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proudly presents ‘Mrs Harris Goes to Paris’ (116 mins, Cert. PG). Doors open 6.30pm, film starts 7.00pm at Hawkchurch Village Hall, EX13 5XD. Ticket reservations £6 from csma95@gmail.com or leave a message on 01297 678176 (socially-distanced seating available if booked in advance) or pay at the door. New improved projection - give us a try if you haven’t been for a while - and subtitles for the hard-ofhearing. Home-made cake and other delicious refreshments available. Bridport Choral Society starts its new season of rehearsals at 7.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. in the United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport. New members are welcome. We sing a mixture of musical styles, from the old to the new. There are no auditions, but some musical knowledge and ability to read music is useful. The first two sessions are free. For more information phone 01308 425987, visit our website or Facebook page: Bridportchoral.wordpress.com. facebook.com/ Bridport Choral Society, or just turn up on the night. If you enjoy dancing and music and socialising, then join in with the Folk Dancers in the W.I.Hall, Bridport from 7.15 to 9.30pm every Monday. Musicians welcome. Tea and coffee. Ring 459001 for further details. Beginners welcome. Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Village Hall 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own mug. No partner required. Cost £2.00 Contact David on 01460 65981 www.chardscottishdancingclub.org. New Art History 6 wk course January cheer with ‘The Scottish Colourists’. 2pm-3.30pm, Venue: United Hall East St, Bridport. Fee £65. Tutor is Pam Simpson MA, Art Historian, who works at University of the Arts London as an Associate Lecturer. Pam is an experienced tutor, whose career has been spent teaching in London Art schools and also in Dorset where she runs courses and gives lectures for groups. The same course runs on line via Zoom on Fridays at 2pm Fee £60. Contact Pam to book via email: chris.pamsimpson@ btinternet.com or tel 01300 321715 West Dorset Jive Community Evening 7:30pm, Chideock Village Hall - All dancers from all types of Jive welcome - Introduction to Modern Jive class by Qualified Teacher Dee Lanning - No need to book and there is no charge for this event! 10 January

Scottish Country Dancing at Ashill Village Hall Nr Ilminster TA19 9LX every Tuesday evening 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Beginners, returners and dancers of all abilities are very welcome to come along and join us. Biscuits and hot drink at the interval. Please wear soft, flat, comfy shoes if possible. £3.00 per evening. Further information contact Anita

on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail.com. Axminster District Choral Society encourages new and existing members to come along to a rehearsal in the new year on Tuesday evenings from 7 pm for 7.30pm in The Minster Church, Axminster. For people who enjoy learning and singing classical choral works. The Society will be preparing for a very special Easter concert. This will be the UK premier of CPE Bach’s (JS Bach’s son) 1798 St Matthew Passion. The Choral Society is a non-auditioned choir who sing a wide range of classical choral pieces. Whilst it certainly helps to read a few notes of music, some rely on minimal acquaintance with the score and inexperienced members will soon discover and learn new skills in rehearsals. New members are warmly welcomed. See website: https://www.axminsterchoral.co.uk/index.html Beaminster Museum winter talk 2.00pm by Chris Tripp titled “Dorset Diggers Excavations at Stalbridge House”. Over the past five years, excavations have explored the archaeology of the house and some of its history. Most of its fame is related to Robert Boyle, but there are lots of fascinating details of the owners as well as how the changing fabric kept the diggers guessing right until the last days of the excavations. Entry £5. 11 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A strenuous 11 mile walk on Aylesbeare Common. ‘It’s worth it for the views’ Tell: 07578-413003. Talk: Shipwrecks of Lyme Bay West Bay Discovery Centre is holding another winter talk at The Salt House at 2:30pm with awardwinning Dorset author Nigel Clarke who will be exploring the amazing shipwrecks hidden beneath our local waters. Tickets £5 are available in person or on-line from Bridport Tourist Information Centre. Further details http://www.westbaydiscoverycentre.org.uk/ Axe Valley Centre, National Trust talk entitled “From the sublime to the ridiculous” by Lesley Emery. 2.30pm Colyford Memorial Hall. Admission members £1. non-members £2. Including tea/coffee.” Scottish Country Dancing at 7.30 Venue: Church House, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN. All welcome, no partner required but please wear soft shoes. First evening free, thereafter £2.00, which includes soft drinks, tea, coffee and biscuits. Contact: Malcolm on 07790 323343. Check out bridportscottishdancers for more information. 12 January

