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welcome …to the May issue of Cotswold Preview. This month, we proudly bring you our biggest What’s On section to date: 81 pages packed with our edit of the area’s best exhibitions, performances and cultural events. It is a reflection of just how much is going on across the region at this time of year, including several world class festivals. For example, classical music aficionados are spoilt for choice: the International Music Festivals in Both and Chipping Campden (which coincide in the middle of the month) both bring world class performers to the Cotswolds, with Bath’s line-up also encompassing jazz, world and folk musicians. For something with more of a rock vibe, head to Lechlade Music Festival at the town’s Riverside Park (Friday 22 – Sunday 24 May) to see more than 60 bands including headline act Status Quo. Car enthusiasts will be keen to attend Stratford’s Festival of Motoring over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend and, of course, ‘La Vie en Bleu’ at Prescott Hill Climb on Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 May. To coincide with the timing of this celebration of French car design, our Preview Interview this month is with Angla Hucke, a director of The Bugatti Trust. If you have an eye for vintage treasures, don’t forget that The Art of Vintique is hosting its May Artisan Fair on Saturday 16 at Great Barrington Village Hall. You should also turn to page 172 to read our feature about Helen Tweedle’s new business, Malt House Emporium in Stroud – an Aladdin’s cave of antique, vintage and new furniture and accessories. Other local businesses which we profile this month are – for antiques lovers – Clock Workshop and Greenway Antiques, both in Witney; for foodies – The Golden Cross Inn, Cirencester, and The Lamb Inn, Crawley; for keen gardeners – Cotwold Estates & Gardens Ltd and Susan Dunstall Landscape & Garden Design; and for the adventurous and fun-loving – Steppes Travel and Henry Bonas Ltd. We wish you all a very busy and enjoyable May…

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Between explorations in Chad, Papua New Guinea and Mongolia, Steppes Travel’s Managing Director, Justin Wateridge, now lives in the Cotswolds. On the following pages, he highlights those destinations which he would currently recommend as offering the opportunity for authentic adventure… The ideal bathroom is designed with 160 comfort and style in mind. And when the practicalities are in place, it’s the one room where you can let fancy and indulgence take full rein to create a very personal retreat…

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Cover image: A vintage Bugatti racing at ‘La Vie en Bleu’ at Prescott Hill Climb, near Cheltenham. © Paul Woloshuck La Vie En Bleu 2015 takes place over the weekend of 23 & 24 May: see our feature on page 63 for full details.

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in this issue...

58 what’s on

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may diary

what’s on features

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may listings

highlighted charity: Amberley Cow Hunt

local highlights 98

news & events

property & home 106 highlighted properties 118 editor’s choice: interiors 120 interiors feature: bathroom style tips 126 editor’s choice: gardens 127 gardens feature: Cotswold Estates & Gardens Ltd 130 gardens design tips: how to design

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146 family matters 136 editor’s choice: children’s selection 137 school profile: Sibford School 140 family matters feature: the voice

style & lifestyle 146 editor’s choice: fashion & beauty 148 expert comment: bespoke wedding planning

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150 editor’s choice: food & drink 152 chef profile: Matt Weedon 154 inn profile: The Golden Cross Inn 156 food feature: global gourmet 160 travel feature: travel trends 164 the preview interview: Angela Hucke 169 specialist business profile: Clock Workshop 172 new business profile: Malt House Emporium 175 my cotswolds: Jean and Colin Greenway

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Editor’s Choice… INTERIORS And So To Bed, in Cheltenham’s Montpellier, has several new designs in store this spring including the Marjolaine painted bed pictured here. This draws on the French Provincial furniture style: a solid Beech frame has hand carved cabriole legs, a scalloped headboard and carved lattice detailing. It is shown here finished in the classic two-tone taupe colourway but it can be hand painted in other colour combinations. The matching bedroom furniture range includes a bedside chest, dressing table and chest of drawers. The bed is available up to Super King size, priced from £2,595. And So To Bed, Cheltenham: 01242 523331 / GL50 1SW / andsotobed.co.uk

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Contributing Writer Sally Bult editorial@guidemedia.co.uk

We’re big fans of Catherine Colebrook’s store on Andover Road in Cheltenham, which is treasure trove of homeswares and gifts. As Catherine herself says, “We sell a thoroughly unique range of things you had no idea you wanted.” And that’s just it: as soon as you step inside, lots of nonessentials suddenly seem very desirable indeed. For anyone with creative tendencies, Catherine’s on-site workshop is also a great place to learn how to sew cushions and other soft furnishings. Catherine Colebrook: 01242 261381 / GL50 2TL / catherinecolebrook.com

Sales Manager, North Cotswolds Susannah Gardiner susannah@guidemedia.co.uk Sales Manager, Oxfordshire Cotswolds Sarah Ellison sarah@guidemedia.co.uk

The recently opened No50 on Winchcombe Street in Cheltenham is described as a ‘boutique department store’ – but that doesn’t even start to convey the range of its stock. You can find antique furniture, new and vintage homewares and accessories, fashion items, jewellery and even an exclusive range of Charlie Bears, all wonderfully presented as if props in a theatrical set. No50: 01242 228595 / GL52 2ND / no50.uk Dramatic lighting can transform a room, creating a focal point in its own

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Sales Manager, Central & South Cotswolds Lucy Dowie lucy@guidemedia.co.uk

One of our favourite sources for vintage and antique style pieces is by Susanright.Dunstall

Piper Chatfield, in Stow-on-the-Wold, which has a frequently changing selection of table lamps, floor lamps, pendant ceiling lanterns and chandeliers. The prices are very fair and always include lampshades. Piper Chatfield Fine Furniture: 01451 833892 / GL54 1BN / piperchatfield.co.uk

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Design & Production Eve Bodniece eve@guidemedia.co.uk Managing Editor & Director Eleanor Chadwick eleanor@guidemedia.co.uk WHAT’S ON FEATURE: SELECT SPRING FESTIVAL 2015

Liz Lippiatt the the great beauty tradition ofof working Cottage gardens originally combined the need for growing foodfollows with with cloth in the Stroud valleys: she designs flowers, so flowerbeds were interspersed with fruit and vegetables asand fresh and screenprintsas on well silk velvet fine linen, creatingfor collections for fashion and furnishings herbs. Don’t be afraid to do that now: if you don’t have space a formal vegetable garden, just mix currant bushes and climbing beans in among your flowers…

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Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Organised by SITselect, this month-long festival celebrates the richness and diversity of contemporary applied crafts in the Stroud Valleys… Based in Stroud, SITselect is a not for profit arts organisation which aims to raise the public's awareness and enjoyment of contemporar y textiles and the applied arts/crafts. It also seeks to increase active participation in the arts for a wide range of people and abilities. A focal point during SITselect’s year-round programme of exhibitions and linked events is this annual showcase of textiles and contemporary crafts at venues in and around Stroud. The festival includes The Power of Ten exhibition at Museum in the Park, Stroud. Featured works are by Kerry Jameson, Susanna Bauer, Ann Goddard, Sumi Perera, Anne Jackson, Susie

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Gillespie, Katy Luxton, Shuna Rendel, Rozanne Hawksley and Caroline Dear. They range from tapestries made using nettle and linen fibres to mixed media assemblages. Andy Christian, curator of the exhibition, says, “‘The word power is most often used to denote established authority. But power can also allude to a quality or property, a particular faculty of body or mind. It can infer intrinsic vigour and eloquence. It is in these latter rather overlooked meanings that I have come to appreciate the work of the ten artists I have included. I have sought work that might unsettle viewers, provoke enquiry and invoke wonder.” 

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Exhibitions & Auctions

Gallery Pangolin

Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Canaletto’s ’A Regatta on the Grand Canal’ at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Still Small Voice at The Wilson, Cheltenham Russian Evolution 2015 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Timeless at Lansdown Gallery, Stroud Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth

Performing Arts

Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

An Evening with Texas at The Forum, Bath, 7:30pm Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Colin Vearncombe live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm An Inspector Calls at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm To Kill a Mocking Bird at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm A Chorus of Disapproval at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Death of a Salesman at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Mikado at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

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Classic American Dance Classes at American Museum in Britain, Bath Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival at venues across the town Cheltenham Poetry Festival at venues across the town The Cult of Alfred talk at Compton Verney Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival at Stratford ArtsHouse Wotton Arts Festival

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WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Beckford’s Biographers at Beckford’s Tower, Bath Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Canaletto’s ’A Regatta on the Grand Canal’ at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Still Small Voice at The Wilson, Cheltenham Russian Evolution 2015 at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Timeless at Lansdown Gallery, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

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Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter Howarth & guest live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm An Inspector Calls at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm To Kill a Mocking Bird at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm A Chorus of Disapproval at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Luke Jermay: Sixth Sense at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Death of a Salesman at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Mikado at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

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Events Amberley Cow Hunt in and around Amberley Dry Stone Walling workshop at American Museum in Britain, Bath Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival at venues across the town Cheltenham Poetry Festival at venues across the town Lynne Armstrong-Hobbs book signing at Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival at Stratford ArtsHouse Armour at the Abbey at Tewkesbury Abbey Withington Horse Trials at Withington Manor Wotton Arts Festival

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Amberley Cow Hunt

Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Canaletto’s ’A Regatta on the Grand Canal’ at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Still Small Voice at The Wilson, Cheltenham Turner – Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Timeless at Lansdown Gallery, Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts J Carrott & A McGowan live comedy at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Cara Dillon live music at Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve, 7:45pm The Ghosts of Ruddigore at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7pm

Events Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

Amberley Cow Hunt in and around Amberley Big Bank Holiday Family Fun Day at Bath Racecourse Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival at venues across the town Cheltenham Poetry Festival at venues across the town Life at the Villa at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham The Tale of Princess Kaguya film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire May Day Celebrations at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival at Stratford ArtsHouse Armour at the Abbey at Tewkesbury Abbey Withington Horse Trials at Withington Manor Wotton Arts Festival

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WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner – Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold

Corinium Museum

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Oliver! at Lister Hall, Dursley, 4pm Boot Led Zeppelin at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Fosse Gallery

Events NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury New Act Comedy Night at Komedia, Bath Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Cheltenham Jazz Festival at venues across the town Life at the Villa at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Spring Park Walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath The Tale of Princess Kaguya film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Party Fit for a Queen at Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring May Day Celebrations at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town Armour at the Abbey at Tewkesbury Abbey Gardening to Impress at Whichford Pottery, near Shipston-on-Stour

4 may

Monday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Campden Gallery

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Beryl Cook: Intimate Relations at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Junction Art Gallery

Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Absence of War at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Celebrating Spring concert at Holburne Museum, Bath, 1:10pm Oliver! at Lister Hall, Dursley, 7:30pm Loveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Her film showing at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues across the town Spring Park Walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Shaun the Sheep film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Music Festival Weekend at venues across Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

may

Tuesday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Beryl Cook: Intimate Relations at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner – Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Badminton Horse Trials

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Absence of War at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Infinite Stars at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Snow White on Ice at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Shooting with the Light at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Dogfight at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 7:45pm Foil, Arms & Hog live comedy at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:45pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Milton Jones live comedy at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 8pm

The Theatre, Chipping Norton

Events Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House The Imitation Game film showing at Barnsley House, Barnsley Open Day at Barnsley Herb Garden, Barnsley Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Archaeology tour of the Villa at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around the town Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

6 may

wednesday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Corinium Museum

Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Badminton Horse Trials

Theatre Royal, Bath

Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Absence of War at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Infinite Stars at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Snow White on Ice at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Water Babies at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Brainsex at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Dogfight at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 7:30pm A Night Of Dirty Dancing at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Carpenters Story at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events

Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Captured talk at American Museum in Britain, Bath Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around the town Lisa Lodwick afternoon talk at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Wild Tales film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

may

thursday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Gallery Pangolin

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Absence of War at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Dakar Audio Club live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Infinite Stars at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Snow White on Ice at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Water Babies at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Dreamboys at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm Comedy evening at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Junction Art Gallery

Events Lunch with Peter James at Theatre Royal, Bath Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Classic American Dance Classes at American Museum in Britain, Bath Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around the town Wild Tales film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town Kevin Telfer talk at Wootton Village Hall, near Woodstock

8 may

friday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Select Spring Festival 2015

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Turner – Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at the Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts

Albion Gallery

Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm The Absence of War at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Infinite Stars at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Snow White on Ice at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Water Babies at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm CSO Northern Lights concert at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Julia Biel live music at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Lewis Schaffer live comedy at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 8pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Al Murray live comedy at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Events

Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around the town Wild Tales film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Randwick Wap Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Craft Fair at Stourhead, near Mere 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town Botany for Gardeners at Waterperry Gardens, near Wheatley Pink Ribbonwalk at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock

may

saturday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Beckford’s Biographers at Beckford’s Tower, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Turner – Watercolours from the West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at Gallery @ the Guild, Chipping Campden First Birthday exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at Museum in the Park, Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks Exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Badminton Horse Trials

Performing Arts Al Murray live comedy at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm A Strange Wild Song at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Elvis Years at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7:30pm

Bacon Theatre

Events Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House Serena film showing at Barnsley House, Barnsley Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation at Farncombe Estate, Broadway The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Roman Mosaics tour at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Chipping Campden Literature Festival at venues in and around the town Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Coleshill Mill Open Afternoon, near Swindon Wild Tales film showing at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa Oxfordshire Artweeks throughout North Oxfordshire RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground, Malvern Open Garden at Wrapture & Wright, Grange Farm, nr Moreton-in-Marsh 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

10 may

sunday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Chipping Campden Music Festival

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Georgians at Fashion Museum, Bath Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Shaped by Nature at Swindon Art Gallery and Museum Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Bear Pit Theatre

Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter James’ Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Ellie Makes Music at Komedia, Bath, 7:30pm Christy Moore live music at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 8pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Meet the Author Lunch with Virginia Nicholson at Barnsley House Farm Safari at Cotswold Farm Park, near Cheltenham Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church NGS Open Day at The Old Rectory, Duntisbourne Rouse, Cirencester Spring Park Walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Woman in Gold film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Spring Blooms garden tour at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Artweeks Stratford Town walk starts at Waterside fountain, near RSC Theatre Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

may

monday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Campden Gallery

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter James’ Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Business as Usual at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm HMS Pinafore at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Everyman Theatre

Events NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Richard III talk by Alison Weir at Holburne Museum, Bath The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Woman in Gold film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Spring Blooms garden tour at Stourhead, near Mere Oxfordshire Artweeks 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

12 may

tuesday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Corinium Museum

Junction Art Gallery

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Auction at Stroud Auction Rooms Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Romeo and Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Business as Usual at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Celtic Fiddle Festival at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Nursing Lives at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm HMS Pinafore at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Events

Meet the Gardener Lunch with Tom Coward at Barnsley House Open Day at Barnsley Herb Garden, Barnsley Spring Evening racing at Bath Racecourse The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Roman Mosaics tour at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Chipping Campden Music Festival at St Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Church Woman in Gold film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Museums at Night around the Cotswolds Oxfordshire Artweeks 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

may

wednesday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Auction at Stroud Auction Rooms Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Albion Gallery

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter James’ Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Building Bridges at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Romeo and Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Being Alive at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Man and Superman NT live screening at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 7pm Man and Superman NT live screening at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7pm Man and Superman NT live screening at Royal Spa Centre, 7pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Reginald D Hunter live comedy at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 8pm HMS Pinafore at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Events Jean Stone talk at American Museum in Britain, Bath The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church The French Connection lecture at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden Museums at Night around the Cotswolds Oxfordshire Artweeks 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

Gallery Pangolin

14 may

thursday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Bath International Music Festival

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford Pictures, Antiques & Interiors sale at Cotswold Auction Company, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Antiques & General Auction at Moore Allen & Innocent, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts

Albion Gallery

Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter James’ Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Building Bridges at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Romeo and Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Being Alive at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Complete History of Comedy at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Jeremy Hardy live show at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 8pm The Billy Joel Songbook at Royal Spa Centre, 7:30pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm HMS Pinafore at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Events

Classic American Dance Classes at American Museum in Britain, Bath Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Museums at Night around the Cotswolds Oxfordshire Artweeks Giffords Circus at Fennel’s Farm, near Stroud 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town

may

friday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are one at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Outside Mullingar at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Peter James’ Dead Simple at Theatre Royal, Bath, 8pm Andy Fleet Band at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Building Bridges at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 7:30pm Romeo and Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Being Alive at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm Stratford Concert Band at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm HMS Pinafore at the Arc Theatre, Trowbridge, 8pm

Octavia’s Bookshop

Events Finding Bosworth talk at Banbury Museum Barnsley Village Garden Festival at venues around the village Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Art of Vintique at Great Barrington Village Hall, near Burford Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Sophie E Tallis book signing at Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester Museums at Night around the Cotswolds Devizes Food & Drink Festival Daylesford Summer Festival at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham UK Slot Car Festival at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon Marlborough Food & Drink Festival Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Giffords Circus at Fennel’s Farm, near Stroud 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature at venues across the town Witney Food and Drink Festival at St Mary’s Church, Witney

Select Spring Festival 2015

16 may

saturday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Heritage Motor Centre

Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Performing Arts Select Spring Festival 2015

Bayou Seco live music at American Museum in Britain, Bath, 2pm Gypsy Fire live music at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city NGS Open Day at Mill Dene Garden, Blockley The 89th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts at Cheltenham Town Hall Dawn Chorus walk at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Devizes Food & Drink Festival Spring park walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Gaydon Spring Classic at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon Force Majeure film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Marlborough Food & Drink Festival Oxfordshire Artweeks Giffords Circus at Fennel’s Farm, near Stroud Bird walk at Museum in the Park, Stroud Male, pale and stale? panel discussion at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

may

sunday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Corinium Museum

Performing Arts Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Idle Playthings at Komedia, Bath, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Fosse Gallery

Events NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Artists in Context: Romanelli talk at Holburne Museum, Bath Wine Tasting – Seeking Value at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath Rebecca Hossack talk at Blockley Decorative and Fine Art Society NGS Open Day at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Devizes Food & Drink Festival Spring park walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Force Majeure film showing at Gloucester Guildhall Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Giffords Circus at Fennel’s Farm, near Stroud Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town

18 may

monday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Campden Gallery

Bath International Music Festival

Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Sir Hubert Parry manuscript auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Fingerstyle Collective live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Sister Act at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Jimmy Carr live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wyvern Theatre, 7:30pm Celtic Fiddle Festival at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events

NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Pride film showing at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Devizes Food & Drink Festival Spring park walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town

may

tuesday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Sir Hubert Parry manuscript auction at Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at Museum in the Park, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Junction Art Gallery

Gallery Pangolin

Performing Arts Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Sister Act at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Thea Gilmore live music at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Agatha Crusty & the Village Hall Murders at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wyvern Theatre, 7:30pm Unearthed at Swindon Arts, Centre, 7:30pm

Theatre Royal, Bath

Events Open Day at Barnsley Herb Garden, Barnsley Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Classic American Dance Classes at American Museum in Britain, Bath Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Devizes Food & Drink Festival Spring park walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town

20 may

wednesday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Corinium Museum

Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts

Gallery Pangolin

The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Sister Act at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Stewart Francis: Pun Gent live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm That'll be the Day at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Agatha Crusty & the Village Hall Murders at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wyvern Theatre, 7:30pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Chipping Campden Music Festival at St Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Church The Sound of Music film showing at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Devizes Food & Drink Festival Tutored Wine Night with La Rioja Alta at Lower Slaughter Manor Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Comedy Hullabaloo at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Colour Themed Planting in Pots workshop at Whichford Pottery Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

may

thursday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Lechlade Music Festival

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm 20th Century Foxes cabaret at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm The Songs of Nick Drake at Rondo Theatre, Bath, 8pm Sister Act at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Liz Lochhead live music at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester, 7:30pm Fauré’s Requiem at Stratford ArtsHouse, 8pm Agatha Crusty & the Village Hall Murders at Bear Pit Theatre, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wyvern Theatre, 8pm Bristol European Jazz Ensemble at Prema, Uley, 8pm

Campden Gallery

Events Lunch with Sinclair McKay at Theatre Royal, Bath Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Spring Afternoon racing at Bath Racecourse The Fawlty Towers Dinner at Cheltenham Town Hall Chipping Campden Music Festival at St James’ Church Devizes Food & Drink Festival Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Comedy Hullabaloo at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

22 may

friday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern

Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Paul Wadsworth exhibition at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden We Are One at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Performing Arts

Fosse Gallery

The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Oklahoma at Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:30pm Tango Extremo Trio live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Sister Act at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era at Royal Spa Centre, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1:30pm Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Wyvern Theatre, 8pm Richard Herring live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 8pm

Events

Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Chipping Campden Music Festival at St Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Church Roman Pottery workshop at Chedworth Roman Villa, near Cheltenham Kaffe Fassett talk at The Theatre, Chipping Norton Devizes Food & Drink Festival Gloucester Tall Ships festival at Gloucester Docks Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Comedy Hullabaloo at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

may

saturday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Albion Gallery

Performing Arts Carmina live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Gloucester Shanty Festival Finale Concert at Gloucester Guildhall, 7pm World-Wide-Woolfenden at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 3pm

Events NGS Open Day at Charlton Gardens, Banbury Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham NGS Open Day at Salford Gardens, near Chipping Norton Devizes Food & Drink Festival Spring Park Walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Gaydon Classic Car Show at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon Gloucester Tall Ships festival at Gloucester Docks Knights’ Tournament at Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade NGS Open Day at Barton House, near Moreton-in-Marsh Nailsworth Festival at venues across the town Oxfordshire Artweeks Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge NGS Open Day at Broad Marston & Pebworth Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon Comedy Hullabaloo at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

Bath International Music Festival

24 may

sunday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Albion Gallery

Pound Arts

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm House Gospel Choir at Komedia, Bath, 2pm Dylan Moran live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events

NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Bath International Music Festival at venues across the city Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Spring Park Walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Gloucester Tall Ships festival at Gloucester Docks NGS Open Day at Pasture Farm, Moreton-In-Marsh Oxfordshire Artweeks NGS Open Day at Broad Marston & Pebworth Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon Comedy Hullabaloo at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts at venues across the town Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

may

monday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Shaped by Nature at Swindon Art Gallery and Museum Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Corinium Museum

John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Dylan Moran live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall, 7:30pm Tree Fu Tom at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 3:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm

Events NGS Open Day at Home Farm, Banbury Farm Safari at Cotswold Farm Park, near Cheltenham Spring Blooms garden tour at Stourhead, near Mere Life Drawing drop-in session at Stroud Valley Artspace Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe

26 may

tuesday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

Fosse Gallery

Royal Bath & West Show

Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7pm Ags Connolly live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm Birmingham Royal Ballet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm The Pitmen Painters at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm From The Cradle To The Bin at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events

Wild Wednesday at Avebury Manor Art and Conversation Lunch with Nick Nelson at Barnsley House Open Day at Barnsley Herb Garden, Barnsley Spring park walk at Dyrham Park, near Bath Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cookery Course at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham NGS Open Day at Brockworth Court, near Gloucester Royal Bath & West Show at The Showground, Shepton Mallet English Country Garden: Bees talk at Lydiard Park, Swindon

may

wednesday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney Infestation at Pound Arts, Corsham John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Albion Gallery

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Katie Buckhaven Band at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm BalletBoyz at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Smilin’ Through at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm The Pitmen Painters at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm CoCo & the Butterfields live music at Swindon Arts Centre, 7:30pm

Events Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Simon Lawton lecture at Corinium Museum, Cirencester A Taste for Provence cookery course at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham Spring Blooms garden tour at Stourhead, near Mere Royal Bath & West Show at The Showground, Shepton Mallet

No.1 Royal Crescent

28 may

thursday

Cotswold preview may 15

Exhibitions & Auctions

No.1 Royal Crescent

Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock

Performing Arts

RSC Theatre

The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Orphan Colours live music at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm The Noise Next Door at Komedia, Bath, 8pm That’ll Be the Day at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Smilin’ Through at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Shappi Khorsandi live comedy at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm Livewire live music at Gloucester Guildhall, 7:30pm The Pitmen Painters at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm The Merchant of Venice at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:15pm Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Shakespeare, Sonnets and Stravinsky at Stratford ArtsHouse, 8pm

Events Lunch with Tony Hawks at Theatre Royal, Bath Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse Teen’s cookery course at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham NGS Open Day at Old Swan & Minster Mill, Minster Lovell Royal Bath & West Show at The Showground, Shepton Mallet Blood Guts and Gore demonstration at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

may

friday

may 15 Cotswold preview

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Peter Heard exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway Simon Garden exhibition at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipston-on-Stour Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock

Fosse Gallery

Performing Arts The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, 7:45pm Ellie Jamison Duo at Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, 7:30pm That’ll Be the Day at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 7:45pm Smilin’ Through at The Playhouse, Cheltenham, 7:30pm Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen live music at The Theatre, Chipping Norton, 7:45pm The Pitmen Painters at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa, 7:30pm Ministry of Science Live! at Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 4pm The Jew of Malta at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7:30pm Octonauts: Deep Sea Volcano Adventure at Wyvern Theatre, 1pm & 4pm

John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern

Events Mosaic workshop at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Classic Italian cookery course at Bertinet Kitchen, Bath Writing the Museum workshop at Holburne Museum, Bath Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Courage with a Brush Watercolour course at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Roman Food Festival at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Quick and Simple Suppers cookery course at Daylesford Organic, nr Kingham Royal Bath & West Show at The Showground, Shepton Mallet One Day Enamelling workshop at Museum in the Park, Stroud Race for Life at Lydiard Park, Swindon

