Broad Sheep September 2016

BROAD sheep sept 2016

What’s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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HE sun is shining and at last I’ve managed to squeeze in one or two decent bike rides. Heading down to a festival in Oxford last week in my usual leisurely fashion, I couldn’t help noticing, once I was over the River Severn and into the REAL WORLD – Cotswolds, Oxfordshire etc. that this cycling thing is really taking off. Five years ago, in the lanes of Chipping Norton, you’d be lucky to see one other cyclist every hour.

These days it’s two every five minutes and they are often couples wearing matching lycra and storming along like the wind, intent on getting some exercise. I, meanwhile, have a bloody great electric motor and am intent on consuming as many ‘pub lunches’ as possible.

Sadly however, it still has not made any impact on the quantity of motorised traffic Small Ads

4 you meet when you hit an A road, or the size of the queues of traffic waiting to get into Stow on the Wold and a snaffle up a few scones and some Cotswold nick-knacks.

Art 6 The other sign that cycling is taking off in a big way is the recent advert of a Bike Art workshops 12 TV on Freeview. Yes, Channel 251 is now 24 hour, back-to-back cycling programmes.

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20 They are not too choosy about what they show as long as it’s got two wheels but it Dance 24 means I can catch up on the 2011 Tour de France at two o’clock in the morning. That City tales 20 is after I’ve watched my new favourite trash TV programme which is ‘Pimp my Ride’.

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26 It’s a fairly straightforward reality format. They take someone’s worn out old heap of a car and then completely rebuild it, re-upholster it and re-paint it. There are programmes Music 28 Music workshops 42 like this on UK TV, but this is fronted by a rapper and the style is completely over-the-top L.A. custom with added electronics.

Venues 43 When the finished car is revealed to Band directory 44 the owners (being on American TV), Theatre 46 go crazy and start leaping around the garage screaming and crying and Word 50 Grass roots 54 high-fiving all over the place.

One recent refit I saw was for Comp therapies 56 an artist and after re-painting the We take no responsibility car and re-upholstering the interior for the veracity of the they then added programmable light information herein shows that played off the roof of the Pete Mustill car. Electronic gadgets popped out Mayfield, Stapleton, of the boot with sound systems and Nr Presteigne, Powys art equipment and then finally coloured paints that sprayed onto the tyres of the car, LD8 2LW so that the artist owner could paint the roads as she is driving along! I bet that goes Tel: 01544 260051 Email: info@broadsheep.com down a treat with the local council.

Website: www.broadsheep.com It’s a bit lame that despite all my ‘electric bike, let’s save the planet’ rhetoric, I’m still hooked on these custom car programmes but maybe that’s what we all need to do. Get used to seeing the automobile as a bit of art rather than something to go driving around in. I think I’ve already achieved this state with motorbikes.

I don’t have any desire to put on the boots, put on the leathers, put on the helmet and go racing off up the A44 with all the born-again bikers. But I still like looking at them, especially the weirder ones. I am collecting pictures off the net of some of the stranger bikes in order to share them with my Bishop’s Castle motorbike freak friend. However he is such and old Luddite he hasn’t got a mobile or a computer, so I’ll just have to print a couple of the more choice ones here for him. Even Luddites read Broad Sheep!

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Cover pic: Barbara Shaw, textile artist. Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, 10 Sept - 30 Oct.

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art h.Art - Herefordshire Art Week 10 - 18 September Free access to 150 artists and designer makers in studios, galleries and group exhibtions.

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

Or download from www.h-art.org.

POWYS St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, LD8 2NW www.discoed.org 10 - 18 Sept ‘Capture the Castle’.

Artists include FIONA McINTYRE, GRAHAM ARNOLD, ALISON MacGREGOR-GRIMLE, TIM CRAVEN, ROBERT BROOKS, SUSANNAH ROYALE, PETER JARVIS, SHELAGH POPHAM, ANGELA SUMMERFIELD, SIMON DORRELL, OWEN RIMINGTON, PAULINE BULLARD, LOIS HOPWOOD & NICK SCHLEE. Prints, drawings, paintings, embroidery, photographs and glass. h.Art. Open daily11am-5pm.

Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, LD8 2LL 01544 260149 Until 3 Sept ‘Works on Paper’. SIR SIDNEY NOLAN. Part of Presteigne Festival. Open daily during the festival 11am-5pm.

10 - 18 Sept Showcase of work made at or inspired by the ancient setting of The Rodd. Fine art prints and book arts exhibition, graduates of Hereford, Worcester and Slade working on site.

1 & 2 Oct ANNE BEAN, ABIGAIL CONWAY & ELPIDA HADZIVASILEVA residency events.

Open 11am-5pm.

Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5DL 01597 824513 Until 17 Sept ‘Welsh Legends’.

DAVID WARD - original paintings and illustrations. Open Tues-Sat and Bank Holidays 10am-4pm.

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

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Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Sept Art from the last 216 years.

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

Globe at Hay, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 Until 4 Sept AMY LE BAILLY analogue photographs on film, employing manual techniques using basic or ‘toy’ cameras popular in years gone by. STACEY WILDING assembled sculptural works which utilise unwanted book material and natural found objects.

9 Sept - 20 Nov ‘Eoh_mit and Billie Charity’. BILLIE CHARITY’s playful and honest reportage and portrait photography captures the everyday in an arresting light. Part of Herefordshire Art Week Trail. Open Wed-Sun 9.30am-5pm.

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 From 17 Sept A History of Communication. Open 10am.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 Sept ‘Autumn Leaves’. KEVAN HOPSON, ROBERT HURDLE, JUDY TUCKER, BRONTE WOODRUFF, LESLEY WOOTTON. ‘Sweepers, Pianists and Teeth-Cleaners’ by ANDY HAZELL C20th art, greetings cards and local crafts. Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 www.haymakers.co.uk Until 18 Sept JILL BARNEBY - prints.

DANIEL BOYLE & BETHAN JONES - ceramics. CAROLINE FINDLAY, NANCY PICKARD & JULIE ROBINSON - jewellery. TAMSIN ABBOTT - stained glass.

19 Sept - 20 Nov Autumn exhibition.

ROSEMARY COCHRANE & HELEN SHERE jewellery. GWEN VAUGHAN & CATHERINE WINFREY - ceramics.

JOANNA BOURNE - prints. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.

Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 Until end Sept SIMON LILLY photographic landscapes, digital work, woodblock prints and relief sculptures.

Open theatre times.

Mid Wales Art Centre, Caersws 01686 688369 Until Oct Sculpture Trail 2016.

Open Thurs - Sun 11am-4pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 3 Sept Arts and Crafts from local makers. Open 10am-3pm.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Sept Elan Valley Aqueduct. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm.

Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 10 Sept ‘Water and Ice, Hammer and Chisel’. MEIC WATTS. Until 10 Sept ‘Summer Canvases’ WYNNE JENKINS. Until 29 Oct A selection from the Tabernacle Collection including works

by CEFYN BURGESS, ANEURIN JONES, PETER McNALLY & CHRISTINE MILLS. Until 1 Sept Tabernacle Art Competition. This year the them is part of the ‘Coleridge in Wales’ festival.

Mon-Sat 10am-4pm.

Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 Until 3 Sept ‘Minerva Quilts 16’.

The Quilt Association annual summer show. 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sundays.

Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 14 Sept ‘Ten Years of Brecon Fringe Festival’. Documenting the ten years with 300 pictures, posters, guide cover art, tee-shirts, memorabilia and more.

23 Sept - 8 Oct Exhibition of Chinese Art, curated by the Confucius Institute.

Open theatre times.

The Old School House Gallery, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton 01547 550377 Until 2 Oct ‘Five on Fire’. BRIAN LAMMAS, MARK WEBSTER AND JEFF ORGEE - printings and prints.

BOB TEAL AND ROB FOUNTAIN sculpture and ceramics. Open Fri-Sun 10.30am-4pm.

Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until mid Oct PIPPA HEAVEN - Paris street photography. Mon-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm.

Court Cupboard Gallery, Llantillo Petholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 8 Sept MAX SUFFIELD enviromental artist. CLAIRE CAWTE textiles. Open 10.30am-5pm.

Garrison House, Church St, Presteigne, LD8 2BU 01544 267058 10 - 18 Sept ‘Art in the Garden’.

RUTH KIRKBY - botanical watercolours and oils. SUSIE ARBUTHNOTT - watercolours and pastels. ANTONIA SPOWERS, LOTTIE O’LEARY & TOOSE MORTON - sculpture. 11am-5pm.

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Annie Ovenden, St Michael’s Church, Discoed

Geoff Orgee, Old School House Gallery, Bleddfa, near Knighton

Colin Simmonds, Tinsmiths, Ledbury

Kim Davis, Lingen Nursery, Lingen

Jonathan Adams, Ashford Carbonell

Shannon Donovan, Leg of Mutton, Kington

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 10 - 18 Sept SARA BAMFORD sculpture.

Until 24 Sept Rug and textile sale Rare antique carpets and kilims.

Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

Open every day during h.Art. HEREFORDSHIRE Leg of Mutton, 17 Duke St, Kington 01544 231563 www.legofmutton. wordpress.com 10 - 18 Sept ‘Donovan & Eastwood’.

Ceramics beyond the dining room table. Ceramic sculpture, artists’ books and more. SHANNON DONOVAN & ANDREW EASTWOOD. Open 11am-5pm through h.Art. Kington Artists Open Studios for h.Art 10 - 18 Sept Eight venues featuring workd by 23 artists/makers. ANGELA SOULIER - jewellery. PETER HORROCKS - earth-pigment paintings. COLVA ARTISTS - multi media. LEG OF MUTTON - sculptural ceramics. JANE KEAY - paintings, drawings and prints. ART AT THE OLD POLICE STATION - multi media.

JAMES BURNETT-STUART functional ceramics. Open 11am-5pm.

Wyastone Leys Estate, Ganarew NP25 3SR 29 Sept No. 5 Interiors preview new collections and buy gorgeous things at an Autumn Design Day. Jewellery, ceramics, fashion, antiques, flowers, bespoke tailor and dressmaker stalls.

Open 10am-5pm, £10 on the door, coffee, bubbles and light nibbles. In aid of the Friends of Herefordshire Samaritans.

Old Mayor’s Parlour, 23 Church St, Hereford www.oldmayorsparlour.co.uk 10 - 30 Sept Three successful winners of the h.Art Prize will showcase their work. Open daily 10am-5pm.

St Bartholomew’s Church, Westhide 01432 850615 10 - 18 Sept WESTHIDE & SHUCKNALL ARTISTS. Also featuring ROBIN PEERS - watercolours, RACHEL FENTON - ceramics.

JO CANTON SMITH - pen and ink drawings. Demonstration by Robin Peers on 15 Sept, 2-4pm. Open daily 11am-5pm.

Tinsmiths, 8a High St, Ledbury, HR8 1DS 01531 632083 3 - 30 Sept ‘Expressing Landscape’.

COLIN SIMMONDS - painting vast canvases with layers of oil paint and sketching in pastels and watercolour.

Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

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Kingsland Church HR6 9QW 01568 709579 10 - 18 Sept JASON BRAHAM, JULIENNE BRAHAM, HELEN VINE, TIM RAWLINS, RUTH CAMERON-SWAN, DANUTA WURM, LAURA ROWLATT, VICTORIA KEEBLE, SHANNON DONOVAN, SUSIE CAWLEY, ANDREW EASTWOOD, MARY STEPHENS, SOPHIE MacCARTHY, PAUL SHEPHERD, CLAUDIA PETLEY, BRONTË WOODRUFF, THELMA AYRE, THOMAS PERCEVAL, DEBORAH KING & MARY SIMPSON. 10am-5pm, bar on 16 Sept. Aerial Dance in the church on 16 Sept, 7pm.

Trumpet Tea Room, Gallery & Studio, Trumpet Corner, near Ledbury 01531 670082 10 - 18 Sept ED ELLIOTT - wood sculpture. CAROLINE H GREEN illustrator/author/artist. NIK BURNS - sculpture. KYLA HENRY - silver.

ALICE GORTON, HARRIET WILSON & GILL THOMPSON - art. BEN ESTHOP - woodwork. SHARON CURTIS - paper art and prints. EMMA DRABBLE - photographs. Open 11am-5pm.

Marsh Cottage, Yatton, near Leominster, HR6 9TP 01568 770177 10 - 18 Sept BRONTË WOODRUFF animals, birds, flowers, land, sea and tree and recent abstracts in a variety of media. Extensive hanging exhibition; many unframed originals and cards; 60p-£600. Informal demonstrations on request. Open Mon-Fri 10.30am5.30pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm or by arrangement. Voluntary donations to Water Aid for refreshments.

The Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 07867 483135 17 Sept KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET. High quality art and craft desirables, all by local artists and designer-makers, including handbags, waistcoats and other textiles, original paintings and prints, the Magic Gardener’s Domestic Apothecary (custom herbal bathing goodness), handmade herbal skin care, jewellery, vintage collectables, ceramics, art cards, personalised kid’s wear, gifts items, and more. Free - craft activity for kids and their adults! Plus - the popular KLEEN Repair Cafe returns bring beloved but broken belongings to b sharpened, mended, fixed - free or by donation. Open 10am-5pm.

Hereford Archive & Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6LA 01432 260750 5 - 30 Sept ‘Responses - Brian Hatton’.

Local artists reflections on his life and work. Open Tues-Fri 9.15am-4.45pm, Sat 10 Sept, 9.15am-4.45pm.

54 Bridge St, Kington, HR5 3DJ 01544 231527 www.rachelrickettsrbsa.com Until 10 Sept ‘Escape from the Menagerie’. Grand studio sale.

RACHEL RICKETTS RBSA sculpture, paintings and painted sculpture. Open 11am-7pm daily, phone to check.

Grange Court, Leominster 1 Sept - 1 Oct ‘Mark My Words’.

MARCHES SCRIBES - annual calligraphy exhibition. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, free admission.

The Cider Museum, Pomona Place, Hereford HR4 0EF 01432 354207 Until 31 Dec John Evelyn (1620-1796), famous diarist and author. Open daily 10am-5pm, closed Sun. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 18 Sept ‘Truth, Lies and Distant Stars’. VIVIENNE SOLE AND JANE TUDGE. Also featuring ASG Resident Artists. Open 10am-5pm during h.Art week. Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Framing also available.

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

Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Sept PENNY REES - new vibrant work. CHELTENHAM PRINT MAKER - collagraphs. SUE BROWN - enamel sculptures. A wide variety of work selected from quality British designers and makers. Open Mon-Sat 10am-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.

Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Sept STUART ROPER, ANNICA NEUMULLER, ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY, JOHN MAXWELL STEELE & ZOE TAYLOR. Plus new works from house artists. A picture framing service is also available. Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Upstairs, Market House, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 Sept Made in Ross - arts and crafts collective - local work by local artist.

Exhibitions change monthly.

Open daily,10am-4pm.

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3 Newbury Terrace, Ledbury, HR8 1AY 07724 554290 10 & 11 Sept ‘Circus Acts’/ A unique, interactive exhibition of circus inspired art shown in a domestic setting.

GEZ HUGHES - animations. DAN BARKER - photographs. KATHLEEN MURPHY - needlework. CHARLES SNELL - art plasterer. CLARE DE LA TORRE - jewellery. DAVID SAVAGAR - photographs and models. CHRISSIE PRITCHARD - prints and taxidermy.

SARAH BURFORD - illustrations and dollmaker. ANDY KINNEAR - prints.

NICK ALEXANDER - poet. 10am-6pm.

Weaver’s Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 634571 Until 4 Sept ‘fiftiesart.com’. Art and design of the 1950s.

6 - 18 Sept ‘One Time, One Place’.

THE EMBROIDERERS GUILD, WORCESTER BRANCH - textile art.

19 - 25 Sept ‘Printworks’. Textiles and mixed media by group ADHESION. Open daily 10am-5pm.

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 11 Sept ‘(Not) Being Boring’.

HEREFORDSHIRE ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY mentoring project.

