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ES ladies and gentlemen, it’s the awards season again and we are lucky enough to be here on the red carpet at the 21st Golden Sheep awards held here at the fabulous Presteigne Memorial Hall. All the stars are out in their Sunday best, here to help celebrate East Powys’ most prestigious ceremony. And here comes the magazine’s illustrious editor, Pete, wearing a rather stained pair of black corduroys and a zip-up cycling jacket. Oh dear, he really could of made a bit more of an effort, but never mind, let’s get inside and find out who this year’s lucky winners are. Best Pothole in Herefordshire The hole in question looked like costing me £300 for a new aluminium wheel on the Mercedes, but luckily with my legendary ability to pick up a bargain on eBay, I managed to scam one for £55+p.p. And the award goes to.... the effing great hole just past Kington Building Supplies on the Kington - Presteigne road; it’s on a corner and if something is coming the other way there is no possible chance of avoiding it. Most Unexpected Meal of the Year On my October Broad Sheep delivery round, I decided to forsake the very dependable All Saints Cafe Hereford and treat myself to lunch at La Madeleine. It turned out to be full, so I wandered back down Church Street and spotting the Moka Bar, thought I’d to take a chance. I sat down, ordered the lunchtime special and spread out The Guardian on the table in front of me. A good 20 minutes passed before the waitress showed up to inform me the gas stove was on the blink and my meal was only half cooked. Another 10 minutes passed and I was just about to get up and tell them I’d run out of time, when the most surprising plate of food appeared. It consisted of a curried potato cake, packed with spices and finely diced vegetables on top of a bed of proper iron-tasting spinach with a poached egg and the whole thing covered in a mango and cream sauce. It may sound very weird but I kid you not, it was the most delicious thing I’d tasted in months. Best Electric Bike Ride in the Broad Sheep Geographical Area As you no doubt know I have a long-term plan to go down every little lane in the Broad Sheep area and at some point last autumn, I realised, I’d never actually bothered to go to Hope-under-Dinmore. So, one sunny afternoon, I braved the horrors of the A49, hopped off the main road at the bottom of the hill and cruised into the village, only to be told very firmly by countless signs that the road out of Hope was a dead-end, going nowhere. Ignoring the signs I pedalled up the hill, vaguely in the direction of Canon Pyon. The road went On and on and up in such determined fashion, that I couldn’t believe it was going nowhere, however, after a couple of miles the tarmac ran out, but Small Ads 4 an open gate led into a field covered in tyre tracks. It seemed like an invitation and Hugh’s Bit 6 indeed a short hop over the field led to another open gate and a track leading down Letters & Poems 7 to Westhope. Yes folks I had discovered the fabled South West Leominster passage. Art 8 Only don’t tell anyone about it or the locals will shut the gate. Book of the Year from Presteigne LIbrary Art workshops 11 “Daughter of the Desert - The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell” by Georgina Howell. Cinema 18 Yes, it sure is a remarkable life between the beginning of the First World War and the Dance 20 mid 1920’s Gertrude, a single, unmarried woman become a pivotal player in the very male dominated (English politicians and Arab sheikhs) world of Middle East politics. Food 22 She became such an authority on the tribes and geography of the area that she was Music 24 the expert they all turned to in drawing up the arbitrary boundaries that defined Iraq, Music workshops 33 Syria, Jordan and Palestine and such a confidant of the local tribal leaders that she Venues 35 was the prime mover in making her friend Faisel the first King of Iraq. On top of that, she was best buddies with Laurence of Arabia and if there is one defining photo of her Band directory 36 it’s sitting on a camel between Laurence and Winston Churchill in front of the Pyramids Theatre 38 in 1921. Then, as today, Britain was making a right bloody mess of Iraq and Syria Word 42 and it is heartbreaking how little we learn from these comparitively recent historical Green pages 46 precedents. Incidently as soon as I read this book I thought ‘blimey that would make a good film’ and made a mental note to tell my only screenwriting aquaintance she Comp therapies 48 should get on and write a script quick for Gerty The Movie. Imagine my dismay today We take no when I googled her name and discovered Werner Herzog is already shooting “Queen responsibility for of the Desert” with Nicole Kidman in the leading role - late again! the veracity of the Cultural Highlights information herein At the beginning of last year a friend recommended a band he’d seen at The Vaults in Bishop’s Castle called the Black Rapids. The band, based around Ironbridge, have Pete Mustill become one of my favourites. They play a mix of original material and covers with a Mayfield, Stapleton, sort of brooding menace that manages to combine the dark side of Johnny Cash with Nr Presteigne, Powys LD8 2LW the rock ‘n’ roll passion of early Elvis. Highly Commended. Tel: 01544 260051 One of the most inspiring gigs last year was the Linton Festival held in the field Email: info@broadsheep.com behind the Alma Inn, just outside Ross-on-Wye. It was a very simple recipe: good Website: www.broadsheep.com bar, a couple of good food outlets, a few straw bales to sit on and a succession of good bands on a single stage. What else do you need?

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Cover pic: Tweedy’s Lost Property, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow - 21 February

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ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo & Juliet. II:2 “..we suppose that all she knows is that a rose is a rose is a rose” Gertrude Stein “La Vie en Rose” Edith Piaf. Music – not the stuff they play sitting down in concert halls where you can only see swathes of black suits and dresses, music stands, and the tips of violin bows pushing up and down with excitement, plus the occasional hint of cleavage and the conductor’s plush little bottom twerking around behind his 19th C. coat-tails – no! I mean up-front music where you can see the players and their glinting horns and axes and the unchained parts of their bodies wiggling about while the audience boogies, stage-dives and whistles – I mean down-home musicians from bluegrass to salsa and folk to flamenco, who deal more openly with sex than the classical players in their suspect hierarchical set-ups are ever going to admit to, even when forced to in court , not that musicians from the wrong side of the tracks are any less dodgy. However even pop lyricists sometimes have to tone down the references. I give you “Slow Hand” by the Pointer sisters, Georgia White’s “Pigmeat”, “My neck, my back (Lick it)” by Khia, “My boy Lollipop” from Millie or Ruth Brown’s splendid but little known song about a chair “If I can’t sell it, I’ll sit on it” - (see Your Tube), and finally amongst a million others Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “You can squeeze my lemon ‘til the juice run down my leg – you know what I’m talking about, baby.” Hands up - or should that be off? - anybody who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Here are two more tracks to listen to, for the truth is more deeply buried in some double entendres than others. Item: The Girl from Ipanema – get in the mood; tune into the original, first , best Getz / Gilberto version. Here to remind you are the ineffable words so sexily whispersung by Astrud G and all her imitators since, from Sinatra to Sandy Shaw, even to Mike Tyson. “Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes, each one she passes goes – aah” Now thats perfect isn’t it? the very image in music of beauty and sexual promise; the male mind defaults to a fragrant picture of a scantily clad, mixed race Brazilian aphrodite in full bloom, sauntering along the beachfront of a slim isthmus of silvery sand just a couple of miles south of the Copa Cabana, flip-flopping and hip-hopping beside the Ipanema Lagoon. Idyllic Ipanema - to one side the sea, and on the other the lagoon. Sublime! Oink! Oink! I checked it out. In the language of the “Tupi” people, the aboriginal inhabitants, upaba means lake and nem means stink, so Ipanema = “Smelly Lake”. Rerun the lyric : “Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Smelly Lake goes walking, And when she passes, each one she passes goes – phuewaagh” – hold your nose through the last bar. Euphemistic titles No. 2 is Sidney Bechet’s most famous creation “Petite Fleur”, which is the only soprano sax instrumental ever to reign supreme in the charts. It was No.1 everywhere in 1952, and was anaemically recreated as a Brit-hit by the Chris Barber Band in the trad-jazz revival c.1959. This piece is in my own ragged repertoire and through the years I have nurtured a vision of the sultry

gypsy girl with a rose between the teeth that Sidney is so passionately addressing in this tango-inflected classic. “Ah! My leettle flow-eur!” I thought in a mock Aznavour accent as I tried to imitate ole rubberlips’ full-blooded playing and immense vibrato, but recently I was awakened from this one-sided dream when I found out that Petite Fleur comes from the phrase “Je vais faire une petite fleur”, (I’m going to make a little flower). This dated piece of French slang roughly equates with another politeness invented by the Mexicans, which involves lots of qqs and zzs and upside down exclamation marks, like !Quetxzcalcolotl!‫ ؟‬which cannot be rendered into English or even uttered properly by an English larynx. The ! stands for the preliminary noise in the back of the throat which precedes the h in Guadala!hara or a good spit. This !Quetzc etc. mouthful of broken consonants is what you blurt out when, after a too hot taco or three you can’t hold on any longer and need to say “This has been a truly fascinating conversation, which we simply must continue another time, so nice to have met you all, thanks for everything, I have an urgent app ....., eeeek!” It says something about the Mexican way-of-life that they have needed to encapsulate this buttock-clenching piece of action into one economical word. What does it say? Something about very hot chillis and undercooked beans, again. Shakespeare’s Autolycus provides upper-class Brits with a more languid phrase - “I must but look upon a hedge,” allowing them to refer to the universally felt call of nature at the same time as discreetly advertising their exclusive sense of their own heritage, privy-lege and superior education. Meanwhile poor, prim, classless, mealy-mouthed, crosslegged Americans will come out in extremis with their simpering whinge “I need to visit the little boys room”. In other words Sidney wrote his great tune whilst sitting on a French throne – and the “petite fleur qu’il vais faire”, the sweet-smelling rose by any other name that he is straining to create is – a t**d. There I must leave you ..... PS Come to Little Rumba’s gig at the New Strand, Eardisley on March 1st to hear Petite Fleur and La Vie en Rose, encompassed in a third song - Le Poisson Rouge which, freely translated, means “The Red Herring.” Hugh Colvin

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A GLIMPSE OF TWO FAMILIES by

ROGER KITE

An affectionate and touching memoir of two very different families, one from the Black Country and the other from rural Oxfordshire. Available in Presteigne at The Rowan Tree, Winnie’s Newsagents, The Workhouse Gallery. Grandad’s Shed in Kington, The Thomas Shop at Penybont. Price: £3.50

art POWYS St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne www.discoed.org 2 March - 27 April ‘The Way of the Wilderness’. CAROLYN BLAKE, JULIENNE BRAHAM, SIMON DORRELL, NICKY HOPWOOD (stained glass), LOIS HOPWOOD, ANDREA MacLEAN, CHARLES MacCARTHY, DAN MacCARTHY, TANIA MOSSE (sculpture), ALISON NEAL, ROGER PERCIVAL, MANDY PRITCHARD, ALEX RAMSAY (photographs), SUSANNAH ROYLE & BRONTË WOODRUFF. Open daily 10am-5pm. Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Feb Selling exhibition of Staffordshire ﬁgures from 1800-1870. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Follow us on facebook Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne. No. 46 Wine Bar, High St, Presteigne 01544 267675 From 5 Feb ROSIE KEOGH jewellery, working with wires and pearls. BRONTË WOODRUFF - earth pigments and collage mixed media. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 01686 614555 Until 5 Feb Open Art Competition winners. AVERIL CLIFFORD REES. ALAN JONES, ALEXANDRA COOK & MARGARET ROWSON. 22 Feb - 16 April RHAYADER ART GROUP. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 15 Feb MERI WELLS - recent work. Until 15 Feb ‘Ball on a River’. ROBERT HAVARD. Until 8 March CLYDE HOLMES studio works. Until 8 March ‘Discovering Dylan’. A tribute to Dylan Thomas. ANDREA KELLAND, MICHAEL FREEMAN, ROBERT MacDONALD & ELIZABETH CRAMP. Also with works by MERVYN LEVY and DEREK WILLIAMS from the Tabernacle Collection. 22 Feb - 26 Feb Tabernacle Collection - prints and drawings. 22 Feb - 3 May ‘Frozen Music’. GEOFF WILDE. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Erwood Station Craft Centre & Gallery, Erwood, near Builth Wells 01982 560674 Open from 14 Feb Arts and crafts. Daily 10am-5.30pm.

Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 2 March ‘The Beauty and the Grit’. ROY CAMPBELL-MOORE - dance photography. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm and occasionally in the evenings. Beaufort Gallery, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 822777 13 Feb - 9 April ‘Celf o Gwmpas’. Created by participants in workshops led by Finnish artists in residence alongside original work made by the artists who inspired them. Large scale work inspired by Kikka Jelisejeff, nature and natural forms. Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 1 Feb - 16 April ‘Tracer’. MELANIE MANCHOT, overall winner in Oriel Davies Open 2012. Featuring an installation combining photographs, and ﬁlm-based work. 1 Feb - 16 April ‘The Married Life of Atoms’. MORGAN GRIFFITH. 1 Feb - 16 April ‘A Reality with Forms’. MARY VETTISE, student winner in the Oriel Davies Open 2012. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 Feb Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm. Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 1 Feb ‘The Road Home’. ANGELA MAY LEWIS & RHAYADER ART GROUP. 13 Feb - 9 April ‘Celf o Gwmpas’. Created by participants in workshops led by Finnish artists in residence alongside original work made by the artists who inspired them. Paintings inspired by SaaraPiispa, myths and legends. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 1 Feb & 1 March Arts & Crafts. Local artisans working in silver, wood, wool, pottery, paintings and carvings. Free entry. Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Feb ADAM TAYLOR. Plus annual new talent exhibition. The India & China Tea Company. Refreshments available. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm. Old School Gallery, Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa 01547 550377 15 Feb - 22 March SILVIA PASTORE - paintings. Open Wed-Sun 2-5pm.

The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Interesting and unusual gifts for all. Rare antique carpets and kilims. Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. HEREFORDSHIRE Dots Gallery, 41 Broad St, Bromyard, HR7 4BT 01885 483458 Original art, ceramics and jewellery. Picture framing. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Dorstone’s Front Room (across from The Pandy Inn) 01981 550777 Mon-Fri 9am-1pm. Cloud Nine Gym, Burton Hotel, Kington Until 28 Feb LARA CLOUGH lino-prints and accompanying poems by MARCHES POETS. Open daily 8am-9.30pm. Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Feb New works from JOHN MAXWELL-STEELE and our usual artists. New jewellery expected early spring. Open Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm. Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 633325 4 - 9 March ‘Dear World...’ Art as open letters, exploring courage, compassion and the personal in the political. THALIA GORDON CLARK, ANITA LOUISE DAVIES, LIZ NICHOLS. Open 10am-4pm. Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Alongside a wide selection of ceramics and jewellery. Plus an eclectic mix of English arts and crafts. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 Feb Works by local artists and from artists further aﬁeld. Leominster Library 01432 383290 8 Feb National Library Day. 11 - 28 Feb JOHN EVERETT & STUDENTS - large communal painting. 20 Feb Exhibition room re-launch, open to artists/organisers/community groups etc, all welcome, 2-4.30pm. Open Tues & Fri 9am-5.30pm, Wed & Thurs 9am-7.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm, closed Mon. Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford. 01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 80 designers. Open Mon - Sat 10am-5pm.

Dianne Nuttall, SpArC, Bishop’s Castle

Bishop’s Castle Arts Festival Drusilla Cole Block Printing Workshop

Adam Taylor, Tower House Gallery, Knighton

Melanie Manchot, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

Ronald Moore, Apple Store Gallery, Bridge St, Hereford

Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne

All Saints Church Cafe, Hereford 01432 370414 3 - 8 Feb SIAN THOMAS - stained glass. LEISA RUCK - Small Print. 10 - 15 Feb GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY. 17 - 22 Feb JAN BISHOP - silks & saris. 24 Feb - 1 March Exhibition and sale of stained glass and silver ﬁngerprint jewellery. 3 - 8 March SIAN THOMAS - stained glass. LEISA RUCK - Small Print. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm. Market House Heritage Centre, Ross-on-Wye 01432 260675 Feb Various arts and crafts from local artists. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10.30am-4pm. Mappa Mundi & Chained Library, Hereford Cathedral 01432 374225 Feb Explore Hereford’s famous medieval map and discover how scholars interpreted the world over 700 years ago, displayed alongside 225 illuminated manuscripts and over 1200 early printed books. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, closed Sun. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 2 March HEREFORD ART & CRAFT SOCIETY. Open theatre times. Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester 01905 25371 1 Feb 2014 ‘Artist Rooms: Joseph Beuys’. Work ranging from watercolour to performance. 8 Feb - 26 April ‘A Song of the Sea’. An exhibition celebrating an intensively creative moment in landscape and seascape painting. 15 - 22 Feb ‘Love Worcester’. The City in Miniature. Open Tues-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm. Hereford College of Arts, Folly Lane, Hereford 01432 273359 Until 20 Feb HCA FINE ART STUDENTS. Until 20 Feb SCHOOLS EXPO. 25 Feb - 26 March ANNICA NEUMULLER. 25 Feb - 26 March ANDREW LANE. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm. Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Broad St., Hereford 01432 260692 Until 5 March ROBERT GORE - drawings and paintings with a varied subject matter ranging from natural history to caricature. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

Apple Store Gallery 3 Bridge St, Hereford 01432 378436 Until 1 March ‘Fourth Quarter’. Exhibition of new works by local artists. Tues-Fri, 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 Feb ‘Moi et Toi’. Heart-throbbing display of unusual and romantic presents and cards. New works by NAOMI JOY, ROZIE KEOGH, JAN FRYER, HILARY MEE, PASCALE BIGOT, LYNN MUIR, FRANS WESSELMAN, ALEC GARNER, MARY ROSE YOUNG & AUDREY BRADLEY. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Parkﬁelds Gallery, Ross-on-Wye 01989 565266 Feb New work by gallery artists. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley 01886 880140 22 March - 11 May ‘Beast and Beauty’. Artists include The Sisterhood of Ruralists; TAMSIN ABBOTT, CATHERINE HYDE, JACKIE MORRIS & HANNAH WILLOW. Also AMANDA ANDERSON, ELEANOR BARTLEMAN, LUCY CAMPBELL, ERIN KEEN, KATHLEEN MURPHY, EVE O’NEIL, CLAUDIA PETLEY & JANE RYAN. Open WedSun 10am-5pm. SHROPSHIRE THE GALLERY, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts and crafts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm. The Chai Shop, High St, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk 20 - 23 Feb ‘Let’s Face It’. A local Common Ground project by Pathways Inspirational Development. Photograph portraits and spices will be the essence of this project, come along to contribute to an Arts Festival collage. Open 2-5pm. The Poppy House, 20 Market Square, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk 20 - 23 Feb BISHOP’S CASTLE ARTS SOCIETY. Open 10am-4pm, free, but donations to Festival funds invited. (Bishop’s Castle Arts Society Open Meeting will be held on 20 Feb, 2pm at Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, all welcome). SpArC, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630243 Until 27 Feb ‘A Passion for Colour’. Exhibition of paintings by DIANA NUTTALL, LES DOBB AND LIZ DOBB - acrylics, oils and mixed media. Open Mon, Wed & Thurs 4pm-9pm, Tues 7am-9pm, Fri 7am-3pm, Sat closed, Sun 10am-12pm.

