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Bath’s annual literature festival kicks off tomorrow.

Running until March 9 the variety of events on offer is dazzling. Even if you’re not a bookworm, there’s sure to be something to interest you as there’s everything from fashion and food to comedy and courtrooms.

One of the best things about living in Bath is these kinds of wonderful events.

We may be a small city, but Bath definitely punches above its weight when it comes to events, and there’s some top names making appearances at the Lit Fest.

Jennifer Saunders’ event proved so popular that organisers released extra seats to accommodate demand

EDITORIAL Lynne Fernquest and acclaimed actress Dame Harriet Walter is once again returning to the city and will be appearing in the courtroom drama Hanged For Love.

You can read Christopher Hansford’s interview with her on pages 24 and 25.

For me it’s the foodie visitors like Matthew Fort, Mark Hix and the Incredible Spice Men that I’m most looking forward to but I’m also thinking that this is the perfect chance to broaden my horizons.

After all, in Bath we are lucky to have these opportunities so we should take them.

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here are trends that fade in and out, and then there is steadfast denim. Jeans have always been a go-to staple, but not content with legs alone there’s a head-to-toe denim takeover this season.

From jean jackets to smart dresses, you can indulge in denim to your heart’s content.

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t may be wet and gloomy outside my window today, but my head is full of colour and sunshine. It’s time to get my buying head on and the trends for Spring/Summer 14 are filling my mind with pastels, acids and patterns.

One of the major trends for the next season is the pastel-shade colour palette. Think fondant fancies – like the sickly sweet cakes that Mr Kipling is known for.

My heart sank when I heard and saw this was one of the next big things. I am not a pastel person at all, mainly because they drain every ounce of colour from my skin.

I prefer bold, bright and vibrant colours because they are strong, engaging and stand out. Pastels for me feel lifeless, washed out and weak, and while they look lovely on some women who can embrace that femininity and carry it off, I look like I am trying to re-capture those days when I was a little girl (honestly, even then pale pink was my nemesis).

The catwalks at London Fashion Week in September were loving the pastel shades. Head-to-toe fondant styling!

So ladies if you love and are loved by pastels enjoy the trend; you will be spoilt for choice when buying your summer wardrobe.

If, however, you are like me then do not fret, there is still hope and that

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Are you fabulous, or do you know someone who is?

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he Bath Chronicle’s Weekend Magazine has teamed up with jewellery store Fabulous to offer a special prize every month to Bath’s most deserving women.

Every month, we are inviting you to nominate a woman from Bath or the surrounding area whom you believe to be ‘fabulous’.

You could nominate someone for being particularly fabulous in business, at home, or in the community. They could be a fabulous mum, a fabulous colleague or boss, a teacher, carer or fundraiser…or simply a fabulous friend.

It’s your way of showing your appreciation for them, and our way of giving them some recognition.

How to Nominate

In 200 words or less, tell us who you are nominating and why they are fabulous. Include your daytime contact details.

Entries should be emailed to features@bathchron.co.uk with You Are Fabulous in the subject line, or you can enter online at www.bathchronicle.co.uk/promotions.

One winner will be selected each month, chosen by Lynne Fernquest, editor of The Bath Chronicle, and Jo Stroud, owner of Fabulous.

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Fabulous holds regular fashion shows, designer evenings and launch events.

Find out about upcoming events and sign up to their mailing list at www.fabulouscollections.co.uk.

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As well as seeing their story and picture featured in The Weekend, the winner will receive a £50 Gift Card to treat themselves in Fabulous, with glass of bubbly and styling tips while you browse.

The first winner will be revealed on March 27, just in time for Mother’s Day. Deadline for entries is 9am on March 10.

Entrants must be over 16 to enter. For full terms and conditions see The Bath Chronicle classified section or visit bathchronicle.co.uk/houserules.

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Teal’s got talent

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f you’re still clinging to neutrals and nervous about dipping your toe into a technicolour world, help is at hand. Greeny-blue teal is set to star in decor, and it’s a colour that could tempt even the most timid to break free from bland, and splash on a shade that’s a sure-fire winner.

Chosen by Dulux as its colour of the year, with Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon launching its campaign to put the shade on the map, it truly has the power to be transformative.

It’s easy on the eye, and harmonises beautifully with the brown hues of natural materials, like wood and stone.

“This top-trend colour for 2014, which hot-off-the-fashion-catwalk is already making a mark on Hollywood’s red carpets, perfectly combines the natural harmony of green with the tranquillity of blue to symbolise balance,” says Rebecca Thompson, Dulux’s senior colour and design manager.

“Deeper and more sophisticated than turquoise, teal has a subdued richness. This influential colour has a mysterious quality which captures the grandeur of vast lakes and undiscovered forests.”

It’s an alluring description and Dulux has been inspired by sea life, with the brand dubbing its interpretation Sea Urchin 1. A classic muted teal, rich in deep green and blue hues, this paint shade really is what it says on the tin.

“Teal’s one of those colours that encourages even the most timid of budding interior designers to make bold choices, because even in its strongest tone, it still feels calming and comfortable,” agrees Nichola

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Green dreams Emma Dance talks to Rachel Demuth, pioneer of vegetarian cuisine, who opened her first business in Bath 30 years ago and hasn’t looked back since

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his year is a milestone year for Rachel Demuth. It marks 30 years since she first opened her business in Bath, and during those three decades she has not only firmly cemented her place at the heart of the city’s gastronomic scene, but also earned national recognition for her vegetarian cuisine.

“I can’t believe how long it’s been,” says Rachel from her office at Demuths Vegetarian Cookery School on Terrace Walk. “It’s amazing really.”

The cookery school is her third venture in the

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city. She opened the Broad Street Bakery in 1984 when she was just 26. “In a sense it was before its time,” says Rachel. “Now you can get fantastic bread, but back then no-one else was making sourdoughs or anything like that.”

Just three years later she opened Demuths on North Parade Passage, as a coffee house with a shop at the front selling goods from the bakery.

“We had the second capuccino machine in Bath,” she reminisces.

“We were so excited about coffee that we went all the way to Seattle to look at the coffee shops, and we went to the first Starbucks.”

When she sold the bakery in 1993, Demuths stopped selling the bakery goods and became a vegetarian restaurant, which soon became a Mecca for vegetarians all over the country who travelled to Bath to taste Rachel’s innovative dishes. Keen to build on that success and to share

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But last June marked the end of an era when Rachel decided to sell the restaurant in order to concentrate on teaching.

“It was the right time to move on,” she says. “It needed someone young to put energy into it and make it their own.

