Artist’s hopeful exhibition a rose by any other name

unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again’.

Judith explained: “Another translation of ‘unto ourselves’ is that because the love of Christ overwhelms us and in thinking about this passage the word ‘rose’ stood out for me.

“There is probably much more others could say about this passage of scripture, and of course there are other references to this, not least in realising how so many people’s lives have been so positively changed through them.

“To answer why the rose is so significant to me would require a lifetime!” n The exhibition will be held from May 15-18 and May 22-25 from 10am3pm at The Paperback Gallery, 2 Gundry Lane, Bridport.

Get ready for a jampacked summer of music, arts and entertainment as Artsreach gears up for 17 performances in 17 rural communities.

The season kicks off with a performance in Gillingham by acclaimed Norwegian dance company Panta Rei Danseteater Living Spit will return with their rural romp One Man and His Cow which tours to Cranborne and Studland. Expect a multitude of agricultural antics and farmyard frolics, told entirely in rhyme and song.

West African multiinstrumentalist and composer Amadou Diagne and FrancoAmerican guitarist and songwriter Cory Seznec head to Blandford and Chetnole for two live gigs with their trio. Drawing heavily on the traditional music and rhythms of West Africa, expect the kora to dance playfully around the banjo and guitar.

The INN Crowd series of performances in pubs continues, with three shows heading to Dorset. The Gaggle of Geese in Buckland Newton welcomes writer, performer and radio producer Rosa Torr with Rattus Rattus: The Epic Tail of Man vs Rat - a funny, real-life story about family, growing up, and the times we all find we’ve gone a little bit mad.

Callum Hughes heads to The Royal Oak, Drimpton and Swanage Mowlem