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The best from West Dorset, South Somerset and East Devon No. 280 July 2022

COVER STORY Robin Mills met Diana Temperley at Burrow Hill, Somerset

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often wish I had talked to my mother and father more about their wartime lives. My father was in Burma, a major at 24, spying on the enemy, but managed to come home unaffected by the extreme dangers he’d experienced. My mother was also in the Army, based in Cheltenham, and seems to have had a great time riding a motorbike. We lived in Billericay which I remember as quite rural. I would peer through the doors of the shed on the farm next door which was full of old machinery, and there were goats out the back. We were only there about 5 years, then we moved nearer London, and I went to school in Stepney Green. That involved a train journey, which wasn’t great, and I remember smog, which thankfully seems a thing of the past.

We moved to Bath when I was 13, which I loved. My formative years were spent there, so I think of myself as coming from Bath. I enjoyed the freedom of being able to walk everywhere I wanted to go. I went to an all-girls’ school, then went to an art college in Birmingham, although I didn’t enjoy that much. Birmingham was too built up, and the course was mostly about design rather than the arts, which was perhaps what would have interested me more. I went to work in London for a year, then moved back to Bath.

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A friend of mine and I began making leather belts while I was still in London, then in Bath I started designing and making carpet bags. I would buy carpets with nice borders at auctions, and made the bags using the borders which were much less worn than the rest. I also made leather and suede coats for people, just working for myself. And I learned silversmithing, and weaving, so I was always busy making and crafting; I made silver rings which I sold at the Devon Guild, but mostly I sold to friends and acquaintances.

I was looking after a cottage at Butleigh, about half an hour from here, for a friend who had gone on a sailing trip. I was asked to a party, and it was there I met my husband Julian. That would have been 1974. For a couple of years we picked apples and made cider on an ancient press, then we got a better one, built in the 1930’s. We still have the original one in our shed, which had a huge metal spanner to turn the screw. It needed 3 or 4 strong people to operate it. After loading and pressing the juice out it had to be left overnight and pressed again in the morning, meaning we could only produce about 100 gallons of juice a day.

Nowadays, with a more up-to-date press we can squeeze juice all day and be picking at the same time.

Our farm has produced cider for about 200 years. We now use about 40 varieties of cider apple, the art and craft of cider making being mainly about the skilful blending of those varieties. Julian began planting trees here in 1975, which was when I had my first daughter, Alice. We have 2 more daughters, Mary and Matilda, and a son, Henry. I always helped when we were pressing apples, making the cheeses, which involves layering apple pulp with straw before the pressing takes place. I was often selling cider as well, so it could be tricky to look after and feed the baby at the same time. The day we took on our first worker, a boy aged 16, was a big moment. We have a brilliant team working here now.

We started making cider brandy in 1987, and sold our first bottle in 1991. A great friend who lived in France suggested when we visited him we should make it.

Using him as a translator, we bought our first mobile still in France, and brought it back. We now have two copper stills, both from northern France, called Fifi and Josephine, and have been perfecting the art

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often the way things just seem to happen to me. We would go for picnics on the moors on Sundays with the children, who just loved it, and I ended up buying quite a few carts. The kids all learned to ride and went to Pony Club, apart from my son Henry who said he wasn’t interested. The girls did reveal to me later how much they hated Pony Club, but they all had their own ponies. I’ve always kept a pony and still have a pony and cart; at the moment I’m looking forward to going out for a ride as I haven’t been out all winter.

Alice is our oldest daughter. She went to Art College, became a fashion designer, and now has her own shop © Diana Temperley Photograph by Robin Mills in Ilminster. Mary has 4 children, of distilling ever since. In the early days we makes and sells her own body creams had the labels designed by Elizabeth Frink, and lotions, and loves keeping her shop although I don’t think we quite realised how where she sells beautiful fabrics, bags, and famous she was. It was kind of her to do it, pottery. She made hand sanitiser during her design featuring a ram’s head. In those the pandemic using our own eau de vie, days we changed the label design every year, which sold really well, supplying hospital but it became too expensive so we don’t do staff with sanitiser for free. Our youngest it now. We never know how many bottles daughter Matilda, after a successful career we’re going to sell, but the different label as a photographer, is more or less running designs have made them collector’s items. the farm now, and has very recently had Artists have included Peter Blake, and her first baby. Our son Henry is a film James Lynch, who lives nearby. We now sell maker living in London. cider brandy in America, and Japan, as well I’ve always made things, from the early as all over the UK. days with the belts, bags, and jewellery, We have about 200 sheep on the farm, to making clothes for the girls, although mostly Lleyns. They are mainly kept as there were many years when making and lawn mowers for the orchards. Apart from selling cider took priority. About 5 years this year I’ve always been involved with ago I started making pottery, because lambing, which has just finished for this someone who was no longer using them year. We used to lamb in sheds, then we gave me a wheel and a kiln. I started going realised it might be easier outside simply to classes, and soon got hooked. I found because you don’t get mismothering. the fact that you never know what you’re Inside, if two or more ewes lamb close going to get when you open the kiln very together, the lambs can get muddled up exciting. I would also dearly like the time and nobody knows who belongs to whom. to do more painting, and I’ve done mosaic In a field they can lamb in isolation, which classes recently which I loved. is more natural, although they are more at At the moment I’m trying to fix the the mercy of bad weather. This year, after garden before we go to Glastonbury we had shorn the flock, the Wool Board Festival otherwise it’ll be a jungle when weren’t buying the wool, so we just had to we get back after a week. We’ve always dump it in a pile in the field which seemed gone, since the very start, and have always tragic. I don’t know what’s going to happen sold cider there. The children have always this year. I’ve also been spinning our own been with me, and will never miss a wool, which is nice to do on cold winter Glastonbury. It’s changed a lot over the evenings, although I’ve had terrible trouble years, so I wish I’d taken more photos, but with moths which has put me off a bit. it’s still enormous fun. I’ve also got a new As a child I’d learned to ride with my collie bitch I’m training to work with the father in Epping Forest. After I had sheep. She’s showing great potential, but my first daughter Alice I looked after a I’m always amazed at how much ability is friend’s horse, which I loved to ride. The already there. I love to be outside, doing horse was harness trained, so I bought a farm-type things. I go mad if I have to be gypsy caravan from someone else I know, indoors for long.

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The Sitting Spiritually Garden “The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” – Gertrude Jekyll

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et against the backdrop of the undulating hills of Dorset & Devon, you’ll find the Sitting Spiritually garden…

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UP FRONT In his audio interview with Seth Dellow (see marshwoodvale.com), Alex Toogood compares plants growing in a pot to how life and our environment can be limiting. Sometimes the pot becomes too small for the plant; it suffers from stress and can no longer thrive. Explaining how he came from being a civil engineer in London and the Middle East to living at Tinkers Bubble, a small off-grid community in Somerset, he talks about how he could see that stress was a major part of his working environment. He saw that those he worked with, already ten years ahead in career progression, were also stressed. This made him realise that living life, ‘as modernity has structured it’, often creates conditions that are not only detrimental to the wellbeing of individuals but also detrimental to the world around us.

Like many before him, he asked the question whether there could be another way. Now, after 18 months in Somerset, he thinks that Tinkers Bubble is at least one form of an answer. Small communities outside of mainstream society are often classed as ‘alternative’ and to an extent that is true, but over many years we have learned a great deal from alternative ways of living; most especially how to enhance our natural habitat and how biodiversity helps farmers bring valuable benefits. Citing ‘food security’ as the reason for its recent backtracking on calls for more farmland to be set over to rewilding, the government has been accused of missing the bigger picture. But opposing points of view are often too entrenched.

After a beautiful June weekend visiting inspiring wildflower meadows like Goren Farm near Stockland and Hooke Farm near Beaminster, where environmental author Julia Hailes revealed an extraordinary transformation of paddock and scrubland into an ambitious wildlife habitat, it’s easy to see why rewilding and wildflower projects have seen a huge growth in popularity in recent years. While the government’s change of heart, and perhaps unavoidable change of focus, has reignited vociferous debate on the use of farmland, perhaps an ‘alternative’ solution would be to find ways to achieve both goals; food security and biodiversity. It doesn’t have to be either-or.

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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Trades descriptions act 1968. It is a criminal offence for anyone in the course of a trade or business to falsely describe goods they are offering. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. The legislation requires that items offered for sale by private vendors must be ‘as described’. Failure to observe this requirement may allow the purchaser to sue for damages.

Road Traffic Act. It is a criminal offence for anyone to sell a motor vehicle for use on the highway which is unroadworthy.

July

EVENTS AND COURSES 24 - 26 June

Open Garden in aid of Axminster Hospital League of Friends Home Nursing Service. Garden is about one and a half acres, recently opened for the NGS, with many unusual trees, 230 roses, alpine house, scented leaf pelargonium collection, succulent collection, vegetable garden, small orchard, etc. Refreshments include delicious home made cakes. Plants, cards and fretwork stalls.

Dogs on leads welcome. 1 pm - 5 pm. £5, under 12s free. Socks Orchard, Smallridge, Axminster EX13 7JN Tel: 07960 191847.

25 June

Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Thorncombe Wood. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.

Axminster Heritage Centre Table Top Sale Axminster Heritage Centre Silver Street Axminster EX135AH 9.30am -1200pm. Hire of Table £5.00. To hire table please phone AHC on 01297 639884 or more information contact Shelagh Beak. 01404 881760.

Norton Show Safari 2022 4 Shows and a Stroll from 1:45pm.

HamstoneLIVE has booked another 4 high quality performances from professional Somerset performers for you to enjoy while taking a stroll around Norton Sub Hamdon. 1). Tor Theatre – Amelia Braveheart, inspired by Amelia Earhart, the aviation pioneer.

2). Jack & Jordon – a chaotic journey through the minds of two actors, nay, artists. 3). Bluebirds Theatre – The Popera House presents a quality musical show. 4). Out of the Forest Theatre – A dynamic piece from a local company (which means they haven’t told us everything yet). Numbers are limited; all shows are outdoors.

Tickets are £10, available at the Village Shop from 30th May 2022 and online. Suitable for all ages. Call John Bailey on 01935 881227 if any queries, or check out HamstoneLIVE on Facebook.

25 - 26 June

Open Weekend at The Round Barrow A unique, stunning and exceptional creation offering an amazingly serene and beautiful permanent resting place for ashes. Niches may be chosen for immediate use or secured ready for the future. Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe DT2 0QN. 01935 891245. office@ highergroundmeadow.co.uk.

26 June

Singing Bowl Soundbath quieten the mind calm the emotions relax and detox the body 2-4PM Oborne Village Hall £15 advance bookings only 01935 389655 ahiahel@live.com.

Friends of Lodmoor Country Park Table Top Sale Trail, dozens of households selling their goods from their driveways in the Lodmoor area of Weymouth, DT4 7 RG. 10-2.30. A sociable fundraising event, proceeds to enhance park facilities. O1305 750557 dinah.ellis@btinternet.com.

Table Top Sale Trail Dozens of table sales in driveways in the Lodmoor area of Weymouth. Fundraising for the Friends of Lodmoor Country Park to maintain and develop the Park amenities.

A fun day out for families to pick up a bargain HQ in Beaumont Avenue, DT4 7RG 01305 750557 dinah.ellis@btinternet.com.

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26 June - 3 July

Beaminster Festival An explosion of high quality music, theatre, art and literature to suit all tastes and ages. Full programme available at www.beaminsterfestival.com.

28 June

West Dorset Ramblers moderate 9 mile walk past another Old Rectory to Ibberton Hill. Contact 07826 150114.

Scottish Country dancing in Ashill. Every Tuesday at Ashill village hall TA19 9LX from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Why not come along and join us? All welcome including beginners and you don’t need a partner.

For more information contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail.com.

‘Bridport & District U3A present a talk by Kevin Patience ‘Send a Gunboat’ Bridport United Reform Church Hall in East Street.

2pm free to members £2 charge for non-members. Please see the Bridport U3A website for further information bridportu3a.org.uk.

29 June

Summer concert at 7-30p.m. by West Dorset Community Orchestra and Local Vocals Community Choir in St.John’s Church,West Bay. Free admission with retiring collection.

Refreshments and raffle. More details 01308 456297.

Upholstery class at Dalwood village Hall - 9.30am – 3.30pm, coffee & tea included, bring own lunch, not for profit class, Tutor Laura Anderson - booking 07789 514269 or 07748 9821345 Bridport Scottish Dancers will be meeting at 7.30 for an evening of social dancing led by Elizabeth Beckinsale of the Somerset RSCDS. 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 tea/coffee & squash.

Contact Malcolm on 07790 323343 or email johnstonealison@ hotmail.com for more information.

30 June

West Dorset Ramblers Moderate 7.5 mile Symondsbury Walk.

Contact 07891 087195.

1 July

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School presents Vanity Fair Set in the early 1980s New Romantics scene of London, follow wannabe ‘It Girl’ Becky Sharp and her sweet-natured friend, Amelia Sedley, as they scale the heady heights of society. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

‘Lancaster’ (PG) documentary screening at 7.30pm, doors 6.30pm, Picnic night. Tickets £7. The story of the iconic WW2 bomber told through the words of the last surviving crew members, re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial footage of the RAF’s last airworthy Lancaster.

Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm East Devon Ramblers 4.5 mile leisurely walk from Upottery. Tel: 07979-263043.

2 July

Bridport – St Vaast La Hougue Twinning Association are hosting a fun day 10am to 3pm in Bucky-Doo-Square Bridport.

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EVENTS AND COURSES There will be live music from three bands, Lyme Morris Men, Cake, Brick-a-Brack and information stalls, and a French military jeep on display. Free event, but donations towards association funds if desired. Conact Jonothan Bourbon 01308 424160 for more info.

Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7.5 mile walk from Symondsbury. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.