“I had been concentrating on the cookery school for a long time and in order for a restaurant to be successful you really need to live and breathe it 24/7.”

Demuths Vegetarian Cookery School has established itself as one of the best cookery schools in the UK, winning many awards and attracting top chefs to hold masterclasses.

“I think it’s important to have a USP,” says Rachel. “And ours is cooking with vegetables.

“The people who come aren’t necessarily vegetarians – maybe they have a vegetarian in the family, or they want to eat more

healthily, or they just want to find out what you can do with vegetables.

“Vegetables are so wonderful and colourful and flavoursome, but so often they are just put on the side of the plate.

“If I could do one thing it would be to encourage chefs to put vegetables at the centre of the plate and give them as much importance as the meat or fish.

“Vegetarian cooking has improved extraordinarily over the past 30 years – just in the number of restaurants and the choices available.

“In Bath there are three great vegetarian places to eat – Acorn Vegetarian Kitchen, Green Rocket Café and The Chapel Arts Centre – and if you go to the high-end restaurants like the Bath Priory or Menu Gordon Jones you can get a fantastic vegetarian tasting menu, but there is still a lot of improvement to be made in the gastro pub sort of market, so even in 2014 eating out as a vegetarian can be a challenge.

“It’s not difficult in the sense that everywhere has a vegetarian option, but it is always at the bottom of the list and you feel that it has had a loss less thought and attention than the other dishes on the menu.

“My heart sinks when I see a risotto or goat’s cheese – it’s what everyone does.

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It’s Pancake Day on Tuesday and Rachel Demuth from Demuths Vegetarian Cookery School has shared her recipe for Canadian pancakes.

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he “Award Season” is now a fixture in the calendar. It encompasses an entire eco-system of sequins and tears, and takes in the Critics Choice Awards, The Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the Emmies and the Brits; culminating in the glittering rictus grins and cement-set hairstyles of the Oscars, this weekend.

I’ve always quite enjoyed watching these little festivals of glamour and self congratulation, mainly for the frocks (specially on E! Entertainment, which boasts possibly the world’s only 360° ‘dress cam’ that swoops round the stars’ seams like a malfunctioning shuttle in Gravity.) I like watching the clips- “Should I bother to go and see The Wolf Of Wall Street, if that’s what they think is the best bit?” and occasionally, the host might make a mildly entertaining joke. Mainly, I like watching them because all of Twitter is watching them too, and I can chat with strangers about Angelina’s bold neckline decisions and publicly mock Gwyneth Paltrow.

However, of late, it’s all become a bit less enjoyable. Perhaps that’s partly because it seems mildly obscene to have actors thanking each other for their ‘astonishing bravery’ in dressing up and pretending to be someone else for millions of pounds, when many of

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a bunch of gurning musicians abuse the audience who voted for them makes me feel depressed. Perhaps, too, I’m ancient enough to remember when the women didn’t all look like blow-up dolls, competing to reveal the most gleaming flesh. I’m unsure why Beyonce – one of the most successful female artists in the world – feels the need to wear a cage made from leather and jiggle at the camera, or why Oscar-winning actresses focus more attention on their breasts than their talent – other than to generate column inches, and sell more downloads and cinema tickets of course.

Mostly, though, what bothers me is the staggering lack of perspective evident in these weep-fests. I love a good film or song, but I also wonder why untold millions are spent on celebrating people who are already celebrated more for buying a takeaway coffee than most of us will be in a lifetime.

I know that millions of global viewers wouldn’t stay up till 4am to watch a bunch of unknown nurses being rewarded, and few would gleefully scan the red carpet as charity workers paraded in their Next suits and Debut at Debenhams frocks, but part of me wishes they would. If we have to cheer people for simply doing their jobs well, I’m pretty sure the people who get up at 5am and spend the day caring for Alzheimers patients are as worthy of note as the ones who, like Kate Winslet, win worldwide acclaim for pretending to be Alzheimers patients.

Let’s not denigrate the achievements of actors and musicians - they bring great joy, and even more usefully, provide a few hours of escapism. But enough of the back-slapping, freebies, diamonds and tears. Because in the great scheme of things, the achievements of a few little entertainers don’t amount to a hill of beans.

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f you haven’t seen Shakespearean actress Harriet Walter at the Theatre Royal Bath in any one of half a dozen productions staged in recent years, you will probably have seen her in the nation’s favourite upper crust TV drama, Downton Abbey last year.

She had a cameo role in the last series and will be back again in the new one which, she says, she understands is due to be shown later this year. She says: “I was delighted to be asked to take part but it was a bit like being invited to join an established family where everyone knew each other. It was also very odd though going to rehearsals and seeing them all in modern dress.”

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Christopher Hansford talks to Harriet Walter who comes to Bath Literature Festival to appear in the drama Hanged for Love

returning to Bath for the annual Literature Festival next month following her appearance there last year. The courtroom scene from To Kill a Mockingbird was so successful that an extra performance had to be held to keep pace with demand for tickets.

This year she returns to take part in another courtroom drama Hanged for Love the real life story of a pair of lovers

hanged for a London murder in the 1920s.

Hanged for Love, like the previous year’s offering is directed by Marilyn Imrie, wife of former festival director James Runcie and will be held in the atmospheric setting of the council chamber at the Guildhall.

Hanged for Love: the Trial of Edith Thompson and Freddie Bywaters is the extraordinary love story revealed as the lovers’ letters are read out in court as part of the evidence. As well as Harriet the new work stars actors from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School with music by Sally Davies and Martina Schwarz and their duo Bow and Bellows.

The play is set on January 9 1923 when Thompson and her lover Frederick

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Edith Thompson, who was born on Christmas Day in 1893, and Frederick Bywaters were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband, Percy. Their case became a bit of a cause célèbre with almost one million people signing a petition against the imposed death sentences.

On October 3 1922 the Thompsons attended a performance at the Criterion Theatre in London’s Piccadilly Circus and were returning home, when a man jumped out from behind some bushes near their home, and attacked Percy. After a violent struggle, during which Edith Thompson was also knocked to the ground, Percy was stabbed.

Mortally wounded, he died before Edith could summon help. At the police station she appeared distressed and confided to police that she knew who the killer was, and named Freddy Bywaters.

Believing herself to be a witness, rather than an accomplice, Thompson provided them with details of her association with Bywaters.

As police investigated further they arrested Bywaters, and upon discovering a series of more than 60 love letters from Edith Thompson to Bywaters, arrested her, too.

