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F you are deeply depressed by the war in Ukraine, Covid, and the Climate Crisis then what you probably need is a light-hearted editorial to take your mind off things. Here is one idea, you could just slide off into the wilderness and forget about everything. I am reading an extraordinary book called The Sheltering Desert written in 1957 by Henno Martin. It tells the true tale of Henno his friend Hermann and their dog Otto who lived in S. Africa and who very clearly saw the approaching signs of World War 2 and as German geologists who were likely to be interned they decided to head out into The Namibian Desert and hang out till it was all over. They managed to stay hidden for two and a half years living a precarious, but sometimes-joyful existence and always wondering where the next water source was and constantly thinking about food and what they could trap or shoot. Every now and then they listened to a radio running off their hidden truck’s battery to monitor how bad things were in Europe. Eventually Hermann got sick and the authorities caught up with them but I won’t spoil the whole story for you. I realize that hiding out on the Brecon Beacons is not quite the same but at least you won’t have any problem finding water. Meanwhile all I can offer you as a diversion is some violent arguments about the merits of various Long Playing Records. I recently received, along with all the other garbage that Facebook sends me everyday, a list of the 50 best albums of 1972 now all celebrating their 50th birthday and pretty damn impressive it was too. Anyway here is my list of 20 or so brilliant 50-year-old albums that I would have been listening to at the time and which I’d happily listen to again tomorrow (except of course Van the Man – grumpy old git and possibly Bryan Ferry hmmm). Neil Young 1972
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The Rolling Stones EXILE ON MAIN STREET. Steely Dan CAN’T BUY A THRILL. Neil Young HARVEST. Little Feat SAILING SHOES. Lou Reed TRANSFORMER. Bonnie Rait GIVE IT UP. Stevie Wonder TALKING BOOK. Al Green LET’S STAY TOGETHER. Roxy Music ROXY MUSIC. The Band ROCK OF AGES. The Temptations ALL DIRECTIONS.
The Staple Singers BE ALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF. Santana CARAVANSERAI. Captain Beefheart CLEAR SPOT. Van Morrison SAINT DOMINIC’S PREVIEW. Jackson Browne JACKSON BROWNE. Eagles EAGLES. Anne Peebles I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN. J.J. Cale NATURALLY. Sly and The Family Stone THERE’S A RIOT GOIN’ ON. Various Artists THE HARDER THEY COME. Curtis Mayfield SUPERFLY. And here is a sub list for all those whining know-alls and Dave Luke (big Stephen Stills fan) who will be going “Oi you can’t possibly leave out Nick Drake he was a genius” Stephen Stills MANASSAS. Paul Simon PAUL SIMON. Cat Stevens CATCH BULL AT FOUR. Todd Rundgren SOMETHING/ ANYTHING? Elton John HONKY CHATEAU. Jethro Tull THICK AS A BRICK. T Rex THE SLIDER. Chicago CHICAGO V. Mott the Hoople ALL THE YOUNG DUDES. Pete Townshend WHO CAME FIRST. War THE WORLD IS A GHETTO. Joni Mitchell FOR THE ROSES. Rod Stewart NEVER A DULL MOMENT. Alice Cooper SCHOOL’S OUT. The Allman Brothers Band EAT A PEACH. Nick Drake PINK MOON. Deep Purple MACHINE HEAD. Pink Floyd OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. The Doobie Brothers TOULOUSE STREET. The Allman Brothers EAT A PEACH. Yes CLOSE TO THE EDGE. Okay are you happy now? I have purposely left out all the stuff on the list which I really have no interest in like, Uriah Heap, Grand Funk Railroad, Blue Oyster Cult, The Raspberries and unfortunately the Jazzbos, C&W fans and Folkies will have to make their own list. Could you make a similar list for say 2022? Of course you could. Would you still be happy to sit and listen to it in 50 years time???? Answers on a postcard - as they used to say. Cover pic: YolanDa Brown, Hay Festival - 2 June
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VIOLIN LESSONS: ex Halle , ECCO, Guadagnini Trio, professional violinist RCM dip hons ARCM. 30 years experience. Classical, World Music traditions taught. Kirsten 07421 453114, kirsten.hellier@googlemail.com CHAIR REPAIRS: seats rushed & recaned. Also Danish cord & Habitat sheet cane seats. Paul Richards, 01544 209140.Email - paulrichardsft@gmail.com
HAYSTACKS MUSIC, Backfold, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5EQ. Tel: 07527 298199. Hay’s Headline Making Independent Music Shop - only a one minute walk from the main car park. Hay’s destination shop packed with pre-loved machine cleaned and new vinyl records, CDs, Books and more.
JOB VACANCY: CAFÉ MANAGER, ST LEONARD’S CHURCH, GREEN LANE, YARPOLE HR6 0BB 16 hours a week, flexible hours/days, some working from home possible. The Gallery Café in St Leonard’s Church, Yarpole is run by St Leonard’s Management (registered charity 119693). Our current Manager is retiring after 12 years, and we are seeking to recruit a new Manager. To find out more, visit www.stleonardsyarpole.com where you can download a job description and an application form. The deadline for applications is Sunday 22nd May.
EXPERIENCED LIFE-MODEL AVAILABLE for figure drawing and portraits. Contact David 07495 947916. FRUIT TREE PRUNING From one branch to an entire orchard. Tel: 01544 260656. apjervis@myphone.coop CATERING CROCKERY, CUTLERY AND GLASSWARE FOR HIRE. Up to 100 settings. Contact Ruth on 01544 350559 or 07870 752325.
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BEEKEEPING COURSES FOR BEGINNERS Interested in keeping bees in 2022? Our weekend ‘Bee Ready’ course will prepare you with essential information and allow you to develop confidence before you get your own hive of bees. Now taking bookings for June 4th and 5th - for further details phone 01886 884752 / 07813 276308 or email woodruffbank@btinternet.com
WANTED URGENTLY VINTAGE CLOTHING for male/ female, plus accessories including jewellery, shoes, etc. Also wanted: quality curtains, lace and textiles, even damaged. Plus designer clothing including male/female... tweeds, evening dresses etc. Also unusual items including fans etc. Please telephone: Annie 07798 632247. Teagowns and Textiles. annies.30@hotmail.com
JAZZ PIANO TUITION A specially created course for beginners through to intermediate level students. Also coaching for Associated Board jazz exams. Presteigne/Knighton, but happy to travel. Simon Deeley, 07890 303681. simon.deeley@aol.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.
PIANO TUNER AND TECHNICIAN Based in Llanidloes, serving Mid-Wales. Contact Matt 01686 412753 or 07843 440789 or email vicky@mousematt.net
ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ON THE PRESTEIGNE TOWN WEBSITE FOR 50P PER WEEK Support your town website and publicise your business on our popular site. For more information please contact the Town Clerk, Tracey Price on presteigneandnortontc@outlook.com or 01547 528575.
HANCOCK & MONKS MUSIC, 6 Broad Street, Hay-on-Wye. Tel: 01591 610555. Specialists in recorded and printed Classical Music for over 40 years. Huge stock of secondhand CDs, sheet music, scores and books on music. Open daily 10.30am - 4.30pm. Online catalogue at www.hancockandmonksmusic.co.uk
VIOLIN & VIOLA LESSONS given by experienced professional in Presteigne. All abilities and styles taught. John Hymas 07969 440183.
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Our Task Ben Mawer
The Wanderer might be the Knight in Bergman’s The Seventh Seal or Clint Eastwood or Toshiro Mifune in one of their many lone wolf Western or Samurai roles. The ruins of Roman Bath are sometimes quoted as being the subject of the second piece. The Wanderer: “There is now no-one left who I trust with my innermost thoughts, so I keep them hidden, in my spirit-chest, in my treasure-chamber. No-one can resist the ways of fate, and if I allow my mind to dwell on sorrow it will obstruct my path. I am often homesick and melancholy, an exile, far from my kinsmen, but I bind my inmost thoughts round with fetters and chains, so that I can continue my journey, hoping that one day I will be able to return and declare myself openly.” The Ruin: Originally “Wrætlic is þes wealstan, wyrde gebræcon ........” These great stone walls stood firm, until the fates cast them down, smashing the pavements below. Year by year these works of the Giants moulder away. The rafters are snapped off, the roofs torn open, the towers are in ruins; the gateway is white with the frost that picks the mortar from between the stones; the roof-tiles lie broken where they fall and age undermines the foundations. The master builders lie gripped in the earth, held fast in their graves until a hundred generations shall pass.
If we, who have seen war With disillusioned eyes, Bereft of all its glamour And stripped of all the lies And sentimental dope The politicians told us And all the mass-hysteria The daily papers sold us, Cannot out of misery A better system found, Then we’d be better with our comrades, So cold beneath the ground.
This high wall, stained with rust and grey with lichen, witnessed one reign after another, and withstood the storms, but now the gateway has fallen. Still the walls endure the winds (burnt gaps).... cut down.... fierce and sharp ...... they shone.... the craftsmanship of the ancient work ..... turned back to crusts of mud..... spirit .. A mason used his skills to encircle the walls with iron bands; his clever design bound them together, and bright were the halls, many the bathing pools. The great gable walls resounded to the sound of the multitude feasting in the banqueting halls, until mighty Fate intervened. Ben Mawer
Ben Mawer fought in the Far East during the Second World War before being captured by the Japanese and moved to their prison camps in Siam (now Thailand). His poem was amongst his papers after his death in the early 1980s and has never been published. Three generations of the author’s descendants have lived in and around Bishop’s Castle for many decades. Two pieces from other wars follow Our Task, translated from the thousand year old Exeter Book, made of parchment and leather. Some of the phrases in The Ruin have been burnt off the page by a falling brand or perhaps a flaming beam from the roof of a burning library. It adds a certain impact; the words themselves being subject to arson, looting ….
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Far and wide the dead fell, pestilence spread across the land, and death took away the brave, until their citadels were deserted and the cities fell into ruins. The kings who tried to rebuild them perished with their armies, and so these remains are empty and the clay tiles from the vaulted roofs lie shattered. The walls are reduced to mounds of masonry that cover the floors. These floors that many a proud and joyful warrior bestrode, ornamented with golden splendour. Here he stood, flushed with wine, his trappings of war polished bright and flashing in the light, admiring his looted treasure, silver, precious stones, and jewellery, this his hoard, and marvelling at this great castle in the middle of its broad kingdom. Here the stone building stood and the surging hot spring at its heart filled the baths. Pouring ... (burnt gaps)....hot streams over grey stones ....... until the round pool ..... then ..... a noble thing ..... city....” Hugh Colvin
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The New Elizabethans B EFORE you get thoroughly sick of reading descriptions of all the different ways there are to concoct one of Dame Mary Berry’s Platinum Jubilee Puddings, spare a moment for a rather more permanent Elizabethan legacy: the architectural heritage of The Queen’s sixty-year reign. Sadly, only two of my choices are outside London. The Angel of the North; The British Museum’s Great Hall; the Royal Festival Hall Lloyds of London; the Royal Festival Hall; The London Eye; The London Olympics Aquatic Centre; Lords Media Centre; the acoustically-perfect Royal Festival Hall; Skylon; and Tate Modern. Anthony Gormely’s towering Cor-Ten monolith near Gateshead, with its 54m wingspan capable withstanding 100mph winds, looks like outliving them all; Lord Foster’s glazed internal atrium to Smirk’s neo-classical Bloomsbury museum is nothing short of inspired; and Lloyds of London’s HQ in Lime Sreet is a worthy epitaph to the late Richard Rogers. Cornwall’s Eden Project is said to have been inspired by the American inventor Buckminster Fuller. The British team which fashioned the interlocking Plexiglas domes on a site near St Austell was Grimshaw Associates. Inspiration – plus some ‘white knuckle’ engineering audacity – produced what is one of London’s most recognisable modern landmarks: the 135m-high London Eye on London’s South Bank, designed by Julia Barfield and David Marks. The late Zaha Hadid (who so very nearly gave Cardiff what would have been one of the great opera houses of Europe) had to be content with
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the London Olympics Aquatic Centre at Stratford in East London as her consolation prize. An unconventionally ‘sensuous’ form was also used by designers Amanda Levete and the late Jan Kaplicky to great effect to fabricate their Lords Media Centre. They used a Falmouth boatyard then moved its semi-monocoque ‘shell’ to St John’s Wood, causing some consternation amongst the ‘rhubarb and custard’ brigade. Skylon – the totemic symbol of the 1951 Festival of Britain, by architects Powell & Moya – is my own personal favourite. Not only because it is a one-off (or because its Meccano-like kit of parts was fabricated in Hereford), but because it is the only one which didn’t survive: cut down on a spiteful whim by Winston Churchill. Downstream from the Skylon’s South Bank site is the only building in this collection which can be classified as a refurbishment: Herzog & de Meuron’s cathedral-like Tate Modern, formerly a power station, which now attracts over six million visitors a year and whose steam turbine era ended just a year before the Queen’s Coronation. Only one out of the capital’s 12 main line train termini was built in the Queen’s reign (she’s still awaiting a start date for the regularly-delayed Crossrail). Grimshaw’s curving green glass Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo fitted the bill perfectly, but Network Rail moved the goalposts and decreed – somewhat illogically - that all Channel crossings should start and finish inside Barlow’s Gothic train shed at St Pancras in north London. When the much-vaunted HS2 terminal at Old Oak Common will be finished is anyone’s guess. Nick Jones
Left to right, top to bottom: London Eye; Lords Media Centre; Eden Project; Aquatic Centre
Dear Philospher-in-Residence “The Philosopher Publican” Before moving to Presteigne, we lived in an almost equally bohemian place - Hesket Newmarket in Cumberland. Within 10 yards of our house was the back door of a little pub with its own even smaller brewery (both now owned and run by co-operatives). Before that, the landlord was a philosopher called Jim who had a long whispy beard and looked like most people’s idea of a wizard. Because of lack of storage space behind the tiny bar, the crisps were stored on the stairs up to the first floor flat - packets of each flavour in an open cardboard box sitting on the end of its own individual stair. Every night after closing time, Jim would relax by sitting alone in the empty pub at one of the bar tables, with a large single malt and the Guardian cryptic crossword. As part of the ritual, he would also grab a packet of crisps from one of the boxes on the stairs and lob it, unopened, on the pub floor for his amazingly characterful mongrel, Blott, to tear open and wolf down the contents while Jim got stuck into the crossword and the whiskey. One night, Jim sensed there was something strange going on and raised his head from the crossword. Blott had already devoured his nightly packetfull of crisps and licked up the crumbs from the lino but was holding in his mouth a second unopened packet which Jim must have grabbed by mistake. Blott trotted behind the bar, up the first three or four stairs, deposited the unopened packet in the appropriate box, turned round, trotted down to the bar again, settled down and went to sleep in the middle of the floor as usual. In the week or two following this event, on the very rare occasions that the craic dried up in the bar, the Philosopher Publican would try to initiate a discussion on whether dogs have consciences!” Frank Cosgrove
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art POWYS Studer Fine Art, The Gallery, 1A The High St, Presteigne www.studerfineart.co.uk Until 28 May ‘To The Hills’. ALISON MacGREGOR-GRIMLEY - paintings and SAFFRON GUY - ceramic vessels. In addition to a plethora of beautiful artwork from the borders and beyond including TANIA MOSSE sculpture, RICHARD STUDER - prints and textiles, CLARE MURPHY - rush basketwork. Plus cards, small gifts and more. Thurs-Sat 10.30am-3pm. Presteigne Assembly Rooms www.midborderarts.com Until 2 May Cecily Sash (1924 - 2019). Exhibition and sale of drawings, lithographs, pastels, books, prints and postcards. Open 10am-4pm. Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org 22 May - 5 June HEREFORDSHIRE GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN at Hay Festival. Open 9am-5pm. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL 01544 260149 Until 21 May ‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - A major solo exhibition, DANIEL MacCARTHY - paintings in the Gallery, The Rodd. Until 14 May ‘Polaroids’ SIDNEY NOLAN - polaroid photographs in The Library, Rodd Court. Until 29 Oct ‘Of Black Shires’. JIM CARTER - environmental artist working in sculpture, ritual, sound and photography to explore themes of loss, remembrance and regeneration in relation to animals and landscape. The Gardens, The Rodd. Open Thursi-Sat 11am-4pm. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 26 June The National Gallery Masterpiece Tour: Rembrandt. Saskia Van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume (1635). Until 26 June Portraits. Responding to Rembrandt. Until 26 June Blodeuwedd in Arcadia. Responding to Rembrandt. Open Tues-Sun 11am-5pm.
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Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DL 01597 824513 May Search Radnorshire Museum Facebook page for up-to-date exhibitions, workshops and events. Tues-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.
The Table, 43 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye 01497 822802 www.thetablehay.com Until 7 May MAGGIE JONES & TANIA MOSSE. 21 May - 5 June MARY MABBUTT. Thurs-Sat 10am-3pm. Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton LD7 1AT 01547 529530 Gallery, shop, cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm. Art by Osian (Celf gan Osian), 3 Short Bridge St, Llanidloes SY18 6AD 07484 763507 www.osiangwent.com Open all year ‘Art by Osian’. OSIAN GWENT. A working studio and gallery of contemporary, modern and expressive art by Welsh artist. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 Until 19 June Festival exhibition. RODNEY LAWRENCE - ceramics. TAMSIN ABBOTT - stained glass and prints. JULIA MANNING - prints. ZSUZSI MORRISON - jewellery. KATE OCHOM - slate books. ELIZABETH RAEBURN - ceramic sculptures.Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Courtyard Antiques, London House, High St, Presteigne, LD8 2BA 07974 356128 outside normal hours. Antique pottery, country furniture and art. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ 01982 560674 A constantly changing mix of materials and styles occupying over 2000 square feet. Complimented by paintings and sculpture, plus seasonal exhibitions. Open 10.30am-4.30pm. Minerva Arts Centre, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 413467 Until 21 May Spring Exhibition. Gallery 1 - ‘Sanity Through Stitch’. Mid Wales Embroiderers. Gallery 2 - ‘Make It Personal’ Hilary Beattie and some of her students work. 4 June - 2 July Wool and Willow Festival. Showcasing unique, handmade products by willow and textile artists from Wales and the Borders. Open Mon - Sat 10.30am-4.30pm.
Court Cupboard Gallery, New Court Farm, Llantillio Pertholey, Abergavenny NP7 8AU 01873 852011 May ROSIE FAREY & MANDY COATS - baskets. SUSAN GALLAGHER - paintings. Open daily 11am-4pm. Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AA 01497 822900 Showcasing some of the very best artists from Wales and the Borders. Open 10.30am-5pm daily except Tues, Sun 11.30am-4pm. Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 www.knightonfineart.co.uk knightonfineart@btinternet.com May ‘Now is the month of Maying’ Work by: Victorian artist FRED ARCHER. Potters JASON BRAHAM, KATE McCLEAN & MARY STEPHENS and local artists ANTHEA STILWELL & BRONTË WOODRUFF. Over 450 greeting card designs. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Near Newtown 01686 688369 Until 27 May ‘Pushing The Boundaries’. Six printmakers and one printmaker/enameller. EMMA ALDRIDDGE, ALISON CRAIG, JACQUI DODDS, CAROLYN HUDSON, JILL LEVENTON, CHRISTINE MATTHEWS & ESTELLA SCHOLES. Thurs-Sun, 11am-4pm. Found Gallery, 1 Bulwark, Brecon LD3 7LB 07736 062849 www.foundgallery.co.uk May ‘City Stories’. PETE DAVIS photographs of Cardiff 1969-1977. Tues-Sat 10am-4.30pm. The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Rare antique carpets and kilims. Plus locally made pottery, art materials, textiles, haberdashery, jewellery, cards and gifts. Cafe. Wed-Sat 10am-4pm. Museum of Modern Art, Tabernacle, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth SY20 8AJ 01654 703355 info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk Until 4 June ‘Legends’. Until 11 June ‘Ceredigion’. Tabernacle Collection. Until 11 June ‘Outside In - Inside Out’. GILES FORD. 7 May - 9 July ANNIE GILES HOBBS. Solo exhibition.Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm, by appointment only.
