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COVER STORY Robin Mills met Paralympian Holly Neill at Chantmarle, Dorset ‘My family’s all Dorset born and bred, I’ve lived ary every month which helps with training and here in this house all my life, and my Mum and expenses such as travel. Things went pretty well Dad come from round here too. Mum works at for me during that time, and I was selected for the Beaminster School as a teaching assistant for 2016 Rio Paralympics.

SEN children, and my Dad has his own busiThere are all sorts of categories for the competiness providing hoof care for cattle. I have two tors so that as far as possible there’s a level playyounger brothers, one working in a hospital in ing field for everyone according to their disability.

Southampton and the other living in London.

In my class for instance I compete in class F40 Growing up round here my first school was at or F41 which is for people of short stature, and in Evershot, which was tiny with about 10 of us in a my category in the discus, which is now my sport, class, and then I went to Beaminster comprehenI was competing against 14 people from around sive. Living in the country meant I was very much the world. Everyone gets 3 throws, and after 3 into horses from a young age. I did all the usual rounds the top 8 get another 3 throws, which is pony club things, and then in about 2007 took up the final. My coach and I decided that my target lessons in equestrianism. That really opened up was to make the final, and despite my throws not another dimension for me, the para-equestrian being my absolute best, I made the top 8. It was of world. It introduced me for the first time to comcourse a very different and massively overwhelmpetitive sport, and I was being trained and competing experience for me, so I was really pleased to © Holly Neill Photograph by Robin Mills reach that target. The best competitors in my event ing in dressage, which is basically getting the horse to perform a kind of ballet in an arena. are the Tunisians, who are the ones to beat. One Obviously on a horse the challenge for me is thinks of throwing as being an event dominated by my height, being 4ft 6in, and my last horse was 17.2h. Staying on Eastern Europeans, but the number one is a Tunisian girl and if she is tricky when your legs barely reach below the saddle, but I had a doesn’t win there’s usually something wrong. And there were quite specially adapted saddle, a very tame and willing horse, and plenty a few new entrants who popped up and turned out to be very good of people to help me overcome the difficulties. So when after a few too. years of competing in dressage I had to give it up – it was becomWe were in Rio for 3 weeks. The first 10 days was for acclimatiing too expensive – it was a bit of a shock having been involved sation and training with our GB coaches at a camp about an hour’s with horses since I was about 5 with my first Shetland pony. And flight from Rio, and then we moved to the Olympic Village. I went now I have no contact with horses at all, but that’s because athletics to Rio on my own, as I usually do at big competitions. I just prefer took over. to have no one around me, even family; that way I can be more As an equestrian I was put on to the Talented Athletic focussed. You get a lot of support out there from the team, and I Scholarship Scheme which helped with funding, access to physioalready knew all the GB team members in my event, but as a multitherapy and other resources I might need to help with my perfordisciplinary sport it was good to get to know the many I didn’t. And mance. That was based in Yeovil, with a man called Andrew Roda it was amazing to be able to see all the other sports and watch the from Yeovil College. He’s an athletics coach, so he helped me world’s best competitors. We weren’t allowed to go to the opening make the transition from equestrianism to the world of throwing in ceremony – it’s British Athletic protocol – because there’s hours athletics, where there is a competitive pathway that can lead to the and hours of standing around which is very tiring. We watched it Paralympics. I took to it straight away, mainly doing shot put, and on the big screen and had a celebration at our house, but after the in my first year I competed locally at Yeovil, and Millfield School. competition we went to the closing ceremony which was indeed I soon progressed from junior level to international, and then was amazing. selected for a junior world championship in the Czech Republic, at This year there’s the World Championship in London to be held which I was lucky enough to win gold. There was then only 2 years at the Olympic Stadium, so I’m hoping that after my disappointin which to build up to the London 2012 Paralympics, and despite ment at the 2012 event I’ll get my chance to compete there. It’s earlier successes I sadly wasn’t selected, which was a bit of a disapcombined with the able-bodied Athletic World Championship, so all pointment. But in sport you have to accept both sides of fortune, the top athletes like Usain Bolt will be there. I had a 2-week break and get back to working for the next opportunity. So I knuckled from training after Rio, but I’m back into it now. In the winter down and started training 6 times a week for the senior level and it’s mainly strength and conditioning work, then it’ll be work on the 2016 Rio Paralympics. technique in the spring. They say that throwers can be more lenient Back in Yeovil College I trained on the athletics track and in the with their diet than sprinters, but I’ve always been pretty careful gym. The selection process for the Paralympics is all based on your with what I eat. Before Rio I had no time for anything else, but now competition performance in the world ranking, so you have 4 years that I’ve hit my main goal in life I’m starting to plan ahead for the to get to the top 8 in the world. That means you have to compete in future beyond athletics. I’m doing a degree in Primary teaching at the European championships which is every 2 years, and the World the Open University, and I work part-time at Birchfield Community championships which are also every 2 years, and achieve a potenPrimary School in Yeovil. tial medal or finish in the top eight. In 2013 I made my senior debut I’ve always taken a very positive approach to life, I really love a at the World Athletics Championships in Lyon, where I took bronze, challenge and I’m not afraid to push myself to higher levels if I can, after which I was put on the World Class Performance Programme, in life in general as well as in sport. One never knows what’s round which is funded by the National Lottery. That gives us a small salthe next corner, but this seems to me to be the best way to find out.’

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MV UP FRONT Echoing the theory expounded by Ray Kurzweil in his book, The Singularity is Near, Microsoft’s Bill Gates recently pointed out that change in the coming decades will come faster than the automation that transformed production lines during the 20th century. One only has to look at the rate of change and advances in technology in the last ten years to see that they are both on the right track. However, one of the central points in Gates’ interview was the need to tax robots that take jobs that humans would have done. He pointed out that if a human did $50K worth of work they would be taxed on that salary and the money would be used to fund public services. If we don’t tax the technology that replaces human beings we quickly lose vital tax revenue.

Obviously that means we need a new way of taxing automated production, but the business community will no doubt fight any new taxes and has already been asking where do we draw the line? Businesses have been using automation for decades and any effort to tax it would be very complex. To start with what is a robot? Professor of Robot Ethics, Alan Winfield, talking on The Life Scientific program on BBC Radio 4 recently, defined a robot as something that ‘embodies AI’ or ‘Artificial Intelligence in a physical body’. He admitted that every roboticist has their own definition. But even if a definition could one day be agreed on, the questions still come thick and fast. To the point where they are so exasperating they become ridiculous. How do you determine the correct value for an automated job? How far back do you go to recover back tax? How often should a robot get a raise? Should a robot qualify for a pension, annual holiday and maternity/paternity leave? Can we expect a robot union fighting for equal rights and threatening to strike for equal pay?

And how about this—if an American soldier is serving in a designated tax-free combat zone they don’t pay tax, so does that mean that a drone should be taxed for the period where it is in the air outside of the ‘designated tax-free combat zone’? And then there’s the argument that a human couldn’t have done the job in the first place. Some of these questions might be seen as at the lighter end of the discussion and obviously only scratch the surface of the problems that a robotic future offers. But it may turn out to be artificial intelligence that answers them.

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Cover Story By Robin Mills Bridport’s Own Cough Medicine by Philip Strange Coast & Countryside Events Courses and Workshops News & Views Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn

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House & Garden Vegetables in March By Fergus Dowding March in the Garden By Russell Jordan Property Round Up By Helen Fisher Take Care By Cecil Amor Old Dog New Tricks By Nick Fisher

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Bridport’s Own Cough Medicine The story of Fudge’s Firewater

by Philip Strange

A bottle of Fudge’s Mentholated Honey Syrup (Firewater).

Photo kindly supplied by Emily Hicks, Bridport Museum

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unny nose, sore throat, hacking cough? Do you run to the pharmacy for a cough medicine that may or may not help?

Many Bridport people remember the days when the remedy of choice was Fudge’s Mentholated Honey Syrup, or as the locals christened it, Fudge’s Firewater. How did this potent potion come about and why is it no longer available?

The story begins in the 1950s when Ken Fudge moved from London to Bridport to open his pharmacy in West Allington, next door to Balsons Butchers. For Mr Fudge, trained in London but born in Blandford, this was something of a return to his roots. At that time, many pharmacists devised their own remedies, often to secret recipes, and Mr Fudge was no exception.

He made several nostrums, as these remedies are called, but the most popular and enduring was his Mentholated Honey Syrup (Fudge’s Firewater) which, long after Mr Fudge retired, was sold at the East Street Pharmacy in Bridport, for much of that time under the supervision of Mr Morrish. Even now, the mere mention of the Fudge’s name evokes a warm wave of nostalgia and longing in many Bridport people. ...continued page 8

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The medicine Fudge’s Firewater was an old-style cough medicine recommended for common winter ailments: coughs, colds, influenza, loss of voice, hoarseness, sore throat and catarrh.

The dose was one teaspoon every four hours and the label warned ominously that each spoonful should be “taken very slowly”.

It was sold “over the counter” without prescription but strictly under the control of the pharmacist. Fudge’s Firewater was immensely popular and many people have told me how much they trusted it to help their symptoms: “Brilliant cough mixture, couldn’t beat it”, “Amazing medicine for coughs and sore throats”, “Never bought anything else”, “Please, if there is a god, bring back Fudge’s Firewater”. People travelled long distances to purchase the medicine, holiday makers often went home with supplies and, during some winters, as many as 250 bottles of Firewater were sold each week at the East Street Pharmacy.

The medicine also had a formidable reputation: “It nearly blew your head off but by golly it did the trick”, “Tasted like red diesel mixed with the finest brandy, lovely”, “The menthol really took your breath away” “It was a trial to take but you knew it would make you better” and several people spoke of “the Fudge’s shudder”.

As Mr Fudge himself said: “Some do swear by it, some do swear at it”.

Unconventional uses of Fudge’s Firewater The medicine was also a voice-saver for some professional singers and I heard about one well-known entertainer who would regularly send a friend to buy Firewater from Mr Morrish to help lubricate her vocal cords. Similarly, Marco Rossi told me that, in the 1990s, when he was part of local band, Stocky Lamaar, performing in smoke-filled pubs around Dorset, he and Al, the other vocalist, each had a bottle of the potion by them on stage. With the occasional swig of Firewater, they could sing all evening without sounding like “Madge from Neighbours at a Bonnie Tyler tribute karaoke night”.

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Mr Fudge’s Pharmacy in West Allington in the late 1950s. Mr Ken Fudge (behind) and Mr Donald Balson (front) are inspecting the flooded street. The photo was kindly supplied by Richard Balson

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Some do swear by it, some do swear at it

What was Fudge’s Firewater and how did it work?

Mr Fudge’s medicine was a dark brown syrupy liquid made by mixing menthol crystals and a little fudgy flavouring into Gee’s Linctus, itself an old-fashioned cough remedy dating from the Victorian era. Gee’s linctus, or to give it its proper name, squill linctus opiate, contains several potentially active ingredients. Morphine, a substance with an established effect on cough, but also a well-known drug of abuse, is present but at low levels. Squill, a plant extract, is another potentially active component that, paradoxically, encourages coughing and mucus removal. The medicine also contains alcohol at similar levels to a fortified wine and this may have contributed to the Firewater experience. Mr Fudge’s masterstroke was to boost the effects of the Gee’s linctus by adding menthol, a remedy used for many years to help with symptoms of coughs and colds; it may also act as an oral anaesthetic helping with sore throats and may relieve nasal congestion.

Although cough medicines cannot alter the course of viral infections, they may help you feel better and Mr Fudge’s medicine attacked symptoms in several ways which is perhaps why it was so popular and so successful. It was the menthol, however, that made the potion so memorable, justifying the Firewater nickname and establishing a shared experience among those who used it, believed in it and benefitted from it.

Abuse of Fudge’s Firewater Non-prescription medicines such as Gee’s linctus, and Fudge’s Firewater, have been abused by people trying to access even the small amounts of morphine they contain.

For example, Gee’s linctus is reported to induce a “lovely euphoria and dreaminess”, but only if you are prepared to drink 50ml or more of the medicine! Local pharmacists were aware of the problem and tried to control it: Mr Morrish monitored all sales personally and Mr Conroy (manager during the Moss era) restricted sales to one bottle per person, with a signature.

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for a few years from the St John’s Pharmacy in Weymouth. Because of the change in pharmacy regulations, people needed to persuade their doctor to issue a private prescription if they wanted the medicine; this severely affected sales and by 2009 production finally ceased. The change in regulations also means that Fudge’s Firewater is very unlikely ever to reappear.

Fudge’s Firewater served Bridport well for 50 years. The medicine is now just a memory but one that should be preserved as an important part of Bridport’s history.

I should like to thank Angela Alexander, Stuart Anderson, Richard Balson, David Conroy, Richard Cooper, Margery Hookings, Diana Leake, Kevin Morrish, Caroline Morrish-Banham, Dipan Shah, Elizabeth Williamson, Joy Wingfield, The Bridport Museum and the many commenters on social media who generously helped me in preparing this article.

The end of Fudge’s Firewater

Fudge bottle One of Mr Fudge’s medicine bottles.

Photo kindly supplied by Jamie Dibdin

Gee’s linctus gradually fell out of favour as a cough medicine because of the problem of abuse. Finding commercial sources of the linctus became more difficult and temporary interruptions to the availability of Fudge’s Firewater occurred early in the 21st century.

Then, in January 2006, a notice appeared on the window of Moss’s East Street Pharmacy announcing that the medicine would be discontinued because of “problems with the supply of ingredients”. Around this time, however, there had also been a change in the pharmacy regulations. Nostrums containing even small amounts of morphine, like Fudge’s Firewater, now required a prescription and this change must have contributed to Moss’s decision.

That wasn’t quite the end, though, because a modified Firewater was available

Philip Strange is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Reading.

He writes about science and about nature with a particular focus on how science fits in to society.

His work may be read at http://philipstrange. wordpress.com/

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FOLLOWING their amazing run of sell out shows across the UK, The New Jersey Boys make a welcome return to Axminster with their packed two set show Oh What A Night.

Expect to hear all the hits such as Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like A Man and many more.

The New Jersey Boys, based in Plymouth, take their audience on a nostalgic musical journey through the career of one of the biggest selling groups of all times—The Four Seasons.

This choreographed show featuring the amazing falsetto voice of Einar Vestman and the talented all round entertainer Gary Gould is a superb mixture of tight vocal harmonies and light comedy. The show includes a tribute to another great rock ‘n roll band, Showaddywaddy. So don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing and dancing.

Tickets from Archway Bookshop Axminster 01297 33595. Online: www. wegottickets.com.

TOR Eigeland’s career as a photojournalist allowed him to travel to the corners of the globe, experiencing the cultures and sights he dreamt of as a child.

His projects have been varied and important in preserving many aspects of 20th century history. He has completed projects for National Geographic, The New York Times, Time Magazine and The Independent on Sunday amongst others. His assignments include travelling the entirety of the Silk Road in 1987, from Istanbul to Hong Kong, where he became one of the first to cross the border between the Soviet Union and China after the lifting of the Iron Curtain.

He was witness to Fidel Castro on the eve of the Cuban Revolution, unknowingly staying in the very hotel where Castro had commandeered the entire top floor for his headquarters.

Recently settling in England he has his first retrospective show at Dukes in Dorchester from February 17th to March 22nd.

A ‘poignant, inspiring and often comic account of family life and the man known as the T E Lawrence of Burma’ is how the Mail on Sunday described Dadland, the Costa biography award winning memoir of her father by Keggie Carew.

Tom Carew was a rule breaker, a lefthanded stutterer, and a law unto himself, but as his memory began to fade his daughter Keggie became part detective and part historian to uncover some of the exploits her father had forgotton.

Dadland is a manhunt. Keggie takes the reader on a spellbinding journey, in peace and war, into surprising and shady corners of history, her childhood and the poignant breakdown of her family, the corridors of dementia and beyond. It is also a celebration of the technicolour life of an impossible, irresistible, unstoppable man.

Keggie Carew will be in conversation with Sally Laverack on Monday 6 March at The Tithe Barn Symondsbury at 2.30pm. For tickets telephone Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901.

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Coast &Countryside Wednesday 1 March

Mosterton Ramblers morning walk (approx 3hrs) in the Abbotsbury area, followed by pub lunch. Meet at Orchard Way 9.30am, transport available. Details from Chris on 01460 76405.

West Dorset Ramblers 5 mile Beaminster and Stoke Abbott walk. 10am start. Bring snack. No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01308 863955.

Seaton and District Probus Club Talk by Helena Williams: Exotic Travels with my Camera. 10am at Seaton Methodist Church small hall. The club is open to retired or semi-retired men over 55. New members/ prospective members welcome – come and give us a try. Please contact Stephen Lord on 01297 21872 for more information.

Axminster & Seaton Parkinson’s Support Group meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 10.30pm - 12noon at the Scott Rowe Centre in Axminster Hospital. Come along to meet others with Parkinson’s and their carers over a cup of coffee/tea. £1.50 per session. Talks by medical professionals, short talks by members, quick quizzes

etc. Group is in its infancy and is keen to consider suggestions for activities at future meetings. Everyone welcome. For further information contact local volunteer Pauline Beviss on 01297 33903.

Colyton, Colyford & District Memory Café 2pm - 4pm in St John Hall, King St, Colyton. We offer a time of friendship and support to those experiencing memory problems, enhanced with social activities and refreshments. Ring Sue on 01297 599477 for more information.

Indoor Short Mat Bowls Every Wednesday 7.30pm - 9.45pm. Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Tea, biscuits half time. Cost £1.60. More information on 01297 22488, lift available.

Til Death Us Do Part: a look at the history of medicine 1300-1948 - Janet Few. Axminster Historical Society, 7.30pm The Bradshaw Meeting Room, Axminster Heritage Centre, Silver Street, Axminster, EX13 5AH All welcome.

Steve Day: Comedy Café 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £8/£6 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts.com.

Free Advanced Driving Lectures

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Wednesday 1, 8 and 15 March. Drivers are invited to attend a series of 3 twohour lectures. They are free to attend and are organised by Dorset (Dorchester) Group of Advanced Motorists and delivered by a Class One former police driving instructor and IAM Examiner with a sense of humour. Committee Room 1, County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester DT1 1XJ commencing 6.45pm sharp and finishing at 8.45pm.

Parking is free and entrance to Committee Room 1 is gained through glass doors at Colliton Corner. This is situated at the far right hand side of County Hall when facing it. For Further details please contact Jane Percy, Group Secretary either via email at secretary@ dorsetiam.org.uk or telephone 01305 820963.

Thursday 2 March

Tatworth Flower Club Tatworth Memorial hall TA20 2QA 1.30pm for 2pm Floral Demonstration by Philippa Louden.

“For the love of flowers” Sure to be an enjoyable afternoon. Tea & Homemade

cakes. Visitors welcome entry £5.

Art Group An informal untutored group for artists in all media, from oils to acrylics. All abilities welcome. Bring your own materials. Thursdays 2pm - 4pm. £7 per session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

WDHS Retirement Fellowship 2pm in the Boys Brigade Hall, Sawmills Lane, Dorchester DT1 2RZ for the AGM followed by a quiz. New members welcome. Contact 01305 261676 or 785546 for further information.

Talk Friends of Lyme Regis Museum “A correspondent’s life”. Journalist and broadcaster Kate Adie recalls her experiences as a BBC foreign correspondent covering some of the most significant events, including war, in recent world history. Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis, 2.30pm. Admission £3 for members, £5 for visitors, including refreshments. Proceeds to the new Mary Anning Wing. For further information contact David Cox, 01297 443156.

Thursday Afternoon Talk 2.30pm - Duncan’s Unctions - a fascinating talk about how Duncan came to create topical creams to soothe the skin.

Admission is by donation. Call 01297 32331 to register interest and intention to come. Axminster Health & Wellbeing Centre www.axminsterwellbeing.com 01297 32331.

Broadwey, Upwey & District Horticultural Society ‘Vegetable gardening in containers’ a talk by Mark Read. St. Nicholas Primary School, Dorchester Road, Broadwey, Weymouth starting at 7.30pm. Details on 01305 813853 or website.

Chard Camera Club AGM at 7.30pm in the Baptist Church Hall, Holyrood Street.

Lyme Voices Community Choir 7.30pm - 9.15pm at the Baptist Church middle hall, Silver St., Lyme Regis, DT7 3NY. Sing for fun. Learn by ear.

Everyone welcome. Contact Pete Linnett 01297 445078 or email petelinnett@ naturalvoice.net.

Crewkerne Folk Dance Club meets every Thursday from 8pm - 10pm, in St Bartholomew’s Church Hall, Abbey Street, Crewkerne. Newcomers always welcome. £2.50 but first visit free.

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Coast &Countryside Denise Smith 01460 77320, or Leslye Stansfield 01460 75760.

Folk Dancing in Honiton at Gittisham Folk Dance Club’s regular ‘first Wednesday’ dance night, 8pm - 10.15pm, in the Mackarness Hall, High Street, EX14 1PG. All levels of experience welcome and beginners especially; no partner required. With live music and light refreshments. £3. See website: https://gittishamfolkdanceclub. org Call 01404 813 129 or email secretarygittishamfolkdance@gmail.com for more information.

Friday 3 March

Need to make or change a Will or Power of Attorney? Every few months Age UK Dorchester has a by appointment surgery where individuals can come and ask an expert questions about wills, powers of attorney and other legal aspects of your home and finances. This is a free oneto-one surgery given by Nick Grassby, solicitor at Humphries Kirk, solicitors.

9.30am - 3.30pm at Age UK Dorchester,

Rowan Cottage, 4 Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, DT1 1PW. For further details of all Age UK Dorchester services, please telephone 01305 269444 or look at the website: www.ageukdorchester.org.uk.

West Dorset Ramblers 9 mile Osmington, White Horse hill and Bowleaze Cove walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs.

All welcome. Please call 01305 459315.

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 5 mile circular walk from Sidmouth. 10am start.

Dogs on short leads. 01395 519232.

The Living Tree cancer self-help group.

1pm Rising Voices with Jane, 2pm Tripudio with Elizabeth, 2.15pm Martin Hazell, craftsman in wood. Healing/ acupuncture advice with Ro. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www. thelivingtree.org.uk.

Country Dancing every Friday afternoon.

2pm - 4pm Masonic Hall, South Street, Axminster. Tea, biscuits half time. Cost £2.

More information 01297 34326.

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Phil

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Wells’ Triptych; Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, DT7 3PG starting at 7.30pm. www. lymebayphotographicclub.org.

Dorset Wildlife Trust – West Dorset Group ‘Unseen and Underground: why our geological heritage matters’ - an illustrated talk by Sam Scriven, Acting Earth Science Manager, Jurassic Coast Team. 7.30pm, Bridport United Church Hall, East Street, DT6 3LJ. Non-members welcome, £2, (£3 non-members) inc. refreshments 01308 423442.

Sidford Canasta Group meets at Sidford Methodist Church, EX10 9RL every Friday at 7.30p.m.; free parking is available behind Spar. Further details from 01395 579856.