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evidence linking Edith Thompson to the murder, and allowed for the consideration of what’s called common purpose, namely that if two people want to achieve the death of a third, and one of these people acts on the expressed intentions of both, both are equally guilty by law. They were each charged with murder and later hanged. As the guilty verdict was announced Thompson became hysterical and started screaming in the court, while Bywaters loudly protested Thompson’s innocence.

If you visit Madame Tussaud’s you will probably see Thompson’s and Bywaters’ likenesses preserved in wax.

Harriet is enthusiastic about the production which she explains is very different from performing either on stage or on a TV or film set.

“As we discovered last year, the audience is even more part of the performance than when the play is on stage and each member gets involved in a very personal way as though they

were actually there at the time the events took place.

“And last year that was the same for the actors. Sometime it was actually very hard to speak because it was so moving.

“There are obviously difficulties with this kind of production because for afternoon performances you are appearing in broad daylight.”

Harriet says that she had vaguely heard about the murderers but has been horrified to find how the horrific treatment of criminals like Edith Thompson was actually such a short time ago. Not only was Thompson hanged but the procedure itself went badly wrong.

“Again the actors and the audience will feel so close to the events of all those years ago,” she says.

Harriet, who was made a dame in the 2011 New Year’s Honours, is one of Britain’s most accomplished actors. If you Google her there are long lists for her performances on stage, in film and on TV. She has played at the Theatre Royal Bath no fewer than six times over the years, the most recent visit being when she appeared in a revival of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea. Harriet’s recent film credits include The Young Victoria, Atonement, Bright Young Things, Sense and Sensibility and Louis Malle’s Milou et Mai. In Downton Abbey she plays Lady Shackleton a friend of the Dowager Countess played Dame Maggie Smith who in the last series invited her to lunch with the ulterior motive of persuading her to employ the valet Alfred Moseley as her butler. “One of the great delights of working on Downton was spending the day with Maggie Smith,” says Harriet.

Meanwhile she has a new film Suite Francaise coming out later this year and when she comes to Bath will have just finished shooting Man Up a romantic comedy starring Lake Bell and Simon Pegg.

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guests enjoyed hot food, mulled cider and Winter Pimms and individual ‘birthday cupcakes’.

Guests included representatives from B&NES Council, local charities who have benefited from St John’s Community Grants, trustees, staff and supporters.

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Lit Fest’s opening c Fri Feb 28

Walking On 11am-4.30pm. Bath Central Library Exhibition Space. Free

John Julius Norwich Noon-1pm. Theatre Royal, Bath. £10

BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions 6.30-9pm. The Royal High School. Free

Poems in Pubs 7.30pm-late. Starts at The Raven, Queen St, Bath. For full route see bathfestivals.org.uk.

Free

Museum of East Asian Art Exhibition, Eastern Voices in the West Country and Treasures, to Sun June 29. Bennett Street, Bath

Victoria Art Gallery Exhibition, Anna Dougherty, What’s Inside, explores how everyday objects hold many kinds of meanings and Peter Brown, Keeping the home fire burning, over fifty new oil paintings and drawings celebrating the streets of Bath, to Thurs Mar 27, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Monday’s. Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Hilton Fine Art Exhibition, Signs of Colour: Derek Balmer, Rose Hilton and Paul Wadsworth, to Sat Mar 1.

5 Margarets Buildings, Bath

The Pound Exhibition: Bath Textile Artists.

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Artists working in all mediums are invited to submit work to the popular Fringe arts Bath (FaB) annual Open Art Prize.

Whether paint, print, sculpture, drawing, photography, or performance, sound, installation video - all entries are welcome, and the breadth of opportunity reflects the eclectic range of art FaB promotes.

Closing date for entries is April 30 and selected works will be shown as part of the FaB fortnight, from May 23 to June8.

Further information visit www.fringeartsbath.co.uk Exhibition of oil paintings and prints by Nick Cudworth, Under the Bridges of Bath, to Fri Feb 28. 5 London Street, Bath

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Nick Cudworth Gallery

As Bath prepares to go book crazy for the annual Festival of Literature, the staff at Topping & Co booksellers give their recommendations for books written by some of those appearing.

The Artists have been inspired by the wealth of the Wiltshire landscape and history to create pieces using a variety of different techniques, to Sat Mar 22.

Pound Pill, Corsham

Bath Contemporary Featured artist for February, Victoria Gamberoni’s figures float suspended in a tapestry of soft brushstrokes, to Sat Mar 8.

35 Gay Street, Bath

University of Bath Exhibition, Louisa Fairclough, Flecks of a Brighter Colour, to Fri May 30, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.

ICIA Art Space 1 and 2, University of Bath, Claverton, Bath

The Holburne Museum Exhibition, Stereoscopic Photographs of Pablo Picasso by Robert Mouzillat, to Sun June 1.

Great Pulteney Street, Bath

Bath Central Library Tony Culver is holding a display propagating a New Cultural Sector - Writers As Exhibiting Artists, to Sun Mar 3. Bath Central Library

10.30am-4.30pm. Bath Central Library Exhibition Space. Free

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11.15am-12.15pm. Guildhall. £7.50/£6.50

Jennifer Saunders Noon-1pm. Forum. £15

Random Acts of Shakespeare From noon. Bath City Centre.

Free

Vikings: Life and Legend 1-2pm. Guildhall. £8

Jed Rubenfeld 1-2pm. Mineral Hospital. £7.50/£6.50

Alain de Botton – The News: A User’s Manual 6.15-7.15pm. Guildhall. £9/£8

Henry Blofeld 6-7pm. Forum. £15

Germaine Greer 2.45-3.45pm.

Guildhall. £9

Words on the Street 2-5pm. Bath City Centre.

Free

Vanessa Able: Never Mind the Bullocks

Gary Shteyngart 6.15-7.15pm.

Mineral Hospital. £7.50

Julian Baggini: Bliss is...

Food 8-9pm. Guildhall. £98

2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Sun Mar 2

Great Bath News Debate

Pavement Paradise 2-5pm. Bath City Centre. Free

2-4pm. Forum. £12

Chinese Whispers

Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld: The Triple Package 4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £8

Blissful Tales from Shakespeare with salon:collective 4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Tim Moore 4.30-5.30pm. Mineral Hospital. £8

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2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £8/£7

The Night I Died – Jo Caulfield 2.45-3.45pm.

Guildhall. £7.50

The Examined Life 2.45-3.45pm.

Mineral Hospital. £8

Charlotte Higgins and Peter Stothard 4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £9

Henry Marsh 4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Ben Watt 4.30-5.30pm. Mineral Hospital.