Until 12 Sept ‘No Regrets’. An exhibition of photographs depicting older people with tattoos. MICHAL IWANOWSKI. Open theatre times.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 10 Sept - 31 Oct ‘Beauty Surrounds Us’’. Artists include HANNAH WILLOW, HOLLY BROOKES, JEMIMA JAMESON, BENJAMIN HILLS, BARBARA SHAW & JUDY HARTLEY in a variety of media including etchings, textile collage, woven baskets, acrylic on wood, original icons with gold leaf, jewellery and furniture.

Open 11am-5pm daily throughout h.Art. Until end of 2016 Garden Sculpture Exhibition 2016. An ever changing collection of unique sculptures for the outdoors in a variety of media.

11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Tues by appointment. Check website for opening times.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester, 01905 25371 17 Sept - 26 Nov ‘The Battle of Orgreave’. JEREMY DELLER. The exhibition includes a documentary film alongside objects, images and audio recordings.

Until 29 Oct ‘Divided Loyalties’.

Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sun and Bank Holidays.

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The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net 10 - 18 Sept ‘Lea & Paget’s Wood’.

RICHARD BAVIN - open studio.

Open 2-5pm. Plus a facility available for artists to access fully equipped printmaking studio. Large intaglio press, antique relief press. Light, airy studio space. Technical assistance, courses, specialist papers for print.

South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 3 Sept All Saints Church fundraising work.

5 - 10 Sept THE HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS. 12 - 17 Sept Fairtrade arts, crafts and charity information from LOVE ZIMBABWE. 19 - 24 Sept Sale of Indian silks and saris with JAN BISHOP. 26 Sept - 1 Oct SIAN THOMAS handmade stained glass. Exhibition and sale of Nepalese handicrafts by PREETI THAPA. 3 - 8 Oct GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY - craft sale.

13 Oct - 17 Dec Sale of Charity Christmas cards.

Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 10 - 18 Sept A selection of arts and crafts, picture framing, prints and images, plus a showcase of local artists.

1 - 23 Oct ‘Small Art for Acorns’.

Professional and amateur artists and craftspeople donate a miniature piece of original work to be auctioned in the gallery at 2pm on 23 Oct. Fundraising for Acorns Children’s Hospice.

Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

SHROPSHIRE Lingen Nursery, Lingen, near Bucknell, SY7 0DY 01544 260811 10 - 18 Sept KIM DAVIS - woodturner.

MAGGIE DAVIS - mixed media artist.

Open daily 10am-5.30pm.

St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow 01584 873182 www.ludlowartsociety. blogspot.com Until 5 Sept LUDLOW ART SOCIETY, 70th anniversary summer exhibtiion.

Open daily 10am-5pm.

Kerry Vale Vineyard, Pentreheyling, near Churchstoke, SY15 6HU 01588 620627 Until 7 Sept MAGGIE HUMPHRY pen and ink. ROB LECKEY - original paintings.

10 Sept - 12 Oct VIVIENNE CAWSON - original watercolours.

Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Ashford Chapel, Ashford Carbonel, near Ludlow, SY8 4BX 01584 831343 10 - 18 Sept JONATHAN ADAMS - oil paintings of landscape, marine and still life. Open 11am-5pm.

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

Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm.

Chapel Lawn Village Hall www.redlakevalleyartists.co.uk 01547 528546 16 - 18 Sept REDLAKE VALLEY ARTISTS & FRIENDS. Ten local artists will exhibit alongside invited guests - paintings, drawings, photographs, stone-carving, printed books, printmaking, textiles, cards and more. Free entry and parking.

Refreshements available. Open Fri 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

The Gateway Coffee Shop, Chester St, Shrewsbury SY1 1NB 01743 355159 2 - 29 Sept Autumn exhibition by Stretton Art Alive. LES DOBB, LIZ DOBB & DIANA NUTTALL - acrylic and mixed media paintings. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

Shropshire Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, SY7 9RS 01588 676060 Sept ‘Brambly Hedge Exhibition’.

Discover the original watercolours from the well-loved books. Brambly Hedge is a series of illustrated children’s books by Jill Barklem.

Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm.

Bear Steps Gallery, Fish St, Shrewsbury 01939 233202 5 - 17 Sept SHREWSBURY LACEMAKERS. Plus live demonstration of the various types of lacemaking.

Open 10am-4pm.

Chang Thai Bar, Market St, Ludlow Until 11 Sept ‘Sunshine & Shadows’.

VALERIE ALEXANDER - an exhibition of recent paintings at home and abroad.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 5 Sept - 22 Oct ‘4 x 4 Solos in the Wild’.Open theatre times. Four short dance films, accompanied by stunning images of the performances by dance photographer CHRIS NASH. Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed.

Penny Rees, Lion Gallery, Leominster

Sara Bamford, The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne

Jane Tudge, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford

James Burnett, Kington Artists

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 10 - 25 Sept ‘Bloodlines & Borderlines’. JANE KEAY, MARTHA & REUBEN FOSBERRY & ADRIAN SHIEL. Four members of an artistic family showing 2D & 3D work.

10 - 25 Sept ‘MKB Editions - A Retrospective’. Marking 25 years of this important Hereford small press and art publisher.

10 - 25 Sept TERRY BROWN rustic furniture and woodturning.

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

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 3 Sept Summer exhibition. New work from JOHN ALFORD, TAMSIN BRIDGE, PATRICK HOWSE and NOEL SHEPHERDSON. 10 Sept - 8 Oct ‘Elegies’. GRAHAM ARNOLD - recent paintings, drawings and collages. ROBERT BATES - watercolours. JEMIMA JAMESON - decorated boxes.

Alongside artists who have already had solo shows here this year.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Until 24 Sept ‘Landscape, Green Lanes, Old Ways’. PETER TARRANT, NORMAN LAMPUTT, LEIGH DAVIS, DAVID PARFITT, TAMSIN ABBOTT, MIKE ABBOTT, ELSPETH SOPER and many more. Mon 11am-5pm, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

The Old Surgery Gallery, Clun 01588 640506 1 - 19 Sept Noel Shepherdson exhibition. Also featuring ALEX EGAN, MARY DOWLING, DAVIED HARBAN, TIM NASH, PETER SHREAD & ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA. 22 - 30 Sept SOPHIE BIGNALL, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, JANIS GOODMAN, MICHAEL HANCOCK, PAUL HIPKISS, LYNN JEFFERY & TIM NASH. Open Thurs - Tue, 10am-4pm, closed Wed. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 12 Sept - 15 Jan 2017 ‘Heavenly Lights’. MARGARET AGNES ROPE, the untold story of Shrewsbury’s stained glass artist. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4.30pm. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-17 years, students £3.60.

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Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023 3 Sept Flea & Antiques Market.

Open 9am-4pm.

17 Sept Michaelmas Fair Farmer’s Market. Open 9am-1pm.

15 Oct - 12 Nov SECRET HILLS ART CAFE GROUP - original paintings, sculpture, textiles and linocuts. Artists include ELIZABETH MOSS, PAULINE KITELY, NIGEL KERRY, THELMA AYRE, SUE CAMPBELL, VICKI VARGAS, RICHARD GOOSEY, ELIZABETH WYNN, STEVE ATTWOOD-WRIGHT, LESLEY McKNIGHT, KATY ALSTON, GILL TANDY, BRIAN TANDY, GORDON YAPP & DRUSILLA COLE. Open 10am-4pm.

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

CALLING ALL ARTISTS POSTCARDS FROM LIFE 2016 Create a miniature masterpiece, 6” x 4” and help St Michael’s Hospice, creating a show in The Great Hall, Bishop’s Palace, Hereford from 11-13 November. All of the postcards exhibited will be available to buy in an online auction hosted by Brightwells. To register your interest and to request the artist’s brief, call 01432 851000 or email pnugent@ st-michaels-hospice.org.uk ARTIST RESIDENCEY CALL/THE DRAWING ROOM Invitation to artists and makers with a background in participatory practice to take up residency between 22 Oct and 25 Feb 2017. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, further information www.orieldavies.org/en/news/articals/ artist-residence-call-drawing-room CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk SILK SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP Create your own silk screen prints with Royal College of Art graduate and Elle Decoration’s ‘Name to Watch’, Sunny Todd, in his Ledbury studio. A highly skilled and passionate designer with years of teaching experience at all levels, Sunny will share his knowledge and enthusiasm for this addictive process. Suitable for absolute beginners or those with screen printing experience. With a maximum of only 4 students you will

have the time and support to produce or develop your own patterns and leave with your own collection of printed textiles. Half day taster session weekend workshop, 9.30am-1pm. Includes materials and refreshments. One day weekend workshop, 10am- 5pm, £100. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch.

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

Info www.sunnytoddprints.co.uk or 07527 048749.

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Day workshops in Lino cut printing (textile and paper), Monoprinting and Etching with the artist Rebecca Davis MA. These workshops are for both beginners and more advanced students. The aim of the workshops is to help students develop their creative skills in printmaking. Each workshop costs £30 plus materials. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact rebecca@rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk. www.rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk or 07776 490831.

ART WORKSHOPS For groups and individuals at our beautiful studios in Knucklas, happy to travel to you too.

Contact Lois Hopwood & Tony Hall 01547 529 670. Email loishopwoodwales@gmail.com COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) - www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080.

CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors. We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. www.creativebreaks. co.uk for full details of our courses.

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

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GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design. PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm. With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo.co.uk or call 01568 770110.

GLASSBLOWING COURSES Experience the magic of glassblowing. Hay-on-Wye. www.glassgallery.co.uk POTTERY STUDIO AVAILABLE To rent from summer, 2017. Just outside Broseley, Shropshire. No water or electricity at present. Rent to be negotiated. Contact: Elspeth Soper, tel: 01952 885759, mobile: 07790 347 007, email: elspeth.wfpottery@hotmail.co.uk, facebook: Willey Furnace Pottery Aug ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS 4 Aug - Love Your River Workshop, using glue and stick, together with a mixture of fabrics, paper and wire. For ages 5+, 10.30am, £5. 11 Aug - Wii Tennis Tournament, 10.30am, £3. 12 Aug - Zumba Fitness Party for ages 5+, 10.30am, £5. 18 Aug - Table Tennis Junior, bats and balls provided, for ages 5+, 10.15am-12pm, £5.

Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Sept EASTNOR POTTERY Potter’s wheel workshops & x2 day courses: 10 & 11, 16, 17, 24 & 25 September. Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £120 day £215 weekend. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. Family Pottery Fun in September. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Projects start at just £5 and inc potters wheel. A brilliant indoor activity for individuals, families and friends. To book a space, simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886.

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

An introductory course followed by individual dyeing sessions. Kantha and Boro. Explore the Japanese art of piecing and stitching of valuable indigo fragments and the colourful Indian tradition of quilting and stitching old fabrics. The RACF Workshop, Unti 1, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 01544 260777, www. radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation. org September & October JEWELLERY MAKING WORKSHOPS 8 Sept - 13 Oct - Jewellery making course for all levels, every Thursdays, £150 with tutor guidance given on the purchase of precious metals.

24 Sept - Make a Silver Ring for beginners, 10am-5pm, £110.

15 Oct - Silver Soldering Practice for intermediate/advanced levels, 10am5pm, £110. Melissa Hunt Studio, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell, 07931 351233.

September WORKSHOPS AT CARAD, RHAYADER 3 Sept - ‘Make ‘n’ Take Clay Pot with Alex Allpress, 10.30am-12.30pm, £5.

Rhayader Museum Activity Room, Carad, Rhayader, 01597 810561 or all@carad.org.uk PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS With landscape photographer Rob Scamp. www.muddyslippers.co.uk September WATER COLOUR PAINTING 5 Sept, 9am-1pm. Suitable for beginners and improvers.

A structured class with guidance and demonstrations for each step.

Materials can be provided if required. Llangrove Village Hall, £10 each class, pay as you go, 01989 769747, email brian@pgriffiths1.plus.com September ART COURSES 12 & 13 Sept - From Parts to a Whole with Matthew Harris, £400 for 4 session course. Details bobby@ bobbybritnell.co.uk

September JENNY CRISP WORKSHOPS 24 & 25 Sept - Litted Basket Course.

Suitable for beginners. £180 (£50 deposit required). 135 Bargates, Leominster, HR6 8QS. All workshops 10am-4pm, tools, willow materials and lunch is included along with refreshments, 01568 615079.

September SUMMER WORKSHOPS AT MID WALES ARTS 6 & 7 Sept - Painting on Metal: Mural Making with Edward Heath.

13 & 14 Sept - Creative & Experimental Surfaces for Vitreous Enamel on Metal.

17 & 18 Sept - Pottery Weekend with Andy Warren.

24 Sept - Advanced Lino Printing Day with Jeb Nichols. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 01686 688369, info@midwalesarts.org.uk September CARAD WORKSHOPS 3 Sept - Pottery Workshop with Alex Allpress, 10.30am-12.30pm, £5 small charge for materials. 17 Sept Design a Computer Game Character with Blue MacAskill. Bring a laptop or tablet and join in the fun, 10.30am-12.30pm, £5. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810561.

September WESTHOPE COLLEGE, CRAVEN ARMS - COURSES Introduction to Mosaics Sat 10 Sept.

Machine Embroidery Wed 14 Sept, Wood Cut Print Making Tues 20 Sept. For details, ring: 01584 861293 www.westhope.org.uk September onwards WELSH ACADEMY OF ART NEW COURSES 19 - 23 Sept - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245.

3 - 7 Oct Figure Drawings, 5 day workshop, £285.

17 - 21 Oct - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245.

31 Oct - 4 Nov - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop £245.

14 - 18 Nov - Portrait Drawings, 5 day workshop, £355.

28 Nov - 2 Dec - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245. Welsh Academy of Art, Cwmdu Studios, Cwmdu, Crickhowell, 01874 730693, www.welshacademyofart.com September THE BIG SKILL 2016 EVENTS Hands on creative and traditional crafts. 3 Sept - Pontardawe Festival.

10 - 18 Sept - Hereford Arts Week.

Oct - H.energy weekend.

Details: www.thebigskill.com

We ALFI

furniture makers

Made to Measure Kitchens & Traditional Furniture

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

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Thurs 1 September SUMMER FOREST SCHOOL Create your own name necklace then find out how to use tools safely to coppice hazel and decorate a hill-walking stick. For ages 10-14 years. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10am-12pm, 01588 676060.

Sat 3 September LIFE DRAWING CABARET SKETCHING SPECIAL Sketch dazzling burlesque performer.

Fun music and fabulous costumes are all part of this very alternative event!

All abilities welcome. All materials provided. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 10.30am-1.30pm, £18, booking essential, 01686 625041.

Mon 5 September DRAWING GROUP Weekly sessions 7 – 9.30 pm.

Figure & life drawing at Hazlehurst Community Room, Clun SY7 8EL. Places limited, so please book 01588 640 387. Email: gordon@edwardyapp.plus.com Tues 6 & Wed 7 September PAINTING ON METAL APPROACHES TO MURAL MAKING With Edward Heath. Two day course, suitable for all abilities. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 10am-4pm, £160 for both days including lunch, tea, coffee, enamels and test pieces, 01686 688369.

Tues 13 & Wed 14 September CREATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL SURFACES FOR VITREOUS ENAMAL ON METAL Two day workshop led by Elizabeth Turrell, suitable for complete beginners as well as enamellists, jewellers and artists. Mid Wales Arts

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Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 10am-4pm, £120 for both days including basic materials, 01686 688369.

Thurs 15 September MAKERS GROUP New weekly group for craft-making, skill sharing and connecting with people. All abilities welcome, bring your own work, tuition will be on hand, equipment available. St Peter’s Centre, St Peter’s Church, Peterchurch, 7-9pm, £3.50 per session, 01981 550043.

Thurs 15 September WATERCOLOUR DEMONSTRATION

By Leicestershire artist Vivienne Cawson. Kerry Vale Vineyard, Pentreheyling, near Churchstoke, SY15 6HU, 2-4pm, 01588 620627.