Cecily Sash, Presteigne Assembly Rooms David Binns, Twenty Twenty Gallery, Ludlow
Silvia Pastore, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow
Amanda Attfield, Apple Store Gallery, Hereford
John Piper, Elmslie House, Great Malvern
Phil Hayes, Greenstage Gallery, The Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome
Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EY 01597 258118 www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk 3 May Lockdales valuation Auction Day. Bring your items along for a free valuation. 28 May Llandrindod Wells Artisan Market. Over 20 stalls, arts, crafts, homemade, handmade, local produce. Open 10am-4pm. Cheese & Butter Market, Hay-on-Wye 07866 843538 Every Fri & Sat Flea & Vintage Market. Vintage clothing, bric a brac, antiques and jewellery. Open 9am-5pm. Knighton Museum, 1 Broad St, Knighton The Museum is run entirely by volunteers and reflects the social history of the area. The majority of the exhibits have been either donated or lent by local people and reflect the varied history of this border town from the drovers to the flannel weavers; from trade to agriculture. Wed- Sat, 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm. The Old School, Whitton, near Knighton LD7 1NP 01547 560936 May Museum of Welsh Textiles. A fine collection of Welsh costume, textiles. With a selection of antique textiles and blankets for sale, alongside changing exhibitions of art and antiques. Open by appointment, please phone to book. Rhayader Museum & Gallery, CARAD, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 May Rhayader Museum are offering an enjoyable opportunity to take part in the creative process of making and installing the displays and installations, working with our team. Please email all@carad.org.uk for details. Look out for new activities and sign up for our free information newsletter online: www.carad.org.uk Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-12pm. HEREFORDSHIRE
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Elmslie House, 8 Avenue Rd, Great Malvern, WR14 3AG 07714 106386 www.elmsliehouse.co.uk www.fiftiesart.com/live-exhibitions 27 May - 5 June ‘The ‘22 Show’: John Piper & Mid-Century Art: A New Collection’. Original paintings, fabrics, posters, limited edition prints and selection of books relating to John Piper. Artists represented will include KATHARINE CHURCH, ANTHONY GROSS, NORMAN JAQUES, EDWIN LA DELL, GARRICK PALMER, ROBERT TAVENER, HARRY STEVENS, JULIAN TREVELYAN & JOHN PIPER. Open 27 May, private view, 6-8pm (please phone to attend). 3 June, 1pm-6pm, other days 11am-4pm.
The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells WR15 8EA 01584 810085 www.georginafranklin.co.uk GEORGINA FRANKLIN jewellery. Individual contemporary design. Commissions undertaken. AntiquesInTents, Burton Court, Eardisland, near Leominster HR6 9DN 01544 267033 13 & 14 May Antiques from period and decorative furniture to early ceramics, folk art and a wide range of small interesting, quirky items. Food and bar available. Open Fri 12pm-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm. South Chapel, All Saints Church, Hereford 01432 370414 Until 4 May SIAN THOMAS stained glass. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm. Kington 4 June Kington Summer Food/Drink Festival. Artisan food and drink exhibitors, bespoke fire pits and garden nurseries. Benches, metal and pottery artworks. Music from Little Rumba. Open 9.30am-3.30pm. Market Hall, Kington 07977 978676 3rd Saturday of the month, until Dec Print, paint, wood, wool, paper, metalwork, ceramics, baskets and more. 9:30am-3:30pm, anna@akcrafts.co.uk Oxenham Art, Broad St, Leominster HR6 8BT 01568 611898 May NEIL ALCOCK & JANIE RAMSAY - pottery. NICOLA THOMAS & ALISON CHESMAN - glass. TAMARA WILLIAMS - botanical paintings. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm. Ridge Bank, 1 High St, Kington, HR5 3AX www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Hereford 01432 374200 Until 3 Sept ‘Strangers: World views and marginalising the ‘Other”. 16 May - 25 June ‘Who Are We? Who Are They?’ HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS FOUNDATION & PORTFOLIO STUDENTS. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, normal admission applies. Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 07881 926661 2 - 4 May ERIC BOTTOMLEY & GILLY HANCOCK - paintings. 16 - 22 May ‘Trees & Things’. SUE DENNING-EMBREY, DH. YASHODEVA & Friends - art, silver, pottery, stitch and print. 23 - 29 May ‘Town & Country - JACKIE COX & CHRIS SINDEN - mixed media. 30 May - 5 June ‘Together Again’. FUSION 16 - textile art. Open daily 10.30am-4.30pm.
Art at No. 9, 9 Church Rd, Kington, HR5 3AG www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. Open 11am-5pm. Border Bean Cafe, 22-24 High St, Kington, HR5 3AX www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. Kingswood Village Hall, Kingswood Rd, Kington, HR5 3HE www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. KINGTON ART SOCIETY. Marches Makers Festival Open Studios www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May CLARE CONRAD ceramics, 9 Church Rd, Kington, 11am-5pm. KATHRYN MOORE paintings and weaving, Kat & Fiddle Studio, 37 Church St, Kington, 9.30am-3.30pm. RACHEL RICKETTS - sculpture and paintings, 54 Bridge St, Kington, 10am-3pm. ANGELA SOULIER - jewellery, 37 Duke St, Kington, 11am-5pm. JEREMY ATKINSON - clogs, 44 Duke St, Kington, 2-5pm. JAMES BURNETT-STUART - pottery, Lower Way Farm, Lower Hergest, Kington, 11am-5pm. Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church St, Kington, HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 www.madeinthemarches.com 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival ‘Three of a Kind’. Artisan gallery showing work from local artists and makers, featuring paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, stone, metal, wood, willow, mixed media, gifts, cards and art materials. Until 2 May ‘Homegrown’. Celebrating the work of Kington’s local artists and makers. May ‘Three of a Kind’. RICHARD BAVIN, LUCY BAXENDALE, RACHAEL BLAKEWAY, HATTIE BUDD, SARAH CADWALLADER, RUTH CAMERON SWAN, GILL DAVIES, SHANNON DONOVAN, REBECCA FINNEY, ELLIE GARRAWAY, FREYA GAMBLE, GRAEME HOBBS, NICK HOLMES, JANE KEAY, CELIA KIBBLEWHITE, ANNE LEE, CIARA LEWIS, SUE LEAVETT, ALAN MATHEWS, MALCOLM MELLEN, DEE MILLS, REBECCA REYNOLDS, LAURA ROWLATT, HELEN SMITH, GILL TENNANT-EYLES AND ZOE WRIGHT. Beautiful work from local artists and makers, including ceramics, paintings, prints, textiles, wearable art: clothes & jewellery, sculpture, stone, wood, metal and willow, cards and gifts. Commissions and vouchers available. Open Wed–Sat, 11am-4pm.
The Burton Hotel, Mill St, Kington, HR5 3BQ www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. THE BORDER MONOCHROME CAMERA CLUB photographs. Birches Farm Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, A4111 near Kington, HR5 3EY www.marchesmakers.co.uk 1 & 2 May Marches Makers Festival. ‘Heart of the Matter II: Responses to nature from the Marches’. Open 10am-5pm. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 9 - 23 May ‘Hope The Lego Suffragette’. Hope was built by the Lego Group with the support from the UK Parliament in 2018. 7 - 29 May ‘Materials Matter’. HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS. Open theatre times. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Rd, Hereford HR1 2UA 01432 263937 www.applestoregallery.com Until 4 June CHRIS WILLIAMS & AMANDA ATTFIELD - oil paintings and bioresin sculptures inspired by the natural world. Wed-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 10am-1pm.
Friday 13th May 12 noon - 5pm
Saturday 14th May 10am - 4pm
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Wobage Makers Gallery, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye HR9 7QP 01989 720495 www.wobage.co.uk May HEILA HERRING - pottery. ANDREW McGARVA stoneware pots. CLARE McGARVA - stitched textiles. PATIA DAVIS - porcelain & earthenware pots. BEN CASSON - furniture. SHEILA CASSON - stoneware & earthenware pots. CLAIR HODGSON - silver. JEREMY STEWARD - woodfired salt-glazed pottery. CLYDE HOARE - baskets. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm. Old Chapel Gallery, East St, Pembridge HR6 9HB 01544 388842 www.oldchapelgallery.co.uk All year ‘Shadows on the Grass’. Garden sculpture exhibition. An ever-changing collection of unique sculptures for your outdoor space in a variety of media including ironwork, carved stone, stone resin, iron resin, bronze resin, ceramics. 21 May - end June. Hay Festival exhibition. New works: oil on canvas, pencil drawings, acrylic on paper, watercolours, ceramics, textile art and jewellery. Open Wed-Sat 11am-4.30pm, Sun 12-4pm. Mon & Tues by appointment.
Gallery 54, 54 High St, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 May TRACEY HUNT, JOHN MAXWELL & ZOE TAYLOR new work. Plus gallery artists. Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm. Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome WR6 5BT 01885 490839 www.greenstagegallery.co.uk Until 22 May Easter Show. Featuring new work by MATT CLARKE, SALLY STAFFORD, SARA HAYWARD MA (RCA) & ARTHUR PIERCE, PHIL HAYES & MICHAEL BRAZIER. 4 - 8 May Also exhibiting at The Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead. Taking some of our gallery artists including; PIERRE WILLIAMS, BETH RICHARDSON, MARTYN JONES, PAUL POWIS, STELLA HIDDEN, MAGGIE JONES, PIA DOWSE, PETER KOTKA & JO LUCAS. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4pm. The Basement, 18 Gloucester Rd, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5BU email gabydevitt@live.com Beautiful handwoven lampshades, fabrics, pottery, willow baskets and glass. Also a range of eclectic lighting. Open Wed-Sat 9.30am-4pm.
Silvia Pastore IN DREAMS AWAKE
Exhibition of original paintings ranging from imaginary compositions to local landscapes
14th May - 9th July Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7.30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Market Square, Ludlow, SY8 1AZ
‘The ‘22 Show’
John Piper and Mid-Century Art: a New Collection
Friday 27th May - Sunday 5th June 2022
Elmslie House
8 Avenue Road, Great Malvern, WR14 3AG At last, we’re back with an exhibition which combines original fabrics and prints by John Piper with new works which capture the styles and subjects of art from the mid-century period. We will be displaying original paintings, fabrics, posters, limited edition prints and also a selection of books relating to John Piper. Artists represented will include Katharine Church, Anthony Gross, Norman Jaques, Edwin la Dell, Garrick Palmer, Robert Tavener, Harry Stevens, Julian Trevelyan and especially John Piper. Friday 27th May: 6.00-8.00 pm Private View: please contact Richard Turkington to attend Saturday 28th – Thursday 2nd June: 11.00-4.00 Friday 3rd June: 1.00-6.00 pm Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June: 11.00-4.00
For more information, please see: fiftiesart.com/live-exhibitions and www.elmsliehouse.co.uk or contact Richard Turkington at richard@fiftiesart.com or on 07714 106386
Made in Ross, The Upstairs Gallery, Market House, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5NX 01989 769398 www.madeinross.co.uk May Made in Ross. A co-operative of local art and craft makers who produce a wide range of beautiful work, for all tastes and budgets. Open daily, 10am-4pm. SHROPSHIRE Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023 www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 5 May - 4 June RICHARD OWEN. 10am-4pm. (Please check before travelling). 6 May Antiques and Flea Market. 9am-4pm. 28 May Spring Craft Fair. Jewellery, knitted goods, felted goods, ceramics, fused glass, soaps, candles and more. Twenty Twenty Gallery, 4 Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 www.twenty-twenty.co.uk Until 14 May ‘Collage’. PETER MONAGHAN, MICK HUTCHINGS, ROSA ROBERTS, NICKY KNOWLES, DENNIS FARRELL & YVETTE GLAZE. 21 May - 11 June ‘Spring Flourish’. MELISSA SCOTT-MILLER, JULIE HELD, BRITA GRANSTROM, TOM SCOTCHER, JANET KEITH & ceramics BY ROSAMUND COADY AND DAVID BINNS. Open Wed-Sat 10.30am-4pm. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury 01743 234970 6 - 30 May ‘Almost Happy’. GRACE CURRIE - paintings and ceramic pieces together with a work-in progress. Tues-Fri 10am-4.30pm. Ogilvie Vaile Conservation, Unit 9, Lower Buckton Barns, between Leintwardine and Brampton Bryan SY7 0JU 07780 616067 www.ogilvievaile.com Specialising in the conservation and restoration of fine art. Ragleth Gallery, 1 Sandford Place, Church Stretton SY6 6DY 01694 723225 A contemporary gallery full of original art, inspired by the landscape and wildlife of the Shropshire Hills. Sculpture, paintings, ceramics, glass, jewellery, prints, photographs, automata and more. Mon & Tue10am-5pm, Thurs - Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
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St Laurence’s Church, King St, Ludlow 07546 514278 Until 2 May LUDLOW ART SOCIETY spring exhibition. Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-1.30pm. Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell SY7 0DH 01547 530744 28 May Aardvark May Brocante/Car Boot. Over 30 stalls of bric-a-brac, produce, antiques and much more. Home-made soup etc, live music, free entry and parking. Stalls £10 payable in advance. Open Tues- Sun 10am-4pm. The Artists’ Gallery, Ludlow Farm (formerly Ludlow Food Centre), Bromfield, Ludlow SY8 2JR 07974 652866 May Artists include SHELLY PERKINS - wildlife artist. PRISCILLA HANN - bronze sculpture. DANIELLE FLOWERS - contemporary jewellery. KIM DAVIS - wood turning. MEGAN EVANS - collagraph prints. JAN JAY - textile designs and screen prints. PIP JONES - watercolours. SARAH BILLINGHAM - pottery. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. www.theartistsgalleryludlow.co.uk Open daily 10am-5pm. Facebook - The Artists’ Gallery. Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, The Music Hall, Market Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1LG 01743 258881 Until 5 June ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Book Artists’. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk www.theartistsgalleryludlow.co.uk 01584 878141 Until 7 May ‘Two Ways of Looking Exhibition’. Four artists with distinctive individual styles share their versions of our world. 14 May - 9 July ‘In Dreams Awake’. SILVIA PASTORE. Exhibition of original paintings ranging from imaginary compositions to local landscapes. 14 May - 9 July ‘Hypergraphia’. CHRIS FRIEL - photographs. Also exhibiting at The Photo Space Gallery in Quality Square. Open theatre times. Smithy Studio, Brampton Bryan SY7 0DH 07811 042478 Rustic homewares, fine art and craft. Local makers. Turned wood, slipware, lavender products, textiles, cards and gifts. Thurs-Sat 11am-4pm.
Art & Craft Workshops Single, dated listings are free. Ongoing workshops, £40 per year. MOOR HALL STUDIO ~ BOBBY BRITNELL Inspirational art and textile related courses delivered throughout the year by highly qualified tutors. Some courses are on-line, and others face to face. Refer to www.bobbybritnell. co.uk for further information and details of all courses. Contact Bobby Britnell on 01547 510664, or email at bobby@bobbybritnell.co.uk VILLAGE ART CLUBS Love art? Come and join us! Friendly, local clubs with professional tuition run for three terms per year. Beginners and experienced painters all welcome. Call Liz on 07938 563716 or see the website for details - www.villageartclubs.co.uk CHILDREN’S SEWING WORKSHOP Do you have a child who would like to learn to sew or one who already loves to? Then let them come and join Lazy Daisy Chains at Make-it-Happen’s lovely studio in Hereford. Here we hold our monthly, Saturday morning workshops, (usually the second Saturday in the month.) These workshops are designed for children aged 7-11 and no experience is necessary. All materials and tuition are included. The cost is £15. For more details have a look at our fb page, https:// www.facebook.com/lazydaisychains or contact Andrea on 07709939503. Bookings can be made via https:// www.make-ithappencreativedreams. com/book-online where forthcoming workshops are also listed. ONLINE ART CLASS Would you like to learn how to paint or improve on the skills you already have? All you need is access to Zoom. Also art tuition and home school art classes for 11-18 year olds. Stephen Hand, stephen@handdrawnart.co.uk 07786 934880. ALEX ALLPRESS POTTERY SCHOOL - POTTERY WORKSHOPS Church Street, Builth Wells, LD2 3BS, Powys. Courses/workshop throughout the year. Throwing, Hand building, glazing, kiln firing and much more. Clay and equipment and your own wheel included. For more details 07443 875016. alexallpressceramics@gmail.com / alexallpress.co.uk
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
Specialising in the conservationrestoration of works of art on paper and archive material. Unit 9, Lower Buckton Barns, between Leintwardine and Brampton Bryan, SY7 0JU.
Please call or email Louise Vaile for appointments and further information.
T: 07780 616067 E: info@ogilvievaile.com W: ogilvievaile.com
www.tents4elements.co.uk
GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Discover your creative potential at my workshops covering, Art, Textiles and Sewing Techniques, catering for the experienced and inexperienced. Dates to suit you. 01432 760961. STONE CARVING WORKSHOPS Monthly in Llangarron HR9 6PH. Glenn Morris, sculptor, leads an informal, friendly group. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience. Full tuition, safety equipment and tools provided. Stone available if required. Copious refreshments guaranteed. 01989 770776. Frances@artsinthemarches.co.uk BASKETMAKING USING RUSH Presteigne. Courses available throughout the year covering many techniques. Small groups and all levels taught. All materials and equipment included. For more information see Rushmorebaskets.com or contact Clair at rushmorebaskets@gmail.com 07713 514902. CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors, all based in beautiful countryside with outstanding views and local produce. We offer a wide range of courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, Enamelled Jewellery, Felt-making, Glass Fusing, Hand Block Printing, Hedgerow Medicine, Mosaics, Painting, Pastels, Photography, Plant Dyeing, Spinning and Weaving, Rag Rug Making, Sewing, Stained Glass, Stonecarving, Woodblock printing, Drawing and Upholstery. For full details visit www.creativebreaks. co.uk Make it yourself - take it home - treasure it – or give it with pride! THE ARTHOUSE STUDIO Creative workshops including lino printing, glass fusing, jewellery making, fabric printing, traditional glass painting, stained glass. The Art House Studio, Weobley, 07467 941208, www.thearthousestudio.co.uk 10am -1pm £38 per person all inclusive. Cawley Hall, Eye Lane, Leominster HR6 0DS book: www.cawleyhall.org.uk or 07970 627770 Wed 4, 11, 18 & 25 May PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Four week course led by Frances Whitfield, will guide you through the process of printmaking from concept to final product. Pot and Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, www.potandpage.co.uk Fri 20 May SERIES OF ONE-DAY DRAWING WORKSHOPS ‘The Seeing Hand’ with Dr Alli Neal. The Artshop & Chapel, Abergavenny, £90 per class, includes lunch, refreshments and majority of materials. Booking essential, 01873 852690.
