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Who’s performing at Chipping Campden Music Festival?
Chipping Campden Music Festival The 23rd Chipping Campden Festival, May 11-25, 2024, is the first with co-directors, Thomas Hull and Jessica May at the helm. Artistic director, Thomas Hull, says: ‘Both Jessica and I feel deeply honoured that Charlie
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Tate collection masterpieces touring Midlands and North
Masterpieces by artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol from Tate’s national collection are going on tour around the Midlands and North. Tate has joined forces with the international art foundation Art Explora and MuMo mobile
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The creation of world-record breaking ancient monument on Dartmoor
Artist Alex Murdin has embarked on a monumental project to draw a thousand stones – all of which make up a world-record breaking ancient monument on Dartmoor. It will take three years to complete, but time is of the essence, as he explains. One
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Rob Padley: a look at the work of the Derbyshire oil painter
ROB PADLEY, Oil painter How long have you been painting? As long as I can remember. As a child I was glued to Tony Hart’s TV shows and copied everything he made; he’s partly responsible for a lifetime of creativity. About eight years ago I
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Organ music will be ringing out over Cranham this month
The organ at the Church of St James the Great has been at the heart of village life in Cranham for more than 100 years. It’s played a role in countless weddings and funerals and accompanied the singing of thousands of hymns and carols during Sunday
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Celebrating the Sound of Dorset at the OMAs
Banging the drum for grass roots music, Dorset’s Original Music Awards (OMAs), held at Lighthouse Poole in January, saw the cream of the local music industry come together to celebrate the breadth and depth of talent that, week-in-week-out, plies its
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The Southampton artist helping to preserve our most endangered wildflowers
Inspired by wildflowers around Hampshire, Lisa Gardner embarked on a journey of discovery to help save endangered species ‘I have always loved nature,’ enthuses Lisa Gardner. ‘The entire ethos of my work is inspired by the natural world; it’s the
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Taking up the fight for opera in Norfolk
Norwich Theatre was one of the regular venues on Glyndebourne's touring circuit for more than five decades and was a cultural highlight for thousands of people every year. Away from the stage, for 25 years Norwich Theatre also delivered a schools
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Meet the 2023 BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Somerset
Wells Cathedral School’s Year 8 pupil, Belinda Gifford-Guy, is a specialist singer on the school’s celebrated vocal programme. She was recently announced as the 2023 BBC Young Chorister of the Year (Junior category), a prestigious competition organised
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Behind the scenes at an award winning arts venue
In the past decade, CEO Angela Dixon has transformed this arts venue within an education space. As well as attracting world-class musicians, Saffron Hall recently won a King’s Award for Voluntary Service First of all, congratulations on your 10
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£4 million LS Lowry painting goes up for auction
LS Lowry’s 1957 painting Sunday Afternoon, which is worth more than £4 million, will be publicly displayed for the first time in 57 years before it goes up for auction next month. The Lancashire artist, born in 1887, depicted industrial life in
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All the books that can be redeemed for free with a £1 World Book Day token 2024
It’s almost time to celebrate World Book Day and you might be wondering which books you can get your hands on for £1. The £1 book tokens given out ahead of the big day allow children to choose one book which they can redeem for their token so all
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5 of the best National Trust gardens in Sussex to enjoy during the spring
Spring is often a great time to admire the beauty of nature, and in Sussex, there are several National Trust gardens where you can take it in. These gardens contain beautiful flowers and plants which make a picturesque setting to enjoy an afternoon
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Over 100k job opportunities on offer in England and Wales on new jobs24 platform
Over 100,000 job opportunities are on offer in England and Wales on a new national recruitment website. jobs24 has brought 12 regional job sites under one platform in order to give job seekers access to a wider range of roles across hundreds of