Sat 17 September MAKE A CONTEMPORARY BOOK OF HOURS Fascinating workshop with calligrapher Val Yost. Monkland VH, 10am-4pm, £18 members, £21 visitors, 01544 327657.

Sat 17 & Sun 18 September POTTERY WEEKEND With Andy Warren, suitable for all abilities. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, £90 for both days, organic lunch available for £7.50, 01686 688369.

Starting Mon 19 September WATERCOLOUR CLASSES Suitable for all levels. A structured class with helpful demonstrations for each step. Landscapes, plants and gardens, seascapes and architecture plus any requests. Llangrove Village Hall, Mon 10am-1pm, Thurs 1-4pm, £10 per class. Contact Brian 01989 769747 or email brian@pgriffiths1. plus.com

Tues 20 September PAINTING FOR PLEASURE A series of six three hour workshops designed to develop an individual’s coping skills in creative ways. Friends Meeting House, Hereford, 10am, 01432 279906. www.marchescounselling.org Thurs 22 & Fri 23 September DRAWING FROM NATURE Two half day taster sessions learning to draw and paint items from a rich variety of specimens in the Museum Resource Centre’s Natural History collection, under the guidance of Anglea Gladwell. Museum Resource and Learning Centre, 58 Friars St, Hereford, 10,30am-12pm, £17.50 in advance, 01432 383383.

Sat 24 September ADVANCED LINO PRINTING With Jeb Nichols. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, £40 including basic materials, 01686 688369.

Sat 24 September VISCOCITY MONOPRINTING Priory Hall, Much Wenlock, 10am-4pm, £85 includes lunch and refreshments, 01952 727952.

Sat 24 & Sun 25 September STONE CARVING COURSE With Nick Lloyd.

Day 1 - talk including safety, the use of power tools and hand tools. Day 2 - Learn how to work in the round.

Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, £100 for both days incl. basic materials, 01686 688369.

Starting Mon 3 October ART CLASSES With Angela Gladwell.

9 week course, inspired by the tradition of the Cabinet of Curiosities.

Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10am-12.30pm or 1.30pm-4pm, £96 per term includes refreshments, 01743 258881.

h.Art

Jonathan Adams

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

10th - 18th September The Chapel, Ashford Carbonel, Ludlow, SY8 4BX. Open 11-5p.m.

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Starting from Tues 4 October CERAMIC COURSE Six-week ceramic course for adult beginners with Kayleigh Hughes. Maximum 10 places. Gwernyfed High School, 5.30-7.30pm, £95/£90, 0333 666 3366, www.glasburyarts.co.uk Sat 8 October PRINTMAKING WITHOUT MACHINES Workshop run by Drusilla Cole. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 10am-4pm, £35 includes materials and refreshments, 01547 550377.

Mondays APPLETREE KNITTING GROUP Studio 2, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 2pm and 6pm supporting ‘Knit for Peace’. Donations of £2, 0845 548 5449.

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

Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving.co.uk Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

3rd Saturday of every month KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET Kington Market Hall, 10am-4pm.

A range of high quality work by local artists and crafts makers. Craft making during summer months. www.kingtoncommunitymarket.wordpress.com 07867 483135.

Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities.

Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369.

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

Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm.

Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110.

10-18th September Kim Davis Woodturner & Maggie Davis mixed media artist Open daily 10 am – 5.30

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

ARTS & MAKERS

AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

SatURDAY 3 september 10AM

to

3PM

LOCAL ARTISTs WORKING WITH WOOD, WOOL, silver & SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, STONE engraving, hand made soaps, shibori dyed scarves.

TEA & VEGAN CAKES

NEW CLASSES FOR SEPTEMBER IN NEW RADNOR SPINNING, KANTHA AND BORO QUILTING for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

The Lion Gallery 15b Broad Street Leominster

showing quality contemporary British Art and Craft 10am-5pm, Monday - Saturday Tel: 01568 611898 www.liongallery.co.uk info@liongallery.co.uk

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cinema SAUSAGE PARTY (15) Although slickly animated in brash hues, be warned that SAUSAGE PARTY is no kiddie-friendly heartwarmer. Instead it follows the misfortunates of various supermarket foodstuffs – most notably frankfurters, bread rolls and potatoes who according to cowriter and co-star Seth Rogen (PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, NEIGHBOURS), energetically exhort shoppers to liberate them from the shelves, only to undergo a brutal awakening when they realise their fate is to be cooked and eaten. This arch conceit is articulated with a torrent of profanity and discomforting sight gags which include vegetables being skinned alive… and a talking condom. However directors Greg Tiernan (THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE) and Conrad Vernon (SHREK 2) – who also voice key characters alongside Kristen Wiig, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek – correctly presume that adults will love it.

All reviews by Mark Williams

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC.

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP

21 Sept DHEEPAN (15) 5 Oct OUR LITTLE SISTER (PG) Details: Melville Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, www.abergavennyfilmsociety.com

Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend.

Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

14 Sept HISORIAS MINIMAS 28 Sept LOCKE 12 Oct KHODORKOVSKY Three Tuns, Salop St, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm 01588 630778. Membership enquiries 01588 630776

1 & 3 Sept SUMMERTIME (15) 3 Sept ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE (U) 19 & 20 Sept STAR TREK BEYOND (12A) 19 Sept CHEVALIER (18) 21 & 22 Sept JASON BOURNE (12A) 24 Sept THE BFG (PG) 27, 29 & 30 Sept SWEET BEAN (PG) 27 & 28 Sept THE CARER (15) 30 Sept & 1 Oct DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) Details 01584 878141

Rams

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CONQUEST, BROMYARD 19 Sept BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS 23 Sept EYE IN THE SKY Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 Sept FINDING DORY (U) 1 Sept STAR TREK BEYOND (12A) 2 - 10 Sept SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (PG) 2, 5 - 7 Sept JASON BOURNE (12A) 9 & 10 Sept MAGGIE’S PLAN (15) 9, 10 & 14 Sept THE COMMUNE (15) 12 & 13 Sept THE HARD STOP (15) 12 - 14 Sept ME BEFORE YOU (12A) 19 & 20 Sept CHEVALIER (18) 19 & 21 Sept WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (15) 20 - 22 Sept LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 20 - 22 Sept THE CARER (15) 23, 27 & 29 Sept THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER (12A) 23 Sept THE SHALLOWS (15) 24 Sept LONG WAY NORTH (PG) 27 & 29 Sept SUMMERTIME (15) Details 01432 340555

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 5 Sept RAMS (15) 3 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon.

Membership enquiries 01874 623166

1 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Brilley VH 01544 327227 2 Sept AS YOU LIKE IT (Globe version) Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 2 Sept THE CHOIR (PG) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065

2 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Staunton on Wye VH 01981 501031 3 Sept BIG SING UK - GREASE Market Theatre, Ledbury, 12-6pm, £25, 07967 517125.

5 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 6 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 7 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295 7 Sept GOLDEN YEARS (12A) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 8 Sept SING STREET (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 9 Sept BROOKLYN (12A) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 9 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760846 9 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Great Witley VH 01299 896412 9 Sept WHILE WE’RE YOUNG (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury ` 07967 517125 9 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 9 Sept MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) (PG) Little Wenlock VH ` 01952 505888 9 Sept BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 10 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall ` 01743 873940 10 Sept ARCHIVE ON WHEELS Kington Show (Flicks in the Sticks) 01588 620883 10 Sept EYE IN THE SKY (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 11 Sept JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH (U) Staunton on Wye VH 01981 501031 12 Sept JOY (12A) Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 12 Sept THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 13 Sept WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Garway VH 01600 750465 13 Sept HE NAMED ME MALALA (PG) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 720341 14 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Cuddington & Sandiway VH 01606 888931 14 Sept GRACE OF MONACO (PG) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 14 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 14 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660

CHEVALIER (18) Six men cruise the Aegean aboard a luxury yacht variously fishing, scuba diving and vying for superiority in a series of increasingly bizarre competitive games. These r ange fr om the innocuously mad against-the-clock assembly of Ikea shelving to the almost inevitable comparison of penis size, the whole orchestrated with a quiet relish by the boat’s owner, an imperious 60-something known only as the ‘The Doctor’ (Yorgos Kendros). At one end of the social spectrum is alpha male Yannis (Yorgos Pirassopoulis), at the other his brother, the bumbling, insecure mummy’s boy, Dimitris (Makis Papadimitriou), and much of the film’s tinder-dry humour comes from their awkward relationship. Director/co-writer Athina Rachel Tsangari also produced both DOGTOOTH and LOBSTER so perhaps unsurprisingly CHEVALIER benefits from the droll influence of those films’ director, Yorgos Lanthimos.

14 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 15 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 15 Sept BROOKLYN (12A) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 15 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Claverley VH 01746 710528 16 Sept WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Stanford with Orleton VH 01886 853295 16 Sept SAVING MR BANKS (PG) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 16 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Cound Guildhall, Shrewsbury 01743 761451 16 Sept THE REVENANT (15) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 16 Sept EYE IN THE SKY (15) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 17 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 17 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Abermule Community Centre 01686 630240 17 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 17 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 17 Sept MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) (PG) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 17 Sept WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 17 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Bicton VH 01743 850495 17 Sept ARCHIVE ON WHEELS (Flicks in the Sticks) Merefest, Ellesmere 01588 620883

17 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 17 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 20 Sept MACBETH (2016) (15) The Royal British Legion, Newport 07886 697934 20 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 21 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Myddle VH 01939 290872 21 Sept RAMS (15) Escleyside Hall, Michaelchurch Escley 01981 510696 21 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Dorstone VH 01981 5500943 22 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 22 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572 22 Sept WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Chetton VH 01746 789257 22 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 22 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Almeley VH 01544 327195 23 Sept WEST SIDE STORY (PG) Whichurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 23 Sept SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 23 Sept MR TURNER (12A) Sarn VH 01686 671205 23 Sept HAIL, CAESAR! (12A) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760846 23 Sept GOLDEN FIRE (U) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125

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THE COMMUNE (15) Inspired by his hippie childhood in C o p e n h a g e n , writer/director Thomas Vi n t e r b e r g ’s l a t e s t finds bored T.V. newsreader Anna (Trine Dyrholm, LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED) coercing her lecturer husband Erik (Ulrich Thomsen, MORTDECAI) to turn the mansion he’s inherited into an experiment in communal living. However Anna becomes rather disenchanted when the Erik starts an affair with one of his students, incidents involving a deranged leftist (Lars Ranthe) and various other inmates who fit or don’t fit into her scheme of things. Reaffirming his versatility following FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD’s costume romance and 2012’s cruel social drama, THE HUNT, Vinterberg and his cast handle maintain a beguiling playfulness, albeit with an underlying seriousness regarding the pitfalls of social engineering which may well resonate with some of Broad Sheep’s readers….

24 Sept EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530258 24 Sept YOUTH (15) Neston Civic Hall 0151 336 7805 24 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 24 Sept FOUR ROOMS (18) Priest Weston VH 01938 561336 24 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Clifton on Teme VH 01886 812238 24 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Ryton VH 01743 718237 27 Sept THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (U) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 27 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Loppington VH 01939 236240 27 Sept YOUTH (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 29 Sept THE DANISH GIRL (15) Bagley Sports and Social Club 07773 983963 29 Sept JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH (U) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 29 Sept BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 29 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 30 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 30 Sept THE DANISH GIRL (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 30 Sept DAD’S ARMY (PG) Marton VH 01938 580116 30 Sept THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333

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30 Sept THE TWILIGHT ZONE: NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 30 Sept SING STREET (12A) Talbot Street, Whitchurch 01948 660660

LINGEN FLIX 16 Sept BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) 14 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (PG) Details: Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01544 267736

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. 1 Sept SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (ctbc) 1 Sept THE WAIT (ctbc) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 10 Sept EYE IN THE SKY (15) 17 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 24 Sept TALE OF TALES (15) 1 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 8 Oct THE NICE GUYS (15) Details Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

PRESTEIGNE ASSEMBLY ROOMS www.presteignescreen.org.uk

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 3, 5 & 6 Sept NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (12A) 7 Sept THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR 9 - 11 Sept FINDING DORY (U) 12 - 14 Sept JASON BOURNE (12A) 16 & 17 Sept SUICIDE SQUAD (15) 19 & 20 Sept NINE LIVES (PG) 21 Sept ELVIS/NIXON (15)

27 Sept THE SHALLOWS (15) 30 Sept DAVID BRENT - LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS Until 17 Sept FINDING DORY (U) 1 & 10 Sept ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE (U) 2 - 8 Sept DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) 2 - 4, 7, 14, 15 & 21 Sept FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 4, 11 & 18 Sept THE BFG (PG) 4, 11 & 18 Sept PETE’S DRAGON (PG) 7, 16 - 18 Sept GHOSTBUSTERS (12A) 9 - 15 Sept JULIETA (15) 9 - 11, 19 Sept WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (15) 9 - 15 Sept BEN-HUR (ctbc) 16 Sept - 6 Oct BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (ctbc) 16 - 22 Sept SAUSAGE PARTY (15) 23 Sept - 2 Oct SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (PG) 24 Sept THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (12A) 24 Sept TARZAN (12A) 30 Sept - 6 Oct CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 www.wyeside.co.uk

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 Sept THE AUDIENCE National Theatre, encore performance, 7pm, Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555.

1 Sept THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre live. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442.

10 Sept THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442.

14 Sept THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre live. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911.

15 Sept TURANDOT On Sydney Harbour. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442.

17 Sept TURANDOT Opera Australia. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

18 Sept THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre live. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

22 Sept THE THREEPENNY OPERA National Theatre live. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

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

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

25 Sept MICHAEL BUBLE - TOUR STOP 148 Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.30pm, 01584 811442.

3 Oct CYMBELINE Royal Shakespeare Company.

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

26 Sept NORMA Royal Opera House live.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.15pm, 01568 612583. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 7.15pm, 01568 612583.

28 Sept CYMBELINE Royal Shakespeare Company live.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

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

Cymbeline

8 Oct TRISTAN UND ISOLDE The Metropolitan Opera live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5pm, 01982 552555.

9 Oct THE THREEPENNY OPERA National Theatre live. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 7pm, 01568 612583.

12 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company live.

Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

Hereford Tango Club presents

Tango Classes with

Bärbel Rücker International tango teacher and D.J.

Starting on Monday 5th September, 7.30pm, £7.50 To be held at Breinton Village Hall, (HR4 7PJ).

More information contact: Jim: 07977 541446 tango4jim@aol.com Hilda: 07768 543660 www.herefordtango.co.uk

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dance Dance Performance Fri 9 September CONTRA DANCE Joe Hodgson and The Falconers. Bromyard Folk Festival ‘day’ of dance. Part of Bromyard Folk Festival, 01885 482552.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Sun 4 September FALCONERS FOLK DANCE CLUB Eve Evans with the Falconers Band. The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 01743 872182, www.falconers.org.uk Starting Mon 5 September HEREFORD TANGO CLASSES With Barbel Rucker, international tango teacher and D.J. Breinton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £7.50, 07977 541446, www.herefordtango.co.uk Fri 9 & Sat 10 September DANCE WORKSHOPS 9 Sept - Contra Dance, Joe Hodgson and The Falconers, 7.30-1.30pm. 10 Sept - Four workshops between 10am-5pm. Mike Courthold and Frances Richardson with Weston Dance Band and The Falconers. Part of Bromyard Folk Festival, 01885 482522.

Sun 18 September FALCONERS FOLK DANCE CLUB Neil Franklin with the Falconers Band. The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 01743 872182, www.falconers.org.uk VILLAGE BEATS SHAKE AND DANCE Every Friday morning with Zoe. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 9.45am, 07879 425458. FB Village Beats Ecstatic Awakening Dance and Wild Chocolate Club in the Steiner School, Hereford.