Bampfylde Lecture 2017 – Uncovering Hestercombe: 25 Years of Discovery Each year, around the date of artist and garden designer Coplestone Warre Bampfylde’s birthday, Hestercombe hosts its Bampfylde Lecture. Make an evening of it and enjoy a two course supper in the Column Room Restaurant in Hestercombe House before the lecture. Supper served at

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Coast &Countryside 5.45pm, lecture begins at 7.30pm. Supper and lecture – Online: £28.95; Offline: £29.95 Lecture only – Online: £9; Offline: £10 To book go to www.hestercombe. com .

Wild West Country Dance 7.30pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £25, Box office: 01305 266926, www. dorchesterarts.org.uk.

Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society talk by John Allen about ‘Barrington Court’, at 7.30pm at the Holy Trinity Church & Community Centre, Lysander Road, Yeovil, BA20 2BU. Visitors are welcome, £2.

Elles Bailey - With support from Adam Sweet 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £10 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www. bridport-arts.com.

Fri 3 – Sat 4 March

Dreams presented by Bridport Youth Dance. Bridport Electric Palace, Friday Doors 6.30pm / starts 7.30pm, Saturday Doors 2pm / starts 3pm & Doors 6.30pm / starts 7.30pm. Students / Under-12s £8.50 (£8 +50p bf) / £9 door Adult £12.50 (£12 + 50p bf) / £13 door. A collaborative production with Bridport Boys Dance

by Nikki Northover, with additional choreography by Aimee Symes, Matt Flint, Rebecca Whaley and Luke Robson.

Also featuring music by Matt Benjamin, Jack Harrison and Andrew Dickson. www. electricpalace.org.uk.

Saturday 4 March

Weymouth Music Festival 2017 at Budmouth College. Full information is available at www.weymouthmusicfestival. co.uk. A full day’s Festival pass, including programme is available for only £5 - or £4.50 if bought online in advance.

Table Top Sale Musbury Village Hall 10am - 1pm. A real mixture of exciting things to buy, including raffle, cake stall, tom bola, book stall. Refreshments featuring our tempting bacon butties.

Admission free. Profits to St Michaels Church Musbury. Enquiries 01297 552440/552711.

Rummage Sale Chideock Village Hall 11am opening, 30p entry includes cup of tea or coffee. Donations wanted. Please donate any items that can be sold. Can be collected, contact Pat Cole on 01297 480837 or dropping items at the hall

Friday from 8pm. Proceeds to go to the New Kitchen.

Axminster Art Society A workshop by Roger Clemens at All Saints Village Hall on Life Drawing 10am – 4pm Booking via www.axminsterartsociety.uk.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Hear stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension. Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Blackmore Vale and Yeovil National Trust Association AGM and a talk by Mark Crosby on “Volunteering and the National Trust”. Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne and start at 2.30pm.

Indian Supper Club from 6.30pm Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton TA13 5DJ For more information please phone 01460 242775 or visit website www.frogmarygreenfarm.co.uk.

Jay Rayner: The Ten (Food) Commandments 7.30pm £15 Includes Q&A and book signing. 14+ The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www. beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Bridport Ceilidhs Church House (St Mary’s) Hall, South Street, Bridport DT6 3NW. Bring and Share finger food supper, with some soft drinks provided; bring your own beer/wine and make a party of it. Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm - 11pm dance. Tickets £9 on the door, but cheaper in advance at £8 from “The Music Shop”, South Street, “The Lime Tree” Deli, West Street, or online; or book by phone on 01308 423 442 or email monty3dayslate@ yahoo.co.uk. www.bridportceilidhs. wordpress.com.

The FB Pocket Orchestra 8pm. Blues, Ragtime, Hot Jazz, Songs and Dances from long ago. Tickets: £11 Full. £10 Concessions. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

Fish Eye 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £12/£10 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts.com.

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Sat 4 - Sun 12 March

Crocus Week with acres of spring bulbs.

Forde Abbey www.fordeabbey.co.uk, info@fordeabbey.co.uk.

Sunday 5 March

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10 mile circular walk from Clyst Hydon. 10am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads.

01404 45944.

Plant & Gardening Fair Forde Abbey and Gardens 10am - 4pm. Over 30 stalls selling plants and gardening sundries, RHS advice and inspiration for the Spring garden. £3 entry. Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset, TA20 4LU (t) 01460 220231 www.fordeabbey.co.uk, info@fordeabbey. co.uk.

More Tales from Under Shady Tree with Ken Gollop A look at Lyme in the recent past. Raffle, Teas, Exhibition Boards. In aid of Lyme Regis Museum. 2.30pm.

Admission £3. Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. DT7 3PG. Enquiries 01297 443678.

The Beacon Piano Trio 3.30pm - 4.30pm.

Joyce Clarke, Anna Cockcroft, Ruth Lass.

See website for full programme and further information https://www.hugofox.com/ community/friends-of-sidholme-musicroom-12917/about-us. Sidholme Music Room.

Monday 6 March

Axminster Carnival Bingo Axminster Guildhall, doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm.

Bridport Folk Dance Club 7.30pm 9.30pm in the WI Hall, North Street, Bridport. Membership available giving admission at £2.50, otherwise £3. Contact Jane on 01308 898 002 or Monty on 01308 423 442. (Also on 13th, 20th and 27th).

Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Social Dancing with instruction with a break for tea and coffee. 7.30pm - 10pm at the Village Hall. No partner required. Cost £1.50. Contact David on 01460 65981; Ann on 01308 422927; or Andrew on 01297 33461, or just come along. www. chardscottishdancing.org.uk Mondays in March 13th, 20th, 27th.

Jazz Jam Session Do you play an instrument? Do you enjoy jazz and want to try improvising around jazz standards and other well-known tunes? Come along to this informal group – you can play, or just sit and listen. 8pm. £2 to

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Coast &Countryside take part. Bar available. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Tuesday 7 March

Coffee Morning at Bridport Library 10am – 12.30pm. Come and find out about the Home Library Service delivered from Bridport Library, and how to become a volunteer. If you are interested in either receiving the Home Library Service or becoming a volunteer, please contact Maria Jacobson, Royal Voluntary Service Manager Dorset Home Library Service, on 07786 635154 or 01305 236666, or e-mail Maria.Jacobson@royalvoluntaryservice. org.uk.

Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss Try a free session at Bridport Hospital 2pm - 4pm. Find out how lipreading can help you to hear more and pick up some tips to help you cope with your hearing loss. Small, friendly group. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact Ruth for further details ruth@bizleyart.com 01297 442239 or just come along on the day. Also 21st and 28th.

Knit and Natter Coffee Morning 11am – 12noon Weymouth Library. Knit and Natter contact 01305 777476. Booking advisable.

Axminster Probus Club for retired and semi-retired business and professional men meets at 10am for 10.15am in a private room at the A35 Pit Stop, Gammons Hill, Kilmington for its AGM followed by a talk by member Reg German and an optional lunch. Potential members and guests are very welcome. For further details ring 01460 220528.

The Lyme Regis Art Society Terry Whitworth, Harbours, Watercolour.

Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. Details 01297 445464.

Antiques “Call My Bluff” with Nic Saintey. At Seavington Millennium Hall, Water Street, Seavington St Mary TA 19 0QH. Bar open from 7pm, quiz starts at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 in advance, including buffet supper, available from Seavington Community Store, address as above, or telephone 01460 249522. Proceeds in aid of improvements to Seavington Community Store.

Wednesday 8 March

West Dorset Ramblers 7.5 mile Cerne Abbas, Minterne and UpCerne walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. Dogs on leads only. All welcome. Please call 01300 341664.

The Beehive Folk Café 8pm – 10.30pm Free. Come along to the Beehive bar,

relax and listen or perform in this mostly acoustic session of folk, blues & roots.

Hosted by Sue King. Performers book a slot on the night. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www. beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Steve Knightley - Landlocked 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £18/16 Box office: 01305 266926, www. dorchesterarts.org.uk.

Thursday 9 March

Art Group An informal untutored group for artists in all media, from oils to acrylics. All abilities welcome. Bring your own materials. Thursdays 2pm - 4pm. £7 per session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Sherborne and District Gardeners’ Association Visit Castle Gardens.

Discount Afternoon and talk, 2.30pm. Mrs A Guppy 01935 813679.

Arts and Crafts Churches in Dorset St. Aldhelm’s Centre, Spa Road, Weymouth, DT3 5EW. 2.30pm Talk by Gordon Le Pard. Presented by National Trust South Dorset Association. £3 members, £4 guests inc. tea/biscuits. 01300 321601 geoffwrench@lineone.net.

Plant Heritage Dorset Group ‘Auriculas for Everyone’ Speakers Gil & Lesley Roberts of Pop’s Plants, National Collection Holders of Auriculas. 7pm for 7.30pm, Conference Room, Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester, DT2 8PY. www.nccpg.com. Cost: Visitors welcome £2.50, students £1 at the door. Plant Heritage brings together everyone from keen amateur gardeners to botanists and leading horticulturalists to help preserve the UK’s garden plants.

Lyme Voices Community Choir 7.30pm - 9.15pm at the Baptist Church middle hall, Silver St., Lyme Regis, DT7 3NY. Sing for fun. Learn by ear. Everyone welcome.

Contact Pete Linnett 01297 445078 or email petelinnett@naturalvoice.net.

Seavington Gardening Club 7.30pm in the Millennium Hall. AGM followed by a talk from Susannah Applegate about “Peonies and Irises”. Visitors welcome £2 payable at the door. Refreshments available plus a raffle. For more information please contact Karen Day tel. 01460 249728.

Crewkerne Gardening Club invites you

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to a talk on “Hostas” by Peter Savage from Chelsea award winning business Bowdens. Will he mention slugs?!

To be held in the Henhayes Centre at 7.30pm, Visitors welcome, £2.50.

Chard Royal Naval Association bi monthly official meeting in the Chard Rugby Football Club, Essex Close, at 7.30pm. Further details can be obtained via the secretary Mr Gary Pennells 01460 77978.

Fashion Show at Merriott Village Hall 7pm for 7.30pm. Clothes at bargain prices.

Tickets £7.50 including welcome drink and refreshments. A fun night out. Tickets and information from Rosemary 01460 78886 or Merriott village shops.

National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6pm / starts 7pm £10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) adv / £12 door www.electricpalace.org.uk. O’Hooley & Tidow Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £14/£12 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www. bridport-arts.com 7.30pm.

Friday 10 March

Bird ringing demonstration 9am, Discovery Hut at Seaton Wetlands. A rare chance to see birds up close as they are ringing for conservation monitoring. For more information: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@eastdevon.gov.uk , 01395 517557.

West Dorset Ramblers 6 mile Frampton and Compton Vallence walk. Optional soup lunch in aid of Dorchester Poverty Action Group at hall (please call the day before to book). 10am start. Bring snack.

No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01300 320084.

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 4.5 mile circular walk from Lambert’s Castle. 10am start. Dogs on short leads. 01308 898432.

Coffee Morning at Bridport Library 11am – 2pm. Come and find out about the Home Library Service delivered from Bridport Library, and how to become a volunteer. If interested in either receiving the Home Library Service or becoming a volunteer, please contact Maria Jacobson, Royal Voluntary Service Manager Dorset Home Library Service, on 07786 635154 or 01305 236666, or e-mail Maria.

Jacobson@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk.

U3A Heritage Coast Lyme Regis The Victorian Head Gardener, Francis Burroughes, whose father started his career in horticulture as gardener’s boy on a large estate just before the First World War, relates the fascinating life of the

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Coast &Countryside Victorian country estate, which has now entirely vanished. Coffee served from 10am - 10.45am followed by talk at 11am - 12noon. Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis DT7 3PG. Organised by– free for members, non-members £2 donation suggested. To join U3A, see website www. lymeregisu3a.org or telephone 01297444566.

Food on Friday 12noon at Clapton & Wayford Village hall: two course hot lunch, roll & butter + unlimited tea/coffee.; £4.50. Open to all ages; very friendly atmosphere, newcomers really welcomed, but please book places in advance by phoning June 01460 77057 or Jackie 01460 72324, who will also provide more information if required.

The Living Tree cancer self-help group.

2pm Sandy Weatherburn from Social Embers (provides support with digital bereavement and memorial before and after death). Massage with Amanda. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

Readers’ Group Spend an afternoon once a month with like-minded people, a good

cup of tea or coffee and a chat about the latest ‘read’. All books are provided by the library service. 2.30pm - 4pm. £4 per session (includes refreshments). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Chard History Group Father Basil from The English Martyr’s Church in Chard will give a Talk about his experiences in El Salvador in the 1980s at the forefront of the ideological clash between East and West. 7.30 pm At Manor Court Primary, opposite Sainsburys. Refreshment available. New members and guests welcome. Members £2 Guests £3. Free School Yard parking. For information 01460 66165.

Mike Denham and Tom “Spats” Langham in Concert 7.30pm at Cheap Street Church, Sherborne. Tickets £10, including refreshments, from Sherborne TIIC (01935 815341) and on the door.

Proceeds in aid of the Friends of the Rendezvous, a charity supporting vulnerable young people.

Seed Sowing, Pricking Out and Potting

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On A practical and very informative talk for beginners and all those who enjoy growing their own plants from seed.

Kilmington Garden Club, Kilmington village hall, Whitford Road Kilmington EX13 7RF 7.30pm Non members welcome £2.

A Fantastic Night of Utterly Spiffing Magic! Drimpton Village Hall at 6pm for 6.30pm. Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload a boxful of bafflement and impossibility. Fun for all ages Tickets adults £6 under 18s £5 Family of 4 £20 from Roger Smith on 01308 867442 or roger@thesmithsmailbox.net.

Tony Roberts & his Quintet Mainstream jazz from a local group, playing tunes from the American song book, bossa nova, Latin and ‘Blue Note’ style 50’s/60’s jazz. At 8pm. Tickets: £14 (£28 with pre-show supper at 7pm - must be booked in advance). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Handbags and Gladrags evening selling pre-loved and new handbags, accessories

and ladies’ bling, from 7pm - 9pm, at The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton. Entry is free plus free nibbles. Bar sales will include a Prosecco Bar. Come and have a fun evening and help fundraise as part of the “Support the David Hall” campaign.

The New Jersey Boys ‘Oh What A Night’ Axminster Guildhall 7.30pm. Tkt: unreserved from Archway Bookshop Axminster 01297 33595. Online: www. wegottickets.com Also TICs at Taunton, Wellington and Bridport.

Shappi Khorsandi 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £15/£13 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts.com.

Oxley-Meier Guitar Project Jazz café 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £10 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridportarts.com.

Blues Night: Paul Lamb and The King Snakes Bridport Electric Palace, www.electricpalace.org.uk Doors 7pm / starts 8pm £10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) adv / £12 door.

3 Acres and a Cow A history of land rights and protest in folk song and story.

With Kathrine Hallewell, Robin Grey and friends. Chiselborough Village Hall, near Yeovil. £6 concession/ £8 full + extra £4 optional food. 6pm food, 7pm show. Tickets: threeacresandacow.co.uk (+£1 booking fee) or from Norton-SubHamdon Shop.

Thrive Zest Theatre 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £10/ 8 /5 Box office: 01305 266926, www.dorchesterarts.org.uk.

Saturday 11 March

Farmers Market Martock 10am – 1pm in the shopping precinct. Stock up for Easter from our 17 stalls selling ‘Slow Food’ such as Whitelake Cheese, Duncan’s cabbages, Janis’ Old Spots, Barry’s bangers, Giles coffee, David’s honey, Charles’ quiches and loads more local food. At 10.30am the 303 Community Moorlands Shopping Precinct, North Street, Martock. 16 stalls. 01935 822202 for a table.

Table Top Sale Whitelackington Village Hall, 10am - 1pm, free entry. A variety of new and used items.

Dorset Countryside Volunteers are clearing scrub at West Milton in West Dorset. There should be a bonfire to

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Coast &Countryside keep warm. New people interested in helping care for the countryside are most welcome. For details see www.dcv.org.uk, email DCVpublicity@gmail.com, or text or message 07923 498760 to be contacted.

Norton-Sub-Hamdon Spring Jumble Sale at the Village Hall (TA14 6SF). Doors open 11am. Admission 30p. Bargains galore. inc. New/nearly new clothes, shoes, bags, Bric-a-brac, Books, Toys and much more. Teas and Raffle. All proceeds to Hall funds. Contact / information 01935881718.

What’s that bird? 10am - 12noon, Tower Hide at Seaton Wetlands. Improve your bird ID skills with an experienced guide.

For more information: wildeastdevon. co.uk, countryside@eastdevon.gov.uk, 01395 517557.

Specialist Charity Plant Fairs 10am – 2pm Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA. Free entry, with donations to the local charity School in a Bag. With 15 different nurseries stands, this will be a perfect opportunity to buy early spring plants and bulbs for colour now or plants for interest later in the year. Nursery owners will be on hand to offer personal advice and a wide range of exciting plants is guaranteed. Easy car parking and refreshments available. www.plantfairs. com.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Hear stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension. Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

West Dorset Group of the SDFHS meeting at Loders Village Hall, 2pm.

Roy Stockdill will talk about ‘Celebrities with Dorset Roots’ including Judi Dench, Ricky Gervais, Kate Winslet and Emma Chambers. All welcome, members £1.50, visitors £3 includes tea and biscuits. For more details contact Jane on 01308 425710 or email: jferentzi@aol.com.

Beer Wurlitzer Theatre Organ Show with Elizabeth Harrison, musician and entertainer, at the Congregational Church, Fore Street, Beer, 2pm, admittance £7 on the door, children free, includes interval refreshments. Everyone welcome, for

further info visit www.beerwurlitzer.org.uk or phone 01297 24892.

Egyptian Society Taunton “Senenmut” lecture by Dr. Campbell Price, University of Manchester. The Devon Archaeological Society, Berkeley House, Dix’s Field, Exeter. 2pm start. £7.50 non-members http://egyptiansoctaunton.wixsite.com/ home.

Sweet Honi Choir & Brass Warriors Quintet 7.30pm Adult £10, Student/U16/ Senior Citizen £8 An exciting collaboration between Honiton’s Sweet Honi Rock, Pop & Soul Choir and the dynamic, international, brass quintet. Hits from Bowie, Eurythmics, Madonna, Abba, & The Beatles.

The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Kitty Macfarlane with support from Peter James Millson at 8pm. Kitty Macfarlane is a young Somersetbased singer/songwriter blessed with a strong identity. Tickets: £10 Full. No concessions. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

Jazz Jurassica Annika Skoogh’s Latin Quartet. An exciting, engaging jazz singer who returns to her Latin American roots to bring the authentic sounds of samba and bossa nova beats to a sultry evening of hip-swaying jazz. Her vibrant style will bring some Copacabana magic to the shores of Lyme Regis. Doors: 6.45pm Supper: 7pm - 8pm Music: 8pm - 10pm Ends: 10.30pm. Booking essential. Tickets £19.95 + b/f includes 2 course supper from Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre on 01297 442138 or online at :www. lymeregisjazzfestival.co.uk/jazz-jurassica​​.

Beverley Craven – Live in Concert 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £22.50/ 20.50 Box office: 01305 266926, www.dorchesterarts.org.uk.

Sunday 12 March

East Devon Ramblers moderate 7.5 mile circular walk from Wayford Woods.

10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01297 631664.

Dorset Countryside Volunteers are clearing scrub at West Milton in West Dorset. There should be a bonfire to keep warm. New people interested in helping

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care for our countryside are most welcome.

For details see www.dcv.org.uk, email DCVpublicity@gmail.com, or text or message 07923 498760 to be contacted.

Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowl Soundbath £12, Booking in advance and further details see www. centreforpuresound.org or Call Dean on 01935 389655. Bring something comfortable to lie on and wrap around you.

2pm - 4pm The David Hall, Roundwell St, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AA. Clarinet Spectacular presented by Arts @ St Bart’s 3pm, St Bartholomew’s Church, Crewkerne. Dave White, a clarinet and saxophone virtuoso, will demonstrate the remarkable range of music for the clarinet covering composers as diverse as Mozart, Saint-Saens and Henry Mancini.

Tickets £8 (£10 on the door) to include refreshments. Bar available. Tickets from Crewkerne Town Hall or Liz 01460 271767.

An Afternoon with James Pellow 3.30pm - 4.30pm at the piano - John Grimswold.

Tickets £10 from Sidholme Reception or Paragon Books. See www.hugofox.com/ community/friends-of-sidholme-musicroom-12917/about-us. Sidholme Music Room.

Monday 13 March

The Probus Club of Yeovil Speaker Subject “Forde Abbey” at The Yeovil Court Hotel at 12noon for social interaction, a healthy luncheon and an interesting talk. New members are always made very welcome. The Club arranges regular Theatre visits, country walks and Skittles matches as well as supporting a charity. Please contact Geoff Byham, Secretary, 01935 881422 or geoff @ byhamgm.plus.com.

Radipole & Southill Horticultural Society (Weymouth) Southill Community Centre at 7.30pm. The invited speaker is Bob Ford and he will presenting on the subject of “Radipole before the RSPB”.

Refreshments will be available. Everyone is welcome. Tel. Nigel or Heather Smith on 01305 788939.

Easter Bingo at Misterton Village Hall, doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm.

Usual great prizes, raffle and light refreshments. Still only £1 for book of 10 games Plenty of free parking Enq. 01460 77599.

Tuesday 14 March

West Dorset Ramblers 9.5 mile Came Down, Whitcombe and West Knighton walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs.

All welcome. Please call 01300 320346.

Colyton & Colyford Probus Club meets at the Swallows Eaves Hotel, Colyford at 10am for coffee after which Philip Algar will give a talk ‘My Life in Journalism’ New members welcome: David Evans: 01297 553007.

Broadwindsor Jammers Guitar Club Comrades Hall in Broadwindsor, 2pm - 5pm. Playing popular songs from the 40’s - 70’s using song sheets with chords.

All levels of ability are most welcome. For further information contact Geoff Kerr on 01308 867221.

Bridport History Society United Church Hall, East St. Bridport, 2.30pm. Eric Galvin talks about ‘Joseph Clark a popular Victorian artist and his world’ Joseph was from Cerne Abbas. All welcome, members £1, visitors £2.50. For more details contact Jane on 01308 425710 or email: jferentzi@ aol.com.

Tea Dance Sidmouth 01395 579856 St Francis EX10 9XH. Royal Naval Association holding a first for them when they dine out the Captain and Executive Officer of HMS Somerset in the Lord Leaze Hotel at 7.30pm.

The association has asked to have an association with the ship and having been accepted they decided to host the dinner in recognition and to thank Commander Tim Berry and his ships company.

Martock and District Gardening Society talk on Cacti by Alan Phipps at Martock Primary School at 7pm for 7.30pm. Annual membership £10, visitors always welcome £2 including tea or coffee and biscuits.

La Traviata HD Live Encore from The Metropolitan Opera at The Gateway, Seaton. Licensed Bar and refreshments.

Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets £15 in advance (£17.50 on day) from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open Mon - Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Exhibition on Screen: I, Claude Monet 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £10

DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridportarts.com.

Wednesday 15 March

Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Outing NT Kingston Lacy, Wimborne. Visitors are welcome on all outings for an extra charge of £3. Coach leaves Uplyme VH at 9am. Cost NT members £12.50 Non NT £21, to include guided tours of house and garden. Please ring Jenny Harding 01297 444034 to book.