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Sat 28 May BLACK & WHITE BONANZA Calligraphy workshop with Jan Pickett exploring letters, infills and patterns. Monkland Village Hall, 10am-4pm, 01544 327657. Marches Scribes.
Sat 28 May BEGIN TO SPIN WORKSHOP! With tutor Maggie Percy. Please bring any carders, spindles, spinning wheels and fleece. Some equipment will be available. Cawley Hall, Eye Lane, Leominster, HR6 0DS, 10am-3pm. Bring a packed lunch, hot drinks provided, www.cawleyhall.org.uk or 07579 965851. May TEXTILE JUNKIES STUDIO WORKSHOPS Every Tuesday starting 3 May - Learn to Sew - Garment Project, 6 week course, 6-8pm. Every Wednesday starting 4 May - Textile Repair Cafe, drop in, 10am12pm. Every Wednesday starting 4 May - Learn To Sew, absolute beginners class, 10am-12pm. Get to Know Your Sewing Machine class, 6-8pm. Thursdays, starting 5 May - Learn to Sew, soft furnishings project, 6 week course, 6-8pm. 7 May - Lampshade Making Workshop, 10am-1pm. 14 May - Introduction to Shashiko/Visible Mending, 10am-4pm. 21 May - Furniture Upholstery, 10am-4pm. 28 May - Macrame Mandala Mirror Workshop, 10am-4pm. Textile Junkies Studio, 3-4 Broad St, Newtown, 01686 610888, www.textilejunkies.com May MID WALES ARTS CENTRE 28 May - Enamelling Workshop with Jill Leventon, 10am-4pm, £75 per day. Weekly Pottery Clubs for Adults, Thurs 2-4pm & 7-9pm, Wed 7-9pm, Fri 11am-1pm. Home Education Club, Wed 2-4pm. After-School Club, Thurs 5-6.30pm. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Newtown, 01686 688369. May EASTNOR POTTERY INTO THE POTTERS WHEEL CLASSES £49 per person. Perfect indoor activity for individuals, couples and small groups. 1.5 hr sessions take place on specific dates through-out May. POTTERS WHEEL COURSES 13, 14, 28 & 29 May. £150 per person. Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. Please check availalability book online www.eastnorpottery.co.uk Email admin@eastnorpottery. co.uk or tel 01531 633886. May RAG RUG MAKING DAY WORKSHOPS Creative recycling with Jenni Stuart-Anderson. Suit beginners and returners. 28 May - Day Workshop, Learn progging and hooking for recycling textiles. Leysters & Middleton Parish Hall, Leysters, HR6 0HP, 10am-4pm, £60 includes beverages and hessian, 01568 750229, email jenni.ragrugs@freeuk.com www.jenniragrugs.com May THE HIVE WORKSHOPS Fri 13 May - Making it Green: A Pathway to EcoFriendly Art. Full course of four workshops, for ages 16+. 1.30pm, £80. Workshop 1 - The Creativity vs The Destruction Paradox, special focus on Land Art and reducing, reusing and recycling. Workshop 2 - Special focus on using organic materials from the natural world. Workshop 3 - Special focus on installation art and performance art. Workshop 4 - Special focus on digital art, video and photography. Every Tues - Life Drawing for all ages, 7-9pm. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 01743 234970.
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May & June MINERVA ARTS CENTRE WORKSHOPS 6 May - Batik Landscapes on Fabrics with Jenny O’Leary, £60. 8 - 10 May - Capturing Place, 3-day retreat workshop with Hilary Beattie, £175. 4 June - 2 July Wool and Willow Festival. Minerva Arts Centre, Hay-on-Wye, email adin@quilt.org.uk to book. May & June VICKI NORMAN WORKSHOPS 12 - 21 May - Morocco Mountains and Medinas. Following in the footsteps of the famous painter of Kasbahs, Jacques Majorelle, for artists and adventure lovers on this Art Safari. 24 - 26 May - 3 Day Painting Retreat at Acton Scott Hall. 13 - 17 June - West Cornwall, 5 Days Painting on Location. Vicki Norman Art School, 21 Mill St, Bridgnorth, WV15 5AF, www.vickinormanstudio.com Tuesdays DRINK AND DRAW Weekly life drawing class. Bring your own materials, just turn up. Upstairs in De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9.30pm, £8, 01432 357753. Wednesdays INFORMAL ART GROUP All welcome, help given if required. The Old School Community Hub, New Radnor, 2-4pm, 01544 350242. Wednesdays SEWING CLASSES IN KINGTON 6 - 8 pm. Learn new skills whilst enjoying the company of others. Whether you have already chosen a project, started one and don’t know how to continue or to provide you with a starter project, all are welcome. Individual tuition or bespoke courses for small groups also available.www. rawthreaddesign.co.uk Jasmin 07421 358673 Thursdays HEREFORD LIFE DRAWING The Courtyard, Hereford, 10am-1pm, £7.50, 01432 340555.
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cinema THE OUTFIT (15)
Bearing some similarities with Bruce Surtees’ 1973 gangster movie of the same name, director/co-writer Graham Moore (Oscar-winning writer of THE IMITATION GAME) has crafted a compelling tale of mafia machinations and human frailty. Notwithstanding the recent box-office dud that was PHANTOM OF THE OPEN, his stagey but handsome setting allows the usually impressive Mark Rylance to deliver a memorable performance as Leonard Burling, an ex-Saville Row tailor emigrated to 1950s Chicago where his gentleman’s outfitters becomes a crucible for the Boyle crime family to plan and execute their vicious trade. But unbeknownst to them and using early bugging devices, the FBI are soon onto frequent customers clan boss Roy (Simon Russell-Beale again), his lieutenants and Burling’s initially unwitting role in their activities and as the film unfolds their relationships become ever more deliciously stratified and tense. All reviews by Mark Williams
ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 4 May BELFAST (12A) 5 May THE SOUVENIR PART II (15) 5 May THE AUDITION (15) 6, 9, 10 May THE OUTFIT (15) 10 & 17 May COMPARTMENT NO. 6 (15) 11 May THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE (ctbc) 12 May YOUNG PLATO (12A) 12 May THE GODFATHER PART 3: CODA (15) 14 May BOILING POINT (15) 16, 18 & 19 May THE NORTHMAN (15) 17 May FIREBIRD (15) 27, 30 & 31 May OPERATION MINCEMEAT (12A) 24 May JULIA (12A) 26 May THE LION KING (U) 27, 30 & 31 May DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) 31 May SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (PG) Assembly Rooms, Mill St, Ludlow, www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk 01584 878141
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BRECON FILM SOCIETY 2 May SORRY WE MISSED YOU 6 June PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Brecon Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166
CONQUEST, BROMYARD 6 May BELFAST (12A) 20 May KING RICHARD (12) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. 01885 488575
COURTYARD, HEREFORD 6 - 26 May DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) 12 May SOLVE-ALONG-A-MURDERSHE-WROTE The Courtyard Theatre, Edgar St, Hereford 01432 340555
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12 May PETITE MAMAN (U) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 13 May THE LAST BUS (12A) Clungunford VH 01588 660159 13 May BELFAST (12A) Great Witley VH 01299 896412 13 May PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 13 May LITTLE WOMEN (2019) (U) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640333 14 May LIMBO (12A) Hanley Broadheath VH 07972 183164 14 May LE MOUTON A CINQ PATTES (12A) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 14 May FANNY (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 14 May MARIUS (12) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 14 May SPENCER (12) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 14 May DEATH ON THE NILE (2022) (12A) Martley Memorial Hall 01886 888406 14 May FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS (12A) Ripple Parish Hall 07717 292976 15 May JEAN DE FLORETTE (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 15 May MANON DES SOURCES (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern, 01684 892277 15 May LA GLOIRE DE MON PERE (U) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 16 May STAND BY ME (15) Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre 01952 433297 15 May ROSE PLAYS JULIE (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 17 May SPENCER (12) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 19 May VENUS (15) Pencombe & Little Cowarne Parish Hall 01885 400311 19 May BELFAST (12A) Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton 07508 072206 20 May THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD (PG) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 20 May KNIVES OUT (12A) Marton VH 01743 792790 20 May KING RICHARD (12) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 21 May EMMA (2020)(U) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 592273 21 May THE KINGS MAN (15) Lindridge Parish Hall 01584 881615 21 May THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (15) Church & Chetwynd Aston VH 01952 813234
OPERATION MINCEMEAT (12A)
This engaging WW2-based crowd-pleaser rests on a fairly unlikely but true premise that Germany could be tricked into believing that the Allies were to concentrate their attacks on Greece rather than the facist armies massed in north-western Europe, a hoax relying on a corpse on a Spanish beach carrying secret documents suggesting just that. Director John Madden (BEST EXOTIC) has assembled a top cast led by Colin Firth and Mathew McFadden (most recently in SUCCESSION) as the intelligence officers who dreamt up and must execute the plan with Simon Russell-Beale (DEATH OF STALIN) as a crusty Winston Churchill reluctantly agreeing to it. The usual sort of on-screen derring-do is instead invested here in the back-room machinations required to pull off the hoax which are nonetheless tinged with much waspish, stiff upper-lipped humour which a supporting cast that includes Penelope Wilton, Kelly Macdonald and Jeremy Isaacs ably maintain. And it looks great.
21 May BELFAST (12A) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 271129 23 May THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 25 May RON’S GONE WRONG (PG) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 26 May WEST SIDE STORY (2021) (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 27 May BELFAST (12A) Colwall VH 07891 668124 1 June SING 2 (U) Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060
THE EDGE, MUCH WENLOCK 9 May HERSELF (15) 16 May ROSE PLAYS JULIE (15) 23 May MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK (15) 6 June ON THE BASIS OF SEX (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911
THE HIVE, SHREWSBURY 6 May UNDER THE TREE (15) 13 May GAZA (15) The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 234970
THE LOFT, HEREFORD 1 May THE WORLD’S END (15) 6 May BELFAST (12A) 7 May HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE
13 May SCREAM (18) 14 May HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX 15 May THE AVENGERS (12A) 20 May UNCHARTED (12A) 21 May SING 2 (U) 21 May HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE 22 May HELLBOY (2004) (12A) 26 May LES QUIZERABLES The Loft Cinema quiz 27 May THE FIFTH ELEMENT (PG) 29 May HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 4 June HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 The Loft, 18a West St, Hereford HR4 0BX 01432 507460
MKT. THEATRE, LEDBURY 6 May ON THE BASIS OF SEX (12A) 13 May PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (15) 25 May RON’S GONE WRONG (PG) Market Theatre, Market St, Ledbury 07967 517125
OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. Until 5 May OPERATION MINCEMEAT (12A) 6 - 26 May DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) 27 May - 2 June SPITFIRE OVER BERLIN (15) Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281
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THE NORTHMAN (15)
Director/co-writer Robin Eggars’s two previous film, THE WITCH and THE LIGHTHOUSE were set in specific historical periods with strong elements of mystical disturbance but they were small, indie films and now with THE NORTHMAN these same qualities run wild on the back of a $90million budget. Set mainly in 10th century Scandinavia where king Aurvandill (Ethan Hawke) and his queen (Nicole Kidman in a preposterous wig and dodgy accent) prepare their young son, Amleth (Oscar Novak) to inherit the throne and the almost constant hostilities that go with it. However when Aurvandill is killed by his brother (Claes Bang) Amleth escapes and fast-forward 20 years he’s become a near-bestial member of a Viking crew (now played by Alexander Skarsgård) pillaging settlements in eastern Europe. What follows is a relentless, often bloody but gripping saga of vengeance which Eggers, co-writer Sjón (LAMB) and his regular cinematographer Jarin Blaschke deliver with huge gusto.
REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 - 12 May DONWTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) Regal Cinema, Teme St, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442
SAVOY, MONMOUTH 1, 2, 14 & 15 May THE BAD GUYS (PG) 1 - 4 May ALI AND AVA (15) Savoy Theatre, Church St, Monmouth 01600 772467
SPARC, BISHOP’S CASTLE 12 May PETIT MAMAN (U) 17 May SPENCER (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321
THEATRE SEVERN, SHREWS 18 May BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.
WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS Until 2 June FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (12A) Until 11 June DONWTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) 6 - 12 May OPERATION MINCEMEAT (12A) 8 May E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (U) 18 May THE NORTHMAN (15) 25 May DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERS OF MADNESS (ctbc) 1 June TOP GUN: MAVERICK (ctbc) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555
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LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 1 May MERLIN Northern Ballet. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 2pm, 01600 772467.
23 May SWAN LAKE The Royal Ballet, encore performance. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.15pm, 01432 340555. 24 May PISSARRO FATHER OF IMPRESSIONISM Exhibition on Screen. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. 26 May STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY National Theatre live, 7pm. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, , 01952 728911. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 01885 488575. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141. 9 June STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY National Theatre live. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555.
WORKSHOPS
Wednesdays FILM MAKING CLUB 3 May LA TRAVIATA The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.15pm & Royal Opera House. Ludlow Assembly 6.45pm, £73 per term, 01432 340555. Rooms, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. 4 May HENRY V National Theatre. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. 6 May LA TRAVIATA Royal Opera House. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281. 7 May TURANDOT Met Opera live, 5.55pm. Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 01885 488575. 12 May HENRY V National Theatre live. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281. 19 May SWAN LAKE The Royal Ballet, 7.15pm. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630321. Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 01952 728911. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442. Conquest, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141. 21 May LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR Met Opera, 5.55pm. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 01885 488575. 22 May SWAN LAKE The Royal Ballet, 2pm. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 281281.
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Tyberton Spirituality Talks on Pilgrimage Saturday May 21st 7.30pm Jay Griffiths The award-winning author of more than six critically acclaimed books and fierce advocate of nature’s remaining wild places comes to speak at St Mary’s Church, Tyberton. Tickets £8.
Tuesday June 7th 7.30pm John Bell: The Iona Community John teaches spirituality and social justice and at Tyberton will be speaking on the theme of aspects of the Celtic Tradition. St Mary’s Church, Tyberton. Tickets £8.
Book for each event via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk /e/tyberton-talks
dance Dance Performance
Cupid’s Revenge
Thurs 5 May NEW ART CLUB: CUPID’S REVENGE A joyful, physical and verbal out burst against the forces that masquerade as love. Mythical love that drives the creation of the universe and everything in it. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £12, children/students £8, family £40, 01588 630321. Arts Alive. Thurs 5 & Fri 6 May IAN WAITE & VINCENT SIMONE STRICLTY THEATRE COMPANY. The Ballroom Boys double act presenting an evening of old-fashioned variety - dance, comedy and song. 5 May - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, VIP £63, Premium £39, standard £35. (VIP Meet & Greet pre-show, 90 minutes before the show begins). 01686 948100. 6 May - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Thurs 19 May RADNOR YFC DANCE COMPETITION The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 7pm. Contact Radnor YFC for details and tickets, 01597 829008. Sun 22 May SHALL WE DANCE? STUDENTS OF KC DANCE CENTRE join together for an uplifting dance spectacular. From ages 3 years to adults taking part. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 12pm & 5pm, £12.50, 01743 281281. Sat 28 & Sun 29 May ASPIRE DANCE SHOWCASE 2022 - LEGENDS A dance and musical theatre showcase featuring routines and songs from the legends of musicals, stage and film. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.
Dance Workshops
Single, dated listings are free. Year round entries £40. Sat 7 May HAY SPANISH LATINO CHARITY NIGHT Bring your cash and your dancing shoes. Salsa Workshop at 6pm, £7. Main event at 8pm, £15. Parish Hall, HayOn-Wye, tickets from Eighteen Rabbits. Raising money for Riding for the Disabled at Bryngwyn Riding Centre and Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. 07837 160505.
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Aspire Dance Showcase 2022
Tues 17 May THE COURTYARD’S SPECTACULAR TEA DANCE Fun and nostalgic dementia friendly event. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, £4 including refreshments, accompanying carers free, 01432 340555. Sun 22 & Tues 31 May HIGHFLYERS YOUTH DANCE WORKSHOP For ages 11-18 years. Move, dance, play, explore and express your creativity and have fun with friends. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, Sun 2-4pm, Tues 10.30-2.30pm, 01732 234970. ALANYA’S BELLYDANCE CLUB - OPEN LEVEL Bodenham Parish Hall, HR1 3LB. 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month, 1.00-3.30pm. No-obligation taster, then pay per term. For full information visit www.alanyabellydance. com or call Abbie on 07962 161081. COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES Adult Classes. Mon - Contemporary Dance with LG Dance, 6.30pm, £21 per month, £8 drop in, www.lauragale.co.uk. Tues - Street Jazz with LG Dance, 7.15pm, £21 per month, £8 drop in, www.lauragale.co.uk Wed - Adult Irish Dance, 8pm, £60 for 10 week course, ludwigtheatrearts.com. Thurs - Silver Swans Adult Ballet, 1.30pm & 2.30pm, £6 per session, www.starlightcompany. co.uk Thurs - Adult Performance Class with LG Dance, 8pm, £48 for 6 weeks, £8 drop in, www.laruagale.co.uk Fri - Chance to Dance, 10.15pm, £5 per session. Junior Classes with LG Dance. Mon - Junior Contemporary, 4.30pm, £21 per month. Mon - Senior Contemporary, 5.30pm, £21 per month. Tues - Junior Street Jazz, 5.15pm, £21 per month. Tues - Senior Street Jazz, 6.15pm, £21 per month. Thurs - Mini Musicals, 5.30pm, £23 per month. Thurs - Junior Musical Theatre, 5.30pm, £23 per month. Thurs Senior Musical Theatre, 6.40pm, £28 per month, www.lauragale.co.uk Wed - Irish Dance with Ludwig Theatre Arts, Beginners (6+) 6pm, advanced 7pm, £5 per session. Fri - Dancing Tots for ages 2-4, 11.30pm, £4 per session. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.
LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Mon - Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY 7.30-8.30pm. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, SY6 6BY, 7.30-8.30pm. Tues - Pembridge Village Hall, HR6 9EB, 7.30-8.30pm. SaxonHall, HR2 6HE, 7.30-8.30pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ, 7.30-8.30pm. Wed - Burford Village Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8LA, 7.30-8.30pm. Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Malvern, WR14 4LR, 7.30-8.30pm, Beginners Jive. 8.30-9.30pm, Intermediate Jive. Thurs - Ledbury Dance Studio, Bye Street, HR8 2AA, 7.30-8.30pm. Abberley Village Hall, WR6 6AZ, 7.30-8.30pm. Sun - Eardisley Village Hall, HR3 6NH, 7.30-8.30pm. For more information please e-mail info@coolmovesdance.co.uk Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. www.coolmovesdance.co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults. Fortnightly Saturdays CHORUS LINE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 07943 417561. Tuesdays FOXWELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing? We practice every Tues evening at 7.30pm in Moccas Village Hall from Sept to May. Mainly dances from the Cotswolds, but also some from the Welsh Borders. All sexes welcome, and ability to dance not necessary! Beginners welcome. Contact Paul 01497 821003 or Jed 07549 096291. Wednesdays CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre, 2-3.30pm. Kathryn 01568 616411 or 01584 877446.
Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live Events
Fri 27 May, 7.30pm BEST OF BRITISH Conquest Productions. Celebrating seven decades of music and comedy.