30 may

saturday

Cotswold preview may 15

WHAT’S ON Diary Exhibitions & Auctions

Albion Gallery

Junction Art Gallery

Bring me Laughter at Banbury Museum Hatched, Matched, Dispatched & Patched! at American Museum, Bath Beckford’s Biographers at Beckford’s Tower, Bath Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway The Open West at The Wilson, Cheltenham Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham Camera and Clay at The Gallery @ The Guild, Chipping Campden Paul Treasure exhibition at Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney John Batty: Paintings of Venice at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Miniature Museum of Memories at Museum in the Park, Stroud Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock Forged in Fire at Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock Ruth Harrison and Alys Paterson exhibitions at Prema, Uley

Performing Arts Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars at Komedia, Bath, 7pm Peter Gill & his band at Cheltenham Lido, 7:30pm O Pallett, N Krgovich & M Starling live music at Stratford ArtsHouse, 7pm Susan Calman: Lady Like live comedy at Swindon Arts Centre, 8pm

Events

NGS Open Day at Whitehill Farm, near Burford Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse NGS Open Day at Aylworth Manor, Cheltenham Spring Flowers at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham NGS Open Day at Greenacres, Bibury, Cirencester Roman Food Festival at Corinium Museum, Cirencester Family Fun Run at Dyrham Park, near Bath The Historic Marathon Rally Show at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon Spring Blooms garden tour at Stourhead, near Mere Canoe Safari at WWT, Slimbridge Race for Life at Lydiard Park, Swindon Edwardian Extravaganza at Newark Park, Wotton-under-Edge

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sunday

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WHAT’S on diary: Contact Details

CONTACT DETAILS A handy reference guide to the galleries, museums, National Trust properties, theatres, concert halls, hotels, visitor attractions and all other Cotswold venues mentioned in our diary pages… American Museum in Britain: 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org Anne Hathaway’s Cottage: 01789 201806 / CV37 6QW / shakespeare.org.uk Arc Theatre: 0845 299 0476 / BA14 0ES / arctheatre.org.uk The Assembly, Leamington Spa: 0844 854 1358 / CV31 3NF / leamingtonassembly.com Avebury Manor and Garden: 01672 539153 / SN8 1RF / nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury Bacon Theatre: 01242 258002 / GL51 6HE / bacontheatre.co.uk Bath Abbey: 01225 422462 / BA1 1LT / bathabbey.org Bath Assembly Rooms: 01225 477173 / BA1 2QH / nationaltrust.org.uk/bath-assembly-rooms Bath Racecourse: 01225 424609 / BA1 9BU / bath-racecourse.co.uk Banbury Museum: 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / cherwell.gov.uk/museum Bampton Classical Opera: 01993 851876 / bamptonopera.org Barnsley House: 01285 740000 / GL7 5EE / barnsleyhouse.com

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Barnsley Herb Garden: 07773 687493 / GL7 5EE / herbsforhealing.net Bath Guildhall: 01225 461593 / BA2 4AW Batsford Arboretum: 01386 701441 / GL56 9AB / batsarb.co.uk Beckford’s Tower: 01225 460705 / BA1 2LR / beckfordstower.org.uk The Bertinet Kitchen: 01225 445531 / BA1 2QR / thebertinetkitchen.com Blockley Decorative and Fine Art Society: GL56 9BY / blockleydfas.org Bridge House Theatre (BHT): 01926 776438 / CV34 6PP / bridgehousetheatre.co.uk Buckland Manor: 01386 852626 / WR12 7LY / bucklandmanor.co.uk Building of Bath Collection: 01225 333895 / BA1 5NA / buildingofbathcollection.org.uk Buscot Estate: 01793 762209 / nationaltrust.org.uk Cotswold Art and Antique Dealers’ Association: 07831 850544 / cotswolds-antiques-art.com Campden Gallery: 01386 841555 / GL55 6AG / campdengallery.co.uk 4

Chapel Arts Centre: 01225 461700 / BA1 1QR / chapelarts.org Charlecote Park: 01789 470277 / CV35 9ER / nationaltrust.org.uk/charlecote-park Chastleton House: 01494 755560 / GL56 0SU / nationaltrust.org.uk/chastleton-house-and-garden Chedworth Roman Villa: 01242 890256 / GL54 3LJ / nationaltrust.org.uk/chedworth-roman-villa Cheltenham Town Hall: 01242 521621 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Chorley’s Auctioneers & Valuers: 01452 344499 / GL4 8EU / www.chorleys.com Cirencester Philharmonia: cirencesterphil.co.uk The Coach House: 01367 850216 / GL7 3RB / thecoach-house.com Compton Verney: 01926 645500 / CV35 9HZ / comptonverney.org.uk Corinium Museum: 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org Cotswold House Hotel: 01386 840330 / GL55 6AN / cotswoldhouse.com Cotswold Wildlife Park: 01993 823006 / OX18 4JP / cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk Coughton Court: 01789 400777 / B49 5JA / coughtoncourt.co.uk The Courts Garden: 01225 782875 / BA14 6RR/ nationaltrust.org.uk/courts-garden Dean Forest Railway and Museum: 01594 845840 / GL15 4ET / deanforestrailway.co.uk Dean Heritage Centre: 01594 822170 / GL14 2UB / deanheritagecentre.com Dormy House: 01386 852711 / WR12 7LF / dormyhouse.co.uk Dursley Operatic & Dramatic Society: 07890 203318 / GL11 4JB / the-dods.com Dyrham Park: 0117 937 2501 / SN14 8ER / nationaltrust.org.uk/dyrham-park Everyman Theatre: 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Farncombe Estate, Broadway: 0333 456 8580 / WR12 7LJ / farncombecourses.co.uk The Fashion Museum: 01225 477789 / BA1 2QH / museumofcostume.co.uk The Forum, Bath: 01225 443114 / BA1 1UG / bathforum.co.uk The Fosse Gallery: 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com The Gallery @ The Guild: 07870 417144 / GL55 6DS / thegalleryattheguild.co.uk Gallery Pangolin: 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com Gloucester Cathedral: 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk

Gloucester Guildhall: 01452 503050 / GL1 1NS / gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall Green Park Station: BA1 2DR Gordon Russell Design Museum: 01386 854695 / WR12 7AP / gordonrussellmuseum.org Hall’s Croft: 01789 204016 / CV37 6BG / shakespeare.org.uk Harvey Nichols, Bristol: 0117 916 8888 / BS1 3BZ / harveynichols.com The Heritage Motor Centre: 01926 641188 / CV35 0BJ / heritage-motor-centre.co.uk Herschel Museum of Astronomy: 01225 446865 / BA1 2BL / herschelmuseum.org.uk Hidcote Manor: 01386 438333 / GL55 6LR / nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote Holburne Museum: 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org The John Davies Gallery: 01608 652255 / GL56 9NQ / johndaviesgallery.com John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern: 01386 858436 / WR12 7AA / john-noott.com Kelmscott Manor: 01367 253348 / GL7 3HJ / kelmscottmanor.org.uk Kenilworth Castle: 01926 748900 / CV8 1NE / english-heritage.org.uk Komedia: 0845 293 8480 / BA1 1EP / komedia.co.uk Lacock Abbey: 01249 730459 / SN15 2LG / nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum: 01926 742700 / CV32 4AA / warwickdc.gov.uk Little Buckland Gallery: 01386 853739 / WR12 7JH / littlebucklandgallery.co.uk Lodge Park: 01451 844130 / GL54 3PP / nationaltrust.org.uk/lodge-park-and-sherborne-estate Loft Theatre: 0844 493 4938 / CV31 3AA / loft-theatre.co.uk The Lord Leycester Hospital: 01926 491422 / CV34 4BH / lordleycester.com Lower Slaughter Manor: 01451 820456 / GL54 2HP / lowerslaughter.co.uk Lucknam Park: 01225 742777 / SN14 8AZ / lucknampark.co.uk Lydiard House: 01793 770401 / SN5 3PA / lydiardpark.org.uk MAD Museum: 01926 865831 / CV37 6EF / themadmuseum.co.uk Malmesbury Abbey: 01666 826666 / SN16 0AA / malmesburyabbey.info Mary Arden’s Farm: 01789 204016 / CV37 9HH / shakespeare.org.uk Meantime: 07866 814776 / GL50 4EF / meantime.org.uk

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WHAT’S on diary: Contact Details

Museum in the Park: 01453 763394 / GL5 4AF / museuminthepark.org.uk Nash’s House and New Place: 01789 292325 / CV37 6EP / shakespeare.org.uk National Herb Centre: 01295 690999 / OX17 1DF / herbcentre.co.uk Nature in Art: 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk New Brewery Arts: 01285 657181 / GL7 1JL / newbreweryarts.org.uk Newark Park: 01453 842644 / GL12 7PZ / nationaltrust.org.uk/newark-park National Gardens Scheme (NGS): ngs.org.uk No.1 Royal Crescent: 01225 428126 / BA1 2LR / bath-preservation-trust.org.uk Noel Arms Hotel: 01386 840317 / GL55 6AT / noelarmshotel.com Old Mill Gallery: 01380 724550 / SN10 5SF / oldmillarts.co.uk The Oxfordshire Museum: 01993 811456 / OX20 1SN / oxfordshire.gov.uk Parabola Arts Centre: 01242 707338 / GL50 3AA / parabolaartscentre.co.uk The Paragon Gallery: 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk Pittville Pump Room: 01242 521621 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Playbox Theatre: 01926 419555 / CV34 6LE / playboxtheatre.com The Playhouse, Cheltenham: 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk Pound Arts: 01249 701628 / SN13 9HX / poundarts.org.uk Prema: 01453 860703 / GL11 5SS / prema.org.uk Priory Park: 01225 833422 / BA2 5AH / nationaltrust.org.uk/prior-park Rondo Theatre: 01225 444003 / BA1 6RT / rondotheatre.co.uk Rousham House: 01869 347 110 / OX25 4QU / rousham.org Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa: 01926 742762 / CV32 4AA / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms Royal Spa Centre: 01926 334418 / CV32 4AT / warwickdc.gov.uk/royalspacentre RSC Swan Theatre: 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk RSC Theatre: 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk RUH (Royal United Hospital): 01225 824987 / BA1 3NG / ruh.nhs.uk/art Shakespeare’s Birthplace: 01789 204016 / CV37 6QW / shakespeare.org.uk Slimbridge Wetland Centre: 01453 891900 / GL2 7BT / wwt.org.uk

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Snowshill Manor and Garden: 01386 842814 / WR12 7JU / nationaltrust.org.uk/snowshill-manor Stoneleigh Abbey: 01926 858535 / CV8 2LF / stoneleighabbey.org The Stour Gallery: 01608 664411 / CV36 4AJ / thestourgallery.co.uk Stourhead: 01747 841152 / BA12 6QD / nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead Stratford Racecourse: 01789 267949 / CV37 9SE / stratfordracecourse.net Stratford ArtsHouse: 01789 207100 / CV37 6LU / stratfordartshouse.co.uk Stroud Valley Artspace: 01453 751440 / GL5 2HA / sva.org.uk The Subscription Rooms: 01453 760999 / GL5 1AE / subscriptionrooms.org.uk Sundial Theatre: 01285 654228 / GL7 1XA / sundial-theatre.co.uk Swindon Arts Centre: 01793 614837 / SN1 4BJ / swindon.gov.uk Swindon Museum and Art Gallery: 01793 466556 / SN1 4BA / swindon.gov.uk Tewkesbury Abbey: 01684 850959 / GL20 5RZ / tewkesburyabbey.org.uk The Theatre, Chipping Norton: 01608 642350 / OX7 5NL / chippingnortontheatre.co.uk Theatre Royal, Bath: 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk Three Counties Showground: 01684 584900 / WR13 6NW / threecounties.co.uk Thyme at Southrop Manor: 01367 850174 / GL7 3NX / thymeatsouthrop.co.uk Under the Edge Arts (UTEA): 07791 323869 / GL12 7HW / utea.org.uk Upton House: 01295 670266 / OX15 6HT / nationaltrust.org.uk/upton-house Victoria Art Gallery: 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk Warwick Arts Centre: 024 7652 4524 / CV4 7AL / warwickartscentre.co.uk Warwick Racecourse: 0844 579 3013 / CV34 6HN / warwickracecourse.co.uk Waterperry Gardens: 01844 339226 / OX33 1JZ / waterperrygardens.co.uk Westbury Court Garden: 01452 760429 / GL14 1PD / nationaltrust.org.uk/westbury-court-garden Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa: 01666 822888 / SN16 0RB / whatleymanor.com The Wilson: GL50 3JT / 01242 237431 / cheltenhammuseum.org.uk Wootton Village Hall: woottontalks.co.uk Wyvern Theatre: 01793 524481 / SN1 1QN / wyverntheatre.org.uk

No. 67 Cortesano by Marcus James

until Friday 29 May

‘Toro!’ at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford

This exhibition of sculpture and works on paper explores and celebrates the bull in all its guises…

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WHAT’S on feature: ‘Toro!’ at gallery pangolin

Clockwise from above: Beast IX by Lynn Chadwick; Minotaur by Nicola Hicks; Atalaya Toro by Sam Herman; Highland Bull: Crubach of Redrullion by Nick Bibby.

Set on the slopes of the Cotswold escarpment, Gallery Pangolin is one of the few British galleries to specialise in sculpture and related works on paper. Over the past 20 years, the gallery has established a reputation for exhibiting works of quality and excellence by Modern and contemporary artists. This exhibition includes sculpture and works on paper inspired by the bull, a formidable beast with mythological significance. The centrepiece is a powerful series of life-size drawings by new gallery artist Marcus James, taken from studies of Iberian bulls in corrals and from bullfights in Spain and Southern France. Sculptures in the show include Mick Ponting’s Bison, inspired by prehistoric cave paintings and Sam Herman’s enigmatic Atalaya Bull, both by artists new to the gallery. Other sculptural highlights are Nick Bibby’s detailed portrait of pedigree champion Rosemead Jeronny; Deborah van der Beek’s expressive study Glaring Bull; Lynn Chadwick’s archetypal Beast IX; and a brand new work by Jon Buck. There are also works by leading artists Terence Coventry, Nicola Hicks and Anita Mandl. The gallery is open Monday to Friday, from 10am–6pm, and on Saturday, from 10am–1pm. Gallery Pangolin: 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com

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WHAT’S on feature: Teaching the Machine Manners

Friday 1 May – Saturday 18 July

Bespoke contemporary furniture by Waywood

‘Teaching the Machine Manners’ exhibition at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway This exhibition explores Gordon Russell’s journey as a furniture maker in the 1920s and his crusade to make ‘decent furniture for ordinary people’ in a modern age. It also examines the role of hand and machine in an era of digital technology… Gordon Russell (1892–1980) was a designer who looked to the future whilst retaining one foot in tradition. Above all, he believed in quality: achieved by the skill and passion of a craftsman or the precision and repetition delivered by a machine. This exhibition looks at his formative years in the Cotswolds, steeped in the Arts & Crafts Movement, and follows his development of new production methods that fostered a positive relationship between craft and industry. It includes several loaned examples of early Gordon Russell designs, including a veneered cigarette box and a polished steel wall sconce, as well as the museum’s own collections and archives. Also on display, for the first time in public, is a tea caddy designed by Ernest Gimson in the early 1920s. Textiles by Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Marion Dorn and other artists of this period have also been lent for the show. The complex problems of hand production in a machine age were never entirely resolved by

Gordon Russell. It is an issue which continues to inspire furniture designers and makers. During this exhibition, the upstairs gallery at the GRDM examines the role of hand and machine in the current era of digital technology. It does so by showing examples of work by Waywood, one of the UK’s leading teams of contemporary furniture designer-makers. Waywood, which has its workshops in Chadlington, combines the latest computer aided design and manufacturing technology with fine hand craftsmanship to create its bespoke pieces. This dual approach to furniture making is one which Gordon Russell would certainly have appreciated. During spring/summer, the museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am–5pm. Gordon Russell Design Museum: 01386 854695 / WR12 7AP / gordonrussellmuseum.org Waywood: 01608 676433 / OX7 3LT / waywood.co.uk

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WHAT’S on feature: Oxfordshire Artweeks

Blenheim Palace by Kate Hipkiss at Junction Art Gallery

Ceramic chickens by Sandra Cockburn at Junction Art Gallery

Hare by Maureen Sparling, an artist based in Charlbury

Saturday 2 – Monday 25 May

Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues across Oxfordshire

The UK’s longest-running and biggest open studios event showcases the work of around 1,000 artists and designer-makers at more than 400 exhibitions and art demonstrations… This three week celebration each May celebrates Oxfordshire’s artistic and creative talent, encompassing the visual arts in their broadest sense. Founded in 1981, the purpose of Oxfordshire Artweeks is to highlight the work

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of local painters, designers, potters, sculptors, wood-turners, photographers, jewellers and textile artists. Participants open their homes and studios to the public, inviting all visitors to view their works and/or attend art demonstrations. Other venues, such as museums, art galleries 4

WHAT’S on feature: Oxfordshire Artweeks and pubs across the county also get involved by showcasing Oxfordshire artists’ work. The event’s popularity has led to its year-onyear growth: this year around 150 of the c.1,000 artists taking part are doing so for the first time. During Artweeks, visitors have the chance to ask local artists about their influences, techniques and materials, and you can even have a go at getting creative. You can visit hundreds of interesting spaces, many of which are usually closed to the public, including two of the finest medieval barns in England, a West Oxfordshire wind farm and a classic 1930s barge on the river Thames. The first week of Artweeks (Saturday 2 – Sunday 10 May) focuses on North Oxfordshire, including the ’Oxfordshire Cotswolds’; the second week (Saturday 9 – Sunday 17 May) is centred on the city of Oxford; and the third week (Saturday 16 – Sunday 25 May) has exhibitions throughout South Oxfordshire. The North Oxfordshire Artweeks includes events in Charlbury showcasing 31 artists. Among

the skills on display are a range of painting styles, printmaking, ceramic art, sculptures and silversmithing as well as crafts, photography, calligraphy and installation art. The town has a thriving Art Society with 150 members and its chairman, printmaker Tony Lloyd, says, “The range of artistic talent in this small town is astonishing, and I am certain that visitors will feel rewarded if they head for Charlbury.” Also in this region, Junction Art Gallery in Woodstock is hosting an Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition from Saturday 2 – Saturday 31 May, featuring ceramics by Sandra Cockburn, paintings by Jenny Eadon, cast glass by Helen Slater and papercuts by Kate Hipkiss. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5pm, and on Sunday from 11am–4pm. Trail maps for Oxfordshire Artweeks are available either in printed format or online, giving full details of all participating artists, locations and opening times. Oxfordshire Artweeks: artweeks.org

43 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1TJ www.junctionartgallery.co.uk

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Liz Lippiatt follows the great tradition of working with cloth in the Stroud valleys: she designs and screenprints on silk velvet and fine linen, creating collections for fashion and furnishings

WHAT’S on feature: Select Spring Festival 2015

Saturday 2 – Monday 25 May

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WHAT’S on feature: Select Spring Festival 2015

Adrian Bates makes stoneware sculptural vessels for home and garden

Katarina Gibb is based at Victoria Works Studios in Chalfod. Her upholstery projects incorporate traditional techniques using tools passed down through generations along with contemporary creative elements

Jill Watton, also based at Victoria Works Studios in Chalford, makes wheel thrown ceramics in stoneware and porcelain – functional everyday objects to use and enjoy

A linked seminar, Invoking Wonder, is hosted by the Museum in the Park on Saturday 2 May. This day of discussion, presentations and demonstrations by artists included in the exhibition is chaired by Andy Christian. There is also a Fork and Talk lunch which features an informal debate between Andy Christian and Sui Perera, at Meme Art Café Bar on Wednesday 20 May. Wallpaper, which is very much in vogue these days, expresses the extraordinary creativity of contemporar y wallpaper designers. These individuals embrace every technique, from the most traditional hand-blocking to the latest in digital magic. Pasting the Walls, curated by Charlotte Abrahams, is an exhibition which celebrates their skills as part of Select Spring Festival. Set in the National Trust property Newark Park and featuring work from CUSTHOM, Deborah Bowness, Fromental, Lewis and Wood, Linda Florence, Louise Body and Marthe Armitage, it runs from Wednesday 29 April and throughout May. A mixed media exhibition, Beastly Magic at Sofas & Stuff, Woodchester Mill, also includes four extraordinary contemporary wallpapers. These are animal-themed designs by Badgers of Bohemia, Cole and Son, Daniel Heath and Tracy Kendall. This exhibition additionally features leading contemporary applied artists and designers such as Annie Hutchinson, with her needlefelt creatures, and Andy Hau, with his Quinn the Fox textiles. As well as exhibitions, the festival encompasses talks and workshops including events with Patricia van den Akker from the Design Trust; Melissa White, who designs and prints textiles for historical properties; Mary Crabb, maker of coil baskets; and mark-making expert Jilly Morris. You can also follow the Select Trail for which artists and designer-makers open their studio doors and hold exhibitions over two weekends: 9–10 and 16–17 May. Works on display range from textiles and ceramics to jewellery designs and book bindings, by nationally acclaimed makers as well as emerging talent. These weekends offer a rare chance to learn directly from these makers and to watch them at work. A free brochure is available to accompany the Trail. Select Spring Festival 2015: 01453 751056 / sitselect.org

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WHAT’S on feature: Chipping Campden Literature Festival

Tuesday 5 – Sunday 10 May

The signing of the Magna Carta

Chipping Campden Literature Festival 2015 The town’s sixth independent Literature Festival presents a varied programme of illustrated talks, readings, interviews, discussion, film, performance and music… The festival’s theme for 2015 is ‘Relationships’: humankind’s relationships with one another as well as with the past, with places and with the environment. Participants present and discuss many different forms of the written word, including historical novels, novels of self-discovery, short stories, diaries, memoirs, blogs, plays, biographies and poetry. And if you enjoy being creative, there are also practical workshops on topics such as notebook binding and how to write family memoirs. A highlight of the festival is an event entitled Magna Carta on Saturday 9 May (10am–11:30am) at Chipping Campden School. Two leading experts on the Magna Carta, Sir Robert Worcester and Anthony Musson, explore the Charter’s genesis and its enduring importance throughout subsequent centuries. In its 800 th anniversary year, this document is still widely regarded across the world as a potent symbol of the freedom of the individual. Worcester and Musson debate whether it is indeed the foundation of democracy and if King John’s bargain with his barons is still relevant today.