Shropshire Hills Cafe, Shopshire Hills Discovery Centre, School Rd, Craven Arms 13 - 30 March ‘Seen and Unseen’. Exhibition and paintings by DIANA NUTTALL, LES DOBB & LIZ DOBB - acrylics, oils and mixed media. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. Public Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk 22& 23 Feb CASTLE ARTISTS & MARCHES BOOK ART GROUP linocuts, photographs, paintings, textiles, prints, cards, handmade artists’ books and other local work. Donations to Free, donations to Festival funds invited. 11am-5pm. 38 High St, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk 20 - 23 Feb WESTHOPE COLLEGE - craft display. Top Room, Three Tuns, Salop St, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk 22 & 23 Feb Artisan Market. Local artists and crafts people selling their wares, including paintings, jewellery, up-cycled clothes and furniture. Open 10am-4pm. Free, donations to Festival funds invited. The Dunbabin Room, Willow Gallery, Willow St, Oswestry 01691 657575 www.willowartgallery.org Until 1 March ‘The Rights of Spring’. The freedom to express our connectedness to nature and to our own bodies. Open 10am-5pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141 Until 14 March MARCHES INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHY. Open theatre times. Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell 01547 530888 15 Feb Valentine’s Market. Lots of stalls for that perfect present! Plus live guitar music by Gareth Rees Roberts. Refreshments availalble. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. FBC Manby Bowdler Gallery at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 Feb 1OMH – Celebrating 10 years of The Old Market Hall. Photographs and objects from the OMH’s ﬁrst ten years. Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm. Chapel Bar Gallery at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281 281 Feb JOSEPH LEWIS DELLA PORTA A remarkable set of photographs taken in 1888. Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm.

The Old Surgery Gallery, 11 High St, Clun, Craven Arms 01588 640506 Feb New Year Exhibition featuring BRIAN FLETCHER, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, JANIS GOODMAN, DAVID HARBAN, PAUL HIPKISS, PAULINE KITELEY, JOHN SCOTT MARTIN, TIM NASH, KEITH NOBLE, NOEL SHEPHERDSON, PETER SHREAD, ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA, JACQUE WAKELY, DAVID WHITE AND GORDON YAPP with ceramics by RALPH JANDRELL and jewellery by LIN BROWN. Open Sat and Sun, (Winter opening), from 10am-5pm plus all week at half-term, 17 - 21 Feb. Open Fri-Sun. Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 15 March Winter exhibition. TAMSIN ABBOTT - stained glass. 17 Feb - 15 March ‘Groundworks’. PETER HORROCKS, to be accompanied by an Isaac Smart’s showcase of JASON BRAHAM - pots. 17 Feb - 15 March JOAN BAKER accompanied by an Isaac Smart’s showcase of BLAKE AND JANETTE MACKINNON - ceramic jewellery. Peter will be at the gallery for an artistin-residence on Sat 22 Feb between 11am and 4pm. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.

Sandford Gallery, 1 Sandford Place, Church Stretton Feb Gallery artists ROS BURNS, DI PURSER, GILL CROZIER, DAVID MACE, TONY PURSER & STEPHEN VICARY. Open Fri-Mon 11am-5pm.

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

CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden. co.uk, www.artsengine.org.uk/ maryzammit ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Are you 11 - 18 years old? Try our Free Art sessions? On Wednesdays 4-6pm. Free. With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo.co.uk, or call 01568 770110. PRINTMAKING AND CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Day, weekend and weekly courses in Lino cutting, Etching, Drypoint, Embossing and Monoprint. Courses

also available in collage, papermaking and left-handed knitting for beginners. Contact Rebecca Davis, Almeley, Herefordshire, atelier.r00@gmail.com 01544 340688. RECYCLED GLASS GIFT WORKSHOPS @ TEN GREEN BOTTLES Particularly suitable for children. Learn how to make a pendant from locally sourced recycled glass. £4 per workshop. Phone for prices. Ten Green Bottles, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 9am-5pm, phone for dates 01544 350565. February & March WEA HEREFORD BRANCH SPRING WORKSHOPS 27 Feb - River Life: Role of Rivers in Herefordshire Life. 5 March Hereford County Gaol and the Tupsley Murder. 14 March - Kells of Gloucester & Ross: Manufacturers of Agricultural Implements. 18 March - A Good Impression: Seals & Seal Making from the Middle Ages. 24 March - Paved with Living Colour: The Godwin Tiles of Lugwardine. Museum Resource & Learning Centre, 58 Friars St, Hereford, 10am-12.30pm, £10 per session, 01432 880545, email herefordbranch@wea.org.uk

February ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS 20 Feb - Travelling the Timeline. Make a plaster fossil, a ﬁzzing volcano and a model dinosaur. For ages 6+, £5, 10.30am-12pm. 22 Feb - Mosaic Workshop with Victoria Harrison, 10am-4.30pm, £45 includes materials, to book, contact Victoria directly on 07768 080947. Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am-12.30pm, £35 per term, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design.PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk February INTRODUCTION TO PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS A series of ﬁve workshops for Spring 2014 aimed at adults, artists and nonartists alike. No previous printmaking experience necessary. Sat 15 Feb - Introduction to Intaglio 10am-4pm. Discover traditional and

contemporary methods of making ﬁne art prints - an opportunity to try ﬁne art printmaking at an affordable cost. Sun 23 Feb - Drypoint Prints 10am-4pm. The starting point for Intaglio printmaking - explore different materials, traditional & modern, for drypoint plates. £38 per workshop, discount if you book 3+. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, LD8 2LL. For details: www.sidneynolantrust.org or tel: 01544 260149.

Sat 22 February WILLOW BASKET MAKING FOR BEGINNERS Learn to make various weaves and how to prepare and grow the willow. Make a basket to take home. All materials supplied and refreshments, bring packed lunch. Wear warm clothing and boots. Gleanings Centre, Crosﬁelds, Gravels Bank, near Minsterley, 10am-4.30pm, £35, 01743 891412, www.gleanings.co.uk

Sat 8 & Sun 9 February & Sat 22 & Sun 23 March WEEKEND POTTERY COURSES Including clay, glazes, tools, lunch and ﬁring. Alex Allpress Pottery, Newbridge on Wye, £155. 01597 860127, www.alexallpress.co.uk

Wed 19 & Thurs 20 February CHILDREN’S POTTERY WORKSHOP SESSIONS IN ½ TERM: ‘AS HAPPY AS A PIG….!’ It’s National Pig Day on the 1st March! To celebrate this momentous occasion Eastnor Pottery is hosting a couple of days of children’s workshop sessions. Children aged 4-12yrs are invited to sample the potter’s wheel and create pottery pigs. 4-8 yrs on Wed 19 & 9-12yrs on Thurs 20th (guide only as younger and older siblings will never be turned away) Sessions 11.30am1pm & 2pm-3.30pm on both days. £15 per child (10% discount for x3 or more places booked)Telephone and email booking essential. Tel: 01531 633886 or admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk

Sat 15 February CREATIVE RETREAT ‘Mindfulness and Seeking The Heart of Wisdom’. No previous experience necessary; all art materials provided. Info and booking www. wayofcreativity.com or call Joyce 01939 210640. Sat 15 February HOME GROWN Three of four mini workshops by club calligraphers. Monkland Village Hall, £18 members, £21 visitors, 01544 327657 to book. Marches Scribes.

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Please contact Mike Simpson on 01544 262768 or write to Mid Borders Arts, Assembly Rooms. Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2AD.

Wed 19 - Sun 23 February BISHOP’S CASTLE ARTS FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS 20 Feb - Felted Animals Craft Workshop for ages 10+, free, materials £1. The Cadet Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle, 10am-12pm and 2-4pm, 01588 630200. 21 Feb - Children’s ‘Space’ Scrap Sculpture workshop. The Church Barn, Church Lane, Bishop’s Castle, 2-4pm, free. 21 Feb - Watercolour Workshop by Sue Percy, all materials provided. The Cadet Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle, 2-4pm and 5-7pm. 21 Feb - Flower Arranging Workshop run by Jane Pugh, free. Methodist Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle, 6pm. 22 Feb - Block Printing Workshop run by Drusilla Cole. Bring an apron, all welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. The Public Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 11am-12.30pm, free. 22 Feb - Corn Dolly Making run by Bernard Edwards. The Six Bells, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, 2-5pm, free. 22 & 23 Feb - Drop-In Knitting Sessions. ‘Festival Yarn Bomb’. Market Square, Bishop’s Castle, 10am-12pm and 2-4pm, free. www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk

MORE THAN MEMORIALS

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

TEL: 01547 528 792 www.stonecarving.co.uk

Sat 22, Sun 23 February & Sat 8 & Sun 9 March THROWING DAY COURSES Limited places, all expenses included. Alex Allpress Pottery, Newbridge on Wye, £85. 01597 860127, www.alexallpress. co.uk Sat 23 February EASTNOR POTTERY POTTER’S WHEEL WORKSHOP Spend the day relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £120 Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch. Please tel 01531 633886 or email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk. Sat 1 & Sun 2 March REPEAT WIRE SCULPTURE ONE DAY WORKSHOPS With Gail Stokes Hayward. A few places left. No previous experience necessary. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-4pm, £40/£25, 01497 847426. Glasbury Arts. Sat 22 March CREATIVE RETREAT ‘Silently, A Flower Blooms’. No previous experience necessary; all art materials provided. Info and booking www.wayofcreativity.com or call Joyce 01939 210640. Mondays & Wednesdays KNITTING CLUB & CRAFT CLUB Trumpet Corner Tea Rooms, Trumpet Crossroads, Ledbury, £3 per session + materials, 07813 350826.

Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110. Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities welcome. Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369. Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864. Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. In these sessions young people will be introduced to different art techniques by established local artists. Refreshments and snacks are available. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110. Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

arts & crafts AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

Sat 1 february 9.30AM-3.30PM LOCAL MAKERS WORKING IN

WOOD, WILLOW, WOOL, PAPER, STONE, PHOTOGRAPHY & PAINT Tea & vegan cakes for details contact RosAmund 01544 260777

cinema BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL Runs from Friday 28 February to Sunday 16th March. Each year the Borderlines Film Festival, the largest rural film festival in the UK, centred on Hereford’s Courtyard Arts Centre but also spread across numerous venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys, brings us a vast selection of new and old films. See also the comprehensive website at www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk.

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC. 5 Feb HOLY MOTORS 19 Feb LOVESONG 5 March MUD (12A) All showings at Drama Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01600 780263, www.abergavennyﬁlmsociety.com

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW 3 - 5 Feb SAVING MR BANKS (PG) 5 & 6 Feb JEUNE & JOLI (18) 10 & 11 Feb KILL YOUR DARLINGS (15) 14, 16 & 17 Feb NEBRASKA (15) 17 - 20 & 22 Feb THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (12A) 19 - 22 Feb FROZEN (PG) 23 - 26 Feb THE RAILWAY MAN (15) 28 Feb THE EPIC OF EVEREST (U) 1 - 4 March 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) 4 & 5 March THE PATIENCE STONE (15) 6 March KISS THE WATER (PG) 8 - 10 March ALL IS LOST (12A) Details 01584 878141

ASS. ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE 21 Feb HUNTLEY ARCHIVE FILM: WORLD WAR 1 Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £6 on the door.

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC. 5 Feb WADJDA 19 Feb DEPARTURES 5 March NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS All ﬁlms at The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm. Details 01588 680445

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 3 Feb SHADOW DANCER 3 March HYDE PARK ON HUDSON At Brecon Coliseum Cinema. Start at 7.30pm, 01874 623166

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 21 Feb LE WEEKEND 26 Feb BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (Film Society).

28 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) 2 March EPIC OF EVEREST 7 March RENOIR (12A) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 & 5 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) 1 & 5 Feb THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (12A) 1 & 5 Feb THE CRASH REEL (12A) 7 - 13 Feb MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (12A) 7, 10 - 13 Feb KILL YOUR DARLINGS (15) 7, 10, 11 & 13 Feb THE HARRY HILL MOVIE (PG) 11 Feb THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (18) 11 Feb LA BELLE ET LA BETE (PG) Gothic Film Season, part of Borderlines 2014. 14, 15, 17 - 19 Feb FROZEN (U) 14, 15, 17 - 19 Feb WALKING WITH DINOSAURS (PG) 14 Feb DIRTY DANCING (12A) 15 - 19 Feb MOSHI MONSTERS THE MOVIE (U) 15, 17 - 19 Feb DON JON (15) 23 - 26 Feb THE RAILWAY MAN (15) 24 - 26 Feb AMERICAN HUSTLE (15) 28 Feb, 1, 2, 4 - 6 March 12 YEARS A SLAVE (15) 28 Feb & 2 March LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG) 28 Feb CINEMA PARADISO (PG) 28 Feb THE GOLDEN DREAM (15) 28 Feb, 1, 2, 3, 4 March NEBRASKA (15) 28 Feb & 6 March BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (18) 1, 2, 5 March ALL IS LOST (12A) 1 March LA BELLE ET LA BET (PG) 1, 3, 4 March HER (15) 2, 3 March JEUNE ET JOLIE (18) 2, 4 March WE ARE THE BEST! (15) 3 March FOR THOSE IN PERIL (18) 3 March AFTER LIFE (PG) + Sam Llewellyn 3 March UN PROPHETE (18) 4 March A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (15) 4 March MUSCLE SHOALS (PG) 4 March BENNY & JOLENE (12A) + Jamie Adams 5 March BFI FILM ACADEMY 5 March LE JOUR SE LEVE (PG) 5 March THE PATIENCE STONE (15) 5 March THE GOLDEN DREAM (15) 5 March DEATH OF A FARMER (15) + Trevor & Jack Eve 6 March ORPHEE PG) 6 March COMPUTER CHESS (15) 6 March COMPUTER CHESS (15) 6 March PAPUSZA (15) Details 01432 340555

1 Feb LINCOLN (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 3 Feb HUNKY DORY (15) Church Stretton School, Church Stretton 01694 724330 3 Feb WHAT MAISIE KNEW (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 5 Feb THE IMPOSSIBLE (12A) Cardington VH 01694 771295 6 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Brilley VH 01544 327227 7 Feb BLUE JASMINE (12A) Kelsall Methodist Hall, near Tarporley 01829 752548 7 Feb THE LONE RANGER (2013) (12A) Staunton-on-Wye VH 01981 501031 7 Feb SAVING GRACE (15) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860717 7 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Priest Weston VH 01938 561425 7 Feb UNDER MILK WOOD (15) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 7 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Cound Guildhall, Shrewsbury 01743 761451 8 Feb QUARTET (12A) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 247933 8 Feb HYSTERIA (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 8 Feb WHITE HOUSE DOWN (12A) Ripple Parish Hall 01684 592060 8 Feb THE BAKER (12) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 10 Feb CASABLANCA (U) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 11 Feb CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 11 Feb BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (12A) Garway VH 01600 750465 11 Feb THE KID WITH A BIKE (12) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 11 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 580298 11 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 11 Feb RED 2 (2013) (12A) Ashford Carbonell VH 01584 831574

12 Feb PROJECT WILD THING (U) Cuddington & Sandiway VH 01606 888931 12 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 13 Feb LINCOLN (12A) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 562750 14 Feb THE GREAT GATSBY (12A) Lingen VH 01568 770920 14 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Jessie Hughes VH, Eaton 01829 760619 14 Feb BEFORE MIDNIGHT (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 383663. 14 Feb THE LONE RANGER (2013) (12A) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 15 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) Withington Parish Room 01743 709236 15 Feb LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED (15) Ryton VH 01743 718237 15 Feb BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (15) Yarpole VH 01568 780253 15 Feb THE IMPOSSIBLE (12A) Tasley Parish Room 01746 764881 15 Feb LE WEEK-END (15) Clifton-onTeme VH 01886 812238 16 Feb LIFE OF PI (PG) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240416 17 Feb SUNSHINE ON LEITH (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 18 Feb UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 19 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 383663. 19 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 19 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) Pencombe Parish Hall 01885 400611 20 Feb UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Claverley VH 01746 710528 20 Feb LIFE OF PI (PG) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 20 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 20 Feb THE BAKER (12) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 20 Feb UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Chelmarsh Parish Hall 01746 862884 21 Feb MRS CALDICOT’S CABBAGE WAR (12) Weston under Penyard VH 01989 562390 21 Feb LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED (15) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 21 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) Dilwyn Cedar Hall 01544 319363 21 Feb HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 21 Feb HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 21 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159