Streamed Events
Sat 7 May, 5.55pm TURANDOT New York Met Opera Thurs 19 May, 7pm SWAN LAKE Royal Opera House Sat 21 May, 5.55pm LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR New York Met Opera Tues 24 May, 7.30pm PISSARRO Exhibition on Screen Thurs 26 May, 7pm STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY National Theatre
Films
6 May, 7.30pm BELFAST (12A) 20 May, 7.30pm KING RICHARD (12) Saturday Coffee Shop open 10.30am-12.30pm
Box office 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk
Wednesdays BIG FISH LITTLE FISH FOR MUMS & TOTS! Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 2-3pm, £3 drop in, for tots aged 8 months+, 01597 824370. Wednesday mornings & Thursday evenings TUDOR & MEDIEVAL DANCE Would you like to learn to do Tudor and Medieval dances? Come and join us in Leominster on Wednesday mornings or Thursday evenings. Beginners welcome; no previous experience necessary. Contact Maureen Crumpler on 01568 613477 or email alancapriole@talktalk.net Thursdays MARCHES FUSION BELLYDANCE St Mary’s Parish Hall, Kington HR5 3AG. Classes Beginners 5.45-6.45pm, Beginners/Improvers 7-8.30pm. Please contact Kath on 07342 332685 or email marchesfusionbellydance@gmail.com Thursdays WILD WEST SALSA Left Bank Village, Bridge St, Hereford, 7.45pm, £6, students £5, social dance only £4, 01432 357753. Fridays CHANCE TO DANCE For the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am, £4.50, 01432 340555. Fridays DANCING TOTS For ages 2-4 years. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11.30am, £4, 01432 340555. Fortnightly Sunday HIGHFLYERS YOUTH DANCE COMPANY For ages 11-18 with disabilities or additional needs and their siblings. All welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 2-4pm, 01743 234970 or email Rachel youthsidance@gmail.com
food page The Boot at Orleton, The Crown in Dilwyn
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EGULAR readers of Mr Pernickety’s artless ramblings in the Woolly Organ will need no reminding that he is, at least, a fervent champion of the British pub and its traditional role. He has always found this role more relevant in rustic places - swayed, probably, by the memory of a cycle tour of Gloucestershire as a tanned and lissom youth, when the Roman road to Cirencester bore not many cars, and on a balmy August day, in a sun-dappled dingle by a Cotswold brook, he ordered a pint of ale in a pub of honey-hued stone. For centuries, in isolated places and rural settlements the purpose of the pub has been not just the serving of ale and victuals, but also the providing of a local forum for the exchange of ideas, goods, opinions, services and personal calumny. For it to do these things well it must be clearly at the centre of its community, and true to its core functions. One of the tragedies of rural Britain in recent decades has been - along with the annihilation of some of our finest trees in the 1970s by the creeping natural pestilence of Dutch elm disease - the man-made pestilence of nefarious Pubcos who have brought about the demise of thousands of beautiful and greatly loved country inns for nothing more than their shareholders’ profit. Where they’ve been unable to achieve a formal change of planning use for the building and sell it as a far more valuable private dwelling, they have burdened their tenants with absurdly punitive leases, safe in the knowledge that when the current tenant sinks in a sea of debt, some other poor gullible bastard will pour all his or her life-savings into a rosy fantasy of pub-keeping. Occasionally, these unprincipled freeholders have had no option but to sell freeholds as pubs, either to positive thinking entrepreneurs, or to the communities in which they stand. Happily, this has been the case in several places within the cloven hoof print of the Woolly Organ, when Mr P has always urged as much local support as is available. He has also, of course, been eager to visit them all. So far he has eaten at three. He reported his enjoyment of The Pheasant at Neenton in September 2019, and it is now well-used and widely regarded as a fine country pub by any standard. He had previously reviewed The Crown in Dilwyn, to which he recently returned for dinner with his friend the WrinkleRocker, blues musician and former chef. The Crown was bravely saved for the village of Dilwyn when their Parish Council bought the freehold. It was supported by the village and visitors from the start, originally managed for the
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The Crown, Dilwyn
The Boot, Orleton community, but a few years ago, was leased by the parish to tenants who now run the pub with verve and commitment. The best and most obvious quality of the Crown is that it is a truly local pub, with a busy bar and a dining-room that was full the night Mr P and the WR sat down for dinner. It’s a friendly room, unpretentious and not especially chic, like the food and the service - just what a village pub should be, and luckily for Dilwyn, M.Michelin’s reporters will not be beating a path to its door. Mr P and his guest enjoyed their food, and their only cavil with the cuisine was that, rather than nuanced, tricky dishes like chicken and chorizo casserole, it might be better to focus on reliable English dishes - sausages, beef and dumplings, flat-iron steaks and fish’n’chips (with veggie options naturally). The Boot in Orleton has also defied and survived a death threat. Mr P has known the place for at least twenty-five years and always enjoyed it for its ambience and wonderful interior. He was, then, mightily distressed a few years ago when its owner, a property spiv who for a while occupied the local manor house, was desperately seeking permission to de-license it and sell it as a very des res with a few “executive-style” houses plopped in the garden. Thank Bacchus, swift action by savvy villagers with strong support from the community saved the place. When Mr P and his Lovely Companion went to lunch there on a warm Sunday in late March, an alfresco pint of Hobson’s Best in the wellkept garden was a joy before they went in to eat an English Sunday lunch which neither could fault. Mr P opened the batting with a smoked duck’s breast croquette, beetroot and blue cheese that was a proper tastetreat and super prelude to a serving of roast pork, from Tudges’ herd of traditional Berkshires, reared just up the road in Richard’s Castle. The LC, not normally given to extravagant hymns of praise, was fulsome in her approval the meat, the crackling, the accoutrements - “all perfect”, she murmured. The bread-and-butter pudding, with subtle additions of marmalade and cinnamon, left them grinning with pleasure. The wine selection was good, and not cheekily over-priced, while service at The Boot, under Chris, the affable and easygoing manager, particularly pleased Mr P with its complete absence of any irritating orders to “Enjoy!” Mr P must say that everyone responsible for saving the lovely old Boot has a lot to be proud of. Mr Pernickety - info@misterpermickety.com
EVENTS
Fri 13 - Sun 15 May LUDLOW SPRING FESTIVAL Barrels of fun, feasting, live music and motors. Beer festival, artisan food producers, music from jazz and blues to Latin and folk. Ludlow Castle, Fri 5-9pm, Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-5pm. www.ludlowspringfestival. co.uk Fri 6, 13 & 20 May DRINK THE BREWERY DRY Cask ale direct from the cold room, plus last chance to pick up any remaining bottles of ale, cider and gin. Swan Brewery, Unit 17, Brunel Rd, Enterprise Park, Leominster, 10am-5pm, 01568 617709. Fri 27 May - Sun 5 June CASTLE STREET FOOD MARKET, HAY-ON-WYE Hay Castle’s attractive walled garden for stalls selling deliciously tempting dishes: grilled Middle Eastern cuisine, pasta, falafels and salads, patisseries and coffee, tacos, local cider and beer, prosecco and margaritas. Sit under canvas canopies. Open 10am-6pm. Sun 29 May THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS TEA PARTY Join some of the cast and enjoy an afternoon picnic, with catering provided by Theatr Cafe. For younger children and families. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 4pm, £10, children £5, 01874 611622. Sat 4 June KINGTON SUMMER FOOD/DRINK FESTIVAL Variety of artisan food and drink exhibitiors, garden nurseries and bespoke fire pits. Benches, metal and pottery artworks. Great music from Little Rumba. A great way to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee weekend. 9.30am-3.30pm. May POT & PAGE, LEDBURY 13 May - Natural Wine & Cheese Tasting. In partnership with Hay Wines, introducing natural wines and plant based cheese pairings, 7.30pm. 19 May - Burgers, Bytes & Boardgames, 7pm. 27 May - Amelia Earhart: A Journey Through Food. In partnership with VegLifeEats to recreate a journey through food, 7pm, £30. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, www.potandpage.co.uk Every Saturday LUDLOW COUNTRY MARKET 9am-12pm at The Womens Centre, Ludlow. Local produce, handicrafts, plants & veg, cut flowers, cards. First Saturday of every month (except August) FARMER’S MARKET Produce, craft, gifts, kitchen cafe open. Eaton Bishop Village Hall, 10am-12pm. First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area. 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487. 2nd Saturday of every month LEOMINSTER FARMER’S MARKET Corn Square, 9am-1pm, 01568 797427. Third Saturday of every month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd. Clun, 10.00am - 12.00pm. 01588 641180.
Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-2.30pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk Every 2nd & 4th Thursday LUDLOW LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET Castle Square, 9am-2pm, 01584 872043. Every Friday KINGTON PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.
FOOD BYTES
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AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Tuesday - Sunday 10am-4pm and Bank Holiday Mondays. 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. Tues-Sat 9.30am-3pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof. THE ORGASMIC CIDER COMPANY, GREAT PARTON, EARDISLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR3 6NX 01544 327244 or 07773 037448 Craft cider and perry off licence and gift shop with local products. Open Friday and Saturday 12 to 5pm. Group tours available. PLANTASTIK cic, 15 WEST ST, LEOMINSTER’s new cafe serving plant-based food from supermarket waste produce. Open Fridays and Saturdays 10am-3pm. Lunches from 11am, cakes, drinks, vegan pastries from Alex Gooch on Fridays. Run by volunteers. plantastik@myphone.coop POT & PAGE, 8 NEW STREET, LEDBURY HR8 2DX 01531 248743 Bookshop, vegan eatery and events. Family run plant based eatery, serving wholesome home cooked food with an emphasis on fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. Open Wed-Sun. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Eco cleaning products & refills. Large range of groceries & wholefoods. The Old Garage Shop Knighton LD7 1EN. Wed. - Fri. 9 - 4, Sat. 10 - 2. Free parking. Thursday morning market stall in Presteigne. Local deliveries of veg. boxes. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk RUTH WATSON RESTAURANTEUR AND PRIVATE COOK. Bespoke Food for all Occasions. Parties, special occasions, holiday home catering, pop-up food. Friendly personal service. Ring or email: 01544 350559/ 07870 752325. ruthwatsonfood@gmail.com
First Thursday EVENING FARMER’S MARKET The Barn, Ledbury, HR8 1EA, 6-8pm. www.ledburyfoodgroup.org
ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPICE COFFEE & BOOKS, UNIT 6-8 STATION YARD, LEOMINSTER, HR6 8TN (near Hintons). Large range of specialist and fiction books, maps, CDs, DVDs, vinyl and sheet music. Local coffee, light meals, homemade soup, cakes and scones. Open 9am-4pm, free parking.
Every Thursday MONTGOMERY TOWN MARKET Regular stalls on the lower floor. First Thurs of the month, using both floors with community cafe. Open 9am-3pm, www.montgomery-wales.co.uk/market 07790 100462.
THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Wed-Sat 10am - 4pm.
Third Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023.
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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
GROOVE ARMADA (TOM FINDLAY)
DJANGO DJANGO (DJ SET) • TALVIN SINGH NABIHAH IQBAL • AYANNA WITTER JOHNSON STEAM DOWN • CAMILLE OʼSULLIVAN • NEMONE
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MAY Sun 1 May LIVE TRAD JAZZ Featuring The Tudor Rhythm Kings. Richmond Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 8pm, £8, 01432 276304. HOT ROD 55 The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. THE ANIMALS & FRIENDS One of the most iconic groups of the Sixties. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29, 01743 281281. HR4K OPEN MIC NIGHT Book a slot. An eclectic evening of fabulous local talent. Unit 12A Thorn Business Park, Hereford, 6.30pm, martinchapple1@gmail.com ANDREW PEARCE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3-6pm. 10TH ANNIVERSARY CEILIDH For all ages. Malvern Cube, Malvern, 7.30pm, £5 per adult, www.malverncube.com HAYDN THERESIENMESSE St Edmund’s Church, Crickhowell, 7.30pm, £20, 01873 810209. BROMYARD PARTY IN THE PARK Bands, artists, Poverty Corner, The Soapbox Preachers, plus more. Bouncy castle, face painting, children’s entertainer. Kempson Playing Fields, Lodon Ave, Bromyard, 4-9pm.
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ROSS BEER FESTIVAL Featuring music from Huw Knight & Viv Bell, 1pm; Johnny Ragwort & Guest, 2.30pm; Dodgy Connection, 4pm; The Yarp Band, 5.30pm; The Barebacks, 7pm; Fired Up, 8.30pm. Rowing Club, Ross-on-Wye, www.rossbeerfest.org
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. STEVE HERBERT The Vaga, Hereford, 4-6pm. THE SHEE Folk, Gaelic and bluegrass. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £18.50, 01743 281281. TELFORD BEER FESTIVAL Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. THE GRAHAMS Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 361666. CHORAL EVENSONG Leominster Priory, 6.30pm.
Mon 2 May BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01584 711480. Please bring your own drinks/glasses. BANK HOLIDAY REGGAE SUNSPLASH With live music from the Babar Band & DJ support, plus Caribbean BBQ. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 3pm-late, free. STICKY WICKET & THE FREEDOM BAND Ukraine benefit gig. Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, 3-5pm. LLOYD COLE Performing music from his entire back catalogue. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29.50, 01743 281281. TELFORD BEER FESTIVAL Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.
TEA FOR TWO Song recital. St Catwg’s Church, Llangattock, 3pm, £10, 01873 810209. CLUN GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 11am Craft Fair opens 12pm, The Battle on the Battlements. Plus music from The Ronaldos, The Flying Toads, Toby Hay and Haress. Plus Corbet Household Historical Society, Greenman & Frosty, Maypole dancing with music by Paul & Kitty. Foraging walks with Rob Rowe, Circus skills workshops, children’s entertainment, craft demonstrations, refreshments and more, until 5pm. The Grounds of Clun Castle, www.clungreenman.org CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.
Tues 3 May LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection. ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Wed 4 May GRACE PETRIE Acclaimed protest singer. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01743 281281. WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Thurs 5 May ROBYN HITCHCOCK Plus support - Jessica Lee Morgan. Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £20, 01743 361666.
RUSHES & ESP Improvised music and spoken word, hosted by Mark Waters & Kate Gathercole. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £5 in advance, £7 on the door. BRIAN CARRINGTON ‘Flights of Fancy’. Songs to feed your soul and tickle your thinking. Snailbeach Village Hall, 8pm, £7.50 in advance from The Stiperstones Inn, 01743 791327 or £8.50 on the door. UK PINK FLOYD Celebrating over 50 years of one of rock’s most influential bands. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. ALBERT HATES KARAOKE Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, www.almeleysteadysession. wordpress.com
Fri 6 May
PAPER MOON Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. THE STARS OF MID WALES OPERA ‘Celebration!’ A spring recital. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 5.30pm, £22, 01584 878141.
ROY ORBISON & THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS A celebration of classic pop music. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.
Sun 8 May
NICK HART Acclaimed folk singer. Plus support. The Muse, Brecon, 8pm, 07791 654799.
CHORAL EVENSONG Ross Parish Church, 6pm.
THE CLAUSE Plus support. Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 4-7pm, pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail.com
MARTIN BLAKE & THE WHISKEY RIVER QUARTET Acoustic blues, country, cajun. Llanwarne Village Hall, www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/Llanwarne REMI HARRIS JAZZ & BLUES PROJECT Weobley Village Hall, 8pm, £14, 01544 319143. LOTUS MOTION The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.
ROGUES Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3-6pm.
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UKRAINE ‘Sunday Night at The Comm’. A selection of live music and bands. Knighton & District Community Centre, 3-9.30pm, bar, cafe open 6-8pm, veg and non-veg options, £10 per adult, children free, 01547 428088, www.knightoncommunitycentre.com All profits to the emergency Ukraine Appeal.
ETERNITY ROAD Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. OVER THE MOON The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. THE BREAKS Fusion big band. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm, £5 in advance, £7 on the door. EVERMORE Rock and blues cover band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford. MONMOUTH BIG BAND Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £10/£8, 01600 772467. MARK LATIMER & TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.
Sat 7 May SAM SWEENEY BAND A veteran of the mighty Bellowhead. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £18.50, 01743 281281. BALAERIC BABARS Bringing Ibiza to Hereford with DJs Heepsy, Graham plus special guest. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £3 on the door after 8pm. HAY SPANISH LATINO CHARITY NIGHT Bring your cash and your dancing shoes. Salsa Workshop at 6pm, £7. Main event at 8pm, £15. Parish Hall, Hay-on-Wye, tickets from Eighteen Rabbits. Raising money for Riding for the Disabled at Bryngwyn Riding Centre and Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
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Sun 8 May CAFE DEL BABAR Chill out tunes from DJ Lady Baba & guests. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 3pm-late, free before 8pm. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. KEITH THOMPSON BAND Richmond Place Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 3-5pm, free, 01432 356529.
Tues 10 May ENCORE YOUTH MUSIC Featuring the Starter, Junior and Intermediate String Ensembles, Herefordshire Youth Choir and Ukulele Ensemble. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £7, 01432 340555. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.
Wed 11 May ELKIE BROOKS Performing her biggest hits. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £33, 01743 281281. HELLENS MUSIC 2022 Featuring Christian Blackshaw, solo piano. Programme includes Haydn, Skempton, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. St Bartholomew’s Church, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, £20, full time students free, www.hellensmusic.com PUB QUIZ De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 9.30pm, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. THOMAS/VEITCH/VOTINO/ADAMO QUARTET The Queen’s Head, St James’ St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £17.50, 01743 361666. ENCORE YOUTH MUSIC Featuring the Junior, Intermediate and Youth Concert Bands together with the Hereford Youth Brass Band. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, £7, 01432 340555.
Thurs 12 May 60’S BIG NIGHT OUT Crane Quality Counselling present the legendary Tony Crane MBE with The Merseybeat and New Amen Corner. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £25, 01743 281281.
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GABBA GABBA HEY! W/FAUXCHISELS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. TUNES & BABAR BLAH Spoken word for fun and great vibes. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, free. HELLENS MUSIC 2022 ‘From England to Eastern Europe’. Programme includes Howells, Shostakovich and Dvorak. Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 8pm, £20, full time students, free, www.hellensmusic.com LIVEWIRE Encore’s Pop Music sessions culminate in a live gig. Gordon Bennett’s, Hereford, 7pm, free. PIGDAZE Crown and Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. WOBBLY QUIZ NIGHT Wobbly Brewery, Beech Business Park, Hereford, 7.30pm, £2 per person, 01432 355318. EDUARDO MARTIN & AHMED DICKINSON ‘The Bridge’ represents a timely celebration of the past and present of the many traditions enriching the Latin guitar, conveying a true sense of continuity and fluidity through its tunes. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.
Fri 13 May OPERA BOYS - A NIGHT AT THE MUSICALS 4-part harmony musical medleys, combined with solo performances from all the timeless classics. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. COLLISION The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. DJ NIGHT Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £3 on the door after 8pm HELLENS MUSIC 2022 ‘Masterworks from Austria and Germany’. Programme includes Mendelssohn, Mozart and Brahms. Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 8pm, £20, full time students, free, www.hellensmusic. com THE DAGGERS The Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford. DAOIRI FARRELL Singer and bouzouki player. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £14, 01584 878141. VIVA NEIL DIAMOND Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £18.50, 01743 281281.
BC ALLSKAS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. GALA PUB CONCERT Featuring Astor Piazzola, king of tango, music from the 20s, 30s, classic rock and alternative pop. The Walwyn Arms, Much Marcle, 9.30pm, £5, students, free. Part of Hellens Music 2022. FOLK AT THE FALCON Featuring London-based American singer/songwriter Rodney Branigan. Support from Rum and Braizen, a whacky eight-piece shanty band. Falcon Mews, 7.30pm, £10, 07726 462220. HARP AND A MONKEY ‘The Victorians: Songs, Stories and More’. A musical feast as this superb duo explore our musical past with a host of period instruments, songs and stories. Harley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£7, 01952 510422. Arts Alive.