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Other highbrow events on the festival Saturday are an illustrated talk (at 12 noon) by Robert Tombs on the topic of The English and their History, demonstrating the many ways in which our present continues to be shaped by our past; and Establishment and Meritocracy (at 2pm) sees Lord Peter Hennessy examine the concept of the rise of the meritocracy and the persistence of the shadowy notion of an establishment. On a lighter note, Lunch with the Archers at Three Ways House Hotel, Mickleton, on Tuesday 5 offers the chance to hear all about this popular radio series from Mary Cutler, its scriptwriter for 35 years. Cutler then joins guests for a glass of wine with lunch, a Pudding Club dessert and coffee. Festival events take place at venues in and around Chipping Campden, including Chipping Campden School, Court Barn Museum, the Town Hall, St James’ Church and Hidcote Manor garden. Chipping Campden Literature Festival: 01386 849018 / campdenlitfest.co.uk

WHAT’S on feature: Badminton Horse Trials

Wednesday 6 – Sunday 10 May

Badminton Horse Trials The 2015 running of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials includes nine previous winners and riders from 12 nations… Badminton Horse Trials is held annually at Badminton House in Gloucestershire, now the family home of the 11th Duke of Beaufort. It was the 10th Duke whose idea it was to hold the event so that British riders could train for international trials, and the first Horse Trials was held here in 1949. As is now customary, the Trials start with the Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships, this year on Wednesday 6 May, followed by two days of Dressage, Cross Country on the Saturday and Show Jumping on the Sunday. The British entry at this year’s event is led by William Fox Pitt (who hopes to ride Parklane Hawk and Chilli Morning), Pippa Funnell, Mary King and the last British winner here, Oliver Townend with Armada, the 2014 runner-up. Zara Phillips has entered High Kingdom as a precaution but hopes to take him for her first visit to Kentucky the week before Badminton. Australia has its usual strong hand, headed by 2014 winner Sam Griffiths, 2010 champion Paul Tapner and 2006 winner Andew Hoy. New Zealand is sending no fewer than 16 riders including previous title holders Mark Todd and Jonathan

Paget, and the most successful non-winner of all time, Andrew Nicholson. The French entry is headed by former World Champion Jean Teulere while there are single entries from Brazil, Ecuador (a first here), Italy, South Africa and Sweden. After the thrills and spills of the 2014 event, course designer Giuseppe Della Chiesa has produced a track which heads the opposite way round the Duke of Beaufort’s Park. His debut featured a flowing, big and bold track that caught the attention of riders and spectators alike, especially in the difficult weather conditions. The reverse route presents different challenges over the terrain, so the 2015 running is expected to feel like a second ‘first time’ for the Italian designer. This year also sees a smart new look for the trade stand area, which offers plenty of opportunities for retail therapy in between viewing the equestrian activities. Every year Badminton has a dedicated charity and this year it is Sense, the national charity campaigning for people who are deafblind. Badminton Horse Trials 2015: 01454 218375 / GL9 1DB / badminton-horse.co.uk

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Jack Liebeck

WHAT’S on feature: Chipping Campden international Music Festival

Sunday 10 – Saturday 23 May

Paul Lewis

2015 Chipping Campden International Music Festival The 14th annual festival presents a programme of classical music, spanning orchestral and choral performances, chamber music and recitals… This year’s festival features several high profile debuts: the great Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin appears in a concert with the (returning) Takacs quartet; the English Concert, directed by Harry Bicket, perform with one of the UK’s most exciting young singers, Sophie Bevan; the Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud plays Schubert trios with festival regulars Imogen Cooper and Adrian Brendel; and the British soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a programme of songs entitled Fleurs. 2015 also sees the return of several favourites from previous years such as pianists Paul Lewis, Martin Roscoe and Steven Osborne, violinist Tasmin Little and the early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico. Throughout the festival, the new generation of musicians is represented at a series of lunchtime concerts which start at 1:05pm. These are given by students and recent graduates from leading

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music colleges and include the Arcos Quartet, the Lux Quintet and pianist Jayson Gillam. (Please note that advance tickets are not available for individual lunchtime concerts: tickets are £5 on the door or £3.50 per concert if all six concerts are booked in advance). Music education remains at the heart of the festival and its Education Programme is now led by Julian Lloyd-Webber. There are two choirs: Young Voices, which is largely made up of ten to twelve year olds, and the Community Choir, now 90 members strong. The Academy Orchestra also has an educational role and last year received 130 applicants for its 20 student places. All performances take place in the town’s St James' Church, known for its wonderful acoustics as well as for being a beautiful setting in which to play and listen to classical music. 2015 Chipping Campden International Music Festival: 01386 849018 / GL55 6JG / campdenmusicfestival.co.uk

©Harry Fellows

The Hot Sardines

Friday 15 – Tuesday 26 May

Bath International Music Festival 2015 Now in its 67th year, this festival combines world class performances of classical music with the best in contemporary jazz, world and folk genres… Established in 1948, Bath International Music Festival enjoys an international reputation and has previously been led by Yehudi Menuhin, Michael Tippett, William Glock and Joanna MacGregor. This year’s Artist in Residence is the Scottish pianist Steven Osborne, who in three concerts performs Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus, Rachmaninov’s Etudes Tableaux, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and a

Brahms programme with Jean Johnson on clarinet and Philip Higham on cello. Also from Scotland, the leading contemporary music ensemble Red Note presents a special festival performance of Renaissance and contemporary music for brass at Cleveland Pools, the UK’s only surviving Georgian lido. The eminent organist Thomas Trotter gives a recital in the grand surrounds of Bath Abbey,

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playing Messiaen’s L’Ascension, JS Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in C BWV 547, Saint-Saens’ Fantasie in E flat, Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (arr. Trotter) and Dupré’s Symphonie-Passion. Another classical highlight is a concert given by the Cremona Quartet, featuring an all Beethoven programme. And Bath Philharmonia and Bath Camerata with Gweneth Ann Jeffers (soprano) and Sir Willard White (bass baritone) perform Dvorak’s ’New World’ Symphony No.9 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Concert Suite, conducted by Jason Thornton. A series of lunchtime concerts features promising new generation performers from the Young Concert Artists Trust, including Shanghai born pianist Ji Liu and Amy Farman, Principal Bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra at the age of just 24. Two particular highlights are recitals by cellist Michael Petrov, who plays works by Boismortier, Liszt and Schumann, and violinist Bartozs Woroch, who presents a programme of Bach, Hindsmith and Prokofiev. The jazz, world and folk line-up includes names such as The Hot Sardines, hailed as one of the best jazz bands in New York today; House Gospel Choir, which first hit the stage at last year’s Glastonbury with its fusion of house anthems and gospel that you can dance to; Matthew Shipp, the leading American free-jazz pioneer, who performs here with bassist Michael Bisio; Hugh Masekela, who has been called “a South African Louis Armstrong”; and Molotov Jukebox, a London six-piece which recreates a ’gypsy dance’ sound that blends accordian, violin, trumpet and rhythm section. Artistic planning for the 2015 festival has been supported by James Waters from Festivals and Events International, who says, “The festival has always had serious music making of the highest standard at its heart and this year we are delighted to have attracted some of the world’s finest soloists and groups as well as young stars of the future. We also aim to create exciting and stimulating experiences such as presenting Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus on the same day.” The festival takes place in venues in and around Bath and all concerts are individually ticketed, with prices ranging from £12–£28.

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WHAT’S on feature: Bath International Music Festival 2015

Steven Osborne

Bath Abbey Bath International Music Festival: 01225 463362 / bathfestivals.org.uk/music

WHAT’S on feature: Lechlade Music Festival

Status Quo

Friday 22 – Sunday 24 May

Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade This annual event is celebrating its 5th year with an impressive line-up of live music including Status Quo as Sunday’s headline act… The Lechlade Festival prides itself on promoting local, new and emerging talent alongside big name, established bands. This year, it couldn’t get much bigger or more established than the event’s headline act, Status Quo, which is booked to close the festival. Status Quo currently holds the UK chart record for having more hit singles than any other band, both international and British. Since it was formed in the late 1960s, the Quo has performed around the world and its 2015 European tour, Aquostic – Live! – includes this headline slot at Lechlade. On Saturday, the headline act is Dr and the Medics, which has been invited back after an amazing performance here last year. Other returning festival favourites include Josephine and the Artizans, Twister, Alex Rainsford, CU Tuesday, Whole Lotta Led, Nina Baker and Frankenstein’s Lobster. With 60+ bands playing on three stages over the weekend, many new names are also featured such as Louise Latham, Silver Story and Feral Ghost. To cherry-pick the line-up of live music for this year’s event, the festival team diligently listened to more than 500 applications. Jennie Rainsford, Festival Director, says, “We are incredibly excited that the mighty Quo are

coming to Lechlade this year and we’re also very happy to welcome back the Dr. This just goes to show how far we’ve come as a festival, although we still remain true to our mission to be a showcase for great live music in a relaxed and family friendly environment.” Jennie and the festival team have again focussed on maintaining the overall quality of the festival and their efforts have been recognised with a recent clutch of awards for tourism and for working with the community. As in previous years, there is plenty for the whole family to do, with a range of free workshops for both adults and children offering activities such as story-telling, dancing, singing and drumming. There are also children’s crafts, games, toys and rides, many free of charge. On-site food traders offer choices for the whole family, including Hogan’s Cider and real ales, locally sourced sausages, street food, vegetarian options and ice cream. Adult tickets for the weekend are £57 per person, or £77 with camping, with concessions available and free entry for children aged 16 and under. Due to the popularity of the festival, early booking is recommended. Lechlade Music Festival: GL7 3AG / lechladefestival.co.uk

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WHAT’S on feature: ‘La Vie En Bleu 2015’ at prescott hill climb

Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 May

‘La Vie En Bleu 2015’ at Prescott Hill Climb, near Cheltenham This annual celebration of French car design features marques ranging from veteran models to the Veyron… La Vie En Bleu, now in its 9th consecutive year, has become one of the most popular events in the motor racing calendar. 2015 sees the venue’s regular competitors as well as some special surprises including Bugattis and Ayrton Senna’s Lotus Renault F1. The Bugatti Veyron – possibly the most elegant car ever made – has now ceased production, but it is hoped that one will be in attendance at La Vie En Bleu, with demonstration runs throughout the weekend. The Super Sport version of the Veyron is considered the fastest street-legal production car in the world and boasts a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). It was named Car of the Decade for 2000–2009 by Top Gear, with the standard

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Bugatti Veyron winning the programme’s Best Car Driven All Year award for 2005. Visitors can also see the best historic marques including Amilcar, Sandford, Salmson, Renault, Delage, Hispano, Peugeot and Citroen. Entertainment is, as always, distinctly French: expect can-can dancers, live accordion music and plenty of delicious French food. On both days, gates open at 8am, with first cars on the hill at 9am. Advance tickets are £15 for a day pass or £25 for a weekend pass; on the gate, tickets are £20/£35. Admission is free for under 14s. La Vie en Bleu 2015: GL52 9RD / prescott-hillclimb.com

Blackthorne Water by Paul Treasure

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Paul Treasure exhibition at the Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton The Albion Gallery celebrates its first birthday this month and, after a successful year of mixed shows, presents this as its inaugural solo exhibition, showcasing the paintings of contemporary artist Paul Treasureâ&#x20AC;Ś 64

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WHAT’S on feature: Paul Treasure exhibition at albion gallery

Following on from the Albion Gallery’s We Are One mixed exhibition at the start of May (Sunday 3 – Saturday 23) to mark its first birthday, this solo exhibition features the work of Paul Treasure who was one of the gallery’s launch artists. It is therefore fitting that his work should be the first in a number of solo exhibitions which are scheduled to run throughout 2015 and 2016. Treasure is an artist with a real passion for his work, which shows through in an energetic, expressive style that ranges from almost impressionistic work to more abstract pieces. This variety and freshness is what sets his paintings apart and has made him a truly collectible artist. He has sought out new emotive landscapes throughout his career: from his early travels in

Moray by Paul Treasure

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River study by Paul Treasure

Africa, India, Indonesia and South America, to the beauty of the South Downs and the Hampshire countryside where he now lives with his wife and two children. He works from a fantastic garden studio, where he is surrounded by light and has nature all around him, and many of his recent works depict the local river banks and countryside. The art on display in this exhibition captures the variety of Treasure’s work, with a number of high quality pieces including river scenes – for which he is particularly celebrated – alongside some of his more varied landscapes and broader repertoire. The solo exhibition begins with a Private View on Sunday 24 May at which you can meet the artist and discuss the inspiration for his work. To receive your invitation, please either visit albiongallery.co.uk/contact.html and sign up or email gallery@albiongallery.co.uk. The Albion Gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Sunday, from 11am–5pm. The Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton: 01608 238020 / OX7 5AD / albiongallery.co.uk

throughout May – Sunday 5 July

‘Food For Thought’ at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester This high profile exhibition explores everything that recent research has discovered about food in Roman Britain and the wider Roman world, bringing together unique objects, some rarely on display to the public, from across the Roman Empire… Food for Thought is a partnership between the British Museum, Roman archaeologists from UK Universities and the Corinium Museum. Drawing on recent research, it exposes all there is to know about Roman food. The exhibition shows the utensils used, how people prepared their food and what evidence we have for these practices, displaying many unique objects from Cirencester as well as Silchester and across the Roman Empire including Pompeii, Rome, Athens and Tunisia. This exhibition is the culmination of a wider project, Food for Thought, that seeks to encourage

people to think about how food creates memories and identities in both the past and present. It also aims to challenge commonly held assumptions about Roman food; to demonstrate how we find out about food in the ancient world; and to introduce the public to current concepts and methods in archaeology. Some of the key questions it poses and answers are about the sources of information used by archaeologists and food historians; whether there were regional differences in eating and drinking practices across the Roman world; how

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Exhibition in the Spotlight

A Roman clasp knife with iron blade and copper-alloy handle

these might have contributed to the creation of individual and group identities; and how similar or different diet was in Roman times compared to today. One of the centrepieces of the exhibition is a Corinthian capital showing Bacchus, the Roman god of agriculture and wine. Bacchus and his accompanying iconography are central to the artistic and religious expression of food and drink cultures, with an obvious emphasis on wine, throughout the Empire. Links are highlighted between this loaned bust and objects in Corinium’s own permanent collections, such as the Jupiter column and the Four Seasons mosaic (which depicts Silenus in one of its roundels), as well as to Corinium’s Roman garden which contains herbs and plants relating to food. The exhibition also asks visitors to participate by, for example, thinking about personal ’food identities’: what are your own earliest food memories or favourite cuisines? The artist Miranda Creswell is helping create a ’memory matrix’ created from people’s shared memories and experiences. Her landscape drawings made with graphite on kitchen chopping boards, Chop Marks, are also showcased as part of the exhibition. Corinium Museum Director, Amanda Hart, comments, “This is such a wonderful opportunity for the Museum to showcase a number of objects from a national museum that would otherwise

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Hunt cup

A Corinthian capital showing Bacchus

not be seen by the public. We are so delighted to be partnering with the British Museum and UK Universities on this exciting exhibition.” It is curated by Dr Zena Kamash, Dr Erica Rowan, Dan Stansbie, Dr Lisa Lodwick and the Corinium Museum. The project team is also running a series of talks and hands-on workshops in conjunction with the exhibition. Entry to Food for Thought is free. The museum is open Monday to Saturday, from 10am–4pm, and on Sunday, from 2pm–4pm. Corinium Museum, Cirencester: 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org

WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions

Exhibitions &AMayuctions from Friday 1 Teaching the Machine Manners at Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway 01386 854695 / WR12 7AP / gordonrussellmuseum.org This exhibition explores Gordon Russell’s journey as a furniture maker in the 1920s and his crusade to make ’decent furniture for ordinary people’ in a modern age. The upstairs gallery examines the role of hand and machine in an era of digital technology, through the work of a leading contemporary furniture maker, Waywood, which is based in Chadlington. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 52. until Saturday 2 Russian Evolution 2015: an exhibition of contemporary Russian art at The Paragon Gallery, Cheltenham 01242 233391 / GL50 1SW / paragongallery.co.uk Following its highly successful 2014 Russian show, Cheltenham’s Paragon Gallery is exhibiting the work of ten Russian painters. This exhibition includes new pieces from resident artists Iryna Yermolova, Sabir and Svetlana Gadzhiev, Katya Gridneva, Boris Anikin and Alexei Basanov, who

Temple Dance by Paul Wadsworth at Campden Gallery

Trying on New Earings by Iryna Yermolova at The Paragon Gallery

are joined by new artists: Sergei Ovcharuk, known for his vibrant impressionist paintings, Olga Simonova, Sasha Larionova, Olga Oreshnikov and Kirill Gorodetsky. Contemporary Russian painting has grown enormously in popularity in the West and in Britain in particular, with its once highly idiosyncratic attributes bending to Western tastes. The Paragon Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Monday, from 10am–4pm. Saturday 2 – Monday 25 Oxfordshire Artweeks at venues across Oxfordshire artweeks.org This annual event provides the opportunity to visit artists’ open studios as well as many group exhibitions. Events take place in many towns in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, including Burford, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, Bicester and Banbury, from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 May. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 53–54. Saturday 2 – Saturday 31 Paul Wadsworth: Stories from the Banyan Tree at Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden 01386 841555 / GL55 6AG / campdengallery.co.uk This show has taken over 30 years to happen. Since his early twenties, artist Paul Wadsworth 4

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www.fossegallery.com Fosse Gallery Fine Art, The Manor House, The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 1AF 01451 831319 mail@fossegallery.com

Alex Williams: From an Island Sun 17th May – Sat 6th June

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Prinknash Abbey Park Gloucestershire GL4 8EU

has wanted to visit and explore India – the magical place of Banyan trees, temples, deities, colour, architecture, festivities, tigers, monkeys and elephants. Over the past 15 years, he has painted and traveled extensively in the UAE and Oman, showing works in Dubai and Muscat, but last year he felt that the time was finally right for him to head for India. His first trip took him to the west coast, where he spent a month carrying a sketchbook, acrylics and watercolours, and traveling by moped, taxis, boats and buses to explore the diversity of landscape and culture. The sketches he made at this time were the foundation for the oil paintings in this exhibition. Each painting reveals parts of the artist’s personal journey through India. The Campden Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Sunday from 11am–4pm. Saturday 2 – Saturday 31 Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition at Junction Art Gallery, Woodstock 01993 358707 / OX20 1TJ / junctionartgallery.co.uk In Woodstock, Junction Art Gallery is hosting an Oxfordshire Artweeks exhibition featuring ceramics by Sandra Cockburn, paintings by Jenny Eadon, papercuts by Kate Hipkiss and cast glass by Helen Slater. The opening reception is on Saturday 2, from 2pm–5pm. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5pm, and on

Regatta on Grand Canal by Canaletto at Victoria Art Gallery

Beneath the Stars by Chris Buck at Junction Art Gallery

Sunday from 11am–4pm, with additional opening hours during the exhibition of Sunday 3 and 10 May, from 11am–5pm, and Monday 4 May, from 11am–5pm. until Sunday 3 Canaletto’s A Regatta on the Grand Canal at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk The Victoria Art Gallery, run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, is hosting one of the world’s most famous masterpieces: Canaletto’s A Regatta on the Grand Canal, which was painted in c.1740 and depicts the annual carnival regatta in Venice. The much loved work is on tour from the National Gallery Collection in London and is travelling around the UK as the second painting in its Masterpiece Tour. The Victoria Art Gallery is also

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WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions displaying a selection of Bath views alongside A Regatta on the Grand Canal, looking at Canaletto’s influence on British art and the 18th century enthusiasm for view painting. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5pm, and on Sunday, from 1:30pm–5pm. until Sunday 3 Still Small Voice: British Biblical Art in a Secular Age (1850–2014) at The Wilson, Cheltenham 01242 237431 / GL50 3JT / cheltenhammuseum.org.uk This is your last chance to see this major show at The Wilson, Cheltenham’s recently extended art gallery and museum. The exhibition features works by 14 of the 20th century’s most eminent artists, and all works are from the Ahmanson Collection, on loan from California. It represents an exceptional opportunity to view 36 works by British artists who explored the role of Christianity in visual art throughout the century. It explores a diverse range of media, including paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, by some of this country’s most important and best

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Angels of the Apocalypse, 1949 (oil on canvas) by Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) at The Wilson

loved 20th century artists such as Stanley Spencer, Eric Gill, Jacob Epstein, Barbara Hepworth, Edward Burra and Graham Sutherland. The gallery is open daily from 9:30am–5:15pm and admission is free. until Sunday 3 Timeless at Lansdown Gallery, Stroud 01453 767576 / GL5 1BB / landsdownhall.org 10 local artists explore the art of black and white photography. Each artist has been invited to show four pieces in black and white that represent them, their style and their approach to photography. Confirmed exhibitors include Jonny Barratt, Sylvain Guenot, Ruth Davey, Fred Chance, James Kriszyk, Jessica Jackson and Lauren Seatter. There is also an interactive element to the exhibition, making it a fun opportunity for visitors to learn about, explore and participate in the art of black and white photography. The gallery is open daily, from 10am–5pm. Sunday 3 – Saturday 23 We Are One exhibition at the Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton 01608 238020 / OX7 5AD / albiongallery.co.uk The Albion Gallery’s first exhibition during May marks its first birthday, showing some of the work from artists who featured4

WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions in its launch show last May, as well as other gallery favourites. The Albion Gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Sunday, from 11am–5pm. until Wednesday 6 Beryl Cook: Intimate Relations at Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 01225 477233 / BA2 4AT / victoriagal.org.uk Intimate Relations is a major retrospective exhibition devoted to Beryl Cook (1926–2008), one of Britain’s best loved artists. From working as a pub landlady to her emergence as a self-taught artist, Cook became one of the great social commentators of our time. While her subject matter of ordinary people enjoying themselves remained fairly constant throughout her career, the exhibition highlights her development from the angular Art Deco inspired early work to the fuller, more rounded later works. It is co-curated by the Victoria Art Gallery and the Alexander Gallery, the Bath based publishers of Cook’s limited edition prints. A number of paintings are being shown in public for the first time. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am–5pm, and on Sunday, from 1:30pm–5pm.

Chocolate Maker Francis Fry House at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath

Night Flowers by Nicola Slattery at Fosse Gallery

until Saturday 9 Nicola Slattery: Human Nature at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1AF / 01451 831319 / fossegallery.com An important solo exhibition of work by the well known figurative artist Nicola Slattery. The exhibition is entitled Human Nature and features her most recent paintings. Slattery paints with acrylic on wood or makes prints using the drypoint and collagraph technique, creating figurative narrative images from imagination. Her paintings are in public, private and corporate collections around the world and have been included in many selected exhibitions, such as the New English Art Club, Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The Fosse Gallery is open Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am–5pm. from Saturday 9 Exhibition of Historic Dolls’ Houses at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath 01225 428126 / BA1 2LR / bath-preservation-trust.org.uk This is a rare opportunity to see a collection of historic dolls’ houses and miniature furniture made in the 1700s and 1800s. Forming part of the private collection of Liza Antrim, these ten examples have never before been on public display. The exhibition is supported by a variety4

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61 x 61 cm oil on canvas

PAUL WADSWORTH

Beach House

Stories from the B a n ya n Tr e e 2 – 31 May

Fully illustrated catalogue available

High Street, Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6AG 01386 841555 info@campdengallery.co.uk www.campdengallery.co.uk

Peter Heard Solo Exhibition Saturday 23rd May – Sunday 7th June 30 New Paintings in Acrylics

Cape Cod light 20x20in

Gallery Opening Hours Monday-Saturday 9.30am–1pm&2pm–5pm Sunday 10–5pm

Health & Safety 16 ×16in

Please contact the gallery if you would like a brochure or view the exhibition online at www.john-noott.com

01386 858436/858969 bm@john-noott.com www.john-noott.com Broadway Modern,10 The Green, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7AA

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until Sunday 17 Talwin Morris and the Glasgow Style at Court Barn, Chipping Campden 01386 841951 / GL55 6JE / courtbarn.org.uk An exhibition celebrating the work of Talwin Morris, art director from 1893 of the Glasgow publishers Blackie and Son. He became a friend of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his contemporaries, and distinctive elements of the Glasgow Style are reflected in Morris’ work.

Hare and Woodcocks by Colin See-Paynton at Nature in Art

of lectures and events, including creative workshops, storytelling and handling collection sessions. Normal admission charges apply. The exhibition continues until 8 November. Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 Auction at Stroud Auction Rooms 01453 766788 / GL5 3QF / stroudauctions.co.uk Stroud Auction Rooms was established in 2004 and has since expanded to become one of Gloucestershire’s leading salerooms. This two day auction includes ceramics and glass; toys; motoring and transport including classic cars; and fine furniture. Valuation days are also held at the saleroom all day every Friday and on Saturday mornings: these are free of charge, informal and do not require an appointment.

until Sunday 17 Nocturnal Encounters at Nature in Art, Twigworth 01452 731422 / GL2 9PA / nature-in-art.org.uk An exhibition of works by Colin See-Paynton, one of the world’s most revered printmakers. His wood engravings are based on meticulous observation of the natural world, inventing complex compositions that link species and their habitats. from Sunday 17 Alex Williams: From an Island at Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold 01451 831319 / GL54 1AF / fossegallery.com This solo exhibition features the paintings of Alex Williams (b.1942) who trained at St Martin’s School

Friday 15 & Friday 29 Antique & General Auction at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Cirencester Salerooms 01285 646050 / GL7 5RH / mooreallen.co.uk/ auction-house Moore Allen & Innocent’s auctions include 18th, 19th and 20th century furniture, pottery, porcelain and glass, copper, brass, silver and plate, textiles, clocks and boxes, jewellery, paintings and prints, carpets and rugs. The catalogue for each sale is available to view online on the Monday prior to the sale date or a hard copy catalogue can be purchased (£3 plus postage). Viewing times are on the day before a sale, from 10:30am–8pm, and from 9am on sale days.

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WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions of Art and The University of Wales. He became an art teacher, later Head of Art, at schools in Hertfordshire before moving to Hay-on-Wye to set up his design and print studio. Moving to the Welsh Borders in the late 1970s was catalytic in his development as a painter of farm landscapes, animals, buildings and agriculture. He has also lived and worked in Los Angeles and his images have been widely used in tableware and fine bone china, limited edition prints and greetings cards. He has exhibited widely in both individual and group shows and his work is in many public and private collections. This exhibition continues until 6 June. The Fosse Gallery’s opening hours are Monday to Saturday, from 10:30am–5pm, and the Private View is on Sunday 17 May, from 11am–4pm. until Monday 18 Being Caroline – A Second Self at Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath 01225 446865 / BA1 2BL / herschelmuseum.org.uk This exhibition explores the remarkable life of astronomer Caroline Herschel: her education,

her singing career, her struggle to be a proper housekeeper for her brother, her reluctant forays into the social life of Bath and her extraordinary career as astronomer. It has been extended until Monday 18 May by popular demand. Herschel’s was the ultimate Cinderella story: she was rescued from a life of neglect and drudgery at home not by a handsome prince but by the kindness of her elder brother William. Disfigured by smallpox as a child, her father cautioned her ’against all thoughts of marrying’. In a more positive vein, it was also her father who introduced Caroline to the magic of stargazing. Standard admission charges apply. Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 Auction of Fine Art, Antiques, Books and Manuscripts at Chorley’s Auction House, Prinknash Abbey Park 01452 344499 / GL4 8EX / simonchorley.com Highlights of this auction are 70 unpublished manuscript compositions by the eminent English musician Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918). The pre-sale estimate is 4

THE STOUR GALLERY

EXHIBITION

Cornwall and the West Country

The gallery specialises in work by Cornish and West Country artists including:

Sandra Blow RA, Lynda Ruth Brown, Jessica Cooper RWA, John Emanuel, Anthony Frost, Terry Frost RA, Catherine Headley, John Howard RSE, Janette Kerr PRWA, John Maltby, Daphne McClure, Breon O’Casey, Jane O’Malley, Tony O’Malley HRHA, David Penhale, Biddy Picard, Simon Pooley

Simon Pooley painter, Janis Ridley sculptor, John Maltby ceramics

Breon O’Casey

Bronze bird

Breon O’Casey

Flying Bird

Including from Saturday May 23rd - Saturday June 6th Jane Gibbs - abstract pastel paintings Caroline Füglistaller Flower - ceramic sculpture

Caroline Füglistaller Flower Horse

Jane Gibbs

Relics of Summer

The Stour Gallery 10 High Street Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 4AJ (North Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire borders) Open Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30 closed Thursdays 01608 664411 info@thestourgallery.co.uk

www.thestourgallery.co.uk

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A chartered Civil Engineer by profession, Heard is a self-taught artist who began painting in the early 1970s. The influence of American naive art is evident in much of his work: flat perspective, bold colour and simple graphic forms are reference points to which Heard has added his own contemporary twist. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday, from 9:30am–5pm (closed 1pm–2pm), on Sunday from 10am–5pm and at other times by appointment. This exhibition continues until Sunday 7 June. Please contact the gallery if you would like a brochure or you can also view the exhibition online.