The Friends of Weymouth Library (Fowl) are hosting a talk by Alistair Chisholm, Dorchester’s town crier at 10.30am. This will be held in Weymouth Library in support of the library’s events and activities. Booking is essential. Please contact Weymouth Library on 01305 762410 or email weymouthlibrary@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

2 - 3 July

Garden open in aid of Hospiscare: Prospect House, Lyme Road, Axminster EX13 5BH, from 1.30 to 5pm. Admission £5, teas & cake available, plant stall, jazz band and Pimms bar.

3 July

Modern Jive (Leroc) Social Dance and Ice Breaker class 2-5pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Bridport. £7 per person -Hosted by Dynamic Dance www.dynamic-dance.uk.

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East Devon Ramblers 8 miles leisurely walk from Charmouth Tel: 01297-443836.

4 July

Bridport Folk Dance Club Like folk music and dancing, gentle exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I. Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15 to 9.30pm. All welcome, especially beginners. Tel: 458165 or 459001 for more information.

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!

5 July

Summer evening organ recital by David Halls Director of Music, Salisbury Cathedral. Lyme Regis Parish Church (St Michael the Archangel) at 7.30pm. Tickets £12 on the door (cash & card accepted). Organised by the South Wessex Organ Society.

6 July

Sea Shanty Sessions Marine Theatre Lyme Regis. Devon Shanty men, The Chantry Buoys, perform an informal shanty singalong, with other well known songs, and maritime frolics. A free event, The

Buoys start at 7.30pm. Join them for a fun evening, all monies raised go to local charities. Come along and have a good sing!! Tel. 07761 469676.

East Devon Ramblers 6 miles west leisurely walk. Sidford. Tel: 01395-513974.

7 July

Tatworth Flower Club demonstrator is Rosemary Kerr, ‘These Boots are made for Walking’. Doors open at 1.30pm and all are welcome. Visitors £6 at the Tatworth Memorial Hall, TA20 2QW, details Julie Kettle 01934 248536.

St. Swithun’s, Allington Bridport Community Coffee Morning 10.45 - 11.45am Fresh Coffee and cakes All welcome.

8 July

Cinechard at Holyrood Academy. 7.30pm, doors at 7pm. The Duke (12A). This is a quirky little British film set in 1961 starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Tickets in advance are £5 and £2.50 from Eleos, the PO and Barron’s or ticketsource/cinechard; or £6 and £3 on the door. Tiered seating, plenty of parking, refreshments.

The Ile Valley Flower Club who meet in Broadway Village Hall close to Ilminster Welcome visitors. Nicky Heal from Bridgewater demonstrates a title Summer Inspiration Doors open 1. PM for a 2.

PM start. Visitors welcome £6 entrance.

East Devon Ramblers 5 miles moderate walk. Luppit . Tel: 07719943333 What do we really know about the Iron Age Hillforts around Lyme Regis? There are a number of Iron Age Hillforts within a 15 mile radius of Lyme Regis, including Lambert’s Castle, Coney’s Castle, Musbury Castle and Pilsdon Pen, and larger and more imposing structures like Maiden Castle, Woodbury Castle and Hambledon Hill further afield. Built around 2,500 years ago, they have been investigated and theorized about by antiquarians and archaeologists over the past 300 years. This talk to Lyme Regis u3a will examine how these investigations and analyses have informed, and in some cases transformed, our understanding of the purpose, construction and use of these sites. The speaker, Maggie Davidson, set up the Lyme Regis u3a Archaeology Group in 2020 which has been researching and visiting these hillforts since then. With a diploma in Archaeology and having participated in excavations in the UK and Bolivia, Maggie has a passion for prehistoric and landscape archaeology. For membership details, please see www. lymeregisu3a.org. Non members welcome for a donation of £2. At 11am at Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis.

8 - 10 July

Jurassic Fields Music Festival is making its return this year to Asker Meadows in Bridport. This year’s headliners are The Pigeon Detectives headlining on Friday night, Mad Dog Mcrea Saturday night and the iconic Scouting for Girls on Sunday Night. Asker Meadow, Sea Road, Bridport, DT6 4SB. Full details from www. jurassicfields.com.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (12A) Gala weekend. Friday Gala night, tickets £12 to include glass of fizz and canape 7.30pm, doors 6.30pm: Saturday night Picnic night £7, 7.30pm, doors 6.30pm, Sunday matinee £7, 3pm, doors 2pm. After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test

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EVENTS AND COURSES pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

9 July

The Sheldon Singers Summer Concert – Poulenc Gloria, Hummel Mass in Bb, with Quartet Exe and Andrew Millington, organ. At 7.30pm, St. Paul’s Church, Honiton. Tickets £12: contact 07726 354172 or on the door.

Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 8 mile walk from Moonfleet Manor. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.

Jurassic World: Dominion (12A) Experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. The future of mankind hangs in the balance as humans and dinosaurs coexist following the destruction of Isla Nublar. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Summer Flower and Produce Fair. 1-5pm, Uplyme Village Hall and King George V Playing Fields. Adults £2.50, 16 and under free. See www.ulrhs. wordpress.com for schedule, programme and entry forms.

10 July

Garden open for the N.G.S. at Broomhill, Rampisham, DT2 0PT. 2-5pm. Glorious 2 acre garden, extensive herbaceous borders planted for colour and bees. Lawns leading to a less formal area with a large wildlife pond and a small meadow, the garden also has productive vegetable garden and an orchard. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome, wheel chair access. Delicious homemade teas and quality plants for sale.

Pottery Open Day and Talk 11am - 5pm demonstrations, original trials, discontinued designs & Jess’s delicious free refreshments.

Richard Dennis will be giving a talk in the library on the story of Children’s China 1790 - 1990, please let us know numbers if you would like to come to the talk. email on info@dennischinaworks. com or phone on 07973 310 734. Shepton House, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster TA19 0JT.

11 July

Bridport Folk Dance Club If you like exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I. Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15 to 9.30 pm.

All welcome, especially beginner. Tel: 458165 or 459001 for more information. Steve and Jane Cunio are calling and providing the music.

A talk by Ian Piper concerning Blood Bikes 2 p.m. Dorchester Townswomen’s Guild, Dorchester Community Church, Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester DT1 3DF. Visitors welcome £2.50.

Enquiries 01305 832857.

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. Also 18th and 25th. www.dynamic-dance.uk.

West Dorset Flower Club will be holding a demonstration by Allison Finch entitled “What a Sweetie”. This will take place at the

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WI Hall in North Street, Bridport at 2,30 pm. Visitors welcome, entrance £5. Further details 01308 456339.

11 - 15 July

Creativity For Life (Level 1) intensive 5 day course - The Chapel in the Garden, Bridport. 9.30am - 4.00pm. ‘Serious play’ with art materials & group discussions. Small closed group. Successful course at London’s Central St. Martins’ College for 25+ years.

Suitable for artists & designers as well as beginners wanting to explore + develop creativity and self-expression further. Great if you are looking to find or change creative direction, feeling creatively stuck etc. Fun and challenging. Contact Mary Caddick (MA DipAT) asap to discuss the course & to book a place 07557 275275. email m.caddick@gmx.net

13 July

Guardians of Martock Church Concert The Yeovilton Military Wives Choir. The Choir, formed in September 2012, is part of the Military Wives Choirs Network. They perform a variety of songs across many genres and reflect the ethos of service life. An excellent opportunity to see a first-class choir. Martock Church; TA12 6JL 7:30pm. Tickets: £12 or £10 at 07790 225357/Martock Gallery/ Martock Newsagent Website:www.martockonline.co.uk/ events https://www.yeoviltonmilitarywiveschoir.com.

The changing face of Loders 7.30 pm a look at buildings, utilities, agriculture, fauna and flora entrance £3 Loders village hall contact bogle.2@outlook.com.

East Devon Ramblers 9.5 moderate miles walk. Castle Neroche.

Tel: 07812-433184.

House of Gucci (15) Kilmington Community Cinema will be screening at the Village Hall (EX13 7RF). “Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.” Doors open 6.45 film starts 7.15. Matinee on Thursday 14th afternoon doors open 1.45pm film starts 2pm advance booking required for this matinee, limited seating, cream teas (£3) available if booked with the ticket reservation. Tickets can be pre-booked by email: wattsjohn307@gmail.com or Tel: 01297 639758 see www.kilmingtonvillage.com/other-organisations.html for more information.

14 July

Crewkerne Gardening Club is pleased to host a talk by Claire Hart on “Growing to show”, how to get the edge for the show events! This will take place in the Henhayes Centre at 7.30pm and refreshments are provided. Visitors are very welcome, entry is £2.50 for non members. Contact- Rosemary Prince on 01460 74290.

15 July

The Duke at 7.30pm Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11 0JX. Doors and bar open 7.00. Tickets cost £5, which includes a drink or an ice-cream. This months movie is the portrayal of a true story about a grand theft from the National Gallery in London. Jim Broadbent stars in this charming, understated and completely enjoyable frolic about how ordinary people can do extraordinary things; his performance is exactly how

we want to see a quirky chap behave. His comic timing is flawless.

Helen Mirren has less to do, but she does it brilliantly. One critic writes ‘The acting is world-class and Oscar-worthy portraying endearingly eccentric characters who sustain an enduring, but slightly demented, relationship. The result is delightful, moving, and richly satisfying.’

Bumnote presents Armageddon Attenborough! A lo-fi comedy musical about the apocalypse, people, and what it means to survive.

Join us as we unravel a story that begins near the end. A story filled with dread, hope and annoyingly catchy tunes. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

‘The Road Dance’ (15) screening, 7.30pm, doors 6.30pm, tickets £7, Picnic night. Kirsty Mcleod, is a young woman, coming of age in a small island community in the years before WW1. Tragedy strikes twice, once at a village party and once again when her boyfriend is sent to war. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton. co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

Imagining our Festival A small-scale event that will lead into 2023’s Festival of Imagination with the theme of ‘Our Environment’. 10am Guided walk through Honiton’s green spaces (from Beehive carpark) and return for coffee & chat.12pm-1.30pm Q&A with Devon’s Climate Change Officer ‘How we can help the planet in small steps?’ 11am-3pm Drop-in Art sessions with Isgard Wild. 2pm -3.15pm Creative writing workshop for aspiring writers with poet/dramatist Chris White (Please book). The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050 Ninebarrow Folk Music duo, 7.30pm, St Andrew’s Church Colyton EX24 6JS, tickets £16 in advance, enquiries 01297 551400 www. ninebarrow.co.uk/colyton.

St. Swithun’s, Allington Bridport Patronal Festival in the Church garden 2.30 – 4.30pm Cream Tea, St. Swithun’s band, ‘Bring & Buy’ and a raffle Free entry and parking All welcome.

Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 6 mile walk from Beckford. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.

Yandles Summer Handmade Craft Market 10am - 4pm. Free parking. Special offers. Yandles & Son Ltd, Hurst Works, Hurst, Martock, Somerset TA12 6JU. Tel. 01935 822571 or email crafts@ yandles.co.uk.

‘Phantom of the Open’ (12A) screening, 7.30pm, doors 6.30pm, tickets £7. Picnic night. A heart-warming British comedy starring Ocar Winner Mark Rylance, the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the worst golfer to ever play the British Open. Tickets 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue-Thur 10am - 1pm.

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East Devon Ramblers 8 miles moderate walk. Branscombe Tel: 01404-44367 Bridport Folk Dance Club If you like exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I. Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15 to 9.30pm.

All welcome, especially beginners. Tel:458165 or 459001 for more information.

19 July

Barrington Gardening Club Somerset ‘No Dig’ gardening with Charles Dowding. 7.30pm, Barrington village Hall. Ticketed event Members Free – Visitors £5 contact bdgstreasurer@gmail.com

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EVENTS AND COURSES 20 July

The Beehive Folk Café Hosted by Sue King. Perform or listen in the Beehive bar. Free entry. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www. beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050

Until 21 July

Curated exhibition An assemblage of Beaminster artistic talent woven into and around the nature of music, but also around the idea that there is music within nature itself... It is the need to make known the fact that our little town is brimming with unique flairs of genius and that when we come together, we make a music all of our own. This exhibition is alive with colour and rhythm and beauty, but don’t take our word for it, come and steep yourselves in it and walk out inspired. All the work is for sale. Prices range from very affordable to a little more expensive. Beaminster Museum as part of Beaminster Festival. Daily 2.00 – 4.30, thereafter normal museum days and times. Free entry.

21 July

Bridport & District gardening club monthly meeting is on Thursday July 21st.at 7.30pm at the W I Hall North Street Bridport.

Are you planning to enter the Summer show on Saturday September 3rd? This meeting is your chance to hear stories, hints and tips from a panel of show judges.The panel is Monique Pasche, the club president, a cookery and handicraft judge. Peter Yates, a horticulture judge of flowers, plants and vegetables. Sue Baker, chairman of the West Dorset flower club and a flower arranging judge. The meeting is open to non members for a fee of £2.00 and further information about the club can be found on www.bridportgardeningclub.co.uk.

National Theatre Live present ‘Prima Facie’ (15) screening, 7pm, doors 6.30pm, tickets £13.50. Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play. Contains sensitive subject matter. This is a recording of a live performance. Tickets from 01297 625699, www. thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (12A) starring Jodie Comer.

A young, brilliant barrister who loves to win comes face to face with unexpected forces when the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge. 7pm The Beehive Honiton www. beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

21 - 27 July

Art Exhibition @The Bomb Shelter, Lower Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3EG. Daily 10am - 4pm - Sunday 11am - 3pm. An eclectic mix of acrylic and watercolour. Contact - eupchurch22@yahoo. co.uk.

22 July

The Duke an Ealing style British Comedy starring Helen Mirren and Jim, Broadbent, will be shown by T & F Movies in Tatworth Memorial Hall. It is based on the real life theft of a Goya masterpiece from the National Gallery, by a man who hoped to use it to blackmail the Macmillan government, into giving pensioners a free TV licence. The doors will open at 7.00pm and the film will start at 7.30pm. There will be the usual bar and raffle and the entry charge is £5.

