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HESE days there is a huge appetite for News and it comes in all shapes and sizes. From Auntie BBC in Syria to the most fatuous entertainment facts about Jennifer Anniston’s dress sense. From rabid, right-wing, born-again American propaganda to RT News with its jumble of incisive reporting and then two seconds later downright scurrilous lies. It’s all there. However, it took last week’s ridiculous spat between Tesco and Unilever about the wholesale price of Marmite for BBC News to finally hit its all time low. At one point a fearless BBC reporter was in Tescos in Swansea and in a live broadcast on Radio 4 was letting us know how many jars of Marmite were left in Tesco Express, (two as it happens). As always, with my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, I realised here was an opportunity made for Broad Sheep and I hurried off to Broad Sheep Towers to see if I could get approval Small Ads 4 from the Board of Directors to steam ahead with my new idea. Luckily I remembered we Philosophy 6 don’t have any directors so I was able to proceed with my own New Channel - ‘24 Hour Art 8 Rolling Trivial Facts You Don’t Need to Know About Presteigne Radio’. As you can imagine, like all Broad Sheep enterprises (who’d have thought anyone Art workshops 12 wanted to know who was playing at the Fish & Fiddle on Wednesday night), it’s been a Cinema 18 blinding success from the start and you can Dance 22 tune in on 72.1MHZ or digital and pick up on Food 24 the latest stunning uninteresting facts. In case you can’t afford a radio, here is a Music 26 sample of the last 24 hours broadcasting. Music workshops 38 8am. “Hi, this is Pete for Broad Sheep Radio, Band directory 40 reporting to you at great personal expence up Theatre 42 at this time of the morning, just to make sure Word 46 you will be able to get your breakfast Marmite Grass roots 50 fix”. “I’m just entering Costcutter now and I immediately spot on my right that stocks of Comp therapies 52 Valpolicella are a bit low, only one bottle left, but surprisingly there are vast quantities of Blossom Hill Rosé available. Plenty of mushrooms a bit brown around the edges. Very low on ownWe take no responsibility brand toilet paper and here we are now at the for the veracity of the Marmite section. Phew, the panic is over and there information herein is lots and lots of Marmite”. “This is Broad Sheep Pete Mustill Radio signing off from Costcutter”. “And remember Mayfield, Stapleton, ♫ If you can’t sleep, tune into Broad Sheep, it’s the Nr Presteigne, Powys paregoric that can’t be beat ♫”. LD8 2LW 10am. “This is Broad Sheep Radio reporting Tel: 01544 260051 Email: info@broadsheep.com outside The Dukes Arms. The pub is shut. What Website: www.broadsheep.com do you expect it’s ten o’clock in the morning”. “♫ Don’t have a clue where to go. Neither does Broad Sheep Radio ♫”. 12 noon. “There is a traffic jam in the High Street. That’s because no one parks in the car park because you have to pay”. “♫ In the day or in the dark, Broad Sheep tells you where to park ♫”. 2pm. “There is a spare seat outside the Morrocan Cafe. If you get up here pronto you can grab it. Ring me now and I’ll sit in it till you turn up”. “♫ Desperate to put up your feet, Broad Sheep Radio will find your seat ♫”. 4pm. “Hi Broad Sheep, reporting from the main car park. It’s still empty. What’s the point of having a bloody great empty car park and big jams in the High Street 50 yards away? They should make it free to residents and all traders and solve Presteigne’s parking problem in one simple step.” “Hang on, this is getting a bit too serious, it’s more like Newsnight than Broad Sheep Radio. I’ll put on a jingle quick”. “♫ Broad Sheep Radio’s loads of fun. It appeals to everyone. Every mother, every son. Sing Broad Sheep Radio’s number one ♫”. 6pm. “ Hi, it’s Pete reporting for fabulous Broad Sheep Radio. I’m very cold, very hungry and very bored. I know I said it was a 24 hour rolling inconsequential news channel, but frankly I’ve had enough. “♫ 24/7 was a stinking lie, Broad Sheep Radio says goodbye ♫”.

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Cover pic: The Faaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon - 2 Nov

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GETTING SOCIAL WITH CHOCOLATE: a social media workshop with a Christmas twist from the Small Business Clinic on Tuesday 13th December at Upper Newton Farmhouse, Kinnersley. For details of this and other workshops including WordPress and Pricing, please visit our website at www.smallbusinessclinic.co.uk or call 07825 987114.

COMPLINE AT BLEDDFA CHURCH. A gentle, reflective short evening service to end the day, with prayer. By Candlight. First Sunday of the month at 8.30pm. Further details David Gavin 01547 510637. Visiting groups of singers most welcome. MODERN WORKSHOP/STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE From October in New Radnor. Light, clean, insulated space with good access and parking. 3-phase power and separate toilet facilities. Contact Ben on 01544 350456 or 07879 903007. JAZZ PIANO TUITION A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate level students. Also coaching for Associated Board jazz exams. Now taking students in Presteigne and surrounding area. Simon Deeley, 07890 303681. simon.deeley@aol.com ABUNDANT EARTH BOOKKEEPING SERVICES. AAT trained with practise experience. I offer a professional but friendly service! Give me your bag of receipts and I’ll give you the figures for your tax return. No job too small. Phone or email Caroline on 07495 701777 abundantearthbooks@gmail.com VIOLIN/VIOLA LESSONS All styles, all ages, beginners to advanced. Help with composition, theory, aural training. Accompaniment also offered. Ring Tony on 01544 321925 or visit his website: http://camelmusic.co.uk for a CV and more information.

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Who Are You Calling Normal? I

T might be just a sign of ageing but I seem to have developed a disturbing habit. Nothing illegal, mind you, and nothing that costs money, except the price of a cup of tea and a doughnut. But in any case it’s not my fault. Not at all. The blame lies fairly and squarely with Mr. Blewit. If his shop hadn’t been open every Saturday and hadn’t been just round the corner from the pub in Dudley kept by my grandparents, none of this would have happened. As a child I was very bookish and Mr. Blewit’s shop, you see, was a book shop. It was a shop offering exciting new worlds, adventures, thrills, all available once you crossed his palm with not much silver. A few of the books bought from Mr. B’s Shop of Dreams are still on my shelves, sixty years later. Companions of a lifetime. Some of his books were easily affordable, costing just pence, such as the tiny ‘I Spy’ books, delightful but ever so addictive. In one book you might be looking out for different sorts of trees, in another, lorries or farm animals. Every time you ‘spied’ something you won a point. You ticked a box. These little books encouraged children and their parents to keep their eyes open and to be more aware of their surroundings. But thanks to Mr. Blewit I’ve now embarked on my very own, very risky, ‘I Spy’ quest. Oh yes, these days ‘I Spy’ NORMAL people! Practical fieldwork for this is carried out whenever I go to Aberystwyth and sit at a certain café window overlooking a busy street. In no time at all scores of people pass by, providing ideal spying conditions. Or so you would think. But guess what? - ‘normal’ people are few and far between, at least in Aberystwyth. If not actually on the brink of extinction, certainly rare birds. They should probably be registered as an endangered species. To give you, dear reader, some idea of just how difficult it is to spy a ‘normal’ person in Aberystwyth [and presumably elsewhere] I refer you to recent entries from my ‘I Spy Normal People’ notebook: That man there: quite smartly dressed, superficially normal, but has green hair. So NOT normal. And look at her: a woman in her sixties, a bulging shopping-bag in one hand, and in the other a leash attached to a Staffordshire bull terrier. Nothing abnormal about that, except for one small detail: it’s a dog on wheels. She walks past as if exercising a pretend dog was the most normal thing in the world. But it isn’t. And no one, but no one, bats an eyelid. Look over there: a young man dressed as a sheep. You can tell it’s a man because he’s carrying the sheep’s head in his hands, revealing a man with a huge red beard. Normal? I think not. Nor is that woman: she’s smoking a pipe, moreover a pipe emitting clouds of purple smoke. So far my spying activities are scoring ZERO POINTS.

Same café later in the day. A girl comes in, sporting a T-shirt with [in Welsh] the words ‘Plato Was Wrong’. And then a large camper-van drives past. It has to stop right outside the window because of traffic. This enables me to read the fascinating question written on the side the vehicle: ‘What if the Hokey Kokey IS what it’s all about?’ I

catch sight of the driver - it’s the woman with the pretend bull terrier! A thought comes to mind: is the world about to end? Or perhaps it’s ended already? Maybe if I ventured into the university? Would that yield better results? Not a chance! If my experience has taught me anything at all it’s that a university is the least likely place on the face of the planet to find anybody remotely normal. However, my failure to spy normal people is not as depressing as you might think, because it has prompted a few intriguing, and without doubt topical and urgent, questions. What if....[I hesitate to type the next words] what if there is no... such... thing... as... normal? Or, even more worrying, what if the explanation for not spotting any normal people in Aberystwyth is quite simply that EVERYONE there [as elsewhere] is ABNORMAL? Yes, everyone. Spot someone who seems normal, dig a little more deeply and - hey presto! - you find they are not normal after all. In which case, what’s normal is to be abnormal. Maybe we’re all just different from one another? A puzzle to end with: what kind of person would you say is most different from you? But different how? - now that’s the point. [Anyone got a couple of paracetamol?] Philosopher-in-Residence

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WHAT’S ON IN NOVEMBER

Saturday 12th November to Saturday 24th December 2016

Café and shop open Fri Sat Sun 11:00am–4:30pm teas, coffee, cake and soup Until Sun 13th ‘MADE IN KNUCKLAS’ Art exhibition in School House Gallery, a beautiful feast for the eyes, open same hours as cafe

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Minerva Arts Centre, High Street, Llanidloes Open 10am-4.30pm 6 days a week closed Sundays Closing 1.30pm on 24th December

Sat 5th regular MONTHLY MEDITATION SESSION Open to all 11:00 – 12:30 Wed 9th Nov 2016 10.30am - 3.30pm,

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FORGE COTTAGE, EVENJOBB, PRESTEIGNE, POWYS, LD8 2SD

Price £35, including a legendary Bleddfa workshop lunch (please mention any special dietary requirements when booking). Fri 18th Nov Christmas Exhibition Fair opens

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art POWYS St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne 5 - 13 Nov ‘Paper Work and Pottery’. Beautiful work with a lightness of touch and the deft use of glazes featuring local artists and crafts people. Curated by Lois Hopwood. Artists include TAMSIN ABBOTT, ANT COLLIER, JACS COLLINS, KATE CORBETT-WINDER, TONY HALL, RAE HARRISON, LOIS HOPWOOD, PENELOPE LEAVER GREEN, ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY, KATE MILSOM, KATE MORGAN-CLARE, PETER STILWELL, ANTHEA STILWELL, ISLWYN WATKINS, BRONTË WOODRUFF & JANE THOMAS. Open daily, 10am-4pm, free entry. Garth Village Hall, Garth 11 & 12 Nov ‘Crafts Alive’. Willow, patchwork, quilting, jewellery, cards, wood work, quilling, spinning and weaving and more with items for sale and demonstrations. Morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea available. Open Fri 11am-7pm, Sat 11am-5pm. Market Square, Cheese Market & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 01497 820733 27 Nov ‘Hay Does Vintage’. Over 50 vintage and retro traders, vintage tearoom, jewellery, vintage clothes, curios, furniture and much more. Open 10.30am-4pm. Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 Nov Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm. Brook Street Pottery & Gallery, Brook St, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5BQ 01497 821070 12 Nov - 7 Jan ‘A Breeze from the South’. An exhibition of artists new to Hereford who work on the Sussex coast; bringing a tang of salt sea air and the warm afterglow. SARAH PALMER - ceramics, DENISE FRANKLIN - paintings and drawings, JUDITH ROWE - domestic ceramics, LORNA VAHEY - paintings, ROBERT GREENHALF - woodcut prints of birds, AMANDA COBBETT - 3D textile nature studies, ALISON DUPERNEX - scarves, SIONI RHYS - handloom woven wraps, GUY ROYLE - jewellery, CAROLINE PARROTT - aluminium jewellery. Wed-Sat 10.30am-5pm.

Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Nov Art from the last 216 years. Open Mon-Sat 10am-3pm. Facebook, Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne. Globe at Hay, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 Until 20 Nov ‘Eoh_mit and Billie Charity’. BILLIE CHARITY’s playful and honest reportage and portrait photography captures the everyday in an arresting light. Part of Herefordshire Art Week Trail. Open Wed-Sun 9.30am-5pm. Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 Nov ‘No Butterflies, No Bees, No Fruit, No Flowers’. New work by ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY, LOIS HOPWOOD, GRETCHEN IND, RUTH KIRKBY, ANTHEA STILWELL, PETER STILWELL. Painted boxes by LESLEY WOOTTON. C20th art, greetings cards and local crafts, Christmas cards and gifts. Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm. The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 www.haymakers.co.uk Until 20 Nov Autumn exhibition. ROSEMARY COCHRANE & HELEN SHERE jewellery. GWEN VAUGHAN & CATHERINE WINFREY - ceramics. JOANNA BOURNE - prints. 21 Nov - Jan 2017 Christmas exhibtion. PATRICIA KELLY ceramics, NICK & GABI WARD ceramics. ANNIE RIE - stained glass, LINDSAY TYSON - textiles, ALISON YOUNG & SALLY HAYSOM jewellery. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 Until 30 Nov ‘Memories of Builth’. BUILTH WELLS HERITAGE SOCIETY - images of Builth and its inhabitants, a glimpse into times past. Open theatre times. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 5 Nov Arts and Crafts from local makers. 1 - 3 Dec Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair. Lots of locally made, artisan gifts: necklaces, cards, carvings, books, scarves, bags and more. Open 10am-3pm. 9 - 11 Dec Pop-Up Museum of Welsh Textiles. Exhibits show the process from fleece to yarn and from yarn to garment, quilt and blanket. Some items for sale. Open 10.30am-4pm, free entry.

Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Nov Mixed exhibtion. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm. Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 19 Nov ‘Border Country’. JOAN BAKER, CHARLES BURTON, JOHN ELWYN & BERT ISAAC. Until 26 Nov ‘Adeiledd Ac Arwynebedd’. JOHN CARTER RA. Until 26 Nov ‘Mixed Messages Signs of Modern Life from the Beach’. RICHARD BLACKLAW-JONES. 5 Nov - 4 Feb ‘The Second Visit’. TIM TOZER - paintings. 5 Nov - 4 Feb ‘3D Showcase’. CHRISTINE GITTINS - ceramics. 5 Nov - 21 Jan ‘Christmas Selection’. Works by IAN PHILLIPS, LUNED RHYS PARRI & ELIN SIAN BLAKE. 12 Nov - 4 Feb JUAN GORRITI. Meet the artist 16 November, 12pm. 26 Nov - 4 Feb ‘The Works’. TERENCE LAMBERT - wildlife paintings and drawings. Meet the artist, 18 Jan, 12pm. 3 Dec - 11 Feb ‘Airport Series’. GORDON MILES. Meet the artist 7 Dec, 12pm. 3 Dec - 11 Feb ‘Maritime’. ANN WILLIAMS. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 12 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas Craft Fair 2016. Local crafts. 10am-4.30pm, closed 1.30pm on 24 Dec, Sun closed. Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 11 Nov Winter Exhibition. BRECON HIGH SCHOOL. Nov The Christmas Collection Exhibition. Art as gifts from £25. 27 Nov Theatr Brycheiniog Christmas Fair. Lots of art and crafts to buy as gifts. Open 10am-4om. Other exhibitions open theatre times. The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Rare antique carpets and kilims. Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until 26 Jan 2017 ‘♯hcaphoto 2016’. 3rd Year Degree Students from Hereford College of Arts. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm.

