4.30pm 23 Sept WHISKY GALORE Booth’s Cinema, 4.30pm

23 Sept BRITISH GUIDE TO SHOWING OFF Booth’s Cinema, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm 23 Sept FIRST GRADER Talgarth Flix, 8pm 4th Festival of British Cinema, Hay and Talgarth. Details 01497 822629, www.filmfestivalhay.co.uk

FLICKS IN THE STICKS 3 Sept A DANGEROUS METHOD (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 3 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 5 Sept THE ARTIST (PG) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 5 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Cardington VH 01694 771295 6 Sept THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (12A) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 6 Sept THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (12A)The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 7 Sept WAR HORSE (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 8 Sept SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (12A) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 8 Sept A BUNCH OF AMATEURS (15) Eastham Memorial Hall 01584 781255

8 Sept SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 8 Sept THE ARTIST (PG) Fownhope Memorial Hall 01432 860717 10 Sept IN DARKNESS (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 11 Sept SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 11 Sept SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 11 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Garway VH 01600 750461 12 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 631338 12 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 12 Sept WAR HORSE (12A) Cuddington and Sandiway VH 01606 888931 12 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Myddle VH 01939 291030 14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Lingen VH 01568 770920

14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Cound Guildhall, near Shrewsbury 01743 761451 14 Sept THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS (U) SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630243 14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660126 14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797451 14 Sept WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 631338 14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840421 14 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 15 Sept THE ARTIST (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 15 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 15 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 247933 17 Sept DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

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CARNAGE Welcome back after the summer recess to Film Soc. Corner where based on the hit Broadway play, God of Carnage and co-written by its author, Yasmina Reza,we must laud Polanski’s latest and unexpectedly, nay disappointingly short film.

It concerns two apparently sophisticated couples who meet in one of their Brooklyn apartments to have a civilized discussion following an attack by one of their respective sons on the other. The civility quickly descends into uncomfortable revelations about their respective characters, marriages and much else, and then into aggression and insults. Polanski doesn’t often do dark comedy, but in Carnage he excels and the performances, especially by Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet playing hilariously against type, considerably aid his cause. Not to be missed if you have uptight middle class acquaintances who shrill a lot… which of course you don’t.

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18 Sept MOONRISE KINGDOM (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 19 Sept TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (2011) (15) Escleyside Hall, Michaelchurch Escley 01981 510696 19 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Pencombe Parish Hall 01885 400611 20 Sept WAR HORSE (12A) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 20 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 20 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Claverley VH 01746 710528 20 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 580298 20 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Chelmarsh Parish Hall 01746 862884 21 Sept THE HELP (12A) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 21 Sept OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 631338 21 Sept THE ARTIST (PG) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 21 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240565 21 Sept WAR HORSE (12A) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 22 Sept MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (15) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510625 22 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 22 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Moccas VH 07776 121956 24 Sept MARLEY (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 25 Sept THE IRON LADY (12A) Loppington VH 01939 236240

25 Sept THE ANGEL’S SHARE (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 25 Sept WAR HORSE (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 27 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 27 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Almeley VH 01544 327195 28 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760326 28 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) The Redhouse, Albrighton 01902 373854 28 Sept THE ARTIST (PG) Kelsall Methodist Hall 01829 752548 28 Sept MON ONCLE (U) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 28 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 631338 29 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545

29 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530530 29 Sept THE HELP (12A) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 29 Sept THE WOMAN IN BLACK (12) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 29 Sept THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Tasley Parish Room 01746 764881 30 Sept WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 1 Oct GOODBYE FIRST LOVE (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 2 Oct THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 3 Oct W.E. (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 631338 3 Oct THE ARTIST (PG) Cardington VH 01694 771295 4 Oct THE ARTIST (PG) Brilley VH 01544 327227

MONTGOMERY MOVIE CLUB

7 Oct WAR HORSE (12A) The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm.

Details 01686 668442

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS.

1 Sept THE DARK NIGHT RISES (12A) Until 4 Sept DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (U) 3 & 4 Sept A ROYAL AFFAIR (15) 5 & 6 Sept MAGIC MIKE (15) 7 - 13 Sept THE WEDDING VIDEO (15) 14 - 20 Sept 360 (15) 20 & 23 Sept HUNGARIAN RHAPHSODY: QUEEN LIVE IN BUDAPEST ‘86 (12A) 21 Sept - 4 Oct ANNA KARENINA (tbc)

DREDD Based on the hugely popular sci-fi cartoon hero, Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is an elite law enforcer-cum-justice dispenser in the dystopian Mega City One that sprawls across much of a postapocalypse America. Required to assess a rookie colleague with powerful psychic abilities (Olivia Thirlby), the couple confront a gang led by the vicious Ma-Ma (Lena Headley) in Peachtree Tower, the 200 storey slum where they manufacture Solo-Mo, a powerful psychotic drug that does just what it says on the tin. Outraged by the Judges’ capture of her head honcho, Ma-Ma locks down the entire block triggering their increasingly desperate and violent efforts to exit intact with their prisoner. Cutting-edge 3-D and Dolby surround-sound add awesome effects to the narrative tension ramped up by director Pete Travis (VANTAGE POINT, ENDGAME) and his highly gifted creative team. Overcome your prejudices about comic book heroes made celluloid and be entertainingly gasped.

30 Sept ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Recorded at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London Details 01743 281281

OXFORD ARMS, KINGTON 21 Sept TITLEY JUNCTION TO PADDINGTON STATION BY TRAIN + DEMOLITION OF EYWOOD HOUSE Followed by a lecture on the Harleys and their days at Titley, 7.30pm, £7.50 includes light buffet.

Details/tickets from The Grapevine, Kington 01544 231202.

Part of Kington Walking Festival.

PRESTEIGNE FILM SOC. 14 Sept CARNAGE 28 Sept ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, 01544 370202 or 01544 260577

RICHARD BOOTH’S CINEMA 2 Sept AMORES PERROS (18) 7 Sept OLDBOY (18) 9 Sept SILENT SOULS (15) Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Brook St, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820322. Phone for times.

THE SCREEN AT HAY

5 Oct THE LADY (12a) Richard Booth’s Bookshop Cinema, Brook St, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm for 8pm.

Details 01497 831189

SHREWSBURY FILM SOC. 28 Sept BREAD AND TULIPS The Hive, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 234970 or email shrewsburyfilmsociety@gmail.com

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS 1, 2, 4 - 6 Sept THE BOURNE LEGACY 1, 2 & 4 Sept JACKPOT 5 & 6 Sept NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT 7 - 9, 11 - 13 Sept SHADOW DANCER 9 Sept THE LION KING: 3D 7 - 9 Sept A SIMPLE LIFE 11 - 13 Sept THE GIANTS 14 & 16 Sept IN THE DARK HALF 14 - 16, 18 - 20 Sept TOTAL RECALL 18 - 20 Sept THE FLOWERS OF WAR 21 - 23, 25 - 27 Sept DREDD 3D 21 - 23, 25 - 27 Sept ANNA KARENINA Details 01982 552555

Sunday 30th September 10am-4pm

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays MOVIEDROME Weekly workshop for young people interested in learning and developing skills in digital filmmaking which will cover everything from scripting to final editing. For 13-19 year olds. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 4-6pm, 01743 234970.

The re-enactment of

THE BATTLE OF MORTIMERS CROSS 1461 At Hampton Court Castle & Gardens, Leominster, HR9 0PN 15th & 16th September 11am - 5pm

ANTIQUE GATES In excellent condition.

Max height 8ft, max width 9’ 8” Pedestrian gate in L.H. gate Circa about 1880

Living history, medieval traders, medieval surgeon, Passamezzo early dance, dragons of Alchemy, Have-a-go archery, period cannons & guns. Food & refreshments, children’s activities and lots more.

Iron wheels also available

Admission to the Gardens only Adults £6.75, Senior Citizens £5.75, Children £3.25 aged 5-16, under 5s free. Family (2+3) £16.75

01544 327418

www.mortimerscross.co.uk

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dance Dance Performance Sat 15 September MEMBERS’ EVENING GLASBURY ARTS AGM & FLAMENCO PERFORMANCE The passion and colour of Spanish flamenco dance, with a stunning performance by Alejandra Velasco accompanied by guitarist Cuffy. This evening is for members only and is free, but members will need to book. Glasbury Village Hall, near Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, 01497 847426.

Tues 18 & Wed 19 September SPIRIT OF THE DANCE Irish in origin and bursting with raw energy, this explosive and powerful show combines heart-pounding Irish Dance with the sensual Latino rhythms of Flamenco and Red Hot Salsa in a thrilling production. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21-£16, 01743 281281.

Mon 24 - Wed 26 September CIRQUE DU CIEL SHANGHI With over 30 amazingly multi-talented and skilled performers, this show combines acrobatics, modern dance, martial arts, original music and many other traditional and modern Chinese elements in an amazing fantasy adventure. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22-£18, 01743 281281.

Sun 30 September LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD/THREE LITTLE PIGS BALLET CYMRU presents two stories from the mind of the most popular storyteller in the world, Roald Dahl.

Original choreography, animated costumes and stunning sets. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £12, 01885 488575.

Saturday 6 October SWAN LAKE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET AND OPERA HOUSE transforms the classical ballet into a fairytale, featuirng a timeless score from Tchaikovsky. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £23/£19, 01432 340555.

Cirque du Ciel Shanghi

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Starting Mon 3 September ARGENTINE TANGO BEGINNERS COURSE With Wye Tango. 11 weeks duration, 9 lessons and 2 practice sessions. The Ballroom, The Hereford Farmers Club, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 7-8pm, £45, all welcome, no partner required. 07974 649017.

Starting Fri 21 September BALLROOM & LATIN DANCE CLASSES New beginners adult class. Learn the waltz, quickstep, foxtrot, tango and Latin dances. With Theresa and Stan.

The Subud Centre, Brecon, 7-8pm, £5 per class, 01981 500209 or 07791 780350.

Starting Wed 26 November - Wednesday 28 November TASTE OF SALSA If you fancy learning a new dance and sweeping your partner off their feet, why not come along! Titley Village Hall, 6.30-8pm, £4 per person. Improvers class will also begin on the same night at 8pm, 01544 260703 or email dandgsaunton@hotmail.co.uk TANGO IN MID WALES AND THE MARCHES Thematic seminars, small group classes by arrangement and private lessons for individuals and couples. Tango con La Tanagalesa. Professional dancer and teacher recently returned from Buenos Aires, 079 5119 1907.

DANCE CLASSES Latin American, ballroom and freestyle disco dance classes for children and adults in Knighton, Lyonshall, Eardisley and Kington, 01544 239119.

2 FACED DANCE CLASSES Mon - Adult Dance Group 18+ years. Kindle Centre, Hereford, 7.15-8/45pm. Children’s Class 7-11 years 4.15-5.15pm, Youth Class 11-18 years 5.30-6.30pm.

Lady Hawkins School, Kington. Tues - Children’s Class 7-11 years 3.45-4.45pm. Youth Class 11-18 years, 4.45-5.45pm, The Lion Ballroom, Leominster. Wed - Boys Dance Group, Y-Zone, Ross-on-Wye, 8-11 years, 6-7pm.

Thurs - Children’s Class 7-11 years 4-5pm, Youth Class 11-18 years 5-6pm, Queen Elizabeth High School, Bromyard. 01432 276807.

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

June 11-25 Introductory rate 3 classes for £12, Regular class to follow, £25 per 5-week block or £7.00 pay as you go. Alanya JWAAD Dip. Tutor, performer, choreographer 07962 161081 info@alanyabellydance.com www.alanyabellydance.com Happy shimmying!

Mon, Tues & Thurs ZUMBA DANCE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Mon 10am, Tues & Thurs 5.45pm, 07740 835673.

Mon ZUMBA CLASS With Mandy. Lingen Village Hall 7.30pm - 8.30pm £4.00.

01544 267418 / 01544 387958.

Mon BELLY DANCE CLASSES For beginners to intermediate. The Shire Hall, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 7-8pm, £5 per lesson, 01568 368122.

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Mon COOL MOVES DANCE Cool Moves dance workout, 6-7pm. Pilates 7-8pm.

Beginners Jive 8-9pm. Intermedates Jive 9-10pm.

Bartestree Village Hall. matt@coolmovesdance.co.uk

Mon LATINO DANCE Vowchurch Village Hall, 7-8pm, Mely 01981 510143.

Wed BELLYDANCE CLASSES Powys Dance Studio, Llandrindod Wells, 11am, 01981 500113.

Tues DANCE WITHOUT INHIBITIONS All styles of dance for fun and fitness. Powys Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 7-8pm, 07779 281831.

Wed COOL MOVES DANCE Beginners Jive, 8-9pm.

Intermediates Jive 9-10pm. Leominster Community Centre. matt@coolmovesdance.co.uk

Tues WEOBLEY LINE DANCING You don’t have to be able to dance! Good exercise and great fun. Hopelands, Weobley Village Hall, 7.30-9.30pm, £3 plus 50 raffle ticket, 01544 318650/07855 295518.

Tues BELLYDANCE CLASSES A gypsy fusion style will be taught for 8 weeks. St Mary’s Church Hall, Kington, 6.30-7.30pm, 01981 500113.

Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Herefordshire Junior Youth Dance for 7-11 years 4.15-5.15pm. Hereford Senior Dance for 12-18 years 5.15-6.30pm. 01905 611199.

Tues SHROPSHIRE SALSA With Rohan Brown.

Advanced class 7.30pm, all other levels 8.15pm, social dancing from 9.30pm. Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. £5 per class, £2 social dancing (or free with class). No partner needed, 07970 130739.

Tues SALSA/CEROC DANCE A fusion of Salsa, Ballroom, Hip Hop, Tango and Jive, Ceroc is a great way to meet people and keep fit. No partner needed. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 6-7.30pm, for ages 16+, £5, 01588 630243.

Tues COOL MOVES DANCE Beginners Jive. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30-8.30pm, matt@coolmovesdance. co.uk

Wed CIRCLE DANCING Suitable for beginners and all levels. Leominster Community Centre, 2-3.30pm, £4, towards Transition Leominster, 01568 780886.

Wed CAPOEIRA Learn the Afro-Brazilian art-form.

SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 6.30-8pm, for ages 16+, £4 per session, 01588 630243.

Thurs COOL MOVES DANCE Pilates, 10-11am, Much Marcle Memorial Hall. Beginners Jive 7.30-8.30pm.

Intermediates Jive, 8.30-9.30pm. Bishop’s Frome Village Centre. matt@coolmovesdance.co.uk Thurs JIVE Learn to JIVE at Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30-10.15pm, £5, 07738130636.

Thurs JENNY PIPES’ MORRIS Women’s Cotswold Morris Dance side welcome new members. Stoke Prior V.H. near Leominster. 8.30-10pm, 01544 318859.

Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-11.30pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555.

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

The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, £4 per parent and toddler, 50p for an additional child, 01432 340555.

Tues DANCE FACTORY All styles of dance, jazz, hip-hop, street and contemporary for ages 6-11 years old.

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

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The Mail Room, Ludlow

HEN the Mail Room in Ludlow opened earlier in the summer it bore a considerable burden of expectation. In a prime spot in the town, it would seat around sixty people in a large, light room.

Added to those assets was the slightly bizarre circumstance that Ludlow, famous as it is for food, seemed only to offer top-notch joints of Michelin status, or pubs. In fact, over the last year or so a few good, mid-priced restaurants have emerged, but none on this scale.

What was more, the Mail Room promised to be a broadbased brasserie, serving breakfast from 9:30, for which there is also a need in the town (especially for those unresponsive to the peremptory hustling of the staff in Costa.)

Before the Mail Room opened, Mr Pernickety was discouraged by the name and ultra-bland “tmr” logo. That it is housed in a former Post Office seemed irrelevant and the “Mail Room” says nothing at all. The first time Mr P and his lovely companion ate there, shortly after it opened, they were alarmed by the long, rambling menu. Their starters, bread and olives were good but the Italian Flatbread on slippery white square porcelain palettes with rich toppings just didn’t come off (and were hard to handle.) They were dismayed by the astonishing level of noise bouncing off six entirely hard surfaces and increased by the culinary clatter emanating from the open-fronted kitchen (a fashionable practice as pointless, in Mr P’s view, as a film director including the cameramen, focus pullers, sound chaps and continuity girls in his final cut.)

The ambience of the place is uninspiring; a number of unimpressive pictures and a couple of downright horrid ones had been hung uncertainly on grey walls. There is an expanse of exposed 50s orange brick behind the bar (why?); the furniture is a heavily lacquered dark jungle wood of some sort, with ugly (if perfectly comfortable) chairs to match. The LC sensed that the feel of the place suggested a strong American influence, with a look about it of a ’90s Los Angeles restaurant intended for a light, bright, warm climate where the front would be permanently open, making it seem out of place in a mediaeval borough in the Welsh Marches.

Dining there then was not an enjoyable experience, but it was clear that this was the owners’ first restaurant and they were having teething troubles which more seasoned operators would have avoided. Mr P felt it unfair to write a review of the place based on this early encounter. Nevertheless it was not with much optimism that Mr P and the LC revisited the Mail Room.

Fortunately, some things had noticeably changed.

The restaurant on a wettish Wednesday was full, but the cacophony was not as great as Mr P had expected. It was still loud, but some measures had been taken to deaden the echo a little by carpeting the undersides of the tables and placing an (unseen) duvet over the top of the entrance lobby. These measures still weren’t enough, though.

Large long curtains, at least to frame if not cover the large windows, would help absorb sound and soften the starkness of the walls. Table cloths, too, would decrease the echo (and hide the unattractive tables.) A little Miles Davies or J S Bach tootling in the background could only help.

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Another change was in the menu. It was altogether crisper and more appealing. The flatbreads had been aimed out, and a clever DIY Grill menu added.

After glasses of good Pinot Grigio, excellent olives (though not the delicious bread of their first visit), the LC was visibly heartened by the appearance of her Pan Fried Scallops with Local Pancetta and a Celeriac and Truffle Purée (£8.50). As she ate, she nodded graciously with a serene smile; she was, she said, enjoying the vigorous contrast between the pancetta and the seafood.

Mr P, too, was delighted with his Orzo and Chicken Florentine Salad (£6) – a bowl full of surprises. Orzo, he was told, were the little grains of pasta which were scattered through the salad along with strong sun-dried tomatoes, capers, pine nuts and black olives.

The LC, sticking to her seafood theme, had a main course of Moules Mariniére (11.95), big fat, fresh tasty mussels in a supremely good classic marinére sauce, she said. Mr P, who helped himself to a few moules whilst the LC was examining the waitress’s intriguing hairdo, wholeheartedly agreed.

His own Oven-Roasted Pork Chop, Baby Chorizo with Red Wine Jus (13.95) was more unexpected – the chef’s own distinctive take on a pork chop. The juxtaposition of the excellent local pork and the strong tasting chorizo took a little getting used to, while the caramelly, even slightly burnt taste of the jus was a bit of a poser – a gastrofashion thing with a slight question mark over its validity and contribution. However, Mr P accepted that pork chops don’t always have to come with Bramley apple sauce, and by the end if it, he was beginning to appreciate the difference. With his pork he drank a large glass or two of an excellent Australian Shiraz called, he thinks, Runamok.

By that stage both diners were agreed that they had eaten very well and that the Mail Room had certainly overcome its initial problems in the kitchen. Regrettably, the puddings they ordered did not enhance that view.

Chocolate and Hazelnut Tart (£5.50) was heavy and cloying in texture; Mr P’s trifle was just too firm, almost rubbery and, unusually, given his natural parsimony, unfinished.

However, having been concerned that the Mail Room was just not going to deliver, Mr P feels that the management are listening and flexible; they have a very good chef, and, with luck, support and a bit of tweaking, it could settle into a useful, good value brasserie and become well worth a visit.

The Mail Room www.themailroomrestaurant.co.uk 7, Corve Street, Ludlow SY8 1DB 01584 877412 mike@themailroomrestaurant.co.uk Mr Pernickity

EVENTS

Fri 7 - Sun 9 September LUDLOW FOOD FESTIVAL More than 160 producers, talks, demonstrations and debates. Ludlow Castle. Details and tickets www.foodfestival.co.uk

Sat 8 September KINGTON SHOW Featuring Food marquee and local food producers, plus loads more entertainment. Watch out for a surprise guest or two! The Ovals Farm, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 children 11-16, under 10s free, www.kingtonshow.co.uk Sat 15 & Sun 16 September ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL Masterclasses, demonstrations, tutored tastings, food talks and debate, all day entertainment in The Dome, children’s workshops, 200 food stalls and more. Featuring the brightest lights of the culinary world including Claudia Roden and Pierre Koffman. And there’s a fantastic party at the castle too. Weekend stroller £12, Saturday stroller £8, Sunday stroller £6.50, 01873 850805, www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Wed 26 September THE LUDLOW PUDDING EXPERIENCE Main course, plus seven desserts. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £15.95, 01584 878141.

September 30th WHISKEY TASTING EVENING Six whiskeys, cheese and biscuits, a little music from Des & Izzy from Star Of The Sea, also a little poetry to loosen those vocals. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, Tickets £15.00, 01694 724441.

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.

DELI TINTO, 6 HIGH STREET, PRESTEIGNE 0758 4474 169. www.delitinto.com Fine foods from Spain, Wales and The Marches. Tiny deli with a warm welcome, Tinto offers an eclectic mix of regional British produce and Continental deli classics. “The aroma of freshly-baked croissants is irresistible!” Mon–Thurs 9am–5.30pm, Fri 9am–6pm, Sat 9am–5pm.

THE GARDEN TEA ROOM & DELI, KINGSLAND HR6 9QS (opposite the church green) Tel: 01568 709142 Open Tue–Sat 11:00am–6:00pm plus Bank Holiday weekends 11:00–5:30pm. Morning coffee & treats, All day lunches, afternoon tea & cakes. Cake slices, deli pots & picnic boxes to take away. Shaded patio and sunny garden tables with view of the church green, bantams and sleepy cat! Homemade seasonal treats plus vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Select ‘Scrummy Bites’ dishes available.

Great venue for summer parties. Two 6m x 4m marquees available to hire. www.thegardentearoom.co.uk THE HARP INN, OLD RADNOR, PRESTEIGNE 01544 350655 An unspoilt 15th century Welsh longhouse pub with fantastic views over the Radnor Valley. Delicious freshly cooked food made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients which you can enjoy with a glass of wine or one of our traditional cask ales or local organic ciders beside our welcoming log fire. Current menus are on our website www. harpinnradnor.co.uk together with details of special events such as steak nights, seasonal tasting menu nights and our annual beer festival. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 6pm and weekend lunchtimes from 12 noon.

HILL COTTAGE MARKET GARDEN, RHOS-Y-MEIRCH, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growing a wide range of organic vegetables, salad, fruit and cut flowers. Seasonal organic produce available at our market stalls... Knighton Thurs 9am-1pm. Presteigne Fri 9am-1pm. Knighton Farmers Market 2nd & 4th Sat. Weekly veg bag scheme delivered to collection points in Knighton, Presteigne and surrounding area. CSA membership scheme also available. Able to supply local restaurants and caterers. Certified by Soil Assoc.

Licence No. AB19839. hillcottagemarketgarden@phonecoop.coop HUNDRED HOUSE INN, BLEDDFA 01547 550441 Open; Tues - Sat 11.00 - 11.00 Sun - 12.00 - 10.30.

Lunch 12.00 - 2.00 p.m. Dinner 6.00 - 8.30 p.m. Fully refurbished 16th. Century Free House situated in a beautiful village location, serving freshly prepared meals using locally sourced produce. Now open for afternoon teas, cakes and snacks. Visit our website for menus and forthcoming events. www.hundredhousebleddfa.wordpress.com NO.46 WINE BAR, HIGH ST, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267675 Fine wine merchants. Champagne, wines, Belgian and local beer, hand-made Belgian chocolates. Local cuisine and tapas available at the wine bar. Convivial atmosphere. www.wineonline.uk.com, info@wineonline.uk.com, sales@wineonline.uk.com MISTLETOE HOUSE TEA ROOM & GALLERY, COMBE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 260035 Leaf teas, espresso based coffee, home made and home baked fine food lunches & afternoon teas. Fully licensed to sell wines, beers, cider & perry. Ever changing gallery of art & crafts, including a range of attractive gifts & greetings cards. Open Thursday - Monday inclusive, 10am - 5pm. Groups by arrangement at any time. www.mistletoehouse.co.uk NUTTERS, CAPUCHIN YARD, CHURCH ST, HEREFORD 01432 277447 A friendly vegetarian cafe tucked behind Church St, near Hereford Cathedral. Homecooked food including quiche, homity pies, burgers, pasta, soup and freshly made salads, cakes, scones and a wide variety of wheat and gluten free and vegan foods.

SCRUMMY BITES - made locally with you in mind. www.scrummybites.co.uk STONELEIGH, KINGSLAND 01568 709142. Homemade dishes include delicious desserts, cakes, savouries and pastries using local ingredients. Ideal for family gatherings and special events for 6 to 100. For busy people ‘pick up a dish’ from the 5* approved kitchen at The Garden, Kingsland and Ludlow, Knighton & Presteigne farmer’s markets. Vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Weekly deliveries to Eardisland and Yarpole community shops & Deli Tinto, Presteigne. Awarded Ludlow Food Festival’s Graeme Kidd bursary 2010.

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

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

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

Open Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm.

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.thegalleryknighton.co.uk Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 20 different varieties of leaf tea. Wed - Sat 9.30 to 5.00, Sun 11-4 Mon & Tues CLOSED. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm.

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music

SEPTEMBER Sat 1 September

2012 CIDER FESTIVAL Featuring live music from Compost Heap, Broome Cupboard Blues Band, Brunside Music and more. Meet the cider makers. Broome Farm, Peterstow, £25 weekend tickets, camping £7.50 per adult, under 16s free. 01989 567232.

QUARRY FESTIVAL The Quarry, Shrewsbury, 6-10pm, £10.

MADISON Wheatsheaf, High St, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm.

THE WEST VIRGINIA SHOW Lazyacre Club, Lord Hill Hotel, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £8.

Tuesday 4 September ORGAN RECITAL Lunchtime recital. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm.

THREE’S A CROWD Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free, 07964 984982.

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

THE DAGGERS Bowling Green, Bewell St, Hereford.

THE NEWS Malthouse, Ironbridge.

TOOTS ‘N’ TROLL COLLABORATION Combining amazing live music from the finest bands around. Featuring Lazy Habits, Fight the Bear, The BC All Skas, The Vertigo Live, Chris Quinn, Open Mic, Nuclear Weasels, Callebra, Alex Pickford, Sean Dagan and more.

Dorrington, Shrewsbury. All day ticket £20, afternoon ticket £7.50, evening ticket £15, group of four afternoon ticket £25.

BLUE TUESDAYS Unicorn Inn, Little Dawley, 9pm, free.

OPEN MIC Withh Pete Keeley and Dave Rea. King’s Head, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm, free.

SATURDAY LIVE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4/£6/£8.

THE ECHO BANDITS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

GARY HALL Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye. HARP SUMMER SCHOOL CONCERT Masterclass students and tutors perform a varied programme, the culmination of four days hard work.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £10/£7.50, 01874 611622.

R & M BAND The Anchor Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, 01743 355236.

FRUIT MACHINE The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

TRAFFIC The Vaults, Shrewsbury.

RAPSQUILLION South Shropshire based harmony group. St George’s Church, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 7pm, £5, 01588 640401.

Refreshments available in the interval.

To support the building fund of St George’s Church Fund.

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TOM & BOWEN Romolo Bar, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free.

CHORD RUSH Vibrant fusion of jazz, funk and Latin.

Wharf House, Over, 7.30pm. Part of Herefordshire & Gloucestershire’s Canal Beer, Cider & Perry Festival.

ALMOST PINK Boar’s Head, Shrewsbury.

STIFF WITNESS The Beeches, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury.

Sun 2 September MATT WOOSEY Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

2012 CIDER FESTIVAL Featuring Sausage & Cheese Sunday, Farmer’s Market and live music from a Swing band and others. Broome Farm, Peterstow, £25 weekend tickets, camping £7.50 per adult, under 16s free. 01989 567232.

A NEW ERA Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

Wed 5 September CRYSTAL CONSORT Shrewsbury Abbey, 1pm, free.

TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB Crown Inn, Oakengates.

FLAXENBY Acoustic/Americana/Folk. Housmans, Church Stretton, 8pm, free.

DAVE ROBERTS & PENNY WHITE Baskervill Hall, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free.

OPEN MIC Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Thurs 6 September

SIMON BLIGHT Grape Vaults, Leominster.

THE BILLY FURY YEARS With Michael King. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £17/£16, 01432 340555.

VERTIGO The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

TOM FORBES Acoustic guitar. The Retreat, Ledbury.

HARLEQUIN Wheatsheaf, High St, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm.

HOWLIN’ MAT Crown Inn, Oakengates, 01952 610888.

LUDLOW JAZZ QUARTET Housmans Café Bar, Church Stretton, 12-2pm.

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

OPEN MIC JAM With Gravy Train Band. Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm, free.

TONY SKEGGS Wheatsheaf, High St, Shrewsbury.

SYNERGY Ashley’s Bar, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free.