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Good luck to you, Leo Grande (15) Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson), a retired schoolteacher and widow, is yearning for some adventure, some human connection, and some sex. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

East Devon Ramblers 6 miles moderate walk. Otterton. Tel: 07780-638350.

‘Give It Rice’ documentary screening, 8pm. doors 7pm,donations.

This documentary is about Carnival Clubs competing in Europe’s biggest illuminated carnival in Bridgwater. This is a film about hope, dedication and the fundamental human need: togetherness. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue Thur 10am - 1pm.

22 - 24 July

Bridport Folk Festival Concerts, outdoor stages, morris dancers, social dancing, a ceilidh, Euro dancing, workshops, sessions, storytelling, stalls, and street food. 22nd - 24th July in Bridport Town, set around Millennium Green and the town of Bridport.

23 July

Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7 mile walk from Osmington. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340.

‘Shipwreck Sam:Return to Dead Ghost Island’, live theatre, 3pm,doors 2.30pm tickets £8 and £6. As part of Natural Seaton Festival, award winning Boo to a Goose Theatre present their latest exciting, highly interactive show with puppetry, singing, dancing and lots of fun. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton. co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

On the Saturday of the Folk Festival w/end, Bridport Folk Dance club are holding an open day in the W.I. Hall from 10.00 till 4.00pm. Come in to meet the club members, join in the dances, listen to the music, enjoy tea and biscuits. All welcome including children. Free entry. Tel; 459001 for details.

Wambrook Flower Show at 2.30pm, The Tithe Barn, Cotley, TA20 3EP, near Chard. Doors open at 2.30pm. Entry by donation to our chosen charities. Mitch Hiller will be entertaining us on the keyboard. In addition to the Flower Sow there will be a grand raffle, tombola, stalls,teas and cakes and games for the children.

Flower Show schedules are available from: The Cotley Inn, Combe Dingle Nursery. Barleymow’s and Floweringi flower shop or download a copy at www.wambrookparishchurch.com.

Art lecture for Ukraine 2pm - 3.30pm Art that has a political dimension, starting with the mid 19c photographs of Roger Fenton, Goya, political satire from James Gilray, Dada photomontage by John Heartfield, Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Rego, Picasso’s Guernica, Jeremy Deller, Barbara Kruger, Richard Hamilton,’ Itsy and Sot’, Banksy, Goldsmiths ‘Forensic Architecture’, Ai Wei Wei, Gerhard Richter and Peter Kennard. A fund-raiser for Ukraine. The lecture will include paintings, sculpture, performance installation, and mural and graffiti art. Lecturer is Pam Simpson MA. Pam is Associate Lecturer at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts and teaches Art History in Bridport and on line, where she runs weekly courses. Venue: United Church Hall East Street Bridport, at the rear of the church. Fee is £10 per person, All proceeds equally

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EVENTS AND COURSES to Mйdecins Sans Frontiиres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Disaster Emergency Committee for Ukraine and UNICEF Ukraine appeals. ***The same lecture will also take place on line, Saturday 30th July 2pm, via Zoom. To book please email Pam on chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com or telephone 01300 321715.

24 July

Dalwood Jazz Zoe Lambeth’s “Vintage Jazz Collective” (jazz & swing from the 20s & 30s). 3pm (Sunday) Dalwood Village Hall near Axminster EX13 7EG. Zoe on sax, clarinet & vocals, Steve Dow - guitar & vocals, Martin Jenkins - piano, Jim Rintoul - bass & Gary Evans - drums. Bar for wine/beer/soft drinks and teas & coffees etc. Parking at the Village Hall. Tickets £12.50p t.mackenney111@btinternet.com 07999 553477.

25 July

Bridport Folk Dance Club30 If you like exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I. Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15 to .

9.30pm. All welcome, especially beginners. Tel: 458165 or 459001 for more information.

25 - 29 July

Creativity For Life (level 2) intensive 5 day course - The Chapel in the Garden, Bridport. 9.30am - 4.00pm. ‘Serious play’ with art materials combined with group discussions, enquiry and reflective practice. While level 1 develops and establishes a way of working, level 2 builds on this and the workshops are more influenced by the participants’ interests, feedback and requests. Participants become more creatively independent with each course level. Small closed group. Suitable only if you have attended Creativity for Life course part 1 (formerly: Creative Process and self-expression) in Bridport or London. Contact Mary Caddick to discuss the course & to book a place. 07557 275275 mfcaddick22@gmail.com

26 July

Bridport U3A Annual General Meeting & Talk Following the AGM the talk, entitled ‘Living on the Jurassic Coast - Celebrating 20 years of Natural World Heritage Status,’ will be given by Vincent Sheppard, Chairman. Vincent is a qualified geoscientist whose professional interest in the subsurface has spanned over 35 years.

He is a Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassador and regularly gives talks and guided tours of the Jurassic Coast. Why is it such a unique coastline? Vincent will explain how the evolution of life on our planet can be read in the rocks and fossil record from Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rock in West Dorset. The AGM, which will start promptly at 2pm, is expected to take no longer than 30 minutes. Vincent’s talk will last for one hour, followed by a question and answer session, and then refreshments. The venue is the Bridport United Church Hall in Bridport and entry is free to both members and visitors. Please see the Bridport U3A website: bridportu3a.org.uk for further information.’

27 July

Colyton and District Garden Society 30th Anniversary Talk. We are delighted to welcome Toby Buckland, gardener, TV presenter and author, to talk on ‘Abundance - grow a feast from your garden

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and make your garden a feast for your eyes’. Ticket holders only.

7.30pm, Colyford Memorial Hall. For information Sue Price 01297 552362.

Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society talk and display for RNLI Week 7.30pm, Uplyme Village Hall. Birds of Prey by Xtreme Falconry. Tickets £4 from Lyme Regis Lifeboat Shop or call Brian Cursley 07831 533580.

Bridport Scottish Dancers will meet for an evening of social dancing led by Liz Beckinsale of the Somerset RSCDS at 7.30.

Venue: Church House, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN. All welcome, no partner required but please wear soft shoes. Cost: £2.00 which includes tea/coffee & squash. Contact Malcolm on 07790 323343. Check out bridportscottishdancers online.

Dalwood Coffee Concert Tony Roberts (well-known saxophonist and flautist) and Richard Llewelyn (guitar) will give a half hour concert in Dalwood, Near Axminster EX13 7EG at 10.30am (Wednesday) in St. Peter’s Church. Free admission and coffee etc. Retiring collection for local cancer charity FORCE. t.mackenney111@btinternet.com 07999 553477.

28 July

Nostalgic Cinema: The Sting (PG) 1973 film. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. A dementia-friendly screening with subtitles. 2 pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

29 July

Elvis (12A) The epic, big-screen spectacle from visionary, Oscarnominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann that explores the life and music of Elvis Presley, starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks. 7.30pm The Beehive Honiton www.beehivehoniton.co.uk 01404 384050.

‘Lightyear’ (PG) screening, 7pm, doors 6pm, tickets £7, Family Picnic Night. Lightyear is an animated fantasy adventure in which Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear attempts to rescue his friends marooned on a remote planet, whilst also battling a threat to the entire Universe. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton. co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

30 July

Powerstock Country Fete 2.00pm All the fun of the fete set in glorious West Dorset countryside, the Weirfield at Nettlecombe, nestling in the shade of Eggardon Hill. Fete to be opened by Adam from the Archers, then there’s Punch and Judy, Johnnie Boden’s Bucking Bronco, live music from Durnovaria Band, great food and drink including Nick Poole’s prize winning cider, games, stalls, bargains, craft demonstrations, posh stuff at the silent auction, old machinery, Grand Draw with some superb prizes, ferocious Tug of War. Extensive free parking, bus for disabled from car park to fete – and back. Entrance adults £2, children free. Address DT6 3ST. See us on Facebook.

Spandau Too tribute band gig, doors 7.30pm.Tickets £19.

Spandau Too brings you a glittering evening of the greatest Spandau Ballet hits from the last 40 years. In a stunning tribute to one of the finest pop bands in the world from the 1980s, enjoy their musicianship and soundscape during this cabaret-style two and a

half hour show. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton. co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

Art lecture for Ukraine 2pm-3.30pm. Art that has a political dimension, starting with the mid 19c photographs of Roger Fenton, Goya, political satire from James Gilray, Dada photomontage by John Heartfield, Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Rego, Picasso’s Guernica, Jeremy Deller, Barbara Kruger, Richard Hamilton,’ Itsy and Sot’, Banksy, Goldsmiths ‘Forensic Architecture’, Ai Wei Wei, Gerhard Richter and Peter Kennard. A fund raiser for Ukraine. The lecture will include paintings, sculpture, performance installation, and mural and graffiti art. Lecturer is Pam Simpson MA. Pam is Associate Lecturer at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts and teaches Art History in Bridport where she runs weekly courses.

Fee is £10 per person, All proceeds equally to Mйdecins Sans Frontiиres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Disaster Emergency Committee for Ukraine and UNICEF Ukraine appeals.

To book please email Pam on chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com or telephone 01300 321715. Pam will send you the Zoom link, so you can join the lecture on line,

30 - 31 July

Yeovil Railway Centre Yeovil Junction, Stoford BA22 9UU: Twoday Train & Tractor weekend, also with Land Rovers and stationary engines. 01935 410420 for recorded information; visit www. yeovilrailway.freeservers.com; or find us on Facebook.’

31 July

“Music in the Garden”, The Speedwell Hall, Abbey Street, Crewkerne. A wide variety of singers and musicians playing an afternoon concert in the beautiful Speedwell garden. Light refreshments available. (Seating is limited so own chairs and blankets

welcome.) Doors open 1:30pm; performance - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Tickets £5 adults, children under 16 free. Tickets from The Green Dragon Bookshop, George Precinct, Crewkerne, 01460 279814.

Dorchester Repair cafe Bradford Peverell Village Hall 10-12pm Bring your broken items and we will see if our volunteer repairers can get them working again. From lamps to broken zips, phones to teddybears, we can deal with a diverse range of objects. Don’t send them to landfill, bring them to us, and have a cup of coffee and cake and hopefully a chat whilst you do. Or just drop by to see what we get up to. Volunteers always needed. Contact: repaircafedorchester@ gmail.com.

East Devon Ramblers 10 miles moderate. Beaminster Tel: 01395579607.

Portesham Arts Club presents The Great Baldini at Portesham Village Hall, Malthouse Meadow, DT3 4EU. Children’s Magic Show at 3.30 p.m. Tickets £5 (£8 grown-ups).Hilarious interactive magic for children under 10 and families. Magical Cabaret 7.30-9.30 p.m.

Tickets £12 (£6 under 18s). A fantastic night of magic, comedy and fun. Bar and refreshments available. Tickets: Call 01305 871035 or email: ajl.s49@icloud.com.

Horn Park Quarry National Nature Reserve Open Day 10.00am to 3.45pm. Rarely open to the public, this site houses an important collection of Jurassic ammonites. Located between Beaminster and Broadwindsor, in Horn Park Business Park, there will be guided talks, displays, children’s activities. Timed slots must be booked in advance via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horn-parkquarry-open-day-2022-tickets-365644762327. Please see Beaminster Museum website for full details, parking, safety information, weather advice www.beaminstermuseum.co.uk. In association with Natural England and Jurassic Coast Trust. Free entry.

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LYME REGIS Morris dance for Heartbeat

Lyme Morris have donated £500 to Lyme Heartbeat, money which was collected during performances over the last 12 months.

The donation will help with the ongoing maintenance costs of the 10 public access defibrillators Lyme Heartbeat look after in and around Lyme Regis. The donation was presented to Lyme Heartbeat coordinators Rob & Karen James by Lyme Morris Squire Peter Morton during Lyme Morris’ first performance of the season outside The Harbour Inn. Rob James gave a brief presentation on how defibrillators can help save lives in the event of a cardiac arrest.

A further £48 for Lyme Heartbeat was collected on the night.

EAST DEVON Free energy improvements

Lower-income householders across Devon and Torbay have been invited to apply for free energy efficiency improvements to their homes. Members of the public can check their eligibility and apply through the Cosy Devon website. The scheme is being delivered by the Cosy Devon partnership which consists of Devon County Council (DCC), East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge and Torridge District Councils, Torbay Council, West Devon Borough Council, Exeter City Council and Plymouth City Council.

It follows the partnership securing nearly £10m of government funding. Visit https://www.cosydevon.com for eligibility.

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BRIDPORT Museum Director steps down

After over eleven years at the head of Bridport Museum, director Emily Hicks has announced that she will be stepping down at the end of June. Announcing her resignation as she moves to a new position with Libraries Unlimited in Devon, Ms Hicks described her time at the museum as ‘an absolute gift of a job’ and said ‘It’s been a privilege to lead the Museum since late 2010.’ Chair of Trustees Karen Hunt said: ‘We owe Emily a huge amount for the way she has transformed the Museum over the past eleven years.

Securing the funding for and overseeing the redevelopment of the galleries has really brought the collections back to life. We wish her all the very best for the future.’

WEYMOUTH Golf club funds ICU room

Weymouth Golf Club members have funded a new waiting and visitors’ room in the Intensive Care Unit at Dorset County Hospital. After seeing the existing waiting area in the ICU, the then new Ladies’ Captain, Sue Stroudley, felt the visitors’ facilities could be improved. After selecting Dorset County Hospital as her charity of the year, Sue was delighted when the Weymouth Golf Club Captain, Frank Martin, agreed to support the Hospital during the same year, significantly increasing the fundraising potential. Sue led the fundraising activities at the Golf Club during 2019/20 and the total amount raised by the whole club was £3,859.97.

DORSET Miscarriage of justice and PTSD

Described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history many sub-postmasters and mistresses are still suffering after being falsely accused of inappropriate use of funds by the Post Office in 2009. More than 700 sub-postmasters and mistresses, including Tracey Merritt who worked in Yestminster and Chetnole, were prosecuted after faulty accounting software made it appear that money was missing from their branches. Tracey now suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Speaking to the BBC she said that when a doctor suggested she was suffering from PTSD she thought it couldn’t be that as she hadn’t been to war. A public enquiry is still underway.