BELLY DANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA OPEN LEVEL Mon - Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre, 7-8.30pm. Thurs - Bodenham Parish Hall, 7.30-9pm. £30 per 5 classes or £8 drop-in. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wednesday, 8.30-9.30pm, Malvern Vale Community Centre, Malvern, WR14 1GU. Thursday, 7-8pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session. Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@btinternet.com

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CHARLESTON EXERCISE CLASSES (solo) 10am-11am: Ross Wednesdays, Monmouth Thursdays. EASY JIVE LESSONS (partner) 7.30pm: Caerleon Mondays, Lydney Wednesdays, Abergavenny Thursdays, all classes are for absolute beginners. Contact Lyn tel: 01594 833765 www.fodjiveandswing.co.uk MELY’S ZUMBA Mon - Dorstone, 7pm. Tues - Zumba class at St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am. Mely 01497 820991, 07837 160505.

APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm, £25 for 6 sessions.

Tues - Gym-Pan-Ze Rope & Trapeze for all, 5.30pm.

Wed - Disco Dots, 10.30am, £3. Wed - Dance Crusaders for the over 50s, 2.30pm. Wed - Fuzion Dance, for ages 4 - adult, times from 4pm. Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, times from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764.

Mon HEREFORD TANGO CLUB Regular tango classes at Breinton Village Hall HR47PJ, 7.30-10pm, £6.

Details Jim 07977 541446, email tango4jim@aol.com or Hilda 07768 543660.

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

01982 570324/01544 350707.

Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company.

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

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds.

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

Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over.

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

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

Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/ experience needed. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354.

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

Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219.

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

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711.

Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555.

Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, 01432 340555.

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Mr Pernickety’s Peregrinations Mid-Wales....

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NUMBER of significant geezers have sought to make their mark by wandering around the Pays-de-Galles – the scribbling monks, Gildas and Gerald of Cambrensis, for instance, and the poets, painters, writers, Turner, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Tolkien and more recently the great gazetteer, S Jenkins – have all been inspired to show off their affection for the green-velvet-cloaked mountain landscape. Mr Pernickety, too has long held a great affection for this magical place and has often written of his enjoyment of hoofing it over miles of Marches pathways.

Luckily for him, his Lovely Companion is of a similar mind, and he had no trouble persuading her into a challenging stroll between two distinctive Welsh towns, Machynlleth and Llanidloes. Shrugging off the sogginess of this summer, in the first week of August, the LC and Mr P boarded the Arriva Iron Horse to the starting point of their little adventure.

Mr P, as ever at the cutting edge, had used a new-fangled interweb BnB booking thingy to find a roost for the night; he and the LC arrived at the charming old town to find themselves billeted in a fine bow-windowed room in a good Victorian terraced villa. It overlooked the town’s boneyard, a short walk from Machynlleth’s truly hideous clock tower, built towards the end of the 19th century in a display of alarming brown-nosedness by the townsfolk to celebrate the coming of age of the Earl of Londonderry’ chinless heir, Viscount Castlereagh. This seems now like a poor excuse for such a lapse in taste, even if, at the time, the young master lived at Y Plas, a plain old gaff on the edge of the town. Despite these minor negatives, Machynlleth has a lot of other stuff to recommend it – many handsome houses from a spread of periods, from hairy mediaeval to cosy Victorian – not least a c15th building on the site where a rebel warrior – the Welsh Che – Owain Glyndwr contrived to set up a Parliament in 1404. This gathering sat only once, just long enough to proclaim Owain Prince of Wales, before going into abeyance until the Welsh Assembly burst into thrilling existence in 2007. Machynlleth is also the watering hole for the geeks and beards from the Centre for Alternative Energy, a few miles up the Dolgellau road. As a result of its long-standing appeal to the arty and the quirky, the town houses the Welsh Museum of Modern Art, and annually hosts a famous comedy festival.

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Nevertheless, hunting for victuals on a wet Monday evening was a challenge. The recommended Twenty-One was closed; however, the traditional big hotel, The Wynnstay was open, and surprisingly busy. Old fashioned, in a pleasing way, but modern in its outlook, the management have successfully combined its historic qualities with unstuffy dining arrangements and an individual wacky take on decoration which satisfied even the LC’s acute sense of style and aesthetic. At the back they have installed a pizzeria, whose products looked very enticing, and which has twice been named Pizzeria of the Year by The Times newspaper. Mr P will have to report on it in a future Wooly Organ as he was too knackered on this occasion. In fact, he and the LC were so excited about the prospect of a thirty mile yomp across the trackless moorland of Mid-Wales, they weren’t too peckish, and from an interesting menu, they boringly chose risotto, he with smoked haddock, she with mushrooms – both well made and enjoyable, though,

The Wynnstay Hotel, Machynlleth

Mr P accepts, not much to go on for readers eager for his review. Most interesting was the dark wine of the Barbera grape from Piemonte, which was a delicious bargain. Mr P learned subsequently that The Wynnstay imports a range of proper Italian wines on tap directly from the vineyards – a very sound strategy, and a reason in itself for eating there.

There is in this handsome mid-Georgian hostelry a very pleasing sense of individuality and imagination, and, as importantly, an infectious desire to make the most of it. This is especially impressive given that the new owners reopened the hotel in March this year, after it had gone disastrously bust under the previous management, and they are still doing the place up.

Mr Pernickety and his LC strode out off next morning, well-refreshed from their Air BnB, and hit the Owain Glyndwr Trail, a route first devised around 2000 and subsequently rerouted to make more use of ancient tracks, drovers roads, prehistoric ridgeways, mediaeval sunken lanes and even a Roman road. It’s a challenging, and fully rewarding journey, with astounding views – even the vast Carno wind farm doesn’t entirely ruin the prospect. At one point, staggering up the shale flanks of Foel Fadian (1850 ft) where they ascended over 1,200 ft in an hour or so, by the time they crawled onto the bleak plateau at the top, Mr P had seriously considered the styling of his coffin (unpolished elm with dove-tailed corners and rope handles).

In the 33 miles the route meanders between Machynlleth and Llanidloes, there is just one tiny hamlet which has anywhere to stay. Mr P and the LC arrived at Bron y Llys B&B in Dylife more or less on their knees, to find a supremely comfortable room, with a squishy bed, cotton sheets, a large efficient shower (if not the deep bath the LC craved), as well as fluffy slippers and towelling robes. Mr P with uncharacteristic preparedness had booked dinner – a Chicken and Leek pie, and a kind of stroganov of Welsh Mountain Pork – both delicious and served in civilised surroundings.

With a packed lunch supplied by the people at the BnB (there isn’t a pub or shop between there and Llanidloes), Mr P cranked his seized-up limbs into motion to follow the LC’s long striding scotch eggs up onto the moor where Romans once mined lead. The rain eased and the sun, not always a friend to the Pays de Galles, seeped out, and a string of wonderful vignettes appeared while the manmade lake of Clywedog came into sight. An unplanned stop and cup of tea in the unsophisticated surroundings of the café at the Clywedog Yacht club (yes, there is one) sustained Mr P’s

intrepid party until a few hours later, when they sat down for dinner in the attractive town of Llanidloes, at the Bengal Brasserie (which, Mr P was told, has recently changed management.) The LC (who thinks she knows something about ethnic food) warmly praised the quality of the almond Peshwar naan and her Chicken Sag while Mr P happily gulped pints of Cobra with a good meaty Lamb Pasanda.

The following morning before taking the bus from Llanidloes to Newtown to rejoin the rattler, Mr P and the LC called in at the amenable Great Oak Café (encouraged by a local who called it the Hippy Café). The delicious coffee was from the consistently good Ross-on-Wye roaster, James’s Gourmet Coffee. With newspapers and a copy of Broadsheep on every table, the place is everything Mr P thinks a café should be, even as a strictly non-meat establishment. He and the LC will return to sample the much heralded cakes and veggie cuisine on the next leg of their voyage. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

Sat 3 September LEOMINSTER FOOD FAYRE Cookery demonstrations, children’s entertainment, street market.

Leominster Town Centre, 10am-4pm, free, www.leominsterfoodfayre.co.uk Sat 10 September KINGTON SHOW Food hall with locally produced food and drink, trade stands, entertainment and much more. 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 10-16 year olds, under 10s free. Dogs welcome. www.kingtonshow.co.uk Mon 12 September GOLDEN VALLEY FOOD ASSEMBLY New weekly event. Come and collect the food you’ve ordered or just come and find out what it’s all about. Food from a range of local, sustainable producers can be bought online then collected. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 4.306.30pm, 07814 696480, www.thefoodassembly.com Thurs 15 - Sun 18 September BEER FESTIVAL To coincide with Kington Walking Festival. Oxford Arms, Kington.

Sat 24 & Sun 25 September APLEY FARM SHOP HARVEST & CRAFT Over 20 local food and drink producers offering free tasters as well as Shropshire crafters. Apley Farm Shop, Norton, Shifnal, 10.30am-4pm, 01952 730345.

Sat 24 September SUMMER TEA AT THE RITZ Delicious sandwiches, cakes, scintillating conversation and a glass of bubbly. Edgton Village Hall, 2.30pm, £7, under 16s £5, 01588 680366.

September SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE Until 2 Sept - Stone Soup Hands-On Cookery for ages 3-11 years, 1-2.30pm, £4. 4 Sept - Pastries and Tarts with Milly Rees, suitable for adults, 10am-1pm, £30pp. 13 Sept Flavoured Breads with Kathleen Corfield, suitable for adults, 6-9pm, £40pp. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area.

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

2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET With live music a regular feature in the cafe. Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487.

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

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

Every Wednesday PIE NIGHT Pie, peas, potatoes and a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington.

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

Every Thursday SURF & TURF NIGHT Scampi & Steak plus a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every Friday MARKET Bread, cakes, crafts, fruit and vegetables, baskets and pottery. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-2pm.

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

FOOD BYTES

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

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

THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof.

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

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

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

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ We serve homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea.

Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & Tues - CLOSED).

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

Selection of original paintings. Open all week except Thursdays and Fridays 11am-5pm Summer, 11am-4pm Winter.

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

Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm.

RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers.

Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

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music

SEPTEMBER Thurs 1 September OPEN MIC Equipment provided. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Fri 2 September ALTERNATIVE ROUTE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

FREE-MEN-LIFE 3-piece German band touring UK. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL Pub quiz, Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2 per person, 01497 821762.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

MR BLACK Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CIDER FESTIVAL Featuring Bella Collins Band, Hawthornes, Purple Flavoured Death.

Broome Farm, Peterstow, near Ross-on-Wye, from 7pm, camping available, 01989 562815.

NORTHERN SOUL NIGHT With Mark the Mod. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST Plus support. Purely acoustic and candlelit. Their first UK performance on this tour. Refreshments available.

Booking strongly advised. Bleddfa Church, near Knighton, 8pm, £10 from 01544 350407 or 01547 528315.

RICKY SMITH The Dragon, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359.

VELVET TARDIS The Haygate, Wellington, Telford, 9pm.

RHYTHM THIEVES Chindit Inn, 113 Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton.

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FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Mice in a Matchbox and Vaginapocalypse. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

JAMES HICKMAN Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

THE CARNIVAL BAND A musical extravaganza, ‘Around the World in 80 Tunes’. A vibrant mix of world, traditional and early music performed with consummate skill with over 20 instruments and superb vocal harmonies. Eardisley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, under 14s £6, tickets from Eardisley Village Stores, The Tram Inn or 01544 327841.

VENTURERS Stag, Llanidloes.

TEN STRINGS AND A GOATSKIN Playing Irish, Acadian, French and original creations, infused with modern and world rhythms. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £12 from The Workshouse, Courtyard Antiques or www.wegottickets.com

Sat 3 September THIS WAY UP Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE HILLBILLIES Stag, Llanidloes.

FUTURE DUB PROJECT A hybrid of computer and instrumentals, inspired by the classic mixing style of Dub. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 7pm, £10 includes light buffet from 7.30pm.

In support of St Michael’s Hospice.

Tickets from the hospice shop, Bromyard or the Falcon Hotel or 07530 420554. Admission strictly by ticket only.

KAMIKAZE MILLIONAIRES Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

CIDER FESTIVAL Featuring The Notorious Brothers, Vapor, Subduction. Meet the cider makers and do some sampling, 12pm, music all day. Broome Farm, Peterstow, near Ross-on-Wye, from 7pm, camping available, 01989 562815.

NEW JERSEY Vaga Tavern, Hunderton, Hereford, 9pm.

FERRETS The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

CHRIS BIG’S LAZER DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster.

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

Sun 4 September HAY MUSIC Featuring James Gilchrist, tenor and Anna Tilbrook, piano. Dorstone House, near Hay-on-Wye, 3pm, £14.

GEOFF PRICE Acoustic rock and pop. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

PIPE DREAM Vaga Tavern, Hunderton, Hereford, 5pm.

BLACK AND BLUES BAND Cock and Magpie, Bewdley.

WALL2WALL FESTIVAL BOOGIE PARTY Featuring the Red Stripe Band.

Food and festival bar available.

Abergavenny Market Hall, 7.30pm, £10.

THROWLINE FESTIVAL Fundraiser for West Mercia Search & Rescue. Featuring Fight the Bear, Seasons Hollow, Teddy’s Leg and A Hundred Suns. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 6pm, £4.

MAGIC MIRRORS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CIDER FESTIVAL Featuring Acoustic Union, Floaty and Special, Duncan MC, Corkindale, craft stalls and produce, music from 12pm.

Broome Farm, Peterstow, near Ross-on-Wye, from 7pm, camping available, 01989 562815.

MIDDLE SPACE Elephant & Castle, Dawley.

Ramonas

WEIRDSHIRE WEEKEND Featuring David Ian Roberts, Andy Skellam and Mike Whittaker. Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 8pm, free.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm.

CHRIS GREVE Stag, Llanidloes.

SAMBUCA Great Malvern Hotel, Malvern, 9.30pm.

DAVE BLACK Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

NOTORIOUS BROTHERS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

Mon 5 September FOLK AND AMERICANA SESSION The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8.30pm.

PUB QUIZ & BUFFET Bell Inn, Leominster.

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

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854.

Tues 6 September UPTON BISHOP JAZZ BLUB Featuring award-winning Holder and Smith Trio. Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, £12 on the door, 07970 343148, www.holderandsmith.com VO & TYLER Transatlantic songs, fancy finger-picking guitarists. Nori’s Cafe, 7.30pm, £20 includes meal, please book, 01568 612876.

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

Wed 7 September TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 8 September NATIONAL HERITAGE OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10am-4.30pm, free, free guided tours, 01432 374747.

THE CONSPIRITUALISTS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

BLAST! Beautiful Lies and Startling Truths. The Crane Skin Bag with Robin Williamson, storyteller, harpist and former member of The Incredible String Band. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7pm, tea, cake and beer available, £7, 01588 630023.

HOWLING MATT Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

Fri 9 September BOUNCING BETTY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

XL’S Rock and pop covers. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

FLOK White Horse Inn, Clun.

CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Featuring Lorna and Art. Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

INTERSTELLERS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

RAMONAS + THE IRASCIBLES + REGGAE PIE DJS The Wild Hare Club and Underground Revolution join forces to host a punky-reggae party. Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £10, NUS £8, www.wildhareclub.com FIVE O’CLOCK HEROES Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

RHYTHM THIEVES Band-based open mic, drums and bass provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

CHRIS QUINN Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

MUSICA EN NUESTROS TIEMPOS Featuring Emma Murphy, recorder; David Hatcher, viol and recorder; Frances Eustace, curtal and viol; Hilary Norris, harpsichord and organ. Upper House, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £15 includes wine/soft drink, 07989 091949. Early Music at Discoed.

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

Some of the most outstanding local, national and international traditional folk musicians performing in concert, ceilidhs and displays. Headlining this year are Gordie MaacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys, Jez Lowe, Rusty Shackle, The Young ‘uns, Les Barker, Keith Donnelly and many more.

Open 8pm Fri to 5pm on Sun. Adult weekend ticket £79, 01432 340555, www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk

Sat 10 September KINGTON SHOW Traditional one day show featuring cattle, sheep, horses, dogs, live music with the Bill Bailey Band, after show dance, trade stands, food/craft marquee, family entertainment and lots more. The Ovals, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 10-16 year olds, under 5s free, www.kingtonshow.co.uk GROOVE CITY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

VIVABIANCALUNA BIFFI & DAVID HATCHER Fermate il Passo, tracing the origins of opera. Soprano, viol and recorder.