NEBRASKA,

the rise of Payne and the return of Dern His much-lauded follow-up to THE DESCENDENTS finds new wave Hollywood director, Alexander Payne, again weaving an affecting narrative from the conflicting, often concealed elements of the human spirit that invariably bind us t o g e t h e r. H e r e i t ’s cantankerous old Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) who, convinced he’s won a million dollars in a sweepstake scam, starts walking 850 miles to collect it from the company’s HQ in Lincoln, Nebraska. Although scolded for his naivety by his long-suffering wife (June Squibb, also in Payne’s ABOUT SCHMIDT) and son David (Will Forte, 30 ROCK), Woody remains resolute and eventually David, himself fed-up with his lot in life, decides to indulge his dad and drive him there. Like SIDEWAYS and ABOUT SCHMIDT before it, NEBRASKA soon devolves into a road movie, elegiacally shot in gritty monochrome which throws up various, often philosophically-inclined oddballs. This time they’re mainly avaricious if not entirely brainy family members and erstwhile friends who buy into Woody’s delusion, and an ex-business partner (Stacy Keach) who he believes swindled him decades before, and indeed vice versa. Comedic episodes concerning misplaced dentures and Woody’s disdain for Mount Rushmore’s presidential sculptures (which “don’t look finished”), typify the wry humor permeating the entire enterprise, as with Mike and Jack’s emotionally stunted wine-buffs in SIDEWAYS, and even George Clooney’s bereaved father in THE DESCENDENTS, but Woody’s encounter with an old lover (the marvelous Angela McEwan) also reveals an unexpected tenderness. And as with all his productions save SIDEWAYS, Payne has hung this film around a single major talent in this case, Dern. Undeservedly ignored for almost two decades –Walter Hill’s LAST MAN STANDING in 1996 was his last substantial role –here’s an actor with a track record beginning with Roger Corman’s cheapo exploitation flics in the ‘60s (WILD ANGELS, BLOODY MAMA) which soon embraced some blinding performances, albeit often typecast with psychopathic tendencies, e.g. KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (opposite ABOUT SCHMIDT’s Jack Nicholson), SILENT RUNNING and my own favourite, the cocky detective chasing Ryan O’Neal’s ultra-cool getaway artist in THE DRIVER – also with Walter Hill. Now 78, NEBRASKA may prove to be Dern’s most nuanced work yet, but it’s certainly Payne’s most accomplished. Also worth catching this month: AMERICAN HUSTLE (the ultimate in con-artistry), SUNSHINE ON LEITH (The Proclaimers musical, and it’s fab), AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (La Streep as you’ve never seen her), and in Film Soc. Corner, DJANGO UNCHAINED (Tarantino back on form, incl. a Bruce Dern cameo!) Mark Williams www.markswill.wordpress.com 21 Feb THE LONE RANGER (2013) (12A) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 21 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) Wilstone Village Hall 21 Feb HITCHCOCK (12A) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797451 22 Feb THE GREAT GATSBY (12A) Marton VH 01938 580116 22 Feb LES MISERABLES (2012) (12A) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 22 Feb BEFORE MIDNIGHT (15) Hanley VH 01886 853195 22 Feb UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Moccas VH 07776 121956 22 Feb STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (12A) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530530

22 Feb MUD (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 24 Feb WADJDA (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 24 Feb CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Pattingham VH 01902 700586 25 Feb UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Perton Civic Centre, Tettenhall 25 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) Loppington VH 01939 236240 26 Feb LE WEEK-END (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 36 Feb HUGO (2011) (U) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 27 Feb RUSH (15) Goodrich VH 01600 890609

27 Feb BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (15) Bagley Sports and Social Club 07773 983963 27 Feb ABOUT TIME (12A) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 562750 27 Feb THE MOO MAN (U) Almeley VH 01544 327195 28 Feb SUMMER IN FEBRUARY (15) Longden VH 01743 860368 28 Feb STORIES WE TELL (12A) Dorstone VH 28 Feb UNDER MILK WOOD (15) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760326 28 Feb GLORIA (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 28 Feb HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 28 Feb CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 28 Feb BLUE JASMINE (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 383663 1 March ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT Upton Magna VH 01743 709482 1 March RENOIR (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 1 March BLUE JASMINE Brilley VH 01544 327227 1 March LE WEEK-END (15) Hereford WRVS Hall 1 March LE WEEK-END (15) Moccas VH 07776 121956 1 March CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 1 March UNDERTAKING BETTY (15) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 2 March GONE WITH THE WIND (PG) Ewyas Harold Memorial Hall 01981 240416 3 March MUSEUM HOURS (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 01531 383663 3 March ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583 3 March BLUE JASMINE (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 3 March ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA (15) Church Stretton School, Church Stretton 01694 724330

MONTGOMERY MOVIE CLUB 13 Feb SIGHTSEERS + DJANGO UNCHAINED 7.30pm 6 March BLUE JASMINE 8pm, Montgomery Institute, Montgomery, 01686 668442

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. Until 6 Feb AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (ctbc) 7 - 13 Feb MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (12A)

14 - 20 Feb INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (ctbc) 15 - 22 Feb FROZEN (ctbc) 21 - 27 Feb TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE (15) 28 Feb - 6 March THE BOOK THIEF (12A) Details 01743 281281

PRESTEIGNE FILM SOC. 14 Feb ENOUGH SAID (12A) 28 Feb THE GREAT BEAUTY (15) 14 March GLORIA (15) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, 01544 370202 or 01544 260577

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 Feb ONE CHANCE (12A) 4 & 5 Feb ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (12A) 4 & 18 Feb MINICINE MONKEYS Free ﬁlm fun for the under 7s. 7 & 10 Feb THE HARRY HILL MOVIE (PG) 11 Feb THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (PG) 15 Feb MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (12A) 17 - 19 Feb FROZEN (PG) 22 Feb MOSHI MONSTERS: THE MOVIE (U) 24 - 16 Feb AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (15) 25 Feb OKLAHOMA! (U) 3 - 5 March GRAVITY (12A) 7, 11 7 12 March THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (12A) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS 1, 2, 4 - 6 Feb THE RAILWAY MAN 1 & 2 Feb ALL IS LOST 4 & 5 Feb NEBRASKA 7 - 9, 11 - 13 Feb THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY 7 - 9, 11 & 13 Feb LAST VEGAS 14 - 16, 18 - 20 Feb AMERICAN HUSTLE 21, 23, 25, 26 Feb MOSHI MONSTERS THE MOVIE 21 - 23 Feb JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT 21 & 23 & 27 Feb AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY 28 Feb 12 YEARS A SLAVE Details 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 2 Feb LOST ILLUSIONS Bolshoi Theatre. The Courtyard, Hereford, 3pm, 01432 340555. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 3pm, 01885 488575. 2 Feb L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE & L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGS Live recording of Ravel’s opera. Lingen VH, 6.30pm, www.lingen.org.uk

4 Feb MADAM BUTTERFLY Live from the Teatro Regio di Torino, Italy. An opera in three acts, sung in Italian. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141. 6 Feb PRIVATE LIVES West End Theatre. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. 8 Feb RUSALKA The Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 5.55pm, 01952 728911. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 3pm, 01982 552555. 12 Feb DON GIOVANNI Royal Opera House live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.45pm, 01432 340555. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 6.45pm, 01432 383663. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 6.45pm, 01885 488575. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 6.45pm, 01531 383663. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.45pm, 01584 811442. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. 15 Feb MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG West End Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. 16 Feb JEWELS (ENCORE) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 3pm, 01885 488575. 27 Feb WAR HORSE National Theatre live. Aston on Clun Village Hall, 7pm, 01588 660493. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Booths Book Shop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 01531 383663. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. 1 March WAR HORSE National Theatre encore screening. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5pm, 01982 552555. 1 March PRINCE IGOR The Met Opera live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm, 01432 340555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 5pm, 01952 728911 7 March WAR HORSE National Theatre live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401.

dance Dance Performance

Tap Factory

Tues 12, Fri 14 & Sat 15 February TAP FACTORY Featuring renowned dancers and musicians from all over the world, as they blend the art of percussion with dance and acrobatics. 12 Feb - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £23/£21, 01432 340555. 14 & 15 Feb - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21/£19, children £15.50, 01743 281281. Sat 22 February FLAMENCO EVENING With Alejandra Velasco and Friends. Drama Studio, Gwernyfed High School, Glasbury, 7.30pm, £9.50/£7.50, combined workshop (see below) and performance, £18.50/£15, 01497 847007. Glasbury Arts. Flamenco Evening, Alejandra Velasco

Sat 22 February RECALL JOANNA YOUNG. Adventurous choreography. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £9/£7, 01982 552555. Wed 26 February BALLETBOYZ An evening of exhilarating, exciting and explosive dance. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16.50-£14.50, children £12, 01743 281281. Sun 2 March ESSENCE OF IRELAND A celebration of all things Irish, featuring original choreography, stunning dancers and traditional and modern Irish music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40

Starting Tues 4 February ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES For absolute beginners, with teacher Darrel Sherlock. Breinton Village Hall, Hereford. All details on www.herefordtango.co.uk or 07969 091786 or 07977 541446. Sat 22 February FLAMENCO EVENING AND WORKSHOP With Alejandra Velasco and Friends. One hour taster workshop, 2.30pm at Glasbury Village Hall, £10/£8. For workshop and performance (see above) £18.50/£15. Glasbury Arts, 01497 847426.

Sat 22 February PASSAMEZZO & THE QUERKES OF FAITE The Time Traveller’s Guide to Renaissance Music and Dance. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01568 737980, www.grangecourt.org/events. DANCE CLASSES AT GYM & TONIC, HAY-ON-WYE Creative, contemporary and street dance classes. Learning new routines, creating own dances and the chance to perform. Saturdays: 8-11 yrs 9.15am-10.15am. 3-7 yrs 10.30am-11.15am. 12-16 yrs 11.30am-12.30pm. Please contact Lauren on: 07825 914493. BELLYDANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA Presteigne, St Andrew’s Hall, Mondays 8.00-9.30pm. Open Level. Leominster, Bodenham Parish Hall, Thursdays 7.309.00pm Improvers/ Returners. £25.00 per 5-week block or £7.00 pay-as-you-go. For information & other classes/ workshops. www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081. Mon DIZZY DAZZLERS DANCE CLASSES For 4 - 7 year olds. With Dawn’s Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds. With Dawn’s Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over. With Dawn’s Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon NEW WAVE DANCE CLASSES For adults. With Dawn’s Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company. 4-5pm 4-7 year olds, 5-6pm. 7-11 year olds, 6.15-7.15pm 11+ year olds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 276807. Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm, £48 per term or £5 per week. Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199. Tues DANCE FACTORY All styles of dance, jazz, hip-hop, street and contemporary for ages 6-11 years old. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 5.30-6.30pm, £20 per half term, 07504 860774. Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All levels welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180. Thurs LEARN TO JIVE DANCE Onibury Village Hall, Thursday nights, 8pm. £6 per class. No partner required. 07800 634071. Thurs DANCE IN HAY Dance class for the over 50’s. Gentle but vigorous dance session. Phone Mely if interested 01497 820991. Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711. Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555. Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. No need to book. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, £4, £1 for an additional child, 01432 340555.

February Live Events Thursday 13 February, 8pm

Jay Rayner A Greedy Man in a Hungry World

Restaurant critic and BBC One Show reporter Jay Rayner combines hardnosed reporting with witty memoir to take you on a journey through the world’s edible landscape. With a Q&A session and booksigning after the show. Saturday 15 February, 8pm

Shooglenifty

These maverick Godfathers of Celtic Dance meld folk heritage and hedonism into one unbreakable whole. A seats-out-for-dancing event! Friday 21 February, 7pm

Tweedy’s Lost Property

Great half-term family fun with one of the country’s best clowns. Don’t miss it! All February and till Friday 14 March

Marches Independent Photography This is Marches Independent Photography’s seventh exhibition, demonstrating the strength and diversity of the group’s work.

February ﬁlms

Films: Saving Mr Banks, Jeune & Jolie, Kill Your Darlings, Nebraska, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Frozen, The Railway Man, The Epic of Everest Live streamings: Madama Butterﬂy, Don Giovanni, War Horse.

Box Ofﬁce 01584 878141

www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

food page

The Stagg, Titley

HEN Mr Pernickety first arrived a quarter of a century ago to live among the fecund fields and honeyed hills of Herefordshire, the gastronomic credentials of that county were not established. When he went to his local ale house to seek advice on eating places in the vicinity, one of the regulars, a sturdy, rufescent son of the soil, recommended a pub which he assured Mr P was excellent value. ‘The food on your plate’s about that heighth,’ he beamed enthusiastically, placing one open palm about eight inches above the other. Size, apparently, mattered. And for a while, this proved a popular position among the area’s victuallers as Mr P wearily waved away whale-size portions of undercooked chips and groaning vessels of flavourless veg. However, as the concept of the ‘gastro-pub’ gained traction, quality began to matter, and a number of talented chefs could be found cooking in traditional pubs, sited in hidden leafy corners of the county, until in 2002 an apex was reached when a Herefordshire pub became the first (and, so far, only) eating place in the county to be awarded a Michelin star. This handsome inn, The Stagg at Titley, was also named National Dining Pub of the Year in 2011/12 edition of the Good Pub Guide, and was included in Hardens Top 100 UK Restaurants. Although Mr Pernickety had visited the place, his ever-curious Lovely Companion expressed a desire to sample it for herself and suggested Mr P should examine it more thoroughly on behalf of the readers of the Woolly Organ. In order to give as broad an assessment as possible, Mr Pernickety recruited Mr & Mrs M, a pair of Footwear Magnates of a foodie disposition. And so it was arranged that in rare January sunshine they set off to experience a long Sunday lunch at The Stagg. On the way, the FMs suggested a diversion to The Olde Tavern on the edge of Kington. Since the arrival of the railway it had been the Railway Tavern until the late Dr Beeching axed the Kington Line in 1964, when it reverted to its earlier name. The pub is a double fronted villa in a Victorian terrace and inside, real Kingtonians sit and gossip as they might have done a century ago, with four good local ales on offer. A few miles towards Presteigne, The Stagg sits on a bend in the road. Between the car park and unassuming entrance there is a sort of parterre which seems to say, ‘I’m a bit more than a rural boozer.’ The place is one of quirky little corners and low doorways made to accommodate Welsh drovers of limited stature. Mercifully, despite The Stagg’s culinary reputation, there is still a bar where a punter can sit and chat while fondling a pint of good ale. There are four dining areas, into the least impressive of which Mr P and his party were shown, passing on the way a small electric fake log fire which frankly shocked Mr P. Their table was in a more recently constructed space, with unsympathetic little downlights, the whole having something of the air of the school refectory about it. The Stagg makes a point of not playing ‘background’ music, which in a space such as this is a mistake. The magical notes of a Mozart quartet or Glenn Gould grunting to the Goldbergs would have added much to a sense of wellbeing. Mr P’s party were unanimous in feeling that an open fire or woodburner would have helped, and, as your reviewer is fond of

reminding his readers, a good eating house should take account of all the human senses. However, it is the food that is paramount, and Mr P with his friends set about the task of ordering with happy anticipation. On Sundays, The Stagg offers a three course menu for £20.50. To start, the women both chose Baked Fig with Apple, Rocket & Ludlow Blue Cheese, which they loved. The figs were, they said, fresh and light, but they thought the rocket wasn’t peppery enough, and the Ludlow Blue didn’t quite do it either, but was very enjoyable. The men, on the other hand, both chose the muscular and meaty Fricasseé of Kidney, Back Pudding, Shallot & Spinach. This was, they agreed, an unqualified success, with succulent kidneys, supreme black pudding enlivened by a strong caramel sauce. They ordered a half bottle of frisky white Marques de Caceres for the women to drink with their figs, of which Mr P had a sip, while Mr M headed straight into a moody dark red Rioja, La Calvada (at a pleasing £15.90), easily man enough to cope with the strong flavours of the fricasseé. For main courses, the LC was very happy with her Sea Bass Fillet with Mushroom Duxelle & Herb Oil. She loved the salty crust on delicate fresh fillets, the green herby sauce and mushroom paste. The female FM ordered Pheasant Breasts with White Truffles – three of them, which she found moist and tender with an excellent sauce. Her only minor cavil was a hint of reheat about the potato croquettes. The Herefordian portions were so generous that she couldn’t eat her third breast, allowing Mr P that pleasure. Her husband, brushing aside the deterrent of a £4.50 supplement, ordered a Madgetts Farm Duck, Confit of Leg, Roast Breast with Orange Purée which he described as ‘faultless’. The carrot in a small flower pot of mushroom ‘soil’, he thought bizarre, but fun. Mr P decided to rely on a traditional Sunday roast–succulent slices of Roast Rump of Herefordshire Beef with Yorkshire pud and trad veg. The beef arrived in a state of perfect pinkness, and for once Mr P found nothing to complain of. Mr M had a Guinness ice-cream– a new departure for him – and loved it with his sticky toffee pudding, while the LC had Bread and Butter Pudding and found it buoyant and delicious with a Crème Anglaise. The FFM found her Crèmes Brulées of two different flavours not sufficiently contrasting to make a point, although Mr P tried both and enjoyed the distinct difference, while his own Cinnamon Pannacotta with Mulled Wine Fruits was perfect. His party left The Stagg feeling content, thinking it would be hard to find anyone within fifty miles or more who could match Steve Reynold’s cooking, apart, perhaps, from Chris Bradley at Mr Underhill’s. They were unanimous in their view that they’d had a delicious and brilliantly produced luncheon, but felt some attention to the ambience of the interior would have brought the experience of eating at The Stagg close to perfection. Mr Pernickety www.misterpernickety.com email: info@misterpernickety.com Twitter: @mpernickety

EVENTS

Fri 7 February WINE & CHEESE TASTING EVENING Sampling a selection of wine from John Villar Wines of Wigmore and cheeses from George’s Delicatessen, Kington. The Burton Hotel, Kington, 7.30pm, £10 from George’s or The Burton Hotel or 01544 370338. Fri 14 Feb VALENTINES MEAL A special set tapas menu to share, glass of pink ﬁzz on arrival. No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne, 7pm, 01544 267675. Fri 14 Feb VALENTINES MEAL 3-course menu with a glass of ﬁzz. Castle Inn, Wigmore, £35 pp, 01544 770203. Wed 19 February & Wed 12 March THE LUDLOW PUDDING EXPERIENCE Dinner and seven desserts, glass of house wine and coffee. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £17.95, 01584 878141. Sun 23 February THREE TUNS BREWERY TOUR With head brewer, Steve Willmer. Three Tuns Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, 11am, free, but donations to Festival funds invited. Numbers limited, please book, 01588 630200 www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk Thurs 27 February MUSICAL TASTING SUPPER Monkland Cheese, Hobsons beer and music. Monkland Cheese Dairy, £13.50, ticket only, 01568 720307. Every Wed CURRY NIGHT For £5.95. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203. Every Thurs - Sat TAPAS From award winning Deli Tinto. No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne.