Tinkers Bubble moving beyond self-sufficiency

‘The world doesn’t need more pockets of people doing things separately’, remarks Alex Toogood, a resident at Tinkers Bubble. Since 1994, the off-grid community has been located on the southern slopes of Ham Hill in South Somerset with the intention of working forty acres of land without using fossil fuels. In the following twenty-eight years, much has changed visually and philosophically.

Residents have come and gone, as the seasons continue to shape them and their environment. A community of seven currently reside at the settlement, all individually motivated to participate in the dynamic living system at Tinkers Bubble. Residents spend their time producing food, maintaining their self-build settlement, managing a small-scale steam and horse-powered sustainable forestry business, and producing apple juice and cider for sale. In an exclusive audio interview, available on the Marshwood Vale Magazine website, Seth Dellow spoke with two of the current residents, Alex and Meg and gives us a flavour of the interview here.

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ENTERING Tinkers Bubble is reminiscent of returning to a pre-Industrial Revolution era. There is a noticeable, and intentional, absence of mechanisation, intensification, and commercialisation. Spending my morning alongside Meg Willoughby weeding extensive beds ready for the next crop of carrots with only a garden fork epitomises this. Additionally, I interviewed Alex Toogood in his one room, round-wood, straw-bale house, which he has recently amended with timber from the surrounding woodland.

While working as a civil engineer in London and the Middle East, Alex, a resident of the Bubble for more than 18 months, recognised that the system he was in was broken. ‘I remember being quite stressed in London and… finding the city difficult and finding work difficult, but not knowing why’, he recalls. The commercial and corporate nature of the company he was working for was at odds with fundamental wellbeing, to the extent that ‘I felt that as stress and overwork and too much responsibility’. Alex

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left his job, spending a year volunteering, hitchhiking and wild camping across Europe before returning to the UK. Reflecting on his arrival at the Bubble, he admits that ‘here is where I can try and participate in a world that is healthier and knows it has more connection in it’. Alex cites the high volume of requests from people at that ‘stuck place’ to join the Bubble to demonstrate how the structure of modern life is detrimental to wellbeing. Therefore, in his eyes, Tinkers Bubble ‘is an attempt to come up with one form of an answer to that dynamic, that paradox’.

For Alex, participating in the Bubble forces him to confront the framings of the modern West. He observes how he’s ‘grown up in a world that’s taught me that my comfort and convenience is the most important thing… that’s the framing we’ve grown up with and here isn’t about that, and really life isn’t about that’. To him, the very vibrancy and dynamism of the natural world illustrates this falsity. Additionally, Alex identifies how the horticultural

and hospitable pressures of living at the Bubble require being recalibrated ‘so we can be more well’. Yet, the widespread absence of this recalibration being rolemodelled is problematic. ‘When I look at… politicians or celebrities or often leaders of groups, those behaviours aren’t often what’s there’. But, he adds, ‘when it comes to our personality and how we’re showing up in the world, we don’t know what we need to be an effective person tomorrow. It’s a whole different way of learning and growing’.

Addressing the problems of the Bubble itself also concerns Alex. ‘I’ve seen how, I think this project and others like it have come from a place as self-sufficiency being a buzzword… and for me, that’s part of the problem’. He advocates a move away from this in favour of learning how to have a healthy, connected, and generous relationship with the world; local volunteer afternoons at the Bubble are one of the ways Meg Willoughby and Alex Toogood. Photographs on this page by Seth Dellow

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he and Meg have attempted to achieve this. ‘Rather than the Bubble being a ‘bubble’ that is stepping back from the busy world and doing our own thing within our own hedges, it’s participating in a local network of other land-based communities and other social enterprises and other people’, he said. Questioned about whether this implied an ‘opening up’ of the Bubble, Alex responded ‘tentatively, I’d say yes and… in that, needing to learn our boundaries as well’. Later in the interview, he expanded on his position, stating that ‘when we’re opening up, we’re opening up to people and also our own behaviours are opening up, and different possibilities become available. And not knowing where that will lead us, I think, is quite exciting’.

‘I don’t want to live somewhere where I can’t grow my own food’ For fellow resident Meg, who has lived in the community for a year and two months, Tinkers Bubble represents another way of living and working the land off-grid. Before joining, she lived at a community farm near Glastonbury but felt that it ‘was not kind of the way I want to do it’. Experiencing the Bubble provoked ‘flashbacks’ of ‘memories… there was quite a feeling of my child-self and my adult-self becoming connected like the same person’. This experience was in stark contrast to the disconnected city life Meg had known while studying Art in Brighton. She recalls how she would spend time in Somerset every six weeks while studying, and upon returning to Brighton, ‘within two days, I felt grey and kind of clogged down again’.

Being at the Bubble has allowed Meg to go ‘through quite a process of stepping out of my body into the environment around me and realising they’re the same thing’.

However, Meg concedes that life at the Bubble can sometimes be challenging. ‘I find it very exposing… I feel like I have to learn to communicate quite cleanly

a lot of the time and not hold onto things’, she comments. ‘I constantly feel like I’m having a bit of a growth spurt and having to push myself into contact that I find scary or uncomfortable’. Yet, these challenges are not solely confined to the Bubble, as they also emerge outside. Returning to Brighton last summer on the train, Meg reveals, ‘I was just crying, because I was like ‘everything’s dead!’. I’ve experienced… culture shock in a way I’ve never experienced before living here’. Yet, in her opinion, life at the Bubble ‘feels so right, it doesn’t feel like we’re doing anything that extreme’.

Discussing her future, Meg confirms that she will continue to reside at Tinkers Bubble for at least another year. She explained that ‘there is a part of me that is like ‘where would I go after this?’ It feels quite fundamentally clear to me that… I don’t want to live somewhere where I can’t grow my own food’.

Additionally, there are many opportunities and possibilities afforded by residing in the Bubble. Echoing Alex’s thoughts, Meg identifies that ‘I can feel certain things opening up, so like I’ve increasingly become involved in… land work projects that are outside of here’. She mentions her involvement with the Green Scythe Fair and the Land Skills Fair. ‘Right now, I just don’t want to be anywhere else, I don’t think. There’s so much to learn here’, Meg concludes.

Consistent with the theme of ‘opening up’, Tinkers Bubble is hosting two events this year: a fair on the 13th August and its annual Open Day on 1st October.

In addition, regular volunteer afternoons will take place on the 7th July, 4th and 18th August, 1st September, and 6th October. All are welcome to participate in these afternoons—contact tinkersbubble@riseup.net for more information.

The community are also fundraising to cover the costs of the steam engine repairs, and appreciate donations at www.tinkersbubble.org/engine. More information on the community and their events can be found at www. tinkersbubble.org.

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With my Head Tucked under my Arm

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s a small boy I heard this sung on ‘the wireless’ and it came back to mind recently. I think the singer was probably a northern comedian, but I was too young to remember his name. He sang it as: ‘With my head “tooked” underneath my arm, I walked the “Bloody Tower”, at the midnight hour’.

I asked my neighbour, an elderly chorist, if he knew the song and he sang it precisely as I remembered, and no more.

In trying to find more, I came across a song, or poem,

by Stanley Holloway, around 1934, which differed and went: ‘With her head tucked underneath her arm, she walks the “Bloody Tower”, at the midnight hour, poor Anne Boleyn was once King Henry’s wife, until he made the headsman bob her hair’.

Now for the real ‘Historical’: The Tower of London was built to control access and make a statement of power on the bank of the Thames for William the Conqueror in the 1070s, after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It used part of the London Wall, a roman defensive to subdue London. The White Tower, built 1078, and 27 metres tall (89 ft), gave the castle its name. Outside, Tower Hill, is where some male executions took place on a scaffold, where many people could see. Building work in 1876 found remains, which were reburied.

Sir Walter Raleigh who owned Sherborne Lodge was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded under King James

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However the execution of Queen Anne Boleyn took place on Tower Green, away from prying eyes. After execution, the headless body was swiftly buried under the chapel within the Tower, the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula. A marble plaque marks the spot where Queen Anne’s remains were found. In 1876 the remains were excavated and reburied in the Chancel, beneath a marble pavement, inscribed with names and coats of arms. Anne Boleyn, perhaps the most famous wife of King Henry VIII, married him around 25th January and gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth 1st, on 7th Sept 1533. This was followed by several still births and King Henry thought she might never produce a male child, blaming Anne and God. She was committed on 15th May 1536 which led to her execution, on 19th May 1536, by a French swordsman, especially brought over for the purpose.

Catherine Howard (1521 – 1542) married Henry VIII in 1540, but was found guilty of intimate friendships with other men and so followed Anne Boleyn to the execution block.

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, who was related to King Henry VIII, was executed in 1541 by the axe.

Lady Jane Grey was Queen for 9 days, was related to other contenders to the throne, especially Mary I. She was deposed and executed in 1554. She was grandniece of King Henry VIII. Having dispensed with some of the ladies, let us turn to the men. Noblemen were beheaded, as were noblewomen.

However ordinary men and women were hanged.

Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 1540) became the right hand man of King Henry VIII, but eventually fell foul of various political factions and was executed.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 – 1618), one time favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, owned Sherborne Lodge, in Dorset.

King James imprisoned him in the Tower of London and eventually had him beheaded.

King Charles I (1600 – 1649) had problems with funding wars and with Parliament, including religious dissention, leading to Civil War and his public execution.

Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658), was a Puritan who led the Roundhead side in much of the Civil War, and became Lord Protector. When Charles II was invited back to the throne, Cromwell was killed by a mob. His body was buried in Westminster Abbey after a ceremonial execution.

Simon Fraser, 12th Lord Lovat (1667 – 1747) was convicted of high treason and beheaded. This was the last execution by beheading in England. Hanging continued for many years.

Now for the ‘Hysterical’: enough of all this blood and gore. I have remembered another song, probably from about 40 years ago, on the radio. My recollection is that the singer was a comedian, with a London accent within hearing of Bow bells! Do not be confused by the title, it is not historical.

The Tower of London

‘I am Henery the Eighth, I am, I am My wife had seven husbands, before me, and every one was an ‘Enery.

So I am ‘enery the eighth I am, I am!’

Bridport History Society meets on Thursday 14th July at 2pm in Bridport Town Hall, for a discussion about Migration, with entertainment from ‘Rough Assembly’, followed by refreshments.

Cecil Amor, Hon President, Bridport History Society

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House&Garden

Vegetables in July

By Ashley Wheeler

J

uly can often bring with it a big sigh of relief, as the bulk of the crops are in the ground (apart from successions through the summer and autumn of course). Now is the time that harvesting takes a little longer, along with weed control and flipping beds over from one crop to the next.

Our main technique for going from one crop to the next is to mow down the old crop and cover with black plastic for about 2 weeks. We then lift the plastic, rake the bed and plant straight into it. This works best if the bed is watered before putting the plastic on top of the mown down crop. If we do not have 2 weeks to spare we will mow the crop, then after a couple of days hoe it off, and rake the hoeings into the pathways and plant into the bed. Sometimes we also cultivate the beds before planting but we tend to try and avoid this so that there is minimum soil disturbance. The idea is to let the microbes do that work for us, but sometimes in the summer if the soil is particularly dry it is too hard to plant without lightly cultivating first.

Weed control in the garden usually just involves hoeing a crop about one week after planting it - just as the first weed seedlings are appearing, and then about 10 days after that first hoeing too. This is usually enough, and then the crop grows to cover the ground and shade out further weeds. Obviously things don’t always go to plan and we sometimes miss these hoeings, but it is great when we get it right as it saves so much time later on, as hand weeding a crop is incredibly slow compared to quickly running through with a hoe.

We will be celebrating the diversity of tomatoes this year, growing around 30 varieties. We will be holding an open day on Saturday 30th July (tickets must be bought in advance) involving garden tours, seed saving demonstrations, tastings, an early evening dinner, and possibly a few tomato themed games! The event is to celebrate the diversity of the garden as a whole, but really focusing in on tomatoes as they are so visually diverse and they demonstrate the loss of diversity that has occurred over the last few decades as seed companies have gradually offered fewer and fewer varieties of vegetables, focusing in on F1 hybrids in their catalogues and in doing so, reducing the genetic diversity in gardens and farms across the world. What we try and do is grow as many varieties as possible to create a more resilient growing system, and maintain and grow the genetic diversity of the crops in the garden so that they can be more robust and reliable in different conditions. Not only does this make sense as growers, but it also means that the crops are far more interesting to eat in terms of flavours and colours.

There will be more information about the Tomato Day on our website, with tickets available soon. Visit www. trillfarmgarden.co.uk

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Tomato diversity

WHAT TO SOW THIS MONTH: chicory (first week of July), endive, summer purslane, winter purslane, mustards, rocket, land cress, chard, beetroot, lettuce, kohl rabi, chinese cabbage, broccoli, chard, perpetual spinach, fennel, broad beans (for tips in salads) & peashoots (at the end of the month), carrots, dill, coriander WHAT TO PLANT THIS MONTH: OUTSIDE: fennel, beetroot, lettuce, chard, kale, salad leaves—amaranth, orache, anise hyssop, buckshorn plantain, salad burnet, chervil, endive, chicory INSIDE: summer purslane, late french beans, late cucumbers, basil OTHER IMPORTANT TASKS THIS MONTH: Try to clear beds where crop harvests are coming to the end such as broad beans, peas, spring onions, lettuce and shallots, so that you can put in newly sown crops straight away. We either flail mow old crops and cover with thick silage plastic for 2-3 weeks or remove the crops by cutting them off at ground level and then hoeing the bed before planting.

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July in the Garden

By Russell Jordan

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s a gardener it’s hard not to become obsessed with the weather seeing as it has a huge bearing on everything that goes on in your garden and how much you can enjoy it. The availability of pretty accurate weather forecasting apps, on phones and computers, is a major boon. Knowing how likely it is to rain, both on an hour-to-hour basis and looking many days ahead, greatly aids the planning of gardening activities and scheduling quality time enjoying your own gardening efforts and being inspired by visiting other people’s gardens.

