Four Shires sponsor Bookmarks Festival in Helmdon

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AuthorsFour Shires Magazine is proud to be sponsoring the Helmdon Bookmarks festival.

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Held on Sunday 25th August 2013, Bookmarks Festival will be returning to the South Northamptonshire village of Helmdon. Entering the second year, the not-for-profit, free festival will once again be celebrating great literature, both local and beyond.

The centrepiece of the afternoon will be readings from three of Northamptonshire’s most notable and esteemed writers : Adrian Magson, Alison McQueen and Garry O’Connor. The three authors will be reading from their work, taking part in a joint Q&A session and signing copies of their books. You can find out more about the writers who will be speaking at Bookmarks on our Authors page.

In addition to the readings, there will also be books to buy, literary related stalls, competitions, refreshments and much more throughout the afternoon.

This year, the festival will be raising funds for the Syrian humanitarian charity Hand In Hand For Syria, a non-political UK based organisation who provide expert care and medical aid for Syrian refugees.

In conjunction with the event, Bookmarks Festival is running two free creative writing competitions, calling for submissions from writers of all ages and abilities. There is £50.00 of National Book Tokens to be won in both categories and the best submissions will be published in the festival’s charity anthology. Find out more here.

http://www.bookmarksfestival.co.uk/

Cogges Manor Farm News

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Cogges Manor Farm News

Summer Events at Cogges

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Saturday 29th June 10am – 4pm

Simple Willow Basket

Create and take home a gorgeous willow basket at this popular workshop. With Windrush Creative.

£79 including materials and lunch. Booking required.

07866 161918 or at www.windrushcreative.co.uk

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Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June

Cogges Scarecrow Festival

Scarecrow trail, facepainting, craft activities  and scarecrow competition. This year's theme is children's nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Make your own full size and bring it along to Cogges over the weekend and get free family entry! Competition judging and prizes on Sunday afternoon. Join in and display your own creation in a window at home, in the garden or in a shop or community space around Witney, take a photo and post it on the Cogges Facebook or tweet a photo at #CoggesScarecrowFestival @CoggesWitney

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Sunday 30th June

Gardeners’ Question Time 11.30am

Top tips and advice from our green fingered experts in the walled garden.

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Friday 12th July 7pm (Doors open 6.30pm)

Romeo and Juliet

The Festival Players present Shakespeare’s tragic tale on the manor house lawn. BBQ and bar.

Tickets £12.50 Adults; £8.50 Children under 16

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From 23rd July

Summer Holiday Kids Activities

Craft, cookery and adventure trail.

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Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd August

Cogges Beer and Cider Festival

Try a variety of speciality beers and cider from local breweries with live music, pub quiz and BBQ.

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Tuesday 13th August 7pm

(Doors open 6.30pm)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Magical mayhem on the manor house lawn as The Festival Players present Shakespeare’s fantasy comedy with a traditional all-male cast. BBQ and bar.

Tickets £12.50 Adults; £8.50 Children under 16

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For more information and to book events or workshops visit www.cogges.org.uk

 

Opening Times and Admissions

Cogges is open 23rd March until 3rd November 2013

Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays 11am – 5pm

(last entry 4.30pm)

The manor house is only open on weekends and Bank Holidays.

Manor house tours every Friday 11am (Tours cost £1.50)

Weekdays  Adult £4  Child (3-16) £3  Family (2 adults and 2 children) £12

Weekends and Bank Holidays  Adult £5.50  Child £4  Family £17

Season Tickets  Adult £15  Child £12.50 Family £48

Under 3s Free

 


Levellers at The Assembly Leamington!

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Levellers image by Judith Burrows



LEVELLERS CELEBRATE 25 YEARS, ANNOUNCE UK SUMMER DATES AND

UNVEIL DETAILS OF NEW 5 TRACK EP SUPPORTING WAR CHILD
'THE RECRUITING SERGEANT'
featuring The Copper Family, Shona Kipling & Dan Walsh
Mixed by Matt Lawrence (Mumford & Sons, Grinderman, Emile Sande)