Sat 14 May SIMON & GARFUNKEL THROUGH THE YEARS Presented by Seventh Avenue Arts and performed by Dan Hayes and Pete Richards. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £18, students £12, 07967 517125. DODGE EVENTS Afternoon and evening of house music. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £3 charity donation on the door after 8pm. THE UNCONVENTIONALS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. APPLE SCRUFFS & THE MONKEY DUST Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. HELLENS MUSIC 2022 ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’. Programme includes Dohnanyi, Kodaly and Bartok. Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 7pm, £20, full time students, free, www.hellensmusic.com SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK: THE ROD STEWART STORY The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. MID WALES R & B CLUB Featuring Mark Harrison with Bryony Sier. The Muse, Brecon Old Museum, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7.30pm, www.midwalesrandb.club CREDENHILL OPEN MIC NIGHT Credenhill Sports and Social Club, 7.30pm, martinchapple1@gmail.com ESCAPE ROOM It is 1890, you have one hour to crack the code of the Escape Room! Hereford Cathedral, sessions between 10am-4pm, £45 for groups of six people, www.herefordcathedral.org
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Trish Clowes
OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards, The White Swan, Eardisland, 4-7pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@ hotmail.com
OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards,The Rose & Crown, Ludlow, 8-11pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@ hotmail.com
SERENATA GUITAR TRIO A concert of celebrated beautiful melodies. All Saints Church, High St, Hereford, 3pm, £10, seniors £6, 01981 540831.
WILL KILLEEN BAND The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.
WEIRDSHIRE GIG Featuring Katie Spencer. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm to late, £5 in advance, £7 on the door.
Sat 14 May TENBURY TOWN BAND Annual concert. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. KATIE SPENCER & DAVID IAN ROBERTS The Lost Arc, The Old Drill Hall, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 811226. LUDLOW SPRING FESTIVAL Featuring Anthony Doyle, 11am, Dave Luke & John Hymas, 1.15pm, Bluebox 2.45pm, PigDaze 5.45pm and Hot Climate 7.15pm. Outer Bailey, Ludlow Castle, open 10am-9pm, £11, child £4, family £28, www.ludlowspringfestival. co.uk TRISH CLOWES - MY IRIS Contemporary UK jazz. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £23, £12 under 22s, 01743 234970. THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Using huge projection photos and original film footage, also features a full live band performing all the hits. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50, 01874 611622.
Sun 15 May REBECCA LOEBE ‘True Songs and a Lie’, a storytelling concert adventure. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £12, 01743 234970. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. LUDLOW SPRING FESTIVAL Featuring Anthony Doyle, 11.30am, The Endings, 1.30, Call of The Kraken, 3pm. Outer Bailey, Ludlow Castle, open 10am-5pm, £10, child £4, family £26, www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk SAMMY JO Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3-6pm. HELLENS MUSIC 2022 Masterclass Programme. Great Barn, Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, 11.30am & 3.30pm, £10, two concerts £15, full time students, free, www.hellensmusic.com
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SKERRYVORE Contemporary Scottish traditional music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22, under 21s £15, 01743 281281. 21ST CENTURY ABBA ‘Bringing ABBA to a new generation’. The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £18, £15 children, 0333 666 3366.
Tues 17 May ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.
Wed 18 May WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Thurs 19 May GLOBAL CAFE With world tunes. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, free. GABBA GAVVA HEY! W/GROTBAGS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Fri 20 May THE BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND Trad jazz through blues to Ellington and Miles Davis. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £22.50, 01600 772467. DJ TUNES Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £3 on the door after 8pm. WINGWALKERS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. SHROPSHIRE PARTY IN THE PARK Local beers, ales, ciders, gin den, cocktails, wine bar and live music. Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, 5pm-10pm, early bird £12.50 adult, £10 children, www.shropshirepartyatthepark.co.uk
DIZRAELI Poet, producer, firestarter, songwriter, MC, multi-instrumentalist and raconteur. The Lost Arc, The Old Drill Hall, Rhayader, £10, 01597 811226. www.thelostarc.co.uk SINGLED OUT 3-piece covers band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford. BUILTH MALE VOICE CHOIR Spring concert with the Dolau Mixtures. St Andrew’s Church Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10 from The Judge’s Lodging, Presteigne, 01544 260650, limited number of tickets on the door. MR IRISH B*STARD Celtic folk punk from Germany. Plus Paul Henshaw. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk SONGWRITERS BY DAN HAYNES Stunning acoustic performance of music from song-writing legends and contemporary icons. Wem Town Hall, 8pm, £13/£11, 01939 232299. Arts Alive.
Sat 21 May CLUN VALLEY JAZZ Featuring Shirley Smart Quartet. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, 07768 504322, clunvalleyjazz@gmail. com DIRTY LAUNDRY Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 3pm-late, £3 on the door after 8pm. SHROPSHIRE PARTY IN THE PARK Local beers, ales, ciders, gin den, cocktails, wine bar and live music. Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, 11am-10pm, early bird £20 adult, £10 children, www.shropshirepartyatthepark.co.uk FIVE O’CLOCK HEROES The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. ROSS CHORISTERS A concert for Ukraine. Ross Parish Church, 7.30pm, £10 from 01989 566769 or at the door. CLUN VALLEY JAZZ Featuring The Shirley Smart Quartet. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 8pm, £23, email clunvalleyjazz@gmail.com, 07768 504322. THE SKASTUDS Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE Website: www.aardvark-books.com
50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; We buy books Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening
Also open our superb CAFÉ!
The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road. Tel: 01547 530744 aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Bookshop open to visitors Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. Open Bank Holiday Mondays.
Saturday 28th May, 9am-3pm AARDVARK BROCANTE/ CAR BOOT Aardvarks most popular Spring Event. Over 30 stalls of fantastic bric-a-brac, produce, antiques and much more. Home-made soup etc,. live music. Free entry and parking. Stalls £10 payable in advance.
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ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Charlie Parr
OPEN MIC For young performers. The Underground (side gate Public Hall). Instruments available to borrow. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 6.30pm, free, 01588 630321.
Wed 25 May OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Val & Keith. Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm, phone to book a slot, 07971 661615. OPEN MIC With Dan Jay. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, second drink free to performers, free entry. WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Sat 21 May THE FILM ORCHESTRA String orchestra. St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Leintwardine, 7pm, £15/£12, school-age children free, tickets from Griffiths Garage, Leintwardine or Ludlow Assembly Rooms. CHARLIE PARR American country blues musician. The Artshop & Chapel, Abergavenny, 8pm, £18, 01873 852690. OCG DUO Martin Chapple and Tony O. De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 3-5pm. THE ORIGINALS A night of local bands playing original music. Featuring PigDaze, The Invisibles, Don’t Feed the Goat and Alvin & the Angry Barrels. Ludlow Brewery, £5 in advance, £7 on the door, 01584 873291. GREEN MATTHEWS ‘A Brief History of Music’. A musical feast as this superb duo explore our musical past with a host of period instruments. Alverley Parish Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£6/£30, 01746 780478. Arts Alive.
Sun 22 May BANDS IN THE PARK Concert. Bandstand, Wye St, Ross-onWye, 2.30-4.30pm, charity collection buckets will be circulating for support. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. CAFE DEL BABAR Chilled out Ibiza vibes. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 3pm-late, free.
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JON ALLEN Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 361666. STEVE HARLEY ACOUSTIC BAND (Cockney Rebel) brings his acoustic band, performing stripped back acoustic songs. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 7.45pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk CHORAL EVENSONG Ross Parish Church, 6pm. THE BRITTEN SINGERS Concert of English part-songs by mainly British composers. All Saints Church, High St, Hereford, 4pm, retiring collection in aid of The Hereford Music Hub with cake and glass of bubbly afterwards. musicianpamela@yahoo.co.uk MARK RICHARDS Pop, rock, reggae, country, folk, blues on looped acoustic guitar. Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3-6pm. LES MUSICALS Jonathan Ansell (G4) and Jai McDowall (Winner of BGT) for a spine-tingling concert. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £28.50, VIP Meet & Greet £61.50, 01743 281281.
Mon 23 May STEELEYE SPAN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29-£26, 01743 281281.
Tues 24 May LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection. DAVID BRIGGS GALA CONCERT Guest organist. Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, £12, £5 students, www.herefordcathedral.org
BABAR CAFE OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by special guest. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 7.30pm.
Thurs 26 May DANNI NICHOLS Henry Tudor House, Barrack’s Passage, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14, 01743 361666. XTINE & THE RECKLESS HEARTS + KILLDEER Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. THURSDAY FROLICS With tunes and great vibes. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, free. OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Clare and Dan from Indigo Machine. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 8pm, 01952 610888. WOBBLY QUIZ NIGHT Wobbly Brewery, Beech Business Park, Hereford, 7.30pm, £2 per person, 01432 355318. FAIRPORT CONVENTION Folk-rock. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.
Fri 27 May FLASH A tribute to Queen. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281. HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Danilo Perez, award-winning pianist. Baillie Gifford Stage, 8.30pm, £15. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org BUS PASS Brecon based rock covers band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford.
SOUND OF THE SIRENS Songs that take you on an emotional journey through reflection, love, loss, disappointment, anger, excitement and more. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk
Steve Harley
DJS Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 5pm-late, £3 on the door after 8pm. SHREWSBURY CONCERT BAND British music for the Queen’s Jubilee. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £10, 01694 720132. BEST OF BRITISH Celebrating seven decades of music and comedy. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. BLACK BEAR KISS Plus support. Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. THE FOUNDERS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN ‘Pastoral’. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, free pre-concert talk 6.30pm, 01432 340555.
Sat 28 May DARIA KELESH TRIO Guitar and fiddle mixing Eastern roots with Western folk influences. Myndtown Church, SY7 8BL, 7.30pm, £15, 01588 680100, www.myndtownchurch.co.uk
KINDA VIBES Celebrity DJ. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free before 8pm. AARDVARK BROCANTE/CAR BOOT Over 30 stalls of fantastic bric-a-brac, produce, antiques and much more. Live music, home-made soup etc. Aardvark Books, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 9am-3pm, stalls £10 in advance, 01547 530744. LIVE MUSIC Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
SONGWRITERS CIRCLE MUSIC NIGHT Featuring music from Joncan Kavlakoglu, Flamenco-funk fusion guitarist. Emily Egginton, a singer/ songwriter and Jack Brett. Little Hereford Parish Hall, SY8 4LL, 8pm, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, 078251 33690. MISS PEARL & THE ROUGH DIAMONDS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. ROSS PENYARD SINGERS ‘Spring Melodies’. Ross Parish Church, 7.30pm, £10, 01989 750233.
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Tues 31 May HAY FESTIVAL Featuring ‘The Gift of Radio’, Justin Webb talks to Sophie Raworth, Baillie Gifford Stage, 2.30pm, £12. ‘The Sound of Being Human’. Sinead Gleeson, Catherine Loveday & Jude Rogers in conversation, Festival Friends Stage, 7pm, £10. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita in concert, Wales Stage, 8.30pm, £15. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org ALBERT LOVES JAM NIGHT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Corinne Bailey Rae, Hay Festival, 3 June
Sat 28 May HAY FESTIVAL Featuring ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons’ with pianist Jeremy Denk. Baillie Gifford Stage, 11.30am, £12. Poetry & Harp with Chris Tutton and Anne Denholm, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £12. Cerys Matthew and Jeffrey Boakye, Marquee, 4pm, free. BBC Radio 3: The Listening Service with Tom Service and Jeremy Denk, 4pm, St Mary’s Church, free. Platinum Jubilee Concert with Rebecca Evans, Trystan Llyr Griffiths, LeahMarian Jones and Bryn Terfel, 8.30pm, Baillie Gifford Stage, £29. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org ALISON RUSSELL, STEVEN GOWLAND, CARMELLA & JOE, RICHARD GLASSPOOL Piano, vocals and guitar. St Peter’s Church, Hereford, 1pm, free, donations for Alzheimers, 07711 562198. OXLEY-MEIER QUARTET Guitar, electric and acoustic bass and drums. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, £22, 01584 878141. SIMON & OSCAR From Ocean Colour Scene. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £29.50, 01743 281281. UNDAUNTED Rock and indie band. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE Soulful rock ‘n’ roll. Supported by Heavy Flames. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £13.50, 01874 611622.
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HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Maki Sekiya & Ilya Chetverikov, two pianos. St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £15. Penguin Cafe, Festival Friends Stage, 8.30pm, £18. Inua Ellams’ RAP Party, Starlight Stage, 8.30pm, £15. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark Richards. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 4-7pm, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail. com QUIZ NIGHT Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. CAFE DEL BABAR Chill out to great tunes & BBQ. Babar Cafe, Union St, Hereford, free. WEDDING OPEN DAY The Left Bank Village, Bridge St, Hereford, 11am-3pm, www.theleftbankvillage.co.uk PAUL DARK Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3-6pm. BANDS IN THE PARK Concert. Bandstand, Wye St, Ross-onWye, 2.30-4.30pm, charity collection buckets will be circulating for support. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. TENBURY’S GOT TALENT Supporting the Mayor’s Charity. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 4pm, 01584 811442.
Mon 30 May HAY FESTIVAL Featuring James Runcie with Irene Duval, ‘The Great Passion’, Baillie Gifford Stage, 11.30am, £12. BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert with Aleksey Semenenko and Sam Haywood, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £10. BBC Radio 3: This Classical Life with Jess Gillam and Alison Balsom, Marquee, 5.30pm, free. Max Boyce talks to Carolyn Hitt, ‘Hymns & Arias’, Bailllie Gifford Stage, 7pm, £12. ‘Poguemahone’. Patrick McCabe talks to John Mitchinson, Starlight Stage, 7pm, £10. George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Festival Friends Stage, 8.30pm,£18. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.
JUNE Wed 1 June HAY FESTIVAL BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert featuring Mithras Piano Trio, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £10. Hay Shantymen, Marquee, 2.30pm, free. Garrick Singers, Marquee, 3.30pm, free. ‘Catalyst’, Scarlett Sabet and Jimmy Page talk to Dylan Jones, Wales Stage, 7pm, £10. Frank Turner in concert, Baillie Gifford Stage, 8.30pm, £18. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org WILD FRUIT Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124.
Thurs 2 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN Featuring Kizzy Crawford, 3.45pm. Fifteen Lions, 4.15pm, Clara Mann, 4.30pm, Eleanor & The Stars, 5.15pm, Andy Grant, 5.15pm, Revue Band, 6.15pm, Mr H, 6.15pm, Cerys Hafana, 6,30pm, Fiddle Bop, 7.15pm, Unoriginal Smirkins, 7.15pm, Cable Street Collective, 8pm, Porij, 8pm, The Jukes, 8.15pm, Ailsa Tully, 9pm, Riverside Disco with Max Galactic and DJ Emma, 9pm, Alex Seel, 9.15pm, Girls of the Internet, 9.30pm, Groove Armada (Tom Findlay), 10pm, Candi’s Dog, 10.15pm, Nabihah Iqbal, 11pm, Date Daggett, 11.15pm, Cabaret with Abi Collins, 11.30pm, Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org Use code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off tickets. ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, www.almeleysteadysession. wordpress.com BROMYARD’S BIG PLATINUM PARTY Scarecrow Festival with grand parade starting in the churchyard at 7.30pm, lighting the Jubilee Beacon at 9.45pm. Bromyard, 01885 488206.
HAY FESTIVAL BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert featuring Ruby Hughes and Huw Watkins. St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £10. Hay Community Choir, Marquee, 2pm, free. ‘The Beast in Me’, The Devils Violin, Starlight Stage, 7.30pm, £12. YolanDa Brown in concert, Festival Friends Stage, 9.45pm, £18. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
Fri 3 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN Featuring Andrew Harston, 12.15am. Martin Johnson, 11am. BBC Hereford Showcase, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm. Amy Hopwood, 12pm, Alex Seel 2pm. Bob Gallie, 3pm. Christie, 3.30pm. Mica Jane, 4pm. Sara Wolff, 4.30pm. Tri-City Fanfare, 5pm. Chloe Foy, 5.30pm. Sons of Owen, 5.30p. Rhiannon Scutt, 6pm. Elkyn, 6.30pm. Adelaide Percy, 6.30pm. Tia Meraki, 7pm. Ayanna Witter-Johnson, 7.30pm. Peaness, 8pm. Hawk Howard, 8pm. Talvin Singh, 9pm. Riverside Disco with Max Galactic and Late Night Disco, 9pm. Linda Rowe, 9pm. Steam Down, 9.30pm. Dowdelin, 10pm. Gareth Rees, 10pm. Nemone, 11pm. Toby Parker, 11pm. Camille O’Sullivan, 11.30pm. Cabaret with Abi Collins, 11.30pm. Jazz Cats of Hay, 12am. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin. org Use code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off festival tickets.
LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Big street quiz. The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 7pm, www.leominsterfestival.org MARK LATIMER & TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster. BROMYARD BIG PLATINUM PARTY Featuring Bromyard Symphonic Wind Band with music from the last 70 years and more! St Peter’s Church, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 483749 and on the door. THE FERRETS Worcester based covers band. The Golden Cross, Sutton St. Nicholas, Hereford. CHAMBER QUORUM Celebration concert by Frith Trezevant, soprano; Wendy Quinlan, flute; Ruth Watson, oboe and Jeremy Fisher, piano. St Mary’s Church, Dilwyn, HR4 8HNm 7.30pm, £12 to include canapes and bubbly, under 16s free, 07747 025077 or 01544 319256. WHISKEY RIVER TRIO Martin, Aidan and Dennis bring you the best in roots, bluegrass, Americana, country, blues, cajun, folk and more. Double-bill with The Reverend Faraday. The Woodcutters, Knighton Rd, Presteigne, 7pm. Fundraiser for the Air Ambulance.
Chamber Quorum LLANBISTER SHOW CENTENARY Traditional activities, fur and feather, horse/pony show, displays, farm animals, entertainments, craft and produce, stalls and refreshments. Trawscoed,
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Llanbister, LD1 6TN, 07821 106025.
charity collection buckets will be circulating for support.
Fri 3 June
HEREFORD JAZZ CLUB Featuring Chase Jazz Band. Richmond Place Club, Edgar St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £8, 01432 276304.