Chesil Bank Writing Shed Do you write, would you like to write? Our new writers group meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm - 9pm from 12th January 2023 at Portesham Village Hall. From poetry to prose, fan fiction to literary fiction, and biography to travel guides. Whatever your writing style and genre come and share it with us for feedback; challenge yourself with fun writing prompts and learn more about the business of being a writer. New writers welcome. Find out more: www.writingshed.co.uk. Solo Charleston Dance Classes 1-2pm, St Marys Church Hall Bridport - Introduction Class - £5 - All Welcome Dance Connection for well-being, 7:15pm, Bridport St Mary’s CHH, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com. West Dorset Ramblers Leisurely 4 mile walk from West Bay by Packhorse Trail to Eype. Contact 07952 517764. 13 January

She Said (15) about the New York Times journalists whose story launched the #MeToo movement. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. ‘Emily’ (15) Picnic Night screening, doors 6.30pm, screening 7.30pm,

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tickets adults £7.50, Under 16s £6.50. ‘Emily’ tells the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Bronte. The film stars Emma Mackey as Emily, a rebel and a misfit, as she finds her voice and writes the literary classic Wuthering Heights. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. Voices of Hope Beautiful songs from around the world taught in harmony all ages and abilities. £5 suggested donation per session. Drop in 11am to 12am Borough Gardens Bridport near Buckydoo Square (benches in gardens for those who need to sit or rest) If it is very wet we sing in The Unitarian Chapel in the Garden on East Street Bridport Jane Silver Corren 07887675161. janesilvercorren@gmail.com. Also 20th and 27th. Brilliant British Humour in the Picture Postcard 1840-1950s Members of Lyme Regis u3a will start the year with a humorous, artistic treat. Dr James Taylor, a former curator of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and avid collector of comic postcards will talk about this popular art form from the Edwardian era to the outbreak of World War 2. Details on www.lymeregisu3a.org. Guests welcome for a donation of £2. 11am at Woodbury Hall, Lyme Regis: New for 2023 by popular demand we are moving back to Chard Guildhall. Please join us for Where the Crawdads Sing based on the 2019 best-selling book. Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets in advance for £5 from Eleos, Barron’s and the PO and on ticketsource/ Cinechard; or on the door for £6. East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A leisurely 5 mile walk. ‘To the woods and back’ Starting from Seaton. Tell: 07710-160903. Rusty Rackets tennis tuition indoors for beginners with an LTA accredited coach from 6pm to 7pm at Wey Valley Tennis Centre, Weymouth. For more details and to book please contact Clive on 07484186761.Also on 20 and 27 January 2023. 14 January

An Evening with Reg Meuross esteemed local folk singersongwriter 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ (15) Picnic Night screening, doors 6.30pm, screening 7.30pm, tickets adult £7.50, under 16s £6.50 age 15. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. The Bridport and District Model Railway Club will be holding their annual Winter exhibition in the Public Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3EF from 10am until 4pm. Visitors will be

able to view a wide variety of layouts in various gauges and themes, from both local exhibitors and those coming from farther afield. There will also be layouts representing steam and modern railway scenes which have a very local and an international flavour together with other railway displays. The exhibition will also have a trade stand for visitors wishing to buy new or second-hand model railway products. Admission price is Adults £3 and children under 16 years free. Car parking is available in the Yarn Barton car park and Covid instructions will be observed during the exhibition as required. Friends of Weymouth Library’s Saturday talk at 10-3-a.m. is about Cecile Neville, Richard III’s mother, a remarkable woman and great beauty who outlived her four sons, two of whom became kings. Tickets can be obtained from the Library at £3 for non-members and £2 for members. All welcome. Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Winfrith. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. 15 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A moderate 10.5 mile walk. ‘All around Thorncombe’ Forde Abbey Farm. Tell: 07771-935117. Allington Strings 3pm, St. Mary’s Church, Bridport DT6 3NW Tickets £10 available from The Book Shop, Bridport or reserve via allingtonstrings@outlook.com. Dance Connection Dance Day Workshop, 11am-4pm, Bridport St Mary’s CHH, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com 16 January

Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Village Hall 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own mug. No partner required. Cost £2.00 Contact David on 01460 65981 www.chardscottishdancingclub.org. Modern Jive (Leroc) Social Dance Classes 7:30pm, Chideock Village Hall. £6 per person, Come with or without a partner. Beginners and Returners Welcome Every Week. www.dynamic-dance.uk. Also 23 and 30 January. If you enjoy dancing and music and socialising, then join in with the Folk Dancers in the W.I.Hall, Bridport from 7.15 to 9.30 every Monday. Musicians welcome. Tea and coffee. Ring 459001 for further details. Beginners welcome. Lyme Regis Museum Friends illustrated talk in the Woodmead Hall, Hill Road, DT7 3PG, starting at 2.30 pm. ‘Seining Along Chesil’ – Sarah Acton, writer, in conversation with Gail McGarva, historic boat builder, about traditional seining and Chesil beach boats like the Lerret. With readings from Sarah’s new book, signed copies available. Members £2; Visitors £4 (£2 if you pay £8 on the door to become a member). All welcome. Tickets not required. For enquiries contact David Cox 01297 443156 17 January

Turn Lyme Green Talk: Plane Simple flight free travel Fiona Wood will talk about her travels across the northern hemisphere without flying - taking trains, buses and ferries through Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China, South Korea and North America, as well as passages on freighters across the Pacific and Atlantic. Discussion on why should we cut down on our flights? What are the problems with flying and what are the alternatives? 7pm Driftwood Cafe, Baptist Church at the top of Broad Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3NY. Barrington and District Gardening Society ‘Gardeners Question Time’ 7.30pm - Barrington Village Hall, Barrington, Somerset. Members free, Visitors welcome £2. ‘Flower of the Month’ competition. Refreshments and raffle. More info: 01460 54691. Scottish Country Dancing at Ashill Village Hall Nr Ilminster TA19 9LX every Tuesday evening 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Beginners, returners and dancers of all abilities are very welcome to come along and join us. Biscuits and hot drink at the interval. Please wear soft, flat, comfy shoes if possible. £3.00 per evening. Further information contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail.com.

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The Beehive Folk Café Perform or listen in the Beehive bar. Free entry. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. Scottish Country Dancing at 7.30 Venue: Church House, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN. All welcome, no partner required but please wear soft shoes. First evening free, thereafter £2.00, which includes soft drinks, tea, coffee and biscuits. Contact: Malcolm on 07790 323343. Visit bridportscottishdancers for more information. Colyton & District Garden Society Talk ‘Organic Vegetable Growing’ by Brian Hesketh, at Colyford Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Members free, guests £3. New subscriptions (£10) for the 2023 programme will be due then - please come in good time so as not to delay the start. Coffee Morning including cakes, scones & pastries, and bacon/ egg rolls (made to order), 10.30am – noon; all welcome. Clapton & Wayford Village Hall. More details from Julia (01460 72769). West Dorset Ramblers Moderate 7 mile walk taking in Bridports’ hills and rivers. Contact 01308 458198. East Devon Ramblers 10.30. ‘H is for hill, D is for Dalwood’. A 7 mile moderate walk from Dalwood, going to Horner Hill, Ham and Hawley. Tell: 01297-552860. 19 January