One of the bells in Chorley’s May auction

£30,000-50,000. Best known for his setting to music of William Blake’s poem Jerusalem and his famous Coronation anthem, I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, Parry is increasingly recognised as one of the finest composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the manuscripts offered here are incomplete or in the form of sketches but many, including several substantial works, have never been played in public. The auction also includes the ’Pinknash Peal’: the eight magnificent bells that have rung for generations at Prinknash Abbey. All eight are by Taylors of Loughborough, possibly the best known and most respected bell foundry in the world, and were cast in the foundry’s vintage period. A new belfry was never built at Prinknash and it is hoped that a new home can be found for the bells where they can be used and enjoyed as was originally intended. Their pre-sale estimate is £40,000–60,000. Viewing days are Sunday 17 May, from 10am–4pm, and Monday 18 and Tuesday 19, from 9am–5pm. from Saturday 23 Peter Heard: Parallel Lines exhibition at John Noott Galleries at Broadway Modern, Broadway 01386 858436 / WR12 7AA / john-noott.com This solo exhibition of the work of contemporary British artist Peter Heard is entitled Parallel Lines and features 30 of his new paintings in acrylic.

from Saturday 23 Exhibition of works from Cornwall and the West Country at The Stour Gallery, Shipstonon-Stour 01608 664411 / CV36 4AJ / thestourgallery.co.uk The Stour Gallery specialises in work by Cornish and West Country artists including Sandra Blow RA, Lynda Ruth Brown, Jessica Cooper RWA, John Emanuel, Anthony Frost, Terry Frost RA, Catherine Headley, Janette Kerr PRWA, John Maltby, Daphne McClure, Breon O’Casey, Jane O’Malley, Tony O’Malley HRHA, David Penhale, Biddy Picard and Simon Pooley. This exhibition, which continues until 6 June, features abstract pastel paintings by Jane Gibbs and ceramic sculpture by Caroline Füglistaller Flower. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday (closed Thursday), from 10am–5:30pm.

Holiday Home by Peter Heard at John Noott Galleries

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WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions

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Chalk Water by Paul Treasure at the Albion Gallery

from Sunday 24 Paul Treasure solo exhibition at the Albion Gallery, Chipping Norton 01608 238020 / OX7 5AD / albiongallery.co.uk Paul Treasure is a contemporary artist who has made a name for himself in the art world with fresh, energetic works depicting the river banks and countryside of the South Downs and Hampshire countryside around where he now lives with his family. The exhibition continues until Saturday 13 June. The Albion Gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday, from 10am–5:30pm, and on Sunday, from 11am–5pm. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 64–65. until Friday 29 Toro! at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford 01453 889765 / GL6 8NT / gallery-pangolin.com Sculpture and works on paper explore and celebrate this formidable beast, including a series of life-size drawings by Marcus James. The gallery is open Monday to Friday, from 10am–6pm, and on Saturday, from 10am–1pm. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 50–51. until Saturday 30 Mark Boulos: Echo at ICIA, Bath 01225 386777 / BA2 7AY / icia.org.uk In Echo, a video art installation, viewers encounter a ghostly ’reflection’ of themselves that moves and 4

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until Sunday 31 Biennial Art Paper Fibre at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester 01285 657181 / GL7 1JL / newbreweryarts.org.uk The French Association Chaîne de Papier presents an exhibition of handmade 2D and 3D sculptural works exploring themes of transformation, metamorphosis and profound memory. The exhibition shows that paper art can be an environmentally friendly fine art form. Artists can communicate ideas, philosophies, emotions and ideals using basic natural plant fibres and recycled materials. throughout May Hatched, Matched, Dispatched – & Patched! at American Museum in Britain, Bath 01225 460503 / BA2 7BD / americanmuseum.org This exhibition brings together rare and historic textiles, such as quilts and costumes, that commemorate family milestones. Among the quilts on display are examples made in response to a marriage or birth; others are mourning quilts, some dating from the American Civil War. The exhibition also focuses on what was traditionally worn to mark these types of family milestones, with antique mourning garments, bridal gowns and christening robes. The exhibition continues until 1 November. throughout May Bath: Buildings in Landscape at Museum of Bath Architecture, Bath 01225 333895 / BA1 5NA / museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk Historic views from the collections of Bath Preservation Trust and Bath Central Library

speaks as they do in real time, but is transposed upon a documentary background of an urban landscape. Developed in collaboration with leading cognitive neuroscientist Olaf Blanke, Echo continues the artist’s exploration of selfhood and otherness.

Head of a mule, part of a Roman bronze couch-end, at the Corinium Museum

explore the city and its setting. Standard admission charges apply. The exhibition continues until 26 November. throughout May Gwen John to Lucian Freud at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org The Holburne Museum presents 32 Modern British art works specially selected by contemporary artist Dexter Dalwood. Linked by the theme of Home and The World, this exhibition juxtaposes a confident sense of national identity with a yearning for exploration. Varied artistic approaches reveal the changing landscape of 20th century art: the boldness of Vanessa Bell, the introversion of Gwen John, the gravitas of Duncan Grant, the Pop Art invention of Richard Hamilton and the intensity of Lucian Freud. The exhibition continues until 7 June. throughout May Bring me Laughter: cartoons and caricatures from the collection of George & Pat Walker at Banbury Museum 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / banburymuseum.org A rare chance to see original artwork by many of the leading cartoonists and caricaturists of the 20th century including Anton, H.M. Bateman,

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WHAT’S ON: Exhibitions & Auctions Disney Studio, Giles, Max Beerbohm, Ronald Searle and Trog. This is the first opportunity to see the collection exhibited outside London. The show continues until 4 July. throughout May Platinum: master prints from 31 Studio at Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham 01249 730459 / SN15 2LG / nationaltrust.org.uk This collection of special platinum prints include important and sometimes iconic images shot by renowned photographers over the last 150 years. The exhibition continues until 12 July. throughout May Food For Thought at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org This high profile exhibition explores everything that recent research has discovered about food in Roman Britain and the wider Roman world: the utensils used, how people prepared their food and what evidence we have for these practices. The project team is also running a series of talks and hands-on workshops in conjunction with the exhibition, which continues until 5 July. Entry to the exhibition is free. The museum is open Monday to Saturday, from 10am–4pm, and on Sunday, from 2pm–4pm. For further details, see our Exhibition in the Spotlight on pages 66–67.

its spell with the seeming contradiction between antique permanence and decay. The Old Mill Gallery is open every day from 10am–5pm and Batty is in the gallery for the Preview on Saturday 2 May, from 11am–4pm. throughout May Susan Stockwell: Sea-Markings at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk The internationally acclaimed artist Susan Stockwell has created the largest installation ever to have been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Her suspended sail installation takes over the public spaces of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and opens alongside an exhibition of her new artworks in the RSC’s exhibition space, the PACCAR Room. Stockwell uses materials from the everyday and the domestic, from manufacturing and industry, and her work is held in public and private collections around the world. The exhibition continues until 6 September. 4

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Sculpture and works on paper exploring & celebrating ‘the bull’ in all its guises

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throughout May Paintings of Venice by John Batty at Old Mill Gallery, Devizes 01380 724550 / SN10 5SF / oldmillarts.co.uk Living in Italy, the British artist John Batty developed a love of all things Italian. In particular, Venice cast

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throughout May Canaletto: Celebrating Britain at Compton Verney 01926 645500 / CV35 9HZ / comptonverney.org.uk This important exhibition features paintings and drawings which Canaletto created between 1746 and 1755, when he chose to celebrate the latest achievements of British architecture and engineering. Admission charges apply. The exhibition continues until 7 June.

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Performing AMay rts until Saturday 2 To Kill A Mockingbird at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Set in the USA’s deep South, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel sees racial injustice envelop a small town community. Through courage and compassion, lawyer Atticus Finch seeks the truth, and his feisty daughter, Scout – a young girl on the cusp of adulthood – brings new hope to a neighbourhood in turmoil. This enchanting production from London’s award winning

To Kill a Mockingbird at Everyman Theatre

Death of a Salesman at Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Regent’s Park Theatre captures the warmth and poignancy of this classic tale. until Saturday 2 A Chorus of Disapproval at The Playhouse, Cheltenham 01242 522852 / GL53 7HG / cheltplayhouse.org.uk House Full Productions presents one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most popular comedies. A Chorus of Disapproval follows young widower Guy Jones as he decides to join the Pendon Light Operatic Society just as it is starting rehearsals for The Beggar’s Opera. Thanks to his inability to say ’no’ to almost everyone, including the show’s volatile Welsh director, he ends up rising from a role with one line to playing the show’s lead whilst sleeping with (at least) two female members of the cast and causing untold mayhem in the town’s business community. until Saturday 2 The Real Thing at Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa 0844 493 4938 / CV31 3AA / loft-theatre.co.uk An intelligent and witty play by Tom Stoppard about love, addressing a big idea: what, in art or life, is ’the real thing’? Charlotte is an actress who has been appearing in a play about marriage, written by her playwright husband, Henry. Max, her leading man, is also married to an actress, Annie, who is a political activist. Both marriages are on

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WHAT’S ON: Performing Arts the point of collapse because Henry and Annie have fallen in love. But… is it the real thing? until Saturday 2 Death of a Salesman at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Arthur Miller’s 1949 play, Death of a Salesman, is considered one of the greatest American tragedies ever written. In the land of the free, each man is in charge of his own destiny. Willy Loman knows and cherishes this truth. After a life of honest hard work, it’s Willy’s birthright to retire with his loving wife and watch his two athletic, handsome sons continue his legacy. Yet as old age begins to take hold and retirement beckons, Willy’s dream seems further away than ever. Decades of graft have somehow failed to translate into wealth and his eldest son refuses to follow the path his father has chosen for him. As actions buried in his past re-surface, Willy struggles to reconcile his long cherished dream with the life he has actually lived. This RSC production celebrates the centenary of Miller’s birth. Antony Sher and Alex Hassell play Willy Loman and his son Biff and Harriet Walter is Willy’s loyal wife Linda.

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until Monday 4 Cheltenham Jazz Festival 0844 880 8094 / cheltenhamfestivals.com Directed by Jamie Cullum, Cheltenham Jazz Festival brings international names to the town each year as well as supporting emerging names. The carnival atmosphere always makes it feel like the perfect start to summer, with a tented festival village in Cheltenham’s Montpellier Gardens and shows at various venues around the town. Monday 4 – Saturday 9 Oliver! at Lister Hall, Dursley 07890 203318 / GL11 4JB / the-dods.com Dursley Operatic and Dramatic Society perform this classic Lionel Bart musical.

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Tuesday 5 Celebrating Spring lunchtime concert at Holburne Museum, Bath 01225 388588 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org Soprano Jane Hunt and pianist/composer Clive Pollard explore the heritage of British art song composed over the last 100 years. The recital includes music by Pollard himself as well as Peter Warlock, Ivor Gurney, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Madeleine Dring and Richard Rodney Bennett. 4

Thursday 7 Orchestra of St John’s at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud 01453 760999 / GL5 1AE / subscriptionrooms.org.uk The Orchestra of St John’s returns to the Subscription Rooms following last year’s very successful concerts. Tonight, the OSJ is represented by a string chamber orchestra with contralto soloist Francesca Saracino. The programme includes two very well known works for strings, Barber’s Adagio and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade, combined with a lesser known piece by Ottorino Respighi, Il Tramonto. The conductor is the OSJ’s founder John Lubbock OBE.

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Wednesday 6 Shooting with the Light at The Theatre, Chipping Norton 01608 642350 / OX7 5NL / chippingnortontheatre.co.uk Idle Motion presents this story about the photographs that outlive our memories. In 1934, a young German refugee flees to Paris and discovers the genius of photography. She becomes one of the first women to photograph the front line. This visually rich production exposes one of the most remarkable untold stories of our age. Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 Dogfight at Sundial Theatre, Cirencester 01285 654228 / GL7 1XA / sundial-theatre.co.uk The Sundial Theatre Company presents this new musical adaption of the 1991 film Dogfight. In 1963, on the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of partying and maybe a little trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of compassion.

Friday 8 – Saturday 16 The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 403416 / CV37 6LU / thebearpit.org.uk A dark comedy by Debbie Isitt, directed by Sarah Campbell. Hilary, a stately culinary goddess, is left by her delinquent husband, Kenneth, for the younger, slimmer and prettier Laura. But Laura cannot cook to save her life. However, it is not her life that’s in danger as the philanderer finds

The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at The Bear Pit Theatre

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WHAT’S ON: Performing Arts compositions by the famous English composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918). Some are incomplete or in the form of sketches, but many, including several substantial works, have never been played in public. Two of these works receive their world première at this Choral Evensong (from 4:30pm) sung by the choir of Gloucester Cathedral: the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D Major, written in 1868 when Parry was 20, and an anthem, O sing unto the Lord, written while he was at Eton College in 1864.

A Strange Wild Song at Bacon Theatre

himself caught between two women for whom ’hell hath no fury’. Saturday 9 Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra concert at Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham 0844 576 2210 / GL52 3JE / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk In this third concert of the Northern Lights series, the CSO is joined by the young flute soloist Katherine Bryan in a performance of Nielsen’s Flute Concerto. The programme also includes one of Sibelius’ greatest works, his Fifth Symphony.

Sunday 10 A Strange Wild Song at Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 258002 / GL51 6HE / bacontheatre.co.uk In Northern France in WWII, three children encounter a lost American soldier in the ruins of their village. Decades later, the soldier’s camera is unearthed and his grandson tries to solve the mystery of the photographs inside… 4

Saturday 9 Classical guitar concert in the Cathedral Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk Michael Durrant is recognised as one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation. He returns to Gloucester Cathedral with a wide-ranging programme that includes popular works such as Villa-Lobos’ Five Preludes and a selection of movements from Suite Española by Isaac Albeniz. Saturday 9 Choral Evensong at Gloucester Cathedral 01452 528095 / GL1 2LX / gloucestercathedral.org.uk In a sale on 19 & 20 May, Chorley’s is auctioning more than 70 unpublished manuscript

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Sunday 10 – Saturday 23 2015 Chipping Campden International Music Festival 01386 849018 / GL55 6JG / campdenmusicfestival.co.uk The 14 th annual festival presents a programme of world class classical music, with orchestral and choral performances, chamber music and recitals. Performances take place in St James’ Church. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 59. Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13 Business As Usual at Everyman Studio Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk The world première of a new play accompanied by music. With their husbands and boyfriends fighting for freedom in France during WWI, the womenfolk of Gloucestershire determine that it must be Business As Usual on the home front. A tale of courage, grit and a liberal smattering of humour. Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 HMS Pinafore at Arc Theatre, Trowbridge 0845 299 0476 / BA14 0ES / arctheatre.org.uk TAOS Musical Theatre presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous operetta which takes place aboard the British ship HMS Pinafore. A navy

Romeo and Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

The Merchant of Venice at Royal Shakespeare Theatre

captain’s daughter, Josephine, falls in love with a lower-class sailor instead of her father’s choice, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Porter. The story pokes fun at the Royal Navy, parliamentary politics and the rise of unqualified people to positions of authority. Wednesday 13 – Saturday 16 Romeo & Juliet at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham 01242 572573 / GL50 1HQ / everymantheatre.org.uk Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece proves that love is a force to be reckoned with. This is a story of boy meets girl but it is not a simple love story. These children’s lives are entangled in the infamous family feud, so Romeo and Juliet will never grow old together. Presented by Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory and Tobacco Factory Theatres, directed by Polina Kalinina. from Thursday 14 The Merchant of Venice at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. The city opens its arms to all as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made. But when a contract

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WHAT’S ON: Performing Arts between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over and Shylock, the despised outsider, looks to exact the ultimate price for a deal sealed in blood. Polly Findlay directs this production of Shakespeare’s uncompromising play. Friday 15 – Tuesday 26 Bath International Music Festival 2015 01225 463362 / bathfestivals.org.uk/music Established in 1948, Bath International Music Festival enjoys an international reputation and presents the best in contemporary jazz, world and folk as well as classical music. It has previously been led by Yehudi Menuhin, Michael Tippett, William Glock and Joanna MacGregor, and this year’s Artist in Residence is the Scottish pianist Steven Osborne. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 60–61. Monday 18 – Saturday 23 Oklahoma! at Theatre Royal, Bath 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is the original feel-good musical, featuring songs such as I Cain’t Say No, The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, Kansas City and People Will Say We’re in Love. Celebrating the vigour of America’s pioneering

Jimmy Carr at Cheltenham Town Hall

spirit, it follows the journey of Curly and the girl of his dreams, Laurey. Tuesday 19 Jimmy Carr live comedy at Cheltenham Town Hall 0844 576 2210 / GL52 1QA / cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk Jimmy Carr presents the third show in his Funny Business tour: if you missed him in November or February, this is your last chance to catch his trademark one-liners. Tuesday 19 Eddi Reader live music at The Assembly, Leamington Spa 0844 854 1358 / CV31 3NF / leamingtonassembly.com This Scottish singer-songwriter has won three Brit awards and is perhaps best known for her work with Fairground Attraction. From the traditional to the contemporary, Reader brings life to all forms of song. Here, she performs with a full band that includes her long time writing partner, Boo Hewerdine.

Bath International Music Festival concerts at Bath Abbey

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from Thursday 21 The Mother at Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath 01225 448844 / BA1 1ET / theatreroyal.org.uk The Mother is a comedy by Florian Zeller, who is fast becoming one of France’s best known contemporary playwrights. In 2011, the play won a Molière Award, France’s highest theatrical 4

Sunday 31 Apphia Campbell: Black is the Colour of My Voice live music at the Subscription Rooms, Stroud 01453 760999 / GL5 1AE / subscriptionrooms.org.uk Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, Apphia Campbell’s hit one-woman show follows jazz musician and civil rights activist Mena Bordeaux as she undergoes a three day period of spiritual cleansing following the untimely death of her father. Mena reflects on the journey that took her from a piano prodigy destined for a life serving the church to a renowned jazz vocalist at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement.

Apphia Campbell at the Subscription Rooms

honour. It tells the story of Anne, who loved that time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children, Sara and Nicolas. Now her children are grown and have lives and loves of their own. But perhaps things will change: after all, tomorrow is Mother’s Day... Friday 22 Orchestra of the Swan concert at Stratford ArtsHouse, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 207100 / CV37 6LU / stratfordartshouse.co.uk Orchestra of the Swan and Chamber Choir perform Faure’s Requiem as well as two works by Dobrinka Tabakova: Centuries of Meditations and a world première of High Line, with violin soloist Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Friday 22 – Sunday 24 Lechlade Music Festival at Riverside Park, Lechlade GL7 3AG / lechladefestival.co.uk The Lechlade Festival prides itself on promoting local, new and emerging talent alongside big name, established bands. In its fifth year, the impressive line-up of live music includes Status Quo as Sunday’s headline act. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 62.

throughout May Love’s Sacrifice at RSC Swan Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon 0844 800 1110 / CV37 6BB / rsc.org.uk Struck by love at first sight, the Duke of Pavia has married the beautiful Bianca. But he’s not the only one who loves her. Unknown to him, his best friend Fernando has also fallen for Bianca and with each day that passes he finds it harder to conceal his true feelings. While the Duke is unaware of his friend’s dilemma, his sister soon realises what is happening. Racked with jealousy by her own desire for Fernando, she begins to manipulate her brother, encouraging him to act against his friend. With echoes of Shakespeare’s Othello, John Ford’s rarely performed play is a thrilling revenge tragedy powered by the destructive force of unrequited love.

Orchestra of the Swan concert at Stratford ArtsHouse

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Events May Saturday 2 Lynne Armstrong-Hobbs book signing at Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester 01285 650677 / GL7 2AA / octaviasbookshop.co.uk Lynne Armstrong-Hobbs is at Octavia’s Bookshop from 11am to sign her new book, Firwood: More Adventures in the Magic Garden. This is the fourth book in her Magic Garden series for 7–10 year olds, but as all the stories are independent adventures, don’t worry if this is your first one. Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 Amberley Cow Hunt GL5 5JG / 01453 872142 The bank holiday weekend sees the return of Amberley Parochial School’s popular Cow Hunt, from 1pm–5pm on both afternoons. It features over 30 dressed up (wooden) cows located in various places around the village of Amberley and the Common. Visitors’ mission is to spot all of these named cows by following trail maps. Funds raised go to help the school as well as the Bath based charity Send a Cow, which provides livestock for families in Africa. For further details, see our Highlighted Charity Event on page 96. Saturday 2 – Monday 4 Armour at the Abbey at Tewkesbury Abbey 01684 850959 / GL20 5RZ / tewkesburyabbey.org.uk A family friendly event with archery talks and have-a-go sessions; Living History demonstrations; Tower tours; Knighting ceremonies; and a chance for children to ’try on’ armour. Saturday 2 – Monday 25 Select Spring Festival 2015 at venues in and around Stroud 01453 751056 / sitselect.org Select Spring Festival is presented by SITselect, which celebrates the contemporary applied arts

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in a vibrant year-round programme of events. The annual Select Festival presents a month of exhibitions, talks, workshops and open studios set in Stroud’s Five Valleys. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 55–56. until Sunday 3 Cheltenham Poetry Festival 01242 522852 / cheltenhampoetryfest.co.uk The fifth Cheltenham Poetry Festival takes as its theme the environment and the natural world. The programme spans comedy, hip hop, bands, drama and children’s workshops as well as readings by internationally acclaimed poets. until Sunday 3 Wotton Arts Festival, Wotton under Edge wottonartsfestival.org.uk The festival’s aim is to encourage artistic talent, both local and from further afield. As a family friendly festival, it encompasses events such as circus skills workshops for children, professional recitals, schools’ concerts, theatrical productions, an art exhibition by local artists and film and photographic projects. 4

Sunday 3 & Monday 4 May Day celebrations at Mary Arden’s Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 204016 / CV37 9HH / shakespeare.org.uk These traditional May Day celebrations see Palmer’s Farm decorated with May blossom, the preparations for a May Day feast, a parade to bring in the May pole and Tudor dancing before the crowning of a May King and Queen. All events are included in normal admission charges. Sunday 3 & Monday 4 Stratford-upon-Avon Festival of Motoring stratforward.co.uk Over the May Bank Holiday weekend, you can see an amazing array of vintage and high performance cars in Stratford-upon-Avon. Cars and motorbikes are invited to register for this event which includes

Whichford Pottery

until Sunday 3 Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival 01789 470185 / stratlitfest.co.uk Don’t miss the end of this annual literary feast: events at the start of May include a talk given by historical biographer Dame Antonia Fraser (Friday 1, 5:15pm–6:15pm), the Big Issue Lecture by Dame Wendy Hall (Friday 1, 7:30pm–8:30pm) and Children’s Day on Sunday 3, which features a stellar line-up of authors and illustrators. All events take place at Stratford ArtsHouse on Rother Street.

Christina Lamb at Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival

a morning treasure hunt around the surrounding countryside. Monday 4 Gardening to Impress day at Whichford Pottery, near Shipston-on-Stour 01608 684416 / CV36 5PG / whichfordpottery.com A full day event (10am–5pm) at the pottery, with an illustrated History of Garden Design talk at 2pm by Chelsea Gold medallist and garden designer Diarmuid Gavin (£15 per place) and plants “to get you in the mood for Chelsea”. There are spring offers on Whichford’s pots, herbaceous perennials and alpines for sale from Hoo House Nursery and treats available from The Straw Kitchen. You can also see the changes to the pottery’s Courtyard Garden which has been redesigned by head gardener Paul Williams. Monday 4 – Saturday 16 22nd Swindon Festival of Literature 01793 771080 / swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk The festival’s founding spirit is rooted in ideas and love of the word. It tackles

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS ideas head on, with talks from an eminent lineup of authors, scientists, historians, broadcasters, adventurers, philosophers, artists, activists and educationists. Tuesday 5 – Sunday 10 Chipping Campden Literature Festival campdenlitfest.co.uk The festival presents a varied programme of illustrated talks, readings, interviews, discussion, film, performance and music. The theme for 2015 is ‘Relationships’: humankind’s relationships with one another as well as with the past, with places and with the environment. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 57. Wednesday 6 – Sunday 10 Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton House, near Chipping Sodbury 01454 218375 / GL9 1DF / badminton-horse.co.uk The Trials start with the Mitsubishi Motors Grassroots Championships on Wednesday 6 May, followed by two days of Dressage, Cross Country on Saturday 9 and Show Jumping on Sunday 10. For further details, see our What’s On feature on page 58.

Thursday 7 – Sunday 10 RHS Malvern Spring Festival at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern 01684 584924 / WR13 6NW / rhs.org.uk Celebrate the true beginning of the gardening season with talks from top gardening experts such as James Alexander-Sinclair. There are also gardener workshops, Show Gardens created by leading designers including RHS Gold medal winners, the Malvern Floral Marquee and many specialist nurseries offering plants for sale. You can sample local and international food and drink, and top chefs are on hand to demonstrate cooking skills. Friday 8 Kevin Telfer talk at Wootton Village Hall, near Woodstock woottontalks.co.uk Telfer is an author whose latest book, The Summer of ’45, is published the day before this talk in Wootton. The book focuses on the 70th anniversary of VE Day in May 1945 – when Winston Churchill finally announced that the Allies had accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and that the war in Europe was over. For the next two days, people around the world celebrated,4

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but the “slow outbreak of peace” that gradually dawned across the world was fraught with difficulties and violence. Telfer examines this period from the perspective of generals, world statesmen, infantrymen, prisoners of war, journalists, civilians and neutral onlookers. Sunday 3 & Saturday 9 Randwick Wap events in Randwick, near Stroud randwick.org.uk Randwick Wap is a series of events during spring which culminates in a traditional procession and festival dating back to the Middle Ages. A ceremonial cheese rolling is at 10:30am on Sunday 3 May and the Wap procession and Fayre are on Sunday 9. Saturday 9 Botany for Gardeners course at Waterperry Gardens, near Wheatley 01844 339226 / OX33 1JZ / waterperrygardens.co.uk This is one of a series of day courses which look at specific garden topics and are presented by Waterperry’s team of horticulturalists. The day is aimed at enthusiastic gardeners who wish to deepen their horticultural knowledge: course tutor Louie Allen brings together the science and art of plants, revealing the vast array of flower and leaf shapes, and explaining the identification techniques that lead to their classification. Saturday 9 Pink Ribbon walk at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock 01993 810530 / OX20 1PP / breastcancercare.org.uk / blenheimpalace.com Join Breast Cancer Care for its 11th year at Blenheim Palace on a guided 20, 10 or five mile walk to support people living with breast cancer.