Mosterton Ramblers morning walk (approx 3hrs) in the Poorton/Loscombe area, followed by pub lunch. Meet at Orchard Way 9.30am, transport available.

Details from Chris on 01460 76405.

East Devon Ramblers moderate 10 mile circular walk from Wootton Fitzpaine.

10am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads. 01297 560201.

Seaton and District Probus Club Talk

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Coast &Countryside The club is open to retired or semi-retired men over 55. New members/prospective members welcome – come and try. Please contact Stephen Lord on 01297 21872 for more information.

WDDFAS: Eric Ravilious - A Life in Pictures Speaker: James Russell.

Highlands End Leisure Centre, Eype at 2.30pm. For details contact 01297 443615.

Axe Valley Centre, National Trust talk by Kate Churchill, House Steward, National Trust Knightshayes, on Knightshayes. Colyford Memorial Hall, 2.30pm Non-members welcome admission £2.50 including tea/coffee.

Axminster Art Society A Demonstration of Seascapes in Oils by Roy Lang in The United Reformed Church Hall, Chard Street Axminster 2.30pm - 4.30pm Booking via www.axminsterartsociety.uk.

Colyton & District Garden Society AGM and Spring Bulb Show Colyton Peace Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, members free, guests £2.

The 21st Century Wolf - a conservation success story? Yeovil 7.30pm – 9pm. The talk focuses on wolf recovery in Europe in the past two decades and the work of the Wolves and Humans Foundation, as well as the outlook for the future as more countries respond to this success by seeking to control or reduce population levels, and how the Foundation is evolving to meet changing conservation challenges.

St John’s Church Rooms, Yeovil, BA20 1HE. For more information please contact Barrie Widden yeovilareagroup@ somersetwildlife.org. £2 per person, Somerset Wildlife Trust.

Thorncombe Rail Activities Club talk and slide presentation given by Nick Thompson entitled ‘Restoring Sidmouth’.

Thorncombe Village Hall, TA20 4NE at 7.30pm. Non Members are welcome, there are refreshments, a raffle and the parking is free. Contact Richard Holt, Chairman Tel. 01460 30428 or Google “traclubsite” for information.

Night walk at Trinity Hill 7.30pm 9.30pm, Trinity Hill Nature Reserve.

Experience this beautiful heathland at night, listen for owls, search for stars and take in views of the Axe Valley. Discover how good your night vision really is!

Finish with a hot chocolate. Wear stout footwear and bring a torch just in case.

Booking required, £5 per person. To

book: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@ eastdevon.gov.uk , 01395 517557.

Thursday 16 March

Thursday Afternoon Talk 2.30pm Introduction to Mindfulness - led by Kath Woods, experienced Mindfulness and Yoga Teacher. Do come an be introduced to meditation. You may start to feel the benefits immediately! Admission is by donation. Please do call 01297 32331 to register interest and intention to come.

Axminster Health & Wellbeing Centre www.axminsterwellbeing.com 01297 32331.

Lyme Voices Community Choir 7.30pm - 9.15pm at the Baptist Church middle hall, Silver St., Lyme Regis, DT7 3NY. Sing for fun. Learn by ear. Everyone welcome.

Contact Pete Linnett 01297 445078 or email petelinnett@naturalvoice.net.

Chard Camera Club The club will be attending Kilmington village hall for their annual Horseshoe inter club competition against four other clubs. All clubs will meet up in the hall for 7.30pm.

The YCAA presents: The Art of Glass with Dr Francis Burroughes will explain when and how glass design became really creative and flamboyant. Wonder at the variety of glass as an exquisite art form. The Johnson Studio, in The Octagon Theatre at 7.30pm Tickets from Box Office - £6.

From Flight To Flight, A Year Through My Lens is the title of the talk by Charlie Wheeler, of Abbotsbury Swannery, at the Tatworth WI meeting in Tatworth Memorial Hall at 7.30pm.

South Dorset R.S.P.B. Group talk in St George’s Church Hall, Fordington, Dorchester at 7.45pm. The speaker is David Kjaer-”English wildlife - Spring and Summer”. Birds,mammals, amphibians, reptiles butterflies and dragonflies.

Admission £3 members, £3.50 visitors to include coffee and biscuits. All welcome.

South Somerset RSPB Group ‘Wildlife Photography Tales from Somerset and surrounding Counties’ An illustrated talk presented by Robin Morrison, who is a keen wildlife photographer. 7.30pm The Millennium Hall, Seavington St Mary. Group members £2.50, non-group members £3.50, under 18’s free (tea/ coffee & biscuits included) – wheelchair access Non-members very welcome. For

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details: Denise Chamings (group leader) on 01460240740 www.rspb.org.uk/groups/ southsomerset.

Fundraising Concert for Folk Festival 7.30pm the best local folk bands are jostling for space on the Arts Centre stage to whet our appetite for the Bridport Folk Festival this summer. Tickets for the event will be available from the Bridport Arts centre and Bridport Music centre at £9 and £7.50 for concessions.

Friday 17 March

West Dorset Ramblers 10.5 mile Maiden Newton to Yetminster linear walk, return by 4.30pm train. 10am start. Bring picnic.

No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01300 320168.

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 6 mile circular walk from Cloakham Lawns.

10am start. Dogs on short leads 01297 35063.

Story Café: Katy Cawkwell – The Falcon Bride 11am Tickets: £10/£7 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts. com.

Chef’s special lunch at Henhayes Centre Crewkerne 12.30pm. Three course meal Roast Beef followed by strawberry gateaux, start with fruit juice and finish with tea/coffee and choccies. The bar is open. Only £8. Please inform if going on 01460 74340 henhayescentre@btconnect. com.

The Living Tree cancer self-help group.

1pm Rising Voices with Jane, 2pm Tripudio with Elizabeth. 2.15pm our own Claire Briden, naturopath, on “superfoods” & how to include them in every day recipes. Reiki/healing with Anne Orchard, Alexander technique with Chrissy. Drop in any time between 2pm - 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

Lyme Bay Photographic Club Speaker: Bruce Upton, from Bridport Museum, will talk about ‘All Stations to West Bay’ plus show various portraits of local people. Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, DT7 3PG starting at 7.30pm. www. lymebayphotographicclub.org.

Music at Clapton & Wayford Village Hall 7.30pm. Singer-songwriters Howden Jones folk duo; Licensed Bar; raffle.

Tickets, £11, including home-made soup & roll. Please book in advance on 01460

75313 or 01460 74849.

Claire McCaldin & Libby Burgess Bridport Arts Centre 11am Tickets: £8/£5 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www. bridport-arts.com.

Clare McCaldin & Libby Burgess ‘Entente Cordiale’ - songs by Finzi, Williams, Faure, Britten, Poulanc and Rodney Bennett. With mezzo-soprano Clare McCaldin and Libby Burgess. For full programme information see: www. concertsinthewest.org. At 8pm. Tickets: £15 (£29 with pre-show supper at 7pm – must be pre-booked). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Ceilidh in South Petherton Parish Church with local band ‘ Fiddlestix ‘. 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (under 12s £4) includes a Ploughmans Supper , available from N&D News or reservations 01460 249288. Licensed bar, and coffee/tea and cakes, too.

Absolute Bowie A long awaited return to The Gateway for this phenomenal David Bowie tribute band. Licensed Bar. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets £15 in advance (£18 on day) from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open Mon - Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

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LOOKING TO INCLUDE AN EVENT? Charity and fund-raising entries in Coast & Countryside Events are free of charge. Please check times with organisers or venues.

Email: info@marshwoodvale.com before the 10th of the month.

Saturday 18 March

Surveying for Dormice 10am - 3pm.

Cottshayne Wood, nr Colyton. Learn about dormice and help set out dormice tubes to allow monitoring of the expanding dormouse population in Cottshayne Wood.

Some light clearance of vegetation also planned. Free Legacy to Landscape event.

Booking essential. Christina Bows 01297 23822, email: tinabows@hotmail.co.uk; Cottshayne Wood Parking GR226935.

Children’s Art Chest Saturday morning art club led by artist Margaret Micklewright. This week’s theme is ‘Colour of Spring’ - practise mixing colours to paint spring inspired paintings.

Ages 8+. 10.30am - 12.30pm. £5 per session (including materials). Please bring an overall. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

You’d be Surprised who Painted exhibition. Jubilee Hall, Easton from 10.30am - 3.30pm. Open to all artists (13+), children up to 12, and sculptors, all at £2 an item and £1.50 per portfolio to be handed in between 8.45am - 10am. Entry forms and labels available on the day or on the website. There is a prize for the adult and child voted as the favourite chosen by the visitors. There will be refreshments and a tombola. Any more information needed call Vi on 01305 778810. New members are always welcome on a Wednesday evening 7pm - 9pm.

Come & Sing: Choruses from Mendelssohn’s Oratio ‘Elijah’ Come and join Weymouth Choral Society for an exciting and inspiring day of singing at The Thomas Hardye School, Queens Avenue, Dorchester. Workshop 10.30am 4.30pm £10 for the day which includes tea/ coffee and music hire. No prior knowledge of the music is required, although the ability to read music would be an advantage. To find out more, download an application form or apply on line, visit our website at www.weymouthchoralsociety. org.uk or phone 01305 774405.

Salway Ash Jumble Sale Village Hall 11am – 3pm, 50p entry Refreshments, raffle and Tombola. Books, Toys, Games, Bric-a-brac and lots more. All proceeds to Salway Ash Primary School.

Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis. Hear

stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension. Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Exmouth mud walk 1pm - 3pm, Opposite toilets at Imperial Road Rec, Exmouth.

Wrap up warm and come exploring with the Education Rangers. Dig for worms, fish for shrimp and discover what is living in the mud of the Exe Estuary. Booking required, £3 per person (concessions to EDDC tenants). To book and for more information: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@eastdevon.gov.uk, 01395 517557.

Mothering Sunday and Easter Family Craft Afternoon St John’s Church, Waterlake Road, Tatworth, Somerset TA20 2NZ 1.30pm - 4pm. Tickets - Adults & Children £2 which includes afternoon tea or alternative plus the crafts will be free. Donations welcome to cover costs of materials. Extra stalls will be available - Adult’s tombola, Children’s Tombola, Sweets, Raffle, toiletries, Greeting Cards plus money needed for any extra refreshments.

Broadwey, Upwey & District Horticultural Society Spring Show Memorial Hall, Victoria Avenue, Upwey, Weymouth starting at 2pm. Details on 01305 813942 or website.

Jazz vocals with a workshop at Wootton from Artsreach Workshop 2.30pm - 4pm (£8), Performance 7.30pm (£8; under 18: £6). Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall Tickets and info: 01297 560948. Cleveland Watkiss – VocalSuite. These workshops are for all Ages and abilities. http://www. artsreach.co.uk.

Dance with The Rex Trevett Big Band Broadwindsor Comrades Hall, 7.30pm.

Tickets £8 from 01308 868120. In aid of Broadwindsor, Burstock and Blackdown Churches.

Barn Dance at Cerne Abbas Village Hall with Captain Thunderbolt and caller Angela Laycock proceeds in aid of Cerne Valley cricket club. Doors open 7pm with music 7.30pm - 11pm. Tickets incl. ploughmans platter £10 or £30 (family/ group of 4 - max 2 adults) in advance or £11/£35 on door (if available). Tickets from Cerne Abbas Stores or Pippa 01305 754311 / 07799 211194.

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Reg Meuross performing in St Andrew’s Church, Colyton at 7.30pm. Doors open 6.45pm. Part of the Friends of St Andrew’s Church fundraising programme to help support the fabric this beautiful church.

Reg is a true modern troubadour, representing contemporary English folk writing at its best. He will preview songs from his new album, Faraway People (to be released in the Spring) which comments bravely on life as he sees it, bringing wide ranging stories, from the ravages of austerity to some of the most beautifully disarming love songs ever written, as well as performing a selection of old favourites.

Tickets available on the door or in advance from The Little Shop, Market Square, Colyton 01297 552057 Prices £12, FoStA members £10, under 18s - £5. To include refreshments and nibbles.

The Schmoozenbergs 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £10 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts.com.

The Peatbog Faeries - A ‘Chance to Dance’ Event 8pm. Tickets: £20 Full.

No concessions. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

From ‘The Choir’ to the Pilot Boat!

Tickets for the Lyme Folk Revisited fundraiser are £10, available online at www.lymefolk.com, from Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre (01297 442138) or from the Pilot Boat, 1 Bridge Street, Lyme Regis.

The Odyssey (Greek Stuff!) Rabbit Theatre 7.30pm Adult £9, Student/U16 £5, Family of four £26. Based (very loosely!) on the epic poem by Homer. The journey of all journeys. To Hell. And back again.

A host of exciting (& daft) characters Gods, Monsters, Sirens. A Villages in Action event. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Swansea City Opera – A Night of Romantic Opera 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £16 /14 Box office: 01305 266926, www.dorchesterarts. org.uk. This enchanting evening of arias and ensembles accompanied by piano is performed by a carefully selected cast of singers from the major national and international opera houses, with music from some of the best-loved romantic composers including Puccini, Verdi, Bizet and Mozart.

South Somerset Choral Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary with a performance of J.S. Bach’s greatest choral work, his B Minor Mass accompanied by orchestra and soloists at 7.30pm in the Tithe Barn at Haselbury Mill. Tickets cost £13 in advance and £15 on the door. They may be obtained from Barron’s Chard, Harrimen’s Ilminster, Phoenix Books Crewkerne, or tele:- 01460 63997. The choir can be contacted via its website southsomersetchoralsociety.org.uk.

The Tuckers Jazz Club 8pm Guitarist, Dominic Ashworth & The Craig Milverton Trio. The Tuckers Arms Dalwood EX13 7EG (just north of the A35) near Axminster.

Info. www.dalwoodvillage.co.uk 01404 831 280 Tickets £10. Anyone planning to have a meal first should book early 01404 881 342.

Sunday 19 March

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 8 mile circular walk from Dalwood.

10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads 01404 549390.

Tea Dance Sundays at Stowford, Sidmouth 01395 579856.

Mrs Beeton, my sister Who knew Mrs Beeton had a sister? In fact she was one of 21 children and step children. Learn more about the life and times of this remarkable lady in a one woman show by accomplished actress Alison Neil. Shute Church at 3pm and the ‘Friends’ are planning teatime treats to follow. Tickets

are selling now on the STAG website and will be available from the Archway Bookshop, Hurfords Kilmington and Dalwood Shop.

ShelterBox Tea Dance Stowford Centre, Sidmouth EX10 9YL with a licensed cafe for teas, coffee & cake, Tickets for this event are available now from 01395 579856. Strict tempo recorded music, £3 payable on the door.

Cream Tea Concert Excerpts from Merrie England by Edward German presented by Leslie Baker and friends for Seaton Choral Society.

Cream teas from 3pm Performance at 4pm. The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton. Tickets £8.50 from the Gateway Box Office Tel 01297 625699.

Monday 20 March

Chideock Hall Special Event Colin Varndell, prizewinning, professional natural history photographer is giving his presentation ‘Close Encounters’ at Chideock Village Hall, 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Entrance £6 - Members £4. Raffle and Refreshments available. A Chideock Society and Village Hall joint special event.

Musbury Garden Club talk 7.30pm at Musbury Village Hall. Well-known local gardener, Mary Benger, gives an illustrated talk on both shady and sun-seeking plants. Refreshments from 7pm. All welcome. £2.50 nonmembers.

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Coast &Countryside Jazz Jam Session Do you play an instrument? Do you enjoy jazz and want to try improvising around jazz standards and other well-known tunes? Come along to this informal group – you can play, or just sit and listen. 8pm. £2 to take part. Bar available. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Tuesday 21 March

West Dorset Ramblers 5 mile Ham Hill and Montacute walk. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01460 77135.

The Lyme Regis Art Society Shari Hill, March Hare, Watercolour. Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. Details 01297 445464.

Book Launch & Author Talk On Publishing by international author Ian Andrew. Ian is visiting Crewkerne Library for one day only, during his 2017 UK Book Tour. 2pm, Crewkerne Library, Falkland Square, Crewkerne. Free Entry.

For more information, please contact Ana on 07931884726.

Exhibition on Screen : The Artist’s Garden - American Impressionism & the Garden Movement The Gateway, Seaton. Licensed Bar and refreshments.

Doors open 1.30pm. Tickets £10 from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (Open Mon - Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Contemporary Evening from The Bolshoi Ballet The Gateway, Seaton.

Licensed Bar and Refreshments. Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets £15 (£17.50 on day) from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (Open Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Wednesday 22 March

Antique & Vintage Textiles Fair Beautiful array of vintage textiles, antique linens and fabulous fashions from days gone by. Plus haberdashery, and pretty decorative touches for the home. Curated

by A Talent for Textiles. 9.30am - 3pm.

Free. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org. uk.

Bird ringing demonstration 9am, Discovery Hut at Seaton Wetlands. A rare chance to see birds up close as they are ringing for conservation monitoring. For more information: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@eastdevon.gov.uk , 01395 517557.

East Devon Ramblers strenuous 13 mile circular walk from Chagford. 10am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads 01395 516897.

Coffee Concert Sidholme Music Room 10.30am – 12noon. Lorraine Low – Soprano, Chris Gradwell - Clarinet & Saxophone, Dorothy Worthington – piano.

See website for full programme and further information https://www.hugofox.com/ community/friends-of-sidholme-musicroom-12917/about-us.

Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society 7.30pm Talk ‘Restoration of Hestercombe Gardens’ by David Usher, Former Head Gardener for 18 years.

Chairman, Jenny Harding, on 01297 444034. https://ulrhs.wordpress.com.

South Petherton Local History Group Author Martin Watts turns the pages of his history of the water mills and windmills of Somerset and Devon. Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm. Non-members welcone - £3 on the door.

Choral Concert of Sacred Music for Lent and Passiontide Salvator Mundi – O Saviour of the World, 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church, Preston Grove, Yeovil BA20 2BQ. Directed by Peter Parshall, includes music by a wide variety of composers old and modern, British and European. Tickets cost £10, including refreshments, and are available on the door or in advance from the Treasurer on 01935 873719.

The Eulogy of Toby Peach 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £12/10 Box office: 01305 266926, www. dorchesterarts.org.uk.

Thursday 23 March

West Dorset Ramblers 7 mile Langdon Hill circuit. 10am start. Bring picnic. No dogs. All welcome. Please call 01297 489567.

Art Group An informal untutored group for artists in all media, from oils to acrylics. All abilities welcome. Bring your own materials. Thursdays 2pm - 4pm. £7 per session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Thursday Afternoon Talk March 23rd at 2.30pm - Prostate cancer awareness - led by Jane Billing, Nurse Specialist from Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Talk followed by Q & A session and refreshments. Admission is by donation. Please do call 01297 32331 to register interest and intention to come.

Axminster Health & Wellbeing Centre www.axminsterwellbeing.com 01297 32331.

Lyme Voices Community Choir 7.30pm - 9.15pm at the Baptist Church middle hall, Silver St., Lyme Regis, DT7 3NY. Sing for fun. Learn by ear. Everyone welcome.

Contact Pete Linnett 01297 445078 or email petelinnett@naturalvoice.net.

Farewell Concert by Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators playing “Tunes from the Roaring Twenties” in Martock Church (TA12 6JL) at 7.30pm. Tickets just £8 on the door or £7 from 01935 822706. See www.martockonline.co.uk for the tunelist.

One World Forum Talk on ‘Relationships between Hinduism, Christianity and other Faiths’, given by Bharti Tailor Vice Presidential Trustee Religions for Peace Uk. The United Church Hall East street Bridport. at 7.30pm. Visitors £4. including Refreshments. Enquiries to Peter Glanville 01308 458283.

Friday 24 March

The Living Tree cancer self-help group.

2pm Jewish culture with Jane – songs, dances, food and clothing. Foot massage with Anne. Drop in any time between 2pm

Looking ahead highlights for next month Sat 1 April

Geoff Achison and the UK Souldiggers. Evershot Hall, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0JY 8pm. £10 Ticket information from 01935 891393 28 The Marshwood Vale Magazine March 2017 Tel. 01308 423031

Sat 1 April

No Finer Life The Beehive, Honiton 7.30pm Includes special after-show talk by Graham Harvey from The Archers Box Office 01404 384050

Sat 1 April

Bridport Green Fortnight: Green Day at Bucky Doo square from 10am - 1pm. Visit the information stalls from local groups. Details www.transitiontownbridport.co.uk.

- 4.30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NZ. Tel 01308 427851. www.thelivingtree.org.uk.

Beavers in Devon – restoring wetland the natural way In this illustrated presentation Hugh Graham, the University of Exeter specialist working on the River Otter Beaver Trial gives an overview of the project now in its third year. Beaver ecology and behaviour will be described and the experiences of Devon Wildlife Trust’s enclosed beaver project. Detail will be given of what has happened since the beavers were released back into the wild on the River Otter in March 2015 together with the types of monitoring that have been undertaken and a summary of their findings. Raffle. Somerset Wildlife Trust at Parish Hall, North St. Ilminster TA19 0DG, starting at 7.30pm. Adult members £2, non-members £3, no charge for children. Refreshments available. Enquiries 01460 234551.

Axminster and District Choral Society Social Supper & Quiz Night 6.30pm for 7pm. Kilmington Village Hall. Wine &

Soft drinks at Bar Tickets £12.50 01460 2209. For details of this and future events please website www.axminsterchoral. co.uk.

Ella Fitzgerald Centenary Show featuring Maggie Reeday and the Philip Clouts Trio. The Gateway, Seaton.

Licensed Bar. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets £13 from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Bridport Green Fortnight: Launch Event at Bridport Town Hall organised

by Transition Town Bridport at 7.30pm.

Free admission, all welcome. Come and join us to celebrate all the green initiatives taking place in Bridport and learn how we can do more. Talk by Molly Scott Cato (Green MEP) plus the launch of ‘How can Bridport Feed itself?’ and ‘Buy Local Bridport logo’, Green Storytelling

by Martin Maudsley and local groups presentations. Further details www. transitiontownbridport.co.uk.

Nigel Price Organ Trio with Vasilis Xenopoulos Stunning mainstream jazz

with Hammond organ, and featuring the top young saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos.

At 8pm. Tickets: £16 (£30 with pre-show supper at 7pm – must be pre-booked).

Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Levantes Dance Theatre: The Band 8pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £12/£10 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts. com.

The Dub Pistols + Kioko Bridport Electric Palace Doors 7pm / starts 8pm £15 (£14 + £1 bf) adv / £17 door www. electricpalace.org.uk.

The Jar Family at 8pm. Tickets: £14 Full. £13 Concessions. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

Ronnie Scott’s All Stars: The Ronnie Scott’s Story 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £22/20 Box office: 01305 266926, www.dorchesterarts.org.uk.

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Saturday 25 March

Making mother’s day special 10am - 12noon, Younghayes Centre, Cranbrook. 2pm - 4pm, Reed Base at Seaton Wetlands. Make a card, present and some flowers to show your mum how special she is this Mother’s Day. For more information: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@ eastdevon.gov.uk, 01395 517557.

Stockland Village Markets Held in the Victory Hall. 10am - 12noon.

Local Food Producers, Artisan Crafts, Hot Refreshments, Free entry & Parking, Disabled Access, Bookings/Information, tel 01404 881535. See us on www.stockland. org.uk. Easter Event with children’s activities.