Upper House, Discoed, near Presteigne, 8pm, £15 includes wine/ soft drink, 07989 091949. Early Music at Discoed.

SHENANIGANS DJ Ben. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, free, 01497 821762.

SON OF YODA The Bell Inn, Leominster.

BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL See 9 Sept for details, 01432 340555, www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk PERFECT STRANGER The Monk, Monkland, 8pm, 01568 720464.

CONTRABAND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Featuring Little Dave Manning from 12pm, Kickback in the late afternoon followed by Men in White Coats.

Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

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Sat 10 September COAL TRAIN Elephant & Castle, Dawley.

RUTH BOWEN’S GARDENIA SWING Fine jazz quartet. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm free, 01432 340555.

CATCH 22 Stag, Llanidloes.

LINTON SUMMER SESSIONS Setting Suns, The Baddoos, Little Rumba, The Other Crowd, Ian Drury Allstars. 1-10pm £8/£10 The Alma Inn Linton nr. Ross WEIRDSHIRE WEEKEND Featuring Steve Ashley, Bird Radio, Sproatly Smith and Mark Stevenson, The Booth Hall, Hereford, 4pm, £5.

DOREJAM Barbecue and live music. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 6.30pm, £6 in advance, £8 on the door, primary school children £3 in advance, £4 on the door including food, 01432 550683 or 01432 550669.

ROCKY ROAD TO RUIN The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

THE SOWETO SPIRITUAL SINGERS Inspirational gospel choir. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, 01600 772467.

THE VELVET TARDIS The King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 9pm.

GWENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Programme includes Bach, Tchaikovsky and Holst. St Michael and All Angels church, Cwmdu, 7.30pm, £12, 01874 730237, www.cwmdu-music.org.uk PHOENIX Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

YUSUF - CAT STEVENS Presented by Keith James. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

Sun 11 September BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL See 9 Sept for details, 01432 340555, www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk WEIRDSHIRE WEEKEND Featuring Alula Down, Elspeth Anne, Bones and the Aft, Lisa Harres, Tobion, Vaginapocolypse. The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 4pm, free.

LITTLE DAVE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

MUSIC AT HELLENS Patrick Hemmerle piano recital.

Programme includes Bach, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel. Hellens, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, £15, students £7.50, 01432 340555.

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CROWN INN BEER FESTIVAL Featuring the soft sounds of folk duo Mice in a Matchbox from 12pm, then Bugs Brummie in the late afternoon.

Crown Inn, Dilwyn, 01544 318063.

PANIC STATION The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 4pm.

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

THE WHAP WHAPS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

THE BILLY JOEL SONGBOOK Performed by Elio Pace and his Band.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 12 September

JOHN JONES AND THE RELUCTANT RAMBLERS John (Oysterband) leads a group of musicians, walking through the Herefordshire countryside and playing superb acoustic music each night.

St Leonard’s Church, Yarpole, 7.30pm, 01568 780536.

DAVE ONIONS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

ALBERT HAMMOND Joined by his 4-piece band to showcase his tremendous musical abilities.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 16 September STREET FOOD SUPPER PARTY

JAMMING IN THE BAR The Dragon, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359.

BRECON TOWN CONCERT BAND Last Night of the Proms. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

Tues 13 September LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Joseph Wicks. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, retiring collection.

Wed 14 September BACK TO BACHARACH Celebrating the magical music of legendary popular composer Burt Bacharach. Live 10-piece band perform iconic hits. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC With Stevie Yeomans. White Horse Inn, Clun.

STEADY EDDIE & FRIENDS The Monk, Monkland, 8pm, 01568 720464.

SYNERGY Housmans Cafe and Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

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

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 15 September LADY SINGS THE BLUES A celebration of the music of Billie Holiday. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, 01874 611622.

VO FLETCHER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

FOLK SESSION King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Featuring Ish Kabibble, Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band compared by comic Chefs de Party Partie.

Plus delicious street food stalls.

Abergavenny Castle, 7pm, £10.

Part of Abergavenny Food Festival, www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com THE FORTUNES Songs and stories from the swinging 60s and golden 70s. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

JAGGED HANDS Covers duo. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LONESOME STAMPEDE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £3, 01497 821762.

INDIGO ROCK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

MID WALES R & B CLUB Featuring Babajack and Black and Blues Band. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 7.30pm, £7.50 on the door, 01597 810561.

UP FRONT Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

MARROW BONES Presented by Trevor Hewett with contributions from floor singers.

The Sitting Room, The Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 8pm, £2. A Song House presentation. Raising funds for Anthony Nolan Trust, 07887 535893.

PAPERWING Stag, Llanidloes.

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CoCo & The Butterfields, Party at the Castle

KINNERSLEY CHURCH LATE SUMMER FETE With fun dog show, bric-a-brac, raffles, plants, cakes, cream teas and ‘Apple Delights’ stall. The Old Rectory, Kinnersley, 2-4pm, 01544 327426.

RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA Blues ‘n’ roots. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm free, 01432 340555.

THE WOO TOWN HILLBILLIES Old time Americana and country blues.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

XLS Stag, Llanidloes.

Fri 16 September RHYTHM THIEVES Hosting folk session with John Jones and Friends, The Homecoming Tour.

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8.30pm.

KICK STONES Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

JOE SEAGER Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

BUSKING AND BARBECUE The Dragon, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359.

STARS FROM THE COMMITMENTS This 9-piece band bring Dublin’s finest mix of gritty soul and irresistable charm to audiences. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 17 September THE WHO, SENSATION Featuring musicians and singers from many West End and touring productions, a night of non-stop hits from one of the most influential bands of all time. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

OAKENGATES ACOUSTIC MUSIC CHARITY DAY Featuring The Worcestershire Levellers, Ivor Rowley, No Way Out, Accidentally Acoustic. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

MICHAELMAS FAIR Street theatre, live music, vintage vehicles, street markets, exhibitions, steam engins and much more.

Bishop’s Castle, £5, under 12s free, 01588 630595.

OUTLAWED Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

SINGAPORE SUPPER Asian buffet dinner, with readings by Kate Greenaway, book-signing and Jackie Morris. The evening will be rounded off with singing by SassCappella. Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley, £30, with all profits going to Acorns Children’s Hospice. Please book, 01886 880240.

FRUIT MACHINE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

ANTONY MYERS - LAS VEGAS LEGENDS EVENING Tribute act performing songs from Sinatra, Michael Buble, Elvis and more. Herefordshire Golf Club, Ravens Causeway, Wormsley, £22 to include 2-course meal and welcome drink, £10 pp for non-food ticket, 01432 830219.

MORE THAN MEMORIALS

RHYTHM THIEVES Sitwell Arms Hotel, Bucknell.

PARTY AT THE CASTLE Featuring CoCo & The Butterfields, RSVP Music Bhangra, Little Rumba, Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band.

Also appearing elsewehere over the weekend, The Bootleg Swing Band, Mambo Jambo, Slippery Slope, Little Rumba, The Cafe Sound of Andre Voiture Rouge and the comic Chefs de Party Partie. Abergavenny Castle, 7.30pm, £20. Part of Abergavenny Food Festival, www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com PHOENIX The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

H.art venue A1, Garrison House, Presteigne

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

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

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Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

Friday 2 September 7.30pm

Folk in the Foyer MICE IN A MATCHBOX + VAGINAPOCALYPSE

Film

19 September 7.30pm BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS 23 September 7.30pm EYE IN THE SKY

Screenings

1 September 7pm THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Nat. Theatre) 10 September 7.15pm THE LAST NIGHT OF THE

PROMS (Free entry)

17 September 7pm TURANDOT (Opera Australia) 22 September 7pm THE THREEPENNY OPERA

(National Theatre)

28 September 7pm CYMBALINE

(Royal Shakespeare Company)

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

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Beth Prior

MUSIC & MOUNTAINS An invitation to experience the healing sounds of nature. Walk the woods, place your feet in the cool mountain stream and listen to the healing powers of nature set to live ambient music including harp, dulcimer and piano. £5 per person or £10 family ticket, includes vegetarian food, www.thishealingplace. com

Mon 19 September

Sat 17 September THE KATONA TWINS Guitar duo. Lydbury North Village Hall, 6.45pm, £11, £5 18s and under, booking essential, 01588 680219 or 01694 722656. Music In Quiet Places.

AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

NIKKI ROUS Solo singer. The Bell Inn, Leominster.

TORQUE The Bull, Ludlow, 9pm.

JOHN JONES AND THE RELUCTANT RAMBLERS The charismatic lead singer of the Oysterband. Part of Kington Walking Festival. The Burton Hotel, Kington, 8pm, 07585 055984, www.kingtonwalks.org ALAN WILLIAMS Music night in memory of David Lloyd.

Evenjobb Village Hall, 8pm, £5, bring your own drinks, 01547 560306.

MICA PARIS Soul-gospel. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sun 18 September THE WORRIED MEN Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

RAGWORT Genevieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk, BBC Hereford & worcester and BBC Radio Shropshire, 96FM, 6pm.

SHROPSHIRE BLUES CLUB Featuring Kingbird Blues Band, plus support from Jack Brett and Friends.

Ludlow Brewery, Station Drive, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10, 01584 873291 or www.southshropshirebluesclub.co.uk TRIS WALROND Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

JOHN LODGE One of The Moody Blues, performing his favourite Moody Blue songs alonside solo material. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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LESLEY GARRETT Britain’s most popular soprano with an evening of song, reminiscences and chat. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Tues 20 September LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Shaun Ward. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, retiring collection.

Wed 21 September THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

A CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE 40 years of punk. All day charity fundraiser for The Big Issue Foundation & Musicians against Homelessness.

Featuring TV Smith, On Trial UK, Terminal Rage, Line Runners, The Youth Within, Freeborn Rising, Vaginapocalypse, Rosebud, Rapunzel Wizard, The Delinquents, Claire Badsey, Cyd Pink, Maddie Mew. The Booth Hall, Hereford, daytime entry free, £5 from 6pm.

SAMBUCA Wildwood Kitchens, Ludlow, 7.30pm.

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

LENNON, THROUGH A GLASS ONION A celebration of the genius and music of John Lennon. Part concert and part biography. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Thurs 22 September ILLEGAL EAGLES The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

ROBERT BROWN The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

TONY CHRISTIE Performing his greatest hits. With special guests Ranagri. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 23 September POSITIVELY FOURTH STREET: BOB DYLAN 1961-1965 & FRIENDS Featuring Ben Bowden. a multimedia show that celebrates the early days and drawing from Dylan’s first five albums.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £13, 01584 811442.

THE COVER UPS Stag, Llanidloes.

KINGBIRD With support from Jack Brett & Blue Moon. Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Ludlow, 8pm, £10, info@southshropshirebluesclub.co.uk MATT JOHNSON Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

PAUL SNOOK BAND White Horse Inn, Clun.

SEAN GAFFNEY BAND + BC ALLSKAS Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8, £5 under 16s, 01588 680511.

MICRO BABY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

LIVE MUSIC Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

STEPHEN CESARI 50s and 60s tribute artist. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits tribute band. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16.50, £18.50 on the door, 01600 772467.

MEGSON Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £12, 01694 720132. Arts Alive.

Sat 24 September BOUTS OF IDIOCY The Bell Inn, Leominster.

BETH PRIOR With her 7-piece Collective are the result of what happens when reggae, folk, dub and ska meet. Flaxivity, an indoor skatepark and youth club, Shrewsbury, 3-7pm, £5, full day/eves £10, under 10s free, special guest support at 8pm, plus DJs and VJs, www.wegottickets.com/bethprior THE FREEZE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

HISTORIC TOWER TOUR See inside a 14th century 4-stage church tower. Wigmore Church, 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm, £3.50, over 8 year olds £2/50, 01568 770150.

JAGGED HANDS The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

RHYTHM THIEVES Royal Oak, 70 Compton Rd, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton.

Music in Quiet Places

THE KATONA TWINS

guitar duo Saturday 17 September Lydbury North Village Hall, near Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire

Concert starts 7.30pm, pre-concert talk 7pm Music by Handel, Piazzolla, de Falla and the first performance of new work composed by the Katona Twins.

Tickets £11, £5 (18s and under)

Tickets and information: Diana Walker 01588 680219

RHYTHM THIEVES Phone 01568 770134

Fri 2 Sept Fri 9 Sept Fri 16 Sept

Chindit Inn, Merridale Rd, Wolverhampton Sun Inn, open mic, 8pm. Drum & bass prov.

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, hosting folk session with John Jones & Friends, 8.30pm.

Sat 17 Sept Sitwell Arms Hotel, Bucknell.

Sat 24 Sept Royal Oak, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton.

Fri 30 Sept Sun Inn, Leintwardine, open mic, 8pm.

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

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

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07901 064875

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

Trevor Davies Music

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

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

Plus many other brands.

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

Artistic Directors: Eleanor Alberga and Thomas Bowes

This year’s Arcadia Festival is in Leintwardine, Kingsland and Downton and has the theme “At Home and Abroad”. Arcadia, this year extended to include film and discussion, is devised and directed by composer Eleanor Alberga and violinist Thomas Bowes. An array of exiles - voluntary and enforced - travellers and gypsies together with those who stayed at home and with a sub-plot of poets – George Herbert, Matthew Arnold, Lord Byron; Emperors and dictators - Napoleon, Francis the Second, that little corporal; the cast for the Seventh Arcadia Festival is an extraordinary list of characters and all sorts of intriguing connections and intersections. These currents and reverberations will be explored in three concerts.

‘Such was its distinction that I feel it can’t be long before the Arcadia Festival joins the long-established staples of the British music festival calendar’ Paul Conway, Musical Opinion Quarterly, on Arcadia 2015 Concerts in the historic 14th century Leintwardine church, its fellow Norman church in Kingsland, and in the delightful rural setting of Downton, will again bring superb musicianship and three compelling programmes to this ancient and beautiful part of Herefordshire. For more information on guest artists, our two composers-in-residence Adam Gorb and Eleanor Alberga, in discussion at Aardvark Books and the screening of Tony Palmer’s 1981 penetrating and moving film tribute to William Walton, and the full programmes for the three concerts, go to: www.arcadiamusic.org.uk Tickets: £15 each, two concerts for £25, three for £30 from Ludlow Assembly Rooms 01584 878141 www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk or order from local agents 01547 540762, 01568 709579.

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

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

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SARAH NEWBOLD, MARTIN OUTRAM, KATHERINE THOMAS Flute, viola and harp. Programme includes an early Mozart string quartet

by Derek Smith, Debussy, Paganini and Ibert. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6, 01568 616460 or from Leominster TIC.

James Delarre & Saul Rose

LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

THE SUNDAY EVENING CHILL Relaxed evening of music from local bands and artists. The Red Lion, West St, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080.

Tues 27 September G4 Expect flawless vocals, trademark harmonies and spellbinding performances of songs. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury, 9pm.

LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Given by Peter Dyke, with audience requests. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm-2pm, retiring collection.

PEGGY SEEGER Now in her 80s, she still delivers a vibrant evening of songs new and old on multiple instruments. With special guest Sam Gleaves, an exciting new talent in the Appalachian tradition.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 September Sat 24 September AUTUMN EQUINOX CELEBRATION Music, talks, woodland fire pits.

Hollybush Campsite, Hay-on-Wye, camping tickets £20 from 01497 847131.

CHICAGO BYTES Blues and rock. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

THE ENDINGS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

MARTIN BLAKE & FRIENDS Great mix of roots, blues, bluegrass and more. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm free, 01432 340555.

RAGWORT Wigmore Village Show, Wigmore School Leisure Centre, 2pm.

NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

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CROSSING BORDERS Simon Deeley Quartet performing music from their CD ‘Crossing Borders’, nine original compositions by jazz pianist in styles ranging from Latin-jazz and jazz-fusion to ballads. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 12pm, (lunchtime series), 01743 281281.

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES BAND Stag, Llanidloes.