HAY FESTIVAL Lunchtime Concert: Hay Music - The Mavron String Quartet, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £15. Corinne Bailey Rae in concert, Baillie Gifford Stage, 9.45pm, £29. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
Sat 4 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN Featuring Gigwise Showcase, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm. Dangerous Flamingo, 4pm. Justin Preece, 5pm. Eidyth, 5.15pm. Lucy Shaw, 6pm. Shunaji, 6.30pm. The Hanging Bandits, 7pm, Jessica Fostekew, 7.15pm. King Charles, 7.30pm. Honeyglaze, 8pm. Drew Flanagan, 8pm. Olga Koch, 8.30pm. Flats and Sharps, 9pm. Isy Suttie, 9pm. Riverside Disco with Max Galactic and Lycra 80s Party, 9pm. Gwyn Daggett, 9pm. Hussy, 9.30pm. Findlay, 10pm. Jakey Boy Hughes, 10pm. Mr Bruce, 11pm. Charlie James, 11pm. Django Django, 11.30pm. Lilian Grace, 12am. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin. org Use code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off festival tickets. FLEETWOOD BAC Tribute band. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk WATERMELONS CHRONICLES Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. LITTLE RUMBA Kington Summer Food/Drink Festival. Featuring a variety of artisan food and drink exhibitors, garden nurseries and bespoke fire pits. Benches, metal and pottery artworks. Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee. 9.30am-3.30pm. PIGDAZE The Compasses, Ludlow. OPEN MIC STAGE Leominster Festival Family Fun Day. The Grange, Leominster, 11am-3pm. Hosted by Mark Richards, please pre-book your slot, markianrichards@hotmail.com THE WHISKEY RIVER QUARTET The Goose and Cuckoo Summer Festival, Upper Llanover, near Abergavenny, playing in the afternoon. LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Family Fun Day, The Grange, 12pm. Platinum Jubilee Service, The Priory. www.leominsterfestival.org HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Hay Climate Choir, Marquee, 12.30pm, free. Lunchtime Concert: Vivaldi’s Gloria, St Mary’s Church, 1pm, £12. Cantorion Y Gelli, Marquee, 2pm, free. Hay Shantymen, Marquee, 3.30pm, free. ‘Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives’, John Altman talks to Adrian Dunbar, Festival Friends Stage, 5.30pm, £12. The Waste Land, Festival Friends Stage, 9.45pm, £20. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org FOREVER SABBATH Tribute band. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.
Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Scoresby, Marquee, 3.30pm, free. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
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BANDS IN THE PARK Concert. Bandstand, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye, 2.30-4.30pm,
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Albert’s Shed, Barker St, Shewsbury, 01743 241124. LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, The Priory, Leominster, 7pm. www.leominsterfestival.org HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN Featuring Robert Whyte, 11.15am. Rebecca Hurn, 11.30am. Will & Harvey, 12.15pm. Slippery Slope, 12.30pm. Peiriant (Dane & Rose), 1.15pm. Alice Jane, 1.30pm. Chris Bradshaw, 2.15pm. Benjamin Lars Parker, 2.30pm. Paddy Fraine, 3.30pm. Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, 3.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org Use code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off festival tickets. EVERMORE The Vaga, Hereford, 5pm. HILARY NORRIS Organ recital to mark the Platinum Jubilee. Programme includes Purcell, Handel and Vaughan-Williams. St Peter’s Church, Stanton Lacy, 3pm, retiring collection, refreshments.
Mon 6 June BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01584 711480. Please bring your own drinks/glasses. CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford.
Tues 7 June LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free, retiring collection.
Music Workshops Sat 7 May BORDER MARCHES EARLY MUSIC FORUM ‘A Musical Banquet: suites by Johann Hermann Schein’. With tutor Alison Kinder. Titley Village Hall, 10am-4.30pm, booking essential, www.bmemf.org.uk Sat 21 May COME AND SING! A full day choral workshop rehearsing and singing through Bach’s Magnificat, under the baton of Rob Evans with accompanist Hilary Norris. Weobley Village Hall, 9.30am-4.30pm, £20 includes score and refreshments, book online, www.kingtonchoral.org.uk Sun 22 May SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE We sing and play mainly West Gallery music, which is energetic, rousing, no-nonsense stuff that is great fun to perform. Led by Andy Watts. FREE for newcomers! Instrumentalists (typically flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin and cello) are particularly welcome. Lydbury North Village Hall, 2-5 pm. trevorchalkley@gmail.com. JENNY PIPES MORRIS is a lively well established, all-woman’s Morris Side looking for musicians and dancers to join us! Traditional Morris, folk or other musicians welcome. All abilities of dancers welcome. Thursday evenings at Stoke Prior Village Hall, Leominster. Contact Rose 01584 810101. Monday BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS
Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 07779 390954.
Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.
Monday THE GARRICK SINGERS For over 60s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm. £5 per session, 01432 340555.
Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9pm. 01584 823604 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks
Mondays ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Old Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7-9pm, £5, tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Mondays CRAVEN ARMS MALE VOICE CHOIR All ages welcome singing a broad repertoire of traditional and modern songs. Practice at The Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30pm. Martin on 01694 722500. Monday BANDAMANIA Bright and breezy traditional and original music.Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. Mondays at 7.30pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158 Monday GARRICK SINGERS For over 55s, no prior experience of singing. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £5 per session, lisa@encore-enterprises.com. Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427. Tuesday LUNCHTIME UPLIFT SINGING SESSIONS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 12pm, 07723 016837. Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm, VH, near Brecon. Tuesday LEOMINSTER COMMUNITY CHOIR Choir leader: Olivia Preye. No auditions, no need to read music. World, folk music, and more. 7-8.30pm at Leominster Community Centre. 01568 369074. Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Traditional, world and original songs. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm. Call Sue Harris 01547 550158. Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES Community choir, songs from around the globe. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm. Sue Harris 01547 550158. Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR
25 June, 4pm Maximilian Ehrhardt, triple harp 26 June, 4pm Llŷr Williams, piano
Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday CLUN SINGERS Informal community choir, traditional and original songs taught by ear. 10am in High Town Hall, Clun. Sue Harris 01547 550158. Thursday BELLA A CAPPELLA All-female 4-part close harmony singing group. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15-9.45pm, email aimoevo@hotmail.co.uk Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD A non auditioned mixed voice choir early and classical music. Rehearsals currently in Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells. 7.459.15pm. 01597 810601, www.cantorion-llandrindod.org First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Friday LITTLE HEREFORD VOICES COMMUNITY CHOIR We are a non-audition choir formed 10 years ago with 25+ mixed voices. Rehearsing at Little Hereford Village Hall, 7.30pm- 9.15pm. Subscriptions £3.50 per session paid termly, first trial session free. Broad repertoire (usually 3 & 4 parts) – all welcome. More info: term dates etc: lhvoices.wix.com/home Facebook: @LittleHerefordVoices Friday BUZZY BEATS! A fun music filled morning for the under 5s. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury,
Trevor Davies Music
For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611
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band directory ADD A BAND - Real instrument backing to your own music. Perfect for singer songwriters etc. Studio near Newtown. www.addaband.co.uk, 07515 401635. APPLEBY STONE Live acoustic duo/trio, guitar, flute, saxophones, voices, double bass, jazz, folk, R&B, pop, many originals, perfect for private and public events. applebystone.com 07979 542 449. BAGPIPES Authentic Highland music for your formal event or gathering from international piper Keith Wellings. Keith is a former British diplomat bringing Scotland’s music to festivals, theatres, balls, weddings and funerals. Contact by phone 07580 389903, email keiththepiper@gmail.com facebook keith.wellings instagram keiththepiper 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 BEST FOOT CEILIDH BAND The hottest dance band on the borders + caller. Available for weddings, barn dances and parties. Contact: 07969 440183 or john@johnhymas. com BIG MAGIC DANCE BAND 10-piece jive/R & R group. ‘Does what it says on the tin!’ Parties/festivals/happenings/weddings etc. Call Eddy on 01691 648729 or 07796 148448. Web: eddygartry.com Email: w.gartry@hotmail. com Management also for The Werewolves of Powys and Blues State UK THE CHICAGO SWING KATZ - New Orleans Blues to Chicago Swing. 6/7 Piece band playing foot-tapping, fun music that will make you feel happy. Weddings, Birthdays, Corporate events, Festivals, even funerals - but book well in advance for those! Traditional Jazz Trios, Quartets also available. email: chicagoswingkatz@aol.com, www.thechicagoswingkatz.co.uk, Jeff Matthews 07831 383636 THE DRAGON BIG BAND - 14 musicians playing Basie, Ellington, and exclusive arrangements. Jazz to Swing to Latin. Trumpets, trombones, saxes, bass, guitar, keyboard, drums. We play every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 8.00 - 10.30 at: The Montgomery Town Hall, Broad St., Montgomery, SY15 6PH. Local free car parking and nearby Hotel for food or drink. Free admission but £5 donation gratefully received. Available for weddings and events. Band enquiries: Jeff Matthews - 07831 383636. 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!
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LITTLE RUMBA This is a band that will entertain and delight any audience that has its wits about it and has an ear for beautiful melodies infectious beats and songs that tell stories. From Winchcombe Live “Absolutely fantastic evening from you guys tonight. We had so many positive comments from the audience; very gratifying! Great musical talent, great humour, variety, and warmth of performance.” Contact Jacqui Savage 07966 943314 Email – jaxbass.xs@btinternet.com http://www.littlerumba.com
THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Local Quartet/Quintet with singer if required, playing smooth sounds of well-known standards, Latin and blues. Available for all types of events and celebrations. Contact Paul Brooks 07980 822014. pppbrooks@gmail. com MELOMANICS A wacky, Shropshire-based Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopolitan repertoire with engaging humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out how much fun a ceilidh can be 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 more info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich on 01743 718612. Email: tim@melomanics.co.uk Website: www.melomanics.co.uk MODE-X Female fronted Party/function band, playing a diverse and up to date range of pop/rock by great artists/ bands like Blondie, Bonnie Raitt, PJ Harvey plus driving grooves from the post punk era like Elvis Costello, XTC, Martha & The Muffins etc. We can supply all the logistics to support and enhance your party/function. “Professional purveyors of punchy pop rock”. Sue 07397 188543. THE RAGTIME JUG ORCHESTRA A roots string-band (duo) recreating the sounds of the early 20th century America, playing a good-time mix of blues, skiffle and Americana music. We like to get audiences involved! Available for festival, events, parties, folk clubs, pubs and bars; performance presentations and workshops for all occasions too. Web: www.ragtimejug.co.uk Contact: John; 01594 861151. Email: info@ragtimejug.co.uk Facebook.com: ragtime jug orchestra. 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 711700 - 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 THE ROTUNDAS are a pair of jolly chaps who sing and play contemporary versions of industrial and social folk songs from Birmingham and the Black Country. Listen on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/therotundas and contact us at our Facebook page @TheRotundas or email therotundasband@gmail.com
SHRED BELLY Ludlow/Shropshire based acoustic duo, playing covers of popular ‘Dad’s Rock’ songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and more. Full band can also be available. All bookings and enquiries please contact: Kevin on 07873 426205 or Paul on 07957 247851. SILVER BRANCH (Ceilidh and Concert Band). CEILIDH BAND with caller. Available for weddings/ birthday parties/fund raisers, etc. For photos/videos please see our Facebook page. For further enquiries, ring David on 01981 540832 or Anna on 07980 961187. SILVER BRANCH (UN-CALLED FOR) - Five piece cutting edge instrumental Folk Band. Concerts/gigs. SIMON THE PIPER Highland Piper with 20 years experience. Available for all occasions - weddings, funerals, Burn’s Night, Hogmanay, festivals, processions etc. Based in Hereford. Call 07791 045831 or facebook. com/simonthepiper Email simonthepiper@hotmail.com SINGLED OUT Experienced, 3-piece band covering the best pop and rock music from the 50’s to the current era. We focus on great tunes that don’t usually get played by other bands, but which everyone will know. Of course, we do some of the more usual songs as well! www.singledoutband.com email: info@singledoutband. com Phone 07518 291 676. SIR DANCELOT 4/5 piece ceilidh/twmpath band. Far and away the best exponents of traditional dance music of the British Isles and beyond for miles around and leagues beneath. Concertina, mandolin, fiddles, whistles, cittern, jews harp... Available for weddings, parties and public events. For information and bookings, contact: Cornelius 01686 411147 corns@mousemusic. co.uk or Peter 07561 820509. www.sirdancelot.co.uk THE CHERRYSTONES are Aly (whistles, flute, accordion, vocals), Matt (bass, foot drum, vocals) and Dave (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals) who bring you a mix of original and traditional folk songs and tunes. From thoughtful, well-crafted songs to infectious uptempo Irish whistle tunes, we will warm your heart and stir your souls and soles! Contact : Dave 07817 220016, dgand2@btinternet.com. Find us here Facebook.com The Cherrystones. Website coming soon! THE VILLAGE QUIRE spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Sensational vocals mingled with enthralling stories. Various shows to book. For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk / www.songsforsilas.org.uk UNDAUNTED Female influenced indie rock band hailing from South Shropshire. This lively 5 piece brings you strong vocals, great rocking sound, fun and always something different from the norm. For events and booking contact Tracey 07547188402 or Liz 07807531151. Enquiries welcome. WHISKEY RIVER is a 5/6 piece electric Americana band that play swamp blues, Cajun, Zydeco and good country music to set the dance floor rocking. To suit smaller venues and smaller budgets, pruned down acoustic versions of the band are available as “The Whiskey River Quartet”, “The Whiskey River Trio” or as a Duo [“The Whiskey River Boys”]. Laissez les bon temps rouler!! Contact Martin, phone: 07846 669890, 01432 342018. Email: martin@whiskeyriver.co.uk. Website: www.whiskeyriver.co.uk
VENUES ALBERT HALL, Ithon Rd, Llandrindod Wells 0333 666 3366 ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Mill Street, Ludlow 01584 878141 BARRELS, St Owen Street, Hereford 01432 274968 BASKERVILLE ARMS, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820670. BASKERVILLE HALL HOTEL, Clyro Court, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820033. BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540 BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 616811 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434 THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 BLACK LION, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CENTRE CELF, Tremont Rd, Llandrindod Wells 01597 822777 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 THE CLIFFE AT DINHAM, Halton Lane, Ludlow 01584 872063 CONQUEST THEATRE, Bromyard, 01885 488575 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814. GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412 THE GLOBE AT HAY, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274. GORDON BENNETTS BAR, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250. GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404. THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003. HUNDRED HOUSE INN, Purslow, 01588 660541 KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487. THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679 LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 612277 LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 PAVILION MID WALES, Llandrindod Wells 01597 258118 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 358867 REET PETITE, 18 West St, Leominster 07484 545368. ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THE HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 614555 THE TOWN HALL, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630023 THREE TUNS, Bishop’s Castle. 01588 638797 THE VICTORY, 88 St Owen St, Hereford 01432 274998 VOLUNTEER, Harold St, Hereford 01432 276189. WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305. WHITE SWAN, Eardisland, 01544 388577 WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE, Builth Wells, 01982 552555
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theatre Wed 18 May CULT FIGURE: THE LIFE OF KENNETH WILLIAMS Colin Elmer returns with his one man show about the man and his life. Told entirely in his own words with anecdotes, stories and diary entries. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16, 01600 772467.
Great Grimm Tales
PERFORMANCE Sun 1 May WE ARE ALL STORIES ABOUT FACE THEATRE COMPANY. Perfomances throughout the day as part of the Marches Makers Festival. This new collection of five theatre-for-one plays, inspired by historical stories from around Herefordshire. is magically presented by the actors and puppets in Kington’s Market Hall, Church St and other venues around the town. More information www.marchesmakers.co.uk Thurs 5 & Fri 6 May GREAT GRIMM TALES BOX TALE SOUP present a remarkable new adaptation of Grimm’s delicious tales. 5 May - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555. 6 May - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50, 01874 611622. Sat 7 & Sun 8 May MACBETH STAGE FIVE. Willow Globe, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6NN, Sat 7pm, Sun 3pm, £12, under 16s £6, family £30, 01597 811487. Sat 7 May CHOICE GRENFELL Features some of the best of Joyce Grenfell’s delightful songs and monologues with live musical accompaniment. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £14/£8, 07967 517125. Sat 7 May BUMPER BLYTON: THE IMPROVISED ADVENTURE Riotous improvised spoof, chock full of innuendo and lashings of puns, all in the style of author, Enid Blyton. Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£8, 01743 235384. Arts Alive.
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Sat 21 May THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT The company explore the minds of poets, novelists and playwrites both ancient and modern, creating new works on the fly and according to the ideas and suggestions proffered by the audience. Willow Globe, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, 7pm, £12, under 16s £6, family £30, 01597 811487. Tues 24 & Wed 25 May HOUSEWIVES ON HOLIDAY Join the ladies as they romp through a tapas selection of Holiday Heaven, Holiday Hell, but most of all, Holiday Hilarity! The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Sat 28 May GREAT EXPECTATIONS HOTBUCKLE THEATRE COMPANY. Dickens tale of the orphan Pip’s journey from boyhood to manhood with the aid of a large fortune from a secret benefactor. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £14, students £8, 07967 517125.
MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Thurs 5, Fri 6 & Sun 8 May HERE WE GO AGAIN! Fundraising musical revue, in aid of The Albert Hall. The Albert Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Thurs & Fri 7.30pm, Sun 3pm, 0333 666 3366, £5, children £2.50, 0333 666 3366, details www.thealberthall.co.uk Sun 15 May RENT THE MUSICAL CURTAIN CALL THEATRE COMPANY. A pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock. For ages 14+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £18.50, 01743 281281.
www.TheMarketTheatre.com Visit Ledbury’s purpose built, intimate theatre with comfortable seats, bar and a warm welcome, for a great programme of original drama, music, cinema and live screenings - see listings for what’s on
Mon 16 & Tues 17 May MILKY PEAKS A fierce, fabulous, edgy musical comedy. Nestled in the bosom of Snowdonia, the small town of Milky Peaks is nominated for ‘Britain’s Best Town’... Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £17/£15, 01874 611622. Tues 17 - Thurs 19 May HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL HQPA PRODUCTIONS. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15/£10, 01743 281281. Tues 17 - Sat 21 May SHREK THE MUSICAL X-ENTRICITY present the award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm, 01432 340555. Fri 20 & Sat 21 May THE WRECKERS OF RED ROCK WORCESTERSHIRE GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY. Original Victorian melodrama, full of fun with all the typical characters, a villain, a hero, a beautiful damsel and of course babies mixed up at birth! Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £14, students £5, 07967 517125. Wed 25 - Sat 28 May THE SOUND OF MUSIC MONMOUTH’S MUSIC THEATRE perform Rogers and Hammerstein’s memorable score set against the backdrop of Austria just as WW2 starts. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, under 16s £8, 01600 772467.
DRAMA WORKSHOPS
Fafunia Springy Stories
CHILDREN’S THEATRE Thurs 5 - Sun 8 May BILLIONAIRE BOY Amazing new production of David Walliams’ best-selling story. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, various times, £22.50 - £22.50, chilrden £19-£17, family £73-£68, schools £11, 01743 281281. Sat 21 May FAFUNIA SPRINGY STORIES Inspired by Icelandic folklore and fairy mythology, Fafunia is led by a musical cast in a beautiful interactive set. Suitable for ages 3+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, free pre-activity from 10.30am, 01432 340555. Wed 25 & Thurs 26 May ZOG AND THE FLYING DOCTORS Based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Suitable for ages 3+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 10am & 4.30pm, £16, children £14, 01743 281281. Thurs 26 - Sun 29 May NICOLE ET MARTIN Unique travelling theatre. Award-winning masterpiece shows; based on old folk tales, combine narrative, music, song, dance, juggling, acrobatics, laughter, goosebumps and wild imagination for the whole family. Thurs - Vasilisa, 5pm. Fri - The Musicians of Bremen, 5pm. Sat - The Girl Without Hands, 5pm. Sun - The Fisherman and his Wife, 3pm. Suitable for children over 5 years, £10, under 12 year olds £6, family £30, cash only, from The Workhouse Gallery, online from www.nicole-et-martin.ch or from The Box Office on Went’s Meadow an hour before the show. The White Tent, Went’s Meadow, Presteigne. Fri 27 May TWM SIÔN CATI Twm’s story comes alive in a production that takes you on a trip to the dangerous times of the 16th century. A Welsh Language Production. For ages 7+ and their families. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am, £10/£8, family £30, 01874 611622.