REMI HARRIS TRIO Shrewsbury Coffeehouse, 7.30pm, £9.

Stunning USA Guitarist

“One of the brightest...stars of the guitar” New York Times

‘La Terrazza’ Newtown, Powys 18th October, 8pm Tickets £15 in advance contact Sarah Smith, 07792 541110 or email sarahtim.smith@gmail.com www.frankvignola.com

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WAYNE TULSA & THE SATELLITES Seven Stars, Shrewsbury

Upper Rhine Youth Band

LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

Sat 8 September KINGTON SHOW A traditional agricultural show featuring food marquee and local food producers, music, children’s entertainment, main ring events, trade stands plus loads more. The Ovals Farm, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 children 11-16, under 10s free, www.kingtonshow.co.uk DE BOP DA JIG TRIO Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye.

Thurs 6 September NATIONAL HERITAGE OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, 10am-4.30pm, free, 01432 374718.

Fri 7 September UPPER RHINE YOUTH WIND BAND Julian Gibbons (BISYOC), conducting.

A colourful programme including Star Wars, Riverdance and Danzon 2.

St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 7pm, £8, children free, 01544 260551.

DORAS FUR The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4 in advance, £6 on the door, 01497 821762.

NATIONAL HERITAGE OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, 10am-4.30pm, free, 01432 374718.

SIMON KING AND OTHERS Jazz evening. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £6, 01584 878141.

GENERATION UK Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

TOM & BOWEN Old Post Office, 1 Milk St, Shrewsbury, 01743 236019.

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

ONE MAN BAND Ego Café Bar, Ludlow.

ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN’S WITH SIR JAMES GALWAY Allington Hall, Shrewsbury School, 7.30pm, £26, children £13.

LUKE & CATH Ludlow Food Festival.

HMV BAND The Vaults, 16 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, 01743 358807.

SULTANA BROTHERS Fountain Inn, Tenbury Wells, 01584 819441. Age Concern charity gig.

SATURDAY LIVE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4/£6/£8.

WATERLOO ROAD Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

LOST HIGHWAY Wheatsheaf, High St, Shrewsbury.

LUKE & CATH Ludlow Food Festival.

JIM KIRKPATRICK Tilley Raven, Tilley Village, Wem, 01939 234419.

DAN JAMES DUO Brecon Farmer’s Market, 10am-2pm.

TEMPLETREE The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm, free.

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

ROGORA KHART Black Sea punk! Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LOST THE PLOT The Wheatsheaf, Frankwell, Shrewsbury.

NIKKI ROUS Lowfield Inn, Marton, 8.30pm, free.

NEW ROPE STRING BAND Baskerville Arms Hotel, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, £9 in advance, £12 on the night, 01497 820670.

LUKE BROWN Unicorn Inn, Little Dawley, 9pm, free.

THE BATTLEFIELDS Boar’s Head, Shrewsbury.

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JAMES HICKMAN Ego Café Bar, Ludlow.

GEOFF JAMES & JAMES TAYLOR Jazz cruise. Sabrina Boat, Victoria Quay, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10.

WHITE LIGHT Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Bromyard Folk Festival

JAZZ AT THE EDGE Featuring Lighthouse. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £15/£12, 01952 728911.

AMY PUGH The Loggerheads, Shrewsbury, 9pm, 01743 360275.

FRONT COVER The Cock Hotel, Bronllys, 9pm, free.

WHALEBONE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £6, 01584 878141.

HOT ROD 55 Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Mighty Doonans, Bromyard Folk festival

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Rachel Harrington, Reckless Shrimp Festival

Wed 12 September JEFF & VIDA Direct from Nashville. With support from The Little Boro Band. The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10. £5 under 16s, 07939 121607.

OPEN MIC The Wine Bar, No. 46, Presteigne, 8pm, 01544 267675.

CHRIS QUINN Baskerville Hall, Clyro, near Hay-onWye, 8.30pm, free.

Sat 8 September RADIO RIOTS Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free.

STAR OF THE SEA Anchor Inn, Frankwell.

MIDSET BUKA Malthouse, Ironbridge.

HEIDI & THE BROWNIES The Half Moon, Jackfield, 9pm.

NIKKI ROUS Unicorn Inn, Little Dawley, 9pm, free.

TIN SOLDIERS Oxford Arms, Kington, 8.30pm.

WAYNE MARTIN Kangaroo Inn, Aston on Clun, 8.30pm.

Thurs 13 September RELUCTANT SINNERS Crown Inn, Oakengates, 01952 610888.

JIGSAW SOUND A large, mixed voice, adult choir with over 80 voices. Walker Theatre, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10, 01743 281281.

JULIE MURPHY Joining her on harp and trombone is Canadian musician, Ceri Owen Jones. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £10/£8, 01432 340555.

BULLFROGS Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 8.30pm, free.

TOMMY ALLEN BAND Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm.

CHRIS QUINN The Brick, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury.

KEV & DAVE Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free, 07964 984982.

ONE MAN SHORT Seven Stars, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY The Ironworks, Oswestry, 8.30pm, £13.

Sun 9 September

Fri 14 September

LUKE & CATH Ludlow Food Festival.

SIMON HONEYBOY HICKLING Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

ADAM HODSON Grape Vaults, Leominster.

Tues 11 September NIGEL OGDEN Gala organ concert. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £10, students £3, tickets at the door.

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

CERI WILLIAMS & DAVE JONES Flugelhorn, trumpet and piano, playing a swinging mix of jazz standards and elegant own compositions. Jazz in the Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £6 on the door, 01874 611622.

GRAVY TRAIN Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

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OPEN MIC With Mark and Jill hosting. White Horse Inn, Clun.

LOUNGE LIZARDS Covers. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

ZACK DAD & AMY PUGH The Loggerheads, Shrewsbury, 9pm, 01743 360275.

PUSH THE CHICKEN The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm, free.

RODDY WOOMBLE Walker Theatre, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281.

JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Neil Yates ‘Hubbard’s Covered’.

A tribute to Freddie Hubbard.

The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £7 adult, £3.50 students and under 16s, 01384 377797.

CUSTARD COLLECTION Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

PAN AFRIQUE Tilley Raven, Tilley Village, Wem, 01939 234419.

CREAM OF CLAPTON Auditorium, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17.50-£14, 01743 281281.

Fri 14 September FRUIT MACHINE Old Post Office, 1 Milk St, Shrewsbury, 01743 236019.

NIKKI ROUS Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free, 07964 984982.

AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 15 September JAZZ AT THE HIVE Featuring Partikel. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £10, 01743 234970.

BIG SKY Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye.

SICKNOTE STEVE & FRIENDS Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye.

HAY FAYRE WEEKEND Monthly market of music, merriment and madness. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye.

BOWJANGLES An hilarious take on this year’s events in London, all whilst playing, singing and dancing! Eardisley Curzon Herrick Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5/£25, 01544 327844. Arts Alive.

BOWJANGLES An hilarious take on this year’s events in London, all whilst playing, singing and dancing! Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, 6.30pm, £8/£5/£22, 01743 247664. Arts Alive.

SATURDAY LIVE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4/£6/£8.

ALTERED EIGHTIES Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

ANDREW & MARGARET WATCHORN Northumbrian pipes and fiddle.

Llanidloes High School, 7pm, 01686 411028.

JOHN KIRKPATRICK A Victorian Farmer’s Year in Song.

Silvester Horn Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, £9 on the door, 01694 720132.

THE RECKLESS SHRIMP FESTIVAL Featuring Butch Hancock, Jim Moray, Rachel Harrington, Krista Detor, Lucy Schwartz, Paddy Milner Trio, Dreaming Spires, Case Hardin, Brooks Williams, Ewan McLennan, Neil Halstead, Danny George Wilson, Hi & Lo, Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou, Holly Taymar, The Very Grimm Brothers, Amy Rainbow and Cathering Crosswell. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, £60 for the day, £105 for the weekend, 01584 878141.

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GET BACK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombolinos, Party at the Castle

NEVER THE BRIDE The best rock voice since Janis Joplin.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 9pm, £15/£12.50, 01874 611622.

MICRO BABY Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Sun 16 September FOLK AT THE HIVE Featuring Vamm. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £10, 01743 234970.

UMPH Grape Vaults, Leominster.

HAY FAYRE WEEKEND Monthly market of music, merriment and madness. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye.

Sat 15 September THE BATTLE OF MORTIMERS CROSS Living history, medieval traders, Passamezzo early dance, have-a-goarchery, children’s activities and more.

Hampton Court Castle and Gardens, Leominster, 11am-5pm, £6.75, children £3.25.

REMI HARRIS TRIO Stunning virtuoso guitar playing.

Saturday Café, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free, 01432 340555.

SULTANA BROTHERS Red Lion, Pembridge.

EXCELLORATORS The Anchor Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, 01743 355236.

BISHOP’S CASTLE MICHAELMAS FAIR Featuring Kaleidoscope Theatre, street performers, steam engines, live music and more, £5 adults, £1 children for the weekend.

THE WHISKEY RIVER BEAT COMBO Taste For Adventure Summer Ball, Credenhill, near Hereford, £40, 01432 761398.

VARIETE VELOCIPED The Butterfly Effect. Musical cabaret with a sprinkling of Chaos Theory!

Steiner Academy, Birch Hall, Much Dewchurch, 7.30pm, £8/£5/£25, 01981 540221. Arts Alive.

PARTY AT THE CASTLE London Afrobeat Collective is 12-piece multi-instrument band who mix funky highlife and Yoruba, creating infectious, vibrant grooves. Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos are known for their energetic rhythms, virtuosic melodic passages and extravagant performances, whose music includes elements of Balkan folk music. Plus Jazz Disasters, Olion Byw, Little Rumba & Lori Campbell. Abergavenny Castle Grounds, 7.30pm-11pm, £15, plus delicious eats from numerous food stalls and drinks from the well-stocked festival bar. Part of Abergavenny Food Festival.

THE TELFORDAIRES 2012 Barbershop extravaganza. Also featuring Cotton Town Chorus, Cheshire Chord Company, Dubbel-Zes and Great British Barbershop Boys. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15, 01743 281281.

RHYTHM THIEVES Phone 01568 770134

12 September - White Horse Inn, Clun (Mark & Jill hosting Open Mic) 19 September - Granary, Leominster (Mark & Jill hosting ‘Curry & Cabaret’ session) 30 September - Prince Of Wales, Ledbury (4.30pm)

www.rhythmthieves.co.uk

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THE MISERS Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

THE RECKLESS SHRIMP FESTIVAL Featuring Butch Hancock, Fay Heild & The Hurrican Party, Martin Simpson, Rachel Harrington, Krista Detor, Lucy Schwartz, Two Spot Gobi, Tyde, Maartin Allcock & Huw Williams, Amelia Curran, Sean Taylor, The May Dolls, Dylan Brown, David Hickman and more.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, £60, 01584 878141.

THE BATTLE OF MORTIMERS CROSS Living history, medieval traders, Passamezzo early dance, have-a-goarchery, children’s activities and more.

Hampton Court Castle and Gardens, Leominster, 11am-5pm, £6.75, children £3.25.

WHALEBONE St Peter’s Church, Chelmarsh, 7.30pm, £7.50/£4, 01562 751661. In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

VARIETE VELOCIPED The Butterfly Effect. Musical cabaret with a sprinkling of Chaos Theory!

Priest Weston Village Hall, 7pm, £8/£5/£25, 01938 561425. Arts Alive.

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Sun 16 September BRECON TOWN CONCERT BAND Programme features Peter & The Wolf, Crown Imperial, The English Folk Song Suite plus many others.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £10/£7.50, 01874 611622.

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS STORY A celebration of those hectic days of hit songs, touring, TV shows and behind the scenes pandemonium that followed the band. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20/£18, 01432 340555.

BISHOP’S CASTLE MICHAELMAS FAIR See 15 Sept for details.

BOWJANGLES An hilarious take on this year’s events in London, all whilst playing, singing and dancing! Lyde Court, Lower Lyde, Hereford, £8 adults, £5 under 18s, family £25, 01432 357753. Arts Alive.

Tues 18 September FIREWALKING FOR LITTLE HEROES White Horse Inn, Clun.

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETERS Featuring all of Buddy’s classics and more. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50, 01432 340555.

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

Wed 19 September CURRY & CABARET Mark and Jill hosting a music session night, (from the Rhythm Thieves). All styles welcome, please book to play and for food. Curry buffet and puds, £12, The Granary, Leominster, 01568 614290.

JAMES HICKMAN Baskerville Hall, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free.

Thurs 20 September BLUZE BOX Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm.

THAT’LL BE THE DAY Trevor, Gary and the gang bring on back the good times with a combination of their unique comedy routines mixed with classic gold hits from the 1950s to the 1970s. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23-£19, 01743 281281.

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DOUDOU CISSOKO’S ANCIENT STRINGS & FABULOUS THINGS A sparkling performance fusing ancient instruments from diverse cultures blended with a thoroughly modern and eclectic vibe. Chapel Lawn Village Hall, 7pm, £8/£5/£25, 01547 530535.

Arts Alive.

THE SEARCHERS Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £19/£17, 01686 614555.

CWTCH CABARET Open your mind and explore a daring selection of sensational performances from some of the world’s most talented artistes, including curious circus acts, and outrageous comedians. For ages 16+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01432 340555.

Fri 21 September THE QUIRKS The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm, free.

TEN BOB MILLIONAIRES AMY PUGH The Loggerheads, Shrewsbury, 9pm, 01743 360275.

BLAKE-PLOWMAN Hot country band. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £17.50-£14, 01743 281281.

HOUDINI DAX Rock ‘n’ roll. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8, 01497 821762.

WILL KILLEEN Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye. HOME-START HEREFORDSHIRE Featuring Emily Beament, Aaron and Dan Scott. Three local talented singers will be giving their support to HomeStart Herefordshire by celebrating their 30th year of supporting families throughout the county. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10, under 16s £18.50, 01432 340555.

ARCADE PARADE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BEN EDWARDS Tilley Raven, Tilley Village, Wem, 01939 234419.

THE CUSTARD COLLECTION Old Post Office, 1 Milk St, Shrewsbury, 01743 236019.

HMV BAND Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free, 07964 984982.

Bowjangles

THE NAKED BEATLES Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 22 September FOLK & ALE DAY Crown Inn, Oakengates, 01952 610888.

ROD KELLY TRIO Top piano and vocals, jazz and blues. Saturday Café, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free, 01432 340555.

NOLAN AND KELLY Exhibition of prints of Nolan’s iconic Ned Kelly images, with readings, Australian folk songs; followed by piano recital

by Tamriko Sakvarelidze and Richard Black. Tithe Barn Gallery, The Rodd, Presteigne, 7pm, £15, 01544 260650.

DEREK WHITE Ego Café Bar, Ludlow.

BEN MONTAGUE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, 01497 821762.