Having said that, there is a certain conflict, often mentioned here, whereby hot and sunny weather may be great for making the most of your garden but it is only tolerable if there is at least some rainfall in order to prevent dry periods turning into drought conditions. From an environmental point of view having to implement a lot of artificial irrigation is not a sustainable solution. Planting plants that are able to cope with your soil, the amount of sun they receive and the degree of soil drainage is the best solution.

No matter how carefully planted your garden is there can still be periods in the summer when watering becomes unavoidable. It’s important to prioritise which areas of the garden may need intervention sooner rather than later; plants in pots and containers require regular watering whether it rains or not because they simply do not have access to any moisture contained in ‘normal’ garden soil and are completely reliant on you for their water needs.

Newly planted areas are next most likely to require artificial watering because the plants won’t have developed the far reaching root systems of more established plants which allows them to extract water from deeper in the ground. Well established plants rarely need watering, even in the driest of summers, because plants are pretty well evolved to cope with water shortage, in the short term, even if they do become a little stressed and look ‘parched’ until they get a good soaking.

Resist the temptation to go out and sprinkle them with the hose as watering like this, where the water only penetrates an inch or two into the soil, merely encourages the plants to produce surface roots, rather than a deep, moisture seeking, root system, which makes them less able to cope with periods of drought than if you don’t water them at all.

Cultural methods that can alleviate the need to water, apart from the aforementioned ‘right plant, right place’, include the use of mulches on the soil surface. A mulch is a substance,

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either natural or man-made, which reduces the amount of water which is able to evaporate from the soil surface. In very hot and dry situations, where the plants chosen are those which have a high drought tolerance, adding an inch or two of gravel to the exposed soil surface, allowing the plants to grow up through it, will greatly reduce water loss from around those plants. Mulches also have the advantage of suppressing weed growth as well which is another reason to use them.

A man-made mulch, such as planting through a permeable, woven, membrane, is probably the most effective at preventing weed growth but, aesthetically, it’s difficult to use this in the average garden as the woven membrane will require another mulch on top to disguise it; gravel, stones, bark chips etc. are all possibilities. Weed suppressing fabrics are best suited to large scale shrub and tree plantings because, by their very nature, they do not lend themselves to herbaceous plantings. They constrict the ability of plants to spread and produce ever larger crowns—which is what herbaceous plants are designed to do.

Mulching using organic matter directly on the soil surface, ranging from coarse bark and wood chips down to composted green waste, relies on the thickness of the applied mulch to suppress weeds and reduce soil water loss. They have the advantage of actually improving the water holding capacity of the soil, as they break down and their organic matter is incorporated into the underlying layers, which improves the soil year on year. Your chosen organic mulch has to be ‘sterile’, weed-free, if it is to be any use as a means of reducing the need to weed. It will need to be reapplied on a regular basis, most usually in the dormant season, because it will naturally break down over time and its effectiveness dissipated—this can be a time consuming and expensive undertaking as commercially produced organic mulches are not cheap. Home produced garden compost is seldom available in great enough quantities and is also, unless composted at a high temperature, generally not sterile but full of weed seeds (unless you are scrupulous about not putting flowering weeds onto your compost heap).

At this point of the year, the longest day having been passed, essential gardening tasks revolve around maintaining some sort of balance between flowers that have gone over (and therefore require dead-heading) and those which are yet to come (these need to be kept supported, fed and watered).

Routine jobs include cutting the grass, watering everything in pots, removing pests by hand as soon as they appear and

trimming fast growing hedging plants. The best bit about all this titivating is that it produces a good mix of material to go onto the compost heap. This is positively humming with microbial life during warm weather and is greedy for fresh organic matter to keep it going.

Less essential tasks, which are satisfying to do if you have time, include summer pruning of shrubs which flowered before midsummer’s day (I guess this could be essential in small gardens); dividing bearded irises and continuing with taking cuttings from shrubs.

Cuttings material will be heading towards ‘semi-ripe’ at this time of year and therefore has a lower propensity to root than the ‘softwood’ material which was available earlier in the year.

The advantage is that it is less susceptible to drying out or rotting off so, even though they may take longer to root, it is worth experimenting with for its more forgiving nature.

Anyway, I’m planning to take a bit of a laid-back attitude to gardening this month. Planting activities have all but come to a halt because only pot-grown specimens are safe to plant during high summer, assuming they can be kept continuously watered, so the pressure is off there. I do keep a few seed raised annuals on ‘stand-by’ for plunging into any gaps which present themselves but this is the kind of ‘high end’ gardening which is not for everyone.

If we get any good weather I want to be able to enjoy it so I’ll not be fretting too much about the garden. I’ve done all I can, up to this point, and it won’t hurt for it to get a bit ‘shaggy’ for a week or two. There’s loads of late flowering perennials waiting in the wings so, even if the early summer glory is only fleeting, the show is certainly far from over.

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PROPERTY ROUND-UP

Jewels of the Jurassic Coast

By Helen Fisher

LYME REGIS £750,000

A perfectly positioned, contemporary, detached 4 bedroom home (plus study) recently updated and in excellent condition throughout.

Private driveway, balcony & semi open-plan living with exceptional views across Lyme Bay. Well tended, mature gardens with shed and summerhouse. Single garage and ample parking.

Stags Tel: 01308 428000

BURTON BRADSTOCK £900,000

A unique 3 bedroom chalet style house in the heart of village yet within easy walking to the beach. Open-plan kitchen with Aga leading to a sun room. Sitting room with wood burning stove. Main bedroom with Juliet balcony with outstanding views. Beautifully maintained west facing gardens with decking area. Private driveway, single garage and ample parking.

Goadsby Tel: 01308 420000

SEATON £240,000

WEYMOUTH £2,600,000

A spacious 2 bedroom top floor (with lift) apartment with sea & cliff views. Formally a Victorian hotel and converted in the late 1990’s yet still retaining many original features inc: high ceilings and a grand staircase. With GCH and double glazed throughout, plus an allocated parking space. No onward chain.

Gordon & Rumsby Tel: 01297 553768

An incredible 5 bedroom innovative contemporary home set over 3 floors in a stunning coastal location. With 4 balconies each showcasing 180 degree coastline views. Many outstanding features inc: underfloor heating, triple glazed windows, luxury egg-shaped bath and a landscaped garden with direct access to the beach.

Double garage and additional parking.

Domvs Tel: 01305 835300

CHIDEOCK £380,000

WEST BAY £550,000

A Grade II listed 17th Century cottage with 2/3 bedrooms with many character features. Exposed timbers, stone walls, window seats and fireplace. Thatched roof recently maintained. Rear courtyard garden with BBQ area plus established shrubs and cottage garden planting.

Garden shed, greenhouse, driveway and parking.

Symonds and Sampson Tel: 01308 318001

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A detached 2 bedroom bungalow built in 1961, well maintained and in good order. Light and south-facing accommodation with uPVC double glazed windows and doors. Set on the lower slope of a private estate, beach and sea are a minute’s walk away. Well tended sun-filled garden plus 2 driveways, garage and carport.

Kennedys Tel: 01308 427329

Live music and real ale coming to Lyme Regis

Hazzar bring big klezmer party sounds

LIVE music and real ales from around the region return to the Jurassic coasts after a three year hiatus, thanks to Covid, on Friday 22nd July and Saturday 23rd, for the Lyme Regis Beer Festival, based at the Marine Theatre.

Lyme Regis Brewery is gathering a selection of outstanding craft beers from around the region, with more than 20 cask ales and kegged beers covering all tastes and styles. The festival is also a celebration of the region’s wealth of musical talent, plus a few special headliners from further afield, playing music from Irish folk and sea shanties to reggae, gypsy, covers and even Morris dancing.

Musical highlights include The Barefoot Bandit a new-wave

The Barfoor Bandit a new-wave reggae and dub band

reggae and dub band based in Devon, who play a blend of modern roots reggae, bass-heavy riddims, deep dark dub and spine-tingling brass lines.

Also playing on Saturday will be Hazaar, with their big klezmer party sounds. They play unique arrangements fusing traditional eastern European tunes with elements of funk, dub, pop, rock and jazz. Local performers will include Lyme Morris, Chantry Buoys, and The Jurassix.

Marine director, Gabby Rabbits, says: ‘Our aim is to get the community together to try and taste the amazing food and drink we have on our doorstep, and to celebrate all the wonderful musicians we have in this local area.’

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Food&Dining

RICH SCONES Serve these rich scones with ripe strawberries and a bowl of thick cream

LESLEY WATERS

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

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1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 7 / 225C / 425F. Lightly butter a baking tray.

2. Place the flour and butter in a large mixing bowl. Using your fingertips, rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the ground almonds and sugar.

3. In a jug, mix together the milk, yoghurt and egg.

4. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients from the jug. Quickly and briefly bring together to form a soft dough. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out until approx. 2.5cm (1-inch) thick.

Cut out into rounds and place on the prepared baking tray. It may assist you to touch the cutter in a little flour before pressing out each scone.

5. Brush with a little milk and bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until risen and golden.

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225g (8oz) self-raising flour 55g (2oz) butter, diced 55g (2oz) ground almonds 25g (1oz) caster sugar 100mls (3 1/2floz) milk 2 tablespoons natural yoghurt 1 egg, beaten Extra milk for brushing You will need a 5cm (2-inch) round cutter Makes 8

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MONKFISH, PEA AND ORANGE SALAD This is a great way to make a nice summery starter or main course out of monkfish. You can cut little medallions from a fillet or better still if you can get your hands on monkfish cheeks even better. As well as the peas themselves you could add shredded sugar snaps and mange tout and pea tendrils if you grow them.

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

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1. Heat the rapeseed oil in a frying pan, season the pieces of monkfish and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side, adding the butter when they are turned then transfer to a small plate.

2. Whisk all of the ingredients for the dressing, add the peas and season.

3. To serve, arrange the pieces of monkfish on serving plates with the salad leaves and spoon over and around the peas and dressing.

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MARK HIX

200-250 g monkfish medallions Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper A little rapeseed oil for frying A good knob of butter 60-70g cooked or frozen peas A handful of small salad leaves and herbs

For the dressing • The grated zest and juice of a small orange • 1tbls cider vinegar • 3tbls rapeseed or olive oil Serves 4

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Cats on the Ebro

By Nick Fisher

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omewhere south of Barcelona, there’s a Spanish plumber’s merchant who’s got no ball-cocks. Every time he re-orders a batch of the cheaply-made polystyrene spheres, one strange bearded Englishman comes in and buys the lot.

The owner of the local ferreteria can’t understand it.

Either this weird Englishman is one very busy plumber, or else he’s found another mysterious use for his ball-cocks.

The weird Englishman is Pete Evans, and he has discovered and alternative use for the polyballs, a bizarre one.

He uses the ultra-buoyant white balls as floats, to carry live carp baits of anything up to two pounds in weight. A two pound carp is a hell of a big bait. But then, the mighty Wells catfish of the mighty river Ebro, would treat a fat carp like a cocktail-sized Cornish pasty. One munch and it’s history.

English anglers flock to the Ebro in search of big cats and copious carp. Pete Evans has been in the frontline of the English invasion of the huge Catalonian river for over 15 years. Now he runs a one man cat fish guide operation from Ebro Lodge, two hours south of Barcelona and ten minutes from the river bank.

Like so many species, Wells cat fish were never meant to be in the Ebro. God didn’t intend their presence there, but the Germans did. A German biologist and tackle manufacturer, called Roland Lorkowski, released nine tiny catfish into the upper Ebro between two hydroelectric dams at Mequenenza in 1974. As an experiment. It was his belief that the Ebro offered the perfect habitat and more importantly, the perfect food supply to make these big whiskery monsters grow to record proportions.

And he was right. The biggest cat fish caught out of the Ebro so far is 183 pounds, practically 12 stone of shovelmouthed carp-eating aquatic beast. The secret to the catfish’s success in the Ebro is the enormous amounts of carp and mullet, which exist in most of the river. With a constant diet of protein rich, big carp to eat day long, a cat can grow seriously fat.

Pete’s approach to catching the cat fish is simple. Like live bait fishing for pike, he believes in getting a lively wriggling bait as close to a potential diner as possible. With the fierceness of the Ebro’s current and the impossible unwieldiness of a two pound bait, the best approach is by boat.

By anchoring in the slow back eddies or gentler current tight in on the banks of the river, out of the main fast flow, Pete is able to manoeuvre baits suspended between two and eight feet under a polystyrene ball-cock float.

An echo sounder on his 14 foot Dory boat, is essential equipment, used to identify the ledges, drop offs and cat fish holding holes, along the river. Big cat fish even show up on the finder, as great upside-down Volkswagen shapes hugging the river

bed. Catfish don’t seem to venture much out into the fast water. In the slow stuff they use less energy and there’s a plentiful supply of prey fish to eat.

The boat and float technique is pretty cutting-edge for English anglers. Traditionally they’ve used ‘tie-ups’ fished from the bank, where the keen catter has made a semipermanent camp, often staying for days, or weeks on end.

Tie-ups are a complicated system involving a plastic bottle, used as a ledgered float, which is attached to a rope, then anchored by a rock in a suitable swim. Baits have to be paddled out to the tie up using an inflatable dinghy, where they’re attached by a break away link of monofilament.

Thus alowing a tethered bait to swim out in the flow, until it’s taken by a fish. The big beast breaks the ten pound mono tie up and then with a bit of luck, angler is attached to fat cat by rod and line.

Cats are roaming all over the Ebro, from way up above the hydro dams, down to the paddy field flanked estuary on the Costa Dorada. Cat fish are the biggest fish in the river by a long way. They are big hungry and fairly basic to catch.

But can I catch one? Can I ball cocks.