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 Craft Fair at Stourhead, near Mere 01747 841152 / BA12 6QD / nationaltrust.org.uk/stourhead The fair features local artists and craftspeople specialising in jewellery, pottery, paintings and wood-turning. Sunday 10 Open Garden at Grange Farm, Evenlode 01608 652442 / GL56 0NT / raptureandwright.co.uk From 2pm–4:30pm, you can drop in for a look around the beautiful gardens at Grange Farm and browse the Rapture & Wright studio, seeing how the company’s award winning hand-printed fabrics and wallpapers are made. Teas, coffees, scones and cake are served all afternoon. The entrance fee is £3, with free entry for under 5s, and all funds raised go to support the development work at Dormer House School in Moreton-in-Marsh. until Sunday 10 Tulips at The Courts Garden, Bradford-on-Avon 01225 782875 / BA14 6RR / nationaltrust.org.uk The Courts Garden’s tulip collection spans pure

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS white varieties such as ’White Triumphator’ to the deep, velvety purple-black of ’Black Hero’. There is a self-led trail around the garden and you can also get some useful tips from the head gardener about growing tulips. Wednesday 13 – Saturday 16 Museums at Night across the Cotswolds museumsatnight.org.uk This national event features special events and late night openings. Local highlights include an out-of-hours view of the Forged in Fire exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock and an evening of swing music at the Roman Baths in the city of Bath. Thursday 14 Hidcote Breakfast Lecture: The French Connection at Hidcote Manor, near Chipping Campden 01386 438333 / GL55 6LR / nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote Lawrence Johnston famously created the garden at Hidcote in his later years. But it is less well known that at La Serre de la Madone, situated in the heart of Provence, Johnston continued all the techniques which he had learned during the creation of Hidcote. The lecture about this beautiful garden is accompanied by a Frenchinspired breakfast. Saturday 16 The 27th Barnsley Festival, near Cirencester GL7 5EF / barnsleyvillage.co.uk This garden festival was founded by one of Britain’s greatest gardeners, the late Rosemary Verey. The small village of Barnsley holds several examples of her work, from her own splendid garden at Barnsley House Hotel to smaller gardens in and around the village. On festival day, these gardens and others in and around Barnsley are open to all. Be sure to visit the nearby Barnsley Park and Barnsley Arboretum. The festival also includes many craft stalls and local produce stalls (cheese, game, wines), bell-ringing, a barbecue, licensed bar, jazz band and many other entertainments. Garden Passports, available at the entrance on the day, are £7 per person (with free entry4

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for children aged 14 years and under) and provide access to all participating gardens. Saturday 16 Sophie Tallis book signing at Octavia’s Bookshop, Cirencester 01285 650677 / GL7 2AA / octaviasbookshop.co.uk Sophie Tallis’ White Mountain – Book 1 of The Darkling Chronicles is an epic fantasy for children aged 10+. Amongst our modern world lies another – an archaic and hidden world of tradition, sorcery and magic. As dark demons awaken from our past, the last remaining wizards are being hunted and murdered by a changeling of terrifying strength. Attacked and drained of most of his powers, a dying sorcerer must race against time to save himself, and the fate of all, from an enemy intent on cleansing the planet of humanity. Tallis is at Octavia’s Bookshop from 11am to sign copies of this new book. Saturday 16 Daylesford Summer Festival at Daylesford Organic, near Kingham GL56 0YG / 01608 731700 / daylesford.com This is always a great day out for all the family: activities include a play barn for the children, tractor and horse-and-cart rides and cookery demonstrations.

Saturday 16 Witney Festival of Food and Drink witneyfoodfestival.co.uk If you want to eat and drink well, the Witney area has some of the finest producers in the country. The town’s third Festival of Food and Drink centres on St Mary’s Church on Church Green, with stalls selling local fare. There are also cookery demonstrations and talks plus creative activities in a Children’s Tent. Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 Marlborough Food & Drink Festival SN8 1DL / marlborough-food-festival.garden-events.com Located on The Common in Marlborough, this weekend event aims to showcase the best of local and national food, wine and real ale, giving visitors the chance to sample and buy from individual producers. Saturday 16 – Sunday 24 Devizes Food & Drink Festival devizesfoodanddrinkfestival.info This is the 11th annual festival and it is again featuring a Grand Market Fair with local producers’ food and drink stalls. Many of the town’s restaurants and pubs also participate and hold special events and themed evenings. Saturday 16 – Sunday 24 Nailsworth Festival nailsworthfestival.org.uk The festivities start on Saturday 16 May with free entertainment in Mortimer Gardens, a market and many other activities across the town. Throughout the week there is live music, comedy, drama, talks and poetry presented by international performers as well as emerging artists. Alongside the entertainment there are walks, exhibitions and workshops. 4

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Sunday 17 Gaydon Spring Classic at Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon 01926 641188 / CV35 0BJ / heritage-motor-centre.co.uk This popular annual event gathers together hundreds of classic cars aged 20 years and over. Entry into the grounds is free and those arriving in a qualifying vehicle can visit the museum on the day for just £5 per person. The centrepiece this year is the Metro 35/25 Anniversary and the Gaydon Fringe highlights classics of the future. Monday 18 Australian Aboriginal Art talk by Rebecca Hossack at Blockley Decorative and Fine Art Society GL56 9BY / blockleydfas.org Rebecca Hossack is credited with introducing Aboriginal art to the UK, showing work by contemporary British and Australian artists, as well as by indigenous artists from Australia and other non-Western countries, at her eponymous and internationally renowned art gallery. Her talk in Blockley explores the story of Aboriginal art in the communities of northern Australia: from rockpaintings dating back 50,000 years to modern work done on bark in natural ochres. Monday 18 – Monday 25 Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts winchcombefestival.co.uk The Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts, now in its fifth year, celebrates the talents of local

Thursday 21 Tutored Wine Night with La Rioja Alta at Lower Slaughter Manor, Lower Slaughter 01451 820456 / GL54 2HP / lowerslaughter.co.uk Hosted by Francesco Corpas of La Rioja Alta, and presented in association with Armit Wines, this tutored evening explores the world of fine wines and cuisine. There is an impressive selection of hand-chosen varieties for tasting alongside a six course tasting menu. Places are £95 per person including the tasting menu and tutored wine flight. Thursday 21 Colour Themed Planting in Pots workshop at Whichford Pottery, near Shipston-on-Stour 01608 684416 / CV36 5PG / whichfordpottery.com This masterclass is a rare opportunity to pick up tips from Whichford’s head gardener, Paul Williams. Using slides and practical demonstrations, Williams shows you how to create a colour themed planting which will look good from early summer to the first frosts. You can then create your own planting and have fun experimenting with a range of colourful plants. The day is suitable for anyone with slightly green fingers and runs from 10am–4pm. Places

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WHAT’S ON: EVENTS there is a nautically-themed stone carving event over the weekend to coincide with Gloucester Tall Ships.

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are £225 per person to include a homemade lunch from The Straw Kitchen and your planted Whichford pot. Thursday 21 – Tuesday 26 Giffords Circus at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe GL54 5JD / giffordscircus.com This year, Giffords invites you to enter the world of the Victorian Luna Park, a fairground world being run by larger-than-life illusionist and man of magic and mystery, Orodoff, and his Little Man assistant, David. As usual, organised chaos ensues in a topsy-turvy circus world. Saturday 23 – Monday 25 Gloucester Tall Ships Festival 01452 396572 / thecityofgloucester.co.uk Gloucester’s flagship festival returns for a weekend of live entertainment and activities for all the family, including marauding pirates, live music, arts, crafts and food stalls. Making their Gloucester Tall Ships debuts are the brigantine Morganster, handmade schooner Atyla and Baltic trawler Keewaydin. For the first time, the ships are open all day on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday. You can buy a wristband to see the tall ships at close quarters as well as gaining entry to the museums at Gloucester Docks, The Gloucester Waterways Museum and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum. Just a short walk away at Llanthony Secunda Priory,

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Thursday 28 Lecture by Simon Lawton at Corinium Museum, Cirencester 01285 655611 / GL7 2BX / coriniummuseum.org In this evening lecture (7pm–8:30pm), Simon Lawton, curator of the John Moore Museum in Tewkesbury, explores the restoration, preservation and conservation of the museum’s historic buildings and natural history collections. Lawton has worked for both English Heritage and the National Trust and has been curator of the John Moore Museum since 1993. Thursday 28 Wine Tasting at Il Moro, Stratford-upon-Avon 01789 415770 / CV37 6QY / vinneuf.co.uk Vin Neuf is hosting this wine tasting at Il Moro: guests receive a glass of wine on arrival, to be enjoyed on the restaurant’s rooftop terrace, followed by a tutored tasting of a selection of Italian wines. Please book tickets directly through the restaurant on the number above. Friday 29 – Sunday 31 The Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse 01993 722580 / GL50 4SH / wychwoodfestival.com This has been nominated ‘Best Family Festival’ in the UK Festival Awards every year since it launched in 2005. There are 100+ bands on four stages, workshops for all ages, a Kids Literature Festival, live comedy, a Real Ale Festival, great food and the option to camp. Saturday 30 May Naunton Country Market at The Recreation Ground, Naunton GL54 3AS This country market offers a fun day out with craft stalls and refreshments ranging from hot dogs and burgers to cream teas, cakes and ice creams. The day runs from 10:30am–4pm.

highlighted charity EVENT: Amberley Cow Hunt

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 May

Amberley Cow Hunt

The early May bank holiday weekend sees the return of Amberley Parochial School’s popular Cow Hunt around the village of Amberley and its surrounding National Trust Common… This annual event celebrates the return, during spring, of real cows to Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons. It features over 30 dressed up (wooden) cows located in various places around the village of Amberley and the Common. Visitors’ mission is to spot all of these named cows by following trail maps, which feature new routes for 2015. Quiz sheets and trail maps (£3 per map) are available from the start of the trail outside Amberley Parochial School. The Cow Hunt takes place from 1pm–5pm on both afternoons. Along the way, you can rest and refresh at the vintage tea tent on the green outside the school. There are also children’s activities, face painting and a Cow Hunt quiz.

Funds raised by this family friendly event then go to help the school as well as Bath based charity Send a Cow, which provides livestock for families in Africa.

Amberley Parochial School (GL5 5JG) is situated between Stroud and Nailsworth. For more details about Send a Cow (Registered Charity number 299717), call 01225 874222 or visit sendacow.org

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Design your own Herb Garden with Jekka Early booking is recommended for a herb masterclass being held at The Pig, near Bath, on Monday 1 June. Led by Jekka McVicar, the organic gardening expert, the day offers the chance to pick up tips on planting combinations and soil preparation as well as to share your ideas and designs for your own herb garden with fellow participants. Places on the masterclass are £355 per person, to include lunch, dinner with Jekka, an overnight stay at The Pig and breakfast. A limited number of places are available. The Pig: 0845 077 9494 / BS39 4NS / thepighotel.com

Royal Bath & West Show The annual Royal Bath & West Show is England’s only four day Royal Show. This year, it takes place from Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 May at the Bath & West Showground, near Shepton Mallet – its 50th year at the showground. The event features the country’s finest livestock, more than 600 trade stands, the British Cheese Awards and the UK’s biggest cider competition. Gates are open from 9am–6pm each day. Royal Bath & West Show: 0844 776 6777 / BA4 6QN / bathandwest.com THE FOREST OF IMAGINATION The Forest of Imagination, designed by Bath based landscape architects Grant Associates, is set to transform an area of Queen Square into an imagined, fantastical landscape from Friday 15 to Monday 18 May. Part garden, part gallery, this free outdoor installation creates the setting for a playful programme of artworks and events designed for all ages. Forest of Imagination: BA1 2HN / forestofimaginaton.org.uk

Richard III: The Man and the MYTH In the wake of the recent discovery and reburial of King Richard III’s bones, many different interpretations of his character have been put forward. The best selling author and historian Alison Weir offers her opinion in a talk at The Holburne Museum on Tuesday 12 May at 7pm. Holburne Museum: 01225 388569 / BA2 4DB / holburne.org Bath International Music Festival Head to Bath for 12 days of the finest classical, jazz, world and folk music. The city’s International Music Festival takes place from Friday 15 to Tuesday 26 May and this year celebrates its 67th anniversary. Performers include the pianist Steven Osborne (pictured here) who is also the festival’s Artist in Residence. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 60–61.

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&surrounding towns and villages… Winchcombe Walking Festival By foot is always the best way to explore the landscape and its history, flora and fauna. From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May, the Winchcombe Walking Festival presents a great selection of guided walks. You can choose anything from one mile to 12 miles, walking part of the St Kenelm’s Way or visiting secluded villages and hamlets off the beaten track. For those wanting a challenge, a 21-mile loop of the Winchcombe Way is also on offer. Bookings for many walks are filling up so we advise booking early. winchcombewelcomeswalkers.com/festival

CLIC Sargent Dragon Boat Regatta at Gloucester Docks On Sunday 10 May, from 10am–6pm, the 18th annual Dragon Boat Regatta at Gloucester Docks provides a colourful spectacle. Boats race every 15 minutes and a funfair, farmers’ market, bands and food stalls add to the atmosphere. Proceeds from the day go to CLIC Sergeant, a charity which supports children and young people with cancer. Dragon Boat Regatta: GL1 2EH / clicsargent.org.uk

Pregnancy Retreat Cotswold based Retreat-Yourself residential stays are run by pregnancy and birth expert Heather Guerrini, and her daughter in law, the occupational therapist and natal hypnotherapist Eliza Guerrini. The next luxury pregnancy retreat takes place from Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 May at the Matara Centre, near Tetbury. This year, RetreatYourself has also branched out to provide Babymoon and Recoup-Yourself Mum breaks. Full details can be found online: retreat-yourself.co.uk

CLEANSING at The Core We can highly recommend The Core Juice Bar in Charlton Kings which makes fresh juices and smoothies to order. As the brainchild of ’raw chef’ Jay Halford, it also offers a range of healthy raw food, runs workshops to teach the importance of a healthy diet and offers its own tailored juice detox and raw food programmes. The Core: 01242 224898 / GL52 6HU / jayhalford.co.uk

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&surrounding towns and villages… Northleach Fun Run Pull on your trainers and join in the fun in Northleach from 10am on Sunday 17 May with a choice of a 10km All Terrain course or a 3km fun run. Entry costs £6 for the fun run and £12 for the 10km, with all proceeds raised going to help Walking with the Wounded and Northleach School. The start and finish are in the car park adjacent to the school. GL54 3HJ / northleachrun.co.uk

Cirencester People: Portraits over 200 years The Bingham Gallery in Dyer Street, Cirencester, is opening through the summer months on alternate Saturdays (starting on 24 May) from 10am–2pm, with an exhibition of portraits of people from Cirencester throughout the ages. These images are taken from the Bingham Library Trust collection and provide a fascinating record of Cirencester characters. Bingham Library Trust: 01285 655646 / GL7 2PP / binghamlibrarytrust.org.uk

Beerus Britannicus The National Trust, working with Cirencester brewing firm Corinium Ales, has developed a new beer made with water from Chedworth Roman Villa. Water samples were taken from the ancient supply and minerals added to balance out the hardness of the water. The new beer, Beerus Britannicus is a bespoke deep bodied ale, and is available from the Chedworth Roman Villa shop. Chedworth Roman Villa: 01242 890256 / GL54 3LJ / nationaltrust.org.uk

Biennial Art Paper Fibre 2015 Don’t miss the Eau-Fibre-PapierMétamorphose exhibition at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester which runs until Saturday 30 May. The exhibition of handmade 2D and 3D sculptural paper artworks explores themes of transformation, metamorphosis and memory. After Cirencester, it continues on to tour France, Taiwan and Switzerland. Admission is free. New Brewery Arts: 01285 657181 / GL7 1JH / newbreweryarts.org.uk

South Cerney Street Fair and Duck Race The Spring Bank Holiday brings South Cerney Street Fair weekend, with live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and a large street fair and Duck Race on Monday 25 May from 10am–5pm. With over 60 stalls, live bands, a magician, cream teas, fairground rides and the Duck Race at 3:30pm, the whole family should be kept entertained. southcerney.org.uk

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including Broadway, Chipping Campden, Moreton-in-Marsh & Stow-on-the-Wold… Stitches In Time A series of 17th century embroideries from the Feller and Ashmolean’s collections are on display at the Ashmolean Museum, Broadway until Sunday 7 June. Don’t miss the opportunity to see examples made during one of the most turbulent centuries in English history. They demonstrate great technical ability and illustrate the themes and concerns which occupied the minds of the young women making them. The Ashmolean, Broadway: 01386 859047 / WR12 7DP / ashmoleanbroadway.org Chipping Campden Music Festival The 14th annual Chipping Campden Music Festival takes place from Sunday 10 May – Saturday 23 May in St James’ Church. Making their festival debuts this year are soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton, Canadian pianist Marc Andre Hamelin and Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud. 01386 849018 / GL55 6JG / campdenmusicfestival.co.uk

Olimpick Games Are you fully au fait with Scuttlebrook Races or Shin Kicking? If not, head to Robert Dover’s Cotswold Olimpicks on Friday 29 May from 7pm. The games are held on Dover’s Hill, to the north of Chipping Campden – as they have been each year since 1612. A bonfire and fireworks mark the end of the sporting spectacle. olimpickgames.com

LAPSTONE GARDENER’S DAY Garden enthusiasts should head to Lapstone, near Chipping Campden, on Tuesday 12 May (11am–3pm) for its Charity Gardener’s Day. Tickets are £10 per person (to be donated to Campden Home Nursing) including entrance to Upton Wold and Rockliffe gardens. You can also buy unusual plants, Whichford pottery and Oxley’s furniture. Lapstone: 01386 841611 / GL55 6EG / lapstone.net NEW OBSIDIAN SHOWROOM FOR BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER The designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen recently opened the new Obsidian Kitchen and Bathroom showroom and decorating centre in Bourton-on-the-Water. Products available include Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Dulux paints along with a wide range of wallpapers. The showroom highlights a range of bathroom products as well as Sheraton, Obsidian’s own bespoke range of kitchen furniture, alongside Neff, Smeg and many worktops. Obsidian, Bourton-on-the-Water: 01451 414234 / GL54 2HQ / obsidian.ws

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including Banbury, Burford, Chipping Norton & Woodstock… Levellers Day in Burford On 17 May 1649, three soldiers were executed on Oliver Cromwell’s orders in Burford churchyard. They belonged to a movement popularly known as the Levellers, known for espousing civil rights and religious tolerance. On Saturday 16 May, from 10am–3:30pm, Burford remembers these men at its 41st annual Levellers Day. The theme this year is ‘Education – the key to Democracy’ and the day features speeches, debate, stalls, music, a procession through Burford and the ceremony in the churchyard. levellersday.wordpress.com Oxfordshire Artweeks Exhibitions Oxfordshire Artweeks, from Saturday 2 – Monday 25 May, offers a varied programme of exhibitions held at artists’ own studios as well as galleries throughout Oxfordshire. For further details, see our What’s On feature on pages 53–54. artweeks.org TOUR of Banbury’s WWI Munitions Factory Site During WWI, Banbury’s munitions filling factory supplied the front line with more than four million shells. On Saturday 16 May, a guided tour offers you the rare opportunity to see firsthand the remains of the site. Adult tickets are £15, available from Banbury Museum. Stout footwear is recommended. 01295 753752 / OX16 2PQ / banburymuseum.org

Scruffs Dog Show Dogs of all ages and abilities are welcome to take part in a fun Dog Show to be held at Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford, on Saturday 23 May. Classes start at 1:30pm with categories such as ‘prettiest eyes’ and ‘waggiest tail’. Entry costs £2 per dog per class, with all money raised going to charity (normal admission prices apply for dog owners). Registration for classes is from 10:30am–12:30pm. Cotswold Wildlife Park: 01993 823006 / OX18 4JP / cotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk

Witney Food Festival The ever popular Witney Festival of Food and Drink takes place on Saturday 16 May, from 9:30am–5pm, in and around St Mary’s Church on Church Green. Over 70 stalls are showcasing the best of West Oxfordshire’s produce, plus there’s a children’s activity tent, live music and cookery demos. OX28 4AW / witneyfoodfestival.co.uk

THE ALBION GALLERY’S 1ST BIRTHDAY EXHIBITION This month, Chipping Norton’s Albion Gallery is celebrating its first birthday with a We Are One exhibition. This features artists such as Angela Findlay, whose painting Finally News Arrived is pictured here. Albion Gallery: 01608 238020 / OX7 5AD / albiongallery.co.uk

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including Malmesbury, Nailsworth, Stroud & Tetbury… Amberley Cow Hunt Take along your children for a fun afternoon out finding 30 novelty wooden cows hidden along a trail through Amberley village and the surrounding National Trust common land (GL5 5JG). The cow hunt takes place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May, from 1pm–5pm. This annual event is held to celebrate the imminent arrival of the real cows on the common, and is organised by Amberley Parochial School to raise funds for the Send a Cow charity in Africa. For further details, see our Highlighted Charity Event on page 96. Jolly Nice This farm shop and diner located midway between Stroud and Cirencester has just added another string to its bow: a new butchery shop. You can now justify a pitstop for coffee in order to stock up on organic produce, vegetables, meat, artisan bread and, of course, the famous ice cream. Jolly Nice: 01285 760868 / GL6 8HZ / harrietsjollynice.co.uk

Rodmarton Manor Situated between Cirencester and Tetbury, the privately owned Rodmarton Manor and its gardens are open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Bank Holidays from the beginning of May until the end of September, from 2–5pm. The house and garden were created in the true spirit of William Morris and are well worth a visit. Rodmarton Manor: 01285 841442 / GL7 6PF / rodmarton-manor.co.uk

Wild Boar IN STROUD Not of the hairy tusk variety – this is a stylish interiors shop new to the High Street in Stroud. Wild Boar sells quirky, vintage and one-off pieces such as curios, art, lighting and gifts. We particularly like the range of home accessories. Wild Boar: 01453 759123 / GL5 1AJ Select Trail in THE STROUD VALLEYS More than 100 artists in over 60 studios are opening their doors to the public from 11am–6pm during two weekends in May: 9 & 10 and 16 & 17. This open studios event forms part of Select Spring Festival 2015: 01453 751056 / sitselect.org Nailsworth Festival Nailsworth Festival (Saturday 16 – Sunday 24 May) offers a full programme of events including music to suit many tastes, comedy, drama, talks and poetry. The festival features international performers as well as newly emerging artists who perform in various venues throughout the town. nailsworthfestival.org.uk

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Felix Dennis Tribute Felix Dennis, who died in 2014, was not only a media mogul and accomplished poet, he was also an enormous supporter of local arts projects. To honour his memory, the Stratford Literary Festival along with The Week, its national media partner, are putting together a special evening in his memory. The event, called Did We Mention The Free Wine?, is at 8pm on Saturday 2 May at Stratford Artshouse. Tickets are £14. stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged This month, Tread the Boards Theatre Company is presenting 37 plays performed by three actors in just 97 minutes: a rollercoaster of a show that takes in Othello (Rap), Titus Andronicus – The Cooking Show, and a backwards version of Hamlet. The show first gained critical acclaim when Tread the Boards took it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013. You can see the production in Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 14 to Sunday 31 May at The Attic Theatre: 07952 819557 / CV37 6YY / theattictheatre.co.uk

Annual Bluebell walk at Whatcote If you enjoy a walk through lovely countryside, join the parishioners of Whatcote, near Shipstonon-Stour, who are holding their annual Bluebell Walk on Sunday 10 May, in aid of St Peter’s Church. The walk is just under two miles long and you can start from Church Lane, Whatcote (CV36 5EF), any time between 2pm and 5pm. Entry is £6 per adult to include tea and scones. For more details, contact Sue Price: 01295 680007

Stratford Festival of Motoring After a rally around the Cotswold countryside, more than 300 vintage, high performance cars and motorbikes are set to fill Stratford’s town centre on Sunday 3 and Monday 4 May for the Stratford Festival of Motoring. Keep an eye out for 911 Rennsport of Moreton-in-Marsh, which restores and recreates the iconic Porsche 911 RS. Stratford Festival of Motoring: 01789 299011 / stratforward.co.uk/events

Comedy Hullabaloo Following the success of last year’s Comedy Hullabaloo which had 5,000 visitors watching 25 comedians over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, the festival is returning to Stratford for another five day instalment from Thursday 21 to Monday 25 May. There are two new locations for 2015: the 290-seat Romantiek Spiegeltent in the RSC Swan Gardens and a venue at the RSC’s outdoor performance space, The Dell. Headlining acts in this year’s line-up include Al Murray, Jason Byrne, Jack Dee and Danny Bhoy. Comedy Hullabaloo: 0844 800 1114 / comedyhullabaloo.com

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A beautiful period Cotswold cottage with stunning views. Positioned in the heart of the Cotswold hills in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 4 Piccadilly offers a tranquil retreat with amenities in the nearby towns of Stow-on-the-Wold and Winchcombe. Location: Guiting Power, Gloucestershire Accommodation: Kitchen/breakfast room, living room, study/bedroom, master bedroom with en suite bathroom, further double bedroom and shower room. Outside: South facing patio with views, gardens to the side and rear and off road parking. Price: OIEO ÂŁ400,000 Tel: 01451 600610 Email: stowonthewold@knightfrank.com

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A unique and quirky character cottage offering spacious and versatile accommodation situated in the village of Upper Brailes. The property benefits from four bedrooms, two bathrooms, sitting room, kitchen, garden room, library and music room plus separate office and summer house. Extensive gardens offering superb countryside views and off road parking make this a very desirable property in a popular location. Current EPC Rating E. Upper Brailes

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A well presented and stylish modern three bedroom property situated in the village of Stourton. The accommodation briefly comprises of entrance hall, cloakroom, dual aspect sitting room, open plan kitchen/dining/garden room to the ground floor. To the first floor there is a master bedroom with en suite bathroom, two further bedrooms and a shower room. Externally there is a good sized garden, garage and three off road parking spaces. Viewing is highly recommended to appreciate the accommodation on offer. Current EPC rating E. The Long Close, Stourton

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Located in a small select scheme, an outstanding link detached barn conversion built of stone with wainey edge timber cladding. Set in low maintenance landscaped gardens, the property provides well planned and flexible generous accommodation mainly on one floor but with an upstairs double bedroom. Two garages, parking and conveniently situated for regional travel. Current EPC rating D.