BLACK AND BLUES BAND Stag, Llanidloes.

SKUFFLEPUNK GEMS WITH PIGDAZE Bull Ring Tavern, Ludlow, 9pm, free.

JAMES DELARRE & SAUL ROSE Combining thrilling fiddle performances with some of the finest melodeon playing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555.

REMI HARRIS IN CONCERT Unique style blends elements of Gypsy Swing, jazz and blues to rock ‘n’ roll.

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

Sun 25 September

TASSOS SPILIOTOPOULOS Swedish band. Queen’s Head, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

ARCADIA MUSIC ‘At the Haunted End of the Day’.

Tony Palmer’s 1981 penetrating and moving film tribute to William Walton.

Community Centre, Leintwardine, 7.30pm, 01584 873299, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk KATE JARVIS Housmans Cafe and Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

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

THE FORFEITS Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821.

BLUEGRASS/AMERICAN COUNTRY BLUES NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

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

THAT’LL BE THE DAY Featuring a new line-up of classic gold hits from the 50s through to the 70s.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

THE STANDARD LAMPS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

BLEDDFA CENTRE Our shop and Reading Room café will be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 10:30-4:00.

Until 2nd October: ‘Five on Fire’ A new exhibition in the School House Gallery. Sculpture, ceramics, prints, painting, drawings – an exciting and varied collection from five artists.

Saturday 3rd September: A new monthly Meditation Group, led by Peter Conradi 11:00 – 12:30. Peter will also lead a new Reading Group in the afternoon, 2:00 – 3:30.

Monday 12th September: Start of a 6-week run of yoga classes, 10:30 - 11:30, just £30 for all six.

Saturday 8th October: Workshop ‘Printmaking without Machines’ by Drusilla Cole. The cost is £35 for the whole day 10:00 until 4:00, including materials and refreshments.

For more details or to reserve a place: 01547 550377 or email hello@bleddfacentre.org http://eepurl.com/caLXgf for latest newsletter.

Follow us on Twitter or Facebook The Bleddfa Centre Old School House Gallery and Hall Barn are situated on the A488 halfway between Knighton and Pen-y-Bont.

GLASBURY ARTS We are delighted to introduce our new programme starting in October, In which we hope you will find something of interest as the season unfolds.

Gwernyfed High School Tuesdays, October 4 to November 15, excluding half-term, 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Six-week ceramics course for adult beginners with Kayleigh Hughes

The School has a fully equipped ceramics studio and are keen that it should be used more widely. We are therefore delighted to put on this introductory course to be taught by Kayleigh Hughes, Deputy Head of Arts Faculty at the school.

There are a maximum of 10 places available on the course. Tickets: £95, £90 concessions (unwaged, students, over-60s), members discount applies.

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

Glasbury Village Hall Saturday, October 8, 7.30pm

AGM and Planetarium Evening

It is six years since the last Planetarium evening, an event which brings together art and science.

In the intervening years all kinds of things have been happening in space - probes landing on a comet and Mars and a British astronaut on the International Space Station. Students from Gwernyfed High School will be sharing some fabulous images they have taken through their weekly sessions manipulating the giant radio telescope in Hawaii together with some of the exciting discoveries from around the world.

It’s also a chance to support our local secondary school.

Tickets members free £6 for non-members.

Ticket proceeds and donations to the Gwernyfed High School Fund & Glasbury Arts.

Glasbury Arts offers a free transport service for this event (wheelchair accessible). For details and how to book call 07583 544110.

Pre-event two-course meal at River Café at the special Glasbury Arts. Price of £12.50 booking essential, 01497 847007.

Tickets: by telephone on 07583 544110

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OCTOBER Sat 1 October OCD The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

ARCADIA MUSIC ‘At Home & Abroad’. A conversation piece. Eleanor Alberga and Adam Gorb talk about their featured works.

Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, 3pm, £4. Concert - programme includes Walton, Schoenberg, Ravel and Elgar, St Michael & All Angels, Kingsland, 7.30pm, £15 or £25 for two concerts, £30 for three, 01584 873229, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk TONGUE ‘N’ GROOVE Stag, Llanidloes.

Sam Lee & Friends

JOEL’S WISH BREWERY BOP Featuring The Reggaelators with support from The Skatells. Ludlow Brewery, Railway Shed, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, 01584 873291.

Thurs 29 September VELVET TARDIS The Swan, Stourport, 9pm.

BLIND EYE Stag, Llanidloes.

ARCADIA MUSIC Taster concert. A chance to be introduced to some of the music and players. The Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 7.30pm, free. www.arcadiamusic.org.uk

PLASTIC PANTOMIME Clun Valley Beer Festival.

White Horse Inn, Clun.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Howard and Clare.

The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8.45pm, 01952 610888.

KIRK FLETCHER Blues guitarist. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £8/£5.

RAY QUINN - NO MAN’S LAND Appeared on The X Factor, 2006.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 30 September DESERT ISLAND PICS With Val Harris. Another fascinating life story to listen to. The Globe, Hay-onWye, 8pm, free, 01497 821762.

RHYTHM THIEVES Open mic. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

CATCH 22 The Exchange, Newtown, 9pm.

STONED LOVE Mod, two-tone band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

UNIVERSAL TRANSLATORS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

BEN FOLGER Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Malt Shovel, Highley, 9pm.

THE ROOZ Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

UNPLUGGED The Dragon, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359.

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ARCADIA MUSIC Programme includes Haydn, Barber, Eleanor Alberga and Walton. St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine, 7.30pm, £15 or £25 for two concerts, £30 for three, 01584 873229, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk LIVE MUSIC Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

SPIRIT OF THE BLITZ Celebrating the best of British wartime entertainment as part of Welshpool 1940’s weekend. Welshpool Town Hall, 2pm, £8/£6, 01686 614555.

GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

U2UK U2 tribute band. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Ray Quinn

NOTORIOUS BROTHERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA & GREAT BRITISH CHORAL ANTHEMS Programme includes Handel, Taverner, Tallis, Byrd and James MacMillian.

Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £30-£10, students £5, 01432 374261.

SLOW BURNER Clun Valley Beer Festival.

White Horse Inn, Clun.

WALES FAIR TRADE FAIR 2016 60 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world. Live world music and food. Guild Hall, Brecon, free.

THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Bell Inn, Leominster, 9pm.

1940’S DANCE With The Ashby ‘Little’ Big Bands.

1940s dress encouraged, but not compulsory. Welshpool Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01686 614555.

FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

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

SAM LEE AND FRIENDS Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize on the release of his debut album.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13.50/£12.50, 01982 552555.

ELKIE BROOKS Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £25, 01600 719401.

THE REAL THING Original vocalists, Chris and Eddie Amoo and Dave Smith are backed by their own 5-piece band. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

ON ANIMAL INDUSTRIALISATION The majority of pigs, chickens and increasingly cows spend their lives in intensive indoor units harming us, the environment and the animals themselves.

The relationship between domesticated animals and mankind is being violated, propped up by the over-use of antibiotics with its attendant risk to human health.

SHOP WITH CARE!

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Mambo Jambo

Sat 8 October KINDRED Malthouse, Ironbridge.

THE ANNA MUDEKA BAND A five-piece band playing a fusion of music driven from the Mbira music of Zimbabwe. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 7.30pm, £10, £5 children, 01981 550372. Arts Alive.

CITY SOUND MUSIC GETAWAY Live DJ set with the classic 80s city sound. Hollybush Campsite, Hay-on-Wye, camping available, 01497 847131.

VELVET TARDIS Bell Inn, Leominster.

Sat 1 October MAMBO JAMBO Acoustic roots duo take you on an exciting musical journey bringing together sounds from wold, roots, folk and jazz, plus their own compositions. All Stretton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01694 723378. Arts Alive.

Sun 2 October MAZ MITRENKO BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

ARCADIA MUSIC Programme includes Elgar, Adam Gorb, Barber and Haydn.

St Giles, Downton, 4pm, £15 or £25 for two concerts, £30 for three, 01584 873229, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk THE BEST OF THE HOLLIES Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01600 772467.

WALES FAIR TRADE FAIR 2016 60 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world.

Live world music and food. Market Hall, Abergavenny, £1.

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

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854.

PUB QUIZ & BUFFET Bell Inn, Leominster.

Wed 5 October DEREK RYAN One of Ireland’s most popular singers, reinvigorating Irish Country music. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £21, 01600 772467.

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

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 6 October THE DOODAHS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Fri 7 October RAGWORT & THE HIMALAYAS King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

SONIC BOOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

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Music Workshops

Sat 3 September BIG SING UK - GREASE A fun singing day for anyone who loves to sing led by West End performers. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 12-6pm, £25, disabled, over 60 and students 16+ £20, 07967 517125.

Fri 16 September THE SONG HOUSE Presents Marrow Bones. Join us to sing songs from the “Marrow Bones” collection which was published in 1965 and has become, over the past 50 years, a staple of the folk singer’s repertoire. Presented by Trevor Hewett, with contributions from floor singers. All welcome. £2 admission. The Sitting Room at The Blue Boar, Mill Street, Ludlow, 8pm. Raising funds for Anthony Nolan - the bone marrow charity! Details 07887 535893.

Sat 24 September SING TOGETHER A singing workshop for beginners and beyond, all welcome. Refreshments provided throughout the day, (bring packed lunch). St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am-3pm, £15 per person, all proceeds go to local charities. 07903 675012.

Sat 24 September A BORDER MARCHES EARLY MUSIC FORUM “How Excellent”: Handel’s writing for oratorio chorus.

Workshop for singers and instrumentalists. Tutor: Justin Doyle. Choruses from Jeptha, Saul and other oratorios.

10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Stockenny, near New Radnor, LD8 2RE. £16 for Early Music Fora members, £18 for non-members, £5 for students. Prior booking essential.

Contact Lis Talbott on 01597 829072 or edavies@edavies. co.uk For further details and an application form see www.bmemf.org.uk Sun 25 September SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE We sing and play mainly West Gallery music, which is energetic, rousing, no-nonsense stuff that is great fun to perform. It is what you would have heard in rural parish churches in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Led by Sue Harris. FREE for newcomers! Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, Station Street. 2-5 pm. Email: bosky@btinternet.com.

Tues 25 - Sun 30 October (eves) STILLNESS MOVEMENT & EXPRESSION IN SINGING A five-day singing retreat to develop colour, tone and freer expression in singing with Michael Harper. Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com

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

Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON We are a friendly community band which meets each week to practice drumming and have fun. Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631.

7-9pm in a Village Hall just outside Brecon.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary.

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

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158.

Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR Series 6: Learn some mighty tunes from Northumbria & the Scottish borders. Tutor Kitty Greenwood of HiJinx Ceilidh Band. All melody instruments welcome. Extend your repertoire, develop musicianship and make new friends! Craven Arms, 7.30-9.30pm. 6 week course £34 or £7 per week Booking essential: 01584 841564. folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES SING ON 7 - 8.30pm in the Cadet Hall, Bishop’s Castle. Sing songs from far and wide.

Everything taught by ear. All welcome, £5 per week. Led

by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com Wednesdays BISHOP’S CASTLE EARLY MUSIC GROUP Singing renaissance and baroque music a cappella. All music readers welcome, 7.30pm. Contact Mark, 075385 68378 or email jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led

by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. Uplifting songs from many traditions around the world, all taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com 1st and 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE. 11am-1pm plus one Friday evening 8pm - 10pm.

Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions, no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome.

We meet in central Hereford. Contact Mike: 01432 261222 mikejhadden@gmail.com or www.karimandsusanne.co.uk Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/ classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774.

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

Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970.

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

SESSIONS BACK NEXT MONTH

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

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

BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540 BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 616811 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434 THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 BLACK LION, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 CONQUEST THEATRE, Bromyard, 01885 488575 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814.

GARWAY VILLAGE HALL, Hereford 01981 580056 THE GEORGE & DRAGON, Knighton 01547 528532 GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412 THE GLOBE AT HAY, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274.

GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404.

THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290.

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

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

THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679 LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 NORI’S CAFE, 3 Church St, Leominster 01568 612876 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOP, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821194 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 358867 ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720 ROYAL OAK, Presteigne, 01544 260842.

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

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

WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305.

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

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

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

BACK IN TIME Five-piece 50s and 60s band.

Tel: Alan on 01686 627679 or 07580 940006.

BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 079688 93719. Look at my Facebook page Chrisie J and Youtube channel Chrisie J for performance videos.

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

Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/ mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section.

Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@ hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook!

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

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!

LE FREAK Upbeat party covers band. Great 5-piece outfit for any dance event. Hear us on soundcloud.com/ lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487.

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LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues.

Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com LOS SQUIDEROS “The Greatest Mexican Band to come out of Hereford in a Hundred Years” Fabulous party band with a long history of amazing crowds.

Playing surf, funk and ska with latino beats.. Also, The Swing Set; Swing jazz, Blues and rock n roll from the Squid collective. Contact Leo 07816 686856 leocaithness@tiscali.co.uk MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engagingly humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be, either with separate caller or the minimal option with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc.

Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk. Website www.melomanics. co.uk MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance.

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

See website www.muchadoband.com NEW TRICKS Lively 4-piece 60’s, 70’s band playing classic tunes of the era. With some blues/rock and country/rock. Barry 07754 534406 or David 01568 612661.

OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees.

With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing. Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA! RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show. “If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.” Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc.

For more information call Richard 07974 399524 www.sambucamusic.co.uk

SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

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

Website www.seansaye.com.

SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187.

SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan.

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

STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@ live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/ thestonedcherries STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll!

Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk

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THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/ thesultanabros THE TIME BANDITS are a top quality band playing a variety of different music styles to suit all tastes. We have a number of music package options, ranging from a duo for your ceremony, 6 piece party band and a fabulous 10 piece experience. www.thetimebandits.info 07815 800261 ian@thetimebandits.info THE VILLAGE QUIRE Spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories. New show for 2015 / 16 ‘Back to the Garden’ – life and hope in the trenches based on original letters from WW1 Herefordshire soldier and gardener William Bevan. “The Village Quire have become one of my favourite singing groups of all time ... (Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat, Radio Wales). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk VIRG CLENTHILLS and his band BLUE MOON, sing Country & Americana songs that are often touching, sometimes comic. Virg is a true poet of Country music, evoking classic tales of the mountains of Kentucky. See website: www.garethowen.com If you’d like to book Virg and his band, phone 01584 872003 or 07976 498608.

TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band.

For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022.

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01588 650686.

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theatre PERFORMANCE

Shooting the Light

Fri 2 September FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY 3 COUNTIES AM-DRAM TV.UK offer an evening of novel dramatic variety from the pens of local authors and performed by local actors. Three one-act plays, all with a different and intriguing tale to tell. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm £7, 07967 517125.

Wed 7, Fri 9 - Sun 11, Tues 13, Thurs 15 & Sat 17 September A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM HERE TO THERE PRODUCTIONS. It is Athens, 1955 and whilst both a wedding and love is in the air for some, poor Lysander and Hermia are forced to elope to find happiness together. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, Sat 10 & 17 1.15pm, £15/£13, 01584 878141.

Thurs 8, Sat 10, Mon 12, Wed 14, Fri 16 & Sat 17 September ROMEO AND JULIET HERE TO THERE PRODUCTIONS. England 1955. In a time of changing music, fashion and attitudes, two families are at war. Amongst this, two people from opposite sides fall in love and set off a dark chain reaction. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, £15/£13, 01584 878141.

Thurs 8 & Thurs 15 September OH HELLO! TORCH THEATRE COMPANY. Charles Hawtrey was one of the leading lights of the Carry On film franchise. Bubbly, energetic and funny, but as his career waned so did his behaviour, he became ever more drunken, eccentric and promiscuous. 8 Sept - Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £13/£11, 01982 552555. 15 Sept - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Wed 14 - Sat 17 September THE VISIT LADS. A much acclaimed production first performed by LADS earlier this year. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, students £8, 07967 517125.