Henhayes Centre Breakfast 10am - 12noon (last orders 11.30am) still only £4. Egg, sausage, bacon, tomato or beans, toast, tea/coffee extras available @50p each at Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne 01460 74340.

Bridport Outdoor Bowls Club Coffee Morning at the clubhouse, Priory Lane. 10.30am – 12noon.

Various stalls. All welcome.

Mother’s Grand Tour at Furleigh Estate A special Mother’s Grand Tour for Mothers and Grandmothers at 11am. The vineyard tour includes a glass of Furleigh Estate Sparkling Rosé on arrival, a full tour of the vineyard and winery, followed by a wine tasting to include Furleigh’s new Sea Pink (still rosé). Mothers and grandmothers are also given a complimentary bouquet of flowers at the end of their visit. Tickets are £30 per person, and booking is strongly advised on 01308 488991, info@ furleighestate.co.uk Furleigh Estate, Salway Ash, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5JF. Lyme History Walks 11am from the Marine Theatre. Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis.

Hear stories of amazing people and adventures on land and sea. Led by experienced Tour Guide Chris Lovejoy, supporting Lyme Regis Museum Mary Anning extension.

Lasts 1+1/2 hours. Cost: £8 children half www.lymehistorywalks.com 01297443140.

Flower Show and Plant Fair at

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The Allendale Community Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AS, 11.30am. Admission £1 children and AGS members free.

Contact Bill Squire bill.squire@ agsgroups.org, Tel: 01202 285179, www.alpinegardensociety.net/groups/ Dorset/programme.

Table Top Sale Hardington Mandeville Village Hall 2pm – 4pm.

Admission 50p children free.

Mozart’s Idomeneo from The Metropolitan Opera. The Gateway, Seaton. Licensed Bar and refreshments. Doors open 4.30pm.

Tickets £15 in advance (£17.50 on day) from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open MonFri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Bringing Beautiful Music To Beautiful Places Litton and Thorners Community Hall DT2 9AU 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £8 Adults, £6 Under 18. To Book Ring 01308 482532, Bar available. Kate Howden and Paul Jones are singersongwriters who have that special magic that captivates the audience in a unique, intimate atmosphere. They celebrate England in all its guises good and bad, particularly rural village life, including nature and the seasons. With powerful harmony, skilled musicianship and beautiful arrangements, they write all their own material and between them play guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and bodhran. www.howdenjones.co.uk.

Standup poetry by Les Barker at the Dolphin Hotel, Beer, 7.30pm.

Experience the hilarious poems of Les Barker, whose work includes ‘The Ridgeback of Notre Dame’, ‘Sultans of Tring’ and ‘Stand by your van’. Tickets £10 from The Dolphin Hotel 01297 20068 or from Richard Scott, richard@underleys1.fsnet. co.uk.

Abdoulaye Samb & Minnjiaraby 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £13/£11 DT6 3NR 01308 424204 www.bridport-arts.com.

Bridport Folk Dance Club’s Annual Event “Miss Mayne’s Party”, featuring Somerset band Friendly Folk with Michael Catovsky calling, plus an interval display spot by a local morris side and a raffle

(good prizes welcomed!). Church House (St Mary’s) Hall, South Street, Bridport DT6 3NW. Bring and Share finger food supper, with some soft drinks provided; bring your own beer/wine. Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm - 11pm dance. Tickets £7.50 on the door or preferably in advance from “The Music Shop”, South Street, “The Lime Tree” Deli, West Street; or book by phone - contact Jane on 01308 898 002 or Monty on 01308 423 442.

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman Support Kitty Macfarlane 8pm £12 (seated). Twice recent winners of BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo – 2016 & 2013 – the couple’s intimacy and strength of passion on stage have won them many fans and an enviable reputation as ‘Songwriters par excellence’ The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro 8pm Corn Exchange, High East Street, DT1 1HF, £14/12 Box office: 01305 266926, www.dorchesterarts.org.uk. Supremely talented acoustic roots and blues guitarist

Martin Harley and stand up bass player Daniel Kimbro.

Sunday 26 March

East Devon Ramblers leisurely 8 mile circular walk from Colyton. 10.30am start and bring picnic. Dogs on short leads.

01297 552564.

South Somerset Ramblers 10 mile walk from Broadwindsor. 10 am start. Bring picnic. Assistance dogs only. All welcome.

Details from Tony 10935 477273.

Mothers day treats at Seaton Wetlands 11am – 4pm. Explore Seaton Wetlands this Mothers day. For more information: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@ eastdevon.gov.uk , 01395 517557.

The Making of the Landscape 2pm 4pm. A guided walk at Musbury Castle Iron Age Hill Fort, with geologist, Richard Edmonds. Bring binoculars. No booking required. Free Legacy to Landscape event.

Park/Meet Musbury Village Hall car park. legacytolandscape@gmail.com; or 01404 310012.

Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowl Soundbath £12, Booking in

advance and further details see www. centreforpuresound.org or Call Dean on 01935 389655. Bring something comfortable to lie on and wrap around you.

2pm - 4pm Oborne Village Hall, Oborne, nr. Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4LA. Music To Move The Exeter St. David’s Singers Leader Mark Perry, Jointly organized with Force Cancer Charity.

Sidholme Music Room. See website for full programme and further information https://www.hugofox.com/community/ friends-of-sidholme-music-room-12917/ about-us.

Acoustic Night 7.30pm - 10.30pm. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall.org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall.org.uk.

Monday 27 March

Axminster Carnival Bingo Axminster Guildhall, doors open 7pm eyes down 8pm.

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Courses&Workshops Friday 3 March

An introduction to silver clay at Artwave West

A spell in the West Country has been seen as a healthy tonic since King George III took a dip in the sea at Weymouth in 1789. His patronage started a trend amongst the rich and famous, and today The Jurassic Coast hosts visitors from all walks of life who come to enjoy beautiful countryside, restful beaches and a wealth of eclectic as well as more traditional attractions. But these days visitors look for more than a swim and a bracing walk to bring home as memories.

So it’s no surprise that alongside world famous River Cottage food courses and a range of rural and agricultural skills classes and workshops there are now many more art, craft and writing courses available.

Artwave West in Morecombelake opened as a Contemporary Art Gallery in 2009 and since then has achieved a unique status for showcasing new talent alongside established artists in dynamic and ambitious exhibitions.

Over the last couple of years, the Gallery has run a small number of professional art classes suitable for complete beginners as well as those wishing to extend their skills and existing knowledge.

Following the success of these classes it was apparent that a larger and more permanent workshop space would be required in order to expand.

Building work has therefore begun to renovate a barn at Artwave West and convert it to a Visual Arts Workshop that is set to open as Artwave West Contemporary Art Academy in April.

The programme of Art Classes will contain one and two day workshops including drawing, painting, printing, sculpture, silver clay and glass painting as well as a Regular Art Group.

Numbers will be limited to just eight people so that participants can have plenty of individual attention from the tutors. We are also very fortunate to have the option of a packed lunch provided by Felicity’s Farm Shop for full day workshops. The spring term of classes are available to view and book now via the website www. artwavewest.com or by contacting the gallery on 01297 489746.

Although essentially residential courses Moorbath Creative, a new art, craft and writing course venue in West Dorset does have some spaces for non resident attendees, depending on the course. Based outside Bridport, Moorbath Creative offers a range of residential courses led by experienced and inspirational tutors who are all practising artists, writers and craftspeople. Small class sizes, one-to-one mentoring sessions and the atmosphere of community and mutual support combine to make your stay an enriching and rewarding experience.

It is set in the glorious landscape of rural West Dorset and provides the ideal environment in which to learn and develop as well as relax.

All courses are during term time and run from Monday 4:30pm to Friday 10am. For course information visit www.moorbathcreative.co.uk.

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Watercolour Workshop All abilities welcome. With tutor Nicky Clarke.

10am - 3pm (double session). £24 per double session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. Book with Nicky on: 01460 281773. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Chocolate Making Course 2pm 5.30pm Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton TA13 5DJ 01460 242775 www.frogmarygreenfarm.co.uk.

Oil Painting Mini-course Learn to paint with oils, with tutors Justin and Nicola Cooke. Four Friday afternoons, March 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th. 1.30pm - 4pm. £80 includes all materials, refreshments and a canvas.

Upwey Old School Hall, Upwey, Dorset DT3 5QE. To book a place or for more info 01300 320118 or info@ thestudioartschool.co.uk.

Saturday 4 March

Stained Glass for beginners no previous experience needed. From 10am - 4pm in the studio at Royal Manor Workshops, St George’s Centre, Reforn, Portland, Dorset. Cost £10 for members, £12.50 for non members. To book, please contact Jenny Greenwood on 01305 821791.

Sunday 5 March

Willow Wigwam Plant Support Workshop Learn how to make a simple, durable willow wigwam for your garden. Ham Hill Country Park HQ, 10am – 12noon, £15. For more info or to book please contact Sophia on 07904454227 or sophias_reality@ hotmail.co.uk.

Monday 6 March

Artisan Breadmaking Course 9.45am - approx 3pm Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton TA13 5DJ 01460 242775 www. frogmarygreenfarm.co.uk.

Clay A friendly and informal untutored sculpture group that meets weekly at IAC. All abilities welcome.

Mondays 9.30am - 3.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre,

The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss Try a free session at Honiton Methodist Church 10am - 12noon.

Find out how lipreading can help you to hear more and pick up some tips to help you cope with your hearing loss. Small, friendly group. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact Ruth for further details ruth@ bizleyart.com 01297 442239 or just come along on the day. Also 13th, 20th and 27th.

Mon 6 – Fri 10 March

‘Realism to Abstraction’ painting course with Christine Allison.

Moorbath Creative, Symondsbury, Bridport. Free yourself up on this adventurous, boundary-breaking course. Suitable for any level. www.moorbathcreative.com or 07798573432.

Tuesday 7 March

A Year of Preserving Learn about all the wonderful ingredients we have growing on our doorsteps and how you can build a bountiful and delicious larder for each season. Trill Farm, Axminster, Devon, EX13 8TU trillfarm.co.uk 01297 631113.

Mediumship Development Class Every Tuesday Evening 7.30pm 9.30pm £5 Branscombe - call 07900 824089 for details.

Wednesday 8 March

Free Make & Munch with HALFF 10.30am – 12.30pm (Health and Local Food for Families). For parents and carers of children (0-18), a hands-on course of six sessions.

Have fun preparing simple delicious food and enjoy eating it together. Preschool age children welcome with parents/carers. At the Masonic Hall, South Street, Axminster. To book a place call Ros on 01297 631782 for more information or email admin@ halff.org.uk.

Friday 10 March

Slow Stitch New workshop with k3n, focusing on simple handstitching, exploring techniques such as kantha, Boro, collage, visible mending and embroidery. Create small textile pieces, clothing, bags or cards or start a regular stitch journal.

Bring hand-sewing kit. 10am - 1pm. £12 (includes materials). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse. org.uk.

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Courses&Workshops Saturday 11 March

Introduction to Tai Chi Bang workshop at Weycroft Bridge, Axminster. The workshop runs from 10am - 2.30pm in a relaxed and friendly environment. Refreshments are included as well as hand outs and a DVD to help you with your practice. Cost £25 for the day, a £10 deposit will be required to book on the course as places are limited.

Please contact either Margaret or Allan on 01297 32095.

Introduction to Sufi Healing led by NurJamila Jo Parsons as event 1 of 4 on ‘Spirituality and Healing’ at ‘A Space for Living Spirituality’ Bridport Quaker Meeting House 10am - 4pm. Donation: £5 - £30. Bring-sharelunch. For information and booking, email Janet Lake: iona.lake@aol.co.uk.

Preparing for Spring with Neil Lucas 10.30am – 12noon. Led by Knoll’s owner a world authority on grasses, this mini-masterclass will ensure your own grasses are ready to produce the ‘wow factor’ this summer. 01202 873931 www.knollgardens.co.uk.

Rope weave round basket making course with Windrush willow, 10am - 4pm. Suitable for beginners we will make a Rope Weave round bottom basket. All tools and materials are provided. Two good hands and eyes needed. Space limited. Booking required, £40 per person. To book: wildeastdevon.co.uk, countryside@ eastdevon.gov.uk, 01395 517557.

Adventures in Crochet - Mother’s Day Flowers Explore the exciting craft of crochet, learn basic stitches, traditional designs and complete short projects.

With tutor Lynne Raddall. For more details contact Lynne: lynneyraddall@ yahoo.co.uk. 10am - 1pm. £22 per session (excluding materials). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Sunday 12 March

Soft Cheese Making Course with Louise Talbot from Cutting the Curd 9.45am - 2.30pm Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton TA13 5DJ 01460 242775 www.frogmarygreenfarm.co.uk.

Monday 13 March

Clay An informal, untutored sculpture group that meets weekly at IAC. All

abilities welcome. Mondays 9.30am 3.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Figure Drawing This is a non-tutored drawing session from the clothed model.

Two models are provided each session for one hour each. Please bring your own paper and drawing materials. Book with Andrew Sutton 07814 641609 or andrewjsutton@hotmail.com. Mondays 6.30pm - 8.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Mon 13 – Tue 14 March

Getting to Know Our Soils 9.30am – 4.30pm at Monkton Wyld. Join tutor Dan Powell who has been practising organic forms of land use for over 3 decades and is farm manager of River Cottage HQ and driver of the LandBase initiative. Gain a deeper relationship with the soils you encounter on this 2 day course, whether for growing food, developing a beautiful garden or supporting grazing or crops for animals. Options to do 1 or 2 days, including lunch, and with or without accommodation at Monkton Wyld Court. Book tickets at www.landbase. org.uk call 01297 560342 or contacts@ landbase.org.uk.

Tuesday 14 March

An Introduction to Beekeeping A foundation course for aspiring apiculturists. For anyone interested in taking further steps towards becoming a novice beekeeper. Trill Farm, Axminster, Devon, EX13 8TU trillfarm.co.uk 01297 631113.

Wednesday 15 March

Learn to Cook Healthily with HALFF 11am - 1pm (Health and Local Food for Families). Free hands-on course of six sessions, including help with meal planning, understanding food labelling, cooking hints and tips to help make life easier as a carer. Receive a free meal to take home. At the Masonic Hall, South Street, Axminster. To book a place, or for more information, call Ros on 01297 631782 or email admin@halff.org.uk.

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Thursday 16 March

Knit, Stitch & Crochet Too From casting on to the finished garment.

Come and share your ideas and be inspired - whatever your level of skill from beginner to master knitter. 2.15pm - 4.15pm. £4 per session (includes refreshments). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Friday 17 March

Felt Making Discover the wonderfully tactile and rewarding art of felting by making felt scarves, bags, slippers - or whatever takes your fancy. Beginners to advanced welcome. 10am - 3pm. £23 per monthly session (excluding materials). Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster.

TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Saturday 18 March

Tarot for Intermediates ‘Arcane Mysteries of the Tarot’ 10am - 4pm £25. This workshop is a follow-on from the Beginners Workshop and will help those wishing to improve their technique as well as covering additional aspects of the Tarot such as reversals, significators, complex symbolism, numerology and additional layouts.

Another complimentary guide comes with this course to help you on your way to become more confident in your readings. For further details phone Mobile 07825178722 or 01404 548420.

Jazz vocals with a workshop at Wootton from Artsreach Workshop 2.30pm - 4pm (£8), Performance 7.30pm (£8; under 18: £6). Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall Tickets and info: 01297 560948. Cleveland Watkiss – VocalSuite. Using a breathtaking vocal range that makes seamless links between musical cultures, Cleveland Watkiss blends improvisation/counterpoint harmony, electronics, breakbeat loops and basslines (all live and from his mouth) to stunning effect, creating a unique, orchestral vocal soundscape.

Songerama Drama is where singing, drama, performing and confidence building meet up, and are unlocked through Cleveland’s special gift skill with improvisation. Rhythm’s of the world, Melodies, Text, Movement and

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Courses&Workshops Stories are created spontaneously, in the moment, and interwoven in a friendly and encouraging environment. These workshops are for all Ages and abilities. http://www.artsreach.co.uk.

Sunday 19 March

Felt Bowl Workshop 10am - 4pm Chedington Village Hall. Come along and have a creative day learning how to make your own wet-felted bowl from Merino and Bergschaf fleece, then have fun creating your own design. Price includes all the equipment and materials to make 1 felt bowl, extra materials will be available to buy if you want to make more! A homemade lunch (soup & roll followed by cake/fruit) and refreshments on arrival & throughout the day are included in the price. Booking essential as places are limited. Contact the course tutor:- Susan Aspinall 01935 891925 susan.aspinall@outlook.com Cost £40 Beginners welcome as well as those who want to learn how to use the resist method. All proceeds go to Chedington Village Hall. www.facebook.co.uk/ SusanAspinallFeltmaker.

Monday 20 March

Clay A friendly and informal untutored sculpture group that meets weekly at IAC. All abilities welcome.

Mondays 9.30am - 3.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Mon 20 – Fri 24 March

‘Imagining the Landscape’ course with David Chandler. Moorbath Creative, Symondsbury, Bridport Learn how to capture light, shadow, texture and form as you reinterpret the landscape and see it with the eyes of an artist. All levels. www.moorbathcreative.com or 07798573432.

Tuesday 21 March

Introduction to use of OS Maps in historical research 10.30am – 12.30pm Colyford. A practical hands on workshop led by Hugh Dyer-Westacott, showing how OS maps can be used to investigate changes in the landscape.

Free Legacy to Landscape event. No booking required. Bring notebook and pen or pencil. Colyford Memorial Hall,

Swan Hill Road, EX24 6QJ. Further information legacytolandscape@gmail. com; or 01404 310012.

Cooking for One Demo with HALFF 11am – 12.30pm (Health and Local Food for Families). Free healthy cooking demonstrations giving hints and ideas for cooking for one and covering nutritional advice for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure.

At the United Reformed Church, Chard Road, Axminster. No need to book, just turn up, it’s free. Call Hannah on 01297 631782 for more information or email hannah@halff.org.uk.

Wednesday 22 March

Sausage Making Course with Clinton Bonner from Bonners the Butchers Ilminster. 7.30pm - 9pm Frogmary Green Farm, South Petherton TA13 5DJ, 01460 242775 www.frogmarygreenfarm. co.uk.

Friday 24 March

Researching Scottish and Irish Ancestors Boden Centre, Chard, Somerset Skills and Learning. 10am – 4pm bring lunch, coffee and tea available. For more information about costs call Rose at the Chard office on 01460 63900.

Rag Rugs Come and make beautiful rag rugs from recycled materials. Be warned - it’s addictive. 11am - 1pm. £10 per monthly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Saturday 25 March

Basic Home DIY An enjoyable hands on workshop covering all the basic aspects of DIY. Trill Farm, Axminster, Devon, EX13 8TU trillfarm.co.uk 01297 631113.

Seichim - Reiki Healing level One 10am - 4pm Weycroft Bridge B & B. Learn this Ancient art of hands on healing which originated from Egypt. Also known as the ‘Goddess Energy Healing’ Learn how to give a treatment on self and love ones. Learn the history of Seichim, learn in a small group environment. Included in the price Manual, 1st Level Certificate ( Awarded to students once confident) and Beverages. Investment £40. Please bring a packed Lunch. Contact Maggi

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Marciniak at Weycroft Bridge B & B to book your place or for more information on 01297 32095 or 07951402717.

Sat 25 – Sun 26 March

Soap Making Make soaps tailored to your own skin type, using plants gathered from our gardens. Leave with your own range and the skills to carry on crafting at home. Trill Farm, Axminster, Devon, EX13 8TU trillfarm.co.uk 01297 631113.

Sunday 26 March

Mothering Sunday Posy Tying Workshops Forde Abbey and Gardens 10am - 4pm. Put together the perfect posy with freshly picked blooms from the Abbey estate. Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset TA20 4LU 01460 220231 www.fordeabbey.co.uk.

Monday 27 March

Clay A friendly and informal untutored sculpture group that meets weekly at IAC. All abilities welcome.

Mondays 9.30am - 3.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Figure Drawing This is a non-tutored drawing session from the clothed model.

Two models will be provided each session for one hour each. Please bring your own paper and drawing materials.

Book with Andrew Sutton 07814 641609 or andrewjsutton@hotmail. com. Mondays 6.30pm - 8.30pm. £7 per weekly session. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Tuesday 28 March

Cooking for One Demo with HALFF 11am - 1pm (Health and Local Food for Families). Free healthy cooking demonstrations giving hints and ideas for cooking for one and covering nutritional advice for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and modified diets (eg puree/fork mashable).

At the United Reformed Church, Cross Street, Seaton EX12 2LH. No need to book, just turn up, it’s free. Call Laura on 01297 631782 for more information or email laura@halff.org.uk.

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News &Views LYME REGIS

CHARD

BEAMINSTER

Lloyds Bank is closing its branch in Broad Street, Lyme Regis in May. The company says it has made the decision because of the ‘changing way customers choose to bank’.

It says it has 26 weekly personal and business customers and is ‘proactively talking’ to them about the services of the Post Office nearby.

The nearest branch of Lloyds is in Axminster, which customers are being encouraged to visit.

A spokesman for the bank said most customers now regularly used alternative branches or online and telephone banking.

Lloyds would not say how many jobs might be affected, adding that its aim was to ‘redeploy’ colleagues who wanted to remain with the company.

Holyrood Academy is to operate as a multiacademy trust with Axe Valley Community College. It plans to launch the Vector Learning Trust formally in April. Headteacher Matthew Collins said the school was looking forward to extending its already successful partnership with Axe Valley. A multi-academy trust is a single entity with a strategic collaboration to improve and maintain high educational standards across a number of schools. Martin Brook, executive principal at Holyrood Academy, said the fact there were a limited number of such trusts across the South West put the school in a strong position to establish itself as one of the outstanding education providers in the region. He added that were ‘no immediate plans’ for other local schools to join the trust although they might as the trust evolved.

Planning permission has been granted to Clipper Teas to redevelop its two sites and build 45 new homes.

Wessanen UK, which owns Clipper, will extend and consolidate its factory on the south side of Broadwindsor Road and demolish buildings on the north side to create the new homes. At least 35 per cent will be affordable housing, of which 70 per cent must be affordable rented units. Wessanen UK Operations Director Mark Bagwell said demolition would begin in March. He said the firm planned to fully occupy the new build by the end of the year, completely vacating the north side of the site. He said the whole team were busy thinking about layout plans and were extremely excited about the whole project.

Last bank to close its doors

Holyrood joins forces with Axe Valley

SEATON

Cuddly toy goes to space A toy bear called Alvin has been sent into space by pupils from Seaton Primary School.

Alvin shot up from the playground in a helium-filled balloon and soared to the outer limits of the atmosphere. With the aid of cameras fitted to the ‘rocket’, pupils were able to watch Alvin throughout his trip 24,000 metres above the Earth. The rocket was also fitted with trackers so the bear’s location could be pinpointed along the way.

Chris Hilcox of Near Space Photography conducted the launch, which was part of a year one project run by teacher Jess Broom on the theme of space. She said the children were ‘truly inspired’ by the launch, asking questions about space and ‘jittering’ with excitement.