MR DOG The Anchor Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, 01743 355236.

ONE BIG SATURDAY! An afternoon of music and auctions.

With artists playing throughout the afternoon and auction prizes to bid for. Playing will be Ed Boughton, Dave Luke and Stevie Yeomans. All money raised will go towards a memorial bench for Kate and Sam Boughton, plus The Midlands & Welsh Air Ambulance.

Donations on the door. Wine Bar, No. 46, Presteigne, 01544 267675.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown.

OYSTERBAND Burton Hotel, Mill St, Kington, 7.30pm, £15, 01544 231202. Part of Kington Walking Festival.

THE DAGGERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

SKYNT Oxford Arms, Kington, 9pm.

60S BIG NIGHT OUT With The Zombies and The Ragdolls.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19.50-£17.50, 01743 281281.

THE DELTEURS Bowling Green, Bewell St, Hereford.

WORLD HERITAGE FESTIVAL Live entertainment, craft and food market, heritage walks and talks, family activities. Ironbridge Gorge, from midday, 01952 433424.

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

KIT & MCCONNEL Comedy, cabaret and theatre songs.

Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School.

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Chamber Music for String Quartet and French Horn Thursday 4th October - The Sun Inn, Rosemary Lane, Leintwardine, 7:00pm (free) An short and informal taster of the festival’s themes - folk music, folk songs, duos, trios, quartets and quintets will take place in one of England’s very few “parlour” pubs, recently refurbished and enlarged, where everyone can experience this unique location and the broader musical context of the festival.

Saturday 6th October - St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine. Pre-concert talk 6:30 pm. Concert 7.30 pm “Folk Echoes” is the theme of the first concert with Kodaly, Mozart, Schubert and Dvorak being featured.

Sunday 7th October - St Giles, Downton-on-the-Rock Pre-concert talk 3:00 pm. Concert 4:00pm “Death and the Maiden” Schubert’s masterpiece string quartet together with the world premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s nocturne for Horn and Strings “Shining gate of Morpheus” and Mozart.

Tickets: £14.00 per concert (accompanied under 16s free) Ludlow Assembly Rooms box office: www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk: 01584 878141 Griffiths Garage Leintwardine. Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan www.aardvark-books.com: 01547 530888/744 Local agents to reserve tickets: 01547 540356 or 01547 540670 Web-site: www.arcadiamusic.org.uk

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London Mozart Players

GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 3pm, £19.50, 01743 281281.

KATHRYN TICKLE: NORTHUMBRIAN VOICES Based on interviews and recording Kathryn has done over the years.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15, 01743 281281.

Tues 25 September SPIERS AND BODEN Spontanious, punky English folk is very much their own stomping ground. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £14/£13, 01432 340555.

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

Wed 26 September SEAN SAYE Alternative/Indie. Housmans Café Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

Sat 22 September K.R.A.P. Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sun 23 September LAST CHOIR STANDING In aid of the Mayor of Hereford’s charities – The Haven and Robocap.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10, under 16s £7.50, 01432 340555.

BUGS & ED Grape Vaults, Leominster.

NOLAN IN THE THEATRE Gala concert starring Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Antonia Sotgiu, Mark Le Brocq, Jonathan Stoughton, Stuart Pendred. Progamme includes Mozart, Saint-Saens, Verdi and a celebration of Nolan’s friendship with Benjamin Britten. Tithe Barn Gallery, The Rodd, Presteigne, 7pm, £15, 01544 260650.

THE SONS OF DELTA Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

SULTANA BROTHERS Mix of 50s, 60s, blues, r&b, rock, etc, great to dance to. Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, HR4 9JR. 7.3011.00 pm. £8.00 in advance or £10 on door. Susan 01432 357859.

COMEDY IN THE CASTLE An evening of comedy and music, raising money for Severn Hospice.

Greg Davies, Paul Tonkinson, Holly Walsh, Dan Nightingale and Toby Hadoke, finishing with music from George Barnett and the 9th Wave.

Ludlow Castle, 7pm, £20 plus booking fee, www.comedyinthecastle.co.uk

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HYMN FOR HER The long awaited return of Maggi and Pierce from the legendary MPE Band. They’ve had their kids and now they’re touring again. The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £4. Sheep Music .

OPEN MIC The Wine Bar, No. 46, Presteigne, 8pm, 01544 267675.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Bob Evans. Baskerville Hall, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free.

Thurs 27 September OPEN MIC Hosted by Howard & Clare. Crown Inn, Oakengates, 01952 610888.

KEITH JAMES The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, 01497 821762.

BALLADEERS AND CHANCERS Gabba Gabba Hey… we’re back for Season 8. An acoustic mélange of styles, great sound, great audience, great pub. Dukes Arms, Presteigne.

For info or to perform 078379 44090.

SAM EDEN The Retreat, Ledbury.

LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Programme includes Purcell, Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50, 01584 878141.

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Programme includes Glinka, Mozart, Boccherini, Bruch and Beethoven.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £35, 01743 281281.

Hymn For Her MUSTARD Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm.

Fri 28 September KIM LOWINGS AMY PUGH The Loggerheads, Shrewsbury, 9pm, 01743 360275.

DR RONALD BLYTHE Dr Ronald Blythe talks about his book “The Time by the Sea”, due out next spring, in which he recalls his early days at Aldeburgh with Benjamin Britten. Elisabeth Priday will sing some of Britten’s songs. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £7.50, 01547 560246.

ORGAN RECITAL With Stasio Sliwka. Belmont Abbey,7.30pm, 01432 374718.

MK ZERO The Vaults, 16 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, 01743 358807.

MR DOG Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

MID WALES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Ballet Masters. Programme includes Debussy and Ravel. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £14.50/£12.50, 01874 611622.

THE JOHN EYRE Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye. CHRIS QUINN The Mytton & Mermaid Hotel, Atcham, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm, 01743 761220.

TALLULAH RENDALL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, £6 in advance, £8 on the door, 01497 821762.

CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

JOAN ARMATRADING Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29.50, 01743 281281.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm, free.

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Fri 28 September TOMMY ALLEN BAND Stunning blues band. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

TOP BANANA Tilley Raven, Tilley Village, Wem, 01939 234419.

MUSIC FROM ELSEWHERE A night and day of live music with 16 bands from around the globe. Including live psychedelic/folk music set to film.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, free, www.lancashireandsomerset.co.uk NIKKI ROUS Old Post Office, 1 Milk St, Shrewsbury, 01743 236019.

WAYNE TULSA BAND Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury, 9pm, free, 07964 984982.

WEEZEL DIESEL Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 29 September ROCK FEVER Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CHRISTOPHER GOOD & ROGER NICHOLLS Tennyson’s Enoch Arden with music

by Strauss and Barbar the Elephant with music by Poulenc performed by Christopher Good and Roger Nicholls, piano. Introduction by Michael Kennedy of the Daily Telegraph and world expert on Strauss. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10, 01547 560246.

STIFF WITNESS The Grove Hotel, Shrewsbury.

SUGGS – MY LIFE STORY IN WORDS AND MUSIC Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £24.50-£20, 01686 614555.

CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Live music. Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

Blake III

BLAKE’S III Saturday Café, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free, 01432 340555.

MUSIC FROM ELSEWHERE A full day of live music featuring 14 bands, including The Horse Loom & Nick Jonah Davis, Ex-Easter Island Head, McWatt, Roman Nose, Poil, Dusty Bible, Cantaloupe, Barbaros and more. The Six Bells, Bishop’s Castle, 1pm, £6, under 12s free, www.lancashireandsomerset.co.uk WILL KILLEEN BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

JANET RUSSELL Gleanings, Crosfields, Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, 01743 891412.

WATERLOO ROAD The Cock Hotel, Bronllys, 9pm, free.

BACK ROAD HOME The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm, free.

MALVERN BIG BAND Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 8pm, £10/£8, 01885 488575.

THE ENDINGS The Anchor Inn, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, 01743 355236.

DAN FIRMAN Bowling Green, Bewell St, Hereford.

DOG HOUSE GYPSIES Hollybush Inn, Hay-on-Wye. UK PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20/£19, 01432 340555.

Sun 30 September NICHOLAS BENDA & JEREMY FISHER Oboe and piano. An evening of classical and romantic songs arranged for oboe and piano. Works by Handel, Mozart, Debussy, Berg and others.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £10 from The Judge’s Lodging, 01544 260650.

THE GLENN MILLER BIG BAND SHOW Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £18.50-£13, 01743 281281.

THE RHYTHM THIEVES Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

ELGAR’S HEREFORDSHIRE MARCHES A concert-lecture. Tarrington Brass, with John Norris of The Elgar Edition.

St Michael’s Parish Church, Ledbury, 3pm, £8 on the door, (Elgar Society members £6).

CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

LITTLE DAVE Grape Vaults, Leominster.

OCTOBER Mon 1 October

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

Wed 3 October UPBEAT BEATLES Oakengates Theatre, The Place, Telford, 7.30pm, £15/£13, 01952 382382.

RAT PACK VEGAS SPECTACULAR Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20-£18, 01743 281281.

Thurs 4 October ARCADIA MUSIC A weekend of music for strings and horn. Informal taster – folk music, duos, trios and more. The Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 7pm, free, 01584 878141.

RED PRIEST BAROQUE CARNIVAL The only early music group in the world to have been compared to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marz Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil. Hereford Concert Society event. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20, HCS members £17, students £5, under 16s £3, 01432 340555.

LISBEE STAINTON The Studio, The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £13, 01432 340555.

Fri 5 October THE JOHNNY CASH ROADSHOW Oakengates Theatre, The Place, Telford, 7.30pm, £17.50/£16, 01952 382382.

TALON Eagles tribute show. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19-£17, 01743 281281.

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UPBEAT BEATLES The Long and Winding Road Tour.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £17.50/£16.50, 01432 340555.

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Fri 5 October BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA Wem Town Hall, High St, Wem, 8pm, £12, 01939 238279. Arts Alive.

Music Workshops

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

Sat 1- Sun 2 September ANGLO CONCERTINA WORKSHOP With John Kirkpatrick. Gleanings, Crosfields, Gravels Bank, near MInsterley, 01743 891412.

Starting Tues 4 September LEOMINSTER CHORAL SOCIETY ‘Five Centuries of English Music’.

For concert 10 November under new conductor James Atherton. No audition and no previous singing experience required. We have fun singing but we aim high. Just turn up. Baptist Hall, Etnam St, Leominster, 7.30pm.

Sun 9 & Sun 30 September MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH WHALEBONE Wenlock Pottery, Much Wenlock, 10.30am-5pm, £60, 01746 765268.

Sat 29 September SESIWN DROS GYMRU MUSIC WORKSHOP & SESSIONS Informal playing sessions, 1.30pm, £7.50/£5, conc. Family £12. Teaching Welsh traditional tunes, followed by a session of traditional music in the main bar at 7pm. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

Sun 30 September SINGING WITH PURPOSE With Janet Russell. Gleanings, Crosfields, Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, 01743 891412.

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

But Special Summer Programme means we may be out and about some weeks. Please ring or email for details:- Anne Loughran 01547 520339 anneloughran@gmail.co.uk Monday FUN & PLAY WITH RHTHYM & HARMONY And songs from all over. All taught by ear so no need to read music! Folk meet 8pm term time Mondays at the Methodist chapel in Leintwardine. Email charlotte@charlott ebulleymusic.info or call 01547 540603.

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Monday FFONIC Meets for sociable music making in Newtown. New members always welcome. Phone Mark 01686 412307.

Monday RHYMETIME For babies and young children and their carers.

Tenbury Library, 11-11.30am, free, 01584 812585.

Monday BABY BOUNCE & RHYME A fun session of songs, actions and rhymes for you and your under 4 year old. Children’s Library, The Kington Centre, free, all welcome, 10.30am, 01432 260600.

Monday KINGTON CHORAL Large mixed SATB choir. New singers of all abilities welcome. No auditions. Baptist Church Hall (upstairs), Bridge St, Kington, 7.30-9.30pm, 01544 231733.

Monday BANDAMANIA Workshop with music from all over the world, all welcome. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.15pm, details from Sue 01544 267632.

Tuesday NEW AFRICAN DRUMMING CIRCLE & WORKSHOP Beginners welcome and Drums available. Regular guest appearances and possible live gigs. 4 Sessions £20 and if you’re not sure try for a £5. Black Lion, Hereford, 07970 861543.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Raising the roof with rich harmonies in the Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 8-10pm, £5. All welcome Led by Sue Harris, 01544 267632.

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

Tuesday TEATIME SING-ALONG SESSIONS Informal sessions for all abilities (no need to read music), with afternoon tea. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, £3.50 including tea, 01584 878141.

Tuesday KNIGHTON TOWN SILVER BAND REHEARSALS Main band practice 7.30-9.30pm, training band practice 6.45-7pm. 01547 520076.

Tuesday SING FOR JOY Temeside House, Tenbury Wells. For ages 1-4 years 10am, 01584 811483.

Alt Wednesday BLACK SHEEP, WHITE SHEEP Sheep Music Youth Band with John Hymas. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30-9.30pm.

01544 260220.

Alt Wednesday LEOMINSTER & HEREFORD ACCORDION CLUB The Black Swan, Leominster.

Beginners and experienced welcome, 01584 810101.

Every Thursday HAY COMMUNITY CHOIR PRACTICE A brand new choir for Hay. Under the stewardship of Catherine Hughes. The Globe, Hay-onWye, 8-9.30pm, free, 01497 821762.

Every Thursday CANTORION A mixed choir of approx. 35. Enjoy singing unaccompanied music from a wide variety of styles and periods. New members always welcome, particularly tenors.

Powys Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 822920.

Thursday fortnightly WILD ANGELS Informal community choir led by Sue Harris. Everyone welcome. Traditional songs from around the world with rich harmonies and compelling rhythms.

Definitely good fun and healthy.

Llanidloes, 7.30-9.30pm 01686 625980.

1st & 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE A new devotional chanting and singing group. Beautiful chants from a variety of traditions, no need to be a singer, all welcome. In central Hereford, 10am-12pm, plus occasional evenings, 01432 261222.

Friday PARENT & TOTS MUSIC, PERCUSSION AND GAMES The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 2-2.45pm, 01497 821762.

Friday (during term time) TOTS MUSIC GROUP Singing, playing and jumping about at Cusop Village Hall, Hay-onWye, 2.15-3pm, £4 per child, 01544 327538.

Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for the under 5s and their parents or carers. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am11.30am, £5 per child, siblings £4, parents free, 01743 234970.

Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers to explore music making and movement together. Songs, rhymes, music and percussive play. 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, 50p for additional child, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 0870 1122330.