Tickets £8/£7

Under the Influence of Books – Jo Caulfield 6.15-7.15pm.

Guildhall. £7.50

Jo Baker 6.15-7.15pm.

Mineral Hospital. £8

Hanif Kureishi 8-9pm.

Guildhall. £9

Word Perfect 8-9.30pm.

Guildhall.

Free

Lucy Porter 8-9pm.

Mineral Hospital. £7.50

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6.15-7.15pm. Guildhall. £7.50

8-9pm. Roman Baths – Pump Room. £7.50

Jonathan Aitken

Mon Mar 3

Short Stories Aloud

Philip Hensher: Bliss is... Wagner 1-2pm. Guildhall. £8

Caroline Zoob – Virginia Woolf’s Garden 1-2pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Great War Fashion with Lucy Adlington 2.45-3.45pm.

Guildhall. £8

Michael Rosen 4.30-5.30pm.

Guildhall. £9

Jonathan Grimwood & John Walsh – Food in Fiction 4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Douglas Alexander 6.15-7.15pm. Guildhall. £9

Around the World in 10 Books

8-9pm. Guildhall. £9

8-9pm. Guildhall. £9

Tues Mar 4 Books for Breakfast – Gavin Esler 8.30am for 9-10am event. Hall & Woodhouse. £20

Sally Magnusson 11.15am-12.15pm. Guildhall. £8

Matthew Dennison on Queen Victoria 11.15am-12.15pm. Guildhall. £7.50

The Incredible Spice Men

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2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Nicky Haslam 4.30-5.30pm.

Guildhall. £8

The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and its Arabs

12.30 for 1pm – 3pm lunch and event.

Allium Brasserie. £35

David Lodge

The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory – Deborah Alun-Jones

6.15-7.15pm. Guildhall. £8

1-2pm. Guildhall. £8

6.15-7.15pm. Guildhall. £8

Alex Brummer – Bad Banks 8-9pm. Guildhall. £8

Patrick Barkham: Bliss is ... Badgers 8-9pm. Guildhall. £8

1-2pm. Guildhall. £8

Count Arthur Strong

Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-Century Britain

7.30-8.30pm. Komedia. £9

1-2pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Free but ticketed (ages 2-5)

Literary Lunch: James Pembroke and Matthew Fort

Wed Mar 5 Books for Breakfast II: The Financial Times’ Mrs Moneypenny

Big Bath Read Book Group 1-2pm. Guildhall. £4

Nick Cohen – You Can’t Read This Book 2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £8

Frieda Hughes: Bliss is ... knowing yourself

4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Writers’ Surgery 6-7pm. Keynsham Library.

Free

Poetry with Frieda Hughes 6.15-7.15pm.

Guildhall. £7.50

Alastair Campbell 6.15-7.15pm.

Guildhall. £7.50

Joanna Rossiter 7.30-8.15pm. Keynsham Library.

Free but ticketed

Encouraging Wealth Creation: 8-9pm. Guildhall. £8

Matthew Fort

2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £7.50

8-9pm. Guildhall. £7.50

Creating Stories Out of the Blue

Hollie McNish

8.30am for 9-10am event. Hall & Woodhouse. £20

4.15-5pm. Keynsham Library.

Free but ticketed. Ages 8-11

2.45-3.45pm. Guildhall. £8

The Little Red Hen

Claudia Roden

Barbara Swindin

11am-noon. Keynsham Library.

4.30-5.30pm. Guildhall. £8

100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age

Elizabeth Day and Rachel Joyce

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8-9pm. Downstairs at The Porter. Free

Pin Drop 8-9.30pm. No 1 Royal Crescent. £7.50

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This tremendous value escorted holiday combines the extraordinary former British colony where East meets West, ancient meets ultra-modern and the past collides with the future, with one of Earth’s most vibrant, bustling cities, a stay on the bank of the River Kwai and the chance to rest and relax in a beach-side resort hotel.

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Join us in the Neapolitan Riviera and enjoy a wonderful week of fascinating sights and Italian warmth and hospitality. Based in three-star half-board accommodation in exquisite Sant’ Agata, this hugely popular holiday includes escorted visits to Pompeii and the enchanting Isle of Capri, and a breathtaking drive along the Amalfi Coast.

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Give Up Clothes For Good For Cancer Research UK TK Max are running a campaign for Cancer Research, please take any unwanted clothes, accessories and homewear to TK Max Store, Bath who will pass them on to Cancer Research

Antiquity Laura Mountford, Roman Bathing: a panacea? 7.30pm.

BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Free Coaching Workshop: Living Purposefully 5.30-7pm. Picnic Coffee, Saracen Street, Bath

Bath Clubnight

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch

8pm. The Cosy Club, SouthGate, Bath

For all levels, 1.30-4.30pm.

Bathampton Village Hall

Twerton Big Sing 10.30-11.30am. Carrswood Day Centre, Cleeve Green, Twerton, Bath

Baby Time 10am-noon. Barnardo’s Children’s Centre, Kings Avenue, Corsham. 01249 716254

Box Moonrakers Club Speaker Emily Knight, 2.15pm.

Methodist Church, Box

Annual Coffee Morning In aid of CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), 10am. Saltford Golf Club, Golf Club Lane, Saltford.

Admission £1

The Historical Association Bath Branch Charles II: Monarch in a masquerade, Prof Ronald Hutton, Univ of Bristol, 7.30pm.

Friends Meeting House, York Street, Bath

Mr Wilkins’ Shilling Women’s Northwest Morris 8-10pm. Methodist Church Hall, Northend, Batheaston. New dancers always welcome. 01225 869086

Bath Good Afternoon Choir No auditions, everyone welcome, 2-4pm. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £2.85

Daytime Singing Group 11am-12.30pm. Rush Hill United Reformed Church, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath.

07592 016878

Bath Healing Drop-in Centre 11am-1pm. United Reform Church Hall, Grove Street, Bath.

Donation basis

Rubber Bridge (ACOL) 2-6pm hosted by Dennis Bernard in Weston. Stake 50p a hundred. 01225 484523

Bath Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints, 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Knit Club at Great British Yarns 7-9pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath. 01225 462776

Songways Community Choir 10am-noon, term time. St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon, Bath. £8.

Bath Spa Band Brass players and percussionists welcome. Rehearsals 8-10pm.

Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Exhibition and sale of vintage and retro toys Camomile, 1 Combe Road, Combe Down. Open from 9am to 4pm. Runs until Saturday March 1.