Royal Ballet Cinema: Like Water For Chocolate (12A) a brandnew full-length ballet based on the famous Mexican novel 7.15pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. Dance Connection for well-being, 7:15pm, Bridport St Mary’s CHH, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com. Bridport & District Gardening Club will meet at 7.30pm at the W I Hall North Street Bridport when Margie Hoffung presents ‘Gardening a very British Tradition’. The meeting is open to nonmembers for a fee of £2.00 and further information can be found on the website bridportgardeningclub.co.uk. The Art’s Society 2pm for 2.30pm Bridport Town Hall, Fiction, Fallacy and Fake News, Spin and Propaganda in Art through the Ages. Speaker: Geri Parlby. Visitors Welcome £7.50 Windborne. Vocal Harmony Singing form Vermont Hailing

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from New England, USA. Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall at 7.30pm Windborne Concert Tickets £10 (U18: £5; Fam:£25) from 01297 560948 and www.artsreach.co.uk when available online. Vocal Harmony Workshop with Windborne limited places! Suitable for all ages, with no previous experience required. Places £5 and must be booked in advance. After the workshop, enjoy food from Claire’s Country Kitchen served from 6pm before the concert Workshop and concert tickets must both be booked. Workshop + concert =£15. For details of BACS payments to secure your place, please ring 01297 560948. 20 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.00am. A 6 mile leisurely walk from Broadhembury. ‘Fine views of Dartmoor hopefully’! Tell: 01395519232. Dance Connection Taster, 10:30am-12, Dorchester Corn Exchange, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com. Mrs Harris goes to Paris at 7.30pm. Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11 0JX. Doors and bar open 7.00. Tickets cost £6, which includes a drink or an ice-cream ‘She Said’ (15) Picnic Night screening doors 6.30pm, screening 7.30pm tickets adults £7.50 Under 16s £6.50. Two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New YorkTi mes reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped launch the #Metoo movement, shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture frever. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton. co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. 21 January

Armageddon Time (15) Coming-of-age drama. Date to be confirmed. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. Burns Night at Loders Village Hall, Bridport 7pm, The evening includes the piping in of the haggis, a reading of Burns’ Address to a Haggis, and of course traditional music, readings, dancing, eating, and drinking! Reserve your place (£15 a head) by contacting wellplotshelter@gmail.com. Or why not book a table of 8 and brings your friends Petite Maman A magical story of a young girl coming to terms with her grandmother’s death. An insightful and hopeful film that will gladden your soul and broaden your mind. France 7.45pm Warehouse Theatre, Brewery Lane, Ilminster. Contact details crisrainbow44@ gmail.com. CUPID is a mutual support group for ostomists anyone with a stoma (colostomy, urostomy, ileostomy) or pouch. Our next meeting is at The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester DT1 1RR from 10:00 - 12 noon. You are welcome to call in to our informal gathering and talk to others about whatever you like and maybe have a tea or coffee. Our sponsor Clinimed will have James Connor, their representative with products for you to see and discuss. And we are delighted to have The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance to inform everyone about their life-saving charity because you never know when you, too might need their services! PINA Celebrating Dance on Film Part 1. 2.30pm (U) Wim Wender’s passionate and exhilarating tribute to legendary dance choreographer, Pina Bausch plus the first part of an inspiring programme of short films from local dance companies, Bridport Youth Dance and Grace and Growl. Tickets £6 per screening from Bridport Tourist Information or at www.bridport-arts.com. DANCER Celebrating Dance on Film Part 2. 7.30pm (12) Bridport Arts Centre. The life and brilliant career of ballet dancer Sergei Polunin, from his early days in the Ukraine to principal at the Royal Ballet in London plus the second part of our inspiring programme of short films from Bridport Youth Dance and Grace and Growl. Tickets £6 per screening from Bridport Tourist Information or at www.bridport-arts.com. The Axminster Twinning Association AGM will be held on Saturday 21st January 2023 at 6.00pm in the Pippins Community Centre, Axminster. We look forward to welcoming as many current members as possible as the occasion also gives members the chance to renew their membership - still at pre-Pandemic prices. Members will have the opportunity to sign-up for the Twinning trip to Douvres la Délivrande, which takes place in early June. New Year social activities programme of events will be issued shortly. May 2023 will include a Coronation Party to celebrate King Charles III accession to the Throne. We always welcome enquiries from people keen to become members of the Twinning Association and we would ask anyone wishing to make contact to email us at: arksteerer@aol.com ‘Living’ (12A) Picnic Night screening doors 6.30pm, screening 7.30pm, tickets adults £7.50, under 16s £6.50. ‘Living’ is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful – into one he can say has been lived to the full. Tickets from 01297 625699, www. thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 8 mile walk from Bridport. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. 22 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.30. A leisurely 7.5 mile walk. ‘To Lyme & Mary Anning Statue’. Uplyme, River Lim, seafront, Happy Valley. Tel: 01297-443836. The Royal Ballet: Like Water for Chocolate (12A) screening doors 1.30pm, screening 2pm, tickets adults £14.50, under 16s £7.50. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. East Devon Ramblers 10.30. An EASY fairly flat 5 mile walk. ‘Nice and easy does it’. Budleigh, old railway, white bridge and seafront. Tel: 01395-266668. 23 January

Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Village Hall 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own mug. No partner required. Cost £2.00 Contact David on 01460 65981 www.chardscottishdancingclub.org. If you enjoy dancing and music and socialising, then join in with the Folk Dancers in the W.I.Hall, Bridport from 7.15 to 9.30 every Monday. Musicians welcome. Tea and coffee. Ring 459001 for further

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details. Beginners welcome. 24 January

Scottish Country Dancing at Ashill Village Hall Nr Ilminster TA19 9LX every Tuesday evening 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Beginners, returners and dancers of all abilities are very welcome to come along and join us. Biscuits and hot drink at the interval. Please wear soft, flat, comfy shoes if possible. £3.00 per evening. Further information contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail.com. Bridport & District U3A Monthly Meetings & Talks My Life in Science’ by Brian Bowsher OBE FRSC FlnstP. Brian has had a distinguished career in the world of science. The talk will begin at 2pm in the Bridport United Church Hall in East Street. Refreshments will follow. The talk is free to members and there is a £2 charge for non-members. Please see the Bridport & District website for further information about this and future talks and if you are interested in becoming a member: bridportu3a.org.uk. Falkland Islands: Wildlife and Wrecks A talk by Derek Thomson for Seaton u3a at The Gateway, Seaton. The talk will start at 2pm and is free to members of Seaton u3a; £2 for non-members, who are welcome to come along for the talk, enjoy refreshments afterwards. For more information go to https://u3asites.org.uk/seaton/home. 25 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A strenuous 10 mile coastal walk. Knowle house, donkey sanctuary, south west coast path. Tell: 01395514265. West Dorset Ramblers Moderate 6 mile circular walk centred on Abbotsbury. Contact 07974 756107 Scottish Country Dancing at 7.30 Venue: Church House, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN. All welcome, no partner required but please wear soft shoes. First evening free, thereafter £2.00, which includes soft drinks, tea, coffee and biscuits. Contact: Malcolm on 07790 323343. Check out bridportscottishdancers for more information. Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society talk on Heritage Vegetables by Sally Nex. Uplyme Village Hall 7.30pm. Refreshments from 7pm. Members free, non-members £3. More information www. ulrhs.wordpress.com. 26 January

Nostalgic Cinema: Viva Las Vegas (1964), a dementia-friendly subtitled screening open to all. 2pm The Beehive Honiton www. beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. Dance Connection for well-being, 7:15pm, Bridport St Mary’s CHH, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com National Theatre Live: The Crucible (12A) screening doors 6.30pm, screening 7pm, tickets adults £14.50, under 16s £7.50. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. National Theatre Live: The Crucible (12A) Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power. 7pm The Beehive Honiton www. beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. 27 January