Alison MacGregor Grimley, Knighton Fine Art Drusilla Cole, Castle Artists, Public Hall, Bishop’s Castle

Diana Nuttall, SpArC, Bishop’s Castle

Kate Morgan-Clare, St Michael’s Church, Discoed

Jenny Pearce, Colloquy, Lyonshall

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 7 Jan 2017 ‘Binocular: Disturbance’. PENNY HALLAS & CAROLINE WRIGHT. Until 25 Feb 2017 ‘Imaginary Worlds’. Artworks by 52 illustration and book artists. Until 25 Feb 2017 ‘The Drawing Room - Make/Play/Share’. A creative, social space, where art, performance, craft and film will be made. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. The Old School House Gallery, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton 01547 550377 Until 13 Nov ‘Made in Knucklas’. 18 Nov Christmas Exhibition Fair. Open Fri-Sun 10.30am-4pm. Court Cupboard Gallery, Llantillo Petholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 3 Nov ELAINE COLES ceramics and digital art. 4 Nov - 24 Dec An eclectic mix of artwork by current and past members of Court Cupboard Gallery in celebration of their 20th Anniversary. Open 10.30am-4.30pm. HEREFORDSHIRE The Great Hall, Bishop’s Palace, Hereford 01432 851000 11 - 13 Nov ‘Postcards from Life 2016’. Nearly 200 artists donating a postcard sized work of art which will be available to buy on an online auction hosted by local auctioneers, Brightwells. All money raised to St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford. No 12 Church St, Kington 07531 820195 or 07811 018757 1 - 3 Dec Pop-Up Makers Gallery during Kington Food Festival. Art from local makers and artists. Open 10am-4pm. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, HR4 9DG 01432 358232 11 - 13 Nov Hereford Contemporary. Meet, commission and buy direct from the UK’s finest selected designer makers and artists. Open Fri & Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-5pm, £4, student conc. £2, under 16s free. www.h-craftfair.co.uk De Koffie Pot Gallery, Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford 01432 357753 4 - 13 Nov ‘Images of Creative Herefordshire’. MALCOLM SCOTT photographs. 18 - 25 Nov ‘Preserved’. KAY McCRANN - contemporary drawings. Open from 10am daily.

The Colloquy, Lyonshall HR5 3JA 07972 138088 29 & 30 Nov ‘Art at The Colloquy, Christmas Show’. JILL BARNEBY, JASON BRAHAM, JULIENNE BRAHAM, PAUL CATON, SHANNON DONOVAN, SIMON DORRELL, GILL TENNANT-EYLES, TONY HALL, RHIANNON HOOSON, LOIS HOPWOOD, PETER HORROCKS, JANE KEAY, VICTORIA KEEBLE, CORINNA KENYON-WADE, DEBORAH KING, CIARA LEWIS, ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY, KATE MORGAN CLARE, HELENA ORLOWSKI, JENNY PEARCE, HELGA POWELL, LAURA ROWLATT, SUSANNAH ROYLE LESTER, ANTHEA STILWELL, PETER STILWELL, RICHARD STUDER, PEARL TAYLOR, BRONTË WOODRUFF. Ceramics, jewellery, prints, paintings, pottery, sculpture, textiles and willow baskets. Open Tues 6.30-9.30pm, £8 on the door, wine. Open Wed 10.30am-9pm, suggested entry donation £2. In support of St Michael’s Hospice. The Chapel, 2 Forbury Chase, Sherford St, Bromyard 01885 788064 18 - 20 Nov Christmas Art Fair and Pop-Up Cafe. Local artists. Open Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 11am-4pm & 6pm-7.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm. Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Nov New works from house artists. A picture framing service is also available. Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm. The Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 07867 483135 19 Nov KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET. Shop Local for Christmas this year! With new artists joining us each month, we offer high quality art and craft desirables, all by local designer-makers. Handbags, waistcoats and other textiles, original paintings and prints, the Magic Gardener’s Domestic Apothecary (custom herbal bathing goodness), handmade herbal skin care, jewellery, vintage collectables, ceramics, art cards, personalised kid’s wear, gifts items, and more. Free - craft activity for kids and their adults - make a Festive Holiday Ornament! Plus - the popular KLEEN Repair Cafe returns bring beloved but broken belongings to b sharpened, mended, fixed - free or by donation. Free - craft activity for kids and their adults! 10am-4pm. The Cider Museum, Pomona Place, Hereford HR4 0EF 01432 354207 Until 31 Dec John Evelyn (1620-1796), famous diarist and author. Open daily 10am-5pm, closed Sun.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 19 Nov ‘The World Turned Upside Down’. GINI WADE & RACHEL PADLEY. Also digital art and prints. Gini Wade will be in the gallery on 12 Nov, 10am-1pm. 3 Nov - 17 Dec ‘Christmas Delights’. Seasonal offerings from local artists. Open normal times plus h.Art Christmas event Sat 26/Sun 27 Nov & 3/4 Dec, 10am-4pm. Normal opening Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am1pm. Framing available. Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 Nov Works by local artists and from artists further afield. Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Nov A wide variety of work selected from quality British designers and makers. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford. 01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 70 designers. Our new designer of the month is Amelia Strong who is a member of Alloy Jewellers. Open Mon - Sat,10am - 5pm. Upstairs, Market House, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 Nov Made in Ross - arts and crafts collective - local work by local artist. Exhibitions change monthly. Open daily,10am-4pm. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 7 Nov ‘No Regrets’. AGE CYMRU - an exhibition of framed photographs depicting older people with tattoos. 11 Nov - 7 Jan ‘Habitats’. Any exhibition by Alloy Jewellers. AMELIA STRONG, ANNIE CRACKNELL, ELIZABETH TERZZA, GEMMA GOUGH, JULIA SMITH, KIM ALLWRIGHT, MELISSA HUNT, NICOLA LILLIE, ROB GOLDSWORTHY, ROSE GRANT, ROZIE KEOGH & WALLY GILBERT. The Courtyard’s resident company of jewellers and silversmiths. Open theatre times. Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 1 Nov - 24 Dec ‘Winter Warmer’. A seasonal exhibition featuring JACKIE MORRIS, TAMSIN ABBOTT, JO VERITY, KENJI LIM, JEMIMA JAMESON plus more. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 12 Nov until mid Jan Christmas exhibition. ‘Burning Bright’. An eclectic collection of British contemporary fine arts and crafts, from jewellery and textiles, lighting, paintings, original prints, ceramics and glass to Christmas decorations, candles and cards. Until end of 2016 Garden Sculpture Exhibition 2016. An ever changing collection of unique sculptures for the outdoors in a variety of media. 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Tues by appointment. Open daily through Dec up to Christmas Eve. Check website for opening times.

The Feathers, Ledbury 01531 670250 17 Nov Christmas Fayre. Unique gifts, foodstuffs and raising funds for local charities. Open 4-8.30pm, £5 entry to include a glass of wine.

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester, 01905 25371 Until 26 Nov ‘The Battle of Orgreave’. JEREMY DELLER. The exhibition includes a documentary film alongside objects, images and audio recordings. Until 29 Oct ‘Divided Loyalties’. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sun and Bank Holidays.

South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 17 Dec Sale of Charity Christmas cards. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.

Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley 01544 327686 19 Nov Annual Christmas Fair. Books, raffles, cakes and jams, piano bar, brica-brac and handmade items. Coffee, lunch, mince pies. Open 10am-2pm.

The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net Nov New Courses at The Print Shed. Wood Engraving, Etching, Linocut, Charcoal Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolour, Drypoint. A facility available for artists to access fully equipped printmaking studio. Large intaglio press, antique relief press. Light, airy studio space. Technical assistance, courses, specialist papers for print.

SHROPSHIRE Orleton Village Hall SY8 4HW 12 Nov St George’s Craft Fair. Open 11am-4pm, light lunches, refreshments all day. Westhope College, Craven Arms, SY7 9JL 01584 861293 26 Nov Christmas Craft Fair. Quality gifts from local designer-makers.

Discovery Centre, Craven Arms 01588 676060 www.shropshirehills discoverycentre.co.uk 26 & 27 Nov Christmas Craft Fair. A wide selection of handmade crafts from talented Shropshire crafts people. Open 10am-4.30pm, free entry. SpArC Galler, Teme Leisure, Brampton Rd, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5AY 01588 630243 1 - 30 Nov LES DOBB, LIZ DOBB & DIANA NUTTALL - distinctive stylised paintings in acrylics and mixed media by local Shropshire artists. Open Mon 4-9pm, Tues 7am-9pm, Wed & Thurs 7am-6pm, Sun 9am-12pm and open on theatre performance evenings. The Gallery, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm. Public Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5AQ 26 & 27 Nov Christmas exhibition. CASTLE ARTISTS. 10am-5pm. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 4 Nov - 7 Jan ROD SHAW - graphics and ceramics. Open theatre times.

Barbara’s Picture Framing, Units 3-4 Beaumont Rd, Church Stretton SY6 6BN 01694 723586 5 - 13 Nov DIANA NUTTALL - distinct stylised local landscape paintings in acrylics. Also featuring her venture in cushions, tote bags and tableware. Some for sale and orders possible from her catalogue. Open Mon-Sun 10am-5pm. Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed. Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 12 Nov ‘Not Everything is Black and White’. COLIN SEEPAYNTON - paintings and wood engravings. HELEN CASS - recent work. DAVID HOWORTH - sculpture. Isaac Smart’s Showcase: PHILIP NELSON - decoy carving. 28 Nov into New Year Christmas Exhibition. Artists featured include DAVID STOVES - flower studies from France, FRANS WESSELMAN - new collection of work. TANIA MOSSE sculpture. TAMSIN ABBOTT - stained glass. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. The Old Surgery Gallery, Clun 01588 640506 3 - 28 Nov ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA, supported by BRIAN FLETCHER, PAUL HIPKISS, TIM NASH & PETER SHREAD. Open Thurs - Tue, 10am-4pm, closed Wed.

Beambridge Clubroom, Munslow 01584 873327 3 & 4 Dec CORVEDALE ARTISTS’ 20th Anniversary Exhibition. 20 artists are showing new paintings. Entry is free and donations go to support the Severn Hospice. Open 10am-4pm. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 15 Jan 2017 ‘Heavenly Lights’. MARGARET AGNES ROPE, the untold story of Shrewsbury’s stained glass artist. Open Tues-Sun 10am4.30pm. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-17 years, students £3.60. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023 Until 12 Nov SECRET HILLS ART CAFE GROUP - original paintings, sculpture, textiles and linocuts. Artists include ELIZABETH MOSS, PAULINE KITELY, NIGEL KERRY, THELMA AYRE, SUE CAMPBELL, VICKI VARGAS, RICHARD GOOSEY, ELIZABETH WYNN, STEVE ATTWOOD-WRIGHT, LESLEY McKNIGHT, KATY ALSTON, GILL TANDY, BRIAN TANDY, GORDON YAPP & DRUSILLA COLE. Open 10am-4pm. 5 Nov Flea & Antiques Market. 9-4pm. 19 Nov Farmer’s Market. 9am-1pm. 19 Nov - 10 Dec TIM PHILLIPS. 26 Nov Autumn Craft Fair. 10am-4pm.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free. Year round, £40 per year

CALLING ALL ARTISTS POSTCARDS FROM LIFE 2016 Create a miniature masterpiece, 6” x 4” and help St Michael’s Hospice, creating a show in The Great Hall, Bishop’s Palace, Hereford from 11-13 November. All of the postcards

exhibited will be available to buy in an online auction hosted by Brightwells. To register your interest and to request the artist’s brief, call 01432 851000 or email pnugent@st-michaels-hospice.org.uk SHROPSHIRE HILLS ART WEEK 2017 ARTISTS WANTED! Recruitment for Shropshire Hills Art Week 2017 is open NOW. The event will run from 3–11 June 2017. Shropshire Hills Art Week (SHAW) is looking for artists to sign up, join in and get involved for the 2017 event. We particularly encourage work inspired by landscape and wildlife, to showcase this stunning area. Why not join us and help make 2017 our best year yet. Register NOW: Early Bird SHAW MEMBERSHIP £95. (Note there may also be commission and/ or venue costs). Come and find out more at one of our artist get-togethers in November. Look out for details. Contact Jules McRobbie 0773 638 1287, www.ShropshireHillsArtWeek. co.uk, jules@shropshirehillsartweek. co.uk ARTIST RESIDENCY CALL/THE DRAWING ROOM Invitation to artists and makers with a background in participatory practice to take up residency between 22 Oct and 25 Feb 2017. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, www.orieldavies.org/en/ news/articals CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk

PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Day workshops in Lino cut printing (textile and paper), Monoprinting and Etching with the artist Rebecca Davis MA. These workshops are for both beginners and more advanced students. The aim of the workshops is to help students develop their creative skills in printmaking. Each workshop costs £30 plus materials. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact rebecca@rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk. www.rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk or 07776 490831. COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) - www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080. CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors. We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. www.creativebreaks. co.uk for full details of our courses. Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride! GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design. PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk

ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm. With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo. co.uk or call 01568 770110. GLASSBLOWING COURSES Experience the magic of glassblowing. Hay-on-Wye. www.glassgallery.co.uk November ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. November EASTNOR POTTERY Potter’s wheel workshops & x 2 day courses: 5 & 6,19 and 26 & 27 Nov. Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £120 day £215 weekend. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. Family Pottery Fun in Nov, Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book a session. Projects start at just £5 and inc potter’s wheel. Come and make pottery Christmas presents! To book a space, simply email admin@eastnorpottery. co.uk or tel 01531 633886. POP UP STONE CARVER Available for demonstrations, workshops, have a go sessions or childrens birthday parties. Can be from our workshop in Knucklas or at your own location. Stone and tools are all supplied and all ages catered for. Starting every Thursday - evening classes. Contact Lottie on 01547 528 792 or email her at info@stonecarving.co.uk PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS With landscape photographer Rob Scamp. www.muddyslippers.co.uk

November WESTHOPE COLLEGE An exciting programme of creative short courses. Willow, glass, enamel or metal, soap-making, candlemaking, needle felting, floristry, printmaking or weaving. Westhope College, Craven Arms, 01584 861293, email info@westhope.org.uk November ART WORKSHOPS AT THE LEFT BANK, HEREFORD 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Nov - Drink and Draw Life, drawing class with a tutor on hand. De Koffie Pot, 7.30-9.30pm, £8, students £6, 01432 357753. 11 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Leather Workshop with Sarah Williams. Gwynne House, 10am-12.30pm, £40, 01432 358232. 11 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Jewellery Workshop with Sam Hemming, Gwynne House, 2-4.30pm, £40, 01432 358232. 12 Nov Hereford Contemporary Children’s Jewellery/Embroidery Workshop with Harriet Stiles, Gwynne House, 10.30am-12pm, £15, 01432 358232. 12 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Children’s Batik Workshop with Manu Song, Gwynne House, 1-2.30pm, £15, 01432 358232. 12 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Children’s Sewing Workshop with Jo Foy, Gwynne House, 3-4.30pm, £15. 13 Nov Hereford Contemporary Children’s Ceramics Workshop with Fleen Doran, Gwynne House, 10.30am-12pm, £15, 01432 358232. 13 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Children’s Printing Workshop with Ginn Downes, Gwynne House, 1-2.30pm, £15, 01432 358232. 13 Nov - Hereford Contemporary Children’s Bookbinding and Cards Workshop with Eloise Lee, Gwynne House, 3-4.30pm, £15, 01432 358232. The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford.

GEORGINA FRANKLIN Jewellery Individual Contemporary Design Commissions undertaken

Please see website for studio opening times.

www.georginafranklin.co.uk

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8EA

Phone 01584 810085

November SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE WORKSHOPS 9 & 23 Nov - Girls Youth Group for ages 10-16 years, £1 per session, 5.30-7pm. 26 Nov - Discovery Club, Felt Making, 11am-12pm, create your own felt peice from wool as a Christmas gift. £2.50 per child, no need to book. 27 Nov - A Creative Christmas. Make wreaths and festive tree decorations from willow and natural materials, £4 per accompanied child aged 5-11 years, booking advisable, 1-2.30pm. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060. November THE PRINT SHED New Courses at The Print Shed. Wood Engraving, Etching, Linocut, Charcoal Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolour, Drypoint. A facility available for artists to access fully equipped printmaking studio. Large intaglio press, antique relief press. Light, airy studio space. Technical assistance, courses, specialist papers for print. The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net

Thurs 10 November LEARN HOW TO KNIT A SHAWL Hands-on workshop, shawl kit provided. Hopton House, Hopton Heath, Craven Arms, £85 including refrehments, lunch and your goody bag, maximum of 6 people, 01547 530885 or email info@shropshirebreakfast. co.uk www.wildthornknitting.co.uk Sat 12 Nov PLAITED RUG WORKSHOP Plus progging shaggy rugs. Option to make a festive wreath. With Jenny Stuart-Anderson. Rose Tinted Rags Textile Recycling & Arts Centre, Union Walk, Hereford, 10am-4pm, £45, children £18, 01568 750229. Fri 18 - Sun 20 November COUNTRY HOUSE WEEKEND Lower Buckton, Leintwardine, from Fri 5pm until Sun after lunch. Time to unwind, get creative, walks. Small group, accommodation, food and tuition, £255, 01568 750229.