Brighton folk-rockers Levellers are celebrating their recent 25th Anniversary, have announceed a raft of UK summer gigs and festivals, and unveiled details of a new 5 Track EP supporting the War Child charity.Levellers released a five-track anti-war EP on 5 May 2013 featuring a new recording of 'The Recruiting Sergeant' with special guests traditional English folk singers The Copper Family, plus Shona Kipling and Dan Walsh. It was mixed by Matt Lawrence (Mumford & Sons, Grinderman, Bat For Lashes). The song is itself a contemporary reworking of the cautionary traditional Black Watch anthem, ‘Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants’. There is also a brand new video to accompany the new release directed and produced by Rich Mulryne. Levellers have produced videos for every track so far on their new album and this new one completes the project. The original album version, which is an anti-war song not an anti soldier song, features on their 10th studio album 'Static on the Airwaves', which was released to critical acclaim in 2012. The EP also includes 3 other anti-war Levellers tracks - 'Another Man's Cause', 'Not In My Name' and 'Barrel Of A Gun' plus the original album version of 'Recruiting Sergeant'. All profits from the EP release will be donated to War Child, the charity for children affected by war and set up to protect children living in the world's most dangerous war zones.Levellers celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their first gig on 3rd March 2013, and are playing an extensive number UK gigs and festivals this summer, including Isle of Wight, Cambridge Folk Festival and a headline slot at Dorset's Camp Bestival.


LEVELLERS LIVE - SUMMER 2013

12 Jun CHELTENHAM Town Hall
13 Jun BEDFORD Corn Exchange
14 Jun ISLE OF WIGHT Festival*
15 Jun YEOVIL Westlands Leisure Complex
27 Jun WELLINGBOROUGH, The Castel
28 Jun LEAMINGTON The Assembly
29 Jun GRASSINGTON Festival (Yorkshire)*
30 Jun HOLMFIRTH Picturedrome
18 Jul LUSTY GLAZE BEACH (Newquay)*
19 Jul BRIGHTON, The Dome
26 Jul CAMBRIDGE Folk Festival (UK)*
2 Aug SHREWSBURY The Buttermarket
3 Aug CAMP BESTIVAL (Dorset)*
4 Aug PORTSMOUTH Wedegewood Rooms
9 Aug CROPREDY Festival (Oxfordshire)*
10 Aug LAKEFEST (Tewkesbury)*
16 Aug BEAUTIFUL DAYS Festival (Devon)*
*Indicates festival appearance

www.levellers.co.uk | www.facebook.com/levellersofficial

Triumph Motor Club Rally at Broughton Castle

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Triumph Motor Club's 52nd Rally at Broughton Castle

56603467Broughton Castle will be hosting the Triumph Motor Club’s 52nd Annual Rally this Sunday 16th June 11am to 4pm.

Aproximately 30 cars will be featured, including examples from the 20s and 30s.


Fresh Air 2013

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      FRESH AIR   -  11th Biennale Quenington Sculpture Exhibition
                                                                                                                                                                       
Hannah Davies A BenchCaroline Parrott DamaskFresh Air 2013

11th biennial FRESH AIR 2013, set up by art collectors Lucy and David Abel Smith, takes place at Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL75BN
from Sunday 16th June to Sunday 7th July 2013.

The purpose of the FRESH AIR sculpture exhibition is ‘to wash the dust from the soul of everyday life’ and to provide the opportunity to celebrate the vitality and diversity of sculpture and its capacity to challenge. Sculpture today embraces a broad spectrum of objects, film, photography, installation, text, sound and performance which are all mainstays of a contemporary vision and FRESH AIR actively encourages this diversity.

Where else can you find a combination of brilliantly coloured sound reflector sculptures, a newly composed digital audio sound-track and a trapeze artist forming a heart-lifting art installation under a huge copper beech tree? The answer is found in the exquisite 5-acre garden and river at Quenington Old Rectory which form a stunning stage setting for the most exciting and eagerly-awaited sculpture show in the country.

Art for the garden has now become main-stream but in order to compete with the richness and colour of nature, outdoor sculpture has had to evolve in surprising and delightful directions since the very first FRESH AIR show in 1992. Over 12,000 people visited FRESH AIR 2011. This year’s line-up includes 91 international artists combining established and inspiring new talent (31 are new this year) using a combination of conventional and unusual materials such as glass, stone, ceramic, marble, wood, fabric, plastic, resin, bronze, stainless steel and multi-media installations. Prices range from £50 to £20,000 with one or two more expensive pieces up to £50,000.
View their website  www.freshair2013.com for further details.

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