FOOD BYTES

Why not advertise? Only £40 per year. AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-12.30pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof. THE GARDEN TEA ROOM & DELI, KINGSLAND HR6 9QS (opposite the church green) Tel: 01568 709142 Open Tuesday – Saturday 11:00am – 6:00pm and Bank Holidays 11:00 – 5:30pm. Shop/deli for tasty treats. All day lunches, desserts, cakes & speciality teas and coffee. Handmade, seasonal food including many vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Select ‘Scrummy Bites’ dishes always available. Great venue for special celebrations. Two 6m x 4m marquees plus crockery hire available. Vintage setting with peaceful garden and log fire. THE HARP INN, OLD RADNOR, PRESTEIGNE 01544 350655 An unspoilt 15th century Welsh longhouse pub with fantastic views over the Radnor Valley. Delicious, freshly cooked food made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients which you can enjoy with a glass of wine or one of our traditional cask ales or local organic ciders, beside our welcoming log fire. Current menus are on our website www.harpinnradnor.co.uk together with details of special events such as steak nights, seasonal tasting menu nights and our annual beer festival. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 6pm and weekend lunchtimes from 12pm. THE HAT SHOP RESTAURANT, PRESTEIGNE 01544 260017 A friendly Bistro Style restaurant offering lunches and evening meals, Monday through to Saturday. We use quality local produce all sourced within the local area, together with an extensive hand picked wine list.

THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543. Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events. Accommodation also available. Open daily 10am-5pm. THE POP UP CHEF Email chrisric7@yahoo.co.uk or Phone 01544 267802 www.thepopupchef.co.uk WE TAKE CARE OF THE CATERING ARRANGEMENTS, SO YOU ENJOY THE EVENT! We take away the stress of organising and delivering your event, leaving you free to get ready and enjoy. If you need to host a dinner party or a catering event, we would be happy to help, hiring ‘the thepopupchef’. We would consult with you on your chosen menu, shop, cook, serve & clean up afterwards. Whether an intimate meal for two people or a dinner party for twenty or more, we can create and deliver. Special and Affordable — Your Personal Chef’s. Let personal chef’s Maria & Christina present to you a luxurious and distinctive approach to entertaining family and friends in your own home. SCRUMMY BITES - made locally with you in mind. www.scrummybites.co.uk STONELEIGH, KINGSLAND 01568 709142. Handmade dishes include delicious desserts, savouries and pastries. Ideal for busy people, family gatherings. Special menus for events of 6 to 100 people. Available from The Garden, Kingsland, HR6 9QS plus Knighton, Ludlow and Presteigne farmers markets. Many vegetarian, wheat and dairy free options. Awarded Ludlow Food Festival’s Graeme Kidd bursary 2010. SETONAIKAI, 25 THE PARADE, SHREWSBURY. SY1 1DL 01743 343517 www.setonaikai.co.uk. Specialists in authentic ingredients, cookware and tableware from Japan and the Far East, along with a range of cards, gifts and kimonos. We also have a growing range of the exotic, eclectic and the unusual from all four corners of the world. A vast selection you may not find anywhere else. Take a look at our range of Japanese kitchenware and tableware to buy online at www.cookingjapanese.co.uk. Open Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm. SUGAR & SPICE CAFE BISTRO, Park Crescent, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824442 Friendly, family run cafe bistro located near the entrance to the beautiful Rock Park. Homemade locally sourced breakfast and day menus, carte du jour, fresh ground Italian coffee and a warm welcome offered daily. Evening bistro specialising in Mediteranean and World cuisine from mid May onwards. booking recommended, unlicenced - BYO, free wifi, disabled access, hire us for your special occasion evening! The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ Homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wed - Sat 9.30 to 5.00pm, Sun -Tues CLOSED. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Morning Market stalls: Knighton Thursday and Presteigne Friday. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. CSA Scheme. Restaurant orders welcome info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

music

The Denner Ensemble

FEBRUARY Sat 1 February

PERFECT STRANGER Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. ABBA MANIA Celebrating the music of Abba. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01600 719401. SEAN SAYE The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. MUSIC TO DINE FOR Featuring Caroline and Rob. The Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01544 770203, info@tciw.co.uk RED FINS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. CASINO, COCKTAILS & CANAPES Try your luck on genuine casino tables without the risk. Price includes welcome drink, canapes, opening stake, live music and disco. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £25, 01952 728911. THE HYPE Malthouse, Ironbridge. NEXT GENERATION Music duo, together with dining (naked butler). The Swan Inn, Kington, from 6.30pm, 01544 230510 to book table.

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL CHOIR With international soloists and Marches Baroque with Geraint Bowen conducting. Christmas Oratorio by JS Bach. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, 01432 374261. ABERRATION A series of events, proportion of ticket sales will go to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). Featuring ﬁlm, poetry, talks and music by Chocolat, Sam Scott, Stephanie Finegan and DJs. Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 5pm till late, £10, 01970 623232. HATS OFF TO LED-ZEPPELIN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281.

London Philharmonic Skifﬂe Orchestra

WILL KILLEEN Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

SHENANIGANS: BY THE RIVERS The Leicester lads bring original reggae tunes for an acoustic show. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Sun 2 February OMG HEREFORDSHIRE Showcasing the ﬁnest young musical talent in Herefordshire, featuring an eclectic mix of styles, original songs and covers performed live. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.30pm, £3, 01432 340555. SUNDAY SESSIONS Featuring Jack Brett. No. 46 Wine Bar, High St, Presteigne, 4pm, free, 01544 267675. THE DENNER ENSEMBLE Presents ‘Wood-Wind, Bladders and Guts!’ A new programme of sonatas and concertos to give the new year a lift. Showcasing the baroque oboe and bassoon alongside the gut string viola da gamba and cello. Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 3pm, £10, children free, tickets on the door. LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. KENT DU CHANE Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

SHROPSHIRE STRUMMERS Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

The Churchﬁtters

SULTANA BROTHERS Lichﬁeld Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm free, 01432 266821. KENT DU CHAIN Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

Mon 3 February ROEBUCKANEERS FOLK CLUB The Roebuck Inn, Brimﬁeld, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854. CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

Thurs 6 February

FAIRPORT CONVENTION The originators of British Folk music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £21, 01743 281281. SAM DRAISY The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. MODERN SOUL Three DJs. Malthouse, Ironbridge. OPEN MIC Hosted by Vaults All Stars. The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC SKIFFLE ORCHESTRA With breakneck ﬁddle and banjo, virtuoso musical madness from all points of the globe. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £12/£11, 01432 340555.

Fri 7 February 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC CLIVE CARROLL The best and most original young acoustic guitar player and composer in Britain. A joyful fairground ride of instrumental styles spanning the ﬁelds of traditional, classical and jazz. Adults and older children. Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, 7.30pm, £9/£5/£25, 01981 540221. Arts Alive.

Fairport Convention

ALLSTARS DUB BAND Featuring former Fine Young Cannibals drummer. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

GERTCHA! CHAS HODGES

STEVIE YEOMANS Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow. THE ENDINGS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. THE GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge. THE COMPANY OF FOOLS Dirty Ray and friends collaborate and experiment. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. STIFF WITNESS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. RAYMOND FROGGATT & HIS BAND The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £12, 01952 728911. BORDERLINE BLUES BAND The Salopian, Shrewsbury, 9pm. THE CHURCHFITTERS Folk unlimited. Bockleton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01568 750546, banjojim.allen@gmail.com STRING THING White Horse Inn, Clun.

Chas (of Chas and Dave) presents a new show, from The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Albert Lee, Gene Vincent and more. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555.

Sat 8 February HOT BOX The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. A NIGHT OF VARIETY Comedy, music and magic. In aid of The Regal Tenbury Trust. The Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. THE GOLD ROOM The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. MUSIC IN NEW RADNOR Featuring The Denner Ensemble. A concert for oboe, bassoon and harpsichord. Varied musical styles of 18th century England. Community Hall, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £12, under 14s £3, 01544 350268. MICRO BABY Malthouse, Ironbridge. SHENANIGANS: WUBWUBWUB Aubrey Fry and crew. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, members £10, under 16s £6, 01743 234970.

Brass Funkeys

EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA With soloists Tasmin Little, violin and Philip Dukes, viola. Programme includes Vivaldi, Mozart, Schnittke and Haydn. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £25/£24, under 16s £10, 01432 340555.

Fri 14 February THE LITTLE BIG BAND (aka Toot Sweet), local 17-piece ensemble specialising in swing, big band era and pop standards, plus a selection of Latin American. Knighton Community Centre, 7.30pm, £5 without food, £7 includes soup and bread, bar available. Tickets from Tower House Gallery and Spar, Knighton, reserve a table 07751 221487.

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Thurs 13 February

THE BRASS FUNKEYS & SHOWHAWK DUO New Orleans style marching band, playing a range of music including funk, jazz, reggae, metal and of course Dixie. Cabaret seating and space to dance. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £8 from No 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne and www.wegottickets.com

MARTY WILDE & THE WILDCATS With his many hits and a host of wonderful songs from the 1950s and 1960s, Marty and the band give a stunning musical, roller-coaster ride. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

THE DAGGERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. THE CORY BAND The band is dedicated to new music, rasing the proﬁle of the brass band genre . Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, 01686 614555. THE FABULOUS BOOGIE BOYS Performing great rock and roll favourites. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £10, 01531 383663. 1000 YEARS OF MUSIC CLIVE CARROLL See 7 Feb for details. Snailbeach Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8, 01743 791327. Arts Alive.

Sun 9 February FINALE Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth. LIVE MUSIC Prince of Wales, Ledbury. LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. WINTERREISE Winter Journey by Schubert with William Coleman (baritone) and Philip Collin (piano). Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6, 01568 611588 or from Gill’s Gifts, Leominster.

Wed 12 February

DAVE REA White Horse Inn, Clun.

KATHRYN ROBERTS AND SEAN LAKEMAN Steeped in musical pedigree, Kathryn and Sean have been lynchpins of the folk acoustic revival for two decades. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15, 01743 281281. POOBAHS The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. GREY WOLF Fine frailing, fancy fretwork and fulsome ﬁddling. Old-time country music at its best. The Marches, Castle St, Ludlow, 8.30pm, free, 01584 872012.

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FRUIT MACHINE The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. CUT THE LOVE Live music without too much loveydovey stuff. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. UNDER THE FRIDGE Malthouse, Ironbridge. VALENTINE’S CABARET NIGHT A cabaret show with supper with The Cabaret Swing Trio with singer, saxophone and piano. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £12 includes £5 supper voucher, 01597 851427 or online, www.WeGotTickets.com RETROSPECT Worcester duo who focus on sounds of the 50’s,60’s & 70’s! Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. ABBAMANIA Celebrating 40 years of Abba. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. HANNAH & BRIAN Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow. JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring Bryan Corbett/Chris Dodd Quartet performing a mix of original compositions and innovative arrangements of jazz classics. The Bonded Warehouse, Canal Street, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £7, £3.50 on the door, 01384 377797.

Sat 15 February VALENTINE’S CEILIDH With Stone the Crows Ceilidh Band. Woolhope Parish Hall, 7.30pm, £7.50 in advance, £22 family/ £8.50pp or £25 family on the night, (including supper). Tickets from Fownhope Post Ofﬁce, Woolhope Farmers Market, The Butcher’s Arms and The Crown, Woolhope or 01531 660289. SYNERGY The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford.

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PK NUTS Acoustic duo, Pete and Kev from the Rad. The Greyhound, Llangunllo, 9pm, free, 01547 550400. MARK BROWN The Swan Inn, Kington, 8pm, food available, 01544 230510. SHENANIGANS: SIXTEEN TAMBOURINES’ INDIE DISCO The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. PARTY NIGHT @ NO. 46 Put those party boots on with Ed Boughton on the decks mixed with his electronic guitar. No. 46 Wine Bar, Presteigne, 8.30pm, free, 01544 267675.

THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. GARETH REES ROBERTS Spanish Guitar Serenades. Valentine’s market, Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 11am-2pm, refreshments availalble, 01547 530888. HOT ROD 55 The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. SOUL SUPPLY St Valentine’s Supper Dance. Cold supper table, bar available, black tie. Lingen Village Hall, £25 includes food and glass of ﬁzz on arrival, 01568 770472, www.lingen.org.uk POKER JACK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

BEE GEES CONCERT EXPERIENCE A tribute to the Bee Gees. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £16.50/£14, 01686 614555. SHOOGLENIFTY Techno Ceilidh, Acid Croft and Hypnofolkadelia. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £17-£16, or four tickets for £50, 01584 878141. NICK BELL The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. PIGDAZE Playing high energy semi-acoustic toe tappers. Stable Tavern, Cleobury Mortimer, 9pm, 01299 270382.

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THE RAINBREAKERS White Horse Inn, Clun.

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THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY 50th anniversary tour. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. PAUL PARKER AND FRIENDS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Sun 16 February

BALKAN CEILIDH Led by Rosa James. Circle dancing to wonderful Eastern European tunes with live music from Bellamonda. No partners needed, but numbers limited to 18. The Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £3, to book, 01588 630200, www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk

LITTLE RUMBA Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth.

FREEWATER Rock covers. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

UKRAINIAN EVENING A Night of Ukrainian culture! Experience rural Ukraine through photos from expert William Watson, sample local Ukrainian cuisine, taste Ukrainian vodka and ﬁnd out more about our escorted tours to Ukraine. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm. Raising funds for youth project in Ukraine! £10 per person – bowl of borsch (Ukrainian beetroot soup) with homemade bread and shot of vodka to include. 07963 090838.

BROTHERS GROOVE Prince of Wales, Ledbury. JOE SEAGER Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441.

Tues 18 February MIKE CHAPPELL QUARTET Modern standards. Jazz in the Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £6 on the door, 01874 611622.

Wed 19 February LIVE MUSIC The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford. LEE MCCRORY & EDDY DENNY Acoustic blues, ragtime and a sprinkling of Tom Waits. The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3. Sheep Music gig. MID WALES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Present Mussorsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10.30am and 1.30pm, 01874 611622.

Thurs 20 February LUDLOW JAZZ QUARTET Piano, drums,bass and saxophone. The Granary, Leominster, 8pm, 2-course meal £16.50, 01568 614290. BORDER BEAT The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. BEN & SAM The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012.

Fri 21 February ROCKING BLUES NIGHT Featuring Trevor Rowley and Paul Harrison and the great Steve Day Band. Down Inn, Ludlow Rd, Bridgnorth, 7.30pm, proceeds to Cancer Research UK,

DAVE REA & MURRAY ORPIN Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow.

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WHY SO SERIOUS Malthouse, Ironbridge. FOLK MUSIC OF SHROPSHIRE WITH BEGUILDY AND BENJI KIRKPATRICK A concert featuring Janie Mitchell, Anne Marie Summers and Benji Kirkpatrick. Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £5 on the door. www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk NEW ROPE STRING BAND An indeﬁnable confusion of music, comedy and circus that manages to please absolutely everybody. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £11/£6/£30, 01694 720132. Arts Alive.

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CHORDRUSH Fusion of jazz, funk and Latin. The White Bear, Tewkesbury, from 4.30pm.