Sat 19 November DAY WORKSHOP Lower Buckton, Leintwardine. Option to make a festive wreath with Jenni Stuart-Anderson, 10am-5pm, £60 including lunch, cake, drinks, 01568 750229. Sat 19 November LEARN STRANDED COLOURWORK / FAIR ISLE KNITTING With handy hints from Anna and Karen. Hopton Heath, Craven Arms, £85 including refrehments, lunch and your goody bag, maximum of 6 people, call 01547 530885 or email info@shropshirebreakfast.co.uk www.wildthornknitting.co.uk Mon 21 November ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Three hour workshop designed to develop an individual’s coping skills in creative ways. Marches Counselling Service. Friends Meeting House, Hereford, 10am, 01432 279906, www.marchescounselling.org

November WELSH ACADEMY OF ART NEW COURSES Until 4 Nov - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop £245. 14 - 18 Nov - Portrait Drawings, 5 day workshop, £355. 28 Nov - 2 Dec - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245. Welsh Academy of Art, Cwmdu Studios, Cwmdu, Crickhowell, 01874 730693, www.welshacademyofart.com Thurs 3 November ANY OLD HAT One-day course explores reuse, recycle and rethink through the craft of millinery. This hands on, creative practical day will require you to bring with you your imagination, sewing skills (beginners welcome), design ideas and a hat or two. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10.30am-3pm, £35 includes refreshments, 01743 258881. Wed 9 November LOTS OF IDEAS FOR CRAFTY CHRISTMAS Papercraft workshop with Jacs Collins. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 10.30am-3.30pm, £35 includes all materials, bring small sharp scissors for detailed cuttting. Includes lunch, 01547 550377.

Wed 23 November FLORAL ARTS SHOW Tenbury Wells Floral Art Club present Bob Harris giving a floral demonstration on ‘What Christmas Does to Me’. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. Sat 26 & Sun 27 November PAINTING WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE With abstract artist Kate Freeman. Glasbury Village Hall, Sat - adults, 10.30am-4pm, £60/£50. Sun - children aged 8-12 years, 10.30am-4pm, £13, 0333 666 3366 or online www.glasburyarts.co.uk Sun 27 November GARLAND MAKING With Cath Murphy. Firstly forage and gather materials, have lunch, then make garlands during the afternoon. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 10am-3pm, £15 includes lunch and refreshments, from the Town Hall.

Mondays APPLETREE KNITTING GROUP Studio 2, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 2pm and 6pm supporting ‘Knit for Peace’. Donations of £2, 0845 548 5449. Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110. Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities. Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369. Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864. Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110. Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving.co.uk Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369. 3rd Saturday of every month KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET Kington Market Hall, 10am-4pm. A range of high quality work by local artists and crafts makers. Craft making during summer months. www.kingtoncommunitymarket.wordpress.com 07867 483135.

ARTISTS AND MAKERS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

NOVEMBER saturday 5th, 10am-3pm DECEMBER thursday 1st, 4-7pm friday 2nd, 11am-8pm saturday 3rd, 10am-4pm perfect presents from local makers WORKING WITH WOOD, WOOL, silver, semi-precious stones, silk, paper and print with LOTS OF EXTRA STALLS AND MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT

TEA & VEGAN CAKES FOR DETAILS SEE WEBSITE

www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

cinema THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX (15) Shelved after the deaths of its original Oscar-winning screenwriter Anthony Minghella and director Sydney Pollack, Liz Jensen’s best-selling novel finally hits the screen directed by Alexandre Aja (THE HILLS HAVE EYES) but written by Minghella’s son, Max. This gripping, supernatural thriller follows the blighted life of young Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) who suffers a violent accident every year, ending up in a coma after a cliff fall on his 9th birthday. When a top neurologist (Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades Of Grey) attends the boy, he’s intrigued by Louis’ catalogue of near-death disasters and begins to unravel the mysteries that prompted them – an extraordinary conflation of reality, riddles and dark secrets, whilst also falling for Louis’ mother (Sarah Gadon, Elizabeth in A Royal Night Out).

12 & 14 Nov MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (ctbc) 12, 13 & 16 Nov HELL OR HIGH WATER (15) 19 Nov STORKS (U) 19, 23 & 24 Nov MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE (15) 21 Nov PATHS OF THE SOUL (PG) 26, 28 & 29 Nov I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) 26, 28 - 30 Nov THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (12A) 30 Nov COME WHAT MAY French Film Festival (15) Details 01432 340555

All reviews by Mark Williams

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC.

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP

2 Nov RAMS (15) 16 Nov MON ROI (15) 30 Nov THE PEARL BUTTON (12) 14 Dec WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (PG) Details: Melville Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, www.abergavennyfilmsociety.com

Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend. Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 2 & 3 Nov BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (12A) 3 Nov HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (PG) 4 & 7 Nov LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX (15) 5 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) 8 Nov MARY POPPINS (U) Dementia Friendly Screening 8 Nov EL SUR (PG) 9 & 10 Nov THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (12A) 11 & 12 Nov MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (12A) 14 Nov THE LOST WEEKEND (PG) 18 & 23 Nov MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE (15) 21 - 24 Nov THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (15) 25, 26, 28 & 30 Nov INFERNO (12A) 29 Nov & 1 Dec THINGS TO COME (12A) 29 Nov SOME LIKE IT HOT (12A) Dementia Friendly Screening 6 Dec WHITE CHRISTMAS (U) Dementia Friendly Screening Details 01584 878141

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC 9 Nov LAMB 23 Nov GETT 7 Dec HEAR MY SONG Three Tuns, Salop St, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm 01588 630778. Membership enquiries 01588 630776

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 7 Nov THE FALLEN IDOL (PG) 5 Dec OUR LITTLE SISTER (PG) Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 4 Nov ME BEFORE YOU 2 Dec ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 & 2 Nov INGRID BERGMAN: IN HER OWN WORDS (PG) 1 - 3 Nov BRIDGET JONES’ BABY (15) 5 & 8 Nov LITTLE MEN (PG) 5, 8 - 10 Nov THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (15) 7 Nov SING-A-LONG-A ROCKY HORROR (15) 9 & 10 Nov IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE (PG) 12 Nov ASTERIX: THE MANSION OF THE GODS (PG)

1 Nov EYE IN THE SKY (15) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 1 Nov OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 2 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Cardington VH 01694 771295 4 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Kelsall Methodist Hall 01829 752548 4 Nov BROOKLYN (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 4 Nov ADDICTED TO SHEEP (PG) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 4 Nov THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 4 Nov CHICKLIT (15) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760846 5 Nov CHICKLIT (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 7 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 7 Nov EYE IN THE SKY (15) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 7 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 8 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Ashford Carbonel VH 01584 831574 8 Nov THE BIG SHORT (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 8 Nov STEVE JOBS (15) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 720341

9 Nov SUNSET SONG (15) Cuddington & Sandiway VH 01606 888931 9 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 9 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 9 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 11 Nov OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 11 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Colwall VH 01684 540926 11 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Great Witley VH 01299 896412 11 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Cound Guildhall, Shrewsbury 01743 761451 11 Nov EYE IN THE SKY (15) Staunton-on-Wye VH 01981 501031 11 Nov EYE IN THE SKY (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 11 Nov THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 11 Nov BARBARA (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 11 Nov ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) (PG) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 12 Nov GET SANTA (PG) Perton Civic Centre 12 Nov UNTOUCHABLE (15) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 12 Nov DAD’S ARMY (PG) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 873940 12 Nov DAD’S ARMY (PG) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 12 Nov EYE IN THE SKY (15) Martley Memorial Hall 01886 888406 12 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Tasley Parish Room 01746 764881 12 Nov MONEY MONSTER (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 13 Nov LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 13 Nov BROOKLYN (12A) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 14 Nov SON OF SAUL (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 14 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 15 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Royal British Legion Hall, Newport 07886 697934 16 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Myddle VH 01939 290872 16 Nov LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 17 Nov RACE (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321

D E E P WAT E R HORIZON (12A) Maverick director Peter Berg reunites with h i s L O N E SURVIVOR star M a r k Wa h l b e r g in this fact-based drama centred on the worst oil spill i n U . S h i s t o r y. Wahlberg plays a wise-cracking engineer leaving his anxious wife (Kate Hudson) and daughter for a 21 day stint on the titular DEEPWATER HORIZON, along with safety-conscious senior officer Jimmy Harrell (Kurt Russell) and marine engineer Andrea Fleytas (Gina Rodriguez). Confronted by cost-cutting executives from the rig’s owner led by a sneery Donald Vidrine (John Malkovich), their watch soon becomes a battle of wills swiftly followed by a crippling blow-out which imperils the entire crew and kills 11 of them. Berg’s talent for fast-paced dramatic twists allied to stunning special effects contribute to an awesome disaster movie which is also both morally underpinned and emotionally charged.

17 Nov ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (15) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 17 Nov THE DANISH GIRL (15) Claverley VH 01746 710528 17 Nov A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 17 Nov A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 18 Nov THE MARTIAN (12A) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760846 18 Nov DAD’S ARMY (PG) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 18 Nov CAROL (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 18 Nov DAD’S ARMY (PG) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572 18 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 18 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 18 Nov MONEY MONSTER (15) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 19 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Bicton VH 01743 850495 19 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Ripple Parish Hall 01684 592060 19 Nov MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (12A) Rodington VH 01952 770524 19 Nov LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 19 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 19 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Hanley VH 01886 853195

19 Nov THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016) (PG) Abermule Community Centre 01686 505103 19 Nov ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (15) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 19 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510672 19 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 19 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 19 Nov THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Waverton VH 01244 336055 19 Nov DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE (PG) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 21 Nov MONEY MONSTER (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 22 Nov THE DAUGHTER (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 22 Nov RACE (PG) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 23 Nov LEDBURY MEMORIES ON FILM Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 23 Nov THE BIG SHORT (15) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 23 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Chetton VH 01746 789257 24 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 24 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Chelmarsh Parish Hall 01746 862884 24 Nov STILL LIFE (12A) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549

MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE (15) Unlike Alex Gibney’s exactingly serious 2015 documentary GOING CLEAR, the ever playful yet insightful BBCtv investigator Louis Theroux and his co-writer/director John Dower now more-orless lampoon the highly secretive Church of Scientology. Co-opting the Church’s most notable defector, Mark Rathbun, they re-enact a training stint for new recruits, the scare tactics employed by its leader, David Miscavige and a casting session for a fake Tom Cruise, its most famous convert. Theroux’s flair for disarmingly undermining psychopaths and the wilfully misguided – think white supremacists, paedophiles and ultra-zionists – remains to the fore, but when it becomes clear that the Church is filming him filming them and threatening his crew with legal recriminations, the full might and paranoia of the organisation chills both him and his audience.

24 Nov WAKING NED DEVINE (PG) Perton Civic Centre 24 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Almeley VH 01544 327195 24 Nov ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Bagley Sports and Social Club 07773 983963 25 Nov BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 25 Nov THE MARTIAN (12A) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 25 Nov THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN (12A) Sarn VH 01686 671205 25 Nov ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (15) Longden VH 07539 545846 25 Nov ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 26 Nov OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530258 26 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Neston Civic Hall 0151 336 7805 26 Nov FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Ryton VH 01743 718237 26 Nov DAD’S ARMY (PG) Bettws-y-Crwyn Parish Hall 01588 640233 26 Nov CAROL (15) Clifton on Teme VH 01886 812238 28 Nov A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 29 Nov LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097

29 Nov RAMS (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 29 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Loppington VH 01939 236240

THE GLOBE, HAY ON WYE 10 Nov FAIRY TRAIL “Is there an ensouling intelligence behind nature and can we get in contact with it? Britta Schmidtke and Till Gerhard go on a journey to answer this question, enscoutering the people who are in contact with nature’s spirits.” 8 Dec FINDING JOE Candlelight cinema season. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762

LINGEN FLIX 11 Nov EYE IN THE SKY 4 Dec THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3pm) Details: Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01544 267736

MONTGOMERY MOVIE CLUB 3 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (15) 17 Nov THE DANISH GIRL (15) 15 Dec BROOKLYN (12A) Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm. Details mikemills32@btinternet.com

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. Until 10 Nov I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) 11 - 17 Nov ANTHROPOID (15) 12 Nov OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (PG) 18 - 24 Nov THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (15) 25 Nov - 1 Dec INFERNO (12A) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 5 Nov CHICKLIT (15) 12 Nov THE DAUGHTER (15) 20 Nov THE COMMUNE (15) 27 Nov STAR TREK BEYOND (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

PRESTEIGNE ASSEMBLY ROOMS 4 Nov THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (15) 18 Nov COUPLE IN A HOLE (12) 3 Dec RAMS (15) www.presteignescreen.org.uk

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 Nov BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (15) 4 & 7 Nov THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (12A) 8 & 9 Nov CAFE SOCIETY (12A) 14 & 16 Nov THE INFILTRATOR (15) 21 & 22 Nov THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (15) 28 & 29 Nov INFERNO (12A) 30 Nov DEEPWATER HORIZON (12A) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

THEATR HAFREN, NEWTOWN 23 Nov THE MONUMNETS MEN Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 1.30pm, £3, £8 includes light lunch, 01686 614555

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS

1 - 3, 5 - 6, 12 & 13 Nov TROLLS (U) Until 3 Nov INFERNO (12A) 3, 11 - 13 Nov THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (ctbc) 3 - 13 Nov THE LIGHTHOUSE (15) 4 - 10 Nov BLOOD FATHER (15) 4 - 10 Nov JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (ctbc) 4 - 10 Nov THE LIBRARY SUICIDES (Y LLYFRGELL) (15) 11 - 17 Nov DOCTOR STRANGE (ctbc) 13 Nov STORKS (U) 18 Nov - 3 Jan FANTAASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (ctbc) 2 Dec - 17 Jan A STREET CAT NAMED BOB (12A) 2 Dec - 17 Jan MOANA (ctbc) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 www.wyeside.co.uk

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 Nov THE DEEP BLUE SEA The National Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. 2 Nov ANASTASIA Ballet from the Royal Opera House. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, 01743 281281. Wyeside, Builth

Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442.

6.15pm, 01952 728911. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.15pm, 01584 878141. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.15pm, 01584 811442. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 6.15pm, 01568 612583.

3 Nov THE CURIOUS WORLD OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH Exhibition on screen. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442.

17 Nov SAUL Glyndebourne live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

6 Nov ANASTASIA The Royal Ballet. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster, 7.15pm, 01568 612583. 6 Nov THE BRIGHT STREAM Bolshoi Ballet. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 3pm, 01885 488575. 9 Nov THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre encore. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. 9 & 10 Nov DAVID BOWIE IS The V & A Exhibition production. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6pm on 9th, 8pm on 10th, 01982 552555. 15 Nov LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN The Royal Opera House. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 6.15pm, 07967 517125. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.15pm, 01432 340555. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6.15pm, 01982 552555. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock,

19 Nov CHRISTMAS WITH ANDRE RIEU SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 5pm, 01588 630321. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 5pm, 01885 488575. 23 Nov THE CURIOUS WORLD OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH Exhibition on screen. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. 24 November CHRISTMAS WITH ANDRE RIEU Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. 24 Nov CINDERELLA Australian Ballet Fairytale Series. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. 26 Nov DARKSIDE - THE PINK FLOYD SHOW Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

8 Dec THE NUTCRACKER Royal Opera House, live ballet. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 728911. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. 10 Dec L’AMOUR DE LOIN Met Opera. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 5.55pm, 01588 630321. 15 Dec NO MANS LAND National Theatre live. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

WORKSHOPS

Sat 19 November FILM STUDY DAY British film 1950s-1970s. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 10.30am-4.45pm, £20, 07967 517125. Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555. Thursdays BEGINNER FILM MAKING CLUB Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

dance Dance Performance Fri 4 November THE SLEEPING BEAUTY RUSSIAN STATE BALLET. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury,6.30pm, 01743 281281. Sat 5 November THE NUTCRACKER RUSSIAN STATE BALLET. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, 01743 281281. Mon 7 November ID NIGHT: DIGITOPIA THE COURTYARD & 2FACED DANCE COMPANY. A unique opportunity for all emerging artists who have a passion and creative vent for combining live performance with digital technology. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Thurs 10 & Fri 11 November FOLK NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY OF WALES presents a vibrant and exciting repertoire of dance. Performance Thurs 7.45pm, interactive matinee Fri 1pm. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, £9/£7, 01686 614555. Thurs 10 November RUN 2FACED DANCE COMPANY. Triple bill: Fight or flight? There is always a choice. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622. Fri 11 November PLAN B FOR UTOPIA JOAN CLEVILLE DANCE. A playful and uplifting performance, a show about how we choose to live lives: about having a dream, giving it up and trying it again: but above all, it’s a story about friendship. Mixing dance, theatre and storytelling with a good dose of humour. For ages 9+. The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12/£8, 01743 290704. Arts Alive. Wed 16 November BALLETBOYZ Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 281281. Sat 19 November SPIRITS BELLYDANCE SHOW 8 A charity show in aid of Hereford Open Door. Hopelands Hall, Weobley, 7.30pm, £8, 07493 112388, email spiritsbellydance@gmail.com

Fri 9 December ROMEO & JULIET BALLET THEATRE UK. Passionate and innovative reacreation of the world’s greatest love story. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm,£15/£14, 01982 552555.