I’ve had two trips to the Ebro to by guided by the reassuringly enthusiastic Mr Evans. ‘Don’t you worry mate, I’m gonna get you some big pussy action today. No problemo.’ Pete told me this, on my arrival time, when I went to stay for a short weekend of mixed cat and carp bashing.

I only had one day on the river with Pete and my mate Tony. The signs were good. The weather kind. The portion of river we visited, well rested from the last ‘good podging’ Pete had given it with other clients.

But the Wells cat fish gods have got more games to play with me before they give up a big one. Like blood hungry kittens they want to spank me around a few more times before they sink their teeth in.

Tony caught one though. Thirty six pounds sounds like a lot of fish. For any species. But Pete wasn’t impressed when this micro-pussy appeared from the murky depths to pounce on Tony’s carp.

Pete is used to wrestling 150 pound fish into his boat, so the 36 pounder was a cinch, on board in seconds, after Tony courageously played it to the gunwale.

The fact that the cats have given me the slip on two trips doesn’t daunt me or dampen my ardour one iota.

Apart from anything else, the Catalonian cooking at Ebro Lodge, created lovingly by its English owner David Swapp, is probably more rewarding than most rod bending experiences.

Coming back from a hard day’s catfishing to home-made potato and garlic soup, served with scrapies (fresh garlic and fresh tomato scraped onto the surface of rough toast), pasta with chorizo sauce followed by locally farmed pork fillets in cream and chased by handfuls of purple shining local cherries is a knee trembling experience.

‘Don’t worry mate, I’ll keep a coupla pussies warm for when you come next’ chuckled Pete with a mouth full of hot pasta and cold beer.

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Arts&Entertainment

Revisiting the village

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t’s hard to believe that it is nearly 20 years since The Imagined Village burst onto the British folk scene, energising the burgeoning folk-world-jazz fusion scene and bringing together stars of both traditional folk and musicians from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

It was an extraordinary line-up that included folk celebrities Eliza Carthy and Martin Carthy, Simon Emmerson (of Afro-Celt Sound System fame), sitar exponent Sheema Mujherjee, dhol and tabla percussionist Johnny Kalsi and drummer Andy Gangadeen.

After recording their album Bending The Dark in 2012, they took an unexpectedly lengthy break.

Now, after a gap of about ten years, they are making a long overdue comeback, at Bridport’s Electric Palace, on Thursday, 21st July at 8pm, when they will be joined by Billy Bragg.

The Imagined Village project was founded in 2004 by Simon Emmerson. It was intended to produce contemporary folk music that represented modern multiculturalism in the UK. The name came from the 1993 book The Imagined Village by Georgina Boyes. Acclaimed as the most ambitious folk band of the 21st century, it set out to match and reinvent traditional songs with contemporary multi-cultural sounds and influences from Asia, the Caribbean and elsewhere.

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The Imagined Village with Billy Bragg at Real World Studios

The first eponymous album was released in 2007 by a collective of artists on Real World Records.

Some of the tracks on it are modern re-interpretations of traditional folk songs. They recorded three albums, played at major festivals from Glastonbury to Cambridge, headlined at concert halls and appeared on Later…With Jools Holland, performing a stomping, percussive re-working of Cold Haily Rainy Night (the song that won them Best Traditional Track at the 2008 BBC Folk Awards).

So why has it taken them so long?

They have all been busy with other projects, of course —though Simon says that Eliza has constantly been pestering him to organise a reunion. But the real catalyst came during the Covid lockdown, when the band recorded a glorious (and socially-distanced) new version of Sandy Denny’s setting for The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood, which can be heard on the 2021 compilation The Electric Muse Revisited.

The Imagined Village + Billy Bragg. Thursday 21 July 2022, 8pm (Doors 7pm). Bridport Electric Palace, 35 South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NY. For tickets visit https://www.electricpalace.org.uk.

July

GALLERIES

1 - 7 July

Flotsam A creative recycling of what is left behind in Lyme Regis.

Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill Courtyard, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU 10.30am – 6pm daily. Late night Saturday 2nd July 6 – 8pm.

1 - 30 July

David Wicken will be exhibiting new artworks, subjects include fantasy art and photography. Greetings cards and mounted prints also available. Viewing daily from 8.30 - 4pm at Unique Framecraft, Unit’s 4 & 5 Millwey Rise Workshops, Second Avenue, Axminster. EX13 5HH. Telephone 07801 260259 or 01297 631614 . Instagram @uniqueframecraft.

1 - 31 July

Kit Glaisyer: Cinematic Landscape Paintings an evolving exhibition of West Country landscapes with a range of works on show in gallery and studio. Open Weds & Sat 11-3pm or by appointment. Bridport Contemporary Gallery, 11 Downes Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JR. 07983 465789 www. bridportcontemporary.com @bridportcontemporary

Until 2 July

Janette Kerr recent paintings A thousand kilometres between - from Shetland to Skagaströnd in the Ground Floor Gallery, Sladers Yard. Sladers Yard Contemporary Art, Craft and Furniture Gallery, West Bay Bridport Dorset DT6 4EL Open Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm Entry: free Phone: 01308 459511 www. sladersyard.co.uk.

Until 3 July

‘Mainly Flowers of the Wayside Sally Maltby’ Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest.co.uk. A photography and digital art exhibition of plants that thrive in unlikely situations; Swanage artist Sally Maltby will also show some garden plant images and some of beads.

Trio During the Beaminster Festival three artists from the town

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will be exhibiting paintings at a new pop-up gallery in White Hart Yard at the centre of the town. Moira Baumbach, Alan Green and Chris Kennedy have exhibited widely, nationally as well as internationally, but rarely get to show their work in Beaminster.

The gallery will be open afternoons. White Hart Yard, Hogshill Street, Beaminster DT8 3AE.

4 - 17 July

‘Stitched’: Textiles Open Sou’-Sou’-West Arts’ first dedicated textiles exhibition, providing a platform for five specially selected independent designers from Devon and Dorset to present their work in the Gallery. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest. co.uk.

‘No-thing / Waterfront’: Diana Pilcher and Linda Ashe This exhibition brings together the thoughts and ideas of two artists, Linda Ashe and Diana Pilcher, in the form of sculptural installation, hangings, drawings and prints. The work shown in ‘Waterfront’ offers thoughts and ideas about space, lightand movement and ‘No-thing’ explores ideas about presence and absence; interior and exterior. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:304:30. Free admission & parking.Contact 01308 301326 www. sousouwest.co.uk

5 - 10 July

Threads & Patches Kate Dowty an exhibition of colourful textile wallhangings and related items, many inspired by the local environment, including a 12.5 meter long hand stitched piece recording daily walks during the first year of the pandemic. 11am 5pm daily. Free entry. Eype Centre for the Arts, St Peter’s Church, Mount Lane, Eype Nr Bridport DT6 6AR www.katedowty.com www.eypechurcharts.co.uk.

Until 9 July

Gary Cook and Liz Somerville Eggardon. The Art Stable, Kelly Ross Fine Art, Child Okeford, Dorset DT11 8HB. kellyross@

theartstable.co.uk. 07816 837905.

9 - 27 July

Colour Line & Thread 2022 The tenth Colour Line & Thread is an colourful exhibition of paintings by Hilary Buckley and Russell Coulson, and photography

by James Loveridge. Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU 10.00am to 5.00pm daily Free admission Hilary Buckley 01297 444111. https:// dorset-artist.uk.

9 July - 11 September

Alex Lowery ‘Picturing’ recent paintings and drawings Akiko Hirai ‘In a manner of Speaking’ recent ceramics.

Petter Southall furniture. A heart-stopping exhibition from three artists whose intelligent, exquisite work always brings something new and thrilling. Sladers Yard Contemporary Art, Furniture & Craft Gallery, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4EL Open Wednesday to Saturday 10am - 4.30pm (Café and ground-floor gallery also open Sundays 10am - 4.30pm). Admission free.

01308 459511. www.sladersyard.co.uk

Until 10 July

‘Summer of ‘22’: Bridport Arts Society An open exhibition featuring the work of the members of Bridport Arts Society. Sou’-Sou’-West Arts Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Bridport DT6 6HG. Open daily 10:30-4:30. Free admission & parking. Contact 01308 301326 www.sousouwest.co.uk.

Until 13 July

Francis Bowyer and Robert E. Wells The Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne Dorset DT9 3LN. 01935 815261. www.jerramgallery.com.

Until 15 July

8 Weeks in Serifos Edward Kelly Solo Exhibition of powerful paintings composed of rhythmic marks and emblems reflect his long standing engagement with the relationship between the elemental force of nature and the dynamic of abstract painting. Open Wednesday to Saturday 10-5 Artwave West, Morcombelake, Dorset DT6 6DY 01297 489746 www.artwavewest.com

GALLERIES IN AUGUST

Live or Online send your gallery details to info@marshwoodvale.com

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Until 23 July

FRESH! Devon Artist Network FRESH! brings together new works by leading artists and creatives from Devon Artist Network. Featuring work selected from an open call including painting, sculpture, pottery, glass work, textile and markmaking. Open Wednesday – Saturday, 10-5. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX, 01404 45006 www.thelmahulbert.com.

23 - 31 July

Sherborne Open Art Exhibition Founded in 1931, this annual exhibition has flourished and grown to become one of the West Country’s largest and most popular Open Art Exhibitions. Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA. Free admission. More information at https:// sherbornearts.org.

Until 24 July

A Lifetime of Different Identities American-born, Lyme Regis resident Karol Kulik has had numerous different careers: television contestant coordinator, film historian, trade fair organiser, academic archaeologist, painter and currently art exhibition curator and publicist. Having organised for many years the art shows in the Lyme Regis Museum’s Rotunda Gallery, celebrating the talents of dozens of southwest artists, she has taken this opportunity to share her own paintings and writings with the Museum’s many visitors. Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge St, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-4pm, www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk.

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29 July - 28 August

150 years of Exeter Rugby Club From local heroes to European champions, will feature an array of memorabilia spanning the 150-year history of the Exeter Chiefs. Shirts, photographs, trophies and caps will take visitors on a journey starting back in 1872. Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Queen St, Exeter, EX4 3RX.

Until 3 September

“Our World, Your Choice” An exhibition examining how we lived in the past; workshops and exhibits by local businesses all relating to the issue of climate change and how we can all make small adjustments to our lives to help.

Mon, Thur, Fri, Sat 10am-4pm. Free. Crewkerne & District Heritage Centre, Market Square, Crewkerne. Somerset.

TA18 7LP. www.crewkernemuseum.co.uk.

Until 25 September

Canvas & Rock an exhibition by Philomena Harmsworth.

A fusion of paint, charcoal and neon - some of the media used in this latest collection. New Inn, Stoke Abbott, DT8 3TJ. Opening hours are 12-2pm & 6-11pm Weds - Sunday.

Check website before travelling.

Until 31 October

‘Buried in Time’ at West Bay Discovery Centre. Open daily 11 am - 4 pm excluding Mondays. Admission free, donations welcomed. There will be various walks, talks and events associated with this exhibition during this period.

Further details. http://www.westbaydiscoverycentre.org. uk/

July

PREVIEW

Sleuthing and losing the plot BRIDPORT

Rob Gee is an entertaining guide at Bridport as he describes a day in the life of a mental health nurse

BRIDPORT Arts Centre hosts two entertaining but very different theatre events during July—a reinvention of Sherlock Holmes and a former mental health nurse’s guide to losing the plot.

On Friday 1st July, Our Star Theatre Company invited you to enjoy Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure, as our hero and his sidekick Dr John Watson endeavour to solve a riveting and hitherto unpublished case.

Damsel in distress Lucy Matravers engages Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and his partner to resolve a dispute over a family will. Little do they know that this small case brings Holmes straight into the clutches of his arch-enemy, James Moriarty!

This hilarious spoof is taken on by four actors with minimal furnishings, promising a ton of jolly good fun!

In his new show, Fruitcake: Tales from the Psych Ward, at Bridport on Saturday 9th July, the comic, poet and reformed mental health nurse Rob Gee presents a userfriendly guide to losing the plot.

It charts a night shift on an adult mental health ward, seen through the eyes of a jaded nurse who hears the voice of God—a kindly Jamaican woman—who gives him ten benevolent commandments to help him through the shift; and life. It features the voice of Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze as God.

Mozart, Puccini—and Kate Royal

BLANDFORD YOU could say that Dorset Opera Festival goers are in for a royal treat this year—nothing to do with the Queen’s platinum jubilee, but a recital by Dorset’s own opera star, Kate Royal, who will give a concert at 4pm on Thursday 28th July as part of the six-day festival.

Kate, who grew up in Dorset and went to Talbot Heath School, is recognised as one of the world’s leading lyric sopranos. Accompanied

by David Smith, she will give a programme entitled “I’ll tell you how the sun rose—A song for each hour of the Kate Royal gives a recital of favourite songs day”—her own selection as part of this year’s Dorset Opera Festival of 24 beautiful songs in a personal reflection on the poem A Day (I’ll tell you how the Sun rose) by American poet Emily Dickinson.

In a literal sense, the poem describes sunrise and sunset as seen through the eyes of an innocent and confident child; metaphorically, the transition from life to death.

Composers whose songs will be featured include Mahler, Liszt, Brahms, Dove, Bernstein, Grieg, Finzi, Quilter, Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Britten and Schumann.

Following the success of last year’s Dorset Opera Festival, when smaller scale works, including Don Giovanni, were performed, without the usual festival chorus, this year’s programme includes another Mozart favourite, The Magic Flute. The other opera will be Puccini’s great reworking of a classic French morality story, Manon Lescaut.

The chorus is back this year.

At the regular festival venue, the Coade Hall at Bryanston School, Blandford, there will be four performances each of the two operas, from 25th to 30th July. More details at www.dorsetopera.com

New look at Vanity Fair

HONITON BRISTOL Old Vic Theatre School comes to the Beehive centre at Honiton on Friday 1st July with an inventive new look at one of the greatest English novels of the 19th century, Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.