A spacious three bedroom cottage which has been tastefully extended by the current owner. The accommodation briefly comprises of two reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room and utility area to the ground floor. To the first floor there is a master bedroom with en-suite, two further bedrooms and family bathroom. To the rear of the property there is a raised patio garden. Current EPC rating E.

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Stubbs Cottage, KEMPSFORD

Set on the southern edge of the village neighbouring farmland and enjoying extensive rural views. This charming cottage has been traditionally constructed of natural stone elevations, sitting well back within its grounds of 1.34 acres (0.54 ha). The grounds are predominantly laid to lawns, with a charming private garden accessed off the Conservatory. Additionally, there is a substantial triple garage building with hobbies room over providing valuable overflow accommodation. EPC-E 4 Bedrooms · 3 Reception Rooms · Kitchen/Breakfast Room · 2 Bath/Shower Rooms · Conservatory Contact: Lynda Larner, Lechlade

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Forge Meadow,

£975,000

POULTON

An individual Cotswold stone constructed detached house, of character build providing spacious and flexible accommodation, with ample parking and double garage. Set in private landscaped gardens and further benefiting from paddocks, woodland and stabling in all totalling 4.24 acres. At the heart of the home is an extended family room linking into the spacious kitchen/diner. EPC-E 5 Bedrooms · 4 Reception Rooms · Kitchen/Diner · Family Bathroom · 2 En-suite Shower Rooms Contact: Teresa Davis, Cirencester

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A Grade II* semi-detached Cotswold cottage in a quiet No Through Road on the outskirts of town. Accommodation: Sitting room with woodburner, kitchen/breakfast room, two double bedrooms, a single bedroom/ study and a downstairs bathroom. Outside: Pretty gardens to front and rear with garden stores. Secure off-road parking. Situation: Unfurnished. EPC Band D. Price: £950 pcm Tel: 07887 888686 Email: soffisearle@btinternet.com

Shipton Moyne

A fine, extended and newly decorated country house in a very private, rural position just outside the village. Accommodation: Large eat-in kitchen/breakfast room, formal dining room with open fire, large drawing room with open fire, study with woodburning stove, playroom/ second sitting room, cloakroom, domestic offices, master bedroom with en suite dressing rooms and bathroom with separate shower, three guest bedrooms with en suite bathrooms and a fifth bedroom. Outside: Staff accommodation. Double garage. Outdoor heated swimming pool. Hard tennis court. Mature attractive gardens surround the house. Garden maintenance included in the rent. Stable and grazing if required. Situation: Unfurnished. EPC Band E. Price: £6500pcm Tel: 07887 888686 Email: soffisearle@btinternet.com SEARLES Property Consultancy LTD

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We can plan, design and install your kitchen to your individual requirements. We can also modernize your existing kitchen by replacing the doors and worktop. Please contact us or call in to discuss your ideas. 9 Ventura Park, Carterton. Oxon OX18 1AD Tel/Fax: 01993 841755 & 01451 820055 Mobile: 07950 292195 Email: info@goosejoinery.co.uk www.goosejoinery.co.uk Cotswold preview may 15

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Editor’s Choice… Interiors And So To Bed, in Cheltenham’s Montpellier, has several new designs in store this spring including the Marjolaine painted bed pictured here. This draws on the French Provincial furniture style: a solid Beech frame has hand carved cabriole legs, a scalloped headboard and carved lattice detailing. It is shown here finished in the classic two-tone taupe colourway but it can be hand painted in other colour combinations. The matching bedroom furniture range includes a bedside chest, dressing table and chest of drawers. The bed is available up to Super King size, priced from £2,595. And So To Bed, Cheltenham: 01242 523331 / GL50 1SW / andsotobed.co.uk

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Our favourite local sources for characterful interiors… We’re big fans of Catherine Colebrook’s store on Andover Road in Cheltenham, which is treasure trove of homeswares and gifts. As Catherine herself says, “We sell a thoroughly unique range of things you had no idea you wanted.” And that’s just it: as soon as you step inside, lots of nonessentials suddenly seem very desirable indeed. For anyone with creative tendencies, Catherine’s on-site workshop is also a great place to learn how to sew cushions and other soft furnishings. Catherine Colebrook: 01242 261381 / GL50 2TL / catherinecolebrook.com The recently opened No50 on Winchcombe Street in Cheltenham is described as a ‘boutique department store’ – but that doesn’t even start to convey the range of its stock. You can find antique furniture, new and vintage homewares and accessories, fashion items, jewellery and even an exclusive range of Charlie Bears, all wonderfully presented as if props in a theatrical set. No50: 01242 228595 / GL52 2ND / no50.uk Dramatic lighting can transform a room, creating a focal point in its own right. One of our favourite sources for vintage and antique style pieces is Piper Chatfield, in Stow-on-the-Wold, which has a frequently changing selection of table lamps, floor lamps, pendant ceiling lanterns and chandeliers. The prices are very fair and always include lampshades. Piper Chatfield Fine Furniture: 01451 833892 / GL54 1BN / piperchatfield.co.uk

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When considering a bathroom renovation, function and form are the key elements in any design. Function is dictated by the space you have and who will use the bathroom. For example, do you have small children who like to splash about in a bath? Perhaps two sinks would make that morning scramble easier for the household? Or, if space is at a premium, a freestanding shower may be more efficient? Also consider storage options – often neglected and yet crucial to the streamlining of any bathroom design. As Charlie Adeney from Long Compton’s Hutchinson Furniture & Interiors says, “Nowhere is skilled design more important than in your bathroom. The room should complement your home with carefully considered improvements: such a private and intimate place needs to be created

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Neptune’s Chichester 850 countertop washstand, available from Closa

with sensitivity and care.” Its design should form a tranquil haven, one that is personal, comfortable and encourages relaxation. Once you have addressed function, the next consideration is form. Lighting, flooring, colour, texture and design have to be selected from the many options on offer. Alison Ebanks from Obsidian in Cheltenham, and now with a new showroom in Bourton on-the-Water, comments, “We have found over the last six months that the trend for white is still very prominent because of its freshness, versatility and the fact that it works very well with textured accents. Using white in different textures and thicknesses like Corian, ceramic or steel is very popular. All the shades of grey are also still very popular at the moment.” 4

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interiors feature… Bathroom Style Tips Charlie Adeney adds, “2015 shows a shift in trend towards the open plan, with a move toward simplicity in a cleaner, more contemporary way. That’s not to say bathrooms are going to completely lose their cosier, rustic charm for all-out glamour, but they will have cleaner lines and a more minimalist modern vibe. Largely figured marble/granite is one of the most popular and tough wearing materials for the bathroom.” Alongside the trend for metallic accents in kitchens, bathrooms are getting the gilded treatment in hardware, lighting and even plumbing. This achieves a sophisticated elegance that looks equally at home in a contemporary setting or in a more traditional bathroom. Alison Ebanks notes that there has been a craze for copper cyprum which “as a contemporary fine metal with warm tones works well as a contrast to earthy natural materials.” Richard Vassallo, Director of Symes in Chipping Camden, agrees that bathrooms benefit from simplicity and style, citing an example of an

en suite bathroom with clean lines, custom-built glass screens and high specification fittings as providing a sense of luxury and comfort with a personal touch. Natural colours and textures never go out of fashion, with the warmth of wood a staple in any bathroom, from panelling and floors to bespoke wash stands and freestanding cabinetry. Nature’s palette is often soothing and popular bathroom colours range from soft greens, blues and greys to neutral tones. For a contemporary edge, a printed blind, wallpaper or bright accessory can update or provide an accent in the scheme. Mirrors can be feature pieces rather than purely functional, and lighting is soft and on dimmer switches. Sinks can also combine lighting features for a strikingly modern feel. Freestanding baths are still a popular feature and can create an illusion of space, whilst a freestanding or walkin power shower provides the ultimate in morning wake-up calls.

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Contact details: Closa: 01993 824334 / OX18 4QA / closa.co.uk Hutchinson Furniture & Interiors: 01608 684455 / CV36 5JL / hutchinsonfurniture.co.uk Indigenous: 01993 824200 / OX18 4JA / indigenousltd.com Obsidian: 01242 237241 / GL52 2EJ / obsidian.ws Symes: 01386 841060 / GL55 6HB / symesonline.co.uk

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GREENWAY ANTIQUES of Witney

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Selling Antiques for your Town or Country Home and Garden open: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5:30pm; Sundays by appoiuntment 90 Corn Street, Witney, OX28 6BU t: 01993 705026 w: greenwayantiques.com

Piper Chatfield Fine Furniture Stylish and unusual contemporary furniture, antiques, accessories and lighting in Stow-on-the-Wold’s vibrant new Lifestyle Store Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 to 17.30, Sunday 11.00 to 16.00 (Closed Monday) 1 Digbeth Court, Digbeth Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, GL54 1BN www.piperchatfield.co.uk 01451 833892

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Editor’s Choice… gardens

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is currently aiming to raise £50,000 before the end of May in order to secure the future of Daneway Banks, an area of grassland in the Sapperton Valley. This has never been developed for modern agriculture, so is in an unspoilt natural state – and it supports one of the largest known colonies of large blue butterfly. If you would like to donate to the Daneway Banks appeal, please call 01452 383333 or email info@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

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Local news and updates plus inspiring gardens to visit during May… For a major dose of inspiration this spring, visit the lovely garden at The Coach House in Ampney Crucis on Sunday 10 May (2pm–5pm) when it is open for the NGS. For other opening times and details of The Generous Gardener lectures, courses and plant sales hosted here, call 01285 850256 or visit thecoachhousegarden.co.uk The British paint manufacturer Little Greene has just extended its range with two low-sheen finishes, Intelligent exterior eggshell and Tom’s Oil eggshell, both designed specifically for exterior woodwork, joinery and metalwork. Pictured here, The Posh Shed Company’s potting shed is painted in Juniper Ash and the bench is in Atomic Red. For local stockist details: 020 7935 8844 / littlegreene.com

The gardens at Aston Potter y, near Bampton, are also full of interest during May: they have been designed to have a long flowering season, so a visit any time between the middle of April and September is sure to yield lots of fresh ideas for your own garden. Aston Pottery: 01993 852031 / OX18 2BT / astonpottery.co.uk

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garden feature… Cotswold Estates & Gardens ltd

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The Cotswolds Estates & Gardens team

Cirencester based landscaping company Cotswold Estates & Gardens this year marks its 50th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, it is creating a Show Garden called ‘The Cotswold Way’ at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, taking a trip down memory lane… Cotswold Estates and Gardens Ltd, established in 1965 as Cotswold Estate Services Ltd, has become known as one of the region’s top landscaping contractors and grounds maintenance firms. Its hard earned reputation is for reliability, attention to detail and customer service. The company’s original focus on forestry and rural works has transitioned over the years to the point where the team now undertakes a diverse range of landscaping projects, many in conjunction

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with well recognised garden designers. Its change of focus towards landscaping and gardens was reflected by the change of name to Cotswold Estates and Gardens Ltd in 2009. To mark its 50 th anniversary milestone, Cotswold Estates & Gardens is creating one of the Show Gardens at this month’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival, which runs from Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 May. This garden has been designed by Amy Perkins and is called The Cotswold Way, 4

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This image and below: Cotswold Estates & Gardens’ design for its Show Garden, The Cotswold Way, at this month’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival

Joe Watson (left), who founded the company, pictured with his son Joe Watson, now Managing Director of Cotswold Estates & Gardens Ltd

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depicting the gradual evolution of the company from 1965 to 2015. The RHS Malvern Spring Festival, which takes place at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, is itself celebrating an anniversary this year: its 30 th. This makes it the oldest major RHS show after RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Show Gardens are always a number one destination for RHS Malvern Spring Festival visitors. As well as The Cotswold Way by Cotswold Estates & Gardens, this year’s Show Gardens include An Andalusian Moment by Villaggio Verde – a re-creation of an Andalusian village, complete with shops, taverna and square; The Sanctuary Garden by Hannah Genders for St Michael’s Hospice, acknowledging the therapeutic affects of gardens; The Perfect Commute to the bottom of the garden by Beholder’s Eye; and The Bees Knees garden by Wilson Associates on behalf of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, highlighting the plight of Britain’s bees. Additionally, visitors can see seven Festival Gardens and 14 School Gardens. Introduced in 2014, the Festival Gardens category is run as a national competition, offering a platform to anyone with an interest in garden design. It attracts new designers from all walks of life and each selected Festival Garden designer is given a bursary of £3,000 as well as access to a panel of experts to help build his or her garden. The Schools Gardens are designed and built by schools from across the region, under the watchful eye of BBC Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins. Budding gardeners can also get their fingers dirty in planting workshops and craft activities throughout the four day festival.

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A border designed by Cotswold Estates & Gardens

Other highlights of the RHS Malvern Spring Festival are the Floral Marquee (which features more than 80 nurseries from across the UK), the Festival Food and Drink Pavilion and cookery demonstrations in the Festival Kitchen. Advance tickets for the festival are priced from £15 for RHS members and from £16 for nonmembers; alternatively, tickets are available on the gate, priced from £19.

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GARDEN DESIGN TIPS

by Susan Dunstall

HOW TO DESIGN A COTTAGE GARDEN Cottage gardens originally combined the need for growing food with the beauty of flowers, so flowerbeds were interspersed with fruit and vegetables as well as fresh herbs. Don’t be afraid to do that now: if you don’t have space for a formal vegetable garden, just mix currant bushes and climbing beans in among your flowers…

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garden design tips… HOW TO DESIGN A COTTAGE GARDEN A cottage garden draws you in: it entices you to walk through its meandering pathways with its riot of colour and power ful per fumes. Often called ’organised chaos’, the term sums up the abundance of plants crammed into the usually small space. To achieve that informal look, let your plants tumble over the edge of a pathway, as even a straight path can look very different with foliage disguising the sides. The layout of the garden This is the key to its success. Dividing the space into different sections makes the garden appear larger and certainly adds interest yet also allows you to experiment within each area. Paths are used to connect these different spaces, with all materials tending to be natural and rustic – brick, pea shingle, pebble and natural stone combined with wood, both painted and natural. Height is introduced through the planting of trees and the overhead structures of arbours and pergolas, and when planted with Wisteria or Roses these create a romantic space in which to place a bench. Walls and fences can be used to support fruit trees trained into espalier or fan shapes. Historically, cottage gardens were enclosed with fences purely to avoid livestock eating the produce. Look at the structure of your garden with its walls and fences, hedges and gates. These add shape to the garden all year round whilst making it secure: the architectural backbone garden of the garden still stands in winter. Hedges again provide structure, particularly evergreen Buxus and Yew, and wooden or metal supports for climbing flowers and vegetables are a useful way to add year round practical shape. The choice of plants Roses are essential, either climbing around a doorframe, rambling over an old wall or dotted with perennials. Catmint (Nepeta fassenii) is an excellent planting companion to roses, hiding the lower bare stems. My favourite rambler, Rosa ’Phyllis Bide’, produces clusters of flowers throughout the summer

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Plants tumble informally over the edge of a pathway

and combined with the later flowering Clematis ’Perle d’Azur’ gives a full season’s display. One consideration is to ensure that you have something in flower from spring through to autumn. Bulbs start the season flowering from March onwards, with early Narcissus. I particularly love the white Narcissus ’Petrel’ and the dwarf Narcissi ’Minnow’ and ’Segovia’. Follow on from these in May and June with the old fashioned Granny’s Bonnet (Aquilegia) in their many shades, coupled with Foxgloves (Digitalis) in purple, pink, creamyyellow or white. At this point Roses come into their own, flowering in June and repeating again in August. A gap in cottage planting schemes can often be seen during July after the height of early summer flowering in June. Plants to use to fill this gap are Agastache, Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum), Geranium and Lavender. Once these have passed, later flowering Japanese Anemones and Asters extend the season further into September. And what cottage garden is complete without Hollyhocks? Flowering from July onwards, look for the darker forms of Alcea rosea ’Nigra’. Other suitable plants include Delphiniums, Peonies, Iris, Phlox, Hydrangea, Alchemilla – the list goes on and on. 4

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garden design tips… HOW TO DESIGN A COTTAGE GARDEN Although cottage gardens can be a riot of colour, a scheme using a more limited range of colours will give more impact. Using a palette of purples, blues and pinks, along with white to lift the scheme, lends a calming feel to the garden, whereas a hotter palette of reds, orange and yellow is more vibrant. However, combining all colours can give rise to clashes, especially when the plants self-seed. Designing the planting For the cottage garden, this can be like painting a pattern, with the choice of clumps, rows, drifts or just randomly positioned plants. Straight rows rarely work well as they look too formal but one exception to this is a lavender pathway leading to a front door, often covered in a climbing rose; plant Clematis alongside it and you will double the impact. Gentle drifts of plants give a natural look and can be use to tie a whole bed together. For example, a long drift of Foxgloves or Verbascum running the length of a bed will unify the planting scheme. Random planting is the most natural look of all, since closest to nature with the appearance of self-seeding from annuals. Your plants should be grouped by height, with the tallest at the back of the border down to the lowest at the front. A combination of all styles usually works the best but if some things work well and others don’t, just move them to a better position.

Plants suitable for a cottage garden

Focal points Finally, provide focal points in your garden. Seating areas are essential and lead you through the space, for example a quiet bench in the shade to be used on a hot summer’s day or a café table and chairs in the morning sun for coffee. Understand how you will use the garden and then locate your seating depending on the position of the sun. Water features, sundials, bird baths, large pots filled with water lilies, old terracotta urns and sculpture – all these are personal things which could be chosen to make your garden unique and yours.

Susan Dunstall is a landscape and garden designer based in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. She believes that well planned gardens have a real and positive influence on our well-being, with the organisation of space the most important element of a design. Her gardens often have distinctive areas and are designed to surprise and entrance. Wherever possible, Susan works towards environmentally sustainable design and the use of locally sourced materials, creating beautiful and effective gardens of all sizes and to all budgets. For further details please contact Susan Dunstall: 07879 842934 / OX7 3PH / susandunstall.com

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Editor’s Choice… children’s selection

Children of all ages love bouncing around on trampolines. However, traditional metalframed models can cause serious injuries so this multi award winning Springfree trampoline was designed by a dad of three with safety in mind. It is engineered to avoid the need for a rigid steel frame or hazardous springs around the jumping mat. It is even endorsed by ROSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. You can choose from six models in the Springfree range. For local stockist details, call 08444 938080 or visit springfree.co.uk

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Our suggestions for outdoor fun this spring…

This lovely Khaki Floral Ruffle swimsuit (£12) is from Next – one of our favourite sources for fun and functional childrenswear. Its online shopping service is also reliably quick and efficient: order by 11pm for next day delivery. Next: 0333 777 8000 / next.co.uk

Children’s cooking school Cookery Doodle Doo has just teamed up with Whole Foods Market in Cheltenham to launch a weekend baking class called the Sunday Morning Pudding Club. This two hour class (£12 per place) is for children aged 5–10 who get to bake a full-size family pudding which they can then take home for everyone’s Sunday lunch. For full details, call cookery teacher Fiona Lannon on 07588 692955

The Tractor Ted Little Farm at Bowood House, near Calne, has now reopened for 2015 and baby animals including Rodney the goat are on site to meet and greet visitors. Tractor Ted seems to be universally popular with under sixes and for older children Bowood also has a huge adventure playground. Bowood House & Gardens: 01249 812102 / SN11 9NF (for satnav) / bowood.org

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SCHOOL PROFILE

Michael Goodwin

SIBFORD SCHOOL Sibford School is a co-educational day and boarding school for 3-18 year olds, set in more than 50 acres of grounds near Banbury. It was originally established in 1842 as a school for the children of Quaker families but today welcomes pupils of all faiths and none. Here, Michael Goodwin, Head of Sibford School, explains how Quaker values remain at its heart, underpinning the school’s nurturing and confidence-building approach to education… What is your professional background and how did you come to be Head of Sibford School? I went to Bury Grammar School for Boys and then to Nottingham University where I read History. I then went to London University to do a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. I’m not really sure why I decided to become a teacher after leaving university – some of it was probably an uncertainty about what else I might do! However, having now been involved in education for the past 30 years, I know that I remain in teaching because of the infinite variety, sense of fun and the great pleasure I get at seeing how young people can continually surprise us. I have held various teaching posts as a history teacher in Leicestershire and Essex and also spent a brief spell teaching English in Spain. In 1998, I became a head of an 11–18

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comprehensive school in Norfolk and took over as head of Sibford School in 2004. One of the highlights in making the transition from the maintained to the independent sector was the opportunity it gave me to join up my faith position as a Quaker with my working life as the head of an independent Quaker school. What is the history of the school? Sibford School was established in 1842 as a co-educational boarding school for the children of Quaker families. The first recorded pupil was nine year old Lucy Endall who entered the school on 16 January 1842. She arrived by carrier cart from Banbury, bringing with her a straw bonnet, a cloak, two gowns, a pair of coloured stays, two dark skirts, two flannel petticoats, three strong shifts, two nightgowns and caps, two linen pinafores, 4

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two pocket handkerchiefs, two pairs of stockings, two pairs of stout shoes and a ruff for the neck! In the whole history of the school there have only been 10 heads before me, and, as the 11th head of Sibford School, I am delighted that my reign has run into double figures. What was your first impression of the school? I was bowled over by Sibford when I came to look round. Not only is the school in an amazing setting – it has 50 acres of grounds and is surrounded by glorious countryside – but there is something very special about the atmosphere here. My marketing assistant tells me that if she could bottle the atmosphere she’d be able to sell the school ten times over! Whatever it is, it hit me straight away and I knew it was where I wanted to be. What have been your main challenges? When I first came to Sibford, many of the buildings had been neglected and the school was saddled with substantial debts. The first thing I did was to appoint a business manager. Together, along with the school’s governors, teaching staff and parents, we set about developing and implementing a plan that has seen substantial capital investment. Today, I am delighted to say that the school is free from debt. Have you introduced any changes, and if so, what have these been? In any school there are always changes… if there aren’t then I would suggest that the school isn’t fit for purpose! On the buildings front, we have seen the completion of new sporting facilities and changing rooms. Our hall has been gutted and we now have an excellent theatre space complete with raked seating, professional sound and lighting facilities and flexible staging. All of our boarding houses have been refurbished and refurnished and we are currently in the middle of updating our design and technology department. Additionally, we have implemented a major environmental programme, including the installation of photovoltaic panels, low energy lighting and proper insulation and double glazing. In our junior school, we have lowered the

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entry level to age three, have abolished SATs and introduced an outdoor curriculum including forest school sessions. We also have an animal shed which houses a rotation of cows, pigs and sheep, enabling students to engage in agricultural studies. Meanwhile, at the upper end of the school, we have opened a new dedicated sixth form centre and recently appointed a new Head of Sixth Form, Cate Mallalieu-Needle, to oversee our post-16 education. Sibford is not a school that stands still! What are the goals and ethos of Sibford? As I’ve already mentioned, Sibford was originally established in 1842 as a school for the children of Quaker families. Today we welcome pupils of all faiths and none. However, the Quaker values of the school, which seek to recognise ‘that of God in everyone’, remain at the heart of all we do. We believe passionately in the uniqueness of every pupil and know it is our job to seek out and nurture their gifts and develop their confidence to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Sibford is an academically strong school and we achieve excellent results at both GCSE and A Level. I’m very proud of this success, but I think I want to put it into context. We believe passionately in the long-term mental health of our young people. We want our children not just to achieve academically but to be rounded, community minded, confident and respectful individuals. I think these are the skills that young people need in today’s society, and that if one simply focuses on the academic, they are in danger of being lost. To that end, pupils are encouraged to be an active part of the school community and to demonstrate the core school values of respect, resilience and relationships. What is your personal philosophy of education? I am very concerned about the current state of education and am pleased that, being in the independent sector, I am not as constrained as many of my colleagues working in the maintained sector. However, one of my major concerns at present is the directive to promote British values… a directive to all English schools, whatever their status. Are British values different from French or

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Outdoor fun at Sibford School

Swedish ones? How can governors really ascertain the level of our activity in promoting these values, whatever they might be? Can we look at values without seeing how these are translated into action? And should we really promote an unquestioning adherence to the rule of law? Surely it has been the questioning and challenging of the rule of law that has shaped and developed some of the British values that we are now asked to promote. Acceptance of the law would have meant that slavery remained legal, that homosexuality was a criminal offence and that women were wrong to campaign for universal suffrage. Are there specific areas or disciplines in which the school excels? All disciplines are equally respected. We aim to stimulate our pupils with a thirst for lifelong learning, offering a broad and balanced curriculum, which reflects our view that while some may have a talent for mathematics, science or history, others may be gifted in the arts, horticulture or sport. Pupils are taught in small classes where dedicated teachers nurture, inspire and challenge each individual, encouraging them to search, question and find their inner light. Does it suit a particular type of character? We are looking, above all, for children who want to be here. We believe that each child is talented, each is different and that all are valued, and it is up to us, as educators, to help identify this inner

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light and help it to flourish. We encourage our students to grow in confidence, to broaden their horizons, to demonstrate curiosity and to think independently. Opportunities are provided to help them discover and explore their own interests and passions and to appreciate the world around them. We could not say that we suit a particular type of character – all of our children are unique individuals, but we hope that when they leave us, they take with them with a passion for learning that will remain with them throughout their lives. I recently received a message from a former pupil who wrote: “My years at Sibford were very special. I love, miss and respect everyone who has known me, taught me and befriended me. Thank you for letting me be a part of a wonderful community.” What are your plans for the future direction of Sibford? My governing body has just agreed the strategic plan for the next five years and we approach the future with confidence – confidence that our numbers will remain strong (we have grown from 360 to 420 students over the last ten years), confidence that our finances are in good shape and confidence that our values based education is more than fit for purpose and has appeal to our parent community. We anticipate that the next few years will see us begin the next major phase of building work as we seek to re-model the rear access to the senior school, invest in a renewable energy heating system and continue to improve the fabric of the oldest buildings. On the curriculum front, we know that we will be busy responding to central government changes to GCSE and A level syllabuses, but we will preserve our focus on valuing the individual and further develop our outdoor learning expertise. We also know that we need to be flexible and responsive to new ideas, to resist a temptation to be defensive in the face of even the smallest criticism so that we can continue to flourish as a reflective learning community. Sibford School: 01295 781200 / OX15 5QL / sibfordschool.co.uk

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“If you cannot teach me to fly, then teach me to sing”, wrote J M Barrie. Schools may not be able to teach your children to fly, but many do offer a host of opportunities for them to sing, both individually and as part of a group… How many of us sing on a daily basis? Even if it’s just joining in with the radio in the car, we have all felt the benefits of a good singalong. Singing releases tension and boosts lung capacity, increasing oxygen levels in the body and triggering an endorphin surge. It helps us to express emotions and tell stories. And, as one of the most ancient of human activities, singing with others still helps bind communities together. Lindsey Lea-James, Director of Music at Tudor Hall School, near Banbury, agrees. As she says, “I am very much of the opinion that singing is good for you! The promotion of singing is one of my main aims as Director of Music. Many studies show that singing has a significant effect on people’s sense of well-being, having a positive

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effect on our immune systems, reducing high blood pressure and improving our breath control, therefore helping conditions such as asthma. At Tudor Hall, singing is promoted for the children’s educational development and often helps to improve self-esteem and aid memory.” Tudor Hall’s Year 8 girls have a dedicated singing lesson each week, as a class group alongside the normal curriculum lesson. This has proved popular with pupils and Lea-James believes it has really helped develop their musical skills. Singing forms an important part of school life, often bringing the whole school community together, regardless of age or academic ability. Alex Tester, Director of Music at St Edward’s School, Oxford, says, “Singing binds a community together.