Fri 9 December ROMEO & JULIET Intense fighting, passionate duets and univesal themes echo through dramatic and lyrical choreography. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 6.30pm, £12/£7, 01686 614555.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Sat 19 November UP TEMPO BOLLYWOOD FUSION WORKSHOP With Sabrynah Ish. Suitable for all levels and choreography can be modified for those with knee issues (advance notice required). Bring water and a small towel. Hopelands Hall, Weobley, 3-5pm, £15 or £20 with entry to the show (see above). Contact 07342 332685 or spiritsbellydance@gmail.com Sat 3 December SHREWSBURY FRENCH AND BRETON DANCE DAY Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6AH, 3pm -10.30pm. Learn some traditional French and Breton dances at an afternoon workshop followed by an evening dance with ‘Kantref’ (starting 7.30pm). The event is suitable for beginners as well as experienced dancers. Price for the whole event including a hot vegetarian evening meal is £20. Separate tickets also available for the workshop and evening dance. Prebooking essential for meal. More information and booking at www.frenchdance.org.uk LEARN TO JIVE: Classes in the heart of Mid Wales. A social partner dance for complete beginners. & experienced dancers. (It’s ok to join in without a dance partner). 50s Rock & Roll & Ceroc/Leroc Modern Jive. Mondays at Llanyre Village Hall, (Near Llandrindod Wells) LD1 6DY. £3 per class, £5 for both. Beginners 7.30 - 8.30 Intermediate 8.30 – 9.30. www.jive.wales - fb ‘Mid wales jive’ – 07767358079. ECSTATIC RHYTHMS DANCE IN RHAYADER With Clive Hedger 4th Friday of the month 7.30-10pm At Carad - Rhayader Museum & Gallery, East Street, LD6 5ER. This is a freestyle dance class drawing upon elements of 5 rhythms, ecstatic / shamanic dance with some of the best ever music on a great sound system. No experience necessary. No steps to learn, just following the heart in motion. Wear loose clothing and bring water. £10 (concessions available). For further info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272. VILLAGE BEATS SHAKE AND DANCE Every Friday morning with Zoe. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 9.45am, 07879 425458. FB Village Beats Ecstatic Awakening Dance and Wild Chocolate Club in the Steiner School, Hereford. BELLY DANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA OPEN LEVEL Mon - Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre, 7-8.30pm. Thurs - Bodenham Parish Hall, 7.30-9pm. £30 per 5 classes or £8 drop-in. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session. Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@btinternet.com LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wednesday, 8.30-9.30pm, Malvern Vale Community Centre, Malvern, WR14 1GU. Thursday, 7-8pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults. MELY’S ZUMBA Mon - Dorstone, 7pm. Tues - Zumba class at St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am. Mely 01497 820991, 07837 160505. APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm, £25 for 6 sessions. Tues - Gym-Pan-Ze Rope & Trapeze for all, 5.30pm. Wed - Disco Dots, 10.30am, £3. Wed - Dance Crusaders for the over 50s, 2.30pm. Wed - Fuzion Dance, for ages 4 - adult, times from 4pm. Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, times from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764. Mon HEREFORD TANGO CLUB Regular tango classes at Breinton Village Hall HR47PJ, 7.30-10pm, £6. Details Jim 07977 541446, email tango4jim@aol.com or Hilda 07768 543660. Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company. 4-5pm 4-7 year olds, 5-6pm. 7-11 year olds, 6.15-7.15pm 11+ year olds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 276807. Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm. Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199. Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/ experience needed. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354. Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180. Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219. Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711. Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555. Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, 01432 340555.

food page The Royal George at Lingen

HOSE who are regular readers of Mr Pernickety’s column should have gathered before now that he favours pubs of the old tradition – those, in other words, whose primary function is to serve good, well-kept beer and provide an ambiance in which local people and curious strangers can exchange views on level ground; where the mole-catcher and the hedge-fund manager in the manor house, the small-holder and the American tourist in hired ‘Jagwar’, the tractor driver or a member of the family whose arms are on the pub’s sign can mix without reference to the differences in their wealth or standing; where the farm worker’s voice carries as much authority as the squire. The true English pub is a place where the pub landlord is visible and in charge, and in which those class distinctions that still remain are neutered. This, above all, is the raison d’etre (correspondent of Knighton please note – no typographical error this month) of the public house, equal in importance to the quality of ales it serves and the way they are presented, while the provision of victuals is merely a supplementary, sometimes unwelcome activity. Mr P was reminded sharply of these desirable qualities when revisiting a former and much favoured watering hole, the Cross Keys Inn on the road from Hereford to Bromyard at Withington. This is a very good example of what a country boozer should be and do; there have been few changes to this place since Mr P first frequented it nearly thirty years ago, where the landlord himself has barely altered, beyond a few faint streaks of grey in his fox-hued beard, a man who is a fount of rustic lore and up-to-date with all the local news a punter could want. Which reminded Mr P again of the sadness of the disappearance of publicans like Mr Corbin, whose presence is an essential element of a pub’s persona, where the drinker drops in as much for a chat with the landlord, as for the beer. There is, though, more than a hint of this quality in an excellent, if somewhat furtive parlour pub that was opened quite recently at 14, Corve Street in Ludlow by Mr Jon Saxon. The Dog Hangs Well has no external sign and is open only between 5pm and 9pm from Thursday to Saturday. In the front parlour, which looks as if it was furnished over a hundred years ago, the potted palms and arm-chairs with anti-Macassars offer a good place for a quiet chat, while the tap-room, cluttered with taxidermy and pub-related stuff is more of an open forum. A choice of one beer and one cider (which change weekly) are offered. (As a general guide, though, beware of brews with names like Badger’s Breath, Ferret’s Tinkle or

The Cross Keys

The Royal George

Floppidik). There is no food (apart from pork scratchings), no Sky Sports, and no music, but there is much ambiance within the short window of its opening for chat about the niceties of ale-tending, about local politics, the shortcomings of the town’s other hostelries, and whether or not the combined IQ of Ludlow town council adds up to 100. Another Herefordshire pub, The Royal George at Lingen, also fulfills these requirements. In the midst of a splendid, lively village, the George not only serves good beer (sensibly offering just two), for which it received a CAMRA award a few years ago, it is also filled with a pleasing soft hubbub of bucolic conversation, contained between hop-garlanded beams, well-tended wood-burners and comforting ancient walls. Window sills and shelves are stuffed with knick-knackery of variable quality, and some of the furniture is pretty awful, but this is beside the point and anyway reflects a charming, unpretentious authenticity about the place. The food they serve is similarly unpretentious – good honest pies, steaks and puds, with not a drop of drizzled jus in sight. Mr P, as ever accompanied by his Lovely Companion, had settled at a discreet corner table, when her pert little ears pricked up, recognising the distinctive American chuckle of a former colleague and fellow clutter merchant – a spritely goodnatured Daughter of Alabama and her friend, an English Bearded Pedagogue, who live nearby. They came and sat with Mr P and the LC who had already ordered, too late to take advantage of the D of A’s commendation of the various pies on offer, which as a regular and a part-time pint-puller in the pub, she knew all about. Mr Pernickety started with a duck and green fig paté which was light and creamy; the LC was pleased with just a mouthful. Without foreknowledge of the excellence of the pies, they had both ordered steaks, Mr P a large rump, and the LC a smaller sirloin, both good, both properly rare as ordered; the Diane sauce though disappointed them, and didn’t help their enjoyment – partly, Mr P guesses, because they’d stupidly thought they were going to get something more like a Bearnaise sauce. When they’d finished, Mr P was offered a taste of the D of A’s Fish Pie, which was stuffed with flavoursome fish. He also tried a forkful of the BP’s Chicken and Leek Pie, which reminded Mr P how good a simple home-made pie can be when the pastry’s right. With a couple of glasses of the Cab Sauv (identity unknown but good enough) the LC ordered an Apricot Bread’n’Butter Pudding, which she declared was light and springy with a satisfyingly crunchy top. Mr P

ordered a gooseberry crumble because he was told that a little old lady brought the goosegogs round on her bicycle, straight from her garden. There was no good reason why this should have made the crumble better, but it was – a good topping with the right ratio of crunch to lightness, and a lovely sweet stew of gooseberries below. An ideal finish to satisfying dinner. The Royal George is a real pub, with real food, and a real landlady who knows how to run it. And- a good bonus – the journey to Lingen, from whatever direction, is through some of the finest, most uplifting landscape to be found anywhere in England. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

Sat 19 November CARIBBEAN VEGETARIAN MAKE AND TASTE An interactive session with Sabrina that will give you the ideas and confidence to create new and exciting dishes. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, 10am-1pm, £15, 01588 676060. Sat 3 December KINGTON’S 12TH FESTIVAL OF FOOD AND DRINK FROM THE BORDERS 80 stands plus gifts for Christmas. Music by local choirs plus The Poobahs, Geoff Rodgers and Saxaphony. Special live displays by celebrity chefs! Kington, 9.30am-3pm, kingtonfoodfest@gmail.com Sun 11 December ABERGAVENNY CHRISTMAS FOOD & DRINK FAIR Get Christmas all wrapped up with gift ideas for all the family and those special touches for your Christmas table. Over 85 of the top seasonal producers, signed books from chefs, expert Christmas recipe demonstrations, workshops for children, carol singing and much more. Abergavenny, £5 adults, under 16s free with a paying adult. www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area. First Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET With live music a regular feature in the cafe. Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487. 3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023. 3rd Saturday of every other month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 10am-2pm, 01588 641145. Every Wednesday PIE NIGHT Pie, peas, potatoes and a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Thursday BURGER NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203. Every Thursday SURF & TURF NIGHT Scampi & Steak plus a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Friday MARKET Bread, cakes, crafts, fruit and vegetables, baskets and pottery. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-2pm. Every Friday KINGTON LOCAL PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

FOOD BYTES

AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open MonFri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. THE CIDER BARN IN PEMBRIDGE 01544 388161 www.the-cider-barn.co.uk Serving the best that Herefordshire growers produce in imaginative and inspired dishes cooked by Sophie Griffiths-Goddard the young chef patron. Full à la carte menu and lunchtime specials. THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof. THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543. Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events. Accommodation also available. Open daily 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October. The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ We serve homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & Tues - CLOSED). Open Sundays, POLLY’S TEAROOM / GALLERY At the foot of The Narrows, Knighton 01547 528591 Light lunches, cakes, a variety of teas and coffees. Selection of original paintings. Open all week except Thursdays and Fridays 11am-5pm Summer, 11am-4pm Winter. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

Why not advertise your eating establishment? IT’S ONLY £40 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR Just post the wording you require (around 40 words), together with a cheque payable to ‘Broad Sheep’ and post to: Mayfield, Stapleton, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2LW

music

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JAZZ SPECIAL Featuring Hans Peter Hiby and Paul Hession. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. THE SUBHUMANS, TEDDY’S LEG & BLACK BOXES The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £8. HANS PETER HIBY TRIO Queen’s Head Hotel, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

Thurs 3 November WILL KILLEEN BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

NOVEMBER Tues 1 November PEATBOG FAERIES Trailblazers of the Celtic dance movement renaissance. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £17, £54 for a group of four, 01584 878141. UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148. OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. GLENN TILBROOK From Squeeze. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Wed 2 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. THE FAAAABULOUS CERI DUPREE SHOW Adele, Cher, Joan Collins, Lady GaGa, Bjork and Shirley Bassey. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £17.50/£15, 01874 611622.

OPEN MIC King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. FOSTER & ALLEN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 281281. OPEN MIC Hosted by Wayne Martin & Friends. Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. THE DEAN’S MUSIC CIRCLE Featuring a wind quintet from the Royal Welsh College of Music. Hereford Cathedral, 12.30pm, £15 each to include a picnic lunch, 01432 374212. HEADSTICKS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Fri 4 November ANDY & TIPPO Covers from the 1980s. Saracen’s Head, St Martin’s St, Hereford, 9pm. WAYNE MARTIN BAND White Horse Inn, Clun. TOMMY MILLS Stag, Llanidloes. THE FABULOUS BORDELLOES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. BECKI BRINDLE BAND Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

RAGWORT & THE HIMALAYAS Kingsdown Wine Vaults, 31 Kingsdown Parade, Bristol. ABERGAVENNY CHAMBER MUSIC Featuring Seren Winds (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama). Programme includes Handel, Rossini and Nielsen. The Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15 from Abergavenny Music 01873 853394, The Art Shop 01873 852690 or The Chapel 01873 736430. LET’S GET QUIZZICAL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. MARK TURAUSKIS Folk, blues and roots. De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 357753. RICKY SMITH Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359. DAWSON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. SOUTHERN TENANT FOLK UNION String band playing roots and folk music. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £12/£10, 01952 728911. VOSKRESENIJE CHOIR OF ST PETERSBURG A programme of sacred music by Rachmaninov, Tshesnokov, Sinoviev, Caccini and other Russion composers. St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, £8 adults, under 16s free, from the Church Office, 01743 365478. AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8.30pm, 01743 281281. JOE MCELDERRY A stripped back acoustic show. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £19.50, VIP ticket £75, 01874 611622. TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD Rock and 60s covers. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 5 November OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. ALTERNATIVE ROUTE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. KIRKOPHANY Master of the squeezebox, John Kirkpatrick and his four sons come together for the first time as an outfit to play music to dance to. Lydbury North Village Hall. PIG DAZE Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. JAMES HUNT DUO Jazz duo. The Square, 1 Quality Square, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878000. INTO THE SHADOWS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA Led by jazz violinist Christian Garrick. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £15/£11, 07967 517125. SHENANIGANS Featuring The Stokes. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

STEVE IGNORANT’S SLICE OF LIFE + HEADSTICKS + TERMINAL RAGE The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £5, NUS students £4. MICHAEL MESSER’S MITRA A fusion of Delta blues and Hindustani classical music. With vocals, slide guitars and tabla. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13/£12, 01982 552555. ALAN’S OKI DOKI DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster.

FREEZE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CATCH 22 Stag, Llanidloes. THE MARRAKESH EXPRESS CONCERT Marrakesh Express mix it all up jangling six stringed guitars and cut a tribute to The Byrds & Crosby Stills Nash & Young. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10 from the Town Hall. RUBBLE The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi tribute. The Malt Shovel, Highley. JACK BRETT & FRIENDS Acoustic blues. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. PERFECT STRANGER Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

Warmly invite you to the forthcoming exhibition:

PAPER WORK AND POTTERY Saturday 5th - Sunday 13th November

Kate Milsom, ‘Amadeus Mozart’

St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne LD8 2NW The exhibiting artists are: Tamsin Abbott, Ant Collier, Jacs Collins, Kate Corbett-Winder, Tony Hall, Rae Harrison, Lois Hopwood, Penelope Leaver Green, Alison Macgregor-Grimley, Kate Milsom, Kate Morgan-Clare, Peter Stilwell, Anthea Stilwell, Islwyn Watkins, Brontë Woodruff and Jane Thomas.

www.discoed.org

Michael Messer’s Mitra

Sun 6 November DAN JAMES Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. ADAM HODSON Singer and guitarist. Grape Vaults, Leominster. EARTH, AIR, RAIN Exploring the influence of folksong in well-known classical song repertoire. Richard Frewer, tenor and David Price, piano. Prestfelde School, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £15, 25s and under £7.50, 18s and under £1, 01743 245400. MASAI BLUES Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

Classical Music on a Sunday Afternoon for Flute, Guitar, Piano and Soprano Sunday, 13 November, 3pm, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne Two masterpieces for flute by J.S. Bach will be performed: the E minor and A major flute sonatas. Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando by Philippe Gaubert is a French romantic composition for flute and piano. The programme also features pieces by Ravel, music arranged for soprano and classical guitar by well-known Renaissance composer John Dowland, and Sephardic melodies. Sian Jamison, soprano and piano, Douglas Nadler, flute, and Guy Harris, classical guitar. Tickets are £8, (£5 concessions) available from Winnies Newsagent, High Street, Presteigne For reservations please call 07946 429448

Proceeds of concert to help Community Support Services (The Circle) and East Radnor Day Centre.

Gigspanner

Fri 11 November CHRIS DEAN’S SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA A fizzy and frisky, glittering gem of a show, the ultimate big band. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £20, 01874 611622. GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge. RADICAL DANCE FRACTION + LAST TREE SQUAD + BRASSICK The Booth Hall, Hereford, 7pm. SYRIAN REFUGEE FUNDRAISER The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. THE CONSPIRITUALISTS The Exchange, Newtown.