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Plans for 45 homes to go ahead

WEYMOUTH

Talking newspaper marks 30 years

South West Dorset Talking Newspapers is celebrating its 30th birthday. Weymouth and Portland Mayor Richard Kosior visited the organisation at its new home at the rear of the Moose Lodge in Chickerell Road, Weymouth.

The talking newspapers are enjoyed by nearly 150 people with sight problems. Customers are given a memory stick with each week’s news from all the local papers, as well as features on things such as recipes and gardening.

More than 80 volunteers help out but the organisation is currently seeking a technician to help record and produce the newspaper on the memory sticks. Training will be provided.

Anyone able to help should ring Ann Sawtell on 01305-782602 or email her on ann@ annderek.plus.com

Fake News

Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn

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here’s been a lot of trumpeting recently about so-called ‘fake news’ – disinformation and spoof stories which purport to be real news stories when they are in effect anything but…

Mr Donald Trump (the new US President—you may have heard of him) considers most American TV and newspapers to be guilty of fake news, but this is simply because he doesn’t like what they write or say about him. We get quite a bit of fake news here in the UK too. Even some of our local south west news can be somewhat suspect. Yes really! Here’s a small sample of some recent stories that might have to be investigated further…

Woolly Jumpers: Following an increase in sheep rustling, Somerset farmers are painting their sheep in different colours to make it harder for thieves to sell their stolen flocks. Chard sheep will be sunny yellow while Crewkerne livestock will be easy to spot in their fluorescent pink coats. If you see a field full of day-glow orange sheep, they will be from the Martock area whereas Taunton farmers prefer a bright sky-blue. Yeovil has yet to decide on its chosen colour but is currently experimenting with a rather sickly puce green. Unfortunately, after a spell of rain, this shade of green fades into a dull khaki which makes the animals almost impossible to spot in their fields.

A farmer from Mudford (two miles to the north of Yeovil) says this has already halved the number of reported sheep thefts since thieves cannot find anything to steal.

He has no idea how many sheep he has in his fields since he can’t see them to count them.

Air Mail: The Marshwood Vale area has been chosen as a test site for a new postal service to start this summer. All mail deliveries will be transported by high speed drone from the new drone airbase currently being built next to the school in Bettiscombe. If you live in the area, you’ll find that local post will now arrive almost instantly – within about 2 minutes of its launch if you’re downwind. You are advised to look up when opening your

front door to avoid being hit on the head by a falling package from Amazon.

Cheap Pound: After the news that animal fat is incorporated in the new five pound note, the Royal Mint has announced that, as from June, all new one pound coins will be made from recycled plastic with added vitamin D. According to experts, these coins will be much cheaper to produce as they will be moulded from the contents of local waste bins and will bring extra health benefits should you feel tempted to consume them. People are advised to thoroughly wash any coins intended for the dinner table before eating them. Waitrose’s new range of ‘Coin Risotto with Green Basil Pesto’ will be absolutely delicious but rather expensive. It’s unlikely that seaside kiosks selling ‘Quid and Chips’ will be commercially successful.

VIP Arrival: To launch the brand new international marina in West Bay, The USS Trumperama will visit the port to help publicise the six new 5 star hotels being constructed in 2017 and 2018 as well as the new slipway development with mooring for one thousand luxury yachts. It is anticipated that the owner of this new complex will make a state visit to the area next year along with most of the US Sixth Fleet. The owner is a certain Mr Trump who also happens to be the President of the United States in his spare time. It is thought that the accompanying 3 aircraft carriers and 45 missile cruisers will be ‘parked’ nose to tail along the Chesil bank. Local dog walking and swimming and boating activities off Chesil beach will be curtailed during this time for security reasons.

Curry or cinnamon flavour?

Local Fund Raising: To make up any financial shortfall, Seaton town council is to introduce a local shoe tax. “If you drive a car, you pay road tax” said a local councillor, “so if you walk on one of our pavements, you can pay a shoe tax.” It’s uncertain whether this idea will catch on in other towns.

Tourists visiting Weymouth are reported to be unhappy about the proposed new ‘water tax’ to be charged for the use of seawater when anyone dives in from the beach. Other local fund raising plans include ‘a fresh air’ tax (difficult to enforce without suffocating the local inhabitants) and a ‘local bus tax’. This latter suggestion is particularly stupid since there will be no local buses running by 2018 and therefore no money will be collected.

Brexit Tax: Since everybody is by now completely fed up with all the arguments and angst and talk about Brexit, anyone mentioning the B word in public will face an on-the-spot fine of £100. Repeat offenders will help to build a 300 mile wall along the whole of the south coast. Mr Trump will advise on who pays for it.

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House&Garden An epic journey to Buckland Newton DAVE Mynne takes the audience on a wild and crazy journey through the ancient world, from Ithaka to the Trojan wars and back to Ithaka via evil sorceresses and man-eating monsters in The Odyssey (Greek Stuff)!

After three sell-out dates in February, the multitalented performer (whose previous shows include Great Expectations and Dracula) is back in Dorset for two more dates with Artsreach, at Child Okeford on Saturday 25th March and Buckland Newton village hall on Sunday 26th.

One of the founders of Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre, Dave Mynne plays every part in this new show,

follows Homer’s most ambiguous hero on his 20 year journey to Troy and back (with a few departures from the original stories in the epic poems of The Iliad and The Odyssey).

In loose white top and trousers with a blue scarf to transform into the various characters (the scarf even becomes the Cyclops’ single evil eye), Mynne has the simplest of props, pine packing cases, a little wooden horse and a little wooden boat. Before the audience’s amazed and delighted eyes he conquers Troy, survives storms, cuts through lotus jungles, Wild and crazy with David Mayne disappears into a whirlpool to hell from the testosterone-loaded Odysseus to and crawls up on the shore of his his abandoned wife Penelope, from the homeland to face perhaps his greatest seductive Circe to the vile Cyclops, as he challenge of all.

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Vocal Snowscape for Wootten Fitzpaine

Cleveland Watkiss

MULTI-talented virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer Cleveland Watkiss brings his unique vocal snowscape to Wootten Fitzpaine village hall on Saturday 18th March as one of two Aristarch dates for this remarkable performer. Watkinss has performed with a host of diverse artists from around the world, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and the BBC Orchestra. He was named Best Vocalist at the 2010 London Jazz Awards and voted Wire/Guardian Jazz Awards best vocalist for three consecutive years, His programme, Vocabulist, is an a capella vocal improvisation that uses the atmosphere of a venue to present a performance of the moment.

Seamless links between musical cultures from Africa to Europe go together to create human vocal snowscapes. There is a vocal workshop with the singer at Wootten Fitzpaine before the concert. For information or to book call 01297 560948.

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Nature influence for Furniture and Painting exhibition at The Town Mill in Lyme Regis

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he Town Mill, Lyme Regis is hosting ‘Essence of Nature’ a contemporary art and bespoke furniture exhibition by Dorset artists Lucy Tidbury, Esme James and furniture designer Jason Cameron in March.

Artists Lucy Tidbury and Esme James who will be showcasing their original paintings and prints alongside renowned bespoke furniture designer Jason Cameron. Lucy, Esme and Jason, although all working with different mediums and styles are all influenced by their passion for nature and the great outdoors.

Lucy Tidbury works with oil on canvas and is renowned for her whimsical ‘Moo selfie’ series that include iconic scenes from across the country. Living on a farm in the heart of the Isle of Purbeck Lucy is

always close to her muse of the Jurassic Coastline and Dorset countryside.

Jason Cameron works with American hardwoods and is one of the UK’s top 50 bespoke furniture makers. Jason’s inspiration stems from the strength and simplicity of Japanese design and construction, the Art Deco movement and the works of Le Corbusier, Jason Cameron’s Two Tone Coffee Table Charles Rennie Mackintosh surrounded by inspiration for her country and Gerrit Rietveld. Jason’s workshop and themed paintings and is also an accomshowroom is located in an 18th Century plished pet portraitist. barn set against the inspirational backdrop Esme James works with acrylic on of the Purbeck Hills. canvas and is celebrated for her signature The exhibition is on at The Town Mill, palette of blue depicting moonlit scenes Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU from of the Jurassic Coast and countryside Friday 3rd – Wednesday 15th March 2017. including castles and follies. Working Opening times are 10:30am – 4:30pm and from her picturesque Art & Gift Studio entry is free. For more information visit at the foot of the Purbeck Hills Esme is www.townmill.org.uk.

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Women encouraged to join Yeovil Fun Run WOMEN of all ages and abilities are being invited to join the 1.2 mile Fun Run which forms part of the hugely successful Yeovil Half Marathon event on Sunday 26 March.

The brand new Fun Run is the result of a partnership between the In It Together project—which is led by South Somerset District Council—and Total Buzz Events.

The route is ideal for all abilities but is especially suited to women who have just started running or would like to begin but just need some encouragement.

Debbie Hill, Women and Girls Development Officer at South Somerset District Council commented, “We are delighted to be offering women and girls aged 16 and over the chance to run in front of a supportive crowd in the town centre. The In It Together project is all about getting women moving and what better way to start than this Fun Run.

Organisers of the event (from left to right) Steve Elliott, Total Buzz Events; Jake Hannis, South Somerset District Council’s Senior Sport & Healthy Lifestyles Officer; Debbie Hill, Women and Girls Development Officer at SSDC; Lucy Ridout, Total Buzz Events.

“We have already had a great reaction to the Fun Run which is really exciting. Registering is easy, just visit www.yeovilhalf.com. For details of other opportunities for women to get active visit www.facebook.com/ InItTogetherSouthSomerset or email us at iit@southsomerset.gov.uk.”

Steve Elliott, Race Director, Yeovil Half Marathon commented, “With the

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Half Marathon now becoming a ‘must do’ event in the West Country running calendar, the launch of the Fun Run gives many more the chance to enjoy the atmosphere of the Half Marathon. Fun runners this year, Half Marathon runners maybe next year. We are delighted to be working with SSDC to bring This Girl Can to Yeovil.”

Councillor Sylvia Seal, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture at South Somerset District Council said, “Spearheaded by the excellent This Girl Can campaign there is a real movement around female participation in sport and physical activity at the moment. We are delighted to work in partnership with Total Buzz Events to offer the Women’s Fun Run as well as the Children’s Fun Run. I would urge people to sign up, the event will have a real ‘feel-good factor’ and it could be the start of an enjoyable journey into running.”

Men needed to get ‘Fun and Fit by the Sea’

MORRIS dancing is facing extinction unless it can inspire a new generation of ‘mildly eccentric’ young men who are anxious to keep fit, a local side has warned. Uplyme Morris is hoping to keep the ancient tradition alive by recruiting men keen to be physically

active but bored with going to the gym. Uplyme Morris, motto ‘Fun and Fit by the Sea”, has a membership of 20 and is celebrating its 10th anniversary, since formation, this year in July. In reality, it can only rely on the regular dancCould Morris Dancing be cool? ing services of seven men, most of whom are in their sixties and will soon be hanging up their handkerchiefs and sticks for good. Squire Pete Morton said it was pointless trying to present Morris dancing as ‘cool’, and is instead appealing directly to confirmed male eccentrics who might also be keen real-

ale drinkers. “Men as a whole are not that keen on dressing up and dancing out in public,” he said. “They think they will make a fool of themselves. It is probably where the eccentricity comes into it.” Traditional dances usually involve involve six or eight men, but to put on a “good show” they require at least 10. Mr Morton said he was hoping to attract younger men who were “fed up” with going to the gym and wanted something new. Morris dancing began as a rural pursuit but its exact origins are unknown. Some claim it derives from pre-Christian fertility rites.

No previous experience is needed and if you want to give it a try Uplyme Morris meet on Tuesday evenings at 7pm at the Pilot Boat Inn in Lyme Regis. For further details visit our website or contact: Pete Morton Tel Mob: 07917748087 petemorton56@ googlemail.com.

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From Sex in the City to A Quiet Passion

Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion

SEX in the City star Cynthia Nixon dons corsets and buttoned up Victorian modesty rather than the latest New York fashions for her starring role in A Quiet Passion, a new film about the American poet Emily Dickinson which gets a prerelease screening at Bridport’s Electric Palace on Saturday 25th March at 7pm.

The film, which tells the story of one of America’s greatest and most original poets is due to be released in the UK on 7th April. It is a rare insight into the life and work of a reclusive writer whose poetry is now considered among the finest in the English language. Ted Hughes called her “one of the oddest and most intriguing personalities in literary history”.

With a few exceptions, her poetry remained virtually unpublished until after she died on May 15, 1886.

After the screening there will be a brief talk entitled Quietly Public and Passionately Private by Dr Paraic Finnerty, Reader in English and American Literature at the University of Portsmouth, and a question and answer session on Dickinson.

Dr Finnerty is the author of Emily Dickinson’s Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson and her British Contemporaries. He says: “Many of the writers whose works most inspired and influenced Emily Dickinson were British, and she was especially devoted to and fascinated by Shakespeare, the Brontës, the Brownings, Tennyson and George Eliot.”

Dr Paraic Finnerty

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Recruitment Open Days for Dorset Health Care

Dorset HealthCare employs more than 5,500 people in a wide range of jobs

APPLICATIONS on Dorset HealthCare’s jobs webpage have surged since the start of a recruitment campaign last month and there will also be two recruitment open days in March.

The first is at Bournemouth University on Saturday, 18 March and the second will be at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange on Saturday, 25 March. Each day will be an opportunity for people to meet Trust staff and find out more about the career opportunities available.

Fiona Haughey, Director of Nursing and Quality for Dorset HealthCare, explained that the initial response to the recruitment campaign has been very encouraging and that further local advertising would highlight the many jobs available. ‘However, we don’t just need nurses and other allied health professionals’ she said.

‘Our local advertising will illustrate the huge range of jobs we have available, from clinical roles such as occupational therapists and health visitors through to posts in IT, finance, business support, catering and estate management. We employ more than 5,500 staff, all focused on making lives better. Caring for people involves lots of different elements, and everyone who works here contributes to that.’

For more information visit the website www. joindhc.co.uk.

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Vegetables in March

By Fergus Dowding

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enturing into the garden on a sunny March afternoon fills us with thoughts of sowing our first outdoor crops, such as broad beans, peas and early potatoes.

These crops all have large ‘seeds’ with stored energy to get them going. Small seeds such as salads and carrots struggle in cold soil – later in the moth you can have a go if you enjoy living dangerously. My best friend at this time of year is fleece, which goes over all early sowings to keep the soil warm and moist.

A compost mulch on the surface last year has created an ideal medium for sowing small seeds, with fine crumby texture and rich feed just where small seeds need it. There is an endlessly repeated myth that carrots and parsnips fang in compost, but year after year I find this not to be the case. The main cause of fanging for me is tiny shards of stone, which always end up in the soil somehow.

Weed free status is important, especially at times of slow germination and crops like carrots and parsnips. Weeds keep slugs economically active and hungry for green shoots.

Indoor sowing in modules over a soil warming cable is perfect for a strong, early start to most crops. My lettuce and true spinach have all come up within a week in mid February without being attacked by wildlife, and will be ready for transplant by the end of the month. Transplanting salads in the polytunnel will provide rich pickings by mid April for my Farmers Market, whereas outdoor transplants, kept under fleece at first, should be ready to pick by late April.

Tomatoes and peppers have also germinated in this warmth, the early start will give a longer picking season. They will be transplanted twice into bigger pots, each time sinking the little plants as deep as I dare to make a stronger plant. Even on their ‘hot bed’, these will still get fleeced on frosty nights, so there is definitely extra work with early sowings.

And what do you call a camel with three humps? Humphrey.

What to sow this month Broad beans, early potatoes, peas. It is better to wait for warmth later on to plant onion sets, as a cold snap will induce flowering later, especially red onions. Carrots, spinach, lettuce, beetroot and radish can be worth a go under fleece, but are quicker and easier to establish in April.

Lettuce sown in modules and then transplanted give a stronger start

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Practical Advice and a MiniMasterclass at Knoll Gardens GUIDED walks, willow weaving, wildlife days, workshops and outdoor yoga are among over 40 events taking place at Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens this year.

The packed programme kicks-off with a popular mini-masterclass by Knoll’s owner of 23 years Neil Lucas, as he provides enthusiastic encouragement and practical advice to help you make the most of your gardens. A world authority on ornamental grasses, Neil’s mini-masterclass, ‘Preparing for Spring’ is on 11 March from 10.30am to 12noon and costs £12.

Book online or at the nursery.

Full details from 01202 873931 or visit www. knollgardens.co.uk.

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March in the Garden

By Russell Jordan

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he weekend on which I happen to be writing this, I’ve also been celebrating my Mother’s 90th Birthday.

Being a rather special milestone I wanted to buy her the sort of plant which you wouldn’t find in the average garden centre. To this end, I arranged to visit a specialist nursery whose list includes many specimen plants not usually offered in the general horticultural trade.

During my visit to this nursery, being shown round by its hugely impressive owner, I was reminded that at the ‘top’ of hobby gardening is a very rarefied world which you can only partake in if your level of horticultural interest is bordering slightly towards the obsessive. It reminded me that, as a degree student, I spent many happy hours in the nurseries of such luminaries as Christopher Lloyd, Beth Chatto, Liz Strangman and John Coke.

The last credit in that list should really read ‘Marina Christopher’; she was the little dynamo behind ‘Green Farm Plants’ and perhaps the best propagator I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Marina’s still going strong as ‘Phoenix Perennial Plants’—look it up on ‘RHS Nursery Finder’.

Even now, almost three decades later, I only comprehend a tiny fraction of what these plant collectors, propagators and nursery owners hold in their horticultural memory banks. The whole point of spending time amongst their plants is that a little of it rubs off and, over time, your own knowledge and inherent understanding increases practically subconsciously.

I’m not going to name the nursery I visited because I don’t think they’d thank me for it. Looking at their website, before sending an email requesting to visit ‘by appointment’, you don’t have to be very good at reading between the lines to realise that the owners are probably not the sort to be messed with!

‘Any road up for a packet of fags’; the plant I opted to buy, for my Mother, was a very sweet scented, relatively fast growing, free-flowering, Daphne : Daphne ‘Spring Beauty’. Obviously I couldn’t resist a little something for myself too, so I purchased the most wonderful, highly scented, season extending ‘sweet box’ : Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna ‘Tony Schilling’.

This plant seemed most fitting because not only does it have attributes making it different, possibly better, than the straightforward species, but the plant collector it is named after, Tony Schilling, brings this personal story full circle for me. When I first visited Elizabeth Strangman at ‘Washfield Nursery’, all those years ago, she was busy bulking up and naming plants that had come from one of Tony’s collecting trips in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s.

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horticulture, years before they could be planted in the ‘average’ garden, was truly inspiring. Once experienced, never forgotten, so that every time I come across one of those plants, however many years later, I immediately get a glimpse of Liz, in my mind’s eye, shuffling amongst her, as yet unnamed, babies.

Anyway, this most recent trip fired my resolve to do more nursery visiting this year. Due to ‘stuff’ that’s gone on over the last decade, I’ve got out of the habit of actually enjoying my plants and getting a kick out of noticing the funny little foibles that sets one species, or selection, apart from another. Just now I’m enjoying pots of naked-flowering hellebores, dug up from the garden of a house I cannot live in anymore, as some of them date back to the originals I bought in the early 1990’s—fresh from Liz’s original hybridising experiments.

And now it’s ‘March in the Garden’: time to be planting such creatures out into beds and borders, giving then a good feed with blood, fish and bone plus some garden compost, where they will establish well as the weather warms and in plenty of time to withstand summer droughts. Bare-root plants, or plants that have been moved from elsewhere in the garden, will need plenty of water in their first year, at least, because, unlike container-grown plants, they are likely to have more ‘top growth’ than their root systems can support when lack of moisture threatens.

The same factors that make March a good time to plant out newly acquired plants, abundant soil moisture and warming weather, also allow weeds to expand rapidly in a rush to flower and set seed before you’ve even noticed them. Chief amongst these, for me, are ‘hairy bitter cress’ and groundsel. They’ve been biding their time, since germinating, but longer day lengths give them all the encouragement they need to romp away, stealing a march on their prettier rivals. Hand weed where you can but use a glyphosate based weed killer on large expanses, such as in gravel drives or beds which are due to be planted later, as glyphosate weed killers are non-specific (they kill all green things) but also non-persistent (they don’t kill the next plants to germinate or that get planted in the same soil).

How busy you will get in the garden this month will be dictated by just how warm / dry it is. If conditions allow then the first, high, cut of the lawn might be possible. Similarly, sowing seeds in situ and planting out young, but hardy, plants could be possible where emergency frost protection is feasible. I tend to move some newly raised plants out of the luxury of the greenhouse, into coldframes, with the aim that the frames are opened at every opportunity, during the day, but are closed at night. Other seedlings are pricked out of trays into small pots which in turn fill the space vacated by the plants that have gone into coldframes, and so the cycle continues.

One final tip; last year I experimented by performing an earlier

version of what has become known as the ‘Chelsea Chop’. This is the process by which summer flowering herbaceous perennials are cut down around the time of the ‘Chelsea Flower Show’. This encourages bushier growth, controls their eventual height and also delays flowering a little bit so that you can extend the season of your herbaceous border, which might otherwise ‘peak too soon’.

My version, by dint of the time of year I have christened it the ‘Lamb Chop’, applies specifically to the pulmonarias in my garden. I guess it could also be applied to similarly early flowering ground cover—persicarias come to mind, maybe periwinkles too. Anyway, it is a very brutal, almost counter-intuitive, hack right back to soil level using sharp secateurs.

Pulmonarias are already producing new flower stems at this point but, I find, they get mixed up with last year’s brown leaves and so the display is somewhat diluted. Also, they get rather big, rather ‘out of hand’, very quickly—razing them to the ground checks their growth, removes old foliage and the first flush of flowers. The result is that flowering is delayed (coinciding better with the main flush of spring flowers) and the lungwort is bushier, ‘cleaner’ and altogether more manageable. A handful of ‘fish, blood and bone’, worked into the soil at the same time that the ‘Lamb Chop’ is carried out, ensures that they bounce back with a vengeance. ...and so the headlong rush into spring begins. Hold on tight it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

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Take Care

By Cecil Amor

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his phrase is now frequently used by people taking their leave, an alternative to “Good Bye”, (or as older people might remember “TTFN”, a catch phrase from “ITMA” on wartime “wireless”). My thoughts have taken a different turn today.

As a young man in the Round Table, with winter approaching it was agreed that we should purchase coal and kindling wood to distribute around the town to the poor and needy.

We used a list from the local authority and bagged up the fuel. On my list was an elderly man and the other members, said “he won’t accept charity and is very cantankerous”. I took our five year old daughter with me and knocked on the door with trepidation, but when he saw the child he said “Hello little girl, would you like a sweet”, offering a grubby paper bag containing sticky sweets. She took one and he then accepted our gifts with thanks.