Mon 24 February CANTATAS AND SONATAS Featuring Natalie Clifton-Grifﬁth (soprano), Mark Baigent (oboe), David Hatcher (cello) and Hilary Norris (harpsichord). Programme includes Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Gabrieli and Chedeville. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £12, 07989 091949, discoedearlymusic@btconnect.com

Wed 26 February

Sat 22 February HORIZON LIGHTS + KINGS OF FOLK Folk music and tunes and songs from around the world. Folk in the Foyer, Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. JOHNNY TRASHED Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. SHENANIGANS: FUNKY DUNG A night of classic tunes from Hendrix to Jefferson Airplane. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. GWENT & POWYS ARMY CADET FORCE 17th Rorke’s Drift Concert. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. CHORDRUSH Fusion of jazz, funk and Latin. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free, 01432 340555. DRIVE TOMS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

THE TROY REDFERN BAND Original blues, rock music mixed in with some classic blues and rock covers. The Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

Sun 23 February JELLY ROLL JONES Queen’s Head, Monmouth. KNIGHTON DISTRICT CONCERT SOCIETY Violinist, Jo Eun Shim with piano accompaniment. St Edwards Church Hall, Knighton, 3pm, £9 and £2 for students & children, 01547 528154. VINCENT FLATTS Prince of Wales, Ledbury. LIVE MUSIC Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE PIANO PLUS 3 With clarinettist Mary Ann Bland. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £10, students £6, 01568 611588 or from Gill’s Gifts, Leominster.

REMI HARRIS TRIO Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 01694 724441. MARTYN JOSEPH Shades of Springsteen, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281. OYSTERBAND Consistently creative, Oysterband continue to re-deﬁne their particular brand of folk-rock and bring a classic mix of old and new songs. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01432 340555.

Thurs 27 February MUSICAL TASTING SUPPER Monkland Cheese, Hobsons beer and music by Remi Harris. Monkland Cheese Dairy, £13.50, ticket only, 01568 720307. GARY HALL The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. THIN VISION The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

CEILIDH Music from The Laune Rangers and Ian Craignan, caller. Colwall Village Hall, 7.30pm, tickets £10 from Dee 01686 540920. Funds for Colwall Orchard Group. TESSITURA The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. PASSAMEZZO & THE QUERKES OF FAITE The Time Traveller’s Guide to Renaissance Music and Dance. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, 01568 737980, www.grangecourt. org/events. MOTEL SIX Malthouse, Ironbridge. OPEN MIC ACOUSTIC SESSION About Music Project. The Six Bells, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, 01588 630092.

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GLASBURY ARTS Saturday, 22 February, 2014 Drama Studio, Gwernyfed High School/Glasbury Village Hall

FLAMENCO EVENING AND WORKSHOP With Alejandra Velasco and Friends The passion and colour of Spanish flamenco dance comes to Glasbury with a stunning performance by Alejandra Velasco with her dance and music friends. “There are a lot of people who watch me dance and tell me: ‘I would love to be able to do that’ and I believe that they can, with discipline, work and a lot of passion for flamenco.” Explore your passion for flamenco at a workshop given by Alejandra. There are 15 places available, no experience necessary Workshop – one hour taster workshop, Glasbury Village Hall 2.30pm Performance – 7.30pm at Drama Studio, Gwernyfed High School Workshop: £10, full price, £8 concessions (unwaged, students, over-60s) Performance: £9.50, full price, £7.50 concessions. Combined workshop/performance �ckets: £18.50 full price, £15.00 concessions 10% Member’s discount applies to all prices. Pre-event meals available at the River Café Glasbury, book direct on 01497 847007, two-course meals are at the special Glasbury Arts price of £11.50. For those who find access to our shows difficult, or who would just prefer to leave their car at home, Glasbury Arts offers a free transport service (wheelchair accessible) to and from shows. Available in the Hay, Clyro, Llowesand Glasbury area, the service is subject to demand and needs to be booked in advance through the box office. Supported by Night Out Scheme, Hereford and Brecon Windows and W. H. Ricke�s & Sons. Saturday 1 & Sunday, 2 March, 2014 Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am - 4pm

REPEAT WIRE SCUPTURE ONE DAY WORKSHOPS with Gail Stokes Hayward A few places le�, no previous experience necessary. Ticket Prices £40 full price, £25 concessions (unwaged, students, over-60s) Tickets for both events: by telephone on 01497 847426; in person at Old Forest Arts, The Cra� Centre, Hay-on-Wye; or online at www.glasburyarts.co.uk

Thurs 27 February

BEGGARS BELIEF Malthouse, Ironbridge.

CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC Programme includes the chamber arrangement by Edward Watson and a world premiere of a new work inspired by the text of Henry V composed by a Chetham’s student. Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16, HCS member £14, students £5, under 16s £3, 01432 340555.

TRIO GITAN The evocative sounds of Parisian cafe music, hot blooded tangos, wild European gypsy music, Mediterranean dance tunes and swing classics. Lyde Court, Hereford, 8pm, food on sale from 7pm, £12/£6, 01432 357753. Arts Alive.

Fri 28 February

MARCH

ABBAMANIA Celebrating 40th anniversary of Abba. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. SAM & BEN Wine Bar, Quality Square, Ludlow. GET QUIZZICAL Pub quiz. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. MR DOG The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. WHISKEY RIVER BOYS Cajun, Americana, together with a bit of country rock. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. CASTLE STREET QUARTET Hereford’s premier four piece. From Sinatra to Brel and beyond. Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 7.30pm. £6, bring your own drink and be prepared to dance. gracerdave@hotmail.com. Proceeds to Cedar Hall fund.

Sat 1 March

LITTLE RUMBA The New Strand Inn, Eardisley, 01544 327285 ROY ORBISON & FRIENDS Barry Steele brings the big ‘O’ back to the stage.Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19, 01743 281281. WILL KILLEEN BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. ROCK ISLAND LINE WITH LONNIE DONEGAN JNR. Hits from the great Lonnie Donegan performed by his son. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, £15.00, 01600 772467 CLASSIC CLAPTON Mike Hall as Eric Clapton. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

MADI STIMPSON & PAUL SMITH The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012. STOMP & HOLLER New Orleans blues. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 811442. TRIO GITAN The evocative sounds of Parisian cafe music, hot blooded tangos, wild European gypsy music, Mediterranean dance tunes, swing classics and their own powerful and driving compositions. Bedstone and Hopton Castle Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£4/£22, 01547 530282. Arts Alive.

Sun 2 March EARL Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth. JOHN HYMAS AND JEREMY FISHER John Hymas (violin and viola) and Jeremy Fisher (piano) play a programme which includes Brahms, Britten and Cesar Frank. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 3pm, £10 on the door (includes tea and cake). TREVOR BURTON BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury. ESSENCE OF IRELAND Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

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Mon 3 March ROEBUCKANEERS FOLK CLUB The Roebuck Inn, Brimﬁeld, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854. CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

Tues 4 March VO AND TYLER Fancy ﬁnger picking guitar duo and transatlantic songs. The Granary, Leominster, 8pm, 2-course meal £17, 01568 614290 to book.

Thurs 6 March OPEN MIC The Vaults, Bishop’s Castle. SYLVASTEEL The Marches Bar & Kitchen, Castle St, Ludlow, 01584 872012.

Fri 7 March

instrument if you can. Qube, Oswestry, 11am-3pm, free, but booking essential, 01691 656882. Arts Alive.

WORRIED MEN Rock and blues. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. 20 YEARS OF CONCERTS FOR CRASWALL Featuring Katharine Gowers and Tom Hankey - violins, James Boyed - viola and Amy Norrington and Martijn Vink - cellos. Programme includes Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. St Michael’s Church Michaelchurch Escley, 7.30pm, £15, 01981 510332, www.concertsforcraswall.org

Music Workshops

Tues 4 February LEOMINSTER CHORAL SOCIETY TASTER All singers are invited to rehearsals with a possible view to joining more permanently. Baptist Hall, Etnam St, 7.15pm, all welcome. Mon 17 February FIELD NOTES: FAMILY MUSIC MAZE WITH BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP Fun, creative and participatory workshop for children aged 8 - 11 and accompanying adult. Using participants’ own instruments and BCMG’s percussion collection, together compose a new piece of music and textile art installation. Bring an

Tues 18 & Wed 19 February FIELD NOTES: FEEL THE BUZZ Work with composer Duncan Chapman, artist Matthew Harris and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group musicians to compose and improvise music inspired by Matthew’s art and composer Cornelius Cardew’s graphic score, ‘Treatise’. For ages 14 - 18 year olds, Tues 10am-4pm, Wed 10am-6pm, (must attend both days). Wem Town Hall, free but must be pre-booked, 01939 238279. Family and friends invited to a free concert of the music created on Wed, 5pm. Arts Alive. Sat 22 February SAMBA BAND DRUMMING WORKSHOP Have a Go for children, 4.30pm, Drumming workshop 5 - 6.30pm, numbers limited. The Cadet Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 630200. Mon 3 - Fri 7 March & Mon 21 - Fri 25 April WOODWIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIR COURSE General woodwinds with Trevor Head. Llangunllo School, Llangunllo, Knighton, £605, 01547 550622, 07971 083089, email: trevorhead@btinternet.com

HEREFORD TANGO ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES New course for absolute beginners with teacher Darrel Sherlock

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First Saturday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Greyhound, Llangunllo, 9pm, 01547 550400. First Saturday FOLK & IRISH SESSION Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, 8.30pm, free, 01497 847373. First Saturday of month PICKIN’ AT THE BIRD Acoustic session. The Bird in Hand, Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, 01743 357484, 9pm onwards. Every Sunday FOLK/ROOTS SESSION Stag, Llanidloes, 6.30pm, 01686 414824. 2nd Sunday FOLK SESSION Powys Arms, Poolquay, near Welshpool, 7.30pm, 01691 831162.

CASTLE VOICES SINGING WORKSHOP Join us to explore vocal harmonies from around the world. Tuesdays 6.30 to 8pm. Usually every week in school term in top room at Three Tuns, Bishops Castle. Details: Anne Loughran 01547 520339 anneloughran@gmail.co.uk

2nd Sunday ACOUSTIC MUSIC SESSION Jill and Mark (from the Rhythm Thieves) hosting. All styles welcome. The Sun Inn, Leintwardine.

Monday FUN & PLAY WITH RHYTHM & HARMONY And songs from all over. All taught by ear so no need to read music! Folk meet 8pm term time Mondays at the Methodist chapel in Leintwardine. Email charlotte@charlottebulleymusic.info or call 01547 540603.

Last Sunday OPEN MIC The Herbert Arms, Kerry, 8pm, all welcome, 07970 135378.

Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students and staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 560950. Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Raising the roof with rich harmonies in Presteigne Assembly Rooms, 8-10pm, £5. All welcome. Led by Sue Harris, 01547 560950.

2nd & 4th Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT George & Dragon, Knighton, 01547 528532.

Last Sunday OPEN MIC NIGHT All welcome. The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766. Every Monday ACOUSTIC NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, near Welshpool, 01691 830295. Every Monday BLUES & COUNTRY JAM NIGHT The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888. Every Monday JAM AT THE RAD Blues, jazz and country. Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 07531 300697. Every Monday OPEN MIC NIGHT Bull Inn, Shrewsbury, 01743 344728. Every Monday nights BRECON TOWN BAND Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7-9pm. 07779 390954. Every Tuesday BLUES NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, 01691 830295. Every Tuesday TUESDAY JAM SESSION Open to all. The Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 8-11pm, 01885 483034.

Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC All welcome, from about 9pm. The Retreat, Ledbury, 01531 632766.

Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053 or email chrisp@furniturescheme.co.uk

Every Tuesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Pete Keeley and Dangerous Dave. The Back Bar, The King’s Head, Bishop’s Castle, 9pm onwards, 01588 630770.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, £3-£5 per session, 7.30pm-9.30pm. For dates contact Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday fortnightly WILD ANGELS Informal community choir led by Sue Harris. All welcome. Traditional songs from around the world. Llanidloes, 7.30-9.30pm 01686 625980. First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for the under 5s and their parents or carers. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, siblings £4, parents free, 01743 234970. Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

SESSIONS

3rd Tuesday FOLK NIGHTS The Crown Inn, Longtown. Other occasional folk events organised by Folk Workshops. Register for e-Newsletter with john. baxter87@virgin.net. Last Tuesday JAZZ NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio,Oswestry, 01691 830295. Every Wednesday MAINSTREAM JAZZ NIGHT The Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm, 01686 668359. Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC NIGHT Baskerville Hall Hotel, near Hay-on-Wye, 8.30pm, 01497 820033. First Wednesday SONG AND GUITAR SESSION Red Lion, Llanidloes. 07445 338949. First Wednesday JAZZ NIGHT The Golden Lion Hotel, Llandysilio, 01691 830295. Every Wednesday TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888.

VENUES First Wednesday HEREFORD BLUEGRASS SESSION The Victory, 88 St Owen St, Hereford, 8pm, details from Martin 01432 342018 or 07846 669890. Every Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000. Every Wednesday FOLK SESSION Railway Inn, Forden, near Welshpool, 8pm, 01938 580120. Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC, CONTEMPORARY & TRADITIONAL FOLK SESSIONS Knighton Hotel, Broad St, Knighton, 8.30pm, details from Terry, 01547 530588. Every Wednesday ACOUSTIC SESSION Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8.45pm, 01531 632250. 2nd Wednesday STRANGE KIN BLUES SESSION Primarily blues, but all styles welcome. Raven, Welshpool, 8pm, email blue.raven@hotmail.co.uk free. 2nd Wednesday OPEN MIC NIGHT Stockton Cross Inn, Kimbolton, near Leominster, 8.30pm, 01568 612509. 2nd Wednesday JAM SESSION White Horse Inn, Clun, 8.30pm onwards. 01588 640305. 3rd Wednesday FOLK/ACOUSTIC SESSION Any style, Crown Inn, Clunton, 9pm, 01588 660226. Every Thursday JAZZ JAM Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. 1st Thursday SESSION The Alma, Linton, 8.30pm, all welcome, 07779 144005. 1st Thursday OPEN MIC NIGHT The Bridge, Tenbury Wells, call to book your slot, all welcome, 01584 810434. 3rd Thursday FOLK NIGHT Castle Inn, Knucklas, 7pm till late, 01547 528223. 3rd Thursday OPEN MIC Spread Eagle, King St, Hereford, phone to book a slot, 01432 272205. 4th Thursday ACOUSTIC MUSIC Folk, blues, 60s or any other genre welcome. The Sun, High St, Clun, 9pm. Contact Dave Wright 01588 640552. 1st Friday ACOUSTIC SESSION The Unicorn, Corve St, Ludlow, 8:30pm. Contact: Ann Gray 01584 879 348. 1st Friday FOLK SESSION Led by The Pedigrees, all welcome. Spread Eagle, King St, Hereford, 01432 272205. 3rd Friday TRADITIONAL SESSIONING, DANCE CLASSES & LIVE BANDS A band will play at the beginning of each night from 8pm and lead an open session afterwards. Llanfyllin Workhouse, 01691 649062. 3rd Friday ACOUSTIC FOLK MUSIC & SONG SESSION The New Inn, Bartestree, Hereford. Last Friday OPEN MIC NIGHT With Mark from the Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm, 07885 467673. 5th Friday SESSION Nelson Inn, Ludlow, 01584 872908.