Third Friday LUDLOW’S FRIDAY NIGHT FOLK CHOIR Ludlow Womens’ Centre, 7.30pm-9pm. Harmony folk songs taught by Polly Bolton and others. A rollicking good sing of turgid, morbid and sometimes even faintly jolly traditional British songs. For details ring 01584 823609, £5. Check www.oak-barn.co.uk for dates.

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

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

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

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

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

The Sun Inn, Leintwardine.

2nd Sunday FOLK SESSION Powys Arms, Poolquay, near Welshpool, 7.30pm, 01691 831162.

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

Last Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT All musicians welcome.

The Herbert Arms, Kerry, 8pm onwards, 01686 670638.

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

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

Every Monday JAM AT THE RAD Bring along your instrument and join in on our relaxed, creative music sessions, or just listen. All music genres welcome.

Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267406.

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

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

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

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Kilvert’s Hotel, Hay-on-Wye, 9pm, all welcome.

Every Tuesday TUESDAY JAM SESSION Open to all acoustic musicians. The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 8-11pm, 01885 483034.

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

The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

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

3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown.

Other folk events on other Tuesdays of the month with folk workshops. Google us on Blackhilltales for full summer programme.

3rd Tuesday BLUEGRASS SESSION, The Harp, Glasbury, 01981 510674.

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

First Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT No 46 Wine Bar, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267675.

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

Every Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000.

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

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

Every Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Sarn Inn, Sarn, near Newtown, 8.30pm, 01686 670757.

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

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

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

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

Unique Opportunity for a first class Manager Institute of Art and Ideas The Globe at Hay Manager, Hay-on-Wye This is a very exciting opportunity to join the Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI) at a key point in its development and play a vital part in its future.

Reporting directly to the group GM, the globe manager is responsible for the day to day running of the globe, including managing the team, front of house service, achievement of targets and budget control. In addition to this side of the role, the manager is also responsible for raising our profile, fundraising and handling external relations for the globe at hay, along with management of the events team who programme, organize and promote events at the Globe.

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to Jamie Atherton at jamie.atherton@cliftonhotels.com, quoting ‘The Globe at Hay Manager’ in the subject line.

For more information on other exciting job opportunities at the Globe, please visit http://theglobeathay.org/get-involved

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Brass Repair Specialist Trevor Head Llangunllo School Knighton Powys, LD7 1SR Tel: 01547 550622 Mob: 07971 083089 Email: trevorhead@btinternet.com Training website: trevorhead.co.uk

FOLK SESSIONS 1st Thurs Riverside, Aymestry.

3rd Thurs The Crown, Dilwyn. 2nd Wed The Cross Inn, Eardisland. 4th Wed The Harp, Old Radnor.

Details Bob Aldred 01544 388868.

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

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

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

1st & 3rd Thursday ACOUSTIC AND SONG SESSION Crown & Sceptre, Minsterley, 01743 791260.

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

4th Thursday ACOUSTIC MUSIC Folk, blues, 60s or any other genre welcome. The Sun, High St, Clun, 9pm.

Contact Dave Wright 01588 640552.

Last Thursday FOLK CLUB Oswestry ex-service men’s club, 01691 831162.

Every Friday LEOMINSTER TOWN BAND Newly formed brass band, new brass and percussion players of all standards welcome. Some instruments available. British Legion Club, South St, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01544 340755.

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

2nd Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT Singers/musicians, all welcome. Nelson Inn, Ludlow, from 9pm, 01584 872908.

2nd Friday FOLK CLUB The Royal Hill, Edgerley, near Melverley, 01691 831162.

3rd Friday SESSION The Nelson Inn, Ludlow, 9pm, all welcome, 01584 872908.

3rd Friday TRADITIONAL SESSIONING, DANCE CLASSES & LIVE BANDS A band will play at the beginning of each night from 8pm and lead an open session afterwards. Llanfyllin Workhouse, 01691 649062.

Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Big String Music. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm, 07885 467673.

BASKERVILLE ARMS HOTEL, CLYRO 01497 820670

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

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

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

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

THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 CAFE LOCO, The Station, Old Kerry Road, Newtown, 01686 624477 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814.

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

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290.

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

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

KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487.

LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 273868 THE RETREAT, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

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

TALBOT HOTEL, Tregaron, 01974 298719 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THEATR HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 625007 THE THREE ELMS, Hereford. 01432 273338.

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

WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305.

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

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

BANDAMANIA Wild and wonderful world music, perfect for ceilidhs, local events and special ‘dos’.

Contact Sue 01544 267632.

BETWEEN THE ACTS Top notch country dance band for ceilidhs, barn dances, country dance, jigs and reels from Ireland and Galicia songs from yesterday and today.

Email us at betweentheacts1@googlemail.com telephone Mandy on 07818066075 or Google…

Between the Acts barn dances MARTIN BLAKE Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals, solo or with a variety of great bands, including Blakes III, The Local Heroes and Whiskey River Zydeco Twisters and variations thereof, from duo to six-piece.

Pubs, clubs, weddings, divorces etc. Check out the website on www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/martyblake and www. whiskeyriver.co.uk. 01432 342018, mobile: 07846 669890 email:martyblake@btinternet.com RUTH BOWEN'S Gardenia Swing - smooth vocals/ d.bass led jazz & swing. From duo to sextet. 01874 754565 or email ruthbowenjazz@btinternet.com, website www.ruthbowenjazz.com CANOL folk band. From Welsh and Irish to American old time and French Canadian played on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Ceilidhs, twmpathau, barn dances, festivals, concerts, parties, birthdays, weddings, anything, anytime, anywhere. www.canolmusic.co.uk. Phone Kevin on 01597 840659 or email: kevin@canolmusic.co.uk CUCKOO ALE CEILIDH BAND Not just an ordinary ceilidh band, but an extraordinary ceilidh band! Squeeze box, keyboard and percussion with expert calling. See www.cuckooaleband.co.uk or email bev.langton@talk21. com or phone 07799 408297.

2CV Contemporary and classic female vocal.

(Winehouse, Duffy, Corinne Bailey Rae, Imelda May, Sade, Motown, etc); rousing r ‘n’ b and/or cool Latintinged jazz. 5-piece band or 3-piece with virtual backing for small spaces. Check us out on www.2cvmusic.co.uk.

Call Neil on 07906 691267 or 01584 877559, or email contact via website.

STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll! Contact Edd, on 01432 769077.

DEJA VU are a totally live three piece band using guitars, keyboards, electronic drums and vocal harmony to create their unique blend of 60s nostalgia, classic pop, etc. Like the music they play, they have matured well! To see and hear us visit our website www.dejavutenbury.com or contact Bill Pitt on 01584 819394.

THE DETAILS Intriguing four-piece acoustic band around highly original songwriters Andy Morton and Dave Carroll.

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

A listening band (or duo) for pubs, clubs, arts centres , book fairs, festivals. Hear more on www.facebook.com/ pages/The-Details/12127146467011 Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk DIRTY RAY Renegade roots. ‘Gut-bucket, workbench blues’ Mojo. ‘Plug him in and watch him go!’ Sheep Music. 01982 560710 / 07904 079469 www.dirtyray.co.uk

DISKAN Irish, Breton & Balkan trio (fiddle/bouzouki/flute/ guitar), available for concerts, private engagements, ceilidhs (with caller & P.A.) Website (with music!) www.myspace.com/diskanuk, 07588 858010.

DR. JAZZ Trad jazz at it’s best. Guarranteed to get those feet tapping. Available for bookings 01544 350646 FFONIC: with foot-stomping rhythms and haunting harmonies, Ffonic plays an uplifting, eclectic repertoire of traditional music from just about everywhere for fairs and festivals, celebratory parties, ceilidh dances, charity events etc. Affordable prices. Contact Mark on 01686 412307 or email: ffonic@lineone.net. Website: www. ffonic.co.uk FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively five-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; visit www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions.

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

HAGGLEBAG Energetic Irish songs and tunes played on banjo, mandolin, flute, melodeon, guitar, double bass and triangle. Great bands for pubs, parties, festivals etc.

Contact Lorna on 01684 899491 / 07854 162748 www.myspace.com/hagglebag THE HERBERT SPLIFFINGTON ALLSTARS featuring SATCH DIXON Excellent ska, reggae, calypso and jazz 5/8 piece with Satch Dixon, charismatic Jamaican vocal/percussionist who has worked with Bob Marley. Also The Art Blank Combo - groove/latin/jazz/reggae 4 piece + Sir Lord Herbert World Music DJ. 0781 2512891, pete.beresford@yahoo. co.uk.

HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever. For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now!

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

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

Tel: 07984 816847 or www.hotfeat.org.uk THE JACKHAMMER BLUES BAND 3 piece acoustic blues band, acoustic guitars, resonator guitars, mandolin, washboard & percussion. Playing songs of Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Tampa Red, Sleepy John Estes et al, laid back to foot-stomping. Samples at www.myspace.com/thejackhammerbluesband.

Contact Mark on 07884 242925 or thejackhammerbluesband@myspace.com LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues.

Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.myspace.com/littlerumba and www.littlerumba.com

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

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

Email: bob1marshall@hotmail.co.uk MELOMANICS Really fun duo, trio, or full Ceilidh band, more than just great music - stilts as well if appropriate! Modern, traditional and original tunes with a cosmopolitan flavour. (Specialité: Timoléon pour vos soirées Françaises). Ideal for parties, weddings, fund raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants etc.

For info call Tim on 01743 719438 or Rich 01743 718612, email tim@melomanics.co.uk, website www.melomanics. co.uk A MONTH OF SUNDAYS With electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, harmonicas, pipes, percussion and vocals, this Ledbury-based four/five piece ensemble plays fresh interpretations of folk, jazz and blues classics with a sprinkling of effulgent originals thrown in for good measure. For festivals, parties and pub bookings, call Marcus on 01531 635650 or Nick on 07938 889976, email info@amos-uk.co.uk, website amos-uk.co.uk facebook. com/amonthofsundaysuk MOSTLY JOHN CEILIDH BAND Cast aside that economic gloom. Why not let our merry minstrels, aided by the lovely Pammy (“no, no, no!”) restore your joie de vivre at your party, wedding or knees-up. Contact John 01588 661096.

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

5-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Contact Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail. com or Peter Watts 01497 831424, email peterwatts135@btinternet.com. See website www.muchadoband.com OVER THE HILLBILLIES - (Eight-piece redneck skiffle band). Hidden in the hills of the Mid Wales/Shropshire borderlands lives a sect of songwriters who have composed songs for famous artists all over the world in all musical genres! Now, for the first time, hear these songs in their original foot stomping, redneck style!

For more info phone Linda on 01686 670409.

Myspace - Overthehillbillies.

RICKY COOL AND THE HOOLA BOOLA BOYS Steaming rhythm ‘n’ blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Featuring six of the finest musicians from the Midlands, this band have played alongside Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. Their much acclaimed album ‘Live at The 100 Club’ is now available for download on iTunes. Visit www.rickycoolandthehoolaboolaboys.com www.myspace.com/rickycoolandthehoolaboolaboys Facebook and Twitter. hoolaboolaboys@hotmail.co.uk, phone 01584 877418, mobile 07758 002135.

RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun, The Rhythm Thieves, who have been gigging locally and nationwide, are a lively ‘must see’ band. Blending exceptional musicianship, intricate melodic counterpoint with John’s banjo to create an unforgettable but highly entertaining night out. Tel: 01568 770 134 www.rhythmthieves.co.uk

SEAN SAYE Dynamic singer/guitarist with full and varied sound, from silky smooth to wild rockabilly stomp.

Original and crowd pleasing classic songs. www.seansaye.com. Contact seansaye@yahoo.co.uk or 07588 409059.

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

David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187.

SOLD ON SOUL Soul music function band available for weddings, parties, pub gigs and more! Playing all the great soul hits with a modern twist! Call 07761 387169 for bookings or email: soldonsoul@gmail.com SPIRIT OF TANGO Stylish café-jazz trio with a Latin/ French flavour featuring Phil Bond (accordion), Dave Carroll (guitar), and Mike Green (double bass).Polished, ear-catching performances in styles from samba to Django unfailingly provide a lively ambience at private parties, weddings and corporate functions. Check us out at www.spiritof tango.co.uk Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk STOMPING GROUND Lively 3 piece covers band.

Classic soul, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, classic pop (Tom Jones, Spencer Davis etc). Fronted by drummer vocalist Richie Lund ex Soul Survivors. Just give us a corner of your bar or lounge and we WILL entertain you.

Ideal for parties. Contact Richie 01584 811500 / 07817 620644 www.stomping-ground.co.uk SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R & B from one of the best bands around. Not to be missed! The ultimate foot-tappin’, hip-swingin’ party band. 01568 750633.

THE TRENSETTS ROCK BAND: Good dancin’ - good listenin’. Real authentic music. For parties, weddings, clubs, pubs. Reasonable fees.

Contact Gwyn on 01686 625665 /07831 557292.

THE VILLAGE QUIRE Thrilling unaccompanied harmonies - this twelve-voice ensemble bring you music from the West Gallery, Folk and Shape-note traditions, all woven together with words and stories from a time gone by performed by local actor Phil Smith. A selection of programmes and West Gallery workshops available to suit your event. “I liked the first song you did, then I liked the second... I kept waiting for one I wouldn’t like but there wasn’t one!” Dave/Cheryl on 01497 847676 or visit www. villagequire.org.uk to find out more.

THE WAYNE MARTIN BAND Guitar slinging, sweat flying, energetic blues/rock ‘n’ roll. Featuring slide guitar, hammond organ, drums, bass and sax.

07747 877011, www.myspace.com/waynemartin.

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

01588 650686.

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

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Tues 4 - Sat 8 September THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST MIDDLE GROUND THEATRE COMPANY LTD presents Oscar Wilde’s wonderful comedy of mistaken identity.

Jack Worthing lives in the country with his pretty ward Cecily Cardew, but when in London he is known as Earnest and is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax. Gwendoline’s cousin is Algernon, but when he travels to Jack’s country house he is known as Earnest and is in love with Cecily....

Confused? Festival Theatre, Malvern, 8pm, Wed & Sat matinees 2.30pm, £24.50-£12.50, 01684 892277.

Wed 5 - Sat 8 September CALENDAR GIRLS THE WESTENDERS. Based on the inspiring true story of how a group of women from a Yorkshire WI sparked a global phenomenon by posing for a charity calendar with a difference. Proceeds go to Leukaemia Research. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12, 01874 611622.

Wed 12 September WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION FLUXX presents a unique theatre event using film, interactivity and performance. Foyer and Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £12/£10, 01432 340555.

Thurs 13 September TWO WAY STREET APPLETREE THEATRE & FILM COMPANY presents an evening of hilarious comedy duologues featuring ‘Duets’ written by local playwright David Tristram. One of the country’s most popular and performed playwrights, Dave has recently produced his first indie film, Inspector Drake - The Movie. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £8/£6, 01584 878141.