Looking back in history around the Norman period we can find no lists of poor and needy. If they were lucky their families might help them or possibly some wealthy individual might give them a helping hand. Hospitals, like St John’s on East Bridge, Bridport are recorded from 1200 to 1300, but seem to have taken in travellers like Richard III, en route to Exeter and not paupers. The Church was mainly responsible for providing help. Leper Hospitals occurred around the same time, but are likely to have helped only lepers until the Dissolution of Monasteries when the Magdalen Lane Almshouses took over from the leper hospital, to the west of Bridport. In 1536 there were so many poor people roaming the streets that a Beggars Act was passed. Apart from straight begging there were so called priests

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selling “pardons” and pieces of the “real Cross” as described in Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims. Some pretended to be ill or lame, despised by “Sturdy Rogues”. However at times “The Plague,” other epidemics and wars reduced the population and there was more work than workers! Generally almshouses appeared in the 1600s, for example Napper’s Mite in South Street, Dorchester established in 1616

by Robert Napier for 10 poor people and the Quaker Daniel Taylor gave dwellings adjacent to the Meeting House in South Street, Bridport in 1696 for the poor of Bridport.

However they could not have catered for more than a few of the needy. The problem became worse, with more vagrants on the road and destitute old sailors and soldiers. Migration was proposed as a solution, but could only absorb a relatively small number.

The Elizabethan Poor Law Act of 1601 had 3 categories, the first for the able and deserving out of work were given paid outdoor relief, i.e. they could still live at home. The second, the idle or unwilling, might be whipped(!) but the third category, the sick, old or very young could be given indoor relief, e.g. live in the Poor House. This relief was paid for by the parish, hence the expression “On the Parish” which is the way we seem to be going again now. The system became unworkable and in 1834 a New Poor Law Act was passed enabling parishes to form “Unions” and build, rent or buy “Workhouses”. Dorset established 12 Unions, locally Dorchester, Beaminster and Bridport, building in each area.

Dorchester Workhouse was built in the shape of a cross, of stone and brick and later became Damer’s Hospital in 1948. Bridport Workhouse was built of local stone in Barrack Street, again a cruciform, in 1837 for 200 paupers

and it should not be confused with the Cavalry Barracks, a little further north. The workhouse later became an Infirmary and then Port Bredy Geriatric Hospital in 1948. Beaminster Union Workhouse was built at Stoke Water, half a mile from Beaminster town, “Y” shaped of stone and brick, for up to 230 people. Completed in 1838 it contained a tailor’s shop and oakum picking for the occupation of inmates. Both Bridport and Beaminster have been converted into private flats, since closure. Many poor people were assisted by “Poor Relief” outside the workhouses. There was considerable stigma associated with “The Workhouse”, as Thomas Hardy recognised in Far From The Madding Crowd.

Latterly elderly folk moved into private Care or Residential Homes, paying for the privilege. In recent years we have heard of at least two of these being closed locally as they were not making a sufficient return and the residents were forced to find another home. We also know of an elderly resident being hospitalised for a major operation and then contracting two infections, which left her very weak only to be visited by her Home Manager and told “You cannot come back to the Home”. This was without the next of kin of the patient, or a nurse, being present. The hospital had hoped to pass the patient on to another hospital nearer her home, for rehabilitation, but found she had effectively been made homeless and could not qualify. Having to explain this situation to another home was difficult for the relatives. So the days of the overbearing manager described by Hardy and Dickens are still with us, but luckily we hope restricted to only one or two isolated cases. That patient has since been rehoused in another caring home and is happy and comfortable.

Most Care Homes are just that, caring.

Bridport History Society meets on Tuesday 14th March. Eric Galvin will talk about “Joseph Clark - a popular Victorian Artist and his World” at 2.30 pm in the United Church, Main Hall, East Street, Bridport. All welcome.

Cecil Amor, Hon. President Bridport History Society.

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PROPERTY ROUND-UP

Properties with far reaching views

By Helen Fisher

AXMINSTER £399,950

MORCOMBELAKE IN EXCESS OF £500,000

Symonds and Sampson Tel: 01297 33122

Stags Tel: 01308 428000

An extensively modernised, detached, light and spacious chalet bungalow with 4 bedrooms. Large family kitchen and triple aspect main reception room. Mature gardens with paved patio areas plus two useful block built sheds. Gorgeous, unbroken countryside views. Ample parking.

A pair of detached bungalows set in an idyllic, yet convenient rural position. Both bungalows have two double bedrooms and all amenities. All set in 2.7 acres with gardens and paddock plus 3 stables and tack room.

Breathtaking panoramic views and ample parking.

COLYTON £340,000

WEST BAY £450,000

Gordon and Rumsby Tel: 01297 553768

Goadsby Tel: 01308 455455

A spacious detached bungalow built in 1980 and situated in an elevated residential area. Bright and sunny accommodation with 3 bedrooms and double garage beneath. Well stocked, enclosed south facing rear garden. With rolling countryside views.

No onward chain.

LYME REGIS £795,000

A well presented, individual 4 bedroom modern house with spacious and well laid out accommodation. Master bedroom with balcony and sitting room with double sided wood burning stove. Detached garage with hobby room above. Fully enclosed garden with terraces and some of the finest views in the town. Ample parking. Jackson-Stops & Staff Tel: 01308 423133 54 The Marshwood Vale Magazine March 2017 Tel. 01308 423031

A contemporary 2 bedroom apartment with light and spacious accommodation. Open plan living/dining room with modern fitted kitchen benefiting from integrated appliances and balcony.

With underground parking, gated entrance and lift to all floors.

Direct sea views all along the Jurassic Coastline.

WEYMOUTH £725,000

An impressive 7 bedroom Edwardian family home with a stunning characterful interior. Including stripped floors, original fireplaces and leaded windows. Landscaped, sunny rear garden with patio and double garage. With far reaching sea views over Weymouth Bay. Meyers Tel: 01305 259436

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From Ambridge to Honiton

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here’s a strong flavour of Ambridge coming to Honiton in April with a show at The Beehive from the creator of some of The Archers’ most memorable stories and favourite characters. Graham Harvey, for twenty years the Agricultural Story Editor of the show and writer of more than 600 episodes, teams up with a former producer of the radio soap to brings to the stage the true tale of an unlikely Cotswold hero, a West Country land army girl and an enduring romance.

The play, No Finer Life, is set in the Oxfordshire countryside at the end of World War Two and moves between the 1940s and the

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Elizabeth Henderson meets actress Roberta Bellekom

current day. What inspires a young Somerset land girl to set off in search of a best selling author in the darkest days of war? Her story reflects that the love of the countryside, the need to protect it and issues of national

identity, are all timeless Young Elizabeth’s hero was George Henderson, whose book brought together wisdom about farming, anecdotes of Cotswold life and more than anything, offered a dream of a better life. It was an immediate hit, a long lost classic, and many of the 100,000 hardback copies sold were bought by service men who shared that hope. The play tells Elizabeth’s story and is no fiction: now in her nineties she and her family still run the same farm.

Graham will be taking part in an after-show conversation where he will discuss the issues in the play…and all things Ambridge!

The show features new live music composed and performed by Alastair Collingwood who has written scores for numerous theatre shows, including Betty in London’s West End and is directed by A.J. Kroon, a former Director of The Archers.

Elizabeth is played by Roberta Bellekom who studied at Oxford and East 15 Schools of Drama and has recently played Shakespeare’s Miranda in The Tempest, also appearing in productions of Animal Farm, Waiting for Godot, and One Way, a play she also wrote.

No Finer Life is at The Beehive, Honiton on Saturday 1st April 7.30pm.

Tickets are £10 (£8 Children/Students) and include a special after-show talk by Graham Harvey.

Call the Box Office on 01404 384050 or visit www. beehivehoniton.co.uk/ beehive-events.

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Old Dog New Tricks

By Nick Fisher

FLY casting is a lot like sex. Just because you’ve been doing it for years. Doesn’t mean you’re doing it right. We are never too old to learn. So long as you’re still able to waggle your rod on the bank, then you’re eligible for a little extra instruction.

Old dogs. New tricks. Believe me, if you think you’re too old to learn something new in fishing. Then it’s time you hung up your waders and took up doing large-piece jigsaw puzzles instead. With a little advice and spice added to your fishing style, your rod-bending action might suddenly get a whole lot more exciting.

My fly casting sucks. Sure, it gets me by. I can chuck a line more or less where I want it, more or less most of the time. But there is always room for improvement. It’s like a golf swing, or a tennis serve, it’s the main weapon in your armoury, yet you never actually see yourself perform it.

When you’re casting a fly line, or winding up to make a tennis serve, most of what’s important, most of what determines the cast or serve, happens behind your head. It’s hard to know what you’re doing wrong if you never actually get a butcher’s at it.

So, even though I’ve been fly casting for nearly 20 years, I was excited to visit casting instructor, Robin Elwes at Syon Park fishery, just outside Chiswick, in west London. Simply to get my well-worn action fine-tuned and maybe learn a new trick or two.

Syon Park fishery is an amazing place to visit anyway. Two hundred acres of parkland situated six miles from Marble Arch, boasting a tremendously beautiful horseshoe-shaped day-ticket lake designed by Capability Brown.

Beside the lake with a stiffish sideways breeze, Robin asked me to take a few casts with my normal rod, in my normal style. He watched me closely as I performed my customary water-thrashing ritual. After a few throws he stopped me, and started to analyse my style. Pointing out where minor improvements could be made to help the fly turn over more efficiently, the line land straighter, and the aerialised loop form a more aerodynamic shape.

‘The most common mistake and the thing I have to correct with nearly every man who comes to me, is over-use of power’ explains Robin. ‘Too much welly. Most blokes just put too much effort into the cast and don’t use the rod to do the work.’

I was no exception. I was punching too hard on my forward cast and bringing my hand down too low as I ended my forward motion.

But ironically, the opposite was true in my back cast. I was stopping my hand too early as I drew my arm back. Not taking my hand out of sight behind my head, and instead breaking my wrist and angling the rod to compensate.

Carefully Robin picked his way around the finer points of my casting style, suggesting alternatives and techniques to coax it into a more fluid and efficient action.

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‘Try turning the rod so that your reel lies parallel to the ground, instead of at ninety degrees’ he suggested. This at first seems like a queer thing to. Unnatural. Not what the rod was made for. But it works.

‘When the line is wet, it has a tendency to stick to the sides of the rod, if you have snake rings’ says Robin.

‘By turning the rod you reduce the amount of drag making the cast smoother’.

Having the reel face-up to the right hand side also gives you a bigger base to rest against your wrist. For me this is a useful trick, as it’s a constant reminder of the reel-wrist relationship, which is meant to be a very close one. But which in my case can get all too easily divorced.

Sadly, casting is not a single handed sport. For those of us who are coordinatorally-challenged, it is tragic to find that you have to choreograph two completely opposing arms in the hopeful search for style and consistency.

‘It’s like patting your head and rubbing your tummy’ says Robin. ‘Splitting your brain and working different bits independently, but together.’

With that he started to move his attention to the flailings of my left hand. The south paw is important in any cast, especially in the double-haul technique where by tugging on the line during its passage through the air, you attempt to put more flex in the carbon rod and so increase line speed, and eventual power.

Double-hauling is all about timing. It’s an internal rhythm. A kind of clock-swinging pendulum thing. That doesn’t make sense at first.

Feels completely weird. And then, one day, at one distinct moment, it just clicks into place. And after that, the timing is practically instinctive.

I taught myself to fly cast and to double-haul. Badly. So Robin’s observations on the travel of my left hand were vital. I wasn’t bringing my left hand up high enough on the back-cast and so limiting the amount of pull and speed I could generate on my forward cast.

Knowing what you’re doing wrong is half the battle.

Apart from righting the wrongs of many years, Robin also taught me something flashy and new. The Snake Roll cast. It’s one of those casts which does have its uses. It gives you the opportunity to change direction by up to ninety degrees and reposition a fly quickly, without any back cast.

Sort of a complex roll cast which ends a new angle. It’s useful. But most of all it looks completely brilliant. It makes you look and feel like a brave lion tamer whooshing and cracking an elaborate whip, taming a ferocious beast. Until that is, when you get a size twelve pheasant tail nymph lodged up one side of your nostril, embedded in warm flesh right up to the barb.

Then, well.... you just feel like a prize plonker with a fly rod.

Which, let’s face it, is pretty much a normal feeling for me. Ho hum.

Food&Dining

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BAKED EGG CUSTARD AND LEMON THYME TART WITH ROASTED RHUBARB INGREDIENTS FOR THE BUTTER PASTRY CRUST

▪ 280g/ 10oz plain flour ▪ pinch salt ▪ 140g/5oz unsalted butter, cut into small dice ▪ 2 medium egg yolks ▪ 2tbsp cold water

LESLEY WATERS

FOR THE FILLING

▪ 400ml/14fl oz double cream ▪ small bunch lemon thyme, leaves picked from stalks ▪ 3 medium eggs ▪ 3 medium egg yolks ▪ 100g/3 ½ oz caster sugar ▪ icing sugar for glazing ▪ 26cm loose-bottomed tart tin Serves 8-10

DIRECTIONS 1

Place the flour, salt, butter, yolks and water into a food processor and whiz until the ingredients just come together. Beware not to overprocess or the pastry will become tough. Bring the pastry together with your hands and pat into a flat disc shape. Wrap in cling-film and refrigerate for 20 minutes. This allows the pastry to relax, making it easier to roll out and line the tin. It also prevents the pastry shrinking too much during cooking. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.

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Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface just a little bigger than the tart tin. Roll the pastry around the rolling pin and carefully drape it over the tart tin. Carefully press the pastry into the tin and cut off excess from the edges, leaving 1cm of pastry above the tin. Prick the bottom of the tart with a fork. Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper and fill with baking beans.

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Bake for 10 minutes until the pastry has set in shape. Remove the beans and paper and continue to bake for a further 8-10 minutes or until cooked and lightly golden. Reduce the oven to 160C/300F/ Gas 3.

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Place the cream and thyme leaves in a pan and heat the cream to a gentle simmer. In a mixing bowl whisk together the whole eggs, yolks and sugar. Carefully whisk the hot cream into the egg mixture. Pour into the pastry case and carefully place in the oven.

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Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the filling is firm in the middle. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Dust the top of the tart lightly with icing sugar.

Caramelise the top with a small blow-torch or simply place under a preheated, very hot grill, moving the tart around to get even, golden colour.

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Best served warm with roasted rhubarb. Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas 6. Cut 675g/ 1 ½ lb rhubarb into 2.5cm/1in pieces and place in a shallow roasting tray. Scatter over 125g/ 4 ½ oz caster sugar and roast for 12-15 minutes until tender, but rhubarb still retaining its shape.

Set aside to cool slightly before transferring to a serving dish.

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March 2017 Food Markets Please check dates and times with venues or organisers

Fri 3rd Sat 4th Thur 9th Fri 10th Sat 11th

Thur 16th Fri 17th Sat 18st Thur 23rd Fri 24th Sat 25th

Ottery St Mary, Hind St Car Park, 9am - 1pm Poundbury, Queen Mother Square, 9am - 1pm Shaftesbury, Town Hall, 9am - 1pm Wareham, Town Hall, East Street, 9am - 1pm Blandford, Blandford Forum, 9am - 1pm Bridport, Bridport Arts Centre, 9am - 1pm Martock, Moorlands Precinct, 10am - 1pm Yarcombe, Village Hall - 10am - 12noon Purbeck, Commercial Rd, Swanage, 9am - 1pm Honiton, St Paul’s Church, High St, 8.30am - 1pm Sherborne, Cheap St, 9am - 1pm Seaton, Town Hall, 9am - 1pm Wimborne, Market Square, 9am - 1pm Crewkerne, Falkland Square, 9am - 1pm Wareham, Town Hall, East Street, 9am - 1pm Weymouth, St Thomas St, 9am - 2pm Dorchester South, High Street, 9am - 4pm Barrington, Village Hall, 10am - 12noon Yeovil, Middle Street, 9am - 2pm

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TAMARI GREENS WITH CASHEWS AND GINGER Yesterday’s boiled cabbage or greens are altogether more inviting when perked up with sesame, spices and soy. This dish is pretty and very simple – and it’s good hot or cold too.

INGREDIENTS

▪ 200–250g cooked green cabbage or Brussels sprouts, roughly shredded ▪ 2 tablespoons sesame seeds ▪ Small handful of coriander, roughly chopped ▪ ½–1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes, or 1 finely chopped red chilli (optional) ▪ 50g cashew nuts, lightly toasted

HUGH FEARNLEY WHITTINGSTALL

FOR THE DRESSING

▪ 1–2 tablespoons lime juice or lemon juice ▪ 1 tablespoon sesame oil ▪ Dash of tamari or soy sauce ▪ Dash of mirin ▪ About 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger ▪ ½–1 garlic clove, grated ▪ Pinch of brown sugar Serves 4

DIRECTIONS 1

Put the cabbage into a serving bowl.

2

To make the dressing, shake all the ingredients together in a screw-topped \ jar until thoroughlyblended, or whisk together to combine.

3

Put a small frying pan over a medium heat, add the sesame seeds and gently toast until golden, shaking the pan to ensure they don’t burn. This should only take a minute or two. Tip the toasted seeds into the bowl with the cabbage.

4

Add the coriander and chilli flakes if using, trickle over the dressing and toss to combine. Add the toasted cashews and toss the greens again before serving.

This recipe features in “Hugh’s Love Your Leftovers”, written by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, published by Bloomsbury, and available from rivercottage.net.Photography © Simon Wheeler Enjoy a taste of River Cottage at our Food Fair over the weekend of 27-29 May. We’ll have cookery demos, hands-on cooking masterclasses and great food. There will be plenty of entertainment for the kids with donkey rides, bubble workshops, falconry displays and more. Tickets are £17.50 and under 12s are free. For more details and to book see www.rivercottage.net or call Tamsyn in our Events Team on 01297 630302.

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CHICKEN KIEV WITH WILD GARLIC It’s about time we had a chicken Kiev revival. It used to be all the rage but it’s been absent from restaurant menus for years now and you rarely even see it frozen in supermarkets these days. I’ve given the old classic a little seasonal twist here, with a filling made with wild garlic.

MARK HIX

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

▪ 4 free-range chicken breasts with the wing bone on, skinned ▪ 120g butter, softened ▪ A handful of wild garlic leaves, cleaned and chopped ▪ 3tbsp flour ▪ 1 large egg, beaten ▪ 80-100g fresh white breadcrumbs ▪ Salt and freshly ground black pepper ▪ Vegetable or corn oil for frying Serves 4

1

Lay the chicken breasts on a chopping board with the small loose fillets facing up. Remove these fillets with your fingers and put to one side. Using a very sharp filleting knife or similar, cut up (but not right through) and inside from the centre on either side of the breast to form two flaps you can fold open and then back again, over the filling.

2

Mix the softened butter with the wild garlic and season. Put the mixture in the middle of the opened up breast, and using the palm of your hand, flatten the little fillet that was removed and lay it over the butter. Fold the flaps back over the fillet to reform the breast and make sure it is perfectly sealed. Leave to rest in the fridge for 30-40 minutes.

3

Have three dishes ready, one with the flour spread out on it, one with the beaten egg, and the third with the breadcrumbs.

Season the stuffed breasts and coat them in the flour, dusting off any excess, then put them through the egg and finally through the breadcrumbs. Pre-heat about 8cm of vegetable oil in a thick-bottomed saucepan or electric fryer to 160-180C. Deep fry the chicken for 6-7 minutes until golden. Serve with a vegetable such as creamed or leaf spinach or a mixture of seasonal vegetables.

HIX Oyster and Fish House is Marks local restaurant that overlooks the harbour in Lyme Regis and boasts the most stunning panoramic views across the Jurassic coast – this is easily one of the most picturesque spots to enjoy British fish seafood. To book please call 01297 446 910.

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New management for Mapperton cafe

Viscount Hinchingbrooke with Louise Chidgey and Cass Titcombe at The Sawmill, Mapperton

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apperton House and Gardens has announced a new partnership with an award-winning West Dorset restaurant.

Cass Titcombe and Louise Chidgey of Brassica restaurant in nearby Beaminster will take over the management of Mapperton’s café, The Sawmill, from the beginning of April.

Viscount Hinchingbrooke, who runs Mapperton, the family home of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, said: “Over just a few short years Cass and Louise have developed an outstanding reputation at Brassica for delicious food, and this has now been recognised by The Sunday Times in their Top 100 listing.

“We are really pleased that they are now partnering with us at Mapperton, and customers at The Sawmill can look forward to scrumptious lunches and teas.”

Brassica Chef-Director Cass Titcombe said: “We are delighted to be taking over the The Sawmill at Mapperton at a very exciting time. We are looking forward to offering visitors homemade cakes, cream teas, a range of light lunch dishes and of course, some memorable sandwiches, all with some of Brassica’s signature touches!”

Brassica Director Louise Chidgey added: “We have given The Sawmill a small revamp, and put in some new lighting, while retaining its friendly feel. We will also be exhibiting artwork from the Room at the End gallery at Little Toller Books at Toller Fratrum, near Dorchester, which we hope our customers will enjoy looking at while they eat.”

The Sawmill will open on Sunday 2 April until the end of October, every day except Saturdays from 11am to 5pm.

Mapperton Gardens open on 1 March and the house opens for guided tours from 2 April. For more information see www.mapperton.com.

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Arts &Entertainment

Busy time for Marshwood Arts Awards participants

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search for ‘authenticity as opposed to perfection’ is how Chard based Ceramic Artist, Sarah Hitchens, describes her approach to her work. Sarah was the Cearamics category winner in the 2015 Marshwood Arts Awards and her work has since been spotted by the Crafts Council who have selected her amongst 35 maker businesses to take part in a six month Hothouse programme which is delivered in partnership with an impressive list of specialist gallery spaces, studio spaces and universities across the UK. ‘Hothouse is a 6 month creative and business development programme run by the Crafts Council’ explained Sarah ‘which provides workshops, mentors and a residential designed to help emerging designer-makers build successful and sustainable careers.’

The 35 maker businesses selected were seen to already display a high level of technical craftsmanship and originality and the Hothouse programme will further equip them with the business and creative skills needed to run a successful and sus-

tainable craft business.

This year the ‘Hothouse’ makers cover a broad range of disciplines including nine jewellers, six ceramists, six textile makers, three glass makers, and five furniture makers.

‘I am over the moon to have been selected’ said Sarah as she looked forward to meeting the other participants.

‘It’s going to be an adventure and challenging in all sorts of ways!’

Sarah is not the only entrant to the 2015 Marshwood Arts Awards whose career has been busy. Alice Blogg furniture in Nettlecombe, who now also employes other makers, has had ‘some really special bespoke commissions through the studio’ as well as ‘two cheese trolleys for two different Michelin stared restaurants, Gidleigh Park and Gravetye Manor.’

Cameron Short from Thornecombe, winner of the textiles category in 2015 has been ‘busy, busy. busy’. He and partner Janet Tristram have been running block-printing day workshops which have proved very popular and have been

fulfilling orders for both private and trade clients. As well as that Cameron explained that they have ‘been sourcing and restoring pieces of antique furniture so that they can be upholstered in our block-printed textiles’ and ‘we’ve had a couple of commissions for designing and block-printing company identities.’

Artist Jill Muggilston has had new commisiions since participating in the 2015 exhibition and Maggie Luff, whose work was chosen by Lord Bath, is setting up a new website to start online sales. Maggie pointed out what a boost participating in the 2015 Marshwood Arts Awards exhibition offered. ‘It gave me a lot of confidence to continue with my dream’ she said.