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family matters feature… the voice The rise of Gareth Malone’s groups on television shows how powerful it can be to get people working together with a common aim. St Edward’s has all the traditional elements of choral singing: two Chapel Choirs singing regularly, a Chamber Choir of aspirant university choral scholars, two Close Harmony Choirs singing a capella and barbershop arrangements, a Madrigals Choir and various other small pupil-led ensembles. These sing in prestigious venues, particularly in Oxford, in concerts with professional orchestras each term and in Chapel every week. But where the real spirit of the school is shown is through congregational singing: an understanding that everybody can and will be involved in music sung in services. What is more uplifting than seeing the whole school of teenagers singing a congregational anthem?” At The King’s School, Gloucester, there is also a strong tradition of choral music. Indeed, the school was originally established in 1541 to educate the choristers of the Cathedral. Today, it continues to provide an education to all the Cathedral choristers, both during and after their time in the choir. John Pennington, Director of Music at King’s says, “The historic setting of Gloucester Cathedral provides us with a wonderful venue for concerts and recitals, its acoustics are second to none and all our pupils relish the chance to perform in such a beautiful setting.”

A musical production at Beaudesert Park School

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Choristers from The King’s School, Gloucester

Singing is a very important part of life at Airthrie School in Cheltenham, with many of the large performances in the school calendar having ’whole school singing’ as a central part of the performance. The Carol Concert and the Summer Show are two such events which bring the whole ’Airthrie family’ together. The school has two choirs continually welcoming new members and the Senior Choir has performed at Cheltenham Town Hall as well as singing regularly at neighbouring care homes to entertain the residents – visits which are greatly appreciated. Airthrie pupils also have the opportunity to perform further afield, most recently at Young Voices in Birmingham. This occasion required many hours of rehearsal and dedicated preparation by both teachers and pupils. After the Young Voices experience, one of the pupils summed up how she felt after performing in a choir of 6,000 children: “It was incredible that if you all work together, you make such an amazing sound.” Musical productions are a highlight of many school calendars and can be enjoyed by any age group. Sharon Brown, who teaches Reception age children at Beaudesert Park School in Minchinhampton, comments, “The children love singing, interpreting the music by adding their own movements as well as using lots of different percussion instruments to make their own accompaniments. Young children have few inhibitions and really enjoy performing 4

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Choral singing at Westonbirt School

for others. We’ve just done an assembly all about dinosaurs which included dinosaur songs and a dinosaur rap! The children really loved performing in front of their parents.” As children progress through school, these productions become important as socially interactive events. Ms Suzie Buckley, Head of Music at The Cotswold School, in Bourton-on-the-Water, explains the value of involvement in these events, saying, “On a social level there is the opportunity to take part, to meet people beyond the classroom and to also meet those with similar interests.” Cotswold School’s music department regularly joins forces with the drama department to produce some impressive shows. Most recently, dance and gymnastics were also involved in the school’s spectacular production of Singin’ in the Rain which involved more than 190 students. At Burford School, these annual highlights include ’Star for a Night’, at which students perform solos or duets to gain points for their school House, and the biennial Broadway Musical – Sunshine on Leith in 2015 – which draws on the talents of many. Similarly, at Dauntsey’s School near Devizes, a cast of more than 50 pupils last year staged Jesus Christ Superstar, supported by the school’s Symphony Orchestra and rock band. Fiona Hudson of Sibford School, near Banbury, believes that singing is a powerful positive force, saying, “All types of singing have beneficial psychological effects but, of all the different genres, it’s choral singing that seems to have the most dramatic effects on people’s lives.” Sibford sixth

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form student Sydonie Brewis agrees: “Music is my release,” she says. “To me, everything can be expressed through music. Sound is the way I get to know people. Most people remember faces when they first meet but I remember voices. I needed glasses when I was younger, leading to me becoming more dependent on my hearing than my sight. I remember the tone of people’s voices, the way they say things and how they sound in different situations.” Singing is encouraged at Westonbirt School, where younger girls can choose to join the Junior Choir and the Senior Choir rehearses once a week, singing a repertoire of usually lighter music in two or three part harmony. The school’s Chamber Choir is a smaller group open to girls in Years 9 to 13, for which they audition. A wide range of repertoire and languages is covered and the choir sings in three or four part harmony. The Chamber Choir also leads weekly hymn practice. Opportunities provided to travel overseas as part of a choir can prove an attractive bonus to pupils. Students from Dauntsey’s School and Warwick School have both recently visited Barcelona, with a highlight for Dauntsey’s being the opportunity to sing in the Sagrada Familia, the city’s famous Roman Catholic church. On returning from his trip, Warwick School’s music scholar Sam Young expressed his delight in taking part, saying, “Mrs Green, I just wanted to thank you once again for an absolutely fantastic choir trip. 18 months ago when I returned from Venice, I thought it was impossible to top it but I think the impossible may have been made possible! What is even more exciting is that the next choir tour(s!) are already being planned. Whilst I mustn’t ’wish my life away’, here’s to the next one!” Closer to home, all the girls at Malvern St James Girls’ School get the opportunity to sing in some remarkable venues, including all of the Three Counties cathedrals

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family matters feature… the voice (Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford), their own impressive York Hall, or historic buildings such as Hellens Manor and professional concert halls. Choral opportunities are not just limited to performing in school chapels, churches and concert halls. The Senior Choir from The Downs, Malvern, were chosen to sing the backing track of Unclear, a song produced by the band Kodaline. The track has recently been played on the Ken Bruce show on BBC Radio 2 (with the Kodaline album Coming Up for Air also being BBC Radio 2 Album of the Week). The pupils involved are, of course, delighted and proud to have been part of such an exciting project. As Lynne Lindner, Director of Performance and Vocal Studies at Malvern St James Girls’ School summarises, "I believe through singing we learn to live our lives with compassion and love, and this is what I teach. Musical opportunity can be life-changing and life-enhancing, and I have the pleasure of seeing this transformation amongst students on an almost daily basis. The wonder of this never ceases to thrill me.”

Contact details: Airthrie School: 01242 512837 / GL50 2NY / airthrie-school.co.uk Beaudesert Park School: 01453 832072 / GL6 9AF / beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk Burford School: 01993 823303 / OX18 4PL / burford.oxon.sch.uk Dauntsey’s School: 01380 814500 / SN10 4HE / dauntseys.org

Malvern St James Girls’ School: 01684 892288/ WR14 3BA / malvernstjames.co.uk Sibford School: 01295 781200 / OX15 5QL / sibfordschool.co.uk St Edward’s School, Oxford: 01865 319204 / OX2 7NN / stedwardsoxford.org The Cotswold School: 01451 820554 / GL54 2BD / cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk The Downs, Malvern: 01684 544100 / WR13 6EY /thedownsmalvern.org.uk The King’s School, Gloucester: 01452 337337 / GL1 2BG / thekingsschool.co.uk Tudor Hall School: 01295 263434 / OX16 9UR / tudorhallschool.com Warwick School: 01926 776400 / CV34 6PP / warwickschool.org Westonbirt School: 01666 880333 / GL8 8QG / westonbirt.org

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Editor’s Choice… Fashion & Beauty High fashion’s reliance on waif-like teenage models continues to stoke a heated debate: how can girls develop a healthy body image whilst surrounded by these images? And what place is there in the fashion industry for anyone with a normal body size and shape? Whether or not you are a passionate advocate for ‘real women’ models, you may be interested to learn about a fashion show on Wednesday 14 May. Anna Perra’s Real Women Fashion Show at Ston Easton Park, near Bath, showcases her most recent collection on amateur models. Originally from Rome, Perra now designs from her boutique in Shepton Mallet. Guests are invited to arrive at 7:30pm for canapés and reception drinks before the show starts. Tickets are £15 per person, with half of the proceeds raised going to Macmillan Cancer Support. To reserve places, contact Anna Perra Fashion: 01749 343945 / annaperrafashion.com

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This month’s product picks plus a pioneering fashion show… Mayfair & Grace is a lovely new shop in Tetbury specialising in beauty products and cosmetics. It stocks some niche labels as well as brands such as Neal’s Yard, Dr Hauschka, Aromatherapy Associates and Miller Harris perfumes. You can also find Jane Iredale’s mineral makeup. Mayfair & Grace: 01666 504128 / GL8 8JG / mayfairandgrace.co.uk

The selection of Barbour ladieswear in store at Mangan & Webb this spring includes pieces from the new Seafarer range – very on trend with its nautical blue and white stripes – and classic items from the Barbour Lifestyle and Country collections. Mangan & Webb, Stow-on-the-Wold: 01451 832381 / GL54 1BQ One of the most highly rated skin treatments at the moment is the iS Clinical Active Serum (£68 / 15ml), which contains more botanicals than its name would suggest. It is particularly good for sensitive or sun-damaged skin, smoothing and softening the texture. For local stockist details, visit isclinical.com We took some convincing but, having tested a new organic haircare range, we’re converts to shampoo that barely lathers. Tabitha James Kraan’s Organic Hair Cleanser (£23.50 / 150ml) has a milder formulation than traditional ’soapy’ shampoos, so it cleans your hair without stripping away the natural, protective oils. The conditioner is brilliant too. Available from the Stow salon or online: 01451 831999 / GL54 1AA / tabithajameskraan.co.uk

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expert comment… bespoke wedding planning Lose the jam jars They really do just look like empty jam jars from the supermarket… Height Take your flowers and branches up high: never underestimate the importance of height in a marquee or room, as it adds structure, beauty and – most importantly – drama. Rooms must look beautiful when they are full of people and you need to see the flowers among the crowd. Going high with thin stemmed table decorations also means that guests can talk across the table, rather than round the flowers, adding to the atmosphere and buzz of your big day. Seasonal Flowers These are vital if you want a natural look and they will also save you money as well as the environment (air miles). Use natural foliage to give space between the blooms: flowers should not be packed together and need to sit naturally. Use stems instead of cutting them off as this gives you more impact as well as saving on cost. Hops work particularly well in late summer and early autumn, and certainly reflect the rural idyll… Candle Light Even on long summer evenings, candles create all-important atmosphere and romance. As the evening light fades, candles come into their own and bring a new dimension to the wedding look and feel. It is best to have the candles on different levels throughout the marquee or venue. Plants These lend a ver y natural look and garden feel, bringing the outside in. They also give you more volume without having to spend a lot on cut flowers. Last year, we worked with a client to re-use the herb plants which had been part of the event backdrop, to create a personalised herb garden after their wedding. It is a lovely idea to retain a small part of your special day, since this can be kept and treasured as a permanent memor y at home.

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Moss Perfect to create that authentic and natural look: it is fantastic to wrap candelabras in or to glue into glass vases. Moss is cheap and abundant, and it helps give scattered flowers wonderful impact. Colour Don’t be afraid to use it! In the past, the trend has been to have a hint or blush of colour at weddings, but now couples are looking for more warmth. This can also be achieved by using slightly off-white or pastel linens. There is always a danger that a marquee can look rather sterile and pale, so use subtle colours to achieve impact and warmth. Lighting This is crucial to get right for any event or celebration! Cotswold based Henry Bonas plans bespoke weddings and events such as private parties throughout the UK. For further details, call Henry on 01285 721199 or visit www.henrybonas.com

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Editor’s Choice… FOOD & DRINK Breaking news: on 25 May, Cheltenham’s iconic restaurant The Daffodil is launching a deli just next door. Called ‘Chefs Pantry’, it will offer everyday groceries plus artisan produce, prepared dishes from The Daffodil’s menu and live lobsters, crab and crayfish from a crustacean tank. The Swan at Southrop is one of our favourite village pubs – it’s got the perfect setting, a relaxed ambiance and consistently good food. The menu now focuses on modern British and European cuisine with a twist, and there are excellent Specials such as lobster at weekends. Just open this spring, the pub now also has two courtyard gardens designed by Bunny Guinness, one of which can be booked for private parties. The Swan at Southrop: 01367 850205 / GL7 3NU / theswanatsouthrop.co.uk

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Our monthly food selection plus the best mobile bar… Based in Broadway, the Cotswold Larder supplies moreish homemade cakes, choc chip cookies, scones, jams and chutneys as well as luxury hampers. Chocolate salamis and logs are another speciality – our favourite flavour is the choc orange. You can meet owners Nikki and Kris and sample their products at local events such as the quarterly Kingham Table. The Cotswold Larder: 07855 547160 / thecotswoldlarder.uk We are huge fans of Maison Chaplais, the Cheltenham deli: it stocks some real larder treats as well as staples such as owner Maurice Chaplais’ delicious breads. The coffee – to drink in or take out – is also very good, apparently made using Grumpy Mule. Maison Chaplais: 01242 570222 / GL50 2TL / maisonchaplais.com We recently discovered CamperVin – a mobile bar that’s converted from, you guessed it, an original Campervan. If you are into retro chic as we are (or is that just plain retro?), this is uber-cool. The Ferrari Red paint and fully stocked bar possibly helped sway our judgement. The CamperVin plus bar staff can be hired for private or corporate events. CamperVin: 07500 802753 / thecampervinco.com

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CHEF PROFILE

Matt Weedon Chef proprietor Matt Weedon and his wife Rachel took over at the Lamb Inn in Crawley last November. They are already forging a strong reputation for excellent home cooked food in a welcoming pub setting, with Matt drawing on his training at some of the UK’s top hotels and restaurants… Please could you tell us a little about your background and what first inspired you to become a chef? I was washing up at a local hotel and simply started helping the chefs out. They found me quite useful, I guess, so I quit the marigolds for the rock ’n’ roll chef lifestyle! It was either that or further education as my grades were pretty poor. Where and with whom did you train? I trained at Horsted Place in East Sussex with Allan Garth and at Hambleton Hall, Rutland, with Aaron Patterson. I also did various stints at L’Ortolan in Reading with John Burton-Race, Martin Burge and Alan Murchison. What is your favourite aspect of being a chef? It’s when suppliers ring you and tell you that something is in season, the old cogs start turning and before you know it a dish or two are going on the menu that shout “great local produce at its best”. What influences your cooking style? Seasonal produce is the main influence but also the environment that I’m cooking in. Whether it’s a hotel in the country, a top restaurant or a pub, it

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is all about cooking for your customers every time and giving them what they want. Where do you source your ingredients? I can’t bang on enough about locally produced ingredients! Out here, we have lambs reared next door to the pub and honey made in our village. There are just so many top quality producers in and around the Cotswold region such as Butts Farm in South Cerney, where we buy our rare breed beef, and Cackleberry Farm, near Stowon-the-Wold, that brings us the most stunning Arlington white eggs. It makes our job easy when the produce is that good. In terms of fish, we buy sustainable dayboat-caught fish from Devon and use local trout and crayfish from the Windrush river. What’s happening at the Lamb Inn this spring and summer? It’s our first summer season as we took over last November. We have spent some time turning the terrace into a place where people can eat outside, and have installed a BBQ and a wood fired pizza oven as we really want it to be a place where everyone can come for some great tasting food and hopefully enjoy the summer.

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chef profile… Matt Weedon Please can you give us some examples of what’s on your menu at the moment? Dishes on the menu at the moment include homemade corned beef with wasabi and smoked ox tongue; Cornish crab soup and brioche sandwich; short rib of Longhorn beef with wild garlic, roasted carrots, bone marrow and beer ’n’ beef gravy. Do you enjoy cooking at home and, if so, what do you like to make? I enjoy cooking for friends at home but only if there’s help with the washing up – I use every pan going! It’s mostly simple stuff, such as roast leg of lamb, potato gratin, some veggies and real gravy. But the wine has to be top stuff…!

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If there was one person in the world for whom you could cook, who would it be and what would you cook for them? Raymond Blanc: the man has taught so many of today’s chefs and talks about food with such passion, it’s infectious. Hopefully he’d find something on the menu that he liked – that would be enough pressure for me! If you hadn’t chosen to become a chef, what else would you have liked to be? A professional pool player – which reflects a misspent youth, I’m afraid.

A dish from the menu at The Lamb Inn

From your menu at the moment, please choose your favourite dish and tell us why you would recommend it. It would have to be the hot smoked salmon, avocado and Cornish crab with ginger beer jelly and lime dressing: it screams summer and eats really well. The Lamb Inn, Crawley: 01993 708792 / OX29 9TW / lambcrawley.co.uk

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The interior of The Lamb Inn

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INN PROFILE

The Golden Cross Inn, Cirencester Black Jack Street in Cirencester is home to an eclectic mix of independent boutiques and businesses as well as one of the town's most popular dining pubs, The Golden Cross Inn… Just a short stroll from Cirencester’s Market Place, The Golden Cross Inn is an 18th century coaching inn which has been owned and managed by landlord Mark Lindesay since 2009. It now offers a winning combination of modern sophistication and traditional charm, and has cemented its reputation with the town’s residents and visitors as a favourite destination for pub grub and evening fine dining. It also has the answer if you’re looking to get away, with comfortable and well-equipped bed and breakfast rooms. In the winter months, the pub offers a welcoming retreat from the bustle of Black Jack Street whilst in summertime you can take advantage of its ’hidden treasure’, a sheltered sun-trap of a garden perfect for enjoying a late afternoon Pimm’s or glass of wine. The Golden Cross has the feel of a family pub from the moment you walk through the door,

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with comfortable seating and attentive staff to help you with your choices. You are also likely to be greeted by the pub’s dog Franklin – a friendly fox red Labrador who likes to sit in his seat by the bar as if guardian of the inn. The kitchen is run by Andy Routledge, former Executive Chef for the Telegraph Media Group. Originally from Fairford in Gloucestershire, Routledge returned to the Cotswolds to redesign and open the kitchen at The Railway Inn in his hometown. This led to similar roles at The Radnor Arms in Coleshill, Oxfordshire, followed by The Vines at Black Bourton, near Burford. The food philosophy of the Golden Cross has been developed jointly by Lindesay and Routledge. It offers a contemporary interpretation of classic British and European recipes, with all dishes prepared to order using high quality, fresh, local ingredients. This philosophy is equally in evidence

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at the lunch and dinner services, both of which have daily changing menus. While lunchtimes focus mainly on traditional pub fare, evenings cater to the more refined palate, with dishes such as Routledge’s tea smoked duck breast with raspberry, or his pork three ways: slow roasted belly, pan fried loin and breadcrumbed black pudding with caramelised apple and Savoy cabbage. Sunday is for roasts and The Golden Cross serves up what many consider to be the best in the town. You can choose from locally sourced beef, chicken or pork and sit either in the main pub or the new Stable Bar at the back of the building. This area is something of a multi-function hub. It has a sporting theme, with prints and pictures of countryside pursuits adorning the walls, and offers live sports throughout the weekends on three large-screen TVs. It is also available to hire for anything from weddings and private parties to corporate events. The Golden Cross Inn is open for breakfast in the Stable Bar on weekend mornings from 10am. Lunch is served every day from 12pm–3pm and dinner is served Monday to Saturday from 6pm– 9pm. The Golden Cross Inn, Cirencester: 01285 652137 / GL7 2AA / thegoldencrossinn.com

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From staples of Italian, Indian and Chinese food to Tapas, Japanese and Tibetan, global flavours are widely available and all the rage… Long gone are the days of British diners being considered conservative (with a small ’c’). The recent opening in Cheltenham of Turtle Bay, part of the Caribbean-themed restaurant chain, illustrates how diverse and international our tastes now are. Here, in alphabetical order, we share the Cotswold Preview team’s top tips for some great local sources of global cuisine: Bilash, Carterton 01993 840546 / OX18 1AD / bilashcarterton.com Take a break from cooking with a home delivered Indian meal from Bilash. As well as preparing Indian food for national retailers, Bilash homedelivers dishes from its menu. Wholesome, classic Indian dishes are prepared in-house with fresh ingredients, including one of the best kormas in the Cotswolds. Telephone orders are taken from 5pm–11pm; delivery is free of charge to local addresses. Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival cheltenham-food-festival.garden-events.com This year, the annual festival takes place from 12–14 June in Cheltenham’s Montpellier 4

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Gardens. Some of our favourite stallholders here are Bellota, a company specialising in artisan Spanish foods that can be delivered to your door (bellota.co.uk); Kush Cuisine, whose preserves have a Caribbean twist (kushcuisine.com); and R&G Authentic, which creates authentic tasting curry paste without using artificial preservatives or colourings (randgcurrypaste.co.uk). Connolly’s Tapas Bar, Tiddington 01789 204712 / CV37 7AN / connollystapasbar.co.uk Connolly’s Tapas Bar is a family owned restaurant which brings a taste of Spain to the north Cotswolds. Perfect for a party or night out, you can sample a wide range of authentic tapas and main dishes. Food School at Thyme at Southrop Manor, near Lechlade 01367 850174 / GL7 3NX / thymeatsouthrop.co.uk You can take a course here to learn all about Spanish, Italian, Middle Eastern, Thai, French bistro, Indian or South East Asian cookery. From making pasta, mixing spices and marinating seafood to creating zingy salads and serving up a mean Tarte Tatin, these hands-on courses are designed to inspire and educate. They are a great way to follow a culinary journey around the world – just take your pick of destinations.

A Spanish-themed menu at Made by Bob

Made by Bob, Cirencester 01285 641818 / GL7 2NY / foodmadebybob.com At the end of March, this award winning restaurant and deli in Cirencester’s Corn Hall hosted its first Spanish evening. Diners were treated to a menu of Catalonian and Galician food including dishes such as grilled chorizo, salt cod brandade, seafood paella and Torrone cheesecake. Chef patron Bob Parkinson explains, “On the last Friday of the month we have decided to theme up our evenings, so in April we went Italian and on Friday 29 May you can sample French cuisine, followed by Greece as the country of choice for June and Algeria for July.” Reservations are already being taken for these evenings: early booking is recommended. Maison Chaplais, Cheltenham 01242 570222 / GL50 2TL / maisonchaplais.com Artisan bakery consultant Maurice Chaplais has sourced an amazing range of foods discovered on his travels around the world, from gourmet Italian pasta and French cassoulet to Madagascan chocolate. These can now also be ordered online through Maison Chaplais’ website.