Sun 6 November STELLA SEATON-SIMS, CORINNE FROST, JANINE PARSONS, MICHAEL JONES Mezo soprano, piano and cello. This colourful programme comprises music from or inspired by Spain and Latin America, including works by Manuel de Falla, Granados, Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12 (st £6) 01568 616460 or from Leominster TIC. DRAGONFLY ENSEMBLE & HELEN CRAYFORD Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2.30pm, £10, 01982 552555.

Mon 7 November CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854. AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8.30pm. PUB QUIZ & BUFFET Bell Inn, Leominster.

Tues 8 November OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. VELVET TARDIS The Yorkshire House, Shrewsbury.

Wed 9 November STEADY EDDY & FRIENDS The Monk, Monkland, 8pm, 01568 720464. OPEN MIC White Horse Inn, Clun. SARAH SMITH TRIO Houseman’s Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

BAND OPEN MIC Hosted by the Rhythm Thieves. Drum and bass provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

Thurs 10 November

HMV BAND Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

WBS MUSIC CONCERT An evening of country and folk music performed by the Express Club. Fancy dress by audience a must! The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £3, 01952 728911.

GRAND AUCTION A huge variety of lots going under the hammer. Fundraising event for LARFE. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.30pm, £6 includes wine and nibbles, 01584 878141.

DAVE LUKE & CHUCK MICALLEF CD LAUNCH ‘Shadows and Light’. The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3.

GARWAY LIVE! with Henry Priestman. Garway Village Hall, HR2 8RQ. Tickets £8, 12-18 yrs £3, Family £20. For info/bookings bookings@garwaylive.com or 01981 580056. www.garwaylive.com

JAN ŠKRDLĺK & PETRA BESA Cello and piano. ‘European’. Programme includes Beethoven, Brahms and Prokofiev. Shire Hall, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18, £15 and £10, children/students free from Outback Records, Church St, 01432 275063 or 01209 699982. In aid of Amnesty International. Food and drink on sale from 6.30pm and during interval. KENT DUCHAINE International blues star. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. PSYCHIC NIGHT Please book in advance. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. GIGSPANNER The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £15 on the door, 07702 230856.

BANDANGLE North American Folk and Tunes 4 piece from Herefordshire. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm £8 01694 720132. JAN ŠKRDLĺK & PETRA BESA Cello and piano. ‘Solo Cello’. Programme includes Bach, Dvorak, Stedron and Kodaly. Shire Hall, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18, £15 and £10, children/students free from Outback Records, Church St, 01432 275063 or 01209 699982. In aid of Ross for Refugees. Food and drink on sale from 6.30pm and during interval. OLLIE & FRIENDS Acoustic. Stag, Llanidloes.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. KEITH JAMES A concert by Keith James with surreal, haunting and exotic poetry from Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende and Federico Garcia, performed as passionate songs. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £14 from the Town Hall.

Dave Luke & Chuck Micallef

QUANTUM The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

BLACK AND BLUES BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

MUSIC IN NEW RADNOR Featuring Tim Edwards, guitar and Sonia Hammond, cello. New Radnor Community Hall, 7.30pm, £8, under 14s £3, 01544 350268.

THE LAZY SUNDAYS Kinks, Small Faces, 60s pop. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

BLIND EYE Stag, Llanidloes. GEOFF AND KATE OCKENDEN Jazz, soul and blues duo. The Square, 1 Quality Square, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878000. OVER THE HILLBILLIES Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Cherryshoes

Fri 11 November FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Tom Lewis. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. CHICAGO BYTES BLUES BAND Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. WILL KILLEEN Acoustic blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 357753. JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring Devon Harrison with the Mark Buckingham Quartet. The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £8, under 16s and students £4 on the door, 07766 910179. BOUDICA BOOGALOO BENEFIT Stomping country strings and heavenly harmonies. Dance, drink and snack. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8. All proceeds to Refugee Community Kitchens. Tickets from Shepherd’s Ice Cream or email juliet@shepherdsicecream.co.uk

JAN ŠKRDLĺK & PETRA BESA Cello and piano. ‘Czech Music’. Programme includes Janacek, Martinu and Dvorak. Shire Hall, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18, £15 and £10, children/ students free from Outback Records, Church St, 01432 275063 or 01209 699982. In aid of Oxfam. Food and drink on sale from 6.30pm and during interval. CHRIS LASER DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster. SHENANIGANS Featuring DJ Kit. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. COMMUNITY GROUPS FAIR Come and meet all the many different social and interest groups in our community. Community Cafe, local musicians. Memorial Hall, Presteigne, 9am-3pm, 01547 560813. THE STONED CHERRIES Folk/rock/roots with flavour. Pudleston Village Hall, Pudleston, 7.30pm, £10 ticket in advance only, 01568 760272.

JOE SYMES AND THE LOVING KIND Supported by Cherryshoes. Three piece from Liverpool with Indie darlings. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622. SONIC BOOM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. REMI HARRIS PROJECT Gypsy swing, jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, hip hop and world music. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10, 01432 357753 or www.herefordleftbank. com HIJINX CEILIDH BAND Coreley Memorial Hall, near Clee Hill, 7.30pm, £9, hot supper included, bring your own drinks, booking essential, 01584 891320. MONMOUTH CHORAL SOCIETY ‘Beyond the Danube’. Programme includes Dvorak, Kodaly and Janacek. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16, 01600 719401.

FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

TWO BLANK PAGES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. MEGSON Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555.

DYNAMITE DICK BAND Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CLASSICAL MUSIC ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR FLUTE, GUITAR & PIANO The concert includes three masterpieces by JS Bach, plus Philippe Gaubert and pieces by Ravel. Performed by Sian Jamison, piano; Douglas Nadler, flute and Guy Harris, classical guitar. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm, £8/£5 from Winnies or 01544 260202 and on the door.

REMEMBRANCE CONCERT An evening of songs, poetry and film to remind us the tragedies of war. Brecon Cathedral, 8pm.

THE FLOYD EFFECT The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensemble. Featuring Gilad Atzmon, saxes; Yaron Stavi, double-bass; Frank Harrison, piano and Chris Higginbottom, drums. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 21s and under £7, 01743 234970.

Sun 13 November

BLACK AND BLUES BAND Electric rock and blues. Saracen’s Head, Hereford.

Sat 12 November

ANN DUGGAN & ROB HINES Excellent country and blues Americana duo. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12pm, free.

DAVE JACKSON Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm. THE NOTORIOUS BROTHERS The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 4pm.

Sian Jamison, Douglas Nadier, Guy Harris

NORTH STAR Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

GLASBURY ARTS Glasbury Arts Education

Painting workshops for Adults and Young People with Abstract Artist Kate Freeman Glasbury Village Hall Adults - Sat 26 November, 10.30am – 4pm Young People aged 8-12, Sun 27 November, 10.30am - 4pm Tickets: Adults £60, £50 concessions (unwaged, students, over-60s) Young People £13 Book by telephone on 0333 666 3366 or online at: www.glasburyarts.co.uk

Ragwort

Sun 13 November REVEREND FERRIDAY The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. CAFE JAZZ Hot Club Swing jazz. St Mary St, Cardiff, 6.30pm, £5.

RAGWORT Folky covers and originals played on guitar, flute, mandolin, banjo and spoons! Noris Cafe, 3 Church St, Leominster, 7.30pm, £20 including meal. Please book in advance, 01568 612876 or email noriscafe@yahoo.com

BACH TO BACH Concert by Andrew Morris. A meditative combination of Bach fugues and Andrew’s Bach Flower compostions. Leominster Priory, 3pm, free entry, retiring collection for Leominster Refugee Response.

AN AUDIENCE WITH LESLEY GARRETT Britain’s most popular soprano. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £24, 01874 611622.

Wed 14 November

QUIZ NIGHT In aid of Montgomery Fire Station. Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, 01686 668359.

JAM NIGHT Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, 01686 668359.

Tues 15 November BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Jim Barber Trio with Martha Skilton, saxophone. The Muse, Brecon, £10. OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Wed 16 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 17 November

JON BODEN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. BRECON JAZZ CLUB Township Jazz from South Africa, Philip Clouts Quartet. Acapela, Pentrych, near Cardiff, £10, www.acapelaconcerts.com LITTLE RUMBA Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. FOLK NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. HAUNTED SOULS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm. LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Fri 18 November TRIO THRELFALL Quintessentially English folk songs with glorious harmonies. The Song House, The Blue Boar, Ludlow, 8pm, £6, 07887 535893.

Trio Threlfall

HELEN MCCOOKERYBOOK Was the bass guitar player and lead singer with Brighton-based punk rock band, The Chefs. De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 357753.

ALL FIRED UP Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. THE RAT PACK VEGAS SPECTACULAR Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £21, 01600 772467. BLACK LINES Rock. Saracen’s Head, Hereford. BISTRO JAZZ Percussion/guitar, Latin sounds. Washington Buidings (opposite library), Penarth, free to diners. To book 02920 709600. SKEERYVORE Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. GREGYNOG FESTIVAL 2016 A weekend of celebrations featuring the life and work of John Roberts, Telynor Cymru, Harpist of Wales. Reminiscence Session, 7.30pm, £5. Eldra, a free screening, 9pm. Gregynog Hall, Gregynog, near Newtown, 01686 207100, www.gregynogfestival.org FRIDAY LIVE Featuring Mark O’Donnell plus support. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. OPEN MIC NIGHT Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, 01686 668359. THE RAIDERS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. ALTERNATE ROUTE Malthouse, Ironbridge. FLOYD EARL BAND Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. THE HANK WANGFORD TRIO ‘No Hall Too Small’. The three seek to take the Country music flame to nonbelievers. Kingsland Coronation Hall, 7.30pm, £15, 01568 709579. Arts Alive.

Sat 19 November HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY Programme includes Dvorak’s Stabat Mater. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, 0845 4633124.

RHYTHM THIEVES Phone 01568 770134

Fri 11 Nov

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, band open mic, 8pm. Drum & bass provided.

Sat 19 Nov

Aymestrey Parish Hall, Herefordshire

Fri 25 Nov

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, open mic, 8pm.

Sun 11 Dec Genevieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk, BBC Radio Shropshire, 6pm.

Stomping country strings and heavenly harmonies.

THE GLOBE, HAY-ON-WYE FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 8pm Entrance: £8.

Come and dance, drink and snack. ALL PROCEEDS TO REFUGEE COMMUNITY KITCHENS

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND VARIETY SHOW Turning on the Christmas lights in Tenbury, 5pm, followed by a high energy family winter show at Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442.

Hank Wangford Trio

Sat 19 November THE HICKSTERS Stag, Llanidloes. WINTER EVENT With live music from Brian Lamas (11am-2pm) playing blues and cool jazz favourites. Plus children’s crafts, flash sale! Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 10am-4pm, free entry, 01547 530744. THE BLACK RAPIDS Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. NIGHTFLIGHT Keyboard vocal and guitar duo. The Square, 1 Quality Square, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878000. THE HEART OF ANARCHY PUNK FEST In aid of The British Heart Foundation. Featuring On Trial UK + Terminal Rage + Purple Flavoured Death + Skewwhiff + The Delinquents + Linerunners + Phil Black + Perk and Liam Lee-Hynes. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 3pm, £5.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Leominster Community Centre, 7pm. Audience pay what you like on the night and performers don’t have to pay. Registration time is 6.30-7pm on the night. For more information or to register email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 07968893719 or 01568 612583. CHRISTMAS SWITCH-ON EVENT, HEREFORD Featuring Scarlet Starlets, Minnie’s Moochers, Choral Diversity, Voice Academy, plus cast members from ‘Aladdin’. Old Market Shopping Centre, Hereford, 3pm, free.

THE HANK WANGFORD TRIO ‘No Hall Too Small’. The three seek to take the Country music flame to nonbelievers. Colwall Village Hall, 8pm, £12.50, 01684 540366. SULTANA BROTHERS The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

Humanist Ceremonies

WHISKEY RIVER BOYS Great bluegrass, Cajun, blues, roots and more. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12pm, free.

Individual non-religious ceremonies conducted by BHA accredited celebrants.

RHYTHM THIEVES Aymestrey Parish Hall.

Will & Lottie O’Leary Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, Powys

WORRIED MEN Black Lion, Bridge, St, Hereford.

MORE THAN MEMORIALS

OBSCURE King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Robin Huw Bowen, Gregynog Festival

GREGYNOG FESTIVAL 2016 A weekend of celebrations featuring the life and work of John Roberts, Telynor Cymru, Harpist of Wales. Wreath laying, 11.30am, St David’s Churchyard, Newtown. The Romani in Welsh Art, an illustrated talk by Peter Lord, 2.30pm, £5. An Hour of Merriment and Mirth, 4pm, £5. The John Roberts Collection, an illustrated, pre-concert talk by Dr Rhian Davies, 6.30pm, free. A grand concert by Robin Huw Bowen and The Cambrian Minstrels, 7.30pm, £20. Gregynog Hall, Gregynog, near Newtown, 01686 207100, www.gregynogfestival.org

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Jenny Bullough (Hay-on-Wye) 01497 831416 Alison O’Grady (Kington) 01544 327597 Dorothy Quayle (Hereford) 01432 860221 Victoria Denning (Bishops Castle) O1588 638996

Namings, funerals and weddings/partnerships

BERESFORD, HAMMOND AND HUME THE LIGHTNING BELL Acousitic guitar, voice, cello and piano, with ripples of classical, jazz and folk merging into a beautiful filmic acoustic landscape. St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s St, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £8/£5, 01547 530818.

STIFF WITNESS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

SHREWSBURY CHORAL SOCIETY ‘Heaven Bound!’. Contemporary sacred music. St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12 adults, £5 children, from Pengwern Books, 01743 232236 or www.shrewsburychoral.org.uk

SHENANIGANS Featuring Sounds of Harlowe. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

SONS OF YODA Bell Inn, Leominster. THE WABASH JAZZMEN A fresh vibrant style which really packs a punch - a treat for all jazz fans. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 878141. FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge. HEREFORD BLUES FESTIVAL Featuring The Laurence Jones Band, The Troy Redfern Band, Tommy Allen, Johnny Hewitt, The Blues Duo, Slowburner, J Alexander & The Blues Devils. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 3pm-midnight, £12 from Nilam Music, Nick Fisher Music, Tobias James, Hereford or www.herefordleftbank.com 01873 860679.

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE INVASION Folk trio May Thrill and The Vogwells duo are both groups performing traditional and local folk music. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 07967 517125.

Sun 20 November THE VILLAGE QUIRE WITH PHIL SMITH ‘Back to the Garden’ is an original musical story based on letters written during the Great War by Corporal William Bevan, soldier and head gardener at Kinsham Court. A unique blend and spellbinding blend of words and folk harmony singing. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3.30pm, £10/£3 includes tea and cakes, from Winnies, Presteigne and on the door. Promoted by Poetry in Presteigne.

John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos

Room 12, 2nd Floor, Lion House 15, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT

SEAN SAYE Grape Vaults, Leominster.

DAMIEN From Rumours of Spring. Acoustic singer/songwriter. Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400.

Langstaffe Violins Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments etc

Laurence Jones Band, Hereford Bllues Festival

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07901 064875

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WILL KILLEEN Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. BLUES / ACOUSTIC SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267. KEN DUCHAINE & LEAD BESSIE Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm.

Tues 22 November OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. NIKKI RUOS Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01686 614555.

Trevor Davies Music

For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611

We stock Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Fernandez, Epiphone, Indie, Aria, Ovation, Adamas, Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, Crafter, Burns, Washburn, Jackson, AER, Marshall, Hartke, Carlsbro, Laney, Zoom, Digitech, Tama, Casio. Plus many other brands. Approximately 500 guitars in stock and Brass, Woodwind, Drums, Keyboards, accessories and thousands of music books and sheet music.

EUPHONISM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. WALES BAROQUE Works by Telemann, Handel and Vivaldi. The Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £12, 01873 853394 or 852690 or 736430. Abergavenny Chamber Music. BLACK AND BLUES BAND The Exchange, Newtown. OPEN MIC Hosted by the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm. GARAGE PSYCH NIGHT Featuring The Hungry Ghosts + Pablo Alto. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £4, NUS £3.

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Wed 23 November SYNERGY Houseman’s Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm. AMERICAN & COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT Join in or just listen. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 24 November YOUNG-CHOON PARK Brilliant South Korean born pianist. Programme includes Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £14.50, 01874 611622. BENJI KIRKPATRICK Rare solo show. Duke’s Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3. OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Howard & Clare. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. MOONSTREAM Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE BIG BAND 100 years of jazz in 100 minutes. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £11, 01686 614555. PETE KNIGHT’S GIGSPANNER Legendary fiddle player Peter Knight is joined by Roger Flack on guitar and Vincent Salzfaas on percussion. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £13 from the Town Hall.