APPLETREE, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 01584 318015 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-onWye 01497 820033. BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540 BAYHORSE INN, BROMYARD 01885 482600. BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 612818 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434. THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814. GARWAY VILLAGE HALL, Hereford 01981 580056 THE GEORGE & DRAGON, Knighton 01547 528532 GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274. GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404. THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290. THE GROVE HOTEL, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, 01743 271227 THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOLLY BUSH INN, Near Hay-on-Wye, 01497 847371. HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003. KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487. LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 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 OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 352300 THE RETREAT, Ledbury, 01531 632766. ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL OAK, Presteigne, 01544 260842. TALBOT HOTEL, Tregaron, 01974 298719 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THEATR HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 625007 THE THREE ELMS, Hereford. 01432 273338. 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 YORKSHIRE HOUSE, St Mary’s St, Shrewsbury 01743 362622

band directory

ARTHUR MILLS & THE BLACK EYE FRIDAYS Acoustic/Folk 4 piece band playing lively original songs, with varied influences, and given an original edge. Please visit our website to watch our videos and enjoy 4 songs recorded in the ‘Shed of Dreams’. www.arthurmills.com Contact : info@arthurmills.com or phone Eggy : 07976 433753. AVENUE NINE - Male fronted 4-piece, available for pubs, parties, functions and weddings. Songs to dance to from 60s to modern day. Contact 01568 709466, https://www.facebook.com/avenuenineuk BABY BOOMER MUSIC. Respected electro-acoustic guitarist/singer with huge repertoire of songs and instrumentals from the 60s and 70s, especially Beatles, Paul Simon, James Taylor. Available for birthdays, anniversaries, functions. Friendly and professional. Call Ray Stroud 07962 916333 or email raystrack@talo5. plus.com THE BAGGAGE HANDLERS - acoustic duo playing classic covers from the likes of R.E.M. to Johnny Cash, Snow Patrol to The Jam. We can be contacted at www.facebook.com/thebaggagehandlers www.myspace.com/baggagehandlersmusic or simply ring 07824 787168. BANDAMANIA Bright and Breezy traditional music for ceilidhs, local and special events. Multi-instrumental community band with own caller Contact Sue Harris 01547 560950. MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals, solo or with a variety of bands from duo to six piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece playing swamp music from America’s Deep South with fiddle, Cajun accordion and sax), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (5 piece trad bluegrass band with high lonesome harmony vocals), Blakes III (an eclectic acoustic trio with fiddle, clarinet, guitar and 3 part harmony) and The Blake Plowman Hot Band (red hot 4 piece rocking country band). Pubs, Clubs, Weddings, Divorces, etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org RUTH BOWEN'S Gardenia Swing - smooth vocals/ d.bass led jazz & swing. From duo to sextet. 01874 690502 or email ruthbowenjazz@btinternet.com, website www.ruthbowenjazz.com CANOL folk band. From Welsh and Irish to American old time and French Canadian played on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Ceilidhs, twmpathau, barn dances, festivals, concerts, parties, birthdays, weddings, anything, anytime, anywhere. www.canolmusic.co.uk. Phone Martin on 01743 850154 or email: hugillm@hotmail.co.uk CUCKOO ALE CEILIDH BAND Not just an ordinary ceilidh band, but an extraordinary ceilidh band! Squeeze box, keyboard and percussion with expert calling. See www.cuckooaleband.co.uk or email bev.langton@talk21. com or phone 07799 408297. THE DETAILS Acoustic Folk-Art band formed around highly original songwriters Andy Morton and Dave Carroll. Songs to savour range from the heartfelt to the hilarious; from delta blues through wistful ballads to pacey rockers. A listening band (or duo) for pubs, clubs, arts centres, book fairs, festivals. See and hear more on www.thedetails.org.uk and www.facebook.com/thedetails2 Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk

DEJA VU has grown and now features a talented girl singer, Hanah B, to enhance their nostalgic blend of 60s/70s ppop and rock classics with soul and blues. Contact Bill Pitt on 01584 819394. DIRTY RAY Renegade roots. ‘Gut-bucket, workbench blues’ Mojo. ‘Plug him in and watch him go!’ Sheep Music. 01982 560710 / 07904 079469 www.dirtyray. co.uk DREWS BREW – hear the harmony, feel the beat. 4 piece band bringing you songs from Eagles, Lady Antebellum, Queen, Blondie, Amy Macdonald, Alan Jackson, KT Tunstall and more. So, sit and listen or party the night away. Contact: drewsbrew@icloud.com Richard on 01885 489119 or Peter on 0777 0851450 FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively five-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; visit www.flat-world.org. uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions. Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook! THE HERBERT SPLIFFINGTON ALLSTARS featuring SATCH DIXON Excellent ska, reggae, calypso and jazz 5/8 piece with Satch Dixon, charismatic Jamaican vocal/percussionist who has worked with Bob Marley. Also The Art Blank Combo - groove/latin/jazz/reggae 4 piece + Sir Lord Herbert - World Music DJ. 0781 2512891, pete.beresford@yahoo.co.uk. 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! HOT FEAT Sensational seven-piece soul band performing covers of all the soul greats, including Aretha, James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Sam and Dave. As well as more recent artists like Adele and Amy Winehouse. Tel: 07984 816847 or www.hotfeat.org.uk JON WATSON - Boogie Woogie, jazz and blues piano and vocals. Taking bookings now. Solo or trio available - 01432 266591 or 07954 288163 jon.watson4@talktalk. net KEYGREEN An Acoustic melting pot of sonorous vocal harmonies, guitar, sax, clarinet, harmonica and percussion. Original music and carefully chosen covers led by Herefordshire based brother and sister duo Tom and Nicky Jaques. KeyGreen play as a duo but also work with several other local musicians for full band gigs - their unique sound is a great backdrop for pub and festival gigs or small intimate venues. Contact Nicky or Tom for more info. www.keygreenmusic.co.uk www.facebook.com/KeyGreenMusic nickyjaquesmusic@gmail.com 07817 268689 / 078377 13384.

LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com BOB MARSHALL "The Entertainer" Solo vocalist/ guitarist/entertainer, performing an assortment of covers from 50s to the 90s, from The Monkees to Meatloaf and all sorts in between. Available for pubs, bars, weddings and parties etc. With over 25 years experience. “The Entertainer” always delivers a good time. Please phone for more details 01981 250775 / 07990 800217. Email: bob1marshall@hotmail.co.uk MELOMANICS Really fun duo, trio, or full Ceilidh band, more than just great music - stilts as well if appropriate! Modern, traditional and original tunes with a cosmopolitan flavour. (Specialité: Timoléon pour vos soirées Françaises). Ideal for parties, weddings, fund raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants etc. For info call Tim on 01743 719438 or Rich 01743 718612, email tim@melomanics.co.uk, website www.melomanics.co.uk A MONTH OF SUNDAYS With electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, harmonicas, pipes, percussion and vocals, this Ledbury-based four/five piece ensemble plays fresh interpretations of folk, jazz and blues classics with a sprinkling of effulgent originals thrown in for good measure. For festivals, parties and pub bookings, Nick Trigg on 07938 889976, email isoundprooftrigg@hotmail.co.uk or efsl.porter@btinternet.com website amos-uk.co.uk facebook.com/amonthofsundaysuk MOSTLY JOHN CEILIDH BAND Cast aside that economic gloom. Why not let our merry minstrels, aided by the lovely Pammy (“no, no, no!”) restore your joie de vivre at your party, wedding or knees-up. Contact John 01588 661096. MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance. 5-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Contact Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail. com or Peter Watts 01497 831424, email peterwatts135@btinternet.com. See website www.muchadoband.com SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07588 409059 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk. Website www.seansaye.com. RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun, The Rhythm Thieves, who have been gigging locally and nationwide, are a lively ‘must see’ band. Blending exceptional musicianship, intricate melodic counterpoint with John’s banjo to create an unforgettable but highly entertaining night out. Tel: 01568 770 134 www.rhythmthieves.co.uk SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187. SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk

SPIRIT OF TANGO Stylish café-jazz trio with a Latin/ French flavour featuring Phil Bond (accordion), Dave Carroll (guitar), and Mike Green (double bass).Polished, ear-catching performances in styles from samba to Django unfailingly provide a lively ambience at private parties, weddings and corporate functions. Check us out at www.spiritof tango.co.uk Tel 01531 670623 or email david@carroll.org.uk STOMPING GROUND Lively 3 piece covers band. Classic soul, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, classic pop (Tom Jones, Spencer Davis etc). Fronted by drummer vocalist Richie Lund ex Soul Survivors. Just give us a corner of your bar or lounge and we WILL entertain you. Ideal for parties. Contact Richie 01584 811500 / 07817 620644 www.stomping-ground.co.uk THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/thesultanabros STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll! Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk THE TRENSETTS ROCK BAND: Good dancin’ good listenin’. Real authentic music. For parties, weddings, clubs, pubs. Reasonable fees. Contact Gwyn on 01686 625665 /07831 557292. THE VILLAGE QUIRE - a reputation for spine-tingling harmony singing with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories performed by actor Phil Smith. New show for 2014. ‘Precious Bane’ by Mary Webb: “Phil Smith injects a gamut of humanity ... The Village Quire deliver with conviction and gusto ... authentic passion and the enduring quality of the original prose.” (Mike Lewis) (01497) 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band. For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022. PAUL WRIGHTSON Professional singer-guitarist with extensive repertoire; pop, rock, blues, standards, instrumentals and original compositions. Accomplished performer with wide experience of functions, parties and festivals. Tel 01584 876584, mobile 07729 059847, email paul.wrightson@gmail.com XL'S Maximum R'n'B, Feelgood Rock & Roll. 01588 650686. ZIGGY STARDUST EXPERIENCE The Spiders from Kington play early Bowie; from “Space Oddity” to “Aladdin Sane” in full costume! Available for festivals, gigs and parties. Release Your Inner Starman Let All The Children Boogie! Call Richie Cotterill on 07777 661252.

theatre PERFORMANCE

February & March THE JOKER & THE WHITE FEATHER OWEN LEWIS PORTABLE THEATRE COMPANY present a double bill of one-act plays. The White Feather is a poignant tale of the heroism of the ordinary man in World War 1, while The Joker, which includes original songs, looks at the trials and tribulations of a stand-up comedian. 7 Feb - The Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton. 15 Feb - Appletree Theatre, Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 21 Feb - Snailbeach Village Hall. 1 March - Hales Club, Almington Rd, Hales. 7 March - The Adam Ballroom, Lion Hotel, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. 15 March - SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle. Details of times and prices www.olptc.com Tues 4, Thurs 6 & Thurs 13 February THE NOVICE DETECTIVE Written and starring zany comedian Sophie Willan. Mixing theatre, storytelling, stand-up and clowning, Sophie Willan tells an autobiographical tale that is heart-warming, heartbreaking, ridiculous and sort of true. For ages 13+. 4 Feb - Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, 7.30pm, £8/£7/£5/£25, 01948 660660. 6 Feb - SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £9/£6, 01588 638038. 13 Feb - Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£7/£5/£25, 01939 238279. Arts Alive. Wed 5 & Thurs 6 February DRACULA BLACKEYED THEATRE COMPANY. Set in 1897, mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientiﬁc mastery and media innovation. Bram Stoker’s timeless gothic thriller is adapted by John Ginman, which blends victorian gothic with the contemporary. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £15/£14, 01432 340555. Thurs 6 - Sat 8 February BOEING BOEING THE NORBURY PLAYERS present an amateur production of a 1960’s French farce. Self-styled Parisian Lothario Bernard has three ﬁancees, each a beautful airline hostess. He keeps ‘one up, one down and one pending’ until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris... Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £8/£7, 01885 488575.

Mon 10 & Tues 11 February OTHELLO ICARUS THEATRE COLLECTIVE present Shakespeare’s classic tale of love, ambition and jealousy. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Tues, 2.30 & 7.30pm, £17.50-£15.50, children £10, 01743 281281. Wed 12 February CLAIRVOYANT NIGHT Celebrity clairvoyant, John Starkey will be doing a readings show. No. 46 Wine Bar, High St, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £8.50, booking advisable, 01544 267675. Wed 12 & Thurs 13 February HEDDA GABLER ICARUS THEATRE COLLECTIVE present Ibsen’s classic. A precursor to feminism and gender equality. A world constrained by Victorian values, where beauty is power, and dreams cannot be relied upon. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Thurs, 2.30 & 7.30pm, £17.50-£15.50, children £10, 01743 281281. Thurs 13 - Sun 16 February CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE! KEPOW THEATRE. A comic look at love, in all its many forms. Romantic love. Platonic love. A love for a hobby. Or a love for one’s pet. The love of money. The love of a God. All ages except very young children. 13 Feb - Garway Village Hall, 8pm, £9/£5/£25, 01981 580056. 14 Feb - Bodenham Village Hall, 8pm, £8/£5, 01568 797404. 15 Feb - Chapel Lawn Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8/£5/£25, 01547 530535. 16 Feb - Dorstone Village Hall, 3pm, £10/£6/£30 includes afternoon tea, 01981 550451. Arts Alive. Thurs 20 - Sat 22 February ... AND FADE TO BLACK February 1979: the Winter of Discontent. Gladys, an ex-variety artist is dying. The gravediggers are on strike, the rubbish is piled high, the electricity keeps going off and Thatcher’s three months away from becoming prime minister. And if things weren’t bad enough, the neighbour’s cat has gone missing. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01432 340555. Fri 21 February TWEEDY’S LOST PROPERTY Tweedy, one of the stars of Gifford’s Circus presents fun for all the family comedy about a clown who gives in to society and gets a real job in a Lost Property Ofﬁce. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, £8, £5 children, £22 family ticket, 01584 878141.

Fri 7 February THE KNICKER LADY Combining drama, satire and broad comedy, this history of the humble knicker will leave audiences breathless. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01743 281281. Dracula

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Fri 28 February DONNA FALLON Psychic to the stars. Is there anybody there? Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. Tues 4 & Wed 5 March TREASURE ISLAND ST RICHARD’S SCHOOL. When young Jim Hawkins ﬁnds a map, he opens a tale of intrigue, cruelty and greed that leads him to the good ship Hispaniola, a remote Caribbean island, and the promise of wealth. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, £6/£5, 01885 488575.

Fri 21 & Sat 22 February ALICE IN WINTER WONDERLAND SEVERN STAR PRODUCTIONS. BTEC Performing Arts students from NPTC Group, Newtown Campus perform a classic tale with a wintry twist. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £10/£7, 01686 614555. Tues 25 February MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS Superstar clowns Splendid Pavlik & Klava invite you to this wondrous and mysterious place. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm & 8pm, £27-£15, 01432 340555.

Tues 4 - Fri 7 March THE HUSBANDS KALI AND PENTABUS THEATRE. An explosive new play about love, jealousy and a woman’s right to choose. Against a backdrop of modern rural India, writer Sharmila Chauhan weaves an extraordinary tale of love and wonder. 4 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01743 281281. 5 March - Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, 7.30pm, 01902 321321. 7 March - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01584 878141. Thurs 6 March IMAGINE: THE EVOLUTION OF MAGIC Jamie Allan, recently seen on ‘The One Show’, returns to the UK in a show where modern technology meets ancient magic. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, £20-£17.50, 01743 281281.

Thurs 27 February TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS STORY: WE WILL BE FREE Powerful story telling theatre, puppetry, political cartoon and animation, all combine in this dramatic tale of farm labourers and trade unions. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14/£12, children £10, 01743 281281.

February Live Events

6th - 8th Feb, 7.30pm Norbury Players present BOEING BOEING Classic updated farce 22nd Feb, 7.30pm FOLK IN THE FOYER

Live Broadcasts 2nd Feb, 3pm LOST ILLUSIONS 16th Feb, 3pm JEWELS (encore)

12th Feb, 6.45pm DON GIOVANNI

27th Feb, 7pm WAR HORSE

Films 21 Feb, 8pm LE WEEKEND 26 Feb, 7pm BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (Film Society)

Box Ofﬁce 01885 488575 or online www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

Tues 11 February RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET WBS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY. An exciting mashup of retro sci-ﬁ and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Packed with tons of classical 50s and 60s songs. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £7/£5, 01952 728911.

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Mon 17 February LA TRAVIATA THE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET AND OPERA HOUSE. An epic tragedy of love in all its aspects. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 6 – Sat 8 March at 7.30pm THE MONKEY’S PAW AND GARLIC & LAVENDER OFF CENTRE THEATRE presents a spooky double bill of one-act plays. The Monkey’s Paw, adapted from a short story by W Jacobs, a working-class family is granted three wishes – all of which come true, in a macabre and unexpected way. In Garlic and Lavender, a glorious parody, there is every clichéd character, the surly villager, the vampire expert, innocent maidens and a Count who is of course, a vampire! Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, £8, 01600 772467 or www.monmouth-savoy.co.uk

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Sa February BROADWAY AND BEYOND Eight versatile and talented performers, all-singing, all-dancing actors and musicians, together wtih a dazzling array of costumes celebrate the very best of musical theatre. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16.50/£15.50, friends and patrons £14.50, 01432 340555. Tues 4 February CARMEN THE RUSSIAN STATE BALLET AND OPERA HOUSE. A powerful and passionate drama of love and rejection. Sung in French with English surtitles. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Fri 7 & Sat 8 February ACIS & GALATEA

MID WALES OPERA. An enchanting story from ancient mythology: Acis is the son of the spirit Pan, Galatea a nymph of the sea. They fall in love, only to be thwarted by the monstrous Cyclops, Polyphemus. 7 Feb - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £18, students £10, 01686 614555. 8 Feb - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20/£19, 01432 340555.

Thurs 13 - Sat 15 March WE WILL ROCK YOU LUDLOW COLLEGE STUDENTS. Set in the future where mindless manufactured music is the norm and everyone is the same, hope of breaking free rests with an unlikely resistance - The Rebel Bohemians who inhabit the subterranean regions of iPlanet, waiting for a hero to bring the power of Rock back to the people. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 01584 878141.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE Wed 19 - Fri 21 February ALADDIN HEREFORD AMATEUR PANTOMIME SOCIETY. A traditional story of the poor laundry boy, who gets ideas above his station. Aladdin is determined to catch sight of the Princess Lychee even at the risk of his life. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2pm and 7pm, Fri 2pm, £11/£9 adults, family £35, 01432 340555. Sat 22 & Sun 23 February IF THE SHOE FITS C-SCAPE DANCE COMPANY. A very special kind of shoe shop, where every box contains its own special story. The performers bring the shoes and their stories to life through physical theatre, dance, story-telling and music. For ages 3-7 years and adults. 22 Feb - Farlow & Oreton Village Hall, 2pm, £7/£4, 01746 718642. 23 Feb - Kingsland Coronation Hall, 2.30pm, £5, 01568 709579. Arts Alive. Tues 25 February OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM The animals have gone missing! Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, 01874 611622. Tues 26 February THE SOOTY SHOW Mr Showbiz himself. With a meet and greet! Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 11am & 2.30pm, 01874 611622.

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DRAMA WORKSHOPS

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE Drama workshop for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Sun 16 February & Sun 16 March THEATRE WORKSHOP IN CLUN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE A free theatre workshop for young people, 16-25, theatre games and exercises. A CADS event led by professional director, Mick Greenway. Limited numbers. Please book. 01588 640525 or mick.greenway@googlemail.com. Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Road, Clun 10.30am-1.30pm. Free light refreshments.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kington Primary School. Wed - Years 5 & 6, 4-5.30pm. Years 7,8 & 9 5.30-7pm. Senior 7.15pm-8.45pm, £40 per term, 01432 340555.