Sat 17 September INTO THE BREACH Mark Carey delivers a one-man show set at the end of WWII, which focuses on Shakespeare’s Henry V but revolves around George Crocker, an amateur actor, whose ambition is to play Mother Goose! St Faith’s Church, Dorstone, 7.30pm, £10, £6 16’s and under available from Dorstone Front Room, 01981 550451.

Tues 20 September SHOOTING THE LIGHT It is 1933 and a young German refugee flees Paris, reinventing herself as Gerda Taro. Discovering the wonder of photography, fall in love and venture to the Spanish Civil War and capture the tyranny of fascism. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Wed 21 September THE TIME MACHINE HG WELLS NUNKIE THEATRE. 1895. In a suburban garden, a man lies beside a remarkable machine. He has a story to tell.

A story of darkness and light. Of fire and fear. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 22 September A GOOD CLEAN HEART Neontopia drama. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

Fri 23 September SPINE SOHO THEATRE & FRANCESCA MOODY. Spine charts the explosive friendship between a ferocious, wise-cracking teenager and an elderly East End widow.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £13/£11, 01584 878141.

Sat 24 September YOUR BARD NICHOLAS COLLETT PRODUCTIONS. Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare: the greatest playwright in the world. Or just a front man? A player - a poet - or a fraud? Now’s your chance to meet Will in person. In the pub. his childhood, adventures at the Globe and on tour. Suitable for adults and teenagers.

Harley Village Hall, near Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £10, 01952 510422. Arts Alive.

Mon 26 September THE TEMPEST THICK AS THIEVES. Set adrift in the Mediterranean, Prospero and his daughter have lived on a deserted island for 12 years... well, almost deserted. What follows is a story of love, freedom and heavy drinking. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 September I BELIEVE I CAN FLY THEATR WILDCATS. Living in today’s society can sometimes make us fell like a butterfly with a broken wing. What makes us feel this way and what can heal us?

Using drama, dance poetry and film. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

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Wed 28, Thurs 29 September - Sat 1 October THE COLLECTOR KATHRYN BARKER PRODUCTIONS. 2003 Mazrat Prison, Iraq. Previously one of Saddam’s most notorious torture houses, now under Allied command.

28 Sept - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. 29 Sept - 1 Oct - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 29 September PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS Two near naked men (they wear shoes) manipuulate their nether regions using the ancient art of Genital Origami. For ages 18+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

The Collector

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Wed 14 - Fri 16 September THE MIKADO MONMOUTH MUSIC THEATRE returns with another popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467.

All or Nothing Thurs 29 September ABERYSTWYTH MON AMOUR LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE presents Louie Knight, the world’s sharpest gumboot detective. Prepare to visit the world of ‘Welsh Noir’ in this brand new stage adaptation of the smash-hit comedy crime fiction novel. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £11, 01686 614555.

Fri 30 September, Sat 1 & Sun 2 October THE BIG FAT COWPAT WEDDING KALI THEATRE COMPANY. Based on real people’s experience of mixed marriages or rural weddings attended by city dwellers out of the comfort zone. For ages 12+.

30 Sept - Quatt Village Hall, near Bridgnorth, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01746 781759. 1 Oct - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10/£6/£25, 01743 235384. 2 Oct - Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575. Arts Alive.

Mon 3 - Wed 5 October FRANKENSTEIN BLACKEYED THEATRE. A brand new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror masterpiece fusing ensemble storytelling, live music and stunning theatricality.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 3 - Sat 9 October DEAD SHEEP CAHOOTS THEATRE COMPANY. The true story of how Mrs Thatcher, once the most powerful woman in the world, was brought down by Geoffrey Howe, her one time friend and political soul mate. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 5 October THE GOOD EARTH MOTHERLODE. An explosive new play inspired by true events. Facing pressure from the local council to move down the road when a new development is proposed, a small group of passionate villagers decide to fight back.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Tues 6 September LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK A night of pure escapism releasing audiences from the humdrum of everyday life in a eurphoric bubble of laughter, glamour, glitz and music. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

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Wed 7 - Sat 10 September ROCK OF AGES GET YOUR WIGLE ON. Set on Los Angeles’ infamous Sunset Strip back in 1987, it tells the story of Drew and Sherrie, both in LA to chase their dreams of making it big and falling in love. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 19 - Wed 21 September ALL OR NOTHING, THE MOD MUSICAL The new smash hit London musical which encapsulates all that is Mod, a unique blend of taste and testosterone. It tells the electrifying yet bittersweet tale of four young kids from East London who became The Small Faces. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 September THE MAGNIFICENT MUSIC HALL Circa 1890, a truly golden era. An evening of rich entertainment, song, dance, magic and laughter.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 2 October BIZET’S CARMEN RUSSIAN STATE OPERA. A compelling mix of gorgeous melodies, dramatic confrontations and musical wit, set in 19th century Seville. Sun in French with English subtitles.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 3 October ONE NIGHT ONLY CALDICOT MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY present a night of highlights from favourite musicals. Singing and dancing in aid of Cancer Research UK. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Sat 3 September PLUNDERED! Captain Blackbeard has left a once beautiful tropical island littered with rubbish and its inhabitants struggling to survive. It’s up to Maggie and Roy to save it.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555.

Sun 25 September THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO LYNGO THEATRE COMPANY. Patrick Lynch from CBeebies pulls the strings in this wonderful family theatre production. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, £8.50/£7.50, 01982 552555.

Mon 26 September WHACK IT SMACK IT A though provoking performance including musicianship, recycling, creativity, multiculturalism and buckets of fun.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 26 September MINISTRY OF SCIENCE This is not your ordinary science show - it comes with a bang. It comes with a whoosh. But most of all it comes with a hovercraft built on stage... Oh, and a Human Cannon too! Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun!

Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday - Rhayader.

Fridays - Builth Wells. www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487.

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds.

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

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

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

Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Kate Ganderton. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6.

Juniors ages 6-1. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term. Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555.

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Mondays TOTALLY ACTING Do you love acting? Learn the TV, film, stage acting techniques used by professionals. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. Contact Rob Ford on 07772 823775, email: robjuckes@yahoo.co.uk Mondays (during term time) BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry and Gareth Williams.

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

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

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

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

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

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

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £60 per term.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

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

The Courtyard, Hereford, £67 per term, 01432 340555.

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

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

Curtains and blinds, upholstery, flooring, paint schemes and a full fitting service.

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

Ranges to suit every pocket from Ian Mankin through to Roger Oates, Farrow and Ball, Crucial Trading and Zoffany.

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

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Thursdays & Fridays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For ages 16-24, led by Ellen Dorsett, Dan Pegler or Rebecca Cook. Courtyard, Hereford, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

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

The Courtyard, Hereford, £65 per term, 01432 340555.

Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

The Cow House Dorstone, Herefordshire, HR3 6BE Visit our new showroom Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm 01981 551177

www.roominhay.com

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word Poetry & Storytelling

Mon 12 September POETRY IN PRESTEIGNE Readings at The Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne with guest poets Ric Hool and Bethany Rivers, 7.30pm, £5 adults, £2 students on the door, 01544 267418.

Thurs 15 September ROGER MCGOUGH AND LITTLE MACHINE Featuring a fine selection of vintage, classic and surprising poems set to music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sun 25 September POETRY SLAM In association with Ledbury Poetry Festival. Poets from all over the country will be here to compete and challenge each other to a duel of words, wit and of course, poetry.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

September LETTERS AND POEMS Readings of letters of Brian Hatton and the poems he illustrated. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, £10 including wine/juice. Please phone to check date/time 01432 263937.

Comedy

Fri 2 September JOSH WIDDICOMBE - WHAT DO I DO NOW...

That guy from the TV comedy shows with the curly hair is back on the road with a brand new tour. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £19, 01584 878141.

Tues 13 September COMEDY & CURRY Telford Comedy Club. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm, 01952 610888.

Wed 21 September THE PAJAMA MEN Peek into the minds of two of comedy’s greatest talents with an audacious show packed with new, dizzyingly hilarious characters. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 September JEREMY HARDY Beginning his fourth decade as stand-up. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 September PETE FIRMAN: TRIX Star of BBC1’s The Magicians, ‘the UK’s leading comedy magician’. Prepare to be amazed!

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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Fri 30 September ANDY HAMILTON: CHANGE MANAGEMENT Award winning comedy writer and performer, Andy Hamilton was once a 6’4” tall professional basketball player, until a tree fell on him. Suitable for ages 14+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 7 October RICH HALL: LIVE 2016 Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and king of rapid-fire wit. Suitable for ages 14+. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £16, 01686 614555.

Sat 8 October DANE BAPTISTE: REASONABLE DOUBTS The Independent’s ‘Face to Watch in 2015’ and nominated for Best Newcomer at 2014’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Talks Tues 6 September & Tues 4 October BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE FINE ART SOCIETY 6 Sept - ‘Three Great Families & Their Gardens’. A history of the Astors, the Rothschilds and the Sackville-Wests with speaker, Ms Caroline Rayman. 4 Oct - ‘Northern Lights’.

Edvard Munch with speaker, Mr Eric Shanes. Theatr Brycheiniog, 2.30pm, 01874 625679.

Tues 6 September THE HARROW & THE PLOUGH Talk on Brian Hatton’s drawings and paintings by Robin Thorndyke. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7pm, £10 includes wine/juice, 01432 263937.

Tues 6 September GARDENING CLUB A talk on orchards and pruning by Danny Davis.

Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £1 members, £4 visitors, 01547 540176.

Tues 13 September JOAN COLLINS Actress, philanthropist and best-selling author, Joan shares stories and secrets from her celebrated life and career. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 14 September BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY ‘The Medieval and Early Modern Landscapes of the Black Mountains with a Focus on the Vale of Ewyas Buildings’.

A talk given by Professor David Austin. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £3.

Sat 17 Sept ONLY FOOLS & BOYCIE Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

Mon 19 September THE NORMAN MARCH - HERITAGE TALK With Mike Greene, Community Archaeologist. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £5 to include refreshments, 01588 630023.

Tues 20 September GARWAY HERITAGE GROUP The History of Orchards and Orchard Fruits by James Bisset. Garway Village Hall, £4, 01600 772656.

Wed 21 September LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY A talk on Hereford’s County Gaol by Rhys Griffith, Senior Archivvist at HARC. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £3 on the door.

QUAKERS ARE MEETING NEAR YOU

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Every Sunday at 10:30 in Llanfoist Village Hall NP7 9LP (SO 287 135)

Almeley Wootton, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:45 at Friends’ Meeting House HR3 6PX (SO 333 525)

Brecon, Powys

2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays 11 at The Muse, Glamorgan St. Brecon LD3 7DW (SO 045 284)

Clun Valley, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Grange Rd. Community Centre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AP (SO 320 884)

Hereford, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 and Thursdays at 12:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, 21 King St. Hereford HR4 9BX (SO 508 398)

Ledbury, Herefordshire

1st, 3rd Sundays 10:30 at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane HR8 1DW (SO 711 377)

Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Every Sunday 11:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Temple St. LD1 5HF

Ludlow, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, St. Mary’s Lane SY8 1DZ (SO 511 754)

The Pales, Llandegley, Powys

Every 3rd Sunday 3 PM at Pales Meeting House, Llandegley LD1 5UH (SO 137 641)

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Brampton St HR9 7EQ (SO 601 245)

http://www.smquakers.org.uk Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting invite you to come to Meeting

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Fri 23 September MONTY DON Hear renowned gardening wrter and BBC television presenter, Monty Don speak about his life and travels visiting gardens all over the world. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Sun 25 September BILL LOCK REMEMBERED - HERITAGE TALK Clun’s famous ‘character’ Bill Lock remembered by those who knew him and his vanished world. A film portrait by Nicola Lane. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £5 to include refreshments, 01588 630023.

Wed 28 September A LAND ARMY LIFE Memories of service in the Women’s Land Army during WWII - a talk by Robin Hill. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, free to members, £5 visitors, 01588 660753.

South West Shropshire Gardening Club.

Thurs 29 September A CELEBRATION OF THE RETURN OF NATIONAL HUNT RACING TO HEREFORD An evening of insights and stories from some of the county’s top racing figures, including Richard Johnson and Peter Scudamore. Introduced by BBC racing correspondent, Cornelius Lysaght. Hereford Racecourse, champagne reception 7pm, bring your own picnic supper, £25. Proceeds to St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford. Book with St Michael’s Hospice 01432 851000.

Fri 30 September HARRY HOOK: ABOUT AFRICA An evening of extraordinary stories as Harry recounts his visits to Africa, which have spanned over 40 years.

Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £15, 01600 772467.

Sat 1 October MORTIMER HISTORY SOCIETY Autumn Symposium. Keynote speakers include Dr David Stephenson - ‘Resistance to Conquest: Eastern Wales in the 13th century’. Dr Carol Davidson Cragoe ‘Wigmore Castle: how to Recreate a Ruin’. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-4.30pm, £10 members, £13 non-members, pay in advance via www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk or on the door.

Sat 8 October GLASBURY ARTS AGM AND PLANETARIUM EVENING Glasbury Village Hall, 7.30pm, members free, £6 non-members, 07583 544110.

New collection of overheard conversations

JUST a few more WORDS ROGER KITE

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

Price £4.

Workshops & Courses Fri 9 - Sun 11 September AARDVARK BOOKS WITH JOHN CHALLIS Ludlow Food Festival, Ludlow Castle - visit our stand!

01547 530744, www.aardvark-books.com ORIEL DAVIES 2016 OPEN WRITING COMPETITION Writers are invited to submit either poems (up to 50 lines each) or prose (up to 1000 words each) that focus on the theme of ‘imaginary worlds’ (in either English or Welsh). The best will receive a £50 voucher to spend in the gallery shop. Entry fee £3 per piece submitted. Closing date 1 Nov. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, www.orieldavies.org or 01686 625041.

Starting Sat 3 September READING GROUP Led by Peter Conradi. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 2-3.30pm, 01547 550377.

Starting Thurs 15 September for 5 weeks CREATIVE WRITING CLASS With Kate Innes. ‘Exploring the Deep Past’, which will delve into deep history, with access to special artifacts from the museum. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10am-12.30pm, £65 including refreshments, 01743 258881.

From September WEA HEREFORD BRANCH ADULT COURSES 5-8 week morning courses in Hereford include Art & Culture of Africa; 20th Century European Modernist Paintings; Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse; Hops - The Evolution of the British Brewery. Study Days 10am-4pm cost £20 each include 15 Oct - An Exploration of World Costumes. 30 Nov - Volcanoes in Action: Iceland & Italy.

19 Oct - AGM, 7pm. Details from Herefordshire Libraries, or 01531 634460 or 01981 251426, email herefordbranch@wea.org.uk September WRITING COURSES WITH LARA CLOUGH Starting 28 Sept - Novel Writing 2, 10.15am-12.30pm, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown. Starting 29 Sept - Writing Short Stories, 10.30am-12.45pm, Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. Starting 30 Sept - Writing for Radio, 10.15am-12.30pm, Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre. All courses run for nine weeks. In association with University of Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning. Details and booking www.aber.ac.uk/sell or 01970 621580.

From October AUTUMN 7 WEEK COURSES WEA LEADBURY From 4 Oct - Herefordshire, Alfred the Great to Henry I with tutor David Whitehead, 2-4pm, £49, Trinity Church Parish Room, 20 New St. From 6 Oct - Penguin Books of WWI Stories with tutor Cath Humphries, 2.30-4.30pm, £49, Trinity Parish Room, 20 New St. From 10 Oct Ancient Greek for Beginners with tutor Jane Chaundry, 2-4pm, £49, Ledbury Baptist Church Hall. From 12 Oct - Haydn, The Shakespeare of Musical Composition with tutor Martyn Moxley, 2-4pm, £49, Ledbury Baptist Church Hall. To book any course, call 01531 634333.

STORY SPACE - Storytelling and Storymaking workshop in central Hereford on October 8th 2016 led by Carol Florence Graham. Also available are creative writing sessions; coaching; Forest School projects; CPD training for educators and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk or email info.storyspace@gmail. com Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555.

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

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

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

Every 3rd Thursday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk 4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153.