Steve Knightley Unlock me and other Lockdown Laments Acclaimed singer-songwriter from Show of Hands. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A leisurely 4.5 mile walk. Upottery. Views over the Blackdown hills. Tell: 07979-263043. Dance Connection Taster, 10:30am-12, Dorchester Corn Exchange, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com. Take Art for Cultivate presents “Muck, Microbes and re-making Paradise “ an evening with Graham Harvey. 8pm at Norton Sub Hamdon Village Hall (doors open at 7) Tickets available at the Norton Community Shop or purchase online at takeart.org/event/an-eveningwith-Graham-harvey Adults - £10 (subject to a booking fee) 28 January

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (TBC), a celebration of Whitney Houston. Date to be confirmed. 3pm and 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050. Jumble Sale 2pm. Contributions gratefully received, & may be left at the hall between 10am & mid-day on the Saturday morning. Clapton & Wayford Village Hall. Further information from Jackie (01460 72324) or Mary (01460 74849). Joey the Lips Gig, doors 7.30pm live music from 8pm (TBC) tickets £20, £22.50 on the door. The nation’s funkiest 10 piece band return to Seaton’s Gateway Theatre for one night only in 2023. Joey the Lips are a big funky outfit making a joyous sound in the true spirit of funk and soul – great entertainment! The 10 piece band originally formed in 1993 and hasn’t stood still since! Tickets from 01297 625699, www. thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm. Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 6.5 mile walk from Lambert’s Plantation. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. The New Elizabethan Singers will give the first public performance of new music by a local composer in their concert in January. The concert, at St. Swithun’s Church, Bridport starts at 7.00 pm. Tickets (£15, under 18’s free) can be obtained from Goadsby Estate Agents in Bridport and online at https://thenewelizabethansingers.org.uk. Bridport Seed Swap 10-12. Bridport Community Shed Bring your surplus seed to swap at this informal gathering of local gardeners or simply take those you’d like, in exchange for a donation to charity. For more info call Eileen 07879 280334. 29 January

East Devon Ramblers 10.00. A leisurely 7.5 mile walk. ‘An East Devon stroll’ Buckton farm, Mincombe wood. Tell 01395-577891. Singing Bowl Soundbath 2-4PM Oborne Village Hall DT9 4LA £15 Advance bookings 01935 389655 ahiahel@live.com. Allington Strings 3pm, All Saint’s Church, Merriott TA16 5PS Tickets £10 available from The Feed Station, Merriott or reserve via allingtonstrings@outlook.com. Dalwood Jazz Club Dave Newton and Craig Milverton “Dualling Pianos” The Southwest’s best known jazz pianists in concert. 3pm in Dalwood Village Hall EX13 7EG (near Axminster) Bar for beer/ wine/soft drinks and teas/coffees etc. Parking at the Village Hall. Ticket £12.50p Pay at the door. info: t.mackenney111@btinternet.com 07999 553477. East Devon Ramblers 10.00. ‘Up and down again’. A moderate 8.5 mile walk. Seaton seafront to Beer and Branscombe. Tell: 07886926636.

“Family Justice” A talk by Richard Bond, a former Circuit and Family Judge. 2.30pm at United Church Main Hall, East Street, Bridport. Golden Cap Association members £2, visitors £5. Contact 01308 459855. If you enjoy dancing and music and socialising, then join in with the Folk Dancers in the W.I.Hall, Bridport from 7.15 to 9.30 every Monday. Musicians welcome. Tea and coffee. ring 459001 for further details. Beginners welcome. Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Village Hall 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own mug. No partner required. Cost £2.00 Contact David on 01460 65981 ww.chardscottishdancingclub.org. 31 January

Scottish Country Dancing at Ashill Village Hall Nr Ilminster TA19 9LX every Tuesday evening 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Beginners, returners and dancers of all abilities are very welcome to come along and join us. Biscuits and hot drink at the interval. Please wear soft, flat, comfy shoes if possible. £3.00 per evening. Further information contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail. com. Beaminster Museum winter talk at 2.00pm, when Bob Machin is talking about the architecture and evolution of Dorset farmhouses. Many of the examples and historic photographs include sites within the museum catchment area. Entry £5.00. West Dorset Ramblers Moderate 5+ mile circular walk enjoying the Winter views around Hardy’s Monument. Contact 07952 717764.