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

Wednesdays and Fridays INTERMEDIATE YOUTH THEATRE Year 10s Wed and Year 11s Fridays. The Courtyard, Hereford, £60 per term, 01432 340555.

HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest. Mondays NO STRINGS ATTACHED Puppetry and Mask Theatre with The Fetch Theatre Co. 11-16, 6.30-8pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141. Mondays YOUTH THEATRE Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 6-11 4.30-5.30pm, ages 11-14 6-7.30pm, ages 14-18 7.30-9.30pm, 01432 340555. Mondays APPLETREE JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE Brand new, fun, creative and inspiring drama workshops for children between 7-11 years to develop performance skills, confidence, literacy and communication through games, improvisation and some scripted work. Workshops run by professional actors and qualified teachers. 4.15pm5.30pm, The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. office@appletreetheatre. co.uk or phone 01584 318015 to register. Mondays APPLETREE SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE Brand new, fun, creative and inspiring drama workshops for children between 11-16 years. Workshops run by professional actors and qualified teachers. 5.45pm-7.00pm on Mondays from 13 Jan at The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. £60 per term. Email us at office@appletreetheatre.co.uk or phone 01584 318015. Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555. Tuesdays THE ITC / IMPROV THEATRE For ages 11-25, £24 for 6 week block. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 3.45-5.15pm, 01588 630243. Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE IN WIGMORE Wigmore group runs at Teme Valley Youth Project, 3.30-4.30pm for 6-11 year olds, 5-6.30pm for 11-16 years old. £40 per term. 01568 770110 or visit www.courtyard.org.uk

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception - Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £65 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367. Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-onWye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. Janine on 07733 055430. Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110. Thursdays LUDLOW DRAMA WORKSHOP For all ages: 16 + and adults, 7.30-9.30pm at Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow SY8 1RU Theatre & performance skills developed through improvisation workshops, led by experienced team of pro-am actors. Regular public performances; no experience needed. www.ludlowdramaworkshop.org.uk Contact 01588 673219 or 07811 164670. Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY Theatre games and performance to develop the fundamental skills of improvisation theatre, including teamwork, storytelling, character development and more. For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928. Fridays and Saturday JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE For Year 3 - 9 led by either David Durant or Ellen Dorsett. The Courtyard, Hereford, £75 per term, 01432 340555. Saturdays PETERCHURCH DRAMA AND FUN CLUB Open to all abilities. For ages 6-12, 10am-11.30pm, £3 per session, 01432 340555. Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

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Thurs 20 Feburary AN EVENING OF POETRY With Allen Fisher and Colin Sutherill. Apple Store Gallery, Bridge St, Hereford, 7pm, £10/£5 to include glass of wine/ juice, 01432 378436.

Comedy

Tues 11 February DAVID BADDIEL David Baddiel takes aim at himself, and examines his strange relationship with the New Lad/Token Jew/ Comedy rock ‘n’ roller/Football singer-songwriter that people see him as. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £21, 01432 340555. Wed 12 February ALEX HORNE: LIES A show full of jokes, music, impressions and lies. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, 01743 281281.

Poetry & Storytelling

Fri 19 - Sun 23 February BISHOP’S CASTLE ARTS FESTIVAL 19 Feb - Girls on Top, Poetry talk by Pat Townsend, Bishop’s Castle Library, 2pm, free. 19 Feb - Utterly Undiscovered, talk by Paul Costello. Hilarious tales from a Shropshire B & B! The Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, 6pm, free. 20 Feb - Poetry Workshop, Coding and Decoding run by Bryan Podmore. All welcome. The Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, free, but reserve place, 01588 620541. 21 Feb - Hans Christian Anderson, a talk by Paul Binding. The Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, free. 22 Feb - Forbidden Books, Who Controls the Written Word? A talk by Bob Fowke. The Castle Hotel, Bishop’s Castle, 4pm, free. 22 Feb - Prize-giving event for the Poetry Competition, the theme being ‘Musical Offerings’. The Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £8 with buffet supper and musical entertainment. Further details 01588 620541 or www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk

Fri 14 February COMEDY AT THE OLD MILL Featuring Tony Burgess, Colin Howarth, Kiri PritchardMaclean and Harriet Dyer. The Old Mill Bar, High St, Llanidloes, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, 01686 412008. Fri 14 February WYESIDE COMEDY CLUB Featuring Harriet Dyer, Dan Bland, Ben Schoﬁeld and Tony Burgess. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, 01982 552555. Tony Burgess, Wyeside Comedy Club

Wed 5 March ROB BECKETT Rob Beckett, co-host of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Now!’ debut tour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12/£10, 01743 281281.

Russell Kane

Talks

Sat 15 February RUSSELL KANE What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it - being tiny but ﬁerce, close but distant. Watch him ejaculate thoughts about smallness: on keeping things small when life gets big. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £18.50, 01432 340555. Sun 16 February GYLES BRANDRETH: LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS Starting in Las Vegas and ending up in the psychiatrists chair, Gyles Brandreth tells of his journey looking for happiness. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £17, 01743 281281. Tues 18 & Wed 19 February JASON MANFORD The former team captain on ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats’ and host of ‘Comedy Rocks’. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Fri 21 February KERFUFFLE COMEDY CLUB Live stand-up from an array of top comics. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. Fri 21 February LUCY PORTER - NORTHERN SOUL Returns to the UK tour circuit with her best show yet. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £14/£12, 01952 728911. Fri 28 February SIMON EVANS - LEASHED Star of Live at the Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £13, 01952 728911.

Mon 3 February CAFE POL - THE FORMER WORKING BOY’S HOME, BATH STREET Hereford Civic Society. Currently used by council services, what should be its future? The Council wants to sell it to the Fire Service, our society want the buildings listed and there are other options. Come and contribute to the discussion. All Saints’ Cafe, 3.15 - 6pm, 01981 580002, email chair@herefordcivicsociety.org.uk Mon 3 February LECTURE : SHOES IN ART Shoes as Art Deco, by Ms Mary Alexander. Larrupez Centre, Ross on Wye, 1.45pm. Non members are welcome at £5 per person. Enquiries 07876 437145. Tues 4 February PAUL HAND ‘Fruit, Jam and Spoons’. Lingen Gardening Club. Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £3, www.lingen.org.uk Tues 4 February & Tues 4 March BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY Lecture programme. 4 Feb - ‘Grwyney Fechan: Landscape, Buildings and People in a Black Mountains Valley’. 4 March - ‘Kent: the Gateway and Garden of England’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £40 annual subscription, visitors £7.50 per lecture, 01874 625679. Thurs 6 February MAPPA MANDALA: THE POETIC AND HEALING NATURE OF THE MAPPING IMAGE Illustrated talk by Andrea McLean. Apple Store Gallery, Bridge St, Hereford, 7pm, £10/£5 to include glass of wine/ juice, 01432 378436. Fri 7 February MEREDITH VIVIAN OBE CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST A fascinating talk on hypnosis and will discuss the power of the subconscious mind. Mayfair Community Centre, Easthope Rd, Church Stretton, 7pm, 01694 722077.

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Saturday 15 February VALENTINE’S MARKET 10am-4pm Lots of stalls for that perfect present!

The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road. LIVE GUITAR MUSIC - Gareth Rees Roberts Tel: 01547 530744 Refreshments, home made soup etc aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com OPEN EVERY DAY Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm

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Tues 18, Tues 25 February & Tues 4 March LUDLOW LECTURES 18 Feb - The Blue Plaques of Ludlow. Speaker, John Nash. 25 Feb - Conserving the built environment around South Shropshire. Speaker Stephen Treasure. 4 March - Finds from the Fields - a look at the archaeolgical treasures from South Shropshire and beyond. Speaker, Peter Reavill. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-12pm, £15 per person for all six lectures, £4 per lecture, 01584 874990. Wed 19 February LOCAL CHURCH ARCHITECTURE Adapting to new ideas across the centuries. A talk by Tim Bridges. Leintwardine Community Centre, 7pm for 7.30pm start, £3, coffee, wine available, 01547 540334. Wed 19 February LEOMINSTER THROUGH TIME A talk by Malcolm Mason. Earl Mortimer College Theatre, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free, visitors welcome, £3 on the door. Leominster Historical Society.

Sat 8 February NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY With a visit from Phil Rickman. Herford Library, 11am-1pm and two free author talks organised by the Logaston Press at 2pm and 2.30pm. Tues 11 February IOLO WILLIAMS Iolo has presented more than 25 series in English and Welsh for S4C and BBC. Wildlife supporter and wellknown local celebrity, Iolo talks about Welsh wildlife and celebrates the Brecknock Wildlife Trust’s 50th year. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622. Wed 12 February CIVIC SOCIETY LECTURE ‘53 Broad Street - It’s History and Restoration’. With speaker, Igor Andronov. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £4, £2 members on the door, pennnywake@mac.com

Thurs 13 February JAY RAYNER - A GREEDY MAN IN A HUNGRY WORLD Restaurant critic and BBC ‘One Show’ reporter Jay Rayner combines hardnosed reporting with witty memoir to take you on a journey through the world’s edible landscape. A Q & A session will take place after the talk. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £12, 01584 878141.

Wed 19 February NADFAS TEME VALLEY DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY LECTURE The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale. A talk by Mr J Karczewski-Slowikowski, English furniture historian. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.15pm, £7 on the door, 01584 711477. Thurs 20 February ROMAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE An illustrated lecture by David Preshous. The Church Barn, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, free, but donations to Festival funds invited. www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk Fri 21 February UKRAINIAN EVENING Come and join us for Night of Ukrainian culture! Experience rural Ukraine through photos from our recent adventure to Ukrainian Carpathians with wildlife expert William Watson, sample local Ukrainian cuisine, taste Ukrainian vodka and ﬁnd out more about our escorted tours to Ukraine. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm. Raising funds for youth project in Ukraine! £10 per person – bowl of borsch(Ukrainian beetroot soup) with homemade bread and shot of vodka to include. For more information about tickets please call Nataliya on 07963 090838. Sat 22 February RUBENS AND ABSTRACT PAINTING An illustrated talk by Jock Wright. Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, Station St, Bishop’s Castle, 5pm, free, but donations to Festival funds invited. www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk Sun 23 February BIRDSONG IN BISHOP’S CASTLE A talk by Pete Carty, National Trust Countryside manager for the Long Mynd. The Six Bells, Bishop’s Castle, 4pm, £3, www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk Sun 23 February THREE TUNS BREWERY TOUR With head brewer, Steve Willmer. Three Tuns Brewery, Bishop’s Castle, 11am, free, but donations to Festival funds invited. Numbers limited, please book, 01588 630200 www.bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk

Steve Parrish

Sundays 16 February & 6 April YOUNG PEOPLE’S WRITING COURSE & COMPETITION With Jenny Valentine. For children aged 7 - 12 years. At the end of the workshops, participants will bring together all the skills and techniques they’ve learned. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-12pm, £21 for three workshops, booking essential, 01497 847426. Thurs 6 February HEALING JOURNEY & POETRY 10-4pm, Highgate, Bettws Cedewain, nr. Newtown. Exploring and furthering your healing journeys in response to accessible and contemporary poetry. No knowledge of poetry required. Lunch and coffees provided. £35 for each day. Led by healer and poet, Bethany Rivers (M.A.) bethanyrivers77@hotmail.co.uk 01686 650146. Thursday 6 & 20 February PHILOSOPHY CAFE. An informal gathering bringing philosophy into life. The Globe, Hay on Wye. 7.30pm, free. Contact Robert 01981 500288.

Sun 23 February STEVE PARRISH Enjoy the life and times of Steve Parrish (Stavros) which provide a completely different, colourful, humorous and, at times daring portrayal of this man’s career. Steve is currently the BBC commentator for Motor GP and has been commentating since 1988, but he is equally famous in the world of motorsport for his pranks, The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20, 01432 340555. Mon 24 March ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY LECTURE Journeys on Foot and Raft. A lecture by Will Millard. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, 01874 611622. Sat 1 March ONLY FOOLS AND BOYCIE An evening with John Challis. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £15, students £13, 01531 383663. Fri 7 March THE SILK ROUTE - JIM & DIANE GAFFNEY An illustrated talk. Dilwyn Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 7.30pm, £6. Cabaret seating, bring your own bottle, tea and coffee will be served in the interval, 01568 720226.

Workshops & Courses

Sat 8 & Sun 9 February ANNUAL MEGA BOOKSALE Second-hand books and DVDs at great prices. Donations welcome. Deliver to the Assembly Rooms during the week of the sale. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-4pm, 01584 872701.

Every Wednesday until 2 April CREATIVE WRITING A 10 week course with award-winning author, Lisa Blower. Shrewsbury Library, 1-3pm & 6-8pm, places limited, booking essential, 01743 255308, or email shrewsburycreative writing@gmail.com SPANISH CLASSES & LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE Mondays 6-7.30pm, advanced and Film Club. Wednesdays 11.30am-1pm, Intermediate. Castle Green Pavilion, Hereford. Email: pato@agua.nu, 07587 234720. STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS at the Story Space Studio at Grange Court in Leominster. Explore the world of the Imagination and develop personal creativity. Full day sessions and short courses. Also Community Arts Days, School Projects, Forest School and Birthday Parties. www.storyspace.co.uk Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555. First Wednesday of the month AYMESTREY POETRY GROUP Bring a poem to share or your own or an old favourite. The Riverside Inn, Aymestrey, 8pm. Tony Walton 01568 770177 or Meg Cox 01568 708160. First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 878141. Every Thursday PHILOSOPHY EVENING Falcon Hotel, Bromyard, 7.30pm. 4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153. 4th Sunday of each month (excluding Bank Holidays) WINGED WORD Storytelling club, venue for the spoken word at the Six Bells, Bishop’s Castle, 8.00pm. Free. Mike 07816 133372. International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451. Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tue, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group Tenbury Library, 01584 812585. Border Poets 01547 530380.

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Wave Power

“So hope for a great sea-change on the far side of revenge, believe that a further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles.” Seamus Heaney

In May 2013, a wave energy machine called Pelamis P2, sited north of Scotland at Billia Croo, completed an important first year test programme. Named after a type of sea snake that swims on the ocean surface, able to survive in all weather conditions, the Pelamis P2 is inspired and informed by nature. It’s made up of coupled 4m-wide steel tubes that move with the ocean surface to generate energy, whilst inside the tubes, a slick array of hydraulic cylinders, compressors and converters turn wave motion into green electricity. I met Deborah Smith of Pelamis last summer at the Green Business Awards. How it Works Central to the Pelamis P2 design is the articulated tube - there are five sections in total and these are linked by universal joints, which give the machine its snake-like flexibility. The machine floats at the surface of the ocean and naturally faces into the waves. As each wave passes, the sections bend and the movement is converted via hydraulic power take-off systems inside the tube. The system basically works by pumping fluid into high-pressure accumulators, to generate smooth and continuous electricity. It’s a rather simple analysis (by a rather simple person), but there is a detailed description on the Pelamis website, if you seek more info. This power is then transmitted to shore using standard subsea cables and equipment. Surviving Harsh Conditions Billia Croo test site is a wild spot off Orkney, subjected to the powerful forces of the North Atlantic Ocean, and enjoying one of the highest wave energy potentials in Europe. The average wave height is 2 – 3 metres, but extremes of up to 17m have been measured and this makes it a perfect place to test the Pelamis P2 with monitored exposure to increasingly large wave conditions. The designer behind this project is an engineer called Richard Yemm, who has spent many years researching wave power. The ocean is a tough environment, and Pelamis P2 has been designed with survivability in mind, strengthened by steel, able to move with the tides or dive through bigger

waves, streamlined to work with the forces of nature. The success of Pelamis is part of a long held wisdom that we should be working with nature, and not in arrogant or economic isolation. Which is something engineers, farmers and growers, and those living/working closer to earth often grasp early on … and here they are, turning out amazing solutions in response to what is now an urgent scientific consensus on climate change and atmospheric physics. Wave Energy and Tidal Energy Waves are formed by winds blowing over the surface of the sea. The size of the waves will depend upon the wind speed, its duration, the distance of water over which it blows, the shape of the sea floor and local currents. Of course each wave carries kinetic energy, but the best wave resources will be in areas where strong winds have travelled long distances with minimal friction from the seabed and these waves in deeper, exposed waters generate much more energy. Closer to home, in Swansea Bay, the attention has turned to tidal energy. Tidal streams are created by the constantly changing gravitational pull of the moon and sun. Tides never stop, with water moving first one way, then the other. Tidal technologies capture the kinetic energy of the currents flowing in and out, and because the relative positions of the sun and moon can be accurately predicted, so can the tides. This predictability will make tidal energy a particularly valuable resource. I would like to hear from any engineer working on the Swansea Bay project, if there is a BS reader out there? Investing in our future Pelamis have produced six full-scale Pelamis wave energy machines to date, including two of the latest ‘P2’ design, which were supported by E.ON and Scottish Power Renewables. The stage of improvement and development is not over, but the latest test results are looking good. This early investment in wave power is not wasted money, but an important use of money for the future … a future where sustainable technology meets nature. In the longer term, team Pelamis believe that wave power could become one of the lowest cost forms of clean renewable energy generation. And that is something worth investing in.