Tomorrow Golden Oldies

2.30-3.30pm. Community Room, Swainswick Gardens, Larkhall, Bath

Jane Hunt & Joe Baker - Singers 7.30pm. Retiring collection in aid of friends of St Thomas a Becket Church. St Thomas a Becket Church, Box

Fire Springs - Literary Events What A Performance! an evening of verbal gymnastics through poetry, story and song, 8pm. St James Wine Vaults, St James Square, Bath. Free

Science Dr Peter Sloan, Building it up atom by atom: A short guide to atomic manipulation, 7.30pm.

BRLSI, Queen Square, 0Bath

Avonside Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge, 7 for 7.15pm.

Southdown Community Centre, The Hollow, Southdown, Bath. £3 table money

Rubber Bridge (ACOL) Hosted by Dennis Bernard, stake 50p a hundred, 2-6pm.

01225 484523

Reiki Courses Weekly Reiki Treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area.

01249 715179

Saturday

Corston Village Market

10.30am-noon. Corston Village Hall. Free

Electronic Organ/Keyboard Lessons 9am-noon. First lesson free. 6 Duke Street, Bath. 01225 332550

Larkhall Community Coffee Morning 10am-noon. New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath. For details Sarah or Naomi 466606

Bath Cycling Club 9.15am from Cadence Bike Shop, Chelsea Road, Bath and take in a circular route of 25 easy miles

Bath Organic Community Garden 10am-1pm. Royal Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Nature Club/Daycare Animals to care for and enjoy plenty of countryside activities for 8s and over, 10am-4pm.

Carlingcott, nr Peasedown.

07595034383

Bath Saturday Antiques Flea Market

Drawing a Head

Antiques, collectibles and vintage clothes, 7.30am-5.30pm.

Walcot St, Bath

10.30am-4.30pm. Bath Artists Studio, Upper Bristol Road, Bath. £35. To book 07752 879184

9am-4.pm including Baths Farmers’ Market 9am-1.30pm.

Green Park Station, Bath

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Decorative antiques fair The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair takes place for the celebratory 25th year at The Pavilion in Bath from March 7 to March 9.

Dealers from across the country gather to create a buzzing marketplace for the decorative, unusual and inspirational art and antiques.

Combining everything from painted furniture, interior fitments and garden statuary to folk art, early pottery, naïve paintings, textiles, glass, metalwork and all kinds of collectables, 45 specialist exhibitors make this event an unforgettable opportunity for interior designers, home decorators and collectors.

Organised by Sue Ede, who runs an extensive range of fairs across the UK, the Bath Decorative Fair is widely admired as a prime source for decorating in the antique and vintage style.

Judith Miller, the well-known TV antiques expert and author of the Miller’s Price Guides and many other indispensible reference books for collectors, will be on-hand to sign copies of her latest books.

Sunday

Bath Half Marathon School Cafe From 10am. Outside Widcombe Junior School, Widcombe, Bath. Raising funds for school robotics team

Bath Bliss Hunt A city centre scavenger hunt, noon-2pm. Starting at The Guildhall. £4

Hall, Sanctuary of the Cross Spiritualist Church

01761 416515

Quiz Night Cross keys, Midford Road, Bath 8pm. In aid of Dorothy House

Rehearsals 8-10pm. Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Reiki Courses Weekly

Social Bridge

Monthly deaf/PLUS Activity Club

10am & 4pm. Corsham area.

01249 715179

1.30 for 1.45pm. Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath.

01225 310232

2-4pm. Green Park Station, Bath

Arthritis Care Support Group

Bradford Bridge Club

11am-1pm. Hillside Hall, Oldfield Park, Bath. 01225 471070

Monday

Big Breakfast

Bath Positive Living Group

English £4 inc cereal, toast and juice, Continental £2, tea/coffee 5pm. CorstonVillage Hall

Talk starts 7.30pm. The Coffee Lounge, Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath. £5

Bath VA Vintage & Antiques Markets

Men’s Rights Meeting

Green Park Station, Bath

7.30pm. Pratts Hotel, South Parade, Bath. 07903 939034

Fire Springs Spoken-word Literary Event

The Women’s Royal Army Corps Association

Word Perfect - street performances, 8-9.30pm.

Guildhall, Bath. Free but ticketed 01225 463362

Meet 2pm. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath. 01225 339904

Bath Cycling Club

HumBugs Singing Group

Clevedon Scarlett’s Cafe, 8.30am. Club run starts from Cleveland Bridge. 01225 426467 or 07944550933

9.30-10.30am term-time only. St Saviour’s Church, Larkhall, Bath.

07940 597427

Dry Arch Growers

Guided tours, also on Wed and Thurs, 11am or 2.30pm. Sat 2.30pm only. 12 Old Orchard Street, Bath. 01225 462233

Volunteers and helpers required, 11am-4pm. Holcombe Lane, Bathampton. 07972 564641

Spiritualist Meeting 6.30pm service. Corston Village

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Masonic Museum

2nd Bath Girls Brigade 6.30-8pm. The Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath.

Bath Spa Band

7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669 or 01225 863072

Meditation Classes in Bath 7-8.30pm. John Williams Room, United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath. £6 per class

Sing & Smile Creative Links Singing Group 2-4pm. United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath.

01761 438852

Tuesday Mum2Mum

10-11am. Church House, Church Street, Corsham. 01249 716254

Bath Natural History Society Talk, Dr David Goode, ecologist, talk Natural History in Towns and Cities, 7.30pm.

BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath.

Members £2, Visitors £4

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Illustrated Talk - Beryl Bainbridge 7-8pm. Bath Central Library. £2 from library

Golden Oldies 2.30-3.30pm. Hanover Court, Salisbury Road, Larkhall, Bath

Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Walk Colerne Parish, 3 hrs, 5 miles.

Meet 10am The Fox and Hounds Public House, Colerne

Philosophy Richard Russell, What type of society are we and what do we want, 7.30pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Salsa Classes 8pm. No need to bring a partner. Revolution, George Street, Bath. £7/£5

Sakya Buddhist Group Development of Compassion, 8pm. The Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch 7.30-9.30pm. Ralph Allen

School, Bath

Meditation on Twin Hearts 7.45-9pm. Funky Monkey Studio, 18 St Peters Terrace, Lower Bristol Road, Bath. 07516 500 569

Quilting Bee The Textiles Room, noon-4pm.

