The Correspondent TV Review: too much obsessing about Gareth’s penalty miss pushes Dear England into extra time
By Harry Mottram: It’s all about winning as they say in football but England’s men haven’t won a football international…
Axbridge News: decision deadline looms for Cheddar Res 2 as costs increase; Axbridge Town Council’s extra-ordinary meeting to scrutinise finances; Wessex Water drop-in dates; plus a local history trip – and the Axbridge Diary
By Harry Mottram: It’s the one story I get asked about most: Cheddar Res 2. When is it going to…
ICSM Print Industry Insolvency News: ICSM’s Ian Carrotte answers questions from trade organisation PICON on how to avoid bad debts
By Harry Mottram: The print industry is notorious for bad debts and liquidations – in part due to the shrinking sector…
Axbridge News: More details on Cheddar Reservoir 2 revealed; car crash report; new town councillor; reports of attempted break-ins; Somerset Live’s profile of Axbridge; plus what’s on and a new estate in the town takes shape
By Harry Mottram: More details have emerged for the new treatment works to be constructed by the current buildings on…
The Correspondent: Confessions of a Birnbeck Pier trespasser as the pier’s restoration is finally underway – plus a brief history and time line of the unique island pier
By Harry Mottram: I was one of the last people to walk around Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare back in the early1990s…
Axbridge Music Review: from Ingushetia to Ireland, Daria Kulesh’s velvet voice brought stories of her grandmother to life – with help from guitarist Tristan Seume
By Harry Mottram: What little I knew about Ingushetia was greatly increased by folk singer Daria Kulesh in a concert…
Axbridge News: The town has a new mayor; Cheddar Res 2; major roadworks at Churchill; Bristol Airport expansion across the A38; Progressive Supper; Axbridge Diary; and more development news
By Harry Mottram: Many in the town will know of the two Facebook sites that have much news, views and…
Axbridge News Book Review: Ocean Vuong’s letter to his illiterate Vietnamese mother gives a series of vignettes of life during and after the Vietnam War as she rebuilds her life in the USA
Book Review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong By Harry Mottram: One-part naval gazing, one part a non-linear coming…
Bath Voice Theatre Review: like a well-made cocktail The Constant Wife’s themes and lines still ring true today
May 12, 2026 The Constant Wife. Theatre Royal Bath. By Harry Mottram: A witty feminist comedy of modern ill-manners –…
Axbridge News: footballers, flautists and wine, in an unexpected night out in the town
Music Review of a Concert in Axbridge Church by Weston Light Orchestra in aid of The Friends of Axbridge Parish…