Sat 15 September SHERLOCK HOLMES: LIFE & DEATH Fine wit, humour, high drama and a touch of pathos - ‘elementary’ aspects of this original and entertaining solo play. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £13/£12, 01432 340555.

Thurs 27 September WHOSE COAT IS THIS JACKET? The play endeavors to explain the unexplainable notion of ‘Hiraeth’ in the Welsh family. It is centred on the hopes and dreams of a traditional Welsh family and the young ambitious English woman who finds herself trapped in this claustrophobic environment. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £10, 01686 614555.

Wed 3 October IN THE CLUB MAD COW PRODUCTIONS. The story of a hapless MEP Philip Wardrobe attempting to balance his less-than-irreproachable political career with his attempts to start a family. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £9, 01743 281281.

Thurs 4 - Sat 6 October DAVID COPPERFIELD MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN THEATRE COMPANY. 4 Oct - The Talbot Theatre, Whichurch, 7.30pm, 01948 660660. 5 Oct - Leintwardine Community Centre, 8pm, 01547 540627. 6 Oct - Alveley Parish Memorial Hall, Bridgnorth, 7.30pm, 01746 780478. Arts Alive.

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MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Sun 2 September THE DON GIOVANNI EFFECT WITH MID WALES OPERA Mid Wales Opera, presents a unique opportunity to join Nicholas Cleobury, conductor and MWO’s Artistic Director, and members of the company’s Young Artists Programme, as they explore this remarkable piece. Observe work in progress as they rehearse. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 2.30-6pm, £16 including afternoon tea and a glass of wine, 01686 614555.

September DON GIOVANNI MID WALES OPERA’s exciting new production of Mozart’s most dramatic opera. 5, 7 & 8 Sept - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, 01686 614555. 19 & 20 Sept - Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, 7.30pm, www.clywd-theatr-cymru. co.uk. 24 Sept - Theatr Stwit, Rhos, Wrexham, 7.30pm, www.stwit.ticketsolve.com. 26 Sept - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, www.boroughtheatrabergavenny. co.uk. 6 Oct - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50, 01874 611622, www.theatrbrycheiniog. co.uk Tues 4 - Sat 8 September JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT BILL KENWRIGHT. Retelling the biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm Tues, 2.30 & 7.30pm Wed & Thurs, 5pm & 8pm Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat, £30.50-£18, 01743 281281.

Tues 11 - Sat 15 September RADIO TIMES THE WATERMILL THEATRE & RADIO TIMES LTD. A heart-warming musical which is chock-full of quick-fire gags and features Gary Wilmot. Festival Theatre, Malvern, 8pm, Wed & Sat matinees 2.30pm, £26-£14, 01684 892277.

Sat 15 September MACBETH OPRA CYMRU. A specially created Welsh-language version of Verdi’s original masterpiece promised to deliver an unparalleled combination of theatrical and musical excellence. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £14/£13, 01874 611622.

Wed 19 September & Sat 6 October BEYOND THE BARRICADE This production will include songs from Miss Saigon, The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, Chess, Blood Brothers, The Jersey Boys and many more hit musicals. 19 Sept - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £19.50/£18.50, 01432 340555. 6 Oct - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19.50-£14.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 22 September CWTCH CABARET PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE & CITRUS ARTS. Allow yourself to be enticed into a decadent world of indulgence and seduced by a scintillating extragavanza of variety entertainment. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £14/£12, 01874 611622.

Fri 21 - Mon 24 September VILLAINY & HEROISM IN OPERA, ART AND VERSE 22 Sept - 10.30am Terry Barfoot on Heroism in Opera: illustrated talk with music by Wagner, Mozart, Rossini, Berlioz, Mercadante, Puccini, Smetana, Verdi and Beethoven, £10. 3pm, Dame Anne Evans works with Longborough’s new Brünnhilde, Rachel Nicholls, as she prepares for the complete Ring in 2013, £10.

23 Sept - 10.30am Terry Barfoot on Villainy in Opera: music by Wagner, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Mercadante , Bizet and Beethoven, featuring the Mastersingers Young Artists: Jonathan Stoughton, Antonia Sotgiu, Stuart Pendred and Nick Fowler, £10. 3pm, Dame Anne Evans and Anthony Negus coach Rachel Nicholls and other members of the Mastersingers Young Artists Programme.

All at The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne £10.

Tickets from the Judge’s Lodging 01544 260650.

Fri 28 & Sat 29 September DIRTY DATING.COM PAULINE FLEMING PRODUCTIONS. A laugh-out-loud comedy play about dating. Everyone’s done it, but not everyone has Speed dated. How wrong could it go?

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 4 October VAMPIRES ROCK STEVE STEINMAN. In search of a new bride, the supremely evil Baron Von Rockula must convince the unsuspecting Pandora to cross over to the dark side and live for ever in Rock ‘n’ Roll hell. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23-£20, 01743 281281.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE Sat 8 September THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE Everyone is preparing for the Animolympics. Join the competition, choose your champ, make your puppet supporter and watch this nail biting contest! You will assemble for an hour of puppet making before attending the race which, be warned, doesn’t always stay on course! Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.45pm, £7.50/£6.50, members £6, 01432 340555.

Sat 15 September BERT’S MAGICAL MUSICAL KITCHEN TIDDLY PROM. Bert is having a party for Mayor Daphne Dil and there’s a lot to do - prepare the food and invite the guests. This is an accessible, interactive and informative preschool concert. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 1pm, £6, children £5, 01686 614555.

Sat 15 September THE SELFISH GIANT SEA LEGS PUPPET THEATRE’s highly acclaimed production of the Oscar Wilde classic uses beautifully crafted puppets, a brilliant musical soundtrack and superb storytelling. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am & 2.45pm, £7.50/£6.50, members £6, 01432 340555.

Sun 16 September THE THREE BILLY PIGS Once upon a time there were three little pigs... and now it is time for them to leave home. They set off to build their dream houses in the green field on the other side of the river. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm, £7, children £5, 01743 281281.

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Tuesdays MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE 14-24 years.

7-9.30pm, The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 824444.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE Drama workshop for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 346526 or 01531 633760.

Tuesdays THEATRE SKILLS FOR ADULTS The Courtyard, Hereford, 8-10pm, £48 term, 01432 340555.

Sat 22 September MILKSHAKE Starring Milkshake presenter, Amy and some of the channels favourite characters, this new show is sure to have children singing and dancing in the aisles. The Courtyard, Hereford, 1pm & 3.30pm, £12/£10, 01432 340555.

Sat 29 September PINOCCHIO CUBE THEATRE LTD. The classic story of one puppet’s quest to become a real boy. Along the way he falls in with an assortment of colourful characters, who all try to lead him astray - but in the end, courage and love will see him through. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.45pm, £8/£7, members £6.50, 01432 340555.

Fri 5 October FUNNY BONES THE PUPPET LAB. Inspired by the popular books of Janet and Allan Ahlberg, this is a visual feast full of music and song. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm & 5.30pm, £5/£4, 01982 552555.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS

PLAYHOUSE COMPANY Looking for Actors - Male and female 18 - 29 for roles in “Vacees” a play [with songs, some from the period] about the Second World War evacuees and the people who looked after them. Thursdays 7.30 at Leominster Community Centre. 01568 612583 for more information.

DIZZY DRAMAS LEOMINSTER’S YOUTH THEATRE PRODUCTION - VACEES are looking for young people 12 years of age and over to play the evacuees and 16 years of age and over to play the mothers and fathers in our production of Vacees. We are starting the cast now.

Every Monday 6.30-8.30pm at Leominster Community Centre during term time. Info 01568 612583.

Mondays LIFE SCHOOL OF ARTS DRAMA CLASSES Christian Life Centre, Edgar St, Hereford. Ages 7-13, 7-8pm, ages 14+, 8-9.30pm. First class free, £12 for 6 weeks. Details jennilou19@hotmail.com Mondays DIZZY DRAMAS Leominster Community Youth Arts School 8-15 years. Singing, dance & drama. 6.308.30pm Leominster Community Centre 01568 616411.

Mondays APPLETREE THEATRE DRAMA CLUB Youth theatre workshops. Ages 7-11, 5.30-6.30pm, £40 per term. 11-16, 6.30-8pm, £45 per term. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141.

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Tuesdays THE ITC / IMPROV THEATRE For ages 11-25, develop your skills of clarity, confidence and performing instinctively and spontaneously at our quick-fire comedy theatre groups, £24 for 6 week block. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 3.45-5.15pm, 01588 630243.

Every Wed excluding half term ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having a lot of fun trying out some performance skills with professional tuition from Theatre Director, writer performer and ex Childrens TV presenter Janine Sharp. Improvisations, mask work, mime, singing, voice work, text and generally all round team play and confidence building. 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. Janine on 07733 055430 for details.

Alternate Wednesdays APPLESTROODLE IMPROVISATION THEATRE WORKSHOPS FOR GROWN-UPS! (16 plus). Elim Church Hall, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RN. Term starts 19 Sept, 7.30-9pm, £5/session. No experience required, just sense of humour. Details on www.appletreetheatre.co.uk Wednesdays LIGHTSDOWN THEATRE SCHOOL In Hereford. Act, sing and dance - led by experienced and qualified professionals from London’s West End. Based at Sutton St Nicholas Village Hall from 4-7pm, ages 4-18, call 01568 780519 or email hereford@lightsdown.com.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kington Primary School. Wed - Years 5 & 6, 4-5.15pm.

Years 7,8 & 9 5.30-6.45pm. £36 per term, 01432 340555.

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD COMMUNITY COMPANY Open to anyone aged 14+, £55 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30-9.30pm, 01432 346526.

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

Thursdays THE LIVING BOOK THEATRE COMPANY For people with or without a learning disability, £3.50-5.50pm.

12-14 Catherine Street, Hereford, 01432 379380.

Thursdays LIGHTSDOWN THEATRE SCHOOL At Orleton Village Hall, near Ludlow from 4-7pm, ages 4-18, call 01568 780519 or email ludlow@lightsdown.com.

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

Thursdays PLAYHOUSE COMPANY We are looking for actors aged 14 and over, no previous acting experience required. Also technical and backstage crew, so if interested come along to Leominster Community Centre, 7.30pm, 01568 612583.

Saturdays GREEN TOMATOES THEATRE GROUP Drama club for 5-13 year olds. Llanwarne Village Hall, 10am-12.30pm, £8 per week, reduction for siblings, 01432 353143 or 07811 145609.

Saturdays VOWCHURCH DRAMA AND FUN CLUB Open to all abilities. (Bursaries available). For ages 6-12, 10am-12.30pm. 01432 340555 or 07811 145609.

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

Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

word Poetry & Storytelling

Tues 4 September BOOK LAUNCH ‘Belmont Abbey: Celebrating 150 years’. Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 3pm free.

Fri 7 - Sun 9 September LUDLOW ASSEMBLY ROOMS BOOK FESTIVAL To coincide with the Food Festival, celebrate the magic of books through a free food-themed weekend of words.

With musical entertainment too. 01584 878141.

Sat 29 September CHRISTOPHER GOOD & ROGER NICHOLLS Tennyson’s Enoch Arden with music by Strauss and Barbar the Elephant with music by Poulenc performed by Christopher Good and Roger Nicholls, piano. The evening will open with an introduction by Michael Kennedy of the Daily Telegraph and world expert on Strauss.

St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10, 01547 560246.

Fri 5 October BEING HUMAN MIDLAND CREATIVE PROJECTS in association with THE BELGRADE THEATRE, Coventry and BLOOKAXE BOOKS. A dramatic performance of extraordinary poetry from around the world, presented by three performers with music, projections and striking imagery. Charting the drama of our lives, these are thoughtful and passionate pieces that will touch the heart, about love and loss, fear and longing, hurt and wonder. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 01584 878141.

Comedy Fri 7 & Fri 21 September COURT LAUGHING COMEDY CLUB 7 Sept - Joshua Howie, Dana Alexander and MC Kevin Shepherd. 21 Sept - Daniel Townes, Chris Stokes and MC Sally Anne Hayward. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 8.30pm, £11.50/£10.50, 01432 340555.

Sat 8, Sun 9 & Fri 21 September AL MURRAY: THE ONLY WAY IS EPIC TOUR The Pub Landlord is back with an epic new show. Adults only. 8 & 9 Sept - The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £25, 01432 340555. 21 Sept - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £25.50, 01686 614555.

Sat 22 September ALUN COCHRANE Expect thinking aloud, chat with the audience and Cochrane style stand-up. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, 01743 281281.

Sun 23 September COMEDY IN THE CASTLE An evening of comedy and music, raising money for Severn Hospice. Greg Davies, Paul Tonkinson, Holly Walsh, Dan Nightingale and Toby Hadoke, finishing with music from George Barnett and the 9th Wave.

Ludlow Castle, 7pm, £20 plus booking fee, www.comedyinthecastle.co.uk

Christopher Good

GLASBURY ARTS Sunday 16 September 2012 Glasbury Village Hall

Young People’s Wri�ngWorkshops

with Jenny Valen�ne

Winner of 2007 Guardian Children’s Fic�on Prize 10 – 11.15am – young people aged 7-9 11.45am to 1pm – young people aged 10+ Ticket £7.00 Member’s discount applies Tickets: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Cra� Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or by email to: boxoffice@glasburyart.co.uk

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Fri 28 September MARK WATSON The multi-award winning comedian and host of BBC’s We Need Answers,, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £15, 01432 340555.

Wed 3 October CHRIS RAMSEY - FEELING LUCKY As seen on Celebrity Juice, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £10, 01432 340555.

Sat 6 October COMEDY AT THE EDGE Featuring Simon Evans with a brand new show. For ages 16+. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £13/£12, 01952 728911.

Sun 7 October JO CAULFIELD Expect razor-sharp observations and scandalous one-liners. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £14/£12, 01432 340555.

Talks

September LUDLOW PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL 1 Sept - Beyond the Moment of Capture, illustrated talk and demonstration by Brian Beaney, F.R.P.S. 11 Sept - Garden Photography, illustrated talk by Val Corbett, 8pm, £6. 25 Sept - Olympic Coast. Michael Hallett, F.R.P.S. will talk about local history and heritage, 8pm, £6. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 878141.

Thurs 6 September LUDLOW ART SOCIETY: TERRY HARRISON A talk with two demonstrations of watercolour landscape painting from this well-known artist. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878141.

Wed 12 September CIVIC SOCIETY LECTURES Deborah Cane: Hoard Conservation Project Manager.

The Staffordshire Hoard: an insight into the conservation and research. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members, 01584 878141.

Thurs 13 September ESTELLA TINCKELL Talk on women, ageing and the media with Estella Tinckell, Associate Professor of Film and Culture at UWE. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, free, 01497 821762.