Fri 25 November

BOUNCING BETTY Malthouse, Ironbridge.

TIM MANNING De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 357753. DESERT ISLAND PICKS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. CHRIS QUINN Stag, Llanidloes. FRANK CINELLI London based singer on the last leg of his UK tour. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. PANDORA’S SECRETS Black Lion, Bridge, St, Hereford. STEVE EDWARDS Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8.30pm, 01686 668359. TEN BOB MILLIONAIRES Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. MR SATIE ENTERTAINS A programme in words and music, celebrates the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie’s birth and illustrates both his comic and serious sides. Elisabeth Priday, soprano and noisemaker; Christopher Good, narrator; John Madden and Roger Nichols, pianists. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £10 from Courtyard Antiques, The Workhouse, Presteigne and www.wegottickets.com

Sat 26 November QUARTET LUNOIRE Combining set design and lighting to create a magical environment to accompany their haunting beautiful music. The programme includes ‘Neck of the Woods’, written specially for the gourp by local composer/performer John Hymas and Kurt Weill’s ‘Little Threepenny Music’. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm, £12, 01568 616460. Arts Alive. SONS OF YODA The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

PIGDAZE Skufflepunk. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. THE MARCHES CHOIR Conducted by Alistair Auld with The Marches Sinfonia, leader Julia Hargreaves. Singing Handel’s Messiah. Sarah Westwood - Soprano; Rebecca Afonwy-Jones - Mezzo-Soprano; Matthew Sandy - Tenor; Nicholas Morris - Bass. St John’s Church, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm. Tickets are £10 (children and students free) from 01588 650448. XLS Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. EPW WRESTLING Featuring Tokyo Joe, Texas Terminator, The Inmate, Masked Destroyer and more. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £12/£10, family £36, VIP £15, 01584 878141. INDIGO MACHINE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. KINGTON CHORAL CHOIR With Marches Baroque Orchestra and guest soloists. Singing Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. St Mary’s Church, Kington, 7.30pm, £12 on the door, earlybird tickets £10 from No 25 High St, Kington, Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne, Central Stores, Eardisley, www.kingtonchoral. org.uk XL’S Black Lion, Bridge, St, Hereford. SHENANIGANS Featuring Rozelle. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. WINTER FASHION SHOW Linton Village Hall, 7pm, £6, 07974 484141. KING MANTIS Rock, ska and punk. Saracen’s Head, Hereford. REMI HARRIS DUO World class gypsy jazz, blues and swing. The Square, 1 Quality Square, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878000. THE COVER UPS Stag, Llanidloes. OVER THE HILLBILLIES Dance night. Everything from Kylie to Motorhead and Dolly to Dylan. Plus DJ Andre Voiture Rouge, dance floor and bar. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £10 from Courtyard Antiques or 01544 267163. SULTANA BROTHERS The Fighting Cocks, Stottesdon. JACK BRETT & BLUE MOON + JIGANTICS The Ludlow Brewery, Railway St, Ludlow. THIS WAY UP Malthouse, Ironbridge.

PHOENIX SINGERS Celebration of St Cecilia’s Day and Advent. St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12, 01743 245950. CAT IN THE HAT Bell Inn, Leominster. A FISTFUL OF SPOOKIES From thousand year old Georgian songs to sensational new arrangements guaranteed to woo, charm, cheer and delight. Adults and older children. Welshamption Parish Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01948 710586. Arts Alive.

Sunday 27 November FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267. BIG WOLF BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4pm. FLORILEGIUM Programme includes Haydn and Mozart. The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 3pm, pre concert talk 2.15pm, £18, under 25s £9, 18s and under £1, 01743 353107. QUIZ NIGHT Oak Inn, Wigmore, 7.30pm. BLACK MOUNTAIN JAZZ Featuring Ben Griffiths, Welsh harpist and Duski. Melville Theatre, Peny-yPound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £10,

KNIGHTON & DISTRICT CONCERT SOCIETY Featuring The Mathias Trio, violin, cello and piano. By kind permission of the Royal Northern College of Music. St Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton, 3pm, £10 on the door, www.knightonconcerts. co.uk JIGANTICS Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. BACCHUS Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821. FIZZI Grape Vaults, Leominster. SUNDAY EVENING CHILL A relaxed evening of music from local bands and artists. The Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080.

Tues 29 November OPEN MIC The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Wed 30 November THE MUSIC OF YUSUF CAT STEVENS With Keith James. Proceeds and donations go to UNICEF. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £15, 01584 878141.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. MILITARY WIVES CHOIR ‘Home for Christmas Tour’ and will include songs from their previous and soon to be released CDs. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £25 & £20, 01432 374202.

DECEMBER Thurs 1 December LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. OPEN MIC Hosted by Wayne Martin & Friends. Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. THE DEAN’S MUSIC SERIES Luke English, clarinet with Gyorgy Hodozso, piano. Hereford Cathedral, 12.30pm, £15 to include picnic lunch, 01432 374202.

Fri 2 December EX CATHEDRA ‘Christmas Music by Candlelight’. St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20, under 25s £10, under 18s £1, 01743 365478.

CRYSTAL BALLS Black Lion, Bridge, St, Hereford. TONGUE ‘N’ GROOVE Stag, Llanidloes. PAUL PARKER Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

Sat 3 December MUSIC AT THE EDGE Featuring Raymond Froggatt and His Band. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £14, 01952 728911. PHOENIX The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. THE VILLAGE QUIRE ‘We Know By the Stars’. Songs and stories for Christmastide. With Phil Smith. All Saints Church, Glasbury, 7.30pm, £7.50, 18 and under £5 includes a glass of mulled wine and mince pie, 01497 847676. OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. SLOWBURNER Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. KINGTON’S FESTIVAL OF 12TH FOOD AND DRINK FROM THE BORDERS 80 stands plus gifts for Christmas. Music by local choirs plus The Poobahs, Geoff Rodgers and Saxaphony. Special live displays by celebrity chefs! Kington, 9.30am-3pm, enquiries, email kingtonfoodfest@gmail.com THE SMILE Stag, Llanidloes. CHRISTMAS SPARKLE Lunchtime organ recital of Advent and Christmas favourites given by Peter Dyke. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, retiring collection.

Sun 4 December GRUIG Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. SIMON BLIGHT Grape Vaults, Leominster. REMI HARRIS TRIO An irresistible style that blends elements from gypsy swing, jazz, blues, rock, electronic and world music. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £10 from Courtyard Antiques, The Workhouse, Presteigne and on the door.

Mon 5 December CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968. AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8.30pm. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854.

Tues 6 December UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Music Workshops Sat 5 November OLD TIME FIDDLE WORKSHOP With Jock Tyledsley. Craven Arms Discovery Centre, 10am - 4.30 pm. Tel Kitty 01584 84564. WONDERFUL NEW COMMUNITY CHOIRS With space for babies/toddlers to play while adults sing on Wednesday mornings. Adults only on Thursday evenings. Songs from all over the world, no auditions, skilled tuition, lots of laughter, continual progression, exceptional sound. Penstrowed Hall, near Newtown, SY17 5SG, 07828 413484, www.lifebulb.org Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158. Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427. Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON We are a friendly community band which meets each week to practice drumming and have fun. Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm in a Village Hall just outside Brecon. Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome. Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158. Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR Series 6: Learn some mighty tunes from Northumbria & the Scottish borders. Tutor Kitty Greenwood of HiJinx Ceilidh Band. All melody instruments welcome. Extend your repertoire, develop musicianship & make new friends! Craven Arms, 7.30 to 9.30pm. 6 week course £34 or £7 per week Booking essential: 01584 841564 folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES SING ON 7 - 8.30pm, Bank House, High St, Bishop’s Castle. Sing songs from far and wide. Everything taught by ear. All welcome, £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet. com Wednesdays BISHOP’S CASTLE EARLY MUSIC GROUP Singing renaissance and baroque music a cappella. All music readers welcome, 7.30pm. Contact Mark, 075385 68378 or email jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053. Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. We sing mainly 20th and 21st classical music. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. Contact Ros on 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. Uplifting songs from many traditions around the world, all taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com

1st and 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE. 11am-1pm plus one Friday evening 8pm - 10pm. Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions, no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome. We meet in central Hereford. Contact Mike: 01432 261222 mikejhadden@gmail.com or www.karimandsusanne.co.uk Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/ classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774. First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970. Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

SESSIONS First Saturday OPEN MIC Greyhound Inn, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400. First Saturday FOLK & IRISH SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373. First Saturday of month PICKIN’ AT THE BIRD Acoustic session. The Bird in Hand, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, 01743 357484, 9pm onwards. 3rd Saturday OPEN MUSIC SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373. Every Sunday FOLK SESSION The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 8pm, 01686 412008, all welcome. Every Sunday OPEN MIC Stag, Llanidloes, 6.30pm, 01686 414824. 1st Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT with Danger Trains, England’s Gate, Bodenham, 7:30pm, 07969 470959 2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION Jill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome. The Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm. Every Monday ACOUSTIC NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, near Welshpool, 01691 830295. Every Monday BLUES & COUNTRY JAM NIGHT The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888. Every Monday OPEN MIC NIGHT Bull Inn, Shrewsbury, 01743 344728. Every Monday nights BRECON TOWN BAND Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7-9pm. 01874 623650. First Monday TRANSATLANTIC NIGHT The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 01568 611404. 4th Monday FOLK/ACOUSTIC SESSION Any style, Crown Inn, Clunton, 8pm, 01588 660226. Every Tuesday OPEN MIC All welcome. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762. Every Tuesday OPEN MIC Run by Moz, PA provided, all welcome. Castle Vaults, near Railway Station, Shrewsbury. Every Tuesday TUESDAY JAM SESSION The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 8-11pm, 01885 483034. First Tuesday OPEN MIC NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. 3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown, 8pm. Register for e-Newsletter john.baxter87@btinternet.com Last Tuesday ACOUSTIC LIVE SESSIONS Hafren, Newtown, £2 on the door, 01686 614555.

Last Tuesday JAM SESSION Beer In Hand, Eign St, Hereford. Last Tuesday HOMEND POETS & MUSICIANS Ledbury, www.folklife.org.uk/homend-poets.html Nick Halligan, 01684 563281. Every Wednesday OPEN MIC Everyone welcome. The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, free. Evert Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Booth Hall, Hereford. Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC NIGHT Baskerville Hall Hotel, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, 01497 820033. First Wednesday BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB Longtown, 01432 263495. First Wednesday SONG AND GUITAR SESSION Red Lion, Llanidloes. 07445 338949. Every Wednesday TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888. Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC SESSION Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8.45pm, 01531 632250. Alternate Wednesdays SESSION Crown Inn, Colwall, 01684 541074. 2nd Wednesday JAM SESSION White Horse Inn, Clun, 8.30pm onwards. 01588 640305. Fourth Wednesday AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC NIGHT King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. Every Thursday SESSION Black Swan, Much Dewchurch, 01981 540295. 1st Thursday (except Aug) TRAD SESSION Acoustic traditional music session. Join in or listen. The Bull & Heifer, Bettws Cedewain, Newtown, 8pm, 01686 650603. 1st Thursday FOLK Farmer’s Arms, Wellington Heath, 01531 660253. 1st Thursday SESSION The Alma, Linton, 8.30pm, all welcome, 07779 144005. 1st Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bridge, Tenbury Wells, call to book your slot, all welcome, 01584 810434. 3rd Thursday FOLK SESSION King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. 3rd Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT Tarrington Arms, Tarrington, Hereford. Details ne-services@hotmail.co.uk 3rd Thursday FOLK NIGHT Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm, 01547 528223. 1st Friday ACOUSTIC SESSION The Unicorn, Corve St, Ludlow, 8:30pm. Contact: Ann Gray 01584 879 348. 1st & 3rd Friday ACOUSTIC FEATURE NIGHTS Castle Inn, Wigmore, 8pm, 07549 414138. 1st & 3rd Friday every month OPEN MIC & ROCKAOKE The Exchange, Newtown, 01686 624275. 2nd Friday BAND BASED OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Drums and bass provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm. 3rd Friday THE SONG HOUSE The Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 8pm, 07887 535893. 3rd Friday TRADITIONAL SESSIONING Llanfyllin Workhouse, 01691 649062. 4th Friday SESSION Lamb Inn, Stoke Prior, 01568 760226. Last Friday TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION The Yew Tree, All Stretton, 8.30pm, all welcome. Contact Keith 07971 661615. Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Mark from the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8.30pm, 07885 467673. 5th Friday SESSION Nelson Inn, Ludlow, 01584 872908.

band directory APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz trio: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, female vocals. A large repertoire of original songs, from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and dance. Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey.com or call Ken on 07979 542 449.

LOS SQUIDEROS “The Greatest Mexican Band to come out of Hereford in a Hundred Years” Fabulous party band with a long history of amazing crowds. Playing surf, funk and ska with latino beats.. Also, The Swing Set; Swing jazz, Blues and rock n roll from the Squid collective. Contact Leo 07816 686856 leocaithness@tiscali.co.uk

BACK IN TIME Five-piece 50s and 60s band. Tel: Alan on 01686 627679 or 07580 940006.

MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engagingly humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be, either with separate caller or the minimal option with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc. Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk. Website www.melomanics. co.uk

BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 079688 93719. Look at my Facebook page Chrisie J and Youtube channel Chrisie J for performance videos. FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively 5-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions. Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/ mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@ hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook! HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever. For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now! New footage on www.hotclimate.co.uk. Contact Charlie 01568 613895 or mobile 07702 528088 anytime! LE FREAK Upbeat party covers band. Great 5-piece outfit for any dance event. Hear us on soundcloud.com/ lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487. LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com

MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance. 4-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com. See website www.muchadoband.com NEW TRICKS Lively 4-piece 60’s, 70’s band playing classic tunes of the era. With some blues/rock and country/rock. Barry 07754 534406 or David 01568 612661. OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees. With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing. Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA! REVEREND FERRIDAY Upbeat One Man Blues Band. Playing driving slide guitar with rockabilly flair, seasoned with a touch of Americana, a mix of stomping originals and traditional classics. Available for all occasions, large or small. Contact the Reverend: 01584 711007 - 07766 185451 revferriday@gmail.com - www.revferriday.com RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show. “If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.” Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc. For more information call Richard 07974 399524.

SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk. Website www.seansaye.com. SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187. SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk STASH Rockin’ good folk. Firey fiddle, souring guitar, pounding rhythms, with bouncing energy. Folk rock at its best. Please phone Mick on 01432 840475, Wizzy on 01432 263317 or Will on 07960 569784. STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@ live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/ thestonedcherries STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll! Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk

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THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/ thesultanabros THE TIME BANDITS are a top quality band playing a variety of different music styles to suit all tastes. We have a number of music package options, ranging from a duo for your ceremony, 6 piece party band and a fabulous 10 piece experience. www.thetimebandits.info 07815 800261 ian@thetimebandits.info THE VILLAGE QUIRE The Village Quire - spinetingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories. Various shows available to book, including ‘Back to the Garden’ – life and hope in the trenches based on original letters from WW1 Herefordshire soldier and gardener William Bevan. “The Village Quire have become one of my favourite singing groups of all time ... (Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat, Radio Wales). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band. For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022. VIRG CLENTHILLS and his band BLUE MOON, sing Country & Americana songs that are often touching, sometimes comic. Virg is a true poet of Country music, evoking classic tales of the mountains of Kentucky. See website: www.garethowen.com. If you’d like to book Virg and his band, phone 01584 878 282. XL’S Maximum R’n’B, Feelgood Rock & Roll. 01588 650686.

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Thurs 3 & Fri 4 November THE SHAHNAMEH (THE EPIC BOOK OF KINGS) ADVERSE CAMBER PRODUCTIONS. Xanthe Gresham Knight, dazzling performance storyteller, dives into the majestic mythology of Persia accompanied by the Kurdish Iranian musician, Arash Moradi. For ages 12+. 3 Nov - Kinokulture, Oswestry, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01691 238167. 4 Nove - The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12/£8, 01743 290704. Arts Alive. Fri 4 November FALL OUT Combining high-energy physical theatre with the experience of a club night. Audiences enter a night club, dance becomes interspersed with story, movement and dialogue. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Wed 9 November CHINESE STATE CIRCUS: DYNASTY The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm, 01432 340555. Sat 12 November PICASSO’S WOMEN ABERGAVENNY’S SUITCASE THEATRE COMPANY. By Brian McAvera. Four women deliver their verdicts on Picasso in forthright and uncomprosing terms. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £18, students £6, 07967 517125.