The Marshwood Arts Awards exhibition in October 2015 attracted a record number of visitors who enjoyed the work of over 20 selected artists and makers, as well as that of the judges. The 2017 exhibition will take place in November and the categories and judges will be announced in April with entries due by mid September.

Below: Some of Sarah Hitchens work on display at the 2015 Marshwood Arts Awards and (right) Alice Blogg towel rail with a Wallace Sewell throw.

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Museums&Galleries 1 – 31 March Celebrate the public art in Langmoor Gardens, Lyme Regis with a Sculpture Trail Lunch at By the Bay or a Sculpture Trail Tea at the Alexandra Hotel & Restaurant. The sculptures selected from last year’s trail are: ‘Speaking Volumes’

by David Parker, ‘Skateboarder’ by Greta Berlin, ‘Core Sample Pillar 2’ by Isla Chaney, ‘Trapeze’ by Clare Trenchard and Lyme’s own ‘Sir George Somers’ by Ron Moll. Watch out for further details on social media in the run up to Easter.

2 – 4 March The Swan Gallery Annual Half Price and Reduced Sale of Fine Watercolours & Oil Paintings. 9.30am - 5pm. 51 Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AX. 01935814465 www.swangallery.co.uk.

3 - 15 March Essence of Nature Dorset based artists Esme James and Lucy Tidbury are displaying their original paintings and prints inspired by the English countryside alongside local furniture designer Jason Cameron with a selection of his contemporary hardwood furniture. The Courtyard Gallery, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. 10.30am - 4.30pm. Free admission. www. townmillarts.co.uk.

3 March - 14 April Spring Exhibition Artwave West.

Sophie Capron, Louise McClary, Kathy Little, Suchi Chidambaram, Val Hudson, Liz Salter and Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf.

Artwave West, Morecombelake, Dorset DT6 6DY 01297 489746 ww.artwavewest. com.

4 - 19 March Art in Action Four local painters of landscapes, abstracts and mixed media— Julie Oldfield, Philip Clayton, Irina Song and Duncan Harris—turn the Malthouse into their open studio for two weeks.

The Malthouse Gallery, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. 10.30am - 4.30pm. Free admission. www. townmillarts.co.uk.

4 March - 8 April David Gommon : Dreaming of Dorset 1948-85 A full exhibition of his work.

The Art Stable, Child Okeford, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 8HB 01258 863866. www. theartstable.co.uk.

4 March - 17 April Finding Pathways: Anne Davies, Andrew Bird paintings. Petter Southall furniture. Anne Davies and Andrew Bird both grew up in the Peak District and draw their inspiration from the landscapes of the Industrial Revolution, old mills and rows of worker’s cottages decaying now and embedded into the dramatic rugged hills and valleys. In different ways, both love to paint the combination of countryside and architecture found both there and in coastal Cornwall, celebrating texture, pattern, space and light, the compound impressions of place. Sladers Yard West Bay Road, Bridport, Dorset DT6 4EL. Tel. 01308 459511 6 March - 2 April Axminster Arts Members’ exhibition Nineteen members of Axminster Arts are showing their diverse talents at the Arts Café, with oils, watercolours, textiles, mixed media and photography. Enjoy this highly varied exhibition in the historic

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grade II listed Old Courthouse building right in the centre of Axminster. EX13 5AQ. 01297 631455. Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 9am – 3pm & Sunday 10am – 2pm.

6 March – 29 April The Transformed Land Curated by Paul Newman, this exhibition features a diverse collection of artists whose practice centres on nature, focusing on observation and process; why artists return to a particular place and what it means to them to work with it. Presenting and juxtaposing contrasting mediums, the exhibition considers what turns landscape into ‘place’. A series of specially-written artist statements will invite viewers to explore the idea of how we affect places and how they affect us as well as provide a unique insight into what it is that draws us to certain spaces. Times vary. This free event will be open during Box Office hours.

It may be closed during performances.

The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1JL Box Office: 01823 283 244. www. thebrewhouse.net.

11 March – 22 April Beyond the Lens - Roger Mayne photography exhibition An exhibition of rarely seen, large-scale photographs by one of Britain’s most outstanding photographers Roger Mayne opens this March at THG (Thelma Hulbert Gallery) in Devon. Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) famously documented the children and young residents of Southam Street in West London in the 1950s and 60s.

These photographs led to him becoming one of Britain’s most important postwar photographers. His work has been

LOOKING TO INCLUDE A GALLERY? To include your gallery in these listings, please send details to info@marshwoodvale.com before the 10th of the month.

Please check times with organisers or venues.

Roger Mayne -Children St Stephens Gardens London, 1957

exhibited widely including both at the V&A and the National Portrait Gallery, London. The photographs in this exhibition were taken by Mayne from the 1950s to the 1970s and were hung in a barn at his home in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

From London street scenes to exotic landscapes, they are crudely mounted photographs shown in their fragile state, in contrast to Mayne’s usual pristine photographs exhibited in galleries. Upstairs in the Project Space will be featured a selection of Mayne’s photographs for the Shell Guide to Devon from 1975, which was written by his wife, the playwright Ann Jellicoe. Open Tue to Sat, 10am to 5pm. Free, donations welcome. Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX. Tel 01404 45006 www.thelmahulbert.com.

15 – 28 March CAKE Caroline Ireland, Amanada House & Karren Burkett’s Exhibition - at Shaftesbury Arts Centre Gallery, 13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AR, (Sun 19 – 1pm - 4pm), 10am 4pm. New work by artists with very distinctive styles and techniques: Caroline’s bold pastel still lifes, Amanda’s complex layered textiles and Karren’s lively and evocative landscapes. Tel: 01747 854321 www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk.

16 March – 8 April Touchstones: An investigation into our relationship with rock Sculpture, drawings and film by artist Simon Hitchens. ‘Touch Stones’ the group of work on exhibition at b-side’s new project space - outpost is centred on the film Genesis, which explores ideas of what it is to be human and our relationship to the impermanence of life. There is an uncanny simplicity to the film like the meditative calm found in a Zen garden, where displaced rocks become almost body-like. What at first appears to be a benign boulder sat in an arcane landscape slowly begins to take on human qualities: is this a genesis, or the genesis? outpost, 77 Fortuneswell, Portland DT5 1LY Open 12 - 5pm Tues - Sat Free Admission www.b-side.org.uk.

17 - 29 March Spotlight Recent 2D and 3D work by members of Town Mill Arts will be on display with a special spotlight on latest members like David Henham. The Courtyard Gallery, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. 10.30am - 4.30pm. Free admission. www.townmillarts.co.uk.

Until 18 March Found in the Fields: Carry Akroyd Lithographs incorporating text from poems by 19th century poet John Clare. The Brewhouse, Taunton. www.carryackroyd.co.uk.

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Landscape Painters of the Year, Rob Adams, Claire Barnett, Sandra Dale, Sue Fawthrop, Heather Gibbons, Kit Glaisyer, Max Oliver, Steve Pill, Peter Rush, Michael Sole and Harriet Williams.

The Lighthouse Gallery, 21 Kingland Rd, Poole BH15 1UG. 01202 280000. www. lighthousepoole.co.uk.

Until 22 March Lucienne Day: Living Design A centenary celebration of the birth and design legacy of one of Britain’s most influential textile designers, Lucienne Day. Curated by Professor Emma Hunt and Dr. Paula Day. TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH. 01202 363272. www.aub. ac.uk/gallery.

Other Worlds: 50 years of photojournalism Internationally renowned photojournalist Tor Eigeland Duke’s Auctioneers, Brewery Square, Dorchester DT1 1GA 01305 265080 www.toreigeland. com www.dukes-auctions.com.

Until 25 March Susan Williams: Papers in the Attic.

drawings. Bridport Arts Centre. Opening times 10 - 4 Tuesday-Saturday. 01308 424204. www.bridport-arts.com.

Confluence Group exhibition by Somerset artists, featuring an inspirational selection of work across a wide range of mediums.

Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm.

Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. Free. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www.themeetinghouse.org.uk.

Tendril Pots by Jane Bevan, part of Contemporary Craft at the Town Mill, Lyme Regis from March 25

The discovery of a bundle of dusty bills and documents in a Bridport attic - the immediacy of the handwriting, the ordinariness of items ordered and bought more than a hundred years ago - prompted reflections on transience, lives lived and an ‘unfixing of time’. Susan Williams explores these themes in paint and collage and shows earlier text-based work with more recent ‘Holloway’ paintings and

25 March - 12 April Materials: Contemporary Craft at The Town Mill Materials welcomes diverse and talented makers to the Town Mill for the very first contemporary craft group exhibition. Over 15 makers will be showing products and pieces in a range of media including glass, ceramics and metal. We are especially pleased to showcase award winning furniture maker Alice Bloggs and celebrated textiles by local artist Hugh Dunford Wood. The Malthouse Gallery, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. 10.30am - 4.30pm. Free admission. www. townmillarts.co.uk.

Museums

Please telephone for opening hours ALLHALLOWS MUSEUM

High Street, Honiton.

01404 44966. www.honitonmuseum.co.uk

AXMINSTER HERITAGE

Silver Street, Axminster.

01297 639884.

BEAMINSTER MUSEUM

Whitcombe Road, Beaminster.

01308 863623. www.beaminstermuseum. wordpress.com

BLANDFORD MUSEUM

www.chardmuseum.co.uk.

CHIDEOCK MUSEUM

Church of Our Lady, North Road, Chideock. 01308 488348. www.chideockmartyrschurch.org.uk

COLYTON HERITAGE CENTRE

Market Place, Colyton www.colytonheritagecentre.org

CREWKERNE & DISTRICT MUSEUM

The Heritage Centre, Market Square, Crewkerne. 01460 77079.

Bere’s Yard, Blandford Forum. 01258 www.crewkernemuseum.co.uk 450388.

DORSET COUNTY www.blandfordtownmuseum.org High West Street, Dorchester.

BRIDPORT MUSEUM 01305 262735.

South Street, Bridport. www.dorsetcountymuseum.org.

01308 422116.

EXMOUTH MUSEUM www.bridportmuseum.co.uk.

Sheppards Row, off Exeter Road, CASTLETON Exmouth. 07768 184127.

WATERWHEEL MUSEUM

Oborne Road, Sherborne. www.castletonwaterwheelmuseum. org.uk

CHARD MUSEUM

Godworthy House, High Street, Chard. 01460 65091.

FAIRLYNCH ARTS CENTRE AND MUSEUM

27 Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton.

01395 442666.

GROVE PRISON MUSEUM

Governors Gardens, The Grove, Portland. 01305 715726.

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ILCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSEUM High Street, Ilchester

(at the side of the Town Hall).

01935 841247.

LYME REGIS MUSEUM

Bridge Street, Lyme Regis.

01297 443370.

NOTHE FORT

Barrack Road, Weymouth. 01305 766626. www.fortressweymouth.co.uk.

PORTLAND MUSEUM

Sidmouth. 01395 516139.

THELMA HULBERT GALLERY, ELMFIELD HOUSE

Dowell Street, Honiton.

01404 45006.

THE MILITARY MUSEUM OF DEVON AND DORSET

The Keep, Bridport Road, Dorchester. 01305 264066. www.keepmilitarymuseum.org.

TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS MUSEUM

217 Wakeham Portland. 01305 821804.

Tolpuddle, nr Dorchester.

01305 848237.

ROYAL ALBERT MEMORIAL MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

3 Trinity Street, Weymouth. 01305 779711 or 812341.

Queen St, Exeter, EX4 3RX. 01392 665858.

SEATON MUSEUM

Top Floor, Seaton Town Hall, Fore Street, Seaton. 01297 21660.

SHERBORNE MUSEUM

Abbey gatehouse, Church Lane, Sherborne. 01935 812252. www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk.

SIDMOUTH MUSEUM

Hope Cottage, Church Street,

TUDOR HOUSE

www.weymouthcivicsociety.org.

WATER SUPPLY MUSEUM

Sutton Poyntz Pumping Station, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth.

01305 832634 www.wessexwessex.co.uk.

WEYMOUTH MUSEUM

Brewers Quay Hope Square, Weymouth. 01305 457982 www.weymouthmuseum.org.uk

27 March – 8 April Emerging Group exhibition by 12 Good Women, plus 3 guest artists. Textile art, ceramics, mixed media, enamels and more. Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm. Sat 9.30am - 2.30pm. Free. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 0AN. 01460 54973. www. themeetinghouse.org.uk.­­­­

31 March - 12 April Colour & Clay Two East Devon artists share their enthusiasm for creating pieces that are organic in nature and material. Elizabeth Richie explores the elements of water and earth in her striking new paintings. Ceramicist Ali Herbert explores some repeated bowl and cup forms. The Courtyard Gallery, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, Lyme Regis DT7 3PU. 10.30am - 4.30pm. Free admission. www. townmillarts.co.uk.

Until 1 April An Exhibition of Merrily Harpur’s Artwork Dorset County Museum is pleased to present an exhibition by Merrily Harpur. Dorset County Museum, Dorset Natural History & Archaeological Society, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA. Telephone: 01305 756825 www. dorsetcountymuseum.org.

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PERFORMANCE Wednesday 1 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Comedy Cafe with Steve Day, 8.

BRISTOL, Colston Hall, Mike and the Mechanics.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Josie Long, Something Better, comedy, 8.

WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Albert Lee and his band, 7.30.

Thursday 2 March

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mad Dog Mcrea, gypsy jazz and bluegrass, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Big Chris Barber Band, jazz, 7.30.

Friday 3 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Elles Bailey, blues, 8.

Electric Palace, Bridport Youth Dance in Dreams, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 3pm.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Stompin’ Dave Allen, Wild West fundraiser, bluegrass and more, DA fundraiser, 8.

EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Johnny Cash Revisited.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Keith James, The Songs of Leonard Cohen.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Spencer J and the CopyCat Crickets, I Can’t Believe It’s not Buddy, 7.30.

Saturday 4 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Theatre Alibi in Fish Eye, 8.

BROADOAK, Village Hall, Petites Annonces, French jazz and chansons, 7.30. AR EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Tenors Unlimited, 7.30.

HONITON, Beehive, Jay Rayner, The Ten (food) Commandments, 7.30.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Spikedrivers, blues, 7.30.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Moonstone Theatre in Final Curtain, an original whodunnit, 7.30.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The FB Pocket Orchestra, blues, ragtime and hot jazz, 8.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Chicago Blues Brothers, 7.30.

Sunday 5 March

CERNE ABBAS, Village Hall, Petites Annonces, French jazz and chansons, 7.30. AR

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Viva Neil Diamond, 7.30.

Monday 6 March

EXETER, Northcott Theatre, James Wilton Dance in Leviathan, 7.30.

Tuesday 7 March

EXETER, Bikeshed Theatre, Jonny and the Baptists, Eat the Poor, to Fri, 7.30.

TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Taunton Thespians in Dial M for Murder, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Wednesday 8 March

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Elbow.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Steve Knightley, folk, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Colin Milburn, When the Eye Has Gone, cricketing anecdotes, and 15 March, 8.

Thursday 9 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Coven, celebrating International Women’s Day, with O’Hooley and Tidow, Lady Maisery and Grace Petrie, folk, 7.30.

Friday 10 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Shappi Khorsandi, comedy, 8: Jazz Cafe with the Oxley-Meier Guitar Project, 8.

Electric Palace, Paul Lamb and the King Snakes, blues, 8.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Zest Theatre in Thrive, play about young people coping with trauma, 8.

DRIMPTON, Village Hall, Morgan and West, Spiffing Magic Show for Kids, 6pm. AR HONITON, Beehive, Jethro, The Bull and Bonkers Show, comedy, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Tony Roberts and Quintet, jazz, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, disco, 8.

POOLE, Lighthouse, Matthew Bourne’s Early Adventures, and Sat, 7.45.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Matt Monro Story, 7.30.

Saturday 11 March

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Jimmy Carr.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Beverley Craven, Brit-Award winning singer, 8.

EXETER, Cygnet, Giles Roberts in Much Further Out Than You Thought, drama about Afghan veteran, 7.30.

EXMOUTH, Pavilion, The Ultimate

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Tribute Show, Robbie Williams, Ollie Murs and Take That, 7.30.

HOCKWORTHY, Village Hall, Kit Holmes and Al Greenood, blues, 7.30.

Via HONITON, Beehive, Sweet Honi Choir and the Brass Warriors Quintet, 7.30.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Who Were the Lyme Regis Rebels? talk by historian Robert Dunning, noon.

SIDMOUTH, Parish Church, Isca Ensemble with Amarins Wierdsma, violin, and Christoph Slenckza, viola, Beethoven, Bruch, Mozart, de Falla, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, G4, live in concert, 7.30.

Sunday 12 March

BRISTOL, Colston Hall, Devin Townsend Project, Canadian composer and multi instrumentalist: Lantern, Hazel O’Connor.

EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Cilla and the Shades of the 60s, 8pm.

ILMINSTER, Dillington House, Mark Bebbington, piano, Beethoven, Chopin, Ireland, 2.30.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowl, Sound Journey with Dean Carter, 2pm.

Monday 13 March

YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, A Passionate Woman, to Sat, 7.45.

Tuesday 14 March

BATH, Theatre Royal, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, to 25 March.

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, I Claude Monet, Exhibitions on Screen, 7.30.

EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Wed, 7.30.

Corn Exchange, Jon Richardson, Old Man tour, comedy, and Wed. WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Circus of Horrors, The Never Ending Nightmare, 7.30.

Wednesday 15 March

DORCHESTER, County Museum, Dorchester Museum Series, Aquinas Piano Trio, Schubert and Brahms, 7.30.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Beatnik Theatre in Waiting for Godot, and Thurs, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Spring Forward, dance showcase from Somerset, 7.30. TA

PERFORMANCE Thursday 16 March

EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Frozen Light in Home, play for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities, and Fri, 6.30.

University Great Hall, BSO, cond Antonio Mendez, Saleem Ashkar, piano, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, 7.30.

HATHERLEIGH, Lower Pulworthy, Concerts in the West, Clare McCaldin, mezzo, Libby Burgess, piano, Finzi, Faure, Head, Britten, Ireland, Muldowney, David Owen Norris, Poulenc, Cole Porter, Richard Rodney Bennett, 7.30.

ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Ilminster Youth Theatre and IES in CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2.30.

SEATON, Gateway, Riyad Nicolas, pianist from Syria, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Al Succari, 7.30.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, ABBA Mania, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Andy Parsons, Peak Bullshit, comedy, 7.30.

Friday 17 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Clare McCaldin, mezzo, Libby Burgess, piano, Finzi, Faure, Head, Britten, Ireland, Muldowney, David Owen Norris, Poulenc, Cole Porter, Richard Rodney Bennett, 11am: Story Cafe with Katy Caukwell, The Falcon Bride, 7.30.

HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Sonia Sabri Company in Salaam, 7.30. AR ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Clare McCaldin, mezzo, Libby Burgess, piano, Finzi, Faure, Head, Britten, Ireland, Muldowney, David Owen Norris, Poulenc, Cole Porter, Richard Rodney Bennett, 8.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Gerry Cross the Mersey, 7.30.

Saturday 18 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Schmoozenbergs, gypsy jazz, 7.30.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, A Night of Romantic Opera with Swansea City Opera, 8.

HONITON, The Beehive, Dave Mynne in The Odyssey, 7. ViA SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Peat Bog Faeries, 8.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Alexander O’Neal, 7.30.

WOOTTON FITZPAINE, Village Hall,

Cleveland Watkiss, Vocal Suite, 7.30. AR YEOVIL, Octagon, Champions of Magic, 7.30.

Sunday 19 March

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Craig David.

SEATON, The Eyre Court, Dorset singer-songwriter Adam Sweet.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Sooty Show, 11am: Seven Drunken Nights the Story of the Dubliners, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Festival of Song, Choirs from across Somerset, 7.30.

Monday 20 March

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Black Ven, poetry workshop, noon to 2pm.

SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, East Devon Dance Academy, Triple Fantasy, to 1 April (not Thurs/Sun) 7.15.

Rollers, 8.

ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Nigel Price Organ Trio, with Vasilis Xenopoulos, jazz, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Fleetingwood Mac, 7.30.

SEATON, Gateway, Ella Fitzgerald Centenary Show, with Maggie Reeday and the Philip Clouts Trio, 7.30.

SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Jar Family, industrial folk, 8.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Banff Mountain Film Festival, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders, 7.30.

Saturday 25 March

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Company3 in The Eulogy of Toby Peach, 8.

ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Somerset Opera in The Merry Widow, 7.30.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ron Baker, Stories for World Storytelling Day, 7.30.

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Abdoulaye Samb and Minnjiaraby, blues and Afro fusion fron Senegal, 7.30.

CREDITON, Arts Centre, Angel Heart in Melina’s Dream, puppetry, 3pm. ViA DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Martin Harley, slide guitar, Daniel Kimbro, bass, 8.

Charlton Down, Herrison Hall, Cantamus, Lift Up Your Voice, 7.30. AR EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Whole Lotta Shakin, 7.30.

HONITON, Beehive, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, disco, 8.

SEATON, Gateway, Idomeneo, live by satellite from the Met, 5pm.

SIDMOUTH, Church, Piatti String Quartet, Ravel, Phibbs, Beethoven, 3pm.

Thursday 23 March

Sunday 26 March

Tuesday 21 March

BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Funny Girl, to Sat. WEST BAY, Sladers Yard, Extreme Baroque play Bach and More, 7.30.

Wednesday 22 March

EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Snake Davis, blues, 8.

LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Comrades, 1986 film, 7.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Some Guys Have All the Luck, 7.30.

YEOVIL, Octagon, Yeovil Concert Band, Yeovil Town Band, local performers, Mayor of Yeovil’s charity concert, 7.30.

Friday 24 March

BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Levantes Dance Theatre in The Band, 8.

Electric Palace, Dub Pistols, 8.

DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Ronnie Scott’s All Stars, 8.

EDINGTON, (Somerset), Village Hall, Somerset Opera in The Merry Widow, 7.30 FROME, Cheese and Grain, Bay City

BUCKLAND NEWTON, Village Hall, Dave Mynne and Rabbit Theatre in The Odyssey (Greek Stuff), 7.30. AR LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Withnail and I, film, 1pm, with Sunday lunch.

WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Joe Lycett, comedy, 7.30.

Monday 27 March

BATH, Theatre Royal, Rufus Hound and Dakota Blue Richards in What the Butler Saw, to Sat, Wed/Sat mats.

EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Neon Dance in Empathy, 7.30.

Tuesday 28 March

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Olly Murs.

YEOVIL, Octagon, YAOS in Jesus Christ Superstar, to 8 April, 7.30, Sat mats 2.30.

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PREVIEW On Stage - In and Around the Vale Lyrical Motherhood BROADMAYNE

THERE are two March shows with motherhood at their heart at the Lyric Theatre in Bridport.

The first, on Thursday 2nd March, is Liz Hart in Mummy Monster, with two performances at 2pm and 8pm.

The Bristol-based artist’s solo show is about caring for small children and one woman’s journey from a seeming state of balance into a monstrous state where she is no longer fully in control. The show, which takes an honest look at the pressures of parenthood, explores the times when you lose the plot.