“NUTTERS” LICENSED WHOLEFOOD COFFEE SHOP

We are a friendly wholefood cafe tucked behind Church St. near Hereford cathedral in our own walled garden which is filled with flowers in the summer. All food is homemade in our kitchen.

Some of the scrummy things we produce are quiche, homity pies, sweet potato slice, Moroccan pie and soup, all served with fresh tasty salads.

Come in for a great coffee and indulge in a piece of cake or a delicious scone. Wheat free and vegan diets catered for too!

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Visit us at Capuchin Yard, Church St, Hereford Telephone (01432) 277447

Fri 14 September BEN OSBORNE - JURASSIC JOURNEY Old Chapel Community Centre, Cross Houses, 7.30pm, £8, 01743 761795. Arts Alive.

Fri 14 September HOWARD MARKS The writer of the best-selling autobiography ‘Mr Nice’ performs his critically acclaimed one man show drawing on a wealth of experience. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £16, 01432 340555.

Sat 15 September AN EVENING WITH BILL WIGGIN MP Environmental conversation. KLEEN. The Oxford Arms, Kington, 7.30pm.

Mon 17 September SANDI TOKSVIG LIVE! MY VALENTINE Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panelist. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £18.50, 01743 281281.

Wed 19 September TEME VALLEY DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY LECTURES Three Wise Men: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh Traditions of the Magi. Mr Christopher Bradley, author, photographer and film-maker. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.15pm, £6 on the door, 01584 711477.

Fri 21 September BOOKWORMS Guest, Dr Katherine Swift will talk about her two books.

Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5 to include tea/ coffee, 01588 680302.

Sun 23 September LUDLOW 12K AND FITFEST Inaugural 12K race, raising money for Severn Hospice.

Fitfest event around the finish line with activities, talks, book signings and fun for all the family. Ludlow Castle, 10am-4pm, free entry, www.ludlow12k.co.uk Sun 23 September ANCIENT TRACKWAYS A lecture by Tony Boyce on the ancient trackways and hidden lanes of North Herefordshire. Oxford Arms, Duke St, Kington, 7pm, £2. Part of Kington Walking Festival.

Fri 28 September MAKING AN IMPRESSION: SEALS FROM MEDIEVAL BRITAIN A talk by Dr Elizabeth New and an opportunity to view some of the cathedral’s medieval archives. Cathedral Library, Hereford, 2.30pm, 01432 374225.

Fri 28 September DR RONALD BLYTHE Dr Ronald Blythe talks about his book “The Time by the Sea”, in which he recalls his early days at Aldeburgh with Benjamin Britten. Elisabeth Priday will sing some of Britten’s songs. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £7.50, 01547 560246.

Sat 29 September HEREFORD ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY How Paintings Work: Colour and Drawing with Professor Allen Fisher. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £5.50/£3, 01432 340555.

Tues 2 October OFF THE BALL With Bob Mills, Ian Stone and Will Buckley. Off The Ball is a panel-show chat format that puts the boot into the beautiful game and has a laugh about it. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50, 01432 340555.

Wed 3 October ST GUTHLAC: HEREFORD’S FORGOTTEN SAINT The Cantilupe Lecture given by David Whitehead drawing out and developing some of the ideas about St Guthlac’s Minster, which pre-dated the cathedral. Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral, free, 4pm, tea from 3.30pm.

Wed 3 October RABBI LIONEL BLUE Using his own experiences and offbeat sense of humour, Rabbi Lionel Blue tells a selection of stories, incidents and conversations whose dotty inconsequential flavour will appeal to people from all religions, and from none. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16.50/£15.50, 01432 340555.

Workshops & Courses Sat 1 September BOOK FAIR Hightown Community Room (Turn left in front of the church), Clun, 10am-3pm, 50p, children free, 01588 640506. St George’s Church Building Fund.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 September WRITING FOR THE MAGAZINE MARKET With Simon Whaley. Aimed at complete beginners, or those who’ve had some success, work in a relaxed environment. Gleanings, Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, 10am-4.30pm, £120 for two days which includes home cooked lunches and refreshments, 01743 891412.

Sun 16 September YOUNG PEOPLE’S WRITING WORKSHOPS With Jenny Valentine, winner of 2007 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Glasbury Village Hall, 10am-11.15am for ages 7-9 years old, 11.45am-1pm for ages 10+, £7, 01497 847426.

Starting Wed 26 September WRITING SHORT STORIES With Lara Clough. Montgomery Institute, 2-4pm, £70, 01970 621580.

Starting Thurs 27 September WRITING SHORT STORIES With Lara Clough. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 10.30am-12.30pm, £70, 01970 621580.

Sat 29 September LIVING ON THE BORDER A day with author Esther de Waal. Esther will be exploring significance of Welsh Borders where two traditions and cultures meet. The Hall Barn, Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa, near Knighton, 10.30am-4.30pm, £15, 01547 550377.

Starting Tues 2 October FRENCH BEGINNERS LEVEL 4 With Ann Kelly. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 2-4.30pm, £70, 01970 621580.

Starting Wed 3 October FRENCH BEGINNERS LEVEL 1 With Ann Kelly. Coleg Powys, Llandrindod Wells, 2-4pm, £70, 01970 621580.

Mon RHYME TIMES For the under 2s. Tenbury Library, 11-11.30am, 01584 810285.

Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555.

Every Tues STORYTIMES For the under 5s, 10.30am-11am, Leominster Library, 01432 383290.

4th Tues BABE IN ARMS BOOK GROUP Coningsby Children’s Centre, Leominster 11am-12 noon.

01568 780918.

Every Wed STORYTIMES For the under 5s, 10.15-10.45am. BABY BOUNCE & RHYME 11.15-11.45am, Hereford Library, 01432 383600.

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

Last Thurs READING GROUP: Meet in a cafe in Hereford city centre, 6-7.30pm, 07966 283106 for more details, new members welcome.

1st & 4th Thurs of each month THE GLOBE PHILOSOPHY CAFE Headed by local philosopher Sean O’Donaghue. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 821762.

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

Every Thurs BABY BOUNCE & RHYME Leominster Library, 10.30-11am, 01432 383290.

4th Sun WINGED WORD Storytelling club, Six Bells, Bishops Castle, 8-10.30pm, free, 01588 680685.

3rd Wed TENBURY READERS’ GROUP Tenbury Library, 01584 812585.

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

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

Border Poets 01547 530380.

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller

Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening Also open our superb CAFÉ!

8 - 16 September 11am-5pm STITCH/FELT/PRINT The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, TEXTILES NOW! h.Art Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Tel: 01547 530888 An inspiring selection of textile aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com art by makers living and working in the Welsh Marches.

Twitter: @aardvarkethel Café open everyday Open everyday including all Bank Holidays

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Gold, Silver, Immortality and Bronze

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HE first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. At this time Britain was a wild and anarchic place, inhabited by wolves and pagans, blacksmiths and musicians, mad women and wild hairy farmers. But in Greece 776 BC, amidst outcrops of fig and pomegranate, the great statue of Zeus watched over the first Olympiad, whilst a nearby olive tree … planted by Hercules, or so the story goes … provided the olive wreath crowns for winning contestants.

In Greek mythology, Hercules was the son of Zeus, but he was stripped of his immortality at a young age and then had to earn it back. This he did by completing twelve challenges, that included fighting off the man-eating Stymphalian Birds, and slaying the Lernaen Hydra … a vile beast with “more heads than the vase-painters could paint - and for each head cut off it grew two more - and poisonous breath”.

Having succeeded in his impossible tasks, Hercules planted an olive tree at Olympia, and that’s where we pick up the original story of the games and olive wreaths. Like Hercules, Olympic contestants had to break through their own barriers of doubt and fatigue in order to run faster, to succeed and to achieve their absolute potential. And the reward for those first Olympians was an olive wreath, symbol of immortality.

Which brings us neatly to Olympics 2012 and the people of Britain, hosts this year to the ancient ceremony.

For those of us who occasionally wear tracksuits, the whole thing began with the Olympic flame. Presteigne missed out, but the flame made it to Leominster, just moments before the brief dry spell (“spring”) turned into a biblical 40 days and 40 nights of rain (June and July). Meanwhile, away in Stratford, preparations were on a grander scale, and for the contestants themselves, relentless training programmes had started years ago.

But, after all the British bank scandals and news-of-theworld arrests, cuts to the NHS, riots, loss of the Sustainability Commission and willful stamping upon all things green, caring and long lasting by the Treasury, national morale was feeling rather low and to be honest I didn’t expect the Olympics to come to much.

And then To Blake’s Jerusalem The show began.

It began, not with glitzy costumes and the sort of meaningless pompousity that I had personally been dreading, but with a genuine expression of the Britain we know and

love and actually are … nothing bland, nothing sterilized, nothing too imperial, strategic or corporate … just the whole wonderful thing … from green and pleasant land, complete with sheep and rain, to Brunel, the industrial revolution, hip hop, suffragettes, children’s stories and welcoming speeches from a mock up of the Glastonbury Tor. Not only that but our own mythological tree, the Glastonbury Thorn, was there. And then came the athletes themselves … representative of those amongst us, from every corner of the earth, driven to achieve the impossible.

Team GB did us all proud … their names will no doubt be immortalised … but what of immortality itself? Can the gods offer us immortality? Can modern technology?

Or is immortality something different and down to us?

Perhaps the closest we all get to immortality is through our children and their future. Perhaps it’s about breaking through the barriers of doubt and fatigue to find solutions to today’s devastating environmental problems. Achieving the impossible is, in that case, a future worth fighting for … although challenging the multi headed Fossil Fuel Beast and the Stymphalian Hawks in the Treasury, may turn out to be a Herculean task.

Written by Rachel Francis, Sharpening Pencils

Green Events Sat 1 - Sat 15 September TWO WEEK PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE Led by experienced permaculture practitioners and teachers, Klaudia Van Gool and Tomas Remiarz.

Participants will receive a certificate awarded by the Permaculture Association. Haye Farm, Ribbesford, Bewdley, 07732 489195, www.haye-farm.co.uk Sun 2 September NATURAL SOUND TRAIL Simon Fraser has a lifelong career as a sound recorder, working on the cult TV series Dr Who and numerous other films. Let him guide you on an absorbing walk along the Willow Way and learn to listen to the landscape in intimate detail. Willow Globe Theatre, Llanwrthwl, near Rhayader, 2-5pm, entry by donation, 01597 811487.

Sat 8 September CLOTHES & ACCESSORIES EXCHANGE Bring along up to five items of clothing or accessories (in good condition) and exchange for tokens, (2pm). The Clothes Swap opens at 2.30pm. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01432 850884.

Sun 9 September APPLE DAY Stalls, music, performance, good food and freshly squeezed apple juice, to raise money for local charities.

Willow Globe Theatre, Llanwrthwl, near Rhayader, 2-5pm, £2, 01597 811487.

Mon 10 - Sat 15 September TIMBER FRAME BUILDING COURSE Llanwern, Brecon, Hewnwood, 01874 658440, www.hewnwood.com Fri 21 - Mon 24 September KINGTON WALKS With over 30 walks for all abilities and ages, and a programme of related talks and films. www.kingtonwalks. org, 07585 055984.

Local Environmental Groups

Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hay-on-Wye Friends of the Earth, meets on 3rd Thursday every month at Kilverts Hotel, Hay-on-Wye. 01497 82153 gareth@cyrusgardendesign.co.uk Hereford Christian Ecology Group, usually meets on 3rd Tuesday evening of the month. 01432 279740.

Transition Town Ledbury meet first Tues every month at The Royal Oak, Ledbury. transitionledbury@gmail.com or 07903 095585.

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

Wasteless Society - www.wasteless.org.uk - WS Office - 01588 630683 or 01588 630760 - info@wasteless.co.uk Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Kevin Jones, 01547 520266, www,knucklascastle.org.uk, info@knucklascastle.org.uk

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

Ludlow Cycling Support Group - Peta Sams, 01584 876818, ludlowcsg@gmail.com. Aims to encourage, promote and develop cycling as a safe, healthy and popular means of transport within Ludlow and its environs.

Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - http://www.herefordshirefoe.org.uk - Paige Mitchell - 01432 277857 co-ordinator@herefordshirefoe.org.uk Household Energy Service, The Old Primary School, Church St, Bishop’s Castle - T: 01588 630683, email: info@h-e-s.org, website www.h-e-s.org Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) - Hilary Smith, 8 College Rd, Hereford, HR1 1ED. Tel: 01432 357732, h.smith1@mypostoffice.co.uk, www.hambb.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood - 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk - Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - office@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Transition Hereford - Charlotte Lake 01432 343577 www.transitionhereford.org Inspired Wigmore - Vanessa Spedding 01568 770460, vs@mortimerpress.com Rea Valley Environmental Group (ReaVEN) Aims to promote sustainability and environmental concerns throughout the Rea Valley. reaven@live.co.uk.

Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org Transition Town Rhayader and District meet on the first Tues of the month, 7pm, Crown Inn, North St, Rhayader.

All welcome. Catherine Lea 01597 810 426 www.transition-rhayader.midwales.org.uk Presteigne Freecycle for Presteigne and surrounding area, groups.yahoo.com/group/presteignefreecycle.

For other areas www.freecycle.org Upper Onny Wildlife Group. Meetings at The Crown Inn, Wentnor, Bishop’s Castle. Species surveys, recording and training (mostly summertime). John Muller email: jmuller983@gmail.com

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

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ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR AND THERAPIST, experience of all ages including young people, and of individuals, couples and groups, offers confidential sessions, short or longterm, in the Knighton and Presteigne areas. Richard Lewis MSc (Intergrative Psychotherapy), PG Dip (Supervision), MA, FTCL, FRSA, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. 01547 510360 or 07951 304457.

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

ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ACUPUNCTURE offered by Petra Werth MBAcC, a fully trained, qualified and registered acupuncturist (a member of the British Acupuncture Council) at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, School Road, Leominster, HR6 8NJ Tel: 01568 613116, http://acupuncture-in-leominster.moonfruit.com ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536.

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

ALLERGY TESTING: Susan Hough Dip.A.E.T. qualified 1999, uses the Vega system to test over 100 items. For an appointment or further information call 01584 819507, susanhoughallergy@yahoo.co.uk, www.susanhoughallergy.co.uk ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES combined with energetic healing enhance own ability to heal oneself. Background in nursing and midwifery. Works from Eardisley, Herefordshire, HR3 6NJ. Reflex therapy (Reflexology), Baby reflex, preparation for a gentle birth (Geyarani method), Crystal therapist, Flower and Crystal remedies. Ring 01544 327022. Creative-healing@talktalk.net ANCIENT ‘THAI’ MASSAGE: a completely rejuvenating fullbody massage therapy. Opens the meridians and blocked areas of the body, relieves pain and muscle tension, improves circulation, increases flexibility and balances the nervous system. Nicknamed ‘yoga for the lazy’, this two hour, fully-clothed therapy clears and energizes. Agnes Davis, Presteigne, 07904 097691, agnes@writeytighty.com. Home visits available. Certified by the Ancient Massage Foundation.