American Museum, Claverton Down, Bath

Singing for the Brain 2.30-4pm. West Free Church (Moravian), High Street, Weston, Bath. 07540 921035

Songways Community Choir 10am-noon, term time. St Swithin’s Church, The Paragon, Bath. £8. songways.co.uk

Sing Alive Community Choir 10am-noon. United Reform Church, Bradford on Avon.

Bath Organic Community Garden 10am-1pm. Victoria Park, Bath.

01225 311699

Art Group Age UK B&NES 10am-noon. St Michaels Centre, St Michaels Place, Bath. £1.50.

01225 484510

Avonside Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge, 7 for 7.15pm.

Southdown Community Centre,

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Barnardo’s Play Session

1.15-4.30pm. Village Hall, Bathampton. £1. 01225 462965

Free fun for under-5s and their parents, 10.30-11.30am.

Crumpets Cafe, Rudloe. 01249 716254

Bath Bridge Club

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Bridge Club

Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints, start 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

AGM, 10.15am. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath. 01225 405267

BiPolar UK Bath Meeting

Church, Oldfield Park, Bath

Bath

Boules/Petanque

Jane Austen Dancers

Drop-In Meditation

Georgian Period dances, 7.45-10pm. Bath Central United Reform Church, Grove Street, Bath. £4

An opportunity to learn a simple type of meditation, 10.30am.

Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. £3. 07966 365633

11am to 1pm Queen Square (off when raining).

Speaking of Research

Bath Bridge Club

Nicole Mary Kelby, Liberties poetic: portraying Jackie Kennedy in fiction, 7.30pm.

BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

1.40pm start. Venue at Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath

12.30-2.30pm. United Reform Church, Grove Street, Bath

Scottish Country Dancing

The Bath Gynae Cancer Support Group

Oldfield Park Community Knitting Group

7.30-9.30pm. New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath. 01225 319991

Sahaja Yoga

10am and noon, The Boathouse, Newbridge, Bath

10am-noon. Upper Room above the Office at Ascension

Free meditation, 7.30-9pm. 2nd floor URC Halls, Grove Street,

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Social Duplicate Bridge 7.15pm. Randalls (Bath City FC) Twerton Park, Bath. Visitors table money is £4

Bradford Bridge Club 7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669/863072

Whist Drive 7-9pm, £2 including a raffle, Weston Parish Hall, Weston Village, Bath

Knit Club at Great British Yarns 10.30am-12.30pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath. 01225 462776

Bath Welcome Choir 7.45-9.30pm. Upper Hall, Culverhay, Bath. £4

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Acting Ayckbourn

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he much-talked-about Ayckbourn Ensemble visits the Theatre Royal Bath next week with no fewer than three new works and an absorbing revival. Following a spectacular summer season in Scarborough, the ensemble comes to Bath with two world premiere productions – Arrivals & Departures and Farcicals – comprising two interconnected one-act plays. There is also a revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s 1992 show, Time of My Life and the week culminates with all four plays in one day.

Arrivals & Departures is Ayckbourn’s latest play celebrated by critics as “his new masterpiece”. In this gripping dark comedy, set at a London mainline rail terminus, an elaborate trap is deployed in an attempt to capture a dangerous and elusive terrorist. Major Quentin Sexton and his hand-picked Strategic Simulated Distractional Operations Unit are poised, ready to pounce. To assist them, civilian witness Barry Hawkins and his ‘minder’ Ez Swain are on hand to confirm final identification. What can possibly go wrong?

Arrivals & Departures plays Bath in repertory with Time of My Life.

It is Laura Stratton’s 54th birthday and, to celebrate the event, her husband Gerry, their two sons and their partners are gathered for an evening out in the family’s favourite restaurant. All seems well. Glyn, their eldest son, has patched

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up his marriage with Stephanie; younger son Adam has a new girlfriend and is deeply in love. But, as their evening proceeds, both skeletons from the past and a spectre of the future are revealed in this compelling comedy.

The third Ayckbourn play touring to Bath is another world premiere production, Farcicals, a pair of interlinked, one-act comedies comprising of The Kidderminster Affair and Chloë with Love.The Kidderminster Affair is a comedy of fun, infidelity and food fights while Chloë with Love is a comedy of love, lust and loss of trousers. Farcicals can be seen on

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he threeweek Shakespeare Unplugged Festival opens in Bath on Saturday as the work of the Bard is celebrated in a wide range of performances at the egg theatre and other venues across the city.

New adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, specially commissioned new work and fascinating insights into the contemporary relevance of his writing, will feature in live performances and events for young children, teenagers and adults.

On the Festival’s opening weekend, Quiz Night (or ‘What You Know’) takes place at the egg on Saturday at 7.30pm. This pub-style quiz has a uniquely TRB twist with live music, picture rounds, ‘live’

questions presented by actors from the Theatre Royal’s Engage Company, and four filmed questions featuring twenty-four members of the Theatre Royal’s Young People’s Theatre. Prepare to test your knowledge of Shakespeare’s works and contemporary pop culture, whilst enjoying a light-hearted evening’s entertainment.

From Saturday to Thursday Hoodwink Theatre Company and the egg transform the egg’s Roper Room into an interactive Forest of Arden for Beneath the Trees (Where Nobody Sees). This enchanting, dream-like theatrical experience for pre-school and primary aged children creates a forest clearing where fairies and fools, animals and flowers, nature and magic are woven together in a place of transformations and misrule! Young theatregoers and families can go wild in this immersive theatrical woodland featuring trees, bushes and rocks, which make sounds and speak Shakespearean lines, voiced by actors from the Theatre Royal’s Engage Company. Beneath the Trees celebrates the natural, magical and historical in a fun-filled theatre experience.

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Water will be staged at the Roman Baths featuring performances of Antony and Cleopatra and Cymbeline. The performances are presented in promenade style beside the atmospheric Great Bath as Egypt, Rome and Ancient Britain are brought to life with quarrelling lovers and warring nations in two of Shakespeare’s epic stories of the Roman world. Seventeen members of the Theatre Royal’s Engage Company will perform Antony and Cleopatra, whilst 27 members of the Theatre Royal’s Young People’s Theatre will present Cymbeline. Weekly bell-ringing practice at neighbouring Bath Abbey has been suspended on Monday specially, to ensure that the performances can proceed. Tickets for both productions, which are directed

by John East, have now sold out. At the end of the first week of the Shakespeare Unplugged Festival, Hammerpuzzle Theatre Company visits the egg to stage two performances of King John on Sunday, March 9. This 60-minute, high-energy adaptation of Shakespeare’s history play captures the dynamic realism of the tragic story, whilst holding onto the heart of the Bard’s original text.