Sun 15 May MA STAGE SCHOOL 2 DAY MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP More details to be confirmed. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 10am-4pm, booking essential, email mastageschool@gmail.com for more details. 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk Sat 21 May THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT Workshop. Willow Globe, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, 2pm, email info@shakespearelink.org.uk for availability. Mon 30 May MA STAGE SCHOOL 2 DAY MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells, 10am-4pm, booking essential, email mastageschool@gmail.com for more details. 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.org.uk Tues 31 May & Wed 1 June THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS WORKSHOP Brecon Little Theatre a free craft making session for children. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Tues, 2pm, Wed 9am, 01874 611622. COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD Sat - Junior Yourth Theatre. Year 3: 9.15am. Year 4: 10.15am. Year 5: 11.15am. Year 6: 12.15pm. Year 7: 1.45pm. Year 8: 3pm. Year 9: 4.45pm, £68.50 per term. Wed - Intermediate Youth Theatre. Year 10 & 11, 5.15pm, £70.50 per term. Fri - Senior Youth Theatre for Year 12+, 7pm, £73.50 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. COMMUNITY YOUTH THEATRES The Conquest, Bromyard. Mon - Juniors, Year 3-6: 4.30pm, £39 per term. Intermediates, Year 7-9: 7.15pm, £43 per term. Seniors, Year 10+: 7.30pm, £46 per term. The Phoenix Theatre, Ross-on-Wye. Sat - Juniors, Year 8-14: 10am, £39 per term. Market Theatre, Ledbury. Mon - Intermediates, Year 7-9: 7.30pm, £39 per term. Seniors, Year 10+: 8.30pm, £39 per term. Details email takepart@courtyard.org.uk or 01432 346526. THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up. Mondays 3.45pm 4.45pm Roundabout, Reception & Years 1 & 2. Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm Junior Youth, Years 3,4 & 5. Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm Junior Youth, Years 6,7 & 8. Thursdays 8.30pm - 10pm Senior Youth, Years 9, 10 & 11, 16 - 25. Call 01874 611622, www.brycheiniog.co.uk
Tues 31 May I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE Based on the picture book by Steven Lee. Molly and Bingo the puppy are having a birthday party... The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm, 01432 340555.
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Fri 3 - Sun 5 June THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS BRECON LITTLE THEATRE. Join Ratty, Mole, Badger, Toad and a host of other characters on a fun-filled adventure. Featuring a talented local cast of all ages. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Fri (relaxed performance), 4pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 2pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622.
Nicole et Martin
ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW Mon - Go MAD in Ludlow, 5-6.30pm, Oscars. Contact Simon 07506 478235 & Suzanne 07484 289215 or email hello@gomadinludlow.org Sat - Ludwig Academy of Musical Theatre. 7-11 years 1-2pm, 12-16 years 2-3pm. Oscars. Contact Jack Ludwig, 077922 66225. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow. Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE For 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663. Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555. Thursdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Seniors, 7-9.30pm, 14-25 years. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928. Fortnightly HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE At Willow Globe, Llanwrthwl, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6NN, £5 per session, info@shakespearelink.org.uk for details. Fortnightly (term time) HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE All welcome, £7. Wyeside, Builth Wells, info@shakespearelink.org.uk. Saturdays (term time) SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Beginners 9.30am-10.45am, 6-8 year olds. Juniors 11am-1pm, 9-12 year olds. The HIve, Shrewsbury, www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk
Human medical / Sport Rehabilitation
Clinic addresses: Hay-on-Wye Google: Pinewood Health & Beauty Hay-on-Wye.
Veterinary Low Level Laser Therapy I will travel to your horses and pets.
Louisa Clarke BSc (hons) Cert Ed. RVN, BHSPT Email: thebrightnbutecompany@gmail.com Mobile: 07972 220082 Web: www.thebright-n-bute-company.com
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Fri 6 May PUT AWAY NEATLY To coincide with her exhibition, artist Grace Currie performs ‘Put Away Neatly’, exploring those repeated words and phrases that can be uttered by the people who have our best interests at heart. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 6-6.40pm, free, 01743 234970. Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL Leading poets and performers share new work and old favourites. Featuring Allie Esiri, Inua Ellams, Stephen Fry, David Harewood, Simone Kirby, Damian Lewis, Theresa Lola, Lesley Sharp, Lemn Sissay, Gwyneth Lewis, Peter Finch, PJ Harvey, Gillian Clarke, Robert Minhinnick and more. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
Comedy Tues 3 May BARRY HUMPHRIES Barry will take you on a revelatory trip through his colourful life and theatrical career. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 12.30pm & 1.30pm, £51 - £46.50, 01743 281281. Thurs 5 May MARK WATSON: THIS CAN’T BE IT We’ve all had some pondering to do about the fragility of life recently, but don’t worry, skinny national treasure Mark Watson has it covered. For ages 14+. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, 01982 552555. Sun 8 May SEVERN JESTERS Discover the new stars of stand-up. For ages 18+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, 01743 281281. Sun 8 May PAUL ZERDIN - HANDS FREE Sam, Albert, Baby, Roger the bodyguard and an urban fox have all survived the lock downs and are back on the road. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.
Paul Zerdin
Tues 10 May & Tues 7 June COMEDY & CURRY Telford Comedy Club. Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. Thurs 19 May DYLAN MORAN Best known for his cynical, deadpan-style take on observational comedy. For ages 15+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £27, 01743 281281. Fri 20 May LAUGHTER LOUNGE Comedy Club at The Secret Garden, Coldwells Rd, Hereford, 8pm, £15 includes curry, 07715 953497. Fri 20 May SAM AVERY ‘Role Model’. Sam explores what it means to be a role model in modern Britain. For ages 16+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £19, 01743 281281. Fri 20 May LUDLOW LAUGHS - COMEDY CLUB Off The Kerb present Angela Barnes and Marlon Davis, compered by Sean Percival. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 8pm, £17, 01584 878141. Fri 20 May LAUGHTER LOUNGE @ SECRET GARDEN The Secret Garden, Coldwells Rd, Hereford, 8pm, £10 to include a curry served between 6.30-7.30pm, 07389 766816, email bookings@secretgardenhereford.co.uk Sat 21 May PAUL MERTON’S IMPRO CHUMS Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster, Mike McShane and accompanist Kirsty Newton for an evening of mind-blowing improvisation. For ages 14+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £25, 01743 281281. Tues 24 May STEWART LEE Double-bill of two new 60 minute sets. For ages 14+. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £25, 01743 281281. Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL Comedy shows from Bill Bailey, Nina Conti, Simon Amstell, Reginald D Hunter, Jason Byrne, Natalie Haynes, Rich Hall, Marcus Brigstocke, Milton Jones, Angela Barnes, Rachel Parris, Shazia Mirza, Pierre Novellie, Julian Clary, Jules Howard, Carrie Quinlan and Andre Vincent. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org Thurs 2 June SHAZIA MIRZA: COCONUT Award winning comedian. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467. Thurs 2 - Sun 5 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 2022 The World’s largest festival of philosophy and music. Comedians include Olga Koch, Alfie Brown, Jessica Fostekew, Joz Norris, Sunil Patel, Pierre Novellie, Erika Ehler, Stuart Laws, Amy Gledhill, Micky Overman and many more. Use Code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off festival tickets. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org
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Wed 8 June COUNT ARTHUR STRONG: AND THIS IS ME After many years of giving his wonderful lecture talks of his, Count Arthur Strong has at last bowed to substantial public demand and allowed himself be talked into making the show about himself for once. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £21.50, -1600 772467.
Talks May & June TYBERTON SUMMER TALKS 21 May - Jay Griffiths, award winning author. 7 June - John Bell of the Iona Community. St Mary’s Church, Tyberton, 7.30pm, £8, www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tyberton-talks Thurs 5 May AN EVENING WITH SIR GEOFFREY BOYCOTT Forthright honest views, hilarious anecdotes, personal film footage from an incredile career and a chance for the audience to as Sir Geoffrey their own questions. Savoy Theatre, Monouth, 7.30pm,01600 772467. Thurs 5 May SILENT EARTH Join Professor Dave Goulson as he explains the causes of insect decline and the solutions to this crisis. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7pm, £10, 01743 281281. Fri 6 May PUT AWAY NEATLY Artist, Grace Currie performs ‘Put Away Neatly’, exploring those repeated words and phrases that can be uttered by the people who have our best interests at heart. The Hive, Shrewsbury, 6pm, free, 01743 234970. Mon 9 May & Mon 6 June ROSS ARTS SOCIETY 9 May - ‘The Four Walls that Changed Everything! Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel’. A lecture by Stella Lyons. 6 June - ‘Fiction, Fallacy and Fake News, Spin and Propaganda in Art through the Ages’. A lecture by Geri Parlby. Larruperz Centre, Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, 1.30pm, £10, 01989 565465.
Sat 14 May MURDER, MAYHEM & MARRIAGE: THE MORTIMERS AND THE WELSH PRINCES A Mortimer History Society & Radnorshire History Society Joint Conference. Knighton & District Community Centre, 10am-4.30pm, members £15, non-members £20; optional lunch £10. Online attendance £7.50/£10. Full details and bookings www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk or www.radnorshiresociety.org or 01584 831654. Tues 17 May AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF THE LANDMARK TRUST A talk by Alastair Dick-Cleland. Leominster Baptist Church Hall, Etnam St, Leominster, 2pm, members free, visitors £2. Leominster & District u3a. www.u3asites.org.uk/Leominster Wed 18 May LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ‘Faces and Voices’, an illustrated talk by Christopher Preece. John Abel Room, Grange Court, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £4 on the door, 01568 613695. Wed 18 May THE ARTS SOCIETY TEME VALLY 18 May - ‘Passionate Potters’. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 2.15pm, visitors welcome, £8 on the door, www.artssocietytemevalley.org Thurs 19 May A NEW VIEW OF GOD AND ITS EFFECT ON WELL-BEING Philip Hockley explains the life-giving power of Christian Science. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.30pm, 01432 340555. Fri 20 May ST ETHELBERT LECTURE ‘Please use the postcode; - navigating the past, present and future conservation needs of the Mappa Mundi’ by Andrew Honey. Hereford Cathedral, 3.30pm, www.herefordcathedral.org Tues 24 May CONVERSATIONS AT THE CHAPEL Tessa Hadley in conversation with Alastair Laurence. The Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £10, 01873 852690. Wed 25 May JASMINE HARRISON Hear how world record breaker took on one of the world’s hardest rowing challenges, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge... Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15.50/£14.50, 01743 281281.
Wed 11 May BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY ‘Hard Work but Glorious - Stories from the Herefordshire Suffrage Campaign’. A talk by Clare Wichbold. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, guests £5, 01885 488575. Thurs 12 May BEN ANDREWS: WILD FARMING Ben, who has a rich family history based in agriculture discusses his experience of mixed farming and the buzz of moving back to more traditional farming techniques which can help reverse the biodiversity decline. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, £12, 07967 517125.
Richard Dawkins, How The Light Gets In 2022
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Wed 25 May SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB ‘Perfume in the Garden’. A talk by Anne Harrison. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, visitors welcome, £5, www.gardeningshropshire.co.uk Thurs 26 May WELLINGTON PARISH HISTORY SOCIETY ‘Trade & Transport on the Wye and Lugg, a talk by Heather Hurley. Wellington Community Centre, 7.30pm.
Until May 2022 ONLINE POETRY READING GROUP Read and chat about the books shortlisted for the Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize. 9 May - ‘After the Formalities’ by Anthony Anaxagorou. Online reading group meetings are on Zoom, 7-9pm, free. Email director@ poetry-festival.co.uk for Zoom link. 1st Saturday READING GROUP Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, afternoons, donations, 01547 550377.
Thurs 26 May ARTS SOCIETY MID WALES & BORDERS ‘Antonio Gaudi’, with speaker, Hugh Ellwood. Powis Suite, Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, 2.30pm, visitors welcome, £6, 01938 555574.
Mondays WRITING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.30-8.30pm, £75 per term, 01432 340555.
Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL Literary highlights features Abdulrazak Gurnah, Damon Galgus, Bernardine Evaristo, Julian Barnes, Howard Jacobson, Monica Ali, Rose Tremain, Elif Shafak, Caryl Lewis, Deborah Levy, Stephen Fry, Tessa Hadley, Miriam Toews, Sandra Newman, Jennifer Saint, Laline Paull, Anthony Horowitz, Annie Macmanus, Karen Joy Fowler, Jennifer Egan, Louise Kennedy, Fernanda Melchor, Giles Foden, Louise O’Neill, Patrick Gale, Joanne Harris, Alison Weir, Karen Campbell, Patrick McCabe, Celia Imrie, Ardal O’Hanlon, Michael Morpurgo, Miles Jupp, Kate Mosse, Alan Titchmarsh and many more. Inspiring life stories from Torrey Peters, Sadia Azmat, Norman Scott, Jeffrey Boakye, Sheila Hancock, Minnie Driver, Jimmy Page, Melvyn Bragg, Margo Jefferson, Helen Mort, Theo Fennell, David Harewood, Ed Balls, Alex Renton, Rebecca Mead, Justin Webb, Sarfraz Manzoor, Jude Rogers, Steve Thompson, Sinead Gleeson and Guy Leschziner. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org
Fourth Monday SCIENCE CAFÉ Informal group, talks and discussions on scientific topics. The Swan at Hay, 7pm, free, all welcome, sciencecafe@outlook.com
Fri 27 May IN HONOUR OF FLIES Dr Erica McAlister explains why flies are some of the most complex, fascinating and ecologically important of all insects. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, £12, 07967 517125. Fri 27 May THE HISTORY OF WYESIDE - FUNDRAISER A talk by Robert Warlow. Discover the history behind Wyeside Arts Centre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, £5, 01982 552555.
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Until June 2022 FOR EXPERIENCED WRITERS Intimate monthly seminars with Angela France, organised in partnership with The Poetry School. Maximum of eight students. 10 May, 14 June. Barrett Browning Institute, Ledbury, 6-8.30pm, £265, email administration@poetryschool.com 0207 582 1679.
Thurs 2 - Sun 5 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 2022 The World’s largest festival of philosophy and music. Speakers include Richard Dawkins, Yuval Noah Harari, Slavoj Zizek, Isy Suttie, Doc Brown, Sir Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, Michio Kaku, Gillian Tett, Steven Berkoff, Aaron Bastani, Margaret Hodge, Dallas Campbell, Tommy Curry, Simon Blackburn, Alex O’Connor, Rupert Sheldrake, Catherine Heymans, Massimo Pigliucci, Lisa Randall, Katherine Angel, Simon Baron-Cohen, Mary Ann Sieghart and many more. Use Code Broadsheep2022 to get 20% off festival tickets. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org
Mondays STORY CORNER AT THE COURTYARD For ages 4 years and under. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.
Every Tues & Wed SPANISH LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS Tues - Advance beginners 5.30pm, beginners 7pm, Wed - Advance Spanish B1, 10am, with Mely. Private tuition - GCSE students and A Level. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 07837 160505. Every Tuesday READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555. Last Tuesday of each month HOMEND POETS Share words written by themselves or others. Music, good company and food. No booking required. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 6.30pm, www.potandpage.co.uk First Wednesday of each month BABARS’ BOOK CLUB All welcome, 6.30pm, Babar’s Cafe, Union St, Hereford, 01432 342334. First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813. Every Thursday WELSH CLASSES FOR ADULTS Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 10.30am-3pm, 01639 841751. Every other Thursday PHILOSOPHY CAFE Informal group which offers the chance to discuss philosophical issues. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762. philosphycafe@outlook.com Last Thursday of the month BOOK CLUB De Koffie Pot, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 357753, ECStarling@theherefordacademy.org.uk First Friday of the month POT AND PAGE BOOK CLUB An evening bookclub for readers with a literary themed cocktail in hand. Food and drinks served all evening. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 7pm, free, 01531 248743. Fridays READING ROOM EXTRA The Courtyard, Hereford, 6-8pm, £55 per term, 01432 340555. International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, Frank Pavitt, chairman LWC, 01568 614973, meet first Tuesday, monthly, 2pm. Presteigne Writers’ Circle, 3rd Thursday, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm, 01544 260398.
grass roots Energy Strategy brings Despair to Environmentalists!
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HAVE no hotline to government ministers or spin doctors, but I suspect that their instant response to the war in Ukraine went something like this – “Thank goodness Ukraine is not in NATO!” and “Help! How do we boost our energy supplies?”. Whenever alarm bells ring over energy security, there are usually a few dozen MPs who can be relied on to call for the nuclear option. This time the prime minister himself was leading the charge. The Ukraine crisis was barely three weeks old when Geiger counters began to click furiously in Whitehall as they registered the fallout from Number Ten over energy policy. It soon emerged that Boris Johnson was calling for Britain to build a whole fleet of new nuclear power plants. According to the new Energy Strategy, the aim is to erect up to eight new nuclear stations, under a body called “Great British Nuclear”. (Don’t laugh!) And, says the document, how about a U-turn on fracking while we’re about it? Grass Roots readers may recall that a halt to fracking was called only three years ago, after earthquakes were set off by shale gas activities in Lancashire. A couple of the new nuclear reactors will likely be sited just up the coast from Lancashire, on the coast of Cumbria, near Windscale, the site of Britain’s largely hushed-up radiation accident of the 1950s. Windscale gave nuclear power a bad name, so the vast and sprawling nuclear site was later re-branded as Sellafield. If fracking were re-started in north-west England, the government could perhaps run a useful trial on the impact of seismic shocks on nuclear power plants and N-waste sites, to see what we have learned from Japan’s Fukushima disaster of 2011! Apologies for a joke in very poor taste! But, to be honest, much of the new Energy Strategy is like a bad joke. Whoever put into Johnson’s head the idea of building up to eight new nuclear power stations had perhaps forgotten that around the end of the Thatcher era, just over thirty years ago, the electricity power industry was sold off, privatised. Since that time, it has been up to the generating companies to decide how many and what type of power stations they wish to build. The urge to build multiple atomic plants, in response to the latest energy scare, is an affliction that I call Kneejerk Nuclear. It can start with a tingling sensation in the extremities, but it often develops to take over most of the central nervous system and the brain. There is no simple cure for this condition, but the best advice is for the sufferer to go and lie in a darkened room, away from bright lights, if possible attended by a top treasury mandarin. In this case, Boris Johnson had the chancellor himself on hand to give advice. But it seems that the dialogue between Johnson and Rishi Sunak did not emit a warm glow of light. More likely, there were sparks and the sound of generators backfiring. Whilst it appears that the Sunak household is in rather better financial standing than the treasury itself, it is a truism that the fabulously wealthy are often very careful over how they spend their money.
