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On this day: The Cotswolds Archive

The Cotswolds Archive

• Harpist to the Prince headlines festival bill

  A STAR harpist is bringing some music of the angels to headline the St Leonard's Music Festival in The Cotswolds. read more

• What will visitors think about dirty park?

  THROUGH the colu-mns of your paper I would like to complain about the state of Abbey Park, Pershore. read more

• Shredded paper can make great compost

  Cotswold District Council is distributing wheelie bins so that garden waste can be collected and turned into compost. read more

• Religion has been at root of so many social problems

  OUR literary heritage, led by that giant of psychology William Shakespeare, is undoubted. read more

• Man's best friend and the family make the best guests

  THE Cotswold Journal this week makes several points criticising messy dogs and their owners. I hope the following comments will cheer all dog lovers. read more

• Who wants to be the legs of Skip?

  VOLUNTEERS are needed to help Skip the Tewkesbury Dragon get around on St George's Day, April 23. read more

• Bottles recycled

  Tewkesbury people will soon be able to help the environment by recycling plastic bottles. read more

• Moving roundabout will help to ease snags say residents

  Tewkesbury's newest residents' association is making its views on the town's traffic problems public. read more

• See The King 'live' on stage

  FOR all those Elvis fans who dreamed of seeing him on stage in person but never made it, the next best thing is coming to the NEC this month. read more

• A musical trip back in time

  MUSICAL time travelling is lined up for audiences at Cheltenham Town Hall over the next couple of weeks. read more

• Hilarious antics with trio

  MUSIC and comedy is on the cards for visitors to Pershore's Number 8 arts centre. The Old Rope String Band promises a unique music hall experience where 'three strange men play beautiful traditional music whilst indulging in strange and hilarious antics and bizarre visual nonsense'. They come to town on Friday, April 15, at 7.30pm. Call for tickets on 01386 555488. read more

• Sacred choral music in Abbey

  THE Philomusica of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire is performing a concert in Pershore Abbey on Saturday, April 9. The group is performing French sacred choral music by Faure, Gounod and Durufle, accompanied by organ from 7.30pm. Contact Jane Huntley on 01386 552071. read more

• Monthly blues with Steve

  BLUES man Steve Browning is playing at The Crown and Trumpet in Broadway on April 14. He is providing the entertainment for the next monthly blues night at the pub which will also be welcoming him back in September. Catch him playing throughout the evening - there is no admission cost. read more

• An eclectic mix of world music

  SHIVANOVA performs 'some of the finest world music on the scene today' with its blend of urban, folk and jazz styles blended with Indian, African, Caribbean and western influences. read more

• All-male cast in Shakespeare

  AN all-male cast is putting on one of Shakespeare's tragi-comic fairy stories next week - A Winter's Tale. read more

• Join a feast of fiddlers

  LOOSEN your belt for a Feast of Fiddles at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester tomorrow night. Top names in fiddling join with a top class folk rock band for the show's 12th anniversary tour. Box office: 01905 611427 (www.user@huntingdonarts.com). read more

• Farmers can double up on woodland grants

  FARMERS may be eligible to claim funding from both the new English Woodland Grant Scheme and the new Entry Level Stewardship, according to Richard White, of Strutt & Parker's land management department at Moreton. read more

• Blockley

  HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Results of the Spring Flower Show - James Carrington Cup, Sara Clarke; Coleman Cup, Pamela and David Bendersky; Muirhead Cup One, Loveday Evans-Pughe; Muirhead Cup Two, Edwina Powell; Muirhead Cup Three, Andrea Hex; James Carrington Children's Cup, Peter Adams; The Dalrymple Cup, Emilia Sephton; Highest points in handicrafts, Marion Leslie; Garood Cup, Jeremy Voaden, RHS bronze medal, Pamela and David Bendersky. read more

• 999 heroes save drowning man

  THREE firefighters are being praised for their bravery after they rescued a man from a reservoir. read more

• A special home for Ben

  A SPECIALLY-adapted bungalow will make life a thousand times better for Ben Wynn and his mother Sally. read more

On this day: The Cotswolds Archive