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The M’hencha Company, Bourton-on-the-Water 01451 822868 / themhenchacompany.co.uk Sophie Browne set up The M’hencha Company after leaving a corporate career to concentrate

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food & drink feature… global gourmet on baking. Her M’hencha cakes were named one of the Top 50 foods in Britain and Ireland by the Great Taste Awards 2012 and her business has since skyrocketed. M’hencha is an exotic Moroccan cake made with frangipane, citrus juice and rose water, encased in pastry and topped with icing sugar and pistachios. It is also known as ’snake cake’ or ’serpent cake’ due to its coiled form, and is traditionally served in Morocco on special occasions accompanied by a sweet mint tea. Guests tear a piece from the end of the coil then pass the cake on: the ultimate tear-and-share food. You can order online and can also find Sophie’s M’hencha cakes at several local stockists as well as at Witney Festival of Food & Drink on Saturday 16 May. The Noel Arms, Chipping Campden 01386 840317 / GL55 6AT / bespokehotels.com The charming town of Chipping Campden may not be the first place you would think to go when you’re craving a curry, but we can highly recommend heading to The Noel Arms. Head chef Indunil Upatissa is renowned for his curries and has been named Best Pub Curry Chef for three years in a row at the Great British Pub Food Awards. Curry night is held on the last Thursday of each month, with a curry and a pint of beer or small glass of house wine for £15.95. If you’re not a curry aficionado, The Noel Arms also hosts World Culinary Events with a focus on Polish, Mexican, Thai, American, Spanish and Italian cuisine. The next event, on Monday 11 May, features traditional Polish food served with a Polish Mule Cocktail. Soushi Creation, Cirencester 01285 641414 / GL7 1QA / soushi.co.uk For wonderful sushi and Japanese food to eat in or take away, one of our favourite Cotswold destinations is this restaurant tucked away in the heart of Cirencester. Soushi Creation is renowned for its bento box and is also a great spot for a light lunch or evening out. People even say that its sushi is some of the best outside London. William’s Food Hall, Nailsworth 01453 832240 / GL6 0BL / williamsfoodhall.co.uk There is always a great deli selection with a fine array of foods from home and abroad.

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Curry expert Indunil Upatissa at The Noel Arms

The Yakiniku @ Mt Fuji Restaurant at Stanton House Hotel, near Swindon 0843 507 1388 / SN6 7SD / stantonhousehotel.co.uk Stanton House Hotel, with its connection to Honda, has long been known for the quality of its Japanese food. The recently launched Yakiniku @ Mt Fuji Restaurant (open on Friday and Saturday evenings) is designed and decorated to offer a unique insight into Japanese culture, offering distinctive cuisine made by the resident Japanese chefs. Yakiniku is best described as an indoor barbecue: fresh, seasoned ingredients such as meat, seafood and vegetables grilled over a direct flame and eaten with various dipping sauces. Superb.

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Between explorations in Chad, Papua New Guinea and Mongolia, Steppes Travelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Managing Director, Justin Wateridge, now lives in the Cotswolds. On the following pages, he highlights those destinations which he would currently recommend as offering the opportunity for authentic adventureâ&#x20AC;Ś

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travel feature… Travel Trends open up the full potential of Indonesia’s diving – tipped by many as some of the best in the world, especially around Raja Ampat.

Elephants in Hwange, Zimbabwe

Steppes Travel, based in Cirencester, creates tailormade holidays that “go beyond the ordinary” and the firm has done so for over 25 years. Steppes now has a team of over 40 specialists, led by Managing Director Justin Wateridge. A childhood in Zambia ignited Justin’s lifelong passion for travel. He says, “In Zambia, I saw a diverse world – one of breath-taking beauty on one hand and ugliness, namely poverty, on the other. What I remember and loved most was the people and their ability to cope with very little and to do so with ingenuity and a smile. It made me curious to meet and engage with other cultures and that curiosity has never left me.” He adds, “I am often asked by clients and travel journalists which destinations are the ones to watch and where to go now for an authentic adventure. Highlighted here and handpicked by myself and the Steppes team, with their insider knowledge, are the destinations that we believe are just that. We hope to inspire you to take the road less travelled and to journey beyond the ordinary.”

COLOMBIA This intriguing countr y is moving out of the shadows and into the limelight as one of the hottest destinations in Latin America. The airline Avianca is now operating direct flights between Bogota and London, making Colombia more accessible. Challenge your stereotypes! ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe is bouncing back: it currently has fewer tourists and better prices as well as phenomenal wildlife. Home to some of the best safari guides, exquisite lodges and dramatic scenery, it won’t be long before Zimbabwe is rightfully back as one of the finest safari destinations in Africa. USA This is the big destination in 2015 for adventurous families with older children. Self-drive is an easy option in the US and gives families a sense of freedom and flexibility. We recommend combining this with a number of guided excursions in America’s national parks. If wildlife and remote 4

INDIA If you enjoyed The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel then we recommend the brainchild of an English couple, the new Bujera Fort in Udaipur, for the real life equivalent. Combined with Jawai Leopard Camp, it makes for a great alternative to the standard Golden Triangle properties. INDONESIA Luxurious boat charters covering parts of the archipelago previously off-limits to tourists will

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The pool on Sanctuary Sunboat IV on a Nile cruise, Egypt

Horsehoe Bend in the Grand Canyon, USA

wilderness sound like your kind of holiday, then head to Alaska. JAPAN Japan’s best kept secrets can be found hidden within its 6,000 plus islands. These range from the remote subtropical island chain of Ogasawara, set to rival the Galapagos and reached only by a 25 hour boat ride, to the island of Okinawa, the birthplace of Karate where it is possible to dive with manta rays and hammerhead sharks. MONGOLIA Mongolia has a sense of space, tradition and laughter that cannot be found elsewhere. Travel

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west to the Altai Mountains and ride with the Kazakh eagle hunters who hunt on horseback in the winter. PAPUA NEW GUINEA The cliché “Go now before it changes” is sadly true for Papua New Guinea. Whilst it remains remote and little visited, stereotypes of primitive, uncontacted tribes are already outmoded. By the late 1960s, the lowland peoples were no longer wearing traditional dress; the peoples of the highlands would only do so for another 30 years; and traditional dress had faded out by the turn of the millennium. We have chartered a brand new luxury cruise departing in November 2016.

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Raja Ampat, Indonesia

SOUTH AFRICA An overnight flight away, with no jet lag and guaranteed winter sun. The current exchange rate of the rand also means that you can dine out in style for less at one of the best restaurants in Cape Town. We recommend exploring the Western Cape or staying at the brand new family run Kariega Lodge along the Garden Route. EGYPT There are some wonderful deals to be had on a number of our hand-picked cruises – from Steam Ship Sudan and Sanctuary Sunboat to a private charter of a dahabiya (a local sailboat). You might also have some of the sites

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to yourself: avoid the crowds and go now before they flock back. galapagos This is the place for families – the wildlife has no fear of man, so close encounters abound for children and photographers alike. You can also stay on land, such as on Isabela Island, as well as there being many cruise options. We advocate travelling responsibly and have worked closely with the Galapagos Conservation Trust for a number of years arranging access to areas usually off-limits to visitors. Steppes Travel, Cirencester: 01285 880980 / GL7 1QD / steppestravel.com

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Angela Hucke With a background in international public relations for Christie’s in London and the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Angela Hucke now combines two of her passions – for vintage Bugattis and education – as a director of The Bugatti Trust in Prescott… Where did you grow up and when did you move to the Cotswolds? I was born in Westphalia in Germany but grew up in the South of France where I went to school then Nice University. I relocated to London in 1987 straight after graduating as there was a fantastic job opportunity with one of the leading auction houses. For family reasons, my husband, the jazz musician Tony Muschamp, and I and our two daughters relocated to the Cotswolds nine years ago, where we are based in Chipping Norton. We love this historic town with its beautiful old-fashioned community vibe and its spirit of independence. It has just the right amount of high street shops but above all a top quality selection of independent retailers and food, music and literary festivals that even die-hard Londoners make the two hour trip to visit. Please could you tell us a little about your professional background? After a degree in Economics, I really thought my life would be number crunching and business

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trouble-shooting but a chance encounter led to an interview with Christie’s in 1987 and a job offer in the auction house’s PR department. It turned out that my real passion, professionally, is communication and ongoing education. Having lived in a number of countries, I am fluent in three and a half European languages (the half is Italian, not my best!) and public relations gives the opportunity to research and learn a huge variety of topics and subjects for a very focused period of time. The eternal student in me enjoyed having to be a Bauhaus ’expert’ one week then knowing everything about Fabergé the next, depending on which specialist sales we were promoting. After leaving Christie’s to set up my own PR agency – small but hopefully perfectly formed! – my main client was the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris, at the time the second largest patron to the arts in France after the state. Cartier was a wonderful employer and the effort and focus that went into promoting new artists as well as retrospective or new work from established artists were second to none. There was no day to

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Vintage Bugattis at last year’s La Vie en Bleu event at Prescott Hill Climb

day routine, we never knew who we would next work with; I met William Eggleston, Issey Miyake, Lou Reed, Thomas Demand as well as Yanomami tribal elders and a Russian scientist, Sergei Krikalev, who went into the European space station a cosmonaut and came back an astronaut. I met my husband Tony while working for the Fondation and I remember him commenting on the fact he couldn’t quite believe that I was being paid for my working day as I was always in such a good mood. With five children between us – Aerin, Cadence, Gandalf, Rimini and Vincent (in alphabetical order!) – it became clear that my lifestyle had to change and that the amount of travel I was doing for Cartier wouldn’t allow me to be the mother I had always planned to be. So, reluctantly, I left the Fondation to go back to mainly freelancing in PR and the occasional writing, which I have always enjoyed. How did you become involved with The Bugatti Trust? It probably sounds like my main interest is fine arts, in particular contemporar y art, but my biggest passion, apart from my family, is vintage cars and more specifically, Bugattis. My father was a huge Bugatti enthusiast: he wrote about, collected and raced Bugattis and having been his co-pilot and favourite navigator from a4

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A selection of Bugattis on display at The Bugatti Trust

Angela Hucke racing the Bugatti type 53 four wheel drive at Prescott

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A vintage Bugatti racing at Prescott Hill Climb

very young age, I didn’t hesitate to accept the opportunity to join the Bugatti Trust, Prescott as one of its directors. The Bugatti Trust was formed in 1987 by the late Hugh Conway, supported by a small group of Bugatti enthusiasts. Its aim has always been to promote the works of Ettore Bugatti and to raise awareness of the importance of aesthetics and integrated design in engineering by his example. Hugh Conway’s remarkable collection of historic photographs, drawings, letters and archives as well as further historic material donated by supporters of the Trust created the basis of our archive which we continue to expand and develop. The Trust’s premises are based next to the well known Prescott Hill Climb, near Cheltenham, which is also home to the Bugatti Owners’ Club. This allows us to be a research and study centre for professional motoring

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writers and car restorers as well as a museum destination for families. At the Trust, a small permanent exhibition with tutorial panels tells the remarkable story of Ettore Bugatti and his legendary cars and we are in the fortunate position of also having a regularly changing selection of original vintage Bugattis on display to bring it all to life. Other members of the Bugatti family we feature in the exhibition include Carlo Bugatti, best known for his ornamental furniture, and animal sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti, whose work has just been championed by the Alte National Galerie in Berlin. How is the Trust marking its 25th anniversary? As part of its anniversary activities, The Bugatti Trust is holding an open day on the Sunday of La Vie en Bleu – the annual motoring celebration

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A vintage Bugatti at Prescott Hill Climb

Angela Hucke at the wheel of a Bugatti, pictured with her late father Uwe Hucke

of all things French, held at Prescott Hill Climb, this year on 23 & 24 May [see our What’s On feature on page 63 for further details]. Everyone is welcome to join us at the open day for tea, coffee, birthday cake and, of course, all things Bugatti. On the Saturday, we are holding a small event for our existing members, who number around 300 worldwide, whether they joined right at the start 25 years ago or only the previous day. It will be a special opportunity to thank everyone who is supporting us with their annual membership fee and volunteering to man the Trust during open days as well as helping with the scanning and archiving work. Since 2015 is a very special year for The Bugatti Trust, we are putting more effort than ever into the visitor experience. At the moment, we have a beautiful 1928 Bugatti T40 “Lidia”

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Bugatti Trust Chairman Hugh Conway with Bath University students at the 2015 AGM

car which was the first car designed by Jean Bugatti, son of Ettore, who together with his sister L’Ebe conspired to build a rather unique car for Lidia. During La Vie en Bleu, an extremely rare 1912 Bugatti Type 15 will also be on display. This is always one of the busiest events of the whole racing season at Prescott and we ensure that visitors to The Bugatti Trust are welcomed with the same enthusiasm whether they are complete novices to the motoring world or ultimate Bugatti experts. Which areas of the Trust’s activities do you feel most passionate about? We have reams of archive material which appeals to the experts but I personally put effort and focus into developing educational material for the under 11s. When families come and visit us,4

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The Bugatti Trust at Prescott

we allow the children to go on a visual treasure hunt around the Trust: they have to find everything on the ’detective sheet’ which shows close-ups of interesting items around our display rooms. It might be a painted vellum tabletop of a piece of furniture by Carlo Bugatti or an iconic shot of a Bugatti type 35 steering wheel. For everyone who finds all the clues, we try and have a treat to give out: since Prescott Hill Climb has an orchard, we usually have apples at the least (which always meet with parental approval!). We also have quizzes and word searches to take away and for this year’s season we are developing car and engineering drawings for the children to complete. At the end of the day, and this brings me back to the beginning of our chat, I feel very strongly about education. The Trust has an ongoing educational mission, so why not include the under 11s in that? Our biggest educational commitment is probably to higher education. We have been associated with Coventry University for over 15 years in an annual award scheme to encourage good design in engineering. We also support Bath University ’s Formula Student single seater racing car project, with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. What is next for The Bugatti Trust? Long-term, I would like to see our support and encouragement of excellence in engineering and design to extend to more involvement with secondary schools. The Bugatti Trust attracts such an eclectic collection of supporters and experts,

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we feel very strongly that all of this knowledge should be put to good use. It is also fantastic to see the interaction between the generations, with young school children and students chatting animatedly to our 80 year old members and learning so much from them. I have a vested interest in promoting STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] subjects for girls as I have two daughters making GCSE choices at the moment, and am hoping that the Trust will play a role in promoting engineering and motoring design courses to women. We are all told that we should live in the moment and embrace mindfulness. Very few things focus the mind quite as much as motorsports and a day at Prescott, with the racing action on the hill and the pure, peaceful and inspirational beauty of the Bugatti family’s aesthetics whether in art or design, makes for a fantastic day out. If along the way we manage to inspire young people to pick up a pencil, or their tablet or stylus or whatever it may be, and start creating, I couldn’t wish for anything more. The Bugatti Trust: 01242 677201 / GL52 9RD / bugatti-trust.co.uk The Bugatti Trust’s normal opening times are Monday to Friday, from 10am-4pm, and at other times by arrangement. Over the coming months, the Trust is also open during three weekends: the La Vie en Bleu weekend which celebrates French automobiles, 23 & 24 May; the Vintage Sports Car Club weekend, Friday 31 July & 1–2 August; and the American-themed Autumn Classic weekend, 3 & 4 October.

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Steve Fletcher

Clock Workshop Following in the horological footsteps of his grandfather and father before him, Steve Fletcher runs Clock Workshop in Witney, repairing and restoring clocks and watches… The first thing that you notice on entering Clock Workshop is the sound of ticking clocks. The soothing, repetitive noise has formed the soundtrack to Steve Fletcher’s life since he was a small boy tinkering in the family workshop. Steve’s grandfather started work in Witney in 1910 and set up his own shop – a business that was then carried on by Steve’s father. After gaining first class qualifications from a British Horological Institute college course in 1973, Steve began making

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and repairing clocks and watches himself. He regularly services clocks that his grandfather and father worked on, continuing 100 years of family craftsmanship and customer service. The business is now very established and successful, with a worldwide clientele. Clocks are even sent from as far away as China and Nicaragua for Steve’s careful attention. Steve says, “We pride ourselves on being a top quality clockmaker. This comes with time, care and experience.” 4

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A third of the company’s work comes from returning customers and Steve says that many will come back for decades, as clocks become an important part of a household. Providing excellent customer service is important to the business and Steve drives up to 200 miles a week, collecting and delivering clocks, and setting up and instructing clients on how to care for (and often use) their clocks. As he says, “Clocks are similar to jewellery: they have a sentimental value to people and are more than just a piece of furniture. The clock becomes almost a living thing – forebears have wound it and set it and in doing so have almost become part of the piece. I think people often feel they’ve taken on a part of their relatives in continuing to care for the clock.” To avoid problems building up, Steve advises clock owners to have their clock overhauled at least every eight to ten years, to keep it happily ticking away. Clock Workshop now has a staff of five skilled craftsmen and women, and can do all types of clock restoration, including repairs to the casework and dial, as well as repairing and servicing any make of mechanical watch. Steve’s father was worried in the 1970s that the trade would be made redundant by the emergence of the quartz movement, but in fact there has been a

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specialist business profile… Clock Workshop resurgence in the demand for mechanical watches over the last decade and, as a result, a need for good watch repairers. Steve and his team are confident that there is no clock or watch they can’t fix – and they will make parts if they can’t source them. This is particularly pertinent when working on some of the older clocks. Steve does a great deal of conservation work for clients including the National Trust and says, “I love working on the ancient clocks, some dating as far back as the early 17th century. The oldest I’ve ever worked on was made in 1620. I love just thinking about who made it and what was happening in the world then. The clockmaker would have had no idea that his clock would still be working 400 years later, and it still could be working in another couple of hundred years. It’s amazing.” Some of these clocks are incredibly valuable, one example being worth a cool £250,000, but, as Steve says, “Clocks from the 1930s may be worth less but to their owners they’re priceless.” With this in mind, Steve gives any clock, whether old or new, equal care and attention. Horological courses have now become few and far between, so apprenticeships and internships at Clock Workshop provide vital handson experience for trainee clockmakers. For example, Alex is a French intern who is currently with the business. Having previously trained in Switzerland and France, he happily confirms that he has learnt more from his time at Clock Workshop than he did during the whole of his time in Switzerland. With regard to the future of the shop, and the possibility of a fourth generation taking the helm, Steve is pragmatic, saying, “I have a 14 year old son who currently wants to become a civil engineer. Who knows if he will join the business? I guess there’s still time to indoctrinate him!” As for Steve himself, he says, “I love the variety of the work, especially taking clocks that haven’t been working for years and giving them a new lease of life.” And the ticking clocks? Steve admits that he doesn’t hear them unless he’s alone in the workshop late at night – and then the 200 clocks can suddenly sound quite loud. Clock Workshop, Witney: 01993 772123 / OX28 6FG / clockworkshop.co.uk

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Malt House Emporium Malt House Emporium, an Aladdin’s cave of antiques, vintage finds, soft furnishings and accessories, opened last November at Salmon Springs Trading Estate in Stroud. Its owner, Helen Tweddle, has quickly filled the 19th century warehouse space with a wonderfully eclectic mix of wares from 86 dealers, and she already has further plans in place for the venue… Picture the scene: an empty warehouse sits vacant on Salmon Springs Trading Estate. The Malt House is a massive space – with two floors and more than 14,000 square feet in total – and it had been empty for five years when Helen Tweddle first saw it last year. The brick building dates back to the early 19th century and has its roots in the brewing industry. These days, it is a very large space for any company or retail outlet to consider taking on but Helen, undaunted, could see its potential. It was crying out for a new lease of life and, with its oak beams, cast iron pillars and sense of history, she thought it would provide the ideal backdrop for showcasing vintage goods.

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Following a bereavement, Helen had left London and her banking career two years ago, moving to Gloucestershire with her three children for a quieter pace of life. Due to her love of vintage items, she enjoyed ’resurrecting’ furniture and had taken stalls in antique centres to sell her wares. She decided that an emporium could be her ideal new business venture, so she spent a year researching the market and viewing various sites. As soon as she was shown the Malt House, she knew that it was the right one. She says, “The moment I saw it, I knew it was perfect.” From the date of receiving the keys, it took her only three weeks to open Malt House

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new business profile… Malt House Emporium Emporium for business. Nine dealers rented space within the centre and word has spread very quickly. Now, three months on, the emporium is at full capacity with 86 dealers as well as a waiting list of those keen to take space. This feat is a tribute to Helen’s passion, energy and sense of fairness. Having experienced life as a trader from the other side, she was determined to do things differently, and says, “I’ve had a stall and I know how hard it is to budget for things. Usually, dealers pay a rent for their space and then have commission deducted on what they sell. Sometimes, a centre may discount your items by 10% and very quickly you find you are making virtually nothing on an item, or the centre is taking more than your profit. I didn’t want to do that, so I only charge my dealers one flat rate which covers everything: rent, electricity, staff, card fees – everything. No other emporium does this.” Dealing is something that Helen herself can no longer find time for but, with her financial background, she admits to really enjoying the business side of the venture. There are also some obvious perks: for example, she recently redesigned her dining room with walnut pieces found at the Emporium. As she says, “When I tire of it, I can move it along and start again!” Variety is one of the keys to Malt House Emporium’s success. Some stallholders are operating as full time dealers with bays in a number of emporiums, whilst others are testing the water or simply enjoying a new hobby. They all have control over their own space, refreshing the pieces or rearranging displays in their own time, with the knowledge that the Emporium staff will advise them if stock is getting low. The on-site team also assists customers with any questions. The changing stock and diverse nature of the different stands have quickly confirmed the Emporium’s popularity with customers. Items range from antique and retro furniture to vintage dinner jackets and taxidermy ducklings, with something for every budget. Helen says that, since the antiques business isn’t as strong as it was 20 or 30 years ago, the parameters for what is sold have had to broaden beyond purely ’antiques’. Retro and vintage pieces are also accepted, keeping the selection of goods up to date and vibrant.

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Although now at capacity, Helen is not one to sit on her laurels. In-house auctions are being introduced and the first is taking place on Saturday 2 May from 2pm. Lots can be viewed during the week prior to the auction and Helen intends the sale day to be an enjoyable experience with in-room bidding only. Helen also hopes to set up a workshop space where teachers can reserve space to host their art or craft courses. Recently, she has also sub-let part of the building to operate as a restaurant. This is currently being refitted with the aim being for it to open within the next six months. There are often pitfalls to starting a business, but Helen says that the only drama so far has been a broken vase. She adds, “I’ve been lucky that everything has gone so smoothly. I’m fortunate to have fantastic landlord. We had a very fast legal process that enabled us to open quickly and the staff are just brilliant.” In a new business, keeping the success and momentum going is a time-consuming process. For someone who moved here seeking a quieter pace of life, will this prove a challenge for Helen? She shakes her head vehemently as she says, “I love it, I absolutely love it. The social side is really great – it’s wonderful to meet so many different people. There’s a really great vibe every time I come in here. I’m really happy.” Malt House Emporium is open Monday to Friday from 10am–4pm, on Saturday from 10am–5pm, and on Sunday and Bank Holidays from 11am–3pm. Malt House Emporium, Stroud: 01453 753526 / GL6 6NU / malthouseemporium.co.uk

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My Cotswolds… Jean and Colin Greenway

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Jean and Colin Greenway Greenway Antiques, on Corn Street in Witney, is one of the region’s best sources for antique furniture and accessories such as fire tools and lighting. Its founders are the husband and wife team Colin and Jean Greenway, who this year celebrate the business’ 40th anniversary in the town. Here, they tell us what they love most about living and working in Witney… Where do you live in the Cotswolds and how long have you been there? For 40 years we have lived and worked in the market town of Witney which lies on the River Windrush. We both grew up locally and wanted to move somewhere that we could have a business and combine family life: Witney fitted the bill nicely. Our children went to the local schools and we still love the community feeling of being part of this lovely town. What advice would you give to someone new to the area? Visit your local library or tourist centre and get a set of walking maps – it’s the finest way to feel part of the Cotswolds and learn about the local area. The

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Cotswolds has so much to offer no matter what your interests are, plus you are never far from a decent meal. In fact, there are so many excellent venues to chose from: we have Blenheim Palace in Woodstock combining history and grandeur, and Witney Museum presents a wealth of knowledge about the blanket industry for which Witney was once famous. The area also has so many delightful villages, all with their own history. The Churches are packed with the history of the wool merchants and their legacy to the area. If you like collecting antiques, then Witney is a good starting point too. What do you love most about living here? Although Witney has grown rapidly, it still retains the charm of a bustling market town. There is4

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so much going on, such as the Beer Festival (the town is the home of The Wychwood Brewery), music festivals and, of course, the Witney Food and Drink Festival coming up on Saturday 16 May. We have a lively community, active churches and good local facilities including a cinema and fantastic shops. Do you have a favourite Cotswold town or village? Lower Slaughter is a typical Cotswold village without the commercialism of Bourton-on-the-Water. There are many such villages across the area but Lower Slaughter, with its mill stream, is one place we love to visit time and time again. Where would you recommend going for a meal? The Three Horseshoes in Corn Street: it’s a traditional pub with great food and a warm welcome. It always has a good log fire going too.

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What places or activities would you recommend within the Cotswolds? For charm, Old Minster Lovell with its ruined Manor House. And also Witney Lakes and Meadows – a beautiful and peaceful nature reserve for walking and bird watching; Cogges Farm Museum to step back in time; and Witney Food and Drink Festival to get to know your local food producers. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be and why? It would have to be South West France – it’s like being back in the England of our childhood. But the Cotswolds takes some beating and although we think we could live away from here, we secretly know we could not. Greenway Antiques, Witney: 01993 705026 / OX28 6BU / greenwayantiques.com

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