YOUNG people in the north Cotswolds will soon have access to top quality music tuition and playing opportunities on their doorstep. Gloucestershire Music, the county council’s music service, is starting a new music centre based at The Cotswold School
ON April 17, 1906, Italian tenor Enrico Caruso – friend to presidents and a favourite of the Crown – launched a new season at San Francisco Opera, bringing the house down with his performance of Don Jose in Carmen. The next morning the city suffered
ALDERTON Village Hall is hosting a musical event on Friday, April 30. Big Band music will be belted out during the event also expected to feature local blues and folk man Bill Pullen. For more information and tickets call 01242 620539.
BEATLES fans will be in for a treat at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall on Saturday. Tribute act Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band are renowned for their shows and perform live, without the use of backing tracks, recreating some of the Beatles’ greatest hits
THE English String Orchestra returns to Number 8 in Pershore on Friday, April 23. Following its sell-out concert last year, this month’s performance features a programme of classical pieces written by composers who have been inspired by the folk music
FORMER member of chart-topping band The Christians turned solo musician, Henry Priestman, is performing at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall on Thursday, May 6. Henry’s performance begins at 8pm. For tickets at £13.50, call 01905 611427 or visit worcesterlive.co.uk
PROG rock band Pendragon will return to their hometown of Stroud for a special gig. The foursome have spent 25 years away from the town, building their reputation on a wider stage. In 1982, they shot to fame when they toured with Marillion and the following
RENOWNED organist Ashley Grote will perform works by Vierne, Bach and Dupré at Gloucester Cathedral on Saturday. Ashley, who is assistant director of music at the cathedral, will start his performance at 7pm. Meanwhile, Johannes Trumpler, of the Maria
AN afternoon of children’s theatre comes to the Swan Theatre in Worcester with The Snip Snap Dragon on May 1. Can mum keep her prize-winning marrow safe without help from the dragon, and does the family really need a new pet? Tickets cost £1.50 from 01905
JUS’ Like That, A Night Out with Tommy Cooper is at the Malvern Theatres from next Thursday. The show is packed with all the legendary performer’s best gags and magic tricks and stars Clive Mantle – star of Casualty, Holby City and The Vicar of Dibley
DESPITE the recent death of punk guru Malcolm McLaren, Gloucester-based band Radio Clash will prove his legacy lives on with a gig at The Railway Hotel, Evesham, on Saturday. The four former punks are set to perform their tribute to punk legends The
HARPIST to the Prince of Wales, Claire Jones, will perform at Evesham Arts Centre tonight. The 24-year-old will play alongside percussionist Chris Marshall. The pair launched their project when Chris produced a variety of arrangements for percussion
Foster & Allen are at Cheltenham Town Hall tonight. Last-minute tickets cost £18.50 or £16.50 and the show starts at 7.30pm. To book, call the box office on 08445 762210.
THE John Law Trio will play at No.1 Shakespeare Street, Stratford, on Sunday at 8pm. Admission is £6 and for more information call 01789 264787 or visit stratfordjazz.org.uk.