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London calling TV presenter Miss London returns to her comedy roots to headline next month’s Comedy Cavern at Burdall’s Yard on March 13 at 8pm.

Since winning the prestigious Funny Women Awards in 2009, London has gone on to pen and star in TV and Radio and become one of the many loved faces of children’s television.

She is particularly famed for her hilarious dance routines and is currently developing a new stand-up show for the 2014 Edinburgh Festival.

Miss London will be joined by Pierre Novellie, finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards 2012 and winner of Edinburgh’s Amused Moose Laugh Off 2013. Previous illustrious finalists for this award have included Jack Whitehall, Jimmy Carr and Sarah Millican. Pierre also holds the distinction of being the first comedian ever to perform at the CERN – the home of the Large Hadron Collider.

Comedy Cavern is also a great opportunity to see some of Bath’s freshest young comedy talent as 10 student comedians from Bath Spa University’s Department of Performing Arts take to the stage for one nerve-wracking, quick-fire minute each.

Also appearing on the bill will be Becky Brunning, new face on the scene Archie Maddocks and Bath’s favourite compare Geoff Whiting.

Tickets cost £8 with concessions available.

Theatre Royal

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Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844

Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 Sat Mar 1 That Catherine Bennett Show

To Sat Mar 1 Fallen Angels Starring Jenny Seagrove and Sara Crowe, Mon-Wed 7.30pm, Thurs-Sat 8pm, matinees Wed & Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£33.50 Mon 3-Sat Mar 8 Arrivals & Departures, Time of My Life & Farcicals Three thrilling works. Arrivals & Departures, Mon & Tues 7.30pm, Wed 2.30pm, Sat 8pm.

Time of My Life Wed 7.30pm, Thurs & Fri 8pm, Sat 4pm.

Farcicals Sat 11.30am. Tickets £17.50-£33.50 Sun Mar 2 Swinging at the Cotton Club Featuring The Jiving Lindy Hoppers & Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra, 7.30pm.

Tickets £23/£25

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A wholly empowering tale for young people with singing, dancing and amazing stories, age 6+11.30am & 3pm. Tickets £7.50/£6.50 Sat 1-Thurs Mar 6 (Not Sun) Beneath the Trees (Where Nobody Sees) A dreamlike theatrical experience in a magical interactive Forest of Arden...

Ages 3+, 10am, 11am, noon, 2pm. £6 admits one adult and 1 child Sat Mar 1 Quiz Night (or ‘What You Know’) Pub-style quiz has a uniquely TRB twist with live music, picture rounds, ‘live’ questions presented by actors, 7.30pm Tues 4-Fri Mar 7 Romeo and Juliet: Unzipped

Shakespeares’ story of young love and its endless possibilities, Age 11+, Tues & Fri 10am & 1pm, Wed & Thurs 1pm & 7pm. Tickets £7.50/£6.50

Komedia 22 to 23 Westgate Street, Bath. Box office 0845 293 8480

Mission Theatre

Thurs Feb 28 Ministry of Burlesque: High Tease

Corn Street, Bath Tel: 01225 463362

18+, 8.30pm. Tickets £45/£27/£16.50/£10

Fri Feb 28 & Sat Mar 1 To Sleep

Sat Mar 1 Krater Comedy Club

Covering one night in the lives of two strangers, this warm, compassionate and darkly humorous new play explores how people deal with the most difficult human situations, 7.30pm. Tickets £10/£8

Comedy, 8.30pm. Tickets £45/£28.50/£18/£14.50/£10

The Rondo Larkhall, Bath Tel: 01225 333844 Thurs Feb 27 Tiernan Douieb Stand-up comedy, 8pm. Tickets £12/£10

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Sun Mar 2 Krater Sunday Club Comedy, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 adv/£12 doors Mon Mar 3 New Act Comedy Night Local acts that are new to stand up get a chance to perform and more experienced comics can try out their new material, 8.30pm. Tickets £2

ICIA University of Bath Bath University ICIA Arts Theatre Box office 01225 386777 To Wed April 16 Art Classes in Bath A range of exciting and eclectic classes and workshops in music, dance, theatre and visual arts for all levels, aged 16+. Book on the above number Fri Feb 28-Fri Mar 21 Parasite A fascinating audio-visual experience with the potential power to unsettle, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Free admission

Bath Comedy Festival Ring O Bells, Widcombe Hill, Bath Tickets 0800 411 8881 Thurs Feb 27 Christian Schulte-Loh - Attack Of The 50ft German Comedian Stand-up comedy, 8pm. Tickets £9/£7

BRLSI in March

Programme subject to change - see our website for latest details

Wed 5th - Speaking of Research

The legacy of Jackie Kennedy in fiction Nicole Kelby, Bath Spa University

Fri 7th - 2.35pm - Bath Literature Festival

A Scientific Odyssey of Sound

Trevor Cox, BBC Radio 4 Box Office £8/£7 01225 463362

Mon 17th - Literature & Humanities

Bram Stoker’s Vision of Ireland

Prof William Hughes, Bath Spa University Tue 18th - World Affairs

E.D. Morel: Congo & Britain in WW1 Declan Walton, BRLSI

Thu 20th - Geography & Adventure

21st Century Rainforest Conservation

This is just a selection of our events in March - for a full list, plus our online museum and much more, visit

www.brlsi.org All events at 16, Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN, starting at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.

Everyone welcome.

01225 312084 Entrance £4, Members/Students £2.

Dr Jennifer Hill, UWE

Coffee Morning Saturdays 11am - 12.30pm

Box Office £6

Sat 22nd - 2.00 - 5.30pm Debate 01225 463362

The Wandsdyke: Who? Why? When?

Four expert speakers with differing views

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Fri 28th - Science

What Exactly is Energy?

Professor John Davies, Bath University

Exhibition: The Art of the Brain

Images by Stephen Magrath 6 - 22 March (Mon - Sat), 10am - 4pm, Free

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Reg Charity No. 304477

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usician of the year nominated Duncan Chisholm will play at the Chapel Arts Centre, Bath on Saturday, March 1. Nominated Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards last year, it has been a phenominal 12 months for Duncan. Having just released his first live album – recorded at the world

famous Celtic Connections Festival – he is about to take his solo music to various venues in England.

Duncan is one of Scotland’s most recognised and accomplished fiddle players and composers. Duncan’s feather-light handling of dynamics and ornamentation, allied with his pure-distilled tone, lend his characteristic spine-tingling magic to his music.