Green Events Sat 15 February SEED AND PLANT SWAP Swap seeds and plants, come to talks and browse stalls. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10am-2pm, free, www.swapseeds.org.uk Closing date 20 February OUTBACK2BASICS - INSPIRING PEOPLE TO BE OUTDOORS A small Shropshire based company teaching Bushcraft and traditonal skills are looking for Bushcraft Birthday rangers to help host birthday parties and more. If you are interested, if you love being outdoors, love learning and teaching and have a current 1st aid qualiﬁcation then please contact us with a CV for more info. Closing date 20th Feb. outback2basics@gmail.com Sat 22 February SEED SWAP Teme Valley Environment Group will hold their annual Seed Swap at Knighton Community Market in the Community Centre, 9.30 - 12.30. Including Heritage Seeds. Donations accepted if you have no seeds to exchange. Coming soon Plant and Seedling Swap 24th May at Knighton Community Centre. Details from sheila_clarke@hotmail.com or check the website www.tveg.org.uk Coming soon Plant and Seedling Swap 24th May at Knighton Community Centre.

Local Environmental Groups Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hay-on-Wye Friends of the Earth, meets on 3rd Thursday every month at Kilverts Hotel, Hay-on-Wye. 01497 82153 gareth@cyrusgardendesign.co.uk Hereford Christian Ecology Group, usually meets on 2nd Tuesday evening of the month. 01432 279740. Transition Ledbury Paul/Beverley Kinnaird 01531 634788 or transitionledbury@googlemail.com. Transition Leominster, Regular meetings, contact Ann Ashley, 01885 420473 or Anne Adams, 01568 780886. Wasteless Society - www.wasteless.org.uk - WS Office - 01588 630683 or 01588 630760 - info@wasteless.co.uk Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Kevin Jones, 01547 520266, www,knucklascastle.org.uk, info@knucklascastle.org.uk Hereford Carbon Rationing Action Group www.carbonrationing.org.uk - Vey Straker - T: 01432 840955 - M: 07961 125470 - vey.straker@virgin.net Kington Local Environment & Energy Network (KLEEN) meets regularly 2nd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, The Oxford Arms, Kington. Planning local action, supporting initiatives, open to all. Contact kleen@momentary-lapse.co.uk Teme Valley Environment Group - Anne-Mary Davies 01547 528833 Will O’Leary - 01547 528792 amdskyborry@hotmail.com www.tveg.org.uk Transition Presteigne meets first Thurs of every month, (except Jan, April & Aug), Wine Bar, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267768 or email transitionpresteigne@gmail.com Green Presteigne - Nigel Griffin - 01544 267437 - nigel. griffin@btopenworld.com www.greenpresteigne. wikispaces.com. Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk

Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - http://www.herefordshirefoe.org.uk - Paige Mitchell - 01432 277857 co-ordinator@herefordshirefoe.org.uk Lightfoot Enterprises - The Old Primary School, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, Tel 01588 630683, E mail info@lightfoot.org.uk, www.lightfoot.org.uk Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) Dave Smith, 7 Primrose Close, Hereford HR2 7QX. Tel. 01432 266937 davetreesmith@aol.com https://sites.google.com/site/herefordshiremammals/ Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood - 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk - Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - ofﬁce@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Transition Hereford - Charlotte Lake 01432 343577 www.transitionhereford.org Rea Valley Environmental Group (ReaVEN) Aims to promote sustainability and environmental concerns throughout the Rea Valley. reaven@live.co.uk. Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org Presteigne Freecycle for Presteigne and surrounding area, groups.yahoo.com/group/presteignefreecycle. For other areas www.freecycle.org Upper Onny Wildlife Group. Meetings at The Crown Inn, Wentnor, Bishop’s Castle. Species surveys, recording and training (mostly summertime). John Muller email: jmuller983@gmail.com

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A RANGE OF THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER including Indian Head Massage; Aromatherapy Massage and Reflexology. Humphrey Clement Bsc MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038063 for a consultation or email healing.rose@icloud.com www.healing-rose.co.uk ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR AND THERAPIST, experience of all ages including young people, and of individuals, couples and groups, offers confidential sessions, short or long-term, in the Knighton and Presteigne areas. Richard Lewis MSc (Intergrative Psychotherapy), PG Dip (Supervision), MA, FTCL, FRSA, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. 01547 510360 or 07951 304457. A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, B.Ac, M.B.Ac.C. Traditional Acupuncture for pain management, acute and/or chronic health problems. Phone for free initial discussion on 01568 709142. Stoneleigh, Kingsland, HR6 9QS. registered and insured with the British Acupuncture Council since 1986. ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ANDREW WEBSTER HYPNOTHERAPY AND N.L.P. CLINIC Whitton Court, Whitton, near Ludlow, SY8 3AB. www.aquariuswavesofchange.co.uk 01584 891170. Peaceful therapy in beautiful surroundings. A.P. VET LTD Veterinary Acupuncture and Physiotherapy, broad range of conditions treated including musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, respiratory and skin. Team approach to rehabilitation for horses and dogs to get your athlete back into action. www.ap-vet.co.uk, 01497 851608. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467. AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY AND REIKI TREATMENTS IN HEREFORD These natural therapies can be wonderfully relaxing and aid healing. Experienced holistic therapist with adults and children (ex-nurse) working from own therapy room. Home visits can be arranged if necessary. Reasonable rates and Gift Vouchers available. Natural Therapies : Contact Alison 07788 547255 AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY TREATMENTS OFFERED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which have a number of properties, that may, when used, help improve overall emotional health. Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR and CNHC registered, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993. ATHENE COUNSELLING - specialising in issues related to baby loss, infertility, chronic ill health, rape, abuse, accidents, other traumas and crises. Leominster, can do home visits locally. Alison Sutton (PG Dip Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, MSc in Advanced Nursing, RGN). 07789 322771 or athene.counselling@gmail.com

BOWEN TECHNIQUE - JOY PEARMAN. Also reflexology, Pilates and Zumba classes. Ledbury, Bromyard, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford areas. 01432 820484. BODYWORK & HEALING with Hilary Foxwell BTAA, AHSC, GWCG. Recovery, self-maintenance, health & wellbeing for your individual needs. Bowen treatment for muscle, skeletal, nerve, respiratory, intestinal conditions. Alexander tuition to retrain muscle action, breathing, body-mind reactions. Energy release for stress, grief, old trauma. Practitioner since 1984. Home visits if needed. Clinics in Tenbury Wells, Bromyard and Ludlow. 01584 819010. JENNY BULLOUGH Yoga tuition and therapy. Small group classes & individual tuition for special needs. 01497 831416 CLAIRVOYANT MEDIUMSHIP AND TAROT READINGS with Gina Murray, also animal mediumship and animal communication within Hay on Wye tel:07812 /035459 www.ginalmurray.com or email ginalmurray@gmail.com. COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more! Also, couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Please contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see webpage for more info www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred). CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. Valérie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COUNSELLING: Space for you to explore issues that are troubling you in a confidential, safe, supportive and nonjudgemental environment. I offer short and long term, low cost, individual integrative counselling. I have experience of working with a range of issues including anger, anxiety, bereavement, depression, disability, eating disorders, low self-esteem and confidence, illness, relationship problems, rape, self-harm, sexuality and stress. South Shropshire/Powys borders. Alison Trott FdA (Counselling), PGDip (couns), MBACP. Contact trott912@btinternet.com 07791 013587. COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk COUNSELLING/PSYCHOTHERAPY: JANE COOKE Presteigne. Safe, creative, equal approach. I have wide life & work experience; I work to support your increased understanding of yourself, and do not judge or try to change you – change comes through your awareness & when you are ready. jane.cooke@heartfeltwork.co.uk 07771950899.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Mike Hadden RCST, based in Hereford, a gentle but profound way to reconnect to health and well-being. To find out more tel: 01432 261222 or email: mike@herefordcraniosacral.co.uk EMOTIONAL THERAPYAnne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) BAoG (Dip). Safe, effective therapy to improve and enhance personal potential. Specialist knowledge and experience with panic attacks, anger issues, severe anxiety, bullying, bereavement and depression. If you have difficulty relating to others, or persistent, troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. See also www.thewritetofeel.com See also www.thewritetofeel.com FLOWER ESSENCES THERAPY. One-to-one sessions for personal development, to enhance well-being by working on emotional/mental attitudes, inner disharmony and other imbalances. Essences can be used for a wide range of issues, including lack of confidence, concerns and worries, despondency and sadness, relationship issues, unhelpful negative emotions, adjusting to change, and upsets and distress. Based in Rosson-Wye, I also offer animal sessions within a ten-mile radius. If you would like to find out more, please contact Jill Stern, BFVEA (adv): 01989 563147 www.bfvea.com FOOT HEALTH PRACTITIONER Fully Registered CRB checked and also RGN, diabetes / wound care experience. Home visits in Herefordshire area. Prices vary according to treatment. Many foot ailments treated. Google: Dishleyfoothealth for price details or call 01568 613298, Mob 07816 988196. HEALING THROUGH POETRYConnecting deeper with yourself, finding insights in your life, helping to find light at the end of the tunnel - looking at select and accessible poems, your written responses to them can open new doors and offer new illuminations. No knowledge of poetry necessary. Led by experienced healer and poet, Bethany Rivers (M.A.) bethanyrivers77@hotmail.co.uk www.writingyourvoice.org.uk 01686 650146. HEALING and COUNSELLING in Bishops Castle. ESH is a method of healing which works with the human energy system in a gentle and nourishing way. It helps to relieve energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. I am also a fully qualified personal counsellor with over 20 years experience and an accredited CRUSE bereavement counsellor. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A., Cert. ESH, Dip.Couns. Tel : 01588 638242. Email: Philomena@soul-healing.net Web : www.soul-healing.net HEALING ENCOUNTERS: Soul Realignment, Soul Profiles, clearing restrictions at a Soul level. House Healing - geopathic stress, earth energies. We can tune-in to you and change energies. Tel 01584 892049. Healingencounters.co.uk HOLISTIC, THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, Indian head massage, Thai foot massage, seated acupressure massage, natural facial and massage with Marian Hardiman at Silvan Massage (CNHC, MTI). No set routine, just careful attention to what the individual requires. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford or at your workplace or event. Find out more or to make an appointment: 07816 981454, marian@silvanmassage. com or www.silvanmassage.com. JENNIFER HODGE DO Registered Osteopath. Cranial Osteopath. The Old Rectory, New Radnor 01544 350241. HOMOEOPATHY: Annabel Stacey ACH. Homoeopathy supports the body’s own efforts to heal itself and can be used effectively to treat both emotional and physical disorders. Treatment is adapted to the individual needs of each patient, taking all their symptoms into account. If you would like to find out more or make an appointment please contact me on 07960 865564 or annabelstacey@yahoo.co.uk (clinics in Ludlow and Shrewsbury).

HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing. Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021. MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford. LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre.com. LIFE COACHING RELATIONSHIPS... loving living together... Are you unhappy or dissatisfied in your relationship? Struggling to get on well with your partner or not seeing eye to eye? Do you want to make your relationship work but don’t know where to begin? Would you like to have a more fulfilling and loving relationship? Karen Robinson ACMC, PNLP. Shobdon. Call: 01568 709194 or 07792 256451, Email: karenrobinson67@live.co.uk MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley. One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352. MASSAGE THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe MTI Theraputic bodywork to release muscular tension, encourage calm and assist recovery. Clinics in Leominster and Hereford. Phone to talk or book: 01568 708836 www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk MEDITATION FOR WELLBEING Meditation is a gentle but powerful tool for health, wellbeing, problem solving and a better quality of life. I have been teaching meditation for 25 years to individuals and groups and can now offer A UNIQUE TRAINING for you to set up and run your own group. Easy organisation, minimal cost, ongoing support. I can visit you by arrangement. For info. please contact Julia Walling on 01584 874636, 07796 596451, julia.walling@btinternet.com or via www.meditationforwellbeing.co.uk NEW HAY OSTEOPATHS Ian Wright is a Registered Osteopath with 20 years experience in Ireland and Harley Street. He is now practicing in Hay-on-Wye. Ian treats all conditions and all ages and gives clear and detailed feedback. For more information take a look at our website www.hayosteopaths.co.uk and to make an appointment telephone Heloise - 07772 000728.

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NUTRIONAL THERAPY Would you like to know how to make the most of what you eat? Would you like help with choosing the foods that might suit you best? Would you like to understand why your food choices are important? Do you simply have an interest in how foods may affect you and your body? Phaedra Bushby 07794 476892. Consultations available in Leominster, New Radnor and Worcester. yourhealthylife@bti nternet.com, www.phaedrabushby.webs.com PAMELA SPENCELEY MNIMH Medical Herbalist and Allergy Therapist 01568 770614 / 01584 878123 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 PSYCHIC READINGS: Clairvoyance, Tarot & Astrology (tape inc). Gifted & compassionate reader with over 20 yrs professional experience. Personal readings from home (near Hereford); at Zenith in Leominster on Thursdays; & telephone readings (pre-booked). ROWIE (M.BPRB) 01432 820684. REFLEXOLOGY including auricular reflexology and fertility/ maternity reflexology. Qualified 2003. Experience of working with people with physical and learning disabilities. Catherine Brown, FHT MA, 07960 989894. Home visits available, (Ludlow area). SHIATSU BODYWORK with Sarah Churcher-Owen ds.mrss. Bodywork received fully clothed on a comfortable futon mat. Releasing and nurturing techniques for muscles, joints and energy flow, with meridian massage to support the body, mind and spirit. Helpful with many conditions, physically and emotionally. Supporting your wellbeing. Qualified since 1996 and registered with www.shiatsusociety.org (more info). Treatments at www.naturalharmonycentre.co.uk Llanerfyl SY21 - 01938 820663 or Lydbury North SY7 - 01588 680496. SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 23 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874. SPIRITUAL MEDIUM - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website.

Thurs 6 February HEALING JOURNEY & POETRY 10-4pm, Highgate, Bettws Cedewain, nr. Newtown. Exploring and furthering your healing journeys in response to accessible and contemporary poetry. No knowledge of poetry required. Lunch and coffees provided. £35 for each day. Led by healer and poet, Bethany Rivers (M.A.) bethanyrivers77@hotmail.co.uk 01686 650146.

Fri 14 February VALENTINE’S LUXURY FOOT TREAT - 2 FOR 1 Relaxing and Invigorating! Foot Massage Treatment with Marian Hardiman at the Retreat, Presteigne. Bring your friend - £20 for two 25 minute sessions. Contact Marian for an appointment on 07816 981454 or marian@silvanmassage.com Thurs 13 March PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP Hatha yoga course starts. Knighton Community Centre, afternoon and evening sessions. Call Diane Millbery for details 07807 523330. February & March INTRODUCTION TO ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE This mind-body training shows you how the ‘tools for living’ can be applied during everyday activities. With understanding & awareness many difficulties often become easier - additional benefits may include reduced tension, enhanced movement & overall wellbeing. 5 week course, (small group) plus one-to-one session. Wednesdays 6.30 - 7.45pm, The Pump Rooms, Tenbury Wells with Hilary Foxwell. Info and to book tel 01584 819010. HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY: Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs. Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal.co.uk or 01531 670075. SAMATHA MEDITATION Encourages calming, stilling the mind, towards greater well-being and understanding. A class for newcomers to Samatha now meets at Greenstreete, Llangunllo, near Knighton. Everyone welcome. Classes include instruction, group practice and Dhamma discussion. Classes by donation. Please contact Marina for more details. Tel: 01239 820352. Email: marina@treffynnon.com HEALING YOGA AND MEDITATION SATURDAYS Georgie holds monthly Saturday morning yoga and meditation workshops at the beautiful Brilley Village Hall. These workshops focus on different themes, e.g. anger release, grief & acceptance, loving and healing the self, stress release, living with energy and purpose and lots more. They are always healing and tailored to those who attend. Homemade cake, yogi tea and fruit are served in the breaks. Investment between £15£20. Call 07807 550 653 or visit www.healingspirits.co.uk to book or for info about workshops as well as regular Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes in your area. YOGA AT MOCCAS VILLAGE HALL Small group class on Monday evenings, suitable for anyone, with or without experience. Please contact Nicky Jaques for further details 07817 268689 nickyjaquesyoga@gmail.com SCARAVELLI INSPIRED YOGA At Richard Booth’s Bookshop, The Yoga Studio, Brook St, Hay On Wye. Come and experience an energizing and uplifting approach to Yoga. Nurture Mind, Body and Spirit. Mon: 10 -11.45 Adult Yoga. 12 -1pm Parent and Toddler Yoga. Wed: 10 - 11.45 Adult Yoga. 12 - 1.30pm Pregnancy Yoga. Fri: Adult Yoga 1 - 2.45pm. Adult Yoga: £6 cons £8 waged. Pregnancy Yoga: £6 cons £8 waged. Parent and Toddler Yoga: £5. Payable per half a term. Two places available paying weekly per class. (Reduced rate for students attending two classes a week: £5 cons £7 waged). Suitable for all ages and sizes. The space has all the equipment and under floor heating. For more information and to book a place, please contact Dorothy Watkins: dorothyopentheatre@live.co.uk 01981 580 453. TAI CHI AND CHINESE YOGA from the Li family system of Taoist Arts led by a well qualified and experienced instructor. Suitable for people of all ages and levels of fitness. Enjoyable, relaxing and improves physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Classes held at The Monty Club, Broad St, Newtown on Tuesdays at 3.30pm and 6.30pm. Contact Dave Phillipps on 01588 638614 or email to taichiatbc@phonecoop.coop