HAROLD Pinter’s The Caretaker comes to The Theatre in Chipping Norton next month. Davies, an elderly drifter, is given shelter by the kindly but vulnerable Aston. He quickly makes himself at home in the squalid, junk-filled flat, but an uneasy peace
LOVERS of classical dance are in for a treat. The Vienna Festival of Ballet is presenting Swan Lake at Evesham Arts Centre next Wednesday. Lavish costumes, stunning scenery, international stars and glorious music from Tchaikovsky should make it a night
CINEMA fans will be spoilt for choice at Pershore’s Number 8 next week. Rugby epic Invictus (12A) will be screened on Saturday and Tuesday at 7.30pm. Clint Eastwood continues his career behind the camera as director of this film which tells the true
The Memory of Water is Shipston Dramatic Society’s spring production. The bittersweet comedy by Shelagh Stephenson tells the tale of three sisters who – on the eve of their mother’s funeral – meet, bicker and reveal past conflicts. The play, which contains
LAURIE Lee’s Cider with Rosie at The Swan theatre in Worcester later this month, is an autobiographical account of Lee’s childhood in rural Gloucestershire. A new stage adaptation by Daniel O’Brien, directed by Abigail Anderson, follows Lee through his
AUDIENCES will be dancing in the aisles when the sounds of the 60s are brought to life at Malvern Theatres this week. Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical has been inspired by the popular albums of the same name, the first of which sold more than 600,000
There were more than 500 entries for the third annual Moreton-in-Marsh spring horse show 35 years ago, which included new sections for hacks, dressage with jumping and young stock. The Journal of 1975 reported: “The show had to be postponed from Easter
“The clerk reported to Chipping Campden Parish Council that he had interviewed Fred Keeley,” the Journal reported 75 years ago, “who was responsible for putting a gate across the Kingcombe Lane end of Hoo Lane, which is, according to the parish, a bridle
100 Years Ago April 23, 1910 MR J Stanley, the new manager of the White Hart Hotel, Winchcombe, gave an “introductory” dinner to his patrons on Friday evening. About 30 assembled, Mr Craddock presiding, and Mr W C Belcher being in the vice chair.
PERSHORE College of Horticulture worker Kimbra Johnson holds a giant lemon grown in a college greenhouse 21 years ago. In 1986 the college went into the record books with a 4lb 11oz lemon, a new British first. The lemon that appeared in the photograph
NORTH Cotswold primary schools are leading a revolt against a massive hike in broadband charges that could threaten the future of some rural schools. Schools, including Stow Primary School, Temple Guiting Cof E Primary, St Catharine’s RC Primary in Chipping
MORE than 30,000 potholes have been repaired in Gloucestershire since the freezing weather wreaked havoc with the county’s roads earlier this year. In its latest update, Gloucestershire County Council said it had repaired 30,458 potholes as part of Operation
SHIPSTON GP Debbie Morgan (above) is swapping her stethoscope for a pair of running shoes on Sunday when she tackles the Virgin London Marathon. Dr Morgan of the Shipston Medical Centre will be taking part in her first-ever marathon and is bidding to
THE volcanic ash that has hung over Britain for the past week failed to cloud the post-Easter holiday return to work for north Cotswold schools, though it has caused problems for one prospective parliamentary candidate. Although the Cotswold School in
NORTH Cotswold butcher Clive Porter is to hang up his apron next week after 45 years serving customers. Clive Porter, aged 69, is calling it a day next Friday and handing on the reins to his colleague David Moore, who is taking on the lease of the shop
PUPILS at Chipping Norton School will soon be conducting their experiments in brand new surroundings as work starts on a £4.4 million project to build a three-storey science block. Funded by Oxfordshire County Council, the new block will include: nine
THE threat to civil liberties is the subject of a talk by journalist, campaigner and novelist Henry Porter as part of the Chipping Campden Literature Festival fringe next month. The talk, The Assault on our Civil Liberties, is being held at Chipping Campden
FLY-TIPPING of building waste has prompted Stow Town Council to ban allotment holders from using its skips on the allotment site. Burials board chairman Colin Smalley said builders had been using the skip, which is primarily for use by cemetery workers
RETIRED police officer Steve Whincup is hoping that his new role as village agent to a number of towns and villages in the north Cotswolds will improve the quality of life for local elderly people in need of support. Steve, a former Cotswolds PC who
BLOCKLEY residents are preparing to turn out their treasures for the third time, following the huge success of last year’s Open Garages Day. The day of de-cluttering and bargain hunting is back by popular demand – and it is hoped even more people will
WORK is about to start on a new children’s centre in the grounds of Shipston Primary School. Building work is planned to start next month with the centre expected to open its doors to under-5s and their families by December 2010. Badger Valley Children
NOVELIST and screenwriter, William Boyd, whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages, will open the Chipping Campden Literature Festival next month. Boyd, who has recently been in Paris selling his latest novel Ordinary Thunderstorms
THE 84th Cheltenham Festival of the Performing Arts, full of music, dance, speech and drama, is set to take place from May 5 to 16. Festival programmes are available from Cheltenham Town Hall with full details of all events from morning to evening.