Duncan is to be accompanied by two of the finest traditional musicians on the scene today – Matheu Watson on guitar and Jarlath Henderson on uillean pipes and whistle. Mixing traditional tunes with contemporary sounds, this will be Duncan’s first tour of England subsequent to the release of his forthcoming live album.

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here is a flamboyant and flavoursome fare being served up throughout March at Bath’s Chapel Arts Centre and it doesn’t get much more wild or exotic than The Flaming Feathers who visit on Friday, March 14.

The Flaming Feathers, the UK’s top professional vintage dance troupe, bring their sell out show back to the venue for an unforgettable evening of burlesque, dancing and vintage cabaret at its very best.

Considered to be the most slick and professional dance troupe in the UK, the Flaming Feathers evoke the authentic styles loved by by-gone eras.

Covering unforgettable dance styles including samba, charleston, swing, fosse jazz, tap, jive, Las Vegas showgirls, and the can-can, Compere for the evening is Frome’s Muriel Lavender who is often described as ‘niche’ – but for all the best reasons.

She’s the hottest Lady Poet in the country, with the highest heels, the longest beard, and the biggest bottom (well, one of those is probably true, at least). She’ll make you laugh, make you think, and make you realise that posh birds sound awfully funny when they swear.

Burlesque act Lena Ma is a Surrey based artiste best known for her flirtatious, vivacious and charismatic striptease performances, all served up with that truly contagious smile!

Taking inspiration from the golden age of Hollywood, pop culture and classic striptease, Lena has created a charming and colourful repertoire of acts, each with beautiful bespoke, vintage and hand embellished costuming.

She’s a natural performer with boundless enthusiasm, instinctive rhythm and a down to earth professionalism.

Other highlights in March include the Theo Jackson Trio (March 15) and The

Snake Davis Band (March 20).

An original songwriter inspired by the likes of Billy Joel and Stevie Wonder, Theo Jackson writes songs which are thoughtful and can be inspired by anything from a pathological womaniser to a tortoise.

In the spring of 2013 Theo made his first live television appearance in New Zealand in front of an audience of half a million people. Back home he went on to a 10-date tour of the UK and appeared on a string of BBC radio shows. Now, with a new album set for release in the autumn, Theo brings sizzling swing and his own unique sense of fun to Chapel Arts.

Snake Davis is one of the jazz world’s best kept secrets. He is a saxophonist of almost unparalleled gifts who has played with the best in the business through a career spanning three decades.

For full details and listings visit www.chapelarts.org.

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Holburne hosts class act You can join Les Bougies Baroques at the Holburne Museum in Bath on Friday March 14 as they illuminate the path to the age of enlightenment, perhaps one of humanity’s most glorious periods.

The musicians celebrate the new era with the work of much-loved composers of the second half of the 18th century such as Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.

Today Blow

A mix of new and classic Indie rock and pop, 9.30pm. Moles, Bath. £4/£3

Acoustic Oak Music Club 8pm, Singers night. Floor Spots.

The Royal Oak, Corsham. Entry £2

Bath Cantata Group Evening practices, 7.45pm. New singers welcome. St Stephen’s Church, Lansdown, Bath

Karaoke With DJ Jay, 8pm-3am.

Mandalyns, Fountain Buildings, Bath

The Derrick Oldroyde Trio plus Special Guest Daniel Reid, trumpet, 8.30pm.

The Inn at Freshford

The Blues Band Doors open 7.30pm. Komedia, Bath. Tickets £14 adv

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Les Bougies Baroques is made up of conductor and fortepiano player Ian Peter Bugeja, leader Katherine Evans, soprano Nicola Said and countertenor Cenk Karaferya.

Ian Peter Bugeja was invited to perform in Damascus and has also performed throughout the UK - he was also a prize-winner during the fourth edition of the international piano competition Concorso pianistico W.A.

Tomorrow Implode Live Music Night

Adriano Adewale Group

Every Friday from 9pm. The Huntsman Inn, Bath

A Brazilian percussionist and composer, sounds range from the subtle and delicate to the most funky and vibrant Brazilian grooves, 7.30pm. The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham. Tickets £12/£11

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Duncan Chisholm

Folk, 8pm. The Village Pump, The Lamb Inn, Mortimer Street, Trowbridge. Tickets £5

Folk and one of the best fiddle players around, doors open 7.30pm. Chapel Arts Centre, Lower Borough Walls, Bath.

Tickets from £12

8.30pm every Friday. Belushis, Bath

Live Music

Jazz Event Sussex Jazz Kings, 8pm. Mount Pleasant Social Club, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £10

Derek Nash

Bath Male Choir and Jessica Chappell

Sublime Blues

Curfew Inn, Cleveland Place, West, Bath 8pm. Free

The Silver Ring Choir Love to sing? Join us at 7.45pm.

Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath

Sing B4 Supper A friendly choir conducted by Jane Lilley, all abilities catered for, 6.15-7.45pm term-time. The Huntsman, Bog Island, Bath. £5 per session. For details Susanna Downes 07717173799

Bradford-on-Avon. Free entry

Wednesday Discord A host of DJs playing a mix of Rock, Punk and Metal, 9.30pm-2am. PoNaNa nightclub, Bath. £5 entry

Karaoke With DJ Jay, 8pm. Mandalyns, Fountain Buildings, Bath

Old Crown Quiz 9pm. Old Crown, Weston Village, Bath

Choral and Orchestral Society

Sunday

Every Tuesday. Expect all the cheesiest tunes, from 10pm.

Moles, Bath. £4/£3.50 NUS

Informal Recital, 1pm. The Stables, American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath. Free admission

Every Sunday, amazing acoustic music, all performers get drink and food offers, 7-10pm. The Tramshed, Beehive Yard, Bath

Singaround. Floorspots, 8pm.

The Cellar Bar, Swan Hotel, Church Street,

Jazz, 8pm. Burdall’s Yard, Anglo Terrace, Bath. Tickets £3

Keith James performs The Songs of Leonard Cohen

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Concert, 7.30pm. St Bart’s Church, King Edward Road, Bath. Free admission

Acoustic music, 8pm. Tickets £14/£12

Mozart, which was held in Italy.

He specialises in historical performance, regularly taking on the double role of conductor and soloist with various seventeenth and 18th-century keyboard (harpsichord/fortepiano) concertos;.

He also conducts most early instrumental music and operas from keyboard.

Tickets cost £18.

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Bradford-on-Avon Folk Club

Seend Acoustic Club Welsh singer/songwriter Rob Lear, support from tba, 8pm.

Rusty Lane, Seend. £4

25 January — 5 May 2014

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