Set in the early 1980s New Romantics scene of London, this new version follows our heroines, the wannabe ‘It Girl’ Becky Sharp and her sweet-natured friend, Amelia Sedley, as they scale the heady heights of society. (Check out the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School website for other dates for the summer tour of Great Expectations and Vanity Fair).

The mood changes on Friday 15th July when Bumnote— Chris White and Hal Kelly—perform Armageddon Attenborough, a lo-fi comedy musical about the apocalypse, people, and what it means to survive. You are promised a story that begins near the end, and is filled with dread, hope and annoyingly catchy tunes.

On Saturday 16th, the Beehive hosts Imagining Our Festival, a small-scale event that will lead into 2023’s Festival

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Festival Treats Bridport Folk Festival

of Imagination with the theme of “Our Environment.” At 10am there will be a guided walk through Honiton’s green spaces, returning to the centre for coffee and chat. From noon to 1.30pm there will be a Q&A session with Devon’s Climate Change Officer, on the theme of “How we can help the planet in small steps?”

During the day there will also be drop-in art sessions with Isgard Wild and a creative writing workshop for aspiring writers with poet/dramatist Chris White (this event must be booked).

As well as new films, and a screening of Prima Facie, direct from the West End, starring Jodie Comer in a critically acclaimed solo performance, there will also be a dementia-friendly screening of the comedy thriller Western, The Sting (1973) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, on Thursday 28th July at 2pm.

Saltlines

LYME REGIS

Cornish band Du Glas on the Folk Festival line-up

BORN out of the vibrant music scene in Cornwall, Du Glas join the line up for this year’s Bridport Folk Festival. Du Glas weave together influences from rock, country and even punk to form their own unique, eclectic sound.

The festival, running from 22nd—24th July, will be based around Millenium Green in Bridport, with outdoor stages, Morris dancers, social dancing, a ceilidh and music sessions at The Ropemakers and The Tiger.

For more information visit https:// www.bridportfolkfestival.com.

Summer Celebration

SALTLINES at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, on Wednesday 13th July at 8pm, is described as “a portrait of the South West Coast Path in Old Songs and New Words.” It is a fascinating collaboration between best-selling writer and longdistance walker Raynor Winn and The Gigspanner Big Band, a collective of some of the most highprofile names on the British folk scene.

Raynor’s first book, The Salt Path, was the Sunday Times best-selling memoir of walking the South Raynor Wynn’s book The Salt Path is the West Coast Path in its entirety…a walk that was an inspiration for a new music and story event impulsive response to unexpected circumstances which left her and her husband, Moth, homeless. It won praise for its against-all-odds uplifting message and its frank exploration of the reality of homelessness.

But while The Salt Path is one couple’s story, this well-trodden path must hold many more stories of loss, love and the natural world. The idea that these stories might be found in traditional songs and tunes, some of them rediscovered by song collectors such as Cecil Sharp, developed into Saltlines.

Together, Raynor and the Gigspanner Big Band celebrate what Raynor calls “this 630 uninterrupted miles of coastline, crossing wild headlands with the calls of oystercatchers, and the smell of salt laden air ever present.”

Saltlines is also being performed at the Brewhouse, Taunton, on Friday 8th July, and Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre on Sunday 17th.

Bluegrass trio on short tour Negra Santa coming to Dorchester

DORSET Trade Union Council is inviting everyone to join them on July 30th for a Unions’ Summer Celebration in Dorchester with music, speakers and much more.

The free event in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens is a thank you to key workers who are keeping the country running through the pandemic and cost of living crisis. The event runs from 10.30 am to 5.00 pm and will feature bands, poets, speakers, food and drink along with stalls and more.

Music on the day will be provided by bands and musicians including Negra Santa, John D Revelator, Shannon White, Dylan Ross, Mustafa Musto and Tijuana—with it all kicking off with Bridport based choir Dorset Red. 44 The Marshwood Vale Magazine July 2022 Tel. 01308 423031

VILLAGES OLD Baby Mackerel bring their brand of high-energy, foot-stomping bluegrass to two Dorset villages, with Artsreach, on 1st and 8th July.

The trio of outstanding musicians play traditional American songs as they should be played, with a twist of British wit on the side. Expect tales of whisky, railroads and heartbreak at the gigs, part of a UK tour which sees them also appearing at festivals including Priddy Folk, Purbeck Folk and Glastonbury.

The musicians have played with many well-known folk, Americana and festival bands, The rhythmic sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and double bass are sure to get knees bouncing and elbows swinging to the virtuosic sound of blistering solos and sweet harmonies.

Catch Old Baby Mackerel at Winterborne Stickland village hall on Friday 1st July, and Marnhull village hall on Friday 8th.

Summer in the garden

SHERBORNE THE beautiful gardens of The Grange hotel at Oborne near Sherborne provide the setting for a series of summer concerts, starting on 3rd July with jazz from the resident singer at The Ritz, Miranda Heidt, with her accompanist Jamie Safir.

Every Sunday until 14th August, tenor Jon Valender has programmed the concerts featuring rising stars of both the classical and jazz worlds, with all proceeds

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Screen Time with Nic Jeune

Top Six at the Flicks Plaza Cinema Dorchester The Railway Children Return (2022) Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home. This is a sequel to the British cinema Classic, The Railway Children (1970).

Cineworld Weymouth Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) ‘This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the original story of how the world’s greatest supervillain first met his iconic Minions, forged cinema’s most despicable team, and took on the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled in Minions: The Rise of Gru.’ Entertainment Fun Online.Com Amazon Prime The Salesman (2016) Winner of Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Oscar 2017. ‘Farhadi remains a master of pace and tension, slowly upping the stakes in an unsettling narrative fuelled by a lingering sense of powerlessness, paranoia and the possibility that you never entirely know the person you love.’ Screen Daily. Allan Hunter Netflix Persuasion (2022) Jane Austen fans have enjoyed some memorable TV and film adaptations of their favourite classics over the years. The BBC’s Pride & Prejudice, starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth as Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy perhaps the most iconic. Recently, we had the colourful and quirky Emma revamp with Anya Taylor-Joy in the titular role.

And who can forget Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility? Stylist. Hollie Richardson.

The Gray Man (2022) “Promising expansive action, considered character beats, and an undercurrent of humour, The Gray Man is one of the summer’s most anticipated adventures—and if Gosling has his way, it won’t be the last time he plays Gentry. ‘I loved making this film’ Empire. Ben Travis.

BBC iPlayer The Band Wagon (1953) ‘Sorry, the beloved Singin’ in the Rain isn’t the finest of the legendary MGM musicals.

For my money, it’s a close second to The Band Wagon, which has better music, better dances, better direction, more lavish sets and costumes and a wittier script (by the same writers).’ New York Post. Lou Limerick.

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of the tickets (still held at £10) going to the musicians.

Other performers include the accordion-saxophone duo Karen Street and Andy Tweed, contralto Georgia Ginsberg with pianist Arwel Treharne Morgan performing late 19th century art songs, the Premiere Brass Quintet in a programme ranging from Renaissance dances to modern film music, jazz singer George Hewett with Andrew Jones, soprano Cheryl Enever, tenor Jon Valender and pianist Nicholas O’Neill with scenes from operas by Puccini and Verdi, and the popular West Country ragtime pianist Mike Denham with his Gin Club Four.

Fingers crossed for fine weather

DORCHESTER DORCHESTER Arts staff and audiences will have fingers tightly crossed for a sunny July with a programme of open-air events in dramatic venues, including Maumbury Rings, Nothe Fort and Athelhampton House.

Over the summer Dorchester Arts has ten outdoor events. The visiting companies are bringing shows for all tastes, comedy, drama, opera and the classics, from Shakespeare on bicycles to Dickensian drama, via murder, the Trojan wars, an Awful Auntie, and a Mikado.

The season at Maumbury Rings starts with the ever-popular HandleBards and their irreverent bicycle-powered Twelfth Night. This will be followed by a dramatic staging of Dickens’ Great Expectations, a new production of Wuthering Heights, with original live music and songs, commissioned by Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre, The Three Musketeers, David Walliams’ Awful Auntie and everyone’s favourite, The Wind in the Willows.

Nothe Fort at Weymouth has Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic comic opera, The Mikado, while Assembleth Theatre deconstructs one of the most famous Greek myths, in The Shodyssey.

Two of the region’s most beautiful historic venues, Athelhampton House, and Whitcombe Manor complete the open air run-down. Athelhampton is the setting for a performance of Much Ado About Nothing, while Minette and Alec Walters’ Whitcombe Manor hosts Dorchester Arts’ annual Summer Sunday, this year with the hilarious and multitalented musician Rainer Hersch.

Schubert and Schumann

BRIDPORT, ILMINSTER, CREWKERNE

Callum Smart (L) and Richard Uttley (R) will give the July recitals for Concerts in the West

THE July series of Concerts in the West features the star violin-piano duo of Callum Smart and Richard Uttley, giving recitals at Bridport and Ilminster on Friday 15th and Crewkerne on Saturday 16th.

Callum Smart is quickly developing an international reputation as one of Britain’s finest young violinists and an innovative teacher, combining his professorship at the Royal Northern College of Music with a following of more than 40,000 on Instagram.

Recognised as a rising star since winning the BBC Young Musician strings category and being the top European prize-winner at the Menuhin Competition in 2010, Smart has played with many of the UK’s leading orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonica, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Noted for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, Richard Uttley has been praised for his ‘musical intelligence and pristine facility’. His playing has been frequently broadcast on BBC

Radio 3 and has featured on BBC Two, BBC Four, BBC World Service, Classic FM and Sky Arts. Highlights this season include the Gershwin and John Ireland piano concertos, Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove, and recitals in the Musikverein in Vienna, Hamburg’s, Elbphilharmonie and BOZAR in Brussels.

The programme for the Concerts in the West series features sonatas and romances by Schubert and Schumann. The concert at Bridport Arts Centre is on Friday 15th at 11.30am, Ilminster Arts Centre that evening at 7.30pm and at the Dance House, Crewkerne, on Saturday 16th at 7.30.

Feast of comedy LYME REGIS

JULY at the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis brings three very different shows with sharpwitted comedians, the social commentator and professional disruptor Mark Thomas, scientist-comic Rob Newman and stand-up Paul McCaffrey.

Mark Thomas kicks off on Thursday 7th with Black and White, a preview for his new show.

Taking down politicians, mucking about, new Paul McCaffrey at Lyme Comedy Club ideas and finding HOPE—Mark asks how did we get here? What are we going to do about it?

Who’s up for a singsong? After lockdowns and isolation this show is about the simple act of being in a room together and toppling international capitalism.

Rob Newman is also bringing a work in progress to Lyme Regis, on Thursday 14th, when he will be trying out new material for the next series of his BBC Radio 4 stand-up philosophy show, Total Eclipse of Descartes.

Paul McCaffrey heads the line-up for the July edition of Lyme Comedy Club on Sunday 17th. Star of Live at the Apollo (BBC2) Impractical Jokers (BBC3) Russell Howards Good News (BBC3) and Stand up Central (Comedy Central), Paul has supported some of the biggest names in comedy on tour including Sean Lock, Michael Mcintyre, John Bishop and Lee Mack. He headlined his first tour in 2019 and is now in demand at comedy clubs around the country.

The line-up for the July Comedy Club also includes Harvey Hawkins and Julia Stenton and compere as usual is Dorset’s own Tom Glover.

Folk by the sea

SIDMOUTH SIDMOUTH Folk Festival returns for the 68th celebration of folk music and dancing from around the world, from 29th July to 5th August, filling the seafront, streets and venues with festive atmosphere and fun, and bringing stars of the folk scene to the Devon coast.

Look out for Kate Rusby, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Eddi Reader and Spiers and Boden, among the many names playing at the various venues over the eightday festival.

Proudly championing traditional music, dance and song since 1955, Sidmouth Folk Festival returns to a full live festival this year, continuing to build on its many years of success, celebrating tradition in all its many forms, including the rich diversity of folk arts in the UK, from the grass roots to the cutting edge.

It’s the diversity and community spirit that sets Sidmouth apart from other festivals—it has, as it says, “an ear to the past and an eye on the future ... steeped in tradition ... but not in a stuffy way.”

There is a community atmosphere that makes Sidmouth special, from songs and tunes on the bus, busking in the bus shelter and rapper dances in local bars to concerts with some of the biggest names in contemporary folk. The long list of performers includes at least 12 morris, molly and rapper sides from across the UK. Other performers this year include Fisherman’s Friends, Steeleye Span, Irish duo Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, future folk stars Brìghde Chaimbeul, Jack Rutter, Rosie Hood and Cohen Braithwaite–Kilcoyne, party bands and festival favourites Peatbog Faeries, Edward II and Sheelanagig, the brilliant singersongwriter Grace Petrie, French dance band Centralbal and the wall of sound that is Blowzabella.

GPW

The Young Lit Fix MIDDLE GRADE REVIEW The Consequence Girl by Alastair Chisholm Published by Nosy Crow. RRP £7.99 Ages 9+ Recommended by Antonia Squire CORA lives on the mountain with her guardian Seleen. Always hidden, staying far from the nearest settlement, living off the land. Society crumbled decades ago when the elite beings, known as ‘The Glories’ deserted humanity, leaving them alone on earth.

Some Glory Tech still exists, and some people know how to keep it working, but they are few and far between and humanity has no way of recreating what was lost.

Cora though, has a gift: the ability to See. If she touches an object, or a person she can see what caused it to be there, the consequence of a series of actions. Seleen warns her against using her gift, promising dire consequences if anyone were to discover her abilities, if anyone were to find her. And so they hide. Until one day Seleen has to go to the nearest settlement for supplies and Cora finds a boy, injured on the mountain.

Cora doesn’t trust Kai, she doesn’t trust anyone, but she can’t leave him to freeze to death, so she brings him hom, to Seleen’s fury.

With Seleen home and Kai forced out into the wilderness to fend for himself, Cora and Seleen find themselves under attack. Narrowly escaping their cabin they go on the run, all the while Cora is trying to figure out who Seleen really is and why people are trying to capture them both.