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

Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tues, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group 2nd Tues, 7:30pm. The Kings Head, Cross St. 07400 084794.

Border Poets 01547 530380.

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

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; h.Art WEEK 10th - 25th September We buy books Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

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

Tel: 01547 530744 OPEN EVERY DAY aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm

Bloodlines and Borderlines: Jane Keay, Martha Fosberry, Reuben Fosberry, Adrian Shiel, MKB Editions: books, letterpress and ephemera. Open every day. Free entry!

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grass roots A Small Gateway to the World I N MY mind’s eye I try to picture the kind of railway station I love. It has a kind of rural simplicity. But also a buzz. This station includes people. It may not be a London Euston or a Manchester Piccadilly, but it is still a place where we pass in transit – whether we are on our way to the office or a rugby match or auntie’s house or the other side of the world.

I am trying to turn this idea into something with more shape. I am writing the first word onto the first blank sheet of paper. Gateway. And this word seeks other words, in an effort to say something precise and uncomplicated. And now I have a sentence. A small gateway to the world.

I am struggling with the way this sentence sits with other sentences. A small gateway to the world. Not another shopping mall. But perhaps a local trading post – with a commitment to not damaging the world.

I would like the idea contained within these words to be delicious to people.

Consider the Café des Fleurs at Rye Station At Rye Station in Sussex, an empty station building has become a Café and Flower Shop. An old empty building can be a sad place. A deserted railway station after dark or before dawn is especially empty when you have to wait there for a train. It’s not much of an incentive to leave the car at home.

But this café, not designed by Pumpkin Cafes, or Starbucks, but by Lucy Forrester and her gran, opens up early for commuters, serving great coffee and homemade porridge, and very good scrambled eggs on toast. The florists occupy the other side of the cafe, where they make displays for weddings and special events. Local people actually come to the café so that they can watch the flower displays being made. By combining the two business ideas the whole thing becomes viable in a small town.

From Rye, you can travel by rail up north to Yorkshire and the town of Settle – gateway to the legendary Settle and Carlisle Line.

Settle Station was first opened in 1876. It had a Station Master’s house, goods shed, weigh office, cattle dock, signal box and water tank, but goods facilities were dismantled in 1970. Today the station might be too small for the corporates, but it has a ticket office, a shop selling local produce, and a waiting room which is

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about to become a micro pub, complete with honkytonk piano. A unique community-based company runs the station facilities at Settle and also further along the line at Appleby. The same company operates locally sourced on-train catering, creating jobs and valuable contracts for small suppliers. If you haven’t been there, you should consider a visit.

And finally to Llandeilo on the Heart of Wales Line At Llandeilo station there was once a station pub called “The Refresh.” Old locals still remember it with a smile, but the building is long gone. Llandeilo Station has been a lonely platform at the end of a lonely road for a long time.

In my mind’s eye I try to picture the kind of railway station I love. It has a kind of simplicity. An aesthetic.

The Llandeilo “Station Hub” is a small, transportable building with a covered aisle, leading to a modern composting toilet. It was designed along the lines of the old freight wagons and built with FSC Welsh wood by David Bamford and a build team from Presteigne. The idea was to create a space that could be run on a tiny budget, by and for the community. The design includes a rainwater harvesting system and optional renewable energy unit.

The result is a stand alone, multi purpose, mini-building.

Not another shopping mall. But rather a gateway with a commitment to not damaging the world. Because when you leave this gateway to travel somewhere else in the world, you need to know that you are not damaging whatever it is you’re discovering.

Already a new company are starting to distribute local and organic produce from the station hub at Llandeilo.

And it has recently been shortlisted for a national award for the most enhanced station.

So this has already happened. But what if we built more of these hubs, for other lonely stations, and for other community enterprises? The builders of the Llandeilo Hub are up for it, so the Heart of Wales Line Development Company will help them market this idea to the rail industry. With several stations already expressing an interest, it could just happen.

To find out more about hub sales, you can contact rachelzzzyx@gmail.com 07805 864823 On behalf of D.S. Bamford and the Heart of Wales Line DevCo. Rachel Francis, www.sharpeningpencils.co.uk

Green Events Sat 10 September KINGTON SHOW A traditional countryside show with horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, shearing, horticulture and domestic. Free entertainment for all the family, live music, trade stands, food/craft marquee. New for 2016, a Freaky Farm Run for all ages to enter from ages 8+, proceeds to St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford, enter online www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk The Ovals, Farm, Kington, 9am-6pm, £10 adults, £5 10-16 year olds, under 10s free, www.kingtonshow.co.uk Dogs welcome.

Sat 10 & Sun 11 September OPEN DOORS AT THE KYMIN A special weekend, opening the doors to the Round House, free of charge. With one or two naval re-enactors and watercolour workshops. Open 11am-4pm.

The Kymin, Monmouth.

Sun 11 September APPLE DAY 2016 A leisurely afternoon with apple related stalls and entertainment, games, music and a chance to have a go at juicing apples on a traditional apple press. Tea bar, hog roast and real ale. Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, near Llandrindod Wells, 2pm, £3, children free on the door.

Thurs 15 - Sun 18 September KINGTON WALKING FESTIVAL Featuring walks ranging from 1-15 miles. Talks on safety on the hills; archeology of the excavations of Dorstone Hill. Art, including a photography workshop, a Drover’s exhibition and art and craft market. Goulash evening and music from John Jones and The Reluctant Ramblers. Details www.kingtonwalks.org or 07585 055984.

Wed 21 September WIGMORE & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Visit to Wilegoose Nursery, Munslow.

Meet at Wigmore VH, 1.30pm, 07813 733240.

September SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE 3 Sept - Mini Gardens, aimed for ages 3-7 year olds, 11am-12pm, £2.50 per child. 12 & 26 Sept - Craven Arms Girls’ Youth Group - Treasure Hunt, for girls 10-16 years, 5.30-7pm, £1 per session. 17 Sept - Discovery Club aimed for ages 3-7 years, bring wellies, 11am-12pm, £2.50 per child. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

September HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 3 Sept - Pooling Together Project: The Grove Education Shelter, Brockhampton Estate, 11am-3pm, free.

7 Sept ‘Queenswood Country Park & Bodenham Lake’, a talk by John Clark, Hopelands, Weobley VH, 7.30pm, £2/£3 non-members. 17 Sept - Gruffalo Trail Launch, Queenswood Country Park, Hope-Under-Dinmore, 10am-4pm. 25 Sept - WildPlay at Eastnor Castle, 11am.

27 Sept - Marine Conservations Society talk by Carrie Hume, Kington Primary School, 7.30pm.

29 Sept - The Oceans and the Changing Climate, a talk

by Dr Alison Donaldson, Aymestrey VH, 7.30pm, £1/£1.50 non-members. Further details on 01432 356872.

Sat 3 September GARDEN & PRODUCE SHOW Refreshments and plant stall. Lydbury North Village Hall, 2-4.30pm.

Sat & Wed until Sept CATHEDRAL GARDEN TOURS £5 from the Cathedral Shop, 01432 374210. Group tours, which includes a cream tea served in the Georgian College Hall can be arranged at other times, 01432 374202.

Local Environmental Groups

Knighton Tree Allotments Trust (KTAT): Christine Baker 01547 529990.

Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hereford Christian Ecology Group, meets occasionally for talks and outings. 01432 279740.

Green Party Forum meets every 3rd Wed at The Falcon Hotel, (bar), Bromyard, 7.30pm.

Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, www.herefordshirewt.org enquiries@herefordshirewt.co.uk 01432 365872.

Transition Ledbury Paul/Beverley Kinnaird 01531 634788 or transitionledbury@googlemail.com.

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

Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Jamie Richie, 01547 520263, 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), Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267768 or email transitionpresteigne@gmail.com Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - Melodie Winch, 01432 850647, melodie4foe@gmail.com or find us through Friends of the Earth (UK).

Lightfoot Enterprises - The Old Primary School, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, Tel 01588 630683, E mail info@lightfoot.org.uk, www.lightfoot.org.uk Marches Meadow Group Richard Small 01743 791476, richard.w.small@gmail.com Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) Dave Smith, 7 Primrose Close, Hereford, HR2 7QX. 01432 266937 davetreesmith@aol.com https://sites.google.com/site/herefordshiremammals/ Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - office@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Transition Hereford - Charlotte Lake 01432 343577 www.transitionhereford.org Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org 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. Richard.keymer@yahoo.co.uk

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

A GENTLE SOFT TISSUE BODYWORK (fascial adjustment). A non-invasive technique re-balances and stablizes the body, suitable for: adults, children and babies. Addresses any number of pre-existing complaints. Contact Sarah Birchall VHT Practitioner sarahbirchall@btinternet.com 01981 500628. www.vhtworld.co.uk/members VHT is a holistic modality.

ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, offers supportive, non-judgemental, face-to-face, skype and telephone sessions to individuals, couples and groups. Richard Lewis MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Post-Grad Dips Consultative Supervision and Children and Young People.

BACP Sen. Accred., UKCP Reg. 01547 510360.

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

ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE lessons in Leominster. Ian Lyon MA PhD MSTAT. www.atinmarches.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 &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health. Enquiries: 01568 709142.

ARE YOU IN NEED OF HELP? Would you like to heal at a very deep level? I offer a heart-centred and practical approach to help you move forwards with your health and wellbeing, in a peaceful & relaxing clinic in Tenbury Wells. (Some phone consultations & home visits are also available). For more information & to discuss your needs, please contact me: Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010.

AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE AN OTHER THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER. Humphrey Clement Bsc. MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage is available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038 063 for a consultation or email healing.Humphrey Clement BSc (hons) MFHT AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY BASED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which may have a number of properties, that may when used help improve overall emotional health. Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment on either the hands or feet that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR, and CNHC registered, www.emilyjbaker.com, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

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AUTISM & HOMEOPATHY MIKE ANDREWS DSH RSHom, author of Homeopathy & Autism Spectrum Disorder a guide for practitioners and families (Singing Dragon 2014).

In practice since 1990, qualified CEASE therapist. Autism is the challenge of our times; my goal is to bring the benefits of homeopathy to your child. Clinic nr Ludlow SY7 or via Skype.

For a FREE 15 minute chat call 01588 660793 or mike@ mikeandrewshomeopathy.co.uk BACH FLOWER THERAPY AND REIKI Jane McDonnell, Registered practitioner. Bach Flower remedies are safe, gentle and effective at helping to relieve anxiety, stress, restore balance and well being. Reiki is a hands-on healing technique for stress/pain reduction and relaxation which also promotes healing. To discuss your needs or make an appointment please phone 07866495654 or email mcdonnell.jane@virgin.net COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more!

Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred).

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations.

I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello!

CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more.

I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them.

Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www.cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor (Powys).

COUNSELLING & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer.

I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety.

I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair.

Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland. Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk EATING DISORDER TREATMENT. Ruth Sandeman, BSC Hons, DIP HE, RMN, specialist children’s nurse. Registered with the NMC and a specialist therapist for the National Centre for Eating Disorders. A range of interventions available.

(CBT-E, DBT, EFT, FBT and nutritional advice).

Contact 07803 354 081 or ruthsandeman99@gmail.com EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks.

GUIDED IMAGERY & MUSIC - a music-centred form of integrative therapy that helps us to understand life issues from a holistic perspective. Hilary Storer is a qualified Music Therapist, registered with the HCPC. For more information & an introductory session contact 07904 750383 / musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com.

HEALING in Bishops Castle. Soul Healing can help you create Positive Change by removing energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties.

Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A. (Dublin), Cert.

E.S.H., Dip. Counselling (Wales). Tel: 01588 638242.

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

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

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

Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.

HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPIST, ELLY INGRAM MTI Available in Kington and Leominster. Also can visit your home / B & B / holiday let on a mobile basis. 077927 43894 www.ellyingram.co.uk HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomery area but am happy to do home visits should you prefer and I am also in Shrewsbury once a week at Neals Yard Remedies. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, I will carefully select a remedy to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself. I am very approachable, have great integrity with my patients health at heart and always welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032.

HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing.

Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre.com.

MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley.

One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352.

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

PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, 01544 267532, email pnhc2014@gmail. com REFLEXOLOGY Helping to relieve stress, regulate hormonal imbalances, sleep and eating patterns. Aid the release of toxins and restore energy levels. Over 20 years experience - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876 796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits available.

SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE New location

Group classes and individual tuition Stapleton Yoga Studio Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk

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SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 26 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

SPIRITUAL MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC ARTIST - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information go to www.emilyjbaker.com, call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free.

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

Sat 3 September MEDITATION GROUP Led by Peter Conradi. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12.30pm, 01547 550377.

Sat 10 - Sat 17 September AWARENESS & INSIGHT RETREAT A seven-day residential meditation retreat with Laura Bridgman.

Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk Starting Mon 12 September YOGA CLASSES For six weeks. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11.30am-12.30pm, £30 for all six classes. 01547 550377.

Starting Tues 13 September VINI YOGA CLASSES New weekly classes taken by mike Young. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 6.30-8pm, details 01981 250341.

Sun 18 September MUSIC AND MOUNTAINS An invitation to experience the healing sounds of nature. Walk the woods, place your feet in the cool mountain stream and listen to the healing powers of nature set to live ambient music including harp, dulcimer and piano. £5 per person or £10 family ticket, includes vegetarian food, www.thishealingplace.com Starting Mon 19 September for 5 weeks TAI CHI MOVEMENTS FOR WELLBEING Easy to learn and can help promote health and wellbeing.

Cafe Miro studio, St Owen St, hereford, 10am-11am, £35.

Carol Graham 01432 507703, carol.florence@tmwtraining.com Starting Wed 28 September TAI CHI MOVEMENT FOR WELLBEING New weekly classes run by Carol Bond. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 6.30-7.30pm, the first session is a free taster session.

Starts Saturday 8 October MINDFULNESS FOR STRESS COURSE Eight week ‘Mindfulness for Stress’ course to reduce stress and cultivate choice led by an accredited Mindfulness teacher. Presteigne Natural Health Centre, starts Saturday October 8th 9.30-12 noon. Free taster session at the Health Centre on Saturday 24th September 10-11am. Enquiries or bookings contact Matthew Ward 07982 66224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk

Fri 21 - Sun 23 October THEATRES OF SELF-CARE: SOUL HUSBANDRY A journey to explore compassionate self-care through creative engagement and deep listening with Matthew Trustman. Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk

GENTLE HEALING EXERCISES A series of movements to help you develop your inner strength, stamina and flexibility.

Learn how to let go of old tension patterns and allow your body to become re-energised, for improved health and wellbeing.

Small group sessions in Tenbury Wells. Contact Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010.

EVENTS BUILTH ROAD LD2 3RH: DRUM AND SINGING CIRCLE - 1st Friday of the month 7.30pm – 9.30pm bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary. Friday 5th Aug, Friday 2nd Sept, Friday 7th Oct. GUIDED SHAMANIC PRACTICE GROUP - 4th Wednesday of the month 7.30pm- 9.30pm, journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others, held in sacred space. Weds 28th Sept, Weds 26th Oct. WOMEN’S CIRCLE WITH PHILIPPA HEDGER- 4th Sunday of the month 4.30pm – 6.30pm, gathering women of all ages for support, love and wisdom sharing. Sun 25th Sept, Sun 23rd Oct. All our groups are £10 (Concessions available). For info and directions: clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 448315 / 07905 743272 HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY : Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs.

Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal.co.uk or 01531 670075.

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Visit us at our newly re-opened

Little Cafe on the Square KINGTON For tasty homemade treats and a warm welcome Mon - Fri: 10am - 3pm Meet up with family or friends and stay a while

Tel: 01544 239407

GARTH CARE SERVICES Currently expanding, so we are looking for Kind, motivated people to join our Gold Standard fun team

→ RGN’s (Re-validating or retiring) → Assistant Practitioners → Health Care Assistants & Hospitality Staff

Also get in touch if you are thinking about a career change and want to have a chat about these exciting new opportunities.

Tel: 01544 230502 Email: garthcare@hotmail.com