Wed 23 November SCORCHED OPEN SKY. A decorated WWII veteran of a bloody desert war sits in the armchair of his rest home, his memories tattooed upon his body. Dementia strikes. For ages 12+. Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £11/£5, 01939 238279. Arts Alive. Thurs 24 - Sat 26 November DEADLY NIGHTCAP OFF CENTRE THEATRE present this gripping whodunit by Francis Durbridge. Red herrings, dodgy dealings and murder abound. Savoy Theatre, Monmoouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467. Fri 25 November FORGET ME NOT Jim’s wife, a patient on a dementia ward has died from what appears to be natural causes. Jim is a retired police detective and he smells a rat... The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Fri 25 - Sun 27 November INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN BRITAIN

Sat 12 November MACBETH - DIRECTOR’S CUT VOLCANO. This furious two-hander takes the bloodiest and most intense of Shakespeare’s plays and strips it bare of its regal cushioning. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £11, 01686 614555. Sat 12 November AN EVENING FOR JON MORGAN An informal evening of music, drama and spoken word to celebrate the life of Wyeside’s inspriational former director, Joonathon Morgan who died earlier this year. Contributions from The Willow Globe, Builth Wells Community Arts, Builth Wells High School, Mid Powys Youth Theatre, family and friends. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £10, 01982 552555. Sun 13 November DARE DEVIL RIDES TO JARAMA Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. Mon 14 & Tues 15 November FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. Tues 15 November SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL Shakespeare performed as you’ve never seen it before. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, £9/£7, 01874 611622. Fri 18 November WOYZECK OUR STAR THEATRE COMPANY. A situation drama where there’s no way out alive! Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10, students £5, 07967 517125. Sun 20 November THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS - THE NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £20, 01874 611622.

FOL ESPOIR. It’s 1942 and a horde of Yankee servicemen has just arrived in England, where the locals speak a strange dialect, boil their food and talk endlessly about the weather. 25 Nov - Habberley VH, 7.30pm,, £10/£5/£25, 01743 790179. 26 Nov - Brilley VH, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01544 327227. 27 Nov - Cawley Hall, Eye, 6.30pm, £10/£5/£25, 01568 615836. Arts Alive. Wed 30 November THE JUNGLE BOOK ODDSOCKS. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. Wed 30 November - Sat 3 December NOT THE END OF THE WORLD MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE returns with a bold theatrical adaptation of Geraldine McCaughrean’s novel. As the fabled Ark and its inhabitants are tossed violently on the waves of MYPT’s imagination, Timna, daughter of Noah knows: There is simply no place to hide. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, plus Sat matinee 2.30pm, £10/£6.50, 01982 552555.

The Sleepover

Sat 19 November BROADWAY AND BEYOND Music from the most popular musicals. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £16/£15, 01874 611622. Sat 3 December COSI FAN TUTTE Ludlow Orchestra bring live opera with a semi-staged production of one of Mozart’s most popular operas, featuring six talented young singers based in the Midlands. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £15-£5, 01584 878141.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Fri 4 November FOLLOW ME / DILYN FI A show for under 7s to help develop imagination, language skills and confidence. 10.30am (Welsh), 1.30pm (English). Theatr Hafren, Newtown, £7, children £5, 01686 614555. Sat 5 November MAVIS SPARKLE A cosmic mix of magic, illusion, animation and laughter plus a galaxy of delights! Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 11am & 2pm, £5, 01686 614555.

Wed 30 November - Sat 3 December ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE TWO SCORE THEATRE COMPANY. A celebration of Shakespeare in words and music devised in collaboration with Kim Begley, internationally acclaimed Opera singer and Ludlow resident. Ludlow Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets, £15/£13 concessions, are available from the Ludlow Assembly Rooms Box Office on 01584 878141 and online at www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk. Sat 3 & Sun 4 December LOST IN BLUE NIMBLE FISH. Debs Newbold presents a funny, uplifting, poignant and at times wonderfully bizarre one-woman show. When she was three years old, Annie’s life was skewed off course. On her 18th birthday, it threatens to happen again. Storytelling/theatre for ages 15+. 3 Dec Quatt VH, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01746 781759. 4 Dec - The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury, 3pm, £12/£8, 01743 290704. Arts Alive. Fri 9 & Sat 10 December A CHRISTMAS MURDER MYSTERY SLAY RIDE TEME SPIRITS. Music, murder and mystery, in which the audience are invited to join the party and help solve the crime. 9 Dec - Knucklas Village Hall. 10 Dec - St. Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton. Both performances start at 7.30pm. (Doors open at 7pm.) Tower House Gallery, Knighton 01547 529530, £12.50 including food. (Bring your own drinks.) 01547 528406.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Wed 2 - Sat 5 November OLIVER HEREFORD MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Thurs 17 - Sat 19 November WHITE CHRISTMAS NEWTOWN MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. Irving Berlin’s chart-topping blockbuster. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Thurs & Fri 7.30pm, Sat 2.30pm, £12.50, 01686 614555.

Sat 12 & Sun 13 November THE SLEEPOVER By Louise The Poet. Just right for families with children aged 5-10 years. A modern interactive fairytale adapted from the Princess and the Pea. 12 Nov - Birch Hall, Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, 2.30pm, £5 on the door, 01981 540221. Refreshments available. 13 Nov - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, 2.30pm, £5, 01743 235384. Arts Alive. Sat 26 November THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES / DILLAD NEWYDD YR YMERAWDWR SHERMAN THEATRE & THEATR IOLO. One show in Welsh and two shows in English. Suitable for all ages, but particularly good for those under 7. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 11am & 1.30pm, £8, 01874 611622. Sat 26 November PENGUIN! ELEPHANT! With original songs, hilarious physical comedy and dance, this is a new show celebrating differences for anyone who’s ever waddled like a penguin or stomped like an elephant. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555. Sat 26 November - Sat 7 January ALADDIN Be transported far-away to meet the larger than life Widow Twankey and sons: the brave Aladdin and hapless Wishy Washy. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Wed 30 November, Thurs 1 - Sat 3 December GANGSTA GRANNY Ben doesn’t know that Granny has a secret - and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his very own Gangsta Granny! Theatr Hafren, Newtown, phone for times, £11, family £36, 01686 614555.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun! Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday - Rhayader. Fridays - Builth Wells. www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487.

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest.

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £60 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 8-11, 4.15pm-5pm. 11-14 years, 5.15pm-6.15pm. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells. Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

Wednesdays and Fridays INTERMEDIATE YOUTH THEATRE Year 10s Wed and Year 11s Fridays. The Courtyard, Hereford, £67 per term, 01432 340555.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Kate Ganderton. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6. Juniors ages 6-1. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term. Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555. Mondays TOTALLY ACTING Do you love acting? Learn the TV, film, stage acting techniques used by professionals. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. Contact Rob Ford on 07772 823775, email: robjuckes@yahoo.co.uk Mondays (during term time) BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry and Gareth Williams. Ages 9-12 6-7.15pm, ages 13-25 7.30-9pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622. Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555. Tuesdays DAI Y BANNAU Focussing on acting, scriptwriting, singing and dancing, storyboarding and set design. Dai Y Bannau is a Welsh medium multimedia theatre group. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 4pm, for ages 7-12 years, 01874 611622. Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367. Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. 07733 055430. Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110. Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928. Thursdays & Fridays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For ages 16-24, led by Ellen Dorsett, Dan Pegler or Rebecca Cook. Courtyard, Hereford, £70 per term, 01432 340555. Fridays and Saturday JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE For Year 3 - 9 led by either David Durant or Ellen Dorsett. The Courtyard, Hereford, £65 per term, 01432 340555. Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kate Ganderton. Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

word Poetry & Storytelling

Marcus Brigstock

Tues 1 November AUTUMN POETRY EVENING Local poets reading new work. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1 Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7-8.30pm, £5 including wine/juice, 01432 263937. Sat 12 & Sun 13 November THE SLEEPOVER LOUISE THE POET. Follow the story of an adventurous girl, her sleepy dad and a pit-bull called Prince. An interactive modern fairytale adapted from the Princess and the Pea. Suitable for families with children aged 5-10 years. 12 Nov - Birch Hall, Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, 2.30pm, £5 on the door, 01981 540221. 13 Nov - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, 2.30pm, £5, 01743 235384. Arts Alive. Mon 14 November POETRY IN PRESTEIGNE Featuring Gladys Mary Coles and Edward Storey. The Radnorshire Arms, High St, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £5 adults, £2 students, www.poetryinpresteigne Supported by Literature Wales. Sun 4 December CHRISTMAS CRACKER TEA In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support with storytelling by local author Hilary Orme who will read extracts from her children’s books and signing copies. Linton Village Hall, 3-5pm, 07974 484141.

Rob Deering, Brecon Comedy Club

Comedy

Wed 2 November LUCY PORTER Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. Sun 6 November SEVERN JESTERS COMEDY CLUB Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, 01743 281281. Tues 8 November COMEDY & CURRY Featuring Scott Bennett, Hannah Silvester, Rich Burley and master of ceremonies, Nick Clarke. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm, £7, 01952 610888. Wed 9 November RUSSELL KANE: RIGHT MAN, WRONG AGE One of the fastest and most inventive stand ups on the circuit. Savoy Theatre, Monmoouth, 8pm, £17, 01600 772467. Fri 11 November COMEDY NIGHT Featuring Gareth Richards and Alex Smith. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442. Sun 13 November JENNY ECLAIRE: HOW TO BE A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN WITHOUT GOING INSANE Eclair puts middle age under the microscope and decides whether to laugh, cry or buy a dachshund. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Thurs 17, Mon 28 & Wed 30 November MARCUS BRIGSTOCK: WHY THE LONG FACE? One of Britain’s finest comedians and broadcasters. 17 Nov - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £17, 01584 878141. 28 Nov - The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. 30 Nov - Savoy Theatre, Monmoouth, ages 16+, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467.

Fri 18 November COMEDY CLUB Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Fri 18 November COURTYARD COMEDY CLUB The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555.

Fri 25 November BRECON COMEDY CLUB Featuring Rob Deering, Ivo Graham and Edd Hedges. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £10, 01874 611622.

Seann Walsh

Fri 25 November JON RICHARDSON: WORK IN PROGRESS Come and see Jon Richardson as he works on his new material ahead of a major UK tour. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £14, 01952 728911. Wed 14 December SEANN WALSH: ONE FOR THE ROAD Plus support. Suitable for ages 16+. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £14, 01982 552555.

Wed 2 November THE LINGEN AUTUMN LECTURES 2016 Karen Usher ‘Helping to Develop and Deliver a New University for Herefordshire. Lingen Village Hall, all lectures start at 7.30pm, £8 on the door to include wine and canapes. Season ticket £30 for four lectures, 01568 770920. November LUDLOW LECTURES 1 Nov - On The Trail of the Mortimers by Philip Hume. 8 Nov - Shropshire, A Romantic View by Gordon Dickins. 15 Nov - They Shall Grow Not Old by Clive Richardson (with poetry and song). 22 Nov - Churches of Shropshire, an Architectural Tour by Andrew Pike. 29 Nov - Woodland Past and Woodland Future by Andrew Allott. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am £4 per lecture, 01584 874990. Tues 1 November & Tues 6 December BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE FINE ART SOCIETY 1 Nov - Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Painting Collection with speaker, Mrs Mary Rose Rivett-Carnac. 6 Dec - Toulouse Lautrec and the Paris Music Halls with speaker, Dr Peter Webb. Theatr Brycheiniog, 2.30pm, 01874 625679. Tues 1 November PAM AYRES Her work is funny and approachable. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281181.

Talks Tues 1 November LINGEN GARDENING CLUB ‘A Rural Garden for Wildlife’. A talk by Jenny Steel. Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £1.50 members, £4 visitors, 01547 540176.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

Friday 11 November 7.30pm Folk in the Foyer

TOM LEWIS Friday 18 November 7.30pm NEW COMEDY CLUB Wednesday 30 November 7.30pm THE JUNGLE BOOK (Oddsocks)

Film

4 November 7.30pm ME BEFORE YOU 2 December 7.30pm ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS

Screenings

6 November 3pm BRIGHT STREAM (Bolshoi Ballet) 19 November 5pm ANDRE RIEU CHRISTMAS CONCERT 8 December 7.15pm THE NUTCRACKER (ROH) 15 December 7pm NO MAN’S LAND (National Theatre)

Box office 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

Wed 2 November ROS NELMES: THE HISTORY OF GIN MAKING The Simpson Hall, Burghill, 7.30pm, £5 at the door to include light refreshment, 01432 760704.

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Wed 16 November OLIVIER MEMORIAL LECTURE ‘Rethinking Security in a Violent World’. given by Celia McKeon who has worked internationally as Director of Policy at Conciliation Resources. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10/£7, students £2, 01584 878141. Wed 16 November TEME VALLEY DFAS ‘Birmingham Town Hall, The Pride of Birmingham and an Ornament to England’. A talk by Anthony Peers. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.15pm, £8 on the door, 01584 811088.

Sun 6 November GLIMPSES OF MEDIEVAL PRESTEIGNE A talk by Philip Hume, followed by a walking tour of Presteigne, will use the artefacts and buildings to provide insight into a turbulent period and the importance of the Mortimer faimly. It includes an ascent of The Warden castle site. The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 2-4pm, £5 from Courtyard Antiques, The Workhouse, Presteigne and on the door. Sun 6 November JOHN BULMER, DIRECTOR A special documentary screening following explorer Mark Shard and traveller Charles Allen as they journey to find the lost Tibetan city of Shangri-La. Followed by a Q & A with John Bulmer. Broadfield Court Estate, Bowley Land, Bodenham, 11.30am screening, followed by Q & A and lunch at 1pm, £22.50, tickets from rae1946@icloud.com All proceeds in aid of Samaritans, Herefordshire. Tues 8 November NICK MIDDLETON, AN ATLAS OF COUNTRIES THAT DON’T EXIST Eye opening tour of a hidden world. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £11.50/£10.50, 01874 611622. Wed 9 November PHILIP SERRELL: AN AUCTIONEER’S LOT A talk drawing from his life experiences which range across the sporting arena, the auction business, his understanding of antiques, appearances on TV and achievement as an author. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, members free, non-members £3. Bromyard & District Local History Society. Fri 11 November BLAST - TRAVELLING TOGETHER Amy Douglas and Helen East share tales of hardship and humour, walking and weather, land, sea and sky. Ballads, anecdotes and fireside tales. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £7 from the Town Hall, 01588 630023. Tues 15 November THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF VE DAY IN HEREFORDSHIRE Archive photographs presented by Derek Foxton, author, photographer and local historian. Garway Village Hall, 7.30pm, visitors £4 including refreshments, www.garwayheritagegroup.co.uk

Tues 15 November FAITH SCHOOLS - PROS AND CONS A talk by Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association. Friends Meeting House, St Mary’s Lane, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01568 770282.

Wed 16 November LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY AGM at 7pm followed by ‘Malvern’s Memories & Marvels’ a talk by Ray Sturdy. Grange Court, Leominster, members free, visitors £3 on the door. Thurs 17 November WIGMORE & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Nathalie Mignotte talks on The Gardens of the Sun King at Versaille. Wigmore VH, 7.30pm, £2, 07813 733240. Thurs 17 November A HELPING HAND FOR WILDLIFE An illustrated talk by Professor Chris Baines, a leading independent environmentalist and award-winning broadcaster. The Great Hall, Bishop’s Palace, Hereford, 2.30pm, members free, non-members £5, refreshments available, booking essential, 01588 673041, all welcome. Sat 19 & Sun 20 November THE GREATEST ADVENTURE LOVE IN THE TIME OF TINDER An Institute of Art and Ideas weekend retreat. This inaugural event will provide an answer to what is fast becoming modern life’s most pressing question: how to develop meaningful relationships in a world that has left them behind. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, £250 ticket which cover the entirety of the weekend’s talks, debates and workshops, as well as a champagne reception upon arrival, 01497 821762. Mon 21 November TALES FROM THE CATHEDRAL ARCHIVE Looking at a range of original documents which showcase the collection and records found across a Cathedral. Led by Dr Charlotte Berry, Cathedral Archivist. Cathedral Library, Hereford Cathedral, 10.30am, £5, booking essential, 01432 374225. Mon 21 November ROSS CLASSICAL MUSIC SOIETY ‘French Street sons of the 17th century’. Jonathan Rees will also play viol music. Christchurch, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, visitors £6, 01989 567750. Mon 21 November INDUSTRY, MINING AND AGRICULTURE: EMERGENCE OF MODERN SHROPSHIRE The last in a series of talks with Mike Green, Community Archaeologist. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £5 from the Town Hall, 01588 630023. Wednesday 23rd November THE GENUS LAVENDER A talk by Joanna Spencer from Shropshire Lavender. Lydbury North Village Hall at 7.30pm. Free to members of South West Shropshire Gardening Club; visitors welcome £5. 01588 680454, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk

Thurs 24 November WELLINGTON PARISH HISTORY SOCIETY The history and folklore of The Marden Bell, a talk by Samantha Craig. Wellington Village Hall, 7.30pm, £2.50 to include refreshments. Fri 25 November BRITISH OWLS An illustrated talk with Dr Michael Leach, wildlife author and photographer. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5, under 16s £2, 01588 680223. Fri 25 - Sun 17 November HAY FESTIVAL WINTER WEEKEND ‘Imagine The World’. Festive magic for all the family. A weekend of wondrous stories, rigorous debates and great company. Featuring Ellie Gibson & Helen Thorn, Andy Hamilton, Mark Watson, Nic Compton, Ben Fogle, Louise Thomsen Brits and Pete Brown. With music from Flauguissimo Duo and guitarist, singer/ songwriter Nuala Honan. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.com Tues 29 November LEO HOULDING - REFLECTIONS: THE MIRROR WALL World renowned climber. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £15/£14, 01874 611622.