Mummy Monster started life as a site-specific kitchen show touring to community venues and private homes, and has now been developed for studio theatre audiences. This frank, funny and ferocious tale shines the spotlight on isolation and adoration and is for anybody who has spent long hours with small children.

On Friday 10th March, storyteller Michele O’Brien presents Mother and Daughter: I’m Glad I Asked.

As women march en masse across the world in protest at the new Trump presidency and we approach Internat­ional Women’s Day on Wednesday 8th March, it is an important time in history for women to make their voices heard.

Michele O’Brien, who now cares for her elderly mother, started to ask her mother for answers to the questions she had never liked to ask.

So began a year-long

project to encourage mothers and daughters to ask each other all the things they want to know before it was too late.

Accompanied by photographer Denise Poote, Michele worked with women and recorded the questions and answers to some comfortable and not so comfortable questions.

The resulting solo show was first seen at the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival in last year. It now comes to The Lyric, accompanied by an exhibition of the research and a free workshop for mothers and daughters the following day.

For more information, contact the Lyric.

Ziggy’s Farewell BRIDPORT

ON 3rd July 1973 David Bowie shocked fans at at Hammersmith Odeon when he announced: “This is the last show we’ll ever do.”

A digitally and audio remastered concert film, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, will be shown at Bridport’s Electric Palace on Tuesday 7th March.

There will also be a documentary with an exclusive interview with Woody Woodmansey, whose memoir My Life With Bowie: Spider From Mars has just been published by Sidgwick & Jackson, and Q/MOJO editor Phil Alexander.

Electric Palace audience members will receive a souvenir copy of MOJO, specially curated for the event and dedicated to the life and times of Ziggy Stardust.

With a Bowie / Spiders From Mars cover it will contain special features and replica artwork from the original 1973 programme.

Of course, rather than marking his withdrawal from music, Bowie’s declaration actually signalled the retirement of the Ziggy Stardust persona, and the end of a hugely influential chapter in his own story.

Molino Group EXETER & LYME REGIS

THE human cost of war and the lasting effects of the Afghan campaign are the subject of a new play from the Molino Group, Much Further Out Than You Thought, at the Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Kathak Dance at Halstock THE Sonia Sabri Company, one of Britain’s leading South Asian dance and music companies, combines contemporary style with traditional music and movements of classical Kathak dancing in a new work, Salaam, which Artsreach brings to Halstock village hall on Friday 17th March.

Salaam—meaning ‘peace’—has been devised in response to the unrest around the world, aiming to refocus and reminisce on all that is good.

This double-bill programme cleverly weaves a dialogue between live music and Kathak dance, celebrating the simple bliss of being alive.

It brings together the world-renowned tabla maestro Sarvar Sabri, singer Shoma Dey and dancer Sonia.

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Star Mezzo TOURING

Spillikin also has an after show Q&A with a robot

on 11th March and the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, on 5th April.

The play, performed and written by Giles Roberts, is the story of a fictional soldier, Lance Corporal James Randall who left tours of duty in Helmand six years ago, but lives with the reality that Helmand is far from leaving him.

On Remembrance Sunday he delivers a birthday message to his son from his living-room in south London in a lastditch attempt to reconcile their broken relationship. Surrounded by action figurines and boyhood memorabilia, James unfolds a fragmented story of fathers and sons, heroes and failures, in which the worlds of civilian Britain and frontline Afghanistan catastrophically collide.

Much Further Than You Thought in Exeter & Lyme Regis

Petites Annonces TOURING

ONE of Dorset’s most popular and original bands, Petites Annonces, is on a short tour with Artsreach in March, starting at Horton on Friday 3rd, and coming west to Broadoak village hall on Saturday 4th and Cerne Abbas on Sunday 5th.

Petites Annonces play a Left Bank style that mixes gypsy jazz (Django Reinhardt et al), with French chansons,

from Charles Trenet to Jacques Dutronc, Boris Vian or Yan et les Abeilles, and old tzigane tunes, from central Europe’s Romani tradition, with a dash of Punk Manouche.

Led by founder, rhythm guitarist and vocalist Jipe Gerardin, the band features twin lead guitars from Bradley Laming and Pete Nicholson, Dan Baker on violin and squeezebox, with bassist Steve Laming holding down the bottom line.

Five Star Edinburgh Show TOURING

A WISTFUL and thought-provoking play about a woman with Alzheimers and a robot comes to Dorset on a short Artsreach tour from 24th to 26th March.

Pipeline Theatre’s Spillikin, which got five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, starts in the 1970s. Sally likes Debbie Harry, Raymond likes making robots; they’re an unlikely pair.

Flash forward to 2030. After a long, childless and sometimes bumpy marriage, Sally has Alzheimers. Before Raymond died he created a robot, uploaded with his memories, to keep her company. As Sally’s mind fades, will the robot be more of a comfort or a threat?

Spillikin will make you laugh, cry, and ponder big questions of love, death, and technology.

Spillikin is at Sandford Orcas village hall, on Friday 24th March and Winfrith Newburgh village hall, on Sunday 26th, both at 7.30pm.

After the show there will be a Q&A session with a chance to meet the company and the robot, who can even answer your questions himself.

CLARE McCaldin, a talented young mezzo soprano who is establishing a major reputation in the baroque and classical opera worlds, is coming to Bridport, Ilminster and Hatherleigh for the March series of Concerts in the West.

With accompanist Libby Burgess, Clare will be at the Devon venue, Lower Pulworthy Farm near Hatherleigh, on Thursday 16th March, at Bridport Arts Centre for a coffee concert on Friday 17th and at Ilminster Arts Centre at the Meeting House that evening at 8pm.

Clare’s operatic repertoire ranges from Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen to Page in Falstaff, from Oreste in La Belle Helene to Dorabella Orsze in Hary Janos. She has sung with the Academy of Ancient Music, Philharmonia Orchestra, Die Kölner Akademie, Northern Sinfonia, Kings College choir, the Three Choirs Festival, Barokksolistene, Orchestra of the Golden Age and Northern Chamber Orchestra.

Libby Burgess is artistic director of New Paths, a major festival of concerts and education events in Yorkshire. She was an organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, where she took a first in music.

The Concerts in the West programme includes: Finzi - To a poet; Vaughan Williams - The Sky Above The Roof; Faure - Prison and Trois Mélodies de Venise; Britten - French and English Folk Songs; Dominic Muldowney - In Paris with You; David Owen Norris - Big Ben Blues; Poulenc - Les Chemins de l’amour; Cole Porter - C’est Magnifique; and Richard Rodney Bennett - The History of the Thé Dansant.

Spiffing Fun DRIMPTON

THOSE charming chumps Morgan and West bring their Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids to Drimpton village hall on Friday 10th March at 6.30pm.

The time-travelling Victorian magic duo arrive with a boxful of bafflement and impossibility, mathematical wizardry and sleight of hand.

Mixing how-DO-they-do-that illusion and good old fashioned tom-foolery, Morgan & West present a show for all the family, where magic and silliness abound!

GPW

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On Screen - In and Around the Vale

Wednesday 1 March I Daniel Blake (15) Screening at Kilmington Village Hall, doors and bar 6.45pm, show 7.15 pm. Tickets £5 in advance from Hurfords Stores or £5.50 at the door. See www.Kilmingtonvillage. com/moviola.htm or Tel: 01297 32335.

Thursday 2 March­­ Selma (2014, US, 12A, 128 mins) Clapton & Wayford Village Hall, doors 7.30pm for 8pm start. Pre-booked guest tickets £4. For more email mickpwilson53@btinternet.comnet or ring Mick Wilson 01460 74849 or Di Crawley 01460 30508.

Friday 3 March A Street Cat Named Bob (12A) 2016 at 8pm Petherton Picture Show. Tickets: £5.

The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall.org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall.org.uk.

La La Land (12A) 7.30pm Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50, Family £20 (2 Adults+2 U16s) or (1 Adult+3 U16s). The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Saturday 4 March Marshland (15) Film starts at 7.45pm, doors open at 7.15pm. The cinema at the warehouse, Ilminster. For t&c and more information please see www. cinemaatthewarehouse.co.uk.

Tuesday 7 March Difret (12) Bridport Film Society, info@ bridportfilmsociety.co.uk, Bridport Arts Centre. Season membership available.

Guest seats (£5, students £2) must be booked in advance by prior to midday on the day of the screening. Be at the venue by 7.30pm to claim guest tickets. Doors and bar open 7pm, screening 7.45pm.

Screening: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (PG) 120mins Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6pm starts 7pm £12 (£11.50 + 50p bf) adv / £14 door.

Wednesday 8 March Reach for the Sky at the Evergreens Cinema The cinema lights will dim at 1.45pm, tea and biscuits will be served during the showing for just £1.50, ice creams also available. Everyone welcome, Age UK Dorchester’s centre in Prince of Wales Road. For information phone Lucy or Carol on 01305 269444.

Friday 10 March Brooklyn The Crewkerne and District Community Cinema, Wadham School, Mount Pleasant, Crewkerne TA18 7NT. Admission from 7pm; films start at 7.30pm. www.crekernefilm.wordpress. com. Admission for the year - £25.

Membership call Joan Clemow 01935 822656 or Rick Canning 01460 271215.

Bridget Jones’ Baby at CineChard, every 2nd Friday of the month in The Guildhall. 7.30pm, doors at 7pm. Tickets £5 in advance from Eleos, Barron’s and the Post Office, or £6 on the night.

Refreshments and Bar available.

Fantastic Beasts Film Picnic Evening at The Gateway, Seaton. Doors open 6.30pm – bring own food to enjoy before start or just come for the film. Licensed Bar. Tickets £5 from Box Office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Saturday 11 March Sing (PG) (2016) 108 mins Bridport Electric Palace Doors 1pm, starts 2pm £4 on the door. Advance tickets www. electricpalace.org.uk/films.

Denial (12A) (2016) 109 mins Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6.30pm, starts 7.30pm £4 on the door. Advance tickets www.electricpalace.org.uk/films.

Monday 13 March I, Daniel Blake Beer Film Society, Steamers Restaurant Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Members £3.50, non- members, £5. All welcome. Drinks bar and a raffle.

Anthropoid (15) 120 mins, Hawkchurch village hall. Doors open at 7pm, 7.30pm start. Tickets £6 on the door.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children presented by Moviola in the Beaminster Public Hall. 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) Tickets at Yarn Barton 01308 862715. Weekdays 9.30am - 12.30pm & Saturdays 9.30am - 1pm Or ring Elaine on 01308 861746 £5 (in advance) £5.50 (on door).

Friday 17 March Nocturnal Animals (15) Broadwindsor Comrades Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £6 on door or call 01308 867644. Bar available.

The Light Between Oceans (12A) 2016 at 8pm Petherton Picture Show. Tickets: £5. The David Hall, South Petherton.

Tickets www.thedavidhall.org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@thedavidhall.org.uk.

Lion (PG) 7.30pm Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50, Family £20 (2 Adults+2 U16s) or (1 Adult+3 U16s). The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www. beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Saturday 18 March Manchester By The Sea (15) (2016) 137 mins Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6.30pm, starts 7.30pm £4 on the door.

Advance tickets www.electricpalace.org. uk/films.

Allied Film picnic evening at The Gateway, Seaton. Doors open 6.30pm – bring your own food to enjoy before start or just come for the film. Licensed Bar. Tickets £5 from Box Office, in person

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or by phone 01297 625699 (Open Mon - Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Tuesday 21 March Tehran Taxi (12) Bridport Film Society, info@bridportfilmsociety.co.uk, www. bridportfilmsociety.co.uk. Screening at Bridport Arts Centre. Season membership available. Guest seats (£5, students £2) must be booked in advance by prior to midday on the day of the screening.

Be at the venue by 7.30pm to claim guest tickets. Doors and bar opens at 7pm, screening at 7.45pm.

Thursday 23 March James Stewart in Hitchcock’s Rear Window Classic Screen in the Afternoon at the Gateway, Seaton. Doors open 1.30pm. Tickets £4 inc. tea and biscuits. from box office, in person or by phone 01297 625699 (open Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat 10am – 1pm).

Friday 24 March A Street Cat Named Bob (cert. 12A) presented by T & F Movies in Tatworth Memorial Hall at 8pm. Doors open 7.15pm. Entry £4.

Nostalgic Cinema: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (PG) 2pm £3.50 includes tea and biscuits. Dementia friendly screening open to all. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Jackie (15) 7.30pm Adult £6.50, U16 £5.50. The Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office 01404 384050.

Saturday 25 March Exclusive Film Preview: A Quiet Passion (12A) (2016) 125 mins plus Q&A Bridport Electric Palace Doors 6.30pm, starts 7.30pm £6 on the door Advance tickets www. electricpalace.org.uk/films.

Film with Food Evening: Ab Fab - The Movie (15) 7.30pm. Advance booking only by Wednesday 22 March. No tickets available on the night. Tickets: £10.

No concessions. The David Hall, South Petherton. Tickets www.thedavidhall. org.uk 01460 240 340 boxoffice@ thedavidhall.org.uk.

Sully 7pm for 7.30pm, Martock Film Club At Martock Parish Hall, Church Street. £5 in advance, £5.50 at door.

01935 826457 Drinks and Snack bar.

Monday 27 March The Sound of Music at Age UK Dorchester. Door open 12.30pm start 1pm. Admission £2 includes tea, coffee and biscuits. For more contact Lucy or Carol on 01305 269444.

Far from the Madding Crowd (2015, 12A). Axminster Heritage Centre. Film 2pm, doors 1.30pm. £4 01404 831207.

Health&Beauty Red Noses all around in March JOE Lycett and Ed Sheeran will be amongst a whole host of comedians and celebrities who are supporting this year’s Red Nose Day on Friday 24th March to help transform lives here at home in the UK and across Africa.

Red Nose Day will culminate in a night filled with a whole heap of titillating telly treats on the BBC as a host of comic favourites including Sir Lenny Henry, Joe Lycett, Miranda Hart, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Warwick Davis, Sally Phillips, Greg Davies, Jonathan Ross and French & Saunders preside over a mammoth night of live comedy, sketches, music moments, fundraising films and much much more on what promises to be TV’s most unpredictable night of raucous horseplay ever.

Expect the unexpected as a night of fun, foolery and fundraising is broadcast live from Red Nose Day’s new Comedy Superclub, Building Six, in the heart of The O2.

Since the last Red Nose Day, Comic Relief has helped over 13 million people living unimaginably tough lives in the UK and across the world’s poorest communities. Money raised this Red Nose Day will help to change the lives of many more. For information about Comic Relief and the work it carries out, please visit www.comicrelief.com.

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A role for everyone as Hospice needs help

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t. Margaret’s Hospice needs help. Over 1,200 volunteers help St. Margaret’s care for people at the end of their lives. From volunteering in their shops or supporting the fundraising team to befriending volunteers in the community.

There really is a role for everyone at St. Margaret’s.

St. Margaret’s has 36 shops, across Somerset and they simply couldn’t run without the support of volunteers. They are currently looking to fill volunteer roles within their shops for Sales Assistants; Stock Processing Assistants; Drivers; Warehouse Assistants; Administration Support and Fundraising Volunteers.

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St. Margaret’s needs to raise in excess of £7.5 million each year, a large proportion of which is raised by the local community with the help of the Fundraising Team. The team rely on the support of volunteers to reach this target and are looking for volunteers to help coordinate collection tins in the local area and to help with collection days at supermarkets.

Your support will help St. Margaret’s to raise vital funds, caring for patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness across Somerset.

For further information call 0845 345 9671, email info@st-margarets-hospice. org.uk or visit www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.

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PEOPLE AT WORK

ELECTRICAL Heather Upham, photograph and words by Catherine Taylor

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Around nine years ago, Heather Upham made a birthday cake in the shape of a horse’s head for her boss as he enjoyed hunting. The boss’s mum was so impressed with Heather’s work she invited her to come along to the Bridport group of the British Sugarcraft Guild (BSG). And Heather has never looked back, as she now owns Fancy That Cake Company in Beaminster and is a demonstrator and assessor for the Guild.

In 2012, Heather was made redundant from her job at Hi Ho Silver, so used her severance pay to start her own cake company. She had been making cakes for friends and family for a while but saw the opportunity to take the plunge and push her business full time. As her mum and step-dad live above the shop where she now operates and were looking for a tenant to take on the unit, Heather put all her eggs in one basket and went for it.

Presiding centre stage when entering the picturesque shop are her current Gold, Silver and Bronze awarded masterpieces; a set of intricate Steam Punk cupcakes, a beguiling witch and a cat with a ball of string.

However, in addition to the elaborate, Heather also produces beautiful standard birthday cakes, occasion cupcakes and wedding cakes. From Harry Potter creations to an iced Victoria Sponge, this lady can do it all. She works in the kitchen next to the shop, so customers are met by Heather wearing an apron, a smile and notepad at the ready.

Heather lives at Forde Abbey with her husband and two sons. She trained and worked as a Make-Up Artist at Bournemouth University as well as a hairdresser.

Her obvious artistic talents are also put to use outside the kitchen as she does face paints at parties with a friend. Where she finds the time though, is another question entirely.

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WANTED

TO LET

Secondhand tools wanted. All trades. Users & Antiques. G & E C Dawson. 01297 23826. www.secondhandtools. co.uk.

Postage stamps. Private collector requires 19th and early 20th century British. Payment to you or donation to your nominated charity. 01460 240630.

Vintage & antique textiles, linens, costume buttons etc. always sought

by Caroline Bushell. Tel. 01404 45901.

Expanding business looking for B2/light industrial unit or yard to Buy, Rent or share Crewkerne area 15-20 radius contact Sandra on 07921 919662.

Mar 17

Jul 17

Records wanted by enthusiastic collector. Best prices. Please telephone 01305 266174.

Apr 17

Dave buys all types of tools 01935 428975.

Mar 17

FOR SALE Man’s coat: real leather black jacket. size medium. inside and outside pockets, zip fastening. excellent condition (hardly worn). £20 ono. Tel: 01305 778026 Chicco buggy, umbrella fold with swivel wheels. has basket underneeth, rain cover, detachable hood, winter liner and foot muff. clean good condition. £15.

Tel: 01305 778026 Windsmoor suit. Classic collarless. Size 12. Straight skirt, length 90 cm style jacket. Side slit to the front, 33 cms long. Rich brown colour. fully lined. Medium weight. Great look. Very good condition £30.00 01297 598691

Bed, single woodbase with folding legs, good clean mattress rarely used, free to collector, 01308 422469 Laura Ashley 2 x Tartan throws £25 both.

Peony tapestry cushion ; Cranbourne wool cushion Silk cushion £12 each. All in colour Cranberry. Also large blue/white/cream patchwork style cushion £12 and beige/cream Dylan throw £12. All Exc.cond.

01460 76380 Blue and white striped fringed throw and striped cushion. £12 both. Exc.cond.

01460 76380 Modern Italian leather Bed ( cream) Low height 20cm suitable for loft or

Workshop/Storage Unit To Let on Symondsbury Estate Business Park £200 pcm. For further information please call Wendy on 01308 424116 or email wendy@ symondsburyestate.co.uk SURFACE PREPARATION

Alberny Restoration In-house blast cleaning for home and garden furniture, doors and gates.

Agricultural/construction machinery and tooling.

Vehicles, parts and trailers etc. 01460 73038, email allan@alberny.co.uk, FB Alberny Sandblasting

FOR SALE mezzanine. No mattress 5’ King. Overall length 230cm complete with 2 separate bedside cabinets,also leather.

Photos available £100 can deliver locally. 01460 242071 Settee Laura Ashley seater sofa-bed colour duck blue very good condition Only £75. Tel 01308 459940 VHS videos of steam railways Railways restoredNorth East England Back along North Devon Lines The West Somerset RailwayCelebrating 21 years British Steam- The West Somerset Railway West Somerset Steam Talyllyn-Preservation

STORAGE

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SITUATIONS VACANT St Mary’s Church Thornecombe is looking for someone to succeed Matt Kingston as their organist, to accompany services on three Sundays a month, and help maintain the strong musical tradition in our village church. The organ is well maintained and we offer RSCM rates, and a bursary is available to support further study.

Please phone Heather on 01460 220593.

Receptionist: A position for a receptionist has become available in a beautiful and busy boutique hotel with stunning sea views.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and efficient team member to join our busy, and friendly reception with an aim to make every guest’s stay personal and memorable.

Please contact Sean Smith (Hotel Manager), 01297 442010 or manager@ hotelalexandra.co.uk Cleaning help please, one morning per week for house in Broadoak where dogs and wellies are fairly standard in the kitchen.

Call 07977907533.

We are looking for waiters/waitresses who are friendly and flexible to join our busy cafe situated in a beautiful rural location just outside of Bridport. You will need to be enthusiastic and hard working, experience is not essential.

Please call Wendy on 01308 424116 or send your CV to wendy@ symondsburyestate.co.uk

POSITION WANTED Experienced versatile lady is seeking 2-3 days a week position in area.

Many abilities in family administration, children supervision, house management, gardening, planning meals, everyday / entertainment. References available. Realistic rates.

Mobile: 07816 590833 Email: victorialow765@ aol.com.

FOR SALE Pioneers Steaming through Hampshire All change at Evercreech Junction Scenic Railway Journeys of the World ALL 9 FOR £15 13” Hitachi Television ( not flat screen ) £15 Miranda 10 x50 Binoculars in a case £10 Projector Screen £8 Camera Tripod £8 Camera Monopod £8 4 Freeview Digital Set Top boxes £5 each 01460 61475.

Pilot headset Avcom TA200 cost £122 as new condition with carry bag £70.00

FOR SALE 01297442627 Electronic Home Safe Smith & Locke 16L Safe.

3-8 Digit Code. Brand new in original packaging.

Unwanted Christmas Gift. £30. Tel: 01404 549503 Power Plus Air Compressor POWX 1705 for tyres with accessories for most inflatables. Price new £90.

Little used £35. Ronseal Fence Sprayer used twice £12. Men’s Hiking Boots.

Wyre Valley leather size 11.

As new £15 Tel. 01460 61068 Le Creuset Bean Pots 2 Lidded in Orange 1 (missing Lid) in Flame.

9cm / 3.5” tall. Unused / New condition. Sold as a set of three or happy to split.

Cash on Collection from Weymouth, Dorset £25.00 01305 816036 Large 6 Drawer Chest in Corona Pine. 133cm / 52” wide 49cm / 19” deep 105cm / 41” high. In good condition from a non smoking home. £100 ono Cash on Collection from

FOR SALE Weymouth, Dorset 01305 816036 Emma Bridgewater (spongeware) Rose Chintz Jug & Bowl Set 6 pint Jug, standing 21cm tall (a surface crack in the glaze on the underside of the base).

Bowl is 34cm diameter Rare collectors item in good condition. Cash on

Collection from Weymouth, Dorset. £300 ono 01305 816036 2 Portmeirion Botanic Garden 2 pint Milk Jugs 15cm / 6” high 12cm / 5” Diameter In good condition. £10.00 each Cash on collection from Weymouth, Dorset 01305 816036.

CHIMNEY SWEEP

Lyme Regis. Experienced and enthusiastic bar staff required to work flexibly in busy craft beer bar and bottle shop. Good customer service skills are essential and an interest in modern beer advantageous.

Duties include food preparation, serving food and drinks and cleaning.

18+ only - contact Amanda 07773 286787.

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