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The bill for the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset will easily run into the mid twenties of billions
New reactor going up at Hinkley Point, so far £5 billion over budget
of pounds. Close to the cost of the last new nuclear plant, Sizewell B in Suffolk, completed in the 1990s. Briefed no doubt by the treasury mandarins on the history of swingeing nuclear costs and dreadful schedule overruns, chancellor Sunak reckoned the UK needs a fleet of new nuclear plants like a hole in the head. With Britain already mired in debt to a degree not seen since the 1970s, Sunak perhaps sensed that a fleet of new N-power plants, costing hundreds of billions of pounds, might send the UK either into bankruptcy or to the doors of the International Monetary Fund –pleading for a gigantic loan. However, nuclear power sceptics should take comfort from the fact that the last two major UK nuclear power programmes (each aimed at building about ten nuclear plants) has resulted in precisely one reactor being built in each case. And even that tally errs on the side of nuclear optimism since the Hinkley Point plant, currently about £5 billion over budget, is still quite a few years from being able to supply a single volt of electric power. The new Energy Strategy, after several false dawns, stumbled lamely out of Whitehall in early mid-April. I assume that it had needed frantic re-writing, both to highlight the N-word, and to boast about steps being taken to free Britain of any whiff of gas emanating from the domain of the appalling Russian warmonger, Vladimir Putin. The Energy Strategy missed the chance to create a new playing field for onshore wind – caving in, as ever, to green welly people in the shires who find the turbines an eyesore. While this infuriates the eco-warriors, it is unlikely to produce any real resistance from Labour. I guess Labour must have turned pro-nuclear late last year, while your humble columnist was paddling at the seaside, trying to ignore the news pages in favour of the Quick Crossword. When we work out how Starmer and Co became pronuclear, we will no doubt find the fingerprints of a huge trade union, like the GMB, all over the policy shift. In Broad Sheep soon, I hope to tackle the issue of highly toxic nuclear waste, a decades-long headache. There is still no credible disposal method, even on the horizon. And, most likely, the industry never will find a real solution. Julian O’Halloran
Green Events Sun 1 May LEOMINSTER APPLE FAIR BLOSSOM WALK Aprox. 3.5 miles, including the old orchard on Risbury Hill Fort, to bring-and-share picnic tea. Led by Pete Blench. Meet 2.30pm at Humber Woodland of Remembrance, £3, children free, 01568 610955. Sat 7 & Sun 8 May SPRING GREENS FAIR Environmental Fair, Re-Sprung! Exhibitions, stalls, displays, local food, shelter, arts and music, demonstrations, guided walks, presentations and activities. Local Campaign Groups and sustainable businesses. Wildlife and child-friendly atmosphere. The Court of Noke, near Pembridge, HR6 9HW. (By kind invitation of Edward & Emma Bulmer). Free entry and parking, www.springgreens.org.uk Sun 8 May PUTLEY OPEN GARDENS Explore seven gardens in aid of the Parish Hall and Church. All starts and finishes at the Parish Hall, Putley, HR8 2QN, refreshments, plant sales etc, 10am-4pm, £5, free under 15, www.putleygardens.org.uk Sat 14 May PLANT AND SEEDLING SWAP Knighton Community Market, LD7 1DR, 9.30am-12.30pm. Teme Valley Environment Group. Sun 15 May GARDENING CLUB PLANT SALE Vegetable plants, plug plants, herbaceous plants and annuals. Wigmore Village Hall, Wigmore, 2-4pm. Wigmore & District Gardening Club. Proceeds shared between the club and local charities. Tues 17 - Mon 30 May ROUND AND ABOUT WALKS Walk in the rolling Shropshire hills and raise money for blood cancer research. Circular Ramble (23 miles). Gentle Amble (10 miles) or more challenging Scramble (13 miles) and shorter distances if you choose. Provide your own refreshments. Enter by donation £10 per person to Blood Cancer UK. www.justgiving.com/furndraising/ jeanshirley for further info/pack email jeanshirley@btinternet.com Sat 21 May GARDEN PARTY FOR REFUGEE SUPPORT Stalls, plants for sale, cakes. Melin y Grogue, Llanfair Waterdine, 2-4pm, £2 includes tea. Knighton & District Refugee Support Group: Knightonrsg@gmail.com Sat 21 May OPEN GARDENS Explore the Chapter House, Cloister garden, Canon’s garden, Dean’s garden and Bishop’s garden. Hereford Cathedral, bookable sessions between 10am and 3.30pm, £5, www.herefordcathedral.org Sun 22 May CARING FOR GOD’S ACRE A wild afternoon. Dormouse activity and nibbled nut hunt, clay artist, meet a slow worm, wildflower folklore and more. Bromfield Churchyard, SY8 2JP, 2-5pm. Free, drop in on the day, all welcome.
Fri 10 June THE ORGAN WALK - LEOMINSTER TO MONKLAND Four miles, 11am Leominster TIC, Corn Square, walk the Arrow Valley for a 2.30pm organ recital at Monkland Church by Peter Dyke. Bring lunch for riverside picnic. £8 covers walk concert, refreshments, minibus to town after event. Booking at Leominster TIC. Sat 11 & Sun 12 June HELLENS GARDEN FESTIVAL ‘Growing the Future - The Revolution Starts Here’. Programme includes talks by Terry Walton, Gardeners’ Question Time, insect inspired workshops, nature play activities and actions for wildlife. All profits donated to St Michael’s Hospice and Back to the Wild CIC. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, www.hellensgardenfestival.co.uk Wed & Sat May - September GARDEN TOURS Discover the historic gardens around Hereford Cathedral. Wed 2.30pm, Sat 11am, £6, www.herefordcathedral.org/ garden-tours May & June SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE 8 May - Bluebell Walk, three and a half miles, 10am12.30pm, £5. 11 May - Walk 2, Spring Residents Bird Watching Ramble, 9.30am. 22 May - Botanical Walk and Training Session, free. 8 June - Walk 3, Early Summer Birdwatching, 9.30am. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060. May WILDLIFE SURVEYING AT HELLENS MANOR 6 May - Botany. 20 May - Invertebrates. No experience necessary. All training will be supplied by Ecologist Tim Kaye from ‘Hidden Herefordshire’. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury. To book and more info email tim@ clan-cic.org May KNIGHTON COMMUNITY WOODLANDS GROUP We manage woodlands for the benefit of wildlife and our members. Volunteer with us on our weekly task days to learn new skills. http://tveg.org.uk/wordpress/woodland-project Email woodland@tveg.org.uk 01547 520374. Every Third Saturday in the Month PRESTEIGNE REPAIR Presteigne Youth Centre, Hereford Street. 10am-12pm. Household items repaired for free. Info: 01544 267997. Mondays & Wednesdays KNIGHTON MENS SHED Sharpening service available. Teme Mill, Station Yard, Knighton, 10am-2pm. John on 01544232750 or email jtknightonmensshed@gmail.com. 2nd Thursday of the month KINGTON KLEEN Networking drinks. Oxford Arms, Kington, from 7pm, www.kingtonkleen.org.uk
Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL Hay-on-Earth and the Natural World features Andy Fryers, Adele Nozedar, Lizzie Harper, Anna Jones, Hannah Bourne-Taylor, Minette Batters, Nick Palmer and Rob Penn, plus many more. Hay-on-Wye, 01497 822629, www.hayfestival.org Sun 5 June WALK THE LEOMINSTER LOOP! Meet 10am, location given on booking. Seven miles, stiles, tough footwear required, £3, children free, from Leominster TIC.
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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 is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, MBAcC at The Body Clinic, Leominster & Richard’s Castle. Treating pain (NICE recommended) and long-term health conditions since 1985. Food intolerance testing. Phone 01584 831 840 or text 07984 460969. E-booking: www.thebodyclinicleominster.co.uk ACCREDITED, EXPERIENCED PSYCHOTHERAPIST & COUNSELLOR: One-to-one sessions for adults age 18 upwards, in Hay-on-Wye (HR3) and by online video. Find relief from anxiety and depression; overcome trauma; transform anger and low self-worth; navigate divorce, bereavement, and other difficult life experiences. Contact Sarah Hamilton at HAY COUNSELLING, 07580 482751, www.haycounselling.co.uk. 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-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, TRAUMA, LOW SELF WORTH and emotional difficulties - our innovative approach is being used with private and NHS clients with great success. Clients attend an average of 4 sessions to achieve a substantial, some say transformative, effect on their well being. You can check out the testimonials and book a one to one session on our website www.peaceofmindnow.co.uk or get in touch for more information Mike Buckley 07931 986168 mcmbuckley@gmail.com AROMATHERAPY massage and facials - Bach Remedies - Herbalism - Reiki. For comprehensive, holistic treatment: Roz Myers Brown, Dip. Ar. IPTI, MIPTI. Kington clinic. 07967 137208, roz.brown@btinternet.com ASTROLOGY Have you ever wondered if your life is on the right path, or what the year might hold in these uncertain times? Astrological interpretations including natal and year ahead from Pagan Art. www.paganart.co.uk/astrology 10% off first chart with code BS22CA. BESPOKE MASSAGE THERAPY BY CHERYL LILWALL MTI. Sensitive communication through the medium of touch. For physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Clinic held at the Integrative Health Clinic, Holland House, 70 Belmont Road, Hereford. Tel: 07487 738089. www. herefordbespokemassagetherapy.co.uk
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THE BRIGHT N BUTE COMPANY - Medical/Sports & Veterinary - K-laser (low level laser therapy) endorsed by vets (VBS Direct) & NHS (NICE guidance) for GP practices & medical profession. Contact: Louisa Clarke BSc(hons) RVN BHSPT Cert Ed. Email: thebrightnbutecompany@gmail.com Website: https://the-bright-n-bute-company.business.site
CHARTERED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST with over 25 years professional NHS experience, providing psychological help to adults. Please see website for details: www. drmatthewfaull.co.uk. I am highly trained and experienced in using evidence–based psychotherapies to relieve distress and help you achieve your life goals, and offer sessions in Ludlow and Leintwardine. I also offer supervision to mental health professionals. Please contact me by email: mfaull@ btinternet.com, to arrange a free initial phone conversation to consider your needs. Registered with British Psychological Society, British Psychoanalytic Council, Health Professions Council. CLEAR HEAD, FREE BODY, OPEN HEART Craniosacral Therapy, Therapeutic Massage and Yoga Classes with Clare Johnson, to help you feel more at ease and aligned physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I work in Ludlow and Elton, near Wigmore. Please phone 07980 070675 or email clareswork@gmail.com 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 DEEPLY RELAXING Craniosacral Therapy can increase your well-being by releasing emotional and physical tensions. Given a safe space and correct focus, your body knows the way. I am an accredited practitioner, qualified since 2004, based in Shrewsbury, Crickhowell and Mid Wales. Email: cheryljonestherapy@gmail.com Mobile: 07476 012299. EMOTIONAL WELLBEING: Anne Cummings FETC (Adv Dip), BAoG (Dip), MBIG (Dip) offers a safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their emotional and 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 panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/loss and anxiety. For more information see www.thewritetofeel.com. EQUINE FACILITATED LEARNING. Personal growth for individuals and groups through powerful yet gentle interactions with horses, with seasoned Eponaquest facilitator Angela Dunning. EFL sessions involve spending time outdoors with these beautiful sentient beings, where you will be guided to deepen your connection to yourself and your body; build true confidence; reconnect to your Soul’s purpose and bring greater authenticity to your life. No horse experienced required. Shropshire/Herefordshire/ Borders. Contact me on: 01588 630061/07583 726207; angela@equinereflections.co.uk; or visit www.thehorsestruth.co.uk
HEALINGS, INSIGHT READINGS, PERSONAL GROWTH COACHING, ANIMAL COMMUNICATION Healings, insights into life path and situations, space and guidance to explore and help re-align with our inner truth. Also offer help understanding our animals’ behaviour and needs. Enquiries: Kohra 01544 262 110, kohra@gmx.co.uk HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Holistic health care with experienced practitioner using homeopathy, essences and homeobotanicals; safe and effective for all ages. I work with you as an individual, listening without judgement, working with whatever issues or problems you may have. Regular clinics in Monmouth and Hereford, incl. Saturday morning children’s clinic in Hereford. See website: www.julietablett.co.uk or contact Juliet at juliet@julietablett.co.uk or 01981 241456
LIFE COACHING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT brings confidence, good relationships, clear communication, and skills for life to enable you to be your true, authentic, more fulfilled and happier self. I’m compassionate, empathic, focused and work with confidentiality and integrity. Working from The Body Clinic Leominster I offer a free 15 minute call to see if it’s right for you. Suzanna Underwood Graduate Life Coach and Person Centred Counsellor 07903 415359. MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage. Clinic in Presteigne (The Retreat), Presteigne, LD8 2UF. Contact: marian@silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454.
HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPY: Meg Lawrence MTI. A listening and sensitive therapy, treating the whole person. For relief from aches and pains, easing of occupational and postural tensions, providing relaxation and calm in peaceful surroundings, 20 minutes from Presteigne, Hay-on-Wye and Kington. Email meg@radnorshire.com; phone or text 07910 892172.
MINDFULNESS Alithea Waterfield MBCT teacher offering Mindful Walks in Nature, 8-week Mindfulness courses and Mindfulness Guided Meditations. Committed to helping you reconnect with a more authentic and compassionate self and develop skills to manage life’s challenges resourcefully, skillfully and creatively. 07899 361316 alitheawaterfield@ gmail.com www.midwalesmindfulness.co.uk
HYPNOTHERAPY Vicky Nicolson-James DipHP HWHP Herefordshire based empathetic hypnotherapist offering online or 1-1 therapy to help you live the life you want and deserve. Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association and National Society of Hypnotherapy. T:01568 760 306 E: vickynicolsonjames@gmail.com WhatsApp: 07790 162067.
NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST JULIE HOWES If you suffer gut problems, dementia, hormone imbalance, chronic fatigue or any degenerative disease, I can help. Four consultations £150. Home visits or therapy room Hereford. Call 07462 937 389. Web site juliehowesnutrition.com Email juliehowesnutrition@outlook.com
LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Kinesiology, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Reflexology, Emmet technique. Remedial and Holistic Massage. Counselling inc: Couples and Family, Cognitive Behaviour and NLP Stress Management, Child Birth Issues, Psychotherapy. Telephone 01568 616411 email infoleominstercommunitycentre@ gmail.com Or visit Leominster Community Centre, School Road HR6 8NJ (behind Bridge Street car park).
OSTEOPATH. Mr R A Hughes D.O. Registered Osteopath and Sports Therapist. Fully qualified and registered since 1995. Established in Presteigne for over 20 years. Sciatica, Arthritis, Trapped Nerves, Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain. Headaches, Sports Injuries. 07961 352056, rahughesosteo@gmail.com The Retreat, Presteigne – free car parking. PARKINSON’S LIFE PROGRAMME: 1 to 1 Neuro Physio-Led Coaching, Education and Exercise for People with Parkinson’s and their Families. A Flexible and Positive Approach from Diagnosis onwards. Sarah Edwards Parkinson’s Specialist Physiotherapist, MCSP HCPC-Registered. Clinic Based in Castle Street, Hereford. Home or Gym visits available. Contact us on 01432 628123 or www.edwardsphysio.co.uk 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 REIKI means Universal Life Energy. It’s a very gentle relaxing healing of the body and emotions relieving pain, stress and anxiety. Working from The Body Clinic Leominster I offer a free 15 minute call for you to see if it’s right for you. Suzanna Underwood Advanced Reiki Master 07903 415359.
YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE Group classes - both live and online. Individual tuition in Stapleton. Moving consciously with the breath
Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk
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SPIRITUAL HEALER. 30 years plus experience. One-on-one healing and ‘introduction to healing’ workshops. “If you truly know yourself you will truly know freedom”. Please contact Gilly Williamson, MNFSH, Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874. SOULFUL AND SHAMANIC HEALING AND GUIDANCE WITH SUE ROSE GOULD. Facilitating wellbeing to realise fullest potential through Soul Plan coaching and Shamanic Practice. All consultations can be virtual and online. Contact Sue through website: suepg.co.uk or message 07591 130762. SOUND HEALING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP RETREATS We run the 5 part Sound Therapy training programme for the College of Sound Healing as weekend retreats in the beautiful setting of Primrose Haven with lovely gardens and sacred spaces. Also Seasonal Sounds Days and weekend retreats: Sound Healing and Nature; Magical Resonance of Celtic Sounds and Sound and gardening for the soul. Retreat stays in our cosy Shepherd Huts. Occasional evening sound and Gong meditations. Please contact Paul Benham, paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk. 07811 816637. THE BODY CLINIC LEOMINSTER HEALTH Health Assessments, Massage, Sports Therapy, Acupuncture, K-Laser, Yoga, Thai-Chi, Thai Massage, Reflexology, Counselling, Mindfulness, Reiki. Support with rehabilitation, pain, long term health conditions, womens and mens health, mental health, fertility and pregnancy. www.thebodyclinicleominster 01568 368907, 07493 078566, thebodyclinicleominster@gmail.com 17 West Street, HR6 8EP. TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING & COUNSELLING WITH WENDY YOUNG Compassionate and focussed conversations and body-centred processes to heal developmental & emotional trauma and core wounding. This supports your transformational journey of becoming and living your authentic and joyful self. I offer a FREE 30 mins discovery call to answer your questions and see if it feels right for us to work together. Online nationally and inperson in Llanidloes, mid-Wales. For more info and to book call 07388 491 990; email wendy@wiselivingworld.com; website www.wiselivingworld.com.
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WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single (dated) listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year. FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement Classes. Learn to move more freely, with greater ease and flexibility, improving posture, balance and coordination. The Feldenkrais method uses a combination of gentle movement and relaxed attention to improve comfort and function and to enhance our sense of well being. Online classes (Tuesday mornings and Wednesday evenings); live classes in Tenbury (Wednesday mornings). To book and for more information, please contact Jane at janesethi@yahoo.co.uk or on 07949 432555.
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ONLINE MINDFUL YOGA CLASSES Slow down, soften and turn inwards. Move and breath your way back into a natural state of vibrant well-being. Join via Zoom weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6:15pm - 7:30pm. Classes are small, friendly and suitable for all levels of flexibility and experience. For more info and to book call Wendy Young 07388 491 990; email wendy@wiselivingworld.com; website www.wiselivingworld.com/mindful-hatha-yoga/
Hedgerow Medicine
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.hedgerowmedicine.org 01531 670075. PILATES SESSIONS Pilates is a method of exercise designed to elongate and strengthen the body. It promotes improved core strength and stability which in turn improves posture, flexibility, circulation and physical wellbeing. Classes available in Presteigne and various locations within the North Herefordshire, North Worcestershire and South Shropshire area. All sessions are based on small groups and working to individual abilities therefore booking is essential. Private sessions by arrangement. Contact Jackie on 0782 4114979 or justjackie39@gmail.com YOGA & AYURVEDA Individual yoga practice. Diet. Exercise. Life Balance. Jill Bonner BA PGCE Art. DIPL Yoga Therapy. DIPL Ayurveda Therapy. Details 07789 428109. Beginning Tues 3 May CHOOSE HAPPINESS A talk and meditation with Kadam Paul Jenkins, at Plas Dolerw, Milford Road, Newtown, SY16 2EH. We begin at 7.30 pm and conclude at 9pm. Everyone welcome, cost £6 on the door, or book on-line; meditationinwales.org This class is the first of 5 talks in consecutive weeks by Juliet Wallis. Every Saturday RIVER FLOW YOGA With Graham Nolan. Mixed ability, open to all. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 9.30am, 01497 821762, phone to check class is on. Sundays REST AND RESTORE Meditation session. Pot & Page, 8 New St, Ledbury, 4.30pm, £8.50, food and drink included, 01531 248743. Mondays MAMA MOJO YOGA FLOW The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am, £6, 01743 234970. Tuesdays VOICE YOGA (YOGIC SINGING) Willey Chapel, LD8 2NA, 11am. Also online via Zoom Mondays 6pm. No singing or yoga experience necessary! Learn how to connect to your most peaceful place through your voice. Contact Liv: oliviapreye@gmail.com or visit www. voiceyoga.co.uk Thursdays YOGA With Karen Booth. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 4.30pm-6pm, 01686 688369.