Workshops & Courses Sun 6 November LANDSCAPE & MEMORY A poetry workshop led by Rhiannon Hooson. 10.00 - 3.30, at Paradise Farm, Slough Lane, Presteigne, 10am-3.30pm, £20, limited places, booking essential. Contact: mail@galliers.org.uk or phone 01544 267245. A Marches Poets event, supported by Literature Wales. November AUTUMN COURSES & STUDY DAYS WEA HEREFORD & LEDBURY BRANCHES 1-29 Nov - Hops, the Evolution of the British Brewery and Classic British Public Houses with tutor Gareth Calan Davies, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35, Kindle Centre, ASDA, Belmont Rd, Hereford. Details 01432 880545.

8 Nov - Ledbury Branch AGM, Trinity Parish Room, New St, Ledbury, 7pm. 18 Nov - Hereford & Gloucester Railway, talk by Martin Cannop-Price, Fownhope New Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, members of Fownhope Local History Group free, visitors £2. 19 Nov - British Film from 1950s-1970s with Michael Pyke. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 10.30am-4.45pm, £20, 01531 633345. 30 Nov - Study Day, Volcanoes in Action with Dr Paul Olver, 10am-4pm, £20. Kindle Centre, ASDA, Belmont Rd, Hereford, 01531 634460. Sun 13 - Sat 19 November WOMEN’S WRITING RETREAT With Victoria Villasenor. Over The Rainbow, vegetarian country retreat, Cardigan Bay, West Wales. Relaxed qulaity B & B accommodation, ensuite rooms, www.overtherainbowwales.co.uk 01239 811155. STORY SPACE - Storytelling Workshops and Creative Writing sessions; Coaching; CPD Training for Educators, and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. The next open Storytelling Workshop in Hereford will be in March 2017. For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk or email info.storyspace@gmail. com Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555. First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813. 2nd Wed of each month MID WALES WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01982 552555. Every 3rd Thursday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk 4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153. International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451. Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tues, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group 2nd Tues, 7:30pm. The Kings Head, Cross St. 07400 084794. Border Poets 01547 530380.

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Saturday 19 November, 10am-4pm Live music from Brian Lamas, (11am-2pm) playing blues and cool jazz favourites. Children’s crafts. Flash sale! Free entry.

grass roots Green Events November HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 2 Nov - The Changing Face of Farming. A talk by Patrick Wrixon. Hopelands, Weobley VH, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members. 3 Nov - Hedgehogs and Archenfield. A talk by Yolande Watson. Christ Church Hall, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members. 6 Nov - Fantastic Fungi. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, 10.30am-2.30pm, free, booking essential, 01432 530088. 9 Nov - Bromyard Downs Project: Fungus Foray, led by Sheila Spence, Downs Car Park, Bromyard Downs, 10.30am-12.30, free but booking essential, 01432 356872. 12 Nov - Nutters Day. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, 10.30am-12.30pm, donation £3 on the day, booking essential, 01432 530088. 15 & 19 Nov - Bromyard Downs Project: Practical Work Parties, 10am-3.30pm, Downs Car Park, Bromyard Downs, 01432 356872. 24 Nov - Perry & Cider Making in Herefordshire, a talk by James Marsden. Aymestry VH, 7.30pm, £1 members, £1.50 non members. 26 Nov - Make and Take Christmas Crafts. Drop-in workshops for young and old. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, 10am--3pm, £3-£1, booking not required. 29 Nov - AGM and The Pine Martin Recovery Project, a talk by Lizzie Croose. Kington Primary School, 7.30pm. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust 01432 356872. November & December KNIGHTON TREE ALLOTMENT TRUST WORK PROGRAMME AUTUMN 2016 6 & 20 Nov, 4, 8 & 22 & Dec – 9.30am to 2.30pm in Nov, 9.15am-2.30pm in Dec.Knighton Tree Allotments Trust workday for woodland conservation volunteers, Beggar’s Bush. 10 & 24 Nov, 18 Dec - 9.15am to 2.30pm in Nov, 9.30am-2.30pm in Dec. Knighton Tree Allotments Trust workday for woodland conservation volunteers, Llangunllo. For further details contact Gary Cowell for more information 01547 520374 garydkcowell@yahoo. co.uk Fri 4 - Sun 6 November LAND, LIFE & LIVELIHOODS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! Come and help us celebrate “Fields, Farming & Food”. Newcastle Community Centre. Talks, walks, films, displays, local food producers and makers, book arts, apple pressing, spinning and weaving, local history and farming displays, field foraging, activities for children, cob oven pizzas and delicious teas … and more! See www.landlifeandlivelihoods.org.uk for the full programme (and updates) or contact: images@sarahjameson 01547 528546.

Sat 5 November AUTUMN RAMBLE - GUIDED WALK Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10.30am, £4 adults, £2 under 16s. Please use suitable footwear, sorry no dogs. 01588 676060. Sat 5 November OUTDOOR FIRE SESSION With Wildplay. Workshop. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Sun 6 November WILDLIFE SHOW Experts and equipment on hand to help answer your questions about plants and animals. Bring in things you have found or a photo. All welcome. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 2-4pm, free, 01588 638851. Sat 12 November LLANDRINDOD REPAIR CAFE 2-5 pm, at CELF, corner of Tremont Road / Trefonnen Lane, LD1 5EB. Save money, reduce landfill and get your broken stuff fixed for free: any portable household goods. Free entry and refreshments, donations welcome. Freegle table. http://www.transitionllandrindod.org.uk/projects/ repair-cafe Tues 22 November STOCK FREE GARDENING AND AGRICULTURE Trawsnewid Llandrindod Transition monthly meeting at Herb Garden Cafe LD1 5BB. Free admission, 7-9 pm with refreshments served at 7 (donations welcome to cover costs). http://www.transitionllandrindod.org.uk/

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Knighton Tree Allotments Trust (KTAT): Weekly workdays for woodland conservation volunteers. Contact: Gary Cowell 01547 520374 garydkcowell@yahoo.co.uk www. tveg.org.uk/wordpress/what-we-do/woodland-project Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hereford Christian Ecology Group, meets occasionally for talks and outings. 01432 279740. Green Party Forum meets every 3rd Wed at The Falcon Hotel, (bar), Bromyard, 7.30pm. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, www.herefordshirewt.org enquiries@herefordshirewt.co.uk 01432 365872. Transition Ledbury Paul/Beverley Kinnaird 01531 634788 or transitionledbury@googlemail.com. Transition Leominster, Regular meetings, contact Ann Ashley, 01885 420473 or Anne Adams, 01568 780886. Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Jamie Richie, 01547 520263, www.knucklascastle.org.uk, info@knucklascastle.org.uk Hereford Carbon Rationing Action Group www.carbonrationing.org.uk - Vey Straker - T: 01432 840955 - M: 07961 125470 - vey.straker@virgin.net Kington Local Environment & Energy Network (KLEEN) meets regularly 2nd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, The Oxford Arms, Kington. Planning local action, supporting initiatives, open to all. Contact kleen@momentary-lapse.co.uk Teme Valley Environment Group - Anne-Mary Davies 01547 528833 Will O’Leary - 01547 528792 amdskyborry@hotmail.com www.tveg.org.uk Transition Presteigne meets first Thurs of every month, (except Jan, April & Aug), Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267768 or email transitionpresteigne@gmail.com

Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - Melodie Winch, 01432 850647, melodie4foe@gmail.com or find us through Friends of the Earth (UK). Lightfoot Enterprises - c/o 2 Church Street, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5AA. info@lightfoot.org.uk www.lightfoot.org.uk Marches Meadow Group Richard Small 01743 791476, richard.w.small@gmail.com Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) Dave Smith, 7 Primrose Close, Hereford, HR2 7QX. 01432 266937 davetreesmith@aol.com https://sites.google.com/site/herefordshiremammals/ Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - office@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Transition Llandrindod - secretary@transitionllandrindod. org.uk, www.transitionllandrindod.org.uk Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org Presteigne Freecycle for Presteigne and surrounding area, groups.yahoo.com/group/presteignefreecycle. For other areas www.freecycle.org Upper Onny Wildlife Group. Meetings at The Crown Inn, Wentnor, Bishop’s Castle. Richard.keymer@yahoo.co.uk

QUAKERS ARE MEETING NEAR YOU

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Every Sunday at 10:30 in Llanfoist Village Hall NP7 9LP (SO 287 135)

Almeley Wootton, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:45 at Friends’ Meeting House HR3 6PX (SO 333 525)

Brecon, Powys

2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays 11 at The Muse, Glamorgan St. Brecon LD3 7DW (SO 045 284)

Clun Valley, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Grange Rd. Community Centre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AP (SO 320 884)

Hereford, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 and Thursdays at 12:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, 21 King St. Hereford HR4 9BX (SO 508 398)

Ledbury, Herefordshire

1st, 3rd Sundays 10:30 at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane HR8 1DW (SO 711 377)

Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Every Sunday 11:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Temple St. LD1 5HF

Ludlow, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, St. Mary’s Lane SY8 1DZ (SO 511 754)

The Pales, Llandegley, Powys

Every 3rd Sunday 3 PM at Pales Meeting House, Llandegley LD1 5UH (SO 137 641)

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Brampton St HR9 7EQ (SO 601 245)

http://www.smquakers.org.uk Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting invite you to come to Meeting

complementary therapies Disclaimer. We would like to emphasise that these listings relate to COMPLEMENTARY medicine practitioners. Broad Sheep does not endorse any of the practitioners or healing methods listed. We provide no recommendation and take no responsibility for their content.

A GENTLE SOFT TISSUE BODYWORK (fascial adjustment). A non-invasive technique re-balances and stablizes the body, suitable for: adults, children and babies. Addresses any number of pre-existing complaints. Contact Sarah Birchall VHT Practitioner sarahbirchall@btinternet.com 01981 500628. www.vhtworld.co.uk/members VHT is a holistic modality. ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, offers supportive, non-judgemental, face-to-face, skype and telephone sessions to individuals, couples and groups. Richard Lewis MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Post-Grad Dips Consultative Supervision and Children and Young People. BACP Sen. Accred., UKCP Reg. 01547 510360. A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, B.Ac, M.B.Ac.C. Traditional Acupuncture for pain management, acute and/or chronic health problems. Phone for free initial discussion on 01568 709142. Stoneleigh, Kingsland, HR6 9QS. registered and insured with the British Acupuncture Council since 1986. ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-OnWye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE lessons in Leominster. Ian Lyon MA PhD MSTAT. www.atinmarches.com ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467. ALLERGY &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health. Enquiries: 01568 709142. ARE YOU IN NEED OF HELP? Would you like to heal at a very deep level? I offer a heart-centred and practical approach to help you move forwards with your health and wellbeing, in a peaceful & relaxing clinic in Tenbury Wells. (Some phone consultations & home visits are also available). For more information & to discuss your needs, please contact me: Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010. AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE AN OTHER THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER. Humphrey Clement Bsc. MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage is available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038 063 for a consultation or email healing.Humphrey Clement BSc (hons) MFHT AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY BASED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which may have a number of properties, that may when used help improve overall emotional health. Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment on either the hands or feet that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR, and CNHC registered, www.emilyjbaker.com, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

AUTISM & HOMEOPATHY MIKE ANDREWS DSH RSHom, author of Homeopathy & Autism Spectrum Disorder a guide for practitioners and families (Singing Dragon 2014). In practice since 1990, qualified CEASE therapist. Autism is the challenge of our times; my goal is to bring the benefits of homeopathy to your child. Clinic nr Ludlow SY7 or via Skype. For a FREE 15 minute chat call 01588 660793 or mike@ mikeandrewshomeopathy.co.uk BACH FLOWER THERAPY AND REIKI Jane McDonnell, Registered practitioner. Bach Flower remedies are safe, gentle and effective at helping to relieve anxiety, stress, restore balance and well being. Reiki is a hands-on healing technique for stress/pain reduction and relaxation which also promotes healing. To discuss your needs or make an appointment please phone 07866495654 or email mcdonnell.jane@virgin.net COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more! Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred). CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello! CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more. I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them. Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www.cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor (Powys). COUNSELLING & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer. I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety. I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for

individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling. co.uk CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair. Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland. Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy. co.uk EATING DISORDER TREATMENT. Ruth Sandeman, BSC Hons, DIP HE, RMN, specialist children’s nurse. Registered with the NMC and a specialist therapist for the National Centre for Eating Disorders. A range of interventions available. (CBT-E, DBT, EFT, FBT and nutritional advice). Contact 07803 354 081 or ruthsandeman99@gmail.com EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks. GUIDED IMAGERY & MUSIC - a music-centred form of integrative therapy that helps us to understand life issues from a holistic perspective. Hilary Storer is a qualified Music Therapist, registered with the HCPC. For more information & an introductory session contact 07904 750383 / musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com. HEALING in Bishops Castle. Soul Healing can help you create Positive Change by removing energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A. (Dublin), Cert. E.S.H., Dip. Counselling (Wales). Tel: 01588 638242. Email: philomena@soul-healing.net. Web: www.soul-healing. net MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage. Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454. HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPIST, ELLY INGRAM MTI Available in Kington and Leominster. Also can visit your home / B & B / holiday let on a mobile basis. 077927 43894 www.ellyingram.co.uk HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomery area but am happy to do home visits should you prefer and I am also in Shrewsbury once a week at Neals Yard Remedies. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, I will carefully select a remedy to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself. I am very approachable, have great integrity with my patients health at heart and always welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032.

HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing. Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021. LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre. com. MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley. One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352. MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford. PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@ radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, 01544 267532, email pnhc2014@gmail. com REIKI THERAPIST, COUNSELLOR AND HYPNOTHERAPIST, KAY FLETCHER BA Hons, FdSc Counselling, BACP Associate Member, at Cariad Naturally. I work with children and adults using natural holistic techniques to nurture mind and body. With Reiki I offer a natural, safe and gentle, non-intrusive, hands on healing technique, which is also wonderfully relaxing. Through counselling I provide a caring and supportive space for you to talk about and explore your feelings, moods, emotions, relationships and anxieties. I use Hypnotherapy to help with a wide range of issues including addictions and weight loss. For a friendly chat about how I may be able to help you, please contact me on 01547 540899 or email kay@cariadnaturally.co.uk

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE New location

Group classes and individual tuition Stapleton Yoga Studio Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk

REFLEXOLOGY Helping to relieve stress, regulate hormonal imbalances, sleep and eating patterns. Aid the release of toxins and restore energy levels. Over 20 years experience - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876 796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits available. SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 26 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874. SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC ARTIST - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information go to www.emilyjbaker.com, call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website. HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY : Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs. Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal. co.uk or 01531 670075. EVENTS IN THE YURT BUILTH ROAD, 17 RAILWAY TERRACE, LD2 3RH Meditation 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month 7.30-9pm A guided meditation evening drawing on many different traditions. No experience necessary. Drum and song circle 1st Friday of the month 7.30-9.30pm Bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary. Shamanic Practice Group 4th Wednesday of the month 7.30-9.30pm journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others. Women’s Circle with Philippa Hedger 4th Sunday of the month 4.30-6.30pm Calling women of all ages to gather for support, love and wisdom sharing. All our groups are held in sacred space. Cost is £10 (concessions available) for further info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272.

Sat 5 November MONTHLY MEDITATION SESSION Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12.30pm, 01547 550377. Monday mornings YOGA LESSONS Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

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