BEAUTY AND HOLISTIC THERAPIES with our highly qualified and experienced Therapists at Herbfarmacy, 22 Broad Street Hay-on-Wye. We have regular monthly offers, more details on our website www.herbfarmacy.co.uk or phone 01497 820749.

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

THE BOWEN TECHNIQUE The Bowen Technique is a gentle form of bodywork whereby light moves are made over specific points on the body. These moves help the nervous system balance and re-align, helping the body to heal itself. Treatment can help resolve; back problems, sciatica, neck & shoulder problems, arthritic pain, sports injuries, hip/ankle/knee and foot problems digestive disturbances, hormonal imbalance, asthma, hay fever, migraines & headaches and more.. For more information contact: Helen Mawson, Ludlow, Tel: 01584 877 578. Mob: 07904 457 075 helen@complete-balance.co.uk, www.complete-balance.co.uk

COMPLEMENTARY PHYSIOTHERAPY Jo Smith Oliver uses energy medicine and reflexology to augment and enhance mainstream care at Rock Park Spa, Llandrindod Wells. Home visits also available. Insurance claims covered. Visit www. josmitholiver.com 07525 005430.

JENNY BULLOUGH Yoga tuition and therapy. Small group classes & individual tuition for special needs. 01497 831416 CHIROPRACTIC:McTimoney technique Phil Elliott BSc(Hons) Chiropractic MMCA, LCC. Registered with the General Chiropractic Council McTimoney Chiropractic is a gentle whole-body manipulative technique, which aims to realign the body, relieving pain and increasing mobility. For conditions, including back, neck and shoulder pain, that can benefit from chiropractic see the McTimoney Association website at www. mctimoneychiropractic.org. I also use massage techniques to complement the McTimoney technique. Clinic in Leominster. To talk, book or arrange a free 20 min discussion: 07840 733275 CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. Based in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. Valérie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or 01981 500500. E: vivalavie@yahoo.com CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUMSHIP AND TAROT READINGS with Gina Murray, also animal mediumship and animal communication within Hay on Wye tel:07812 /035459 www.ginalmurray.com or email ginalmurray@gmail.com.

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

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

COUNSELLING... WITH A DIFFERENCE Empathic, confidential counselling from an experienced and fully qualified counsellor using Emotional Freedom Technique to help release blocked emotions and traumas. Sarah Amatt MBACP. E: www.thinkingfreedom.co.uk. T: 07964 448203. Shrewsbury & Bransford (Worcester).

COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY. Therapist with 14 years experience working with individuals and couples.

Integrative approach. Short or long term. Available Hereford, Leominster and Presteigne area. Marian Gillett M,A. (Psychotherapy) Dip. (Psychotherapy) Cert. Couple Counselling (Relate), MBACP, UKCP registered 01547 517169.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Clare Williams Dip Shi, RCST. Helping the body to heal itself, for both acute and chronic conditions. For appointments or to find out how CST could help you, contact Clare, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 638182 or 07813 826417.

COUNSELLING PSYCHOTHERAPIST. Confidential 1-1 person-centred counselling for all individuals. Short or long-term.

Space for you to look at any aspects of your life that are troubling you. South Shropshire/Newtown area. Home visits available.

Alison Trott FdA (Counselling), CBT (cert), Bereavement (cert), MBACP registered. trott912@btinternet.com or 07791013587.

CREATIVE WORDS FOR WELLBEING This complementary therapy uses creative writing and creative thinking to help you gain a stronger sense of identity and direction in your life.

I practise in Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. For details please contact me. Sally Givertz 01989 563370, mobile 07779 083510, sallygivertz@btinternet.com or visit www.sally givertz.blogspot.com DOWSING YOUR HEALTH & HOME A tool used to find the CAUSES of ill health and unrest, e.g. inherited problems, toxins, pathogens, emotional trauma, spiritual challenges, geopathic stress among others. Dowsing and energetic restructuring is used to neutralise or eliminate found causes.

20 years experience. Distant treatments also offered. www.healingencounters.co.uk Lynn & Richard Osborne.

Tel 01584 892049, Shropshire.

EMOTIONAL THERAPY Anne Cummings MFET (Adv Dip) BAoG (Dip). Safe, effective therapy to improve and enhance personal potential. Specialist knowledge and experience with panic attacks, anger issues, severe anxiety, bullying, bereavement and depression. If you have difficulty relating to others, or persistent, troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977.

See also www.thewritetofeel.com ESOTERIC SOUL HEALING in Bishop’s Castle.

A transformational healing method for helping a wide range of spiritual, emotional and physical difficulties. Gentle, safe and nourishing. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A., Cert.

ESH, Dip.Couns. Tel: 01588 638242.

Philomena@soul-healing.net Web: www.soul-healing.net FLOWER ESSENCES THERAPY. Essences provide us with a readily accessible means to support and maintain our emotional well-being. One-to-one sessions for personal development, and small group workshops (introductory and advanced) in Rosson-Wye. I work with a wide range of essences from the UK and around the world. Contact: Jill Stern, BFVEA (adv), KFRP : 01989 563147 www.bfvea.com HAY CLINIC, THE CENTRE FOR NATURAL HEALTH: Acupuncture, Colonic Hydrotherapy, CrainoSacral Therapy, Massage, Reflexology, Hopi Ear Candling, Facials, Waxing, Mediumship, Tarot Readings etc. The Pavement, Hay on Wye, HR3 5SS tel. 01497 847808.

HOLISTIC MASSAGE with Jessica Pailthorpe MTI Helping you to feel more aligned, spacious, looser, grounded and calm.

Can also help with problems/injuries. Jess is an experienced therapist who has studied a range of bodywork approaches which she integrates into her practice. Clinic in Leominster.

To talk or book: 01544 387950 www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk JUNGIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY & ANALYSIS. Qualified analytical psychologist. AJA, UKCP, IAAP. Background in the arts. Interest in creativity. Private practice central Hereford.

Tel: 01432 272170. www.psychotherapy-herefordshire.org.uk HOLISTIC MASSAGE Marian at Silvan Massage and Bodywork (MTI). Therapeutic touch through massage, stretching and releasing techniques. For relaxation of tight muscles, improved circulation, greater flexibility, reduction of stress and the bringing about of a quieter mind. Clinics in Presteigne and Clun with home visits and on-site available. marian@silvanmassage.com or 07816 981454.

HOMOEOPATHY supports the body’s own efforts to heal itself and is effective with both emotional and physical disorders.

Treatment is adapted to the unique needs of each patient, taking all their symptoms into account. If you would like to find out more or to make an appointment please contact Annabel Stacey ACH on 07960 865564, annabel.stacey@theleaffoundation.org (Ludlow, Shrewsbury, Welshpool area).

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

KUNDALINI YOGA IN & AROUND KINGTON Yoga and meditation classes for adults, pregnancy, babies, tots and teens.

Beginners welcome! Georgie also teaches in schools, offers private yoga therapy and doula birth and breastfeeding support.

01544 231304 or 07807 550653. www.healingspirits.co.uk.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, counselling and psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, shiatsu, colour therapy, spiritual healing/ surgery, NLP etc, at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411.

MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley.

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

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

METAMORPHOSIS Transform your life - Change into who you want to be. Assistance with health, emotional and spiritual issues for these changing and challenging times. We use a variety of effective therapies (including Homoeopathy, Bach Flower Remedies, Therapeutic Massage, Life Strategy, Meditation, Reiki, Emotional Freedom Technique, Sound Therapy and Yoga) tailor-made to help you return to health and wholeness. Licensed Homoeopath with 15 years experience of helping people of all ages in the maintenance and restoration of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. Contact Paul A Janke or Lisa Gray on 01568 611994 or morphyourlife@googlemail.com METAMORPHIC TECHNIQUE At the Rock Park Spa, Llandrindod Wells. Release resistant unwanted behaviour patterns from birth and before without having to utter a word! Home visits also available. Visit www.metamorphicassiciation.org and www. josmitholiver.com 07525 005430.

The Yoga Practice Small group classes, individual tuition Jenny Bullough (Hay-on-Wye) 01497 831416 jennybullough@hotmail.com Marie Hudson (Presteigne) 01544 260352 marieh279@googlemail.com Mike Young (Golden Valley) 01981 541003 mike@yogaskies.co.uk Belinda Jobst (Hereford) 07971 677113 be@nutritionalshift.com Nicky Jaques (Madley/Eaton Bishop) 07817 268689 nixen60@hotmail.com Body. Breath. Mind. Heart.

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION combined with NLP, hypnotherapy and healing is a powerful tool for health, wellbeing, problem solving and a better quality of life. I have been teaching individuals and groups for 25 years. One to one or if you prefer a group, we are in Ludlow on Wednesday afternoons. Can visit groups by arrangement. Half day courses available. 01584 874636 M: 07796 596451 or E: julia.walling@btinternet.com NUTRITIONAL THERAPY aims to achieve wellbeing and good health by balancing the function, structure and energy processes of the body. Treatments are tailored to advise and support each person on food and lifestyle choices to support optimum health. Phaedra Bushby FHT. New Radnor 077944 76892. bushbybaby@hotmail.co.uk www.phaedrabushby.webs.com 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 PAMELA SPENCELEY MNIMH Medical Herbalist and Allergy Therapist 01568 770614 / 01584 878123 PSYCHIC READINGS: Clairvoyance, Tarot & Astrology (tape inc). Gifted & compassionate reader with 20 years experience.

Telephone readings available and at Zenith in Leominster on Thursdays. ROWIE: 01432 820684.

SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualifiled in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the ministry of education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmile.org.uk SOUND HEALING TRAINING & VOICE WORKSHOPS: UK College of Sound Healing training Parts 1-5; Primrose Earth Centre, near Hay-on-Wye; regular Monday evening Sound and Voice workshops 8-10pm, contact Paul Benham: 01497 847636; paul.benham33@gmail.com www.primroseearthcentre.co.uk SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 22 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton.

01547 560874.

YOGA and INDIAN ASTROLOGY. Small group yoga classes, individual tuition and therapy, Vedic chanting classes and Indian Astrology readings. Contact Mike Young 07913 864744 info@yogaskies. co.uk www.yogaskies.co.uk

Workshops

WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

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

Fri 7 - Sun 16 September A MEDITATION RETREAT With the London Shambhala Centre. For information contact The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

Sat 8 September AWARENESS IN BEREAVEMENT COURSE (ABC) 2012 For interviews and introductory morning. Followed

by Saturdays 29 Sept, 13, 20 Oct, 3, 10, 24 Nov, 1 & 8 Dec, 9.30am-4.15pm. Accredited at Level 2 by OCNW, approx £250.

To designed to cover all aspects of loss and bereavement.

Successful completion of the course is required to volunteer with Cruse. Friends Meeting House, Hereford, 01432 359469.

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Sat 8 September ONE-DAY CREATIVE MEDITATION RETREAT All materials provided, all welcome. Entitled ‘ Awakened Mind, Enlightened Heart’. Warm and relaxed, enjoyable and inspiring. Small group, only three places left, experienced leader. Held at Stapleton, off A49. www.wayofcreativity.com, 01939 210640.

Sat 15 September MAKING FRIENDS WITH YOUR BODY Introduction to Authentic Movement. An introductory day to learn to let movement arise spontaneously, to track movement as a mover and as a witness, to give non-judgmental feedback and to recognise the different levels of experience: physical, emotional, mental and archetypal. Bring lunch to share, water and a cushion to sit on. Cusop Village Hall, 10am-4pm, 01874 711499.

Saturday 15 September INTRODUCTION TO FLOWER ESSENCES 2 – 5pm in Ross-on-Wye, £15. Small group workshop to explore different ways of choosing and using essences, working with Bach and Lightbringer essences. To book a place, contact Jill Stern, BFVEA (Adv), KFRP, 01989 563147.

Fri 21 September ECOTHERAPY WORKSHOP With Jane Cooke, Heartfelt Work. Other workshops and groups planned.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 07719 509899.

A BLOSSOMING SANGHA ‘The Sangha’ is a gathering of people that exists to provide a sacred space in which spirituality can be explored both at a personal as well as a communal level.

Up until August we shall be exploring stories collected from a number of faith traditions and welcoming guests to lead some of our gatherings. Contact Rev Mike Catling 01547 540235 or mikecat7@btinternet.com for more information.

RITES OF PASSAGE Women’s art psychotherapy groups covering a wide range of issues - menopause/depression/loss/motherhood. Also a mixed group called SURVIVORS OF ABUSE, a safe and confidential group beginning soon to explore safely the trauma of early abuse and domestic violence using imagery and materials to express the unconcious and traumatic memory. Led by art psycho-therapist for many years, specialist in trauma and abuse, Juliet Asher, pg.Dip.A.T. (Bacp) 01588 640491.

HEALING WORKSHOPS @ THE TON FARM NEAR HAY ON WYE James Coombes and Val Harris invite you to join them on their Sacred Sound Healing Retreats. These healing retreats, held in a spectacular location 600ft up in the Wye Valley, are for anyone needing to find their way back to a more simple way of being. For further information or to make a booking please contact Val Harris 01497 831289 or visit the website www.thetonfarm.com Mondays YOGA AT MOCCAS VILLAGE HALL Small group class in the evenings, suitable for anyone, with or without experience. Please contact Nicky Jaques for further details 07817 268689, nickyjaquesyoga@gmail.com Last Monday HEREFORDSHIRE PALESTINE SUPPORT GROUP Usually meet last Monday 7.45 at Friends Meeting House, King St. Hereford. herefordpsc@wyrdweb.com Weds MEDITATION CLASSES IN HEREFORD These practical classes - perfect for beginners show how anyone can use meditation in their daily life to find peace and happiness. Classes are led by Buddhist monk, Kelsang Khechog and consist of guided meditations, some simple explanations on how to practice followed by discussion and refreshments. The Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, HR4 9BX. Cost £5 (£3 unwaged), 7.30pm. For more information and dates call 01384 569956 or visit www.meditatejlc.org. Each class is self-contained, so come along to one, several or all.

First and Third Thursday THE BLEDDFA MEDITATION GROUP The Hall Barn, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

Fridays MEDITATION CLASSES IN LUDLOW New for 2012 these meditation classes are suitable for everyone, including beginners. Classes are led by Kadampa teacher Mandy Nicol and include guided meditations and discussion. 1.00 - 2.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, St Mary’s Lane, Ludlow SY8 1DZ, cost £5 (£3 unwaged). For more information call 01384 569956 or visit www.meditatejlc.org.