Another thrilling adventure from Alastair Chisholm where one girl comes to understand how one small act can change everything. This is The Consequence Girl, and it is fantastic.

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Health&Environment

Organise a Birthday Tea to celebrate the NHS Dorset County Hospital Charity is inviting people to join the biggest NHS tea party yet by hosting their own NHS Big Tea on the health service’s 74th birthday – Tuesday 5 July.

Led by NHS Charities Together, the NHS Big Tea brings the nation together to celebrate the birthday of our beloved NHS, giving thanks to the workforce, whilst raising funds to provide the extra support needed for patients, staff, and volunteers. Communities can celebrate by making time for tea – another national treasure!

Last year more than 4,800 hosts signed up, collectively raising over £500,000. In addition to individuals, schools, community groups and organisations, more than 150 NHS charities were involved, including Dorset County Hospital Charity.

Simon Pearson, Head of Charity at DCH said: “We are continually grateful to our local community for their incredible generosity and support. The Big Tea provides another great opportunity for people to get together, help the NHS and say thank you for the care they and their loved ones have received.”

This year, NHS Charities Together hopes to make the event the biggest NHS Big Tea to date, with a collective fundraising target of over £775,000. This will include donations from corporate sponsors including the headline sponsor Morrisons, who supported the campaign by raising £250,000 last year and will be urging their customers and staff to take part once again.

Ellie Orton OBE, Chief Executive at NHS Charities Together, said: “The NHS can’t face every challenge alone, and the network of NHS charities is proud to have funded

hundreds of incredible projects supporting staff, patients and communities. By hosting tea parties and inviting your friends, colleagues or classmates, the NHS Big Tea allows us to come together and say an enormous thank you to our incredible NHS – especially after all they’ve been through these last two years, and the ongoing challenges they continue to face.

“So, whether at home, in the office or in school, we’re asking the nation to pop the kettle on, grab the biscuits, and raise vital funds to help the NHS go further this July.”

Amanda Pritchard, NHS Chief Executive, said: “No one in the country has been untouched by the events of the last two years and NHS staff along with our wonderful volunteers, workers who kept our shops and public services running and those who kept schools and offices open across the country are no exception.

“The NHS Big Tea is an excellent opportunity for communities to come together and pay tribute to brilliant staff and volunteers, who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic to keep us and our loved ones safe.

“The effects of the pandemic are still being felt even as the NHS and the country now looks to recover and rebuild, so the continued support of local communities remains as vital as it is hugely appreciated.”

If you are interested in organising a Big Tea event, contact DCH Charity for advice and support by emailing charity@dchft.nhs.uk. To sign up to host your own NHS Big Tea event and receive a fundraising support pack, please visit www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk.

For further information on how to support DCH Charity please visit www.dchcharity.org.uk

Creating vital habitat for Devon’s most threatened wildlife Devon’s Woodland Trust has been able to buy a 54-hectare (134-acre) woodland creation site near Lympstone in Devon and transform it into a thriving haven for nature.

Set on the slopes of a scenic rural valley in East Devon, this site has areas of broadleaf woodland, several streams and a scattering of isolated veteran trees, which would once have been part of hedgerows, criss-crossing fields.

What makes this land such a prize is the outstanding array of rare wildlife which can be found nearby, and which we hope will move in once the right habitat has been established.

Thanks to the amazing generosity of the general public, partners and supporters the Trust has now been able to purchase this important piece of land. The rich array of species they anticipate will one day colonise the new woodland include rare birds such as the nightjar, several threatened species of bat, the hazel dormouse, the dingy skipper butterfly and a whole host of unusual invertebrates. The Trust is even hoping to attract beavers to the site from a nearby river, once the streams and waterways have been restored and colonised with native trees such as alder and willow.

The Trust is absolutely thrilled with the success of the appeal so far, although it still needs to raise £126,000 to enable it to manage the transformation of this site into a resilient and thriving wooded landscape. For more information visit: https://www. woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/give/appeals/devon-appeal/ 48 The Marshwood Vale Magazine July 2022 Tel. 01308 423031

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Bridport. Buyer to collect.

New Truma high pressure propane pigtail for motorhome or caravan.

POL connector one end, M20 x 1.5 nut other end. L 450mm, 21.5mm left hand thread other end. £10. New Gaslow butane 21.8 adaptor gauge, a visual warning of low gas level & quick, easy leak detector. £20. 3 x 1 gallon demi johns plus 6 new 750ml bottle for decanting £18. Antique tall cut glass vase, petal shape top.

Approx height 25cm, 15cm dia. Excellent condition. £20. New 3 foot adjustable electric bed and mattress.

Chrome plated legs. Dual motor control for head and foot. Weight limit 28 stone.

6 feet 6 inches length. £850.

Telephone 01935 824029.

Mens 48 ins chest dark blue velvet jacket unworn with purchase label still attached £35. Also 44ins chest Pytchley centre vent style mens jacket nearly new. £30. 01823 480848.

New porthole/portlight.

Oblo circular 264mm Foresti+Suardi. (£218 online): £50. 01308 425 777.

HOME DECORS

RESTORATION

Chalk & Chisel: Distinctive Vintage Mirrors. We sell beautiful, well-priced vintage mirrors. Visit our store at The Emporium, 39 Princes Street, Yeovil BA20 1EG. Discover more at chalkandchisel. co.uk Jul 22

FURNITURE. Antique Restoration and Bespoke Furniture.

Furniture large and small carefully restored and new commissions undertaken. City and Guilds qualified.

Experienced local family firm. Phil Meadley 01297 560335

Sept 22

PEST CONTROL Wasps Rodents Insects Professional eradication and control from Three Counties Pest Control 07484 677457 www.3cpestcontrol.co.uk

Beaminster upholstery and furniture repair.

Tel. Mike Oaten 07470 007588.

PROOFREADING

Aug 22

FOR SALE Woman’s wet suit, Animal NOVA 3.2, only worn 3 times. Size 14/ML, fits tall 12. Black, pink detail.£25.

01308 425 777 Miele compact vacuum cleaner - The S143, The alternative cleaner + 3 new bags: £65. 01308 425 777 Collectors antique Welsh pine chest of drawers. Small, charming cottage style. Max W: 90cm H:102cm D:48cm. : £175. 01308 425 777 1960s stylish young child’s first bike. £20. Dearly loved and maintained for 2 generations. Enthusiast/ collector. Stored, needs TLC. 01308 425 777 Sottini Isarca pedestal washbasin inc mixer tap and pull plug. X-display. £10.

01308 425 777.

Vitra matt white tiles 3.5m sq coverage. Each tile: 10x10cm + 6 boxes matching skirting tiles. 9 interior corner skirting tiles. 2 exterior corner skirting tiles. Perfect for cloakroom area. £15.

01308 425 777.

Model maker’s stand adjustable height 26” to 41”. Wooden top manually rotates, metal stand. £15.

01460 234755.

Proofreading, editing, transcription, secretarial for writers and businesses.

Excellent references.

Penny Dunscombe 07825339289.

aug 22

THERAPIES Somerset Reiki: Complementary therapy for body & mind in South Somerset. Read about Reiki & its practical benefits at somersetreiki. com. Contact sara@ somersetreiki.com Jul 22 07484 636577.

FOR SALE Laura Ashley two seater dark brown leather sofa 66” long 36 ½” deep, 32” high.

Good condition no damage £100. Buyer collects 01460 77014.

2 Dress making / display / dummys £40.00. Sewing machine Frister Rossmann £40.00 Oil paints brushes stands mixing pallet for the artist £40.00 07472 464102.

Guest bed excellent condition white headboard 2 mattresses, space saving trundle. Price £300. 01300 341635.

ELECTRICAL

WANTED

CHIMNEY SWEEP

Land wanted in the local area 7 acres up to 30 ideally Grazing and woodland . Please contact 07766831685

Vintage & antique textiles, linens, costume buttons etc. always sought by Caroline Bushell. Tel. 01404 45901.

Oct 22

Secondhand tools. All trades and crafts. Old and modern. G & E C Dawson. 01297 23826. www.secondhandtools. co.uk.

FOR SALE

sugar bowl, milk jug, 2 x vegetable dishes and lids. £60. 01308 422019.

Circular display clothes stand, ideal car boot.

Assembled 55” high, 28” Dave buys all types of tools 01935 428975 Jul 22 across. £5. 01460 234755.

Tent Kampa Fistral 4 with extras. £325 used twice.

Sewing machine Toyota Wanted: Old tractors RS2000, as new. £70. and vehicles. Running, Colyton 01297 551455. non running. Good price Brand-new Cuisinart paid. 01308 482320 ‘Grind and brew’ coffee 07971 866364 maker with 12 cup insulated Dec 22 carafe keeping coffee fresh and delicious for hours with Coins wanted. Part programmable timer and or full collections other unique features. Web purchased for cash.

SP £170. Yours for £130!

Please phone John on Solid Oak dining table 5’ x 01460 62109 Jul 22 3’. Heavy 2 people transport £100. 079278175, 01460 Too much clutter 391153. Nr Ilminster. in your Loft, shed, All wooden folding exGarage, barn. I buy village hall tables, fold flat, job-lots of vintage items. 27” x 66”. £20. 01460 07875677897 234755.

Deep Fat Fryer by Cookworks. Thermostatically FOR SALE controlled. Super condition, Bike rack, will hold 2 bikes, genuine reason for sale. fits on to tow bar, complete Little used. £25. Call 07591 with number plate holder and 058862 anytime. lights. £30. 01297 22371.

Peter James entire Air Brush Compressor collection of Roy Grace 45PSI model Microflame series (ITV major drama HS410. VGC. Also suit small Grace). 16 paperbacks in spray gun. Hose included. order from Dead Simple to £45. Ring Colin 01308 the latest Find Them Dead.

422514. Bridport Dorset. £15 the lot. 07970 715413.

Royal Doulton ‘Etude’ ‘Discovering the Great pattern 4 x dinner plates, 3 Paintings’ magazine. Issue 1 x breakfast plates, 4 x tea to 51 inclusive £12. 01308 plates, 4 x saucers, 2 x cups, 868612.

Aug 22

July 22

Men’s Felldale real Sheepskin coat Lakeland Sheepskin centre, chest 42”, 107cm, light beige. £50.

01404 814094.

Spare Wheel and Tyre.

Brand new unused Bridgstone 195/55 SR15.

5 stud wheel £35. Cable reel 50m, 4 sockets £20.

Revolution BBQ hinged lid, 22” diameter, green wheels, heat indicator, vent, adjustable. £45. (photos).

01460 54578, 07939 553167.

Cupcake stand. Oasis WJ 41 piece. Brand new, boxed. £10. Bosch drill PSB18L1-2 spare battery charger, boxed £15. Central heating programmer. Controls temp control (instruction) Drayton Lifestyle £25. (photos), 07939 553167.

Rocking horse, wooden ‘daple’ markings, leather saddle, harness, 45” total length. 31” to saddle. Lovely condition. Much loved.

Suitable 4-9 years £600. (photos). SAS wheel clamp 10”-15” wheels boxed. £25.

07939 553167.

Lawn mower ‘Lawn King’. Briggs and Stratton 675 Series 190cc. Self propelled £65. Hohner Melodica (soprano) green/ cream, s mouthpiece sheet music. £35. (photos), 07939 553167.

Dining table, 4 chairs, teak, dark brown leather seats, extendable. Vgc, nearly new. £50. 01935 415411.

DISTRIBUTION

FOR SALE Metal ladder – 2 section each with 12 rungs £75.

Vacuum cleane£8. Buyer collects. 01460 242254.

Collection of vintage books on lorries, tractors, stationary engines, trains, some hard backs. Forty plus many as new. £50 ono, buyer collects from South Chard.

01460 220786.

Ice-cream maker 2 ltr, Cuisinart Ice 30BCU.

Electric, as new, £45, 07581 749564 Dorchester.

Stihl chainsaw 14” £150.

Maiden Newton 01300 321405.

Modern Cat Carrier pink cupcake foldable body and carrying strap, suit kitten/ cat up to a year old or small breed older cat. Hardly used, excellent condition. £10.

07840 803872.

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Monthly Quiz

- Hargreaves waves goodbye

After fifteen years and one hundred and eighty hand-drawn quiztoons Richard Gahagan is taking a break from his monthly local place name quiz. His adventures around the towns and villages of west Dorset, south Somerset and east Devon have give us much brain scratching and enjoyment over the years and the quirky observations of his dogs, cat’s and snails will be missed.

There is no cash equivalent and no correspondence will be entered into.

Last month’s answer was Buckland Newton. The winner was I. Simpson from Sidmouth.

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BUSINESS NEWS

Business support for bike ride Local businesses including Poundbury based Dorset Cereals are supporting a twelve-year-old Scout from Poole in a fundraising bike ride through Dorset this August!

Oli Lewis is one of the UK contingent, representing 1st Hamworthy Scouts and Dorset in South Korea at the World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) in 2023 along with 50,000 other young people from around the world.

The WSJ offers young people the chance to learn new skills that they can use in other aspects of their life as well as Oli Lewis, heading to South Korea campaign for change on key world issues that matter to them.

One of the themes for the 2023 WSJ is Sustainability, and so to aid with the mammoth task of raising £3750 to attend, Oli began plans for a sponsored bike ride through Dorset. He was told to ‘Dream Wild’, and ‘Think Big’, and is doing exactly that!

Various local businesses including County Foods, Dorset Cereals, Poole IT, and Elite signs have all now supported the ride. Meanwhile, outside of Dorset, Oli has received well wishes from Kellogs, personal authorisation from Alistair Griffin to use ‘Just Drive’ on the videos, and has MultiNational Logistics Brand UPS fully supporting the entire operation- to include joining Oli on the ride!

The route, which starts in Bridport, covers some 80 miles, calling at various Scout halls and Rugby clubs before reaching Christchurch, and takes place the weekend of the 13th, and 14th of August 2022. For more information or to add your businesses support, visit www.gdbr.org.

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