Author Archive: harrymottram
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE Theatre Review: too many nuns with beards in the Bristol Old Vic’s misfiring Cyrano that mismatches the leading characters in Edward Rostand’s 17th century story of unrequited love
Cyrano. Bristol Old Vic. A bit like Cyrano’s nose, Tom Morrison’s production of Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac was too long and like the nose, the casting wasn’t an exact fit. A towering Sara Powell as the beautiful Roxanne who stomped about the stage like a Japanese rugby prop forward was ill matched to […]
BREXIT PREDICTION: it won’t happen because it can’t – not an opinion – just a personal observation of how the hot political potato issue of our times will work out
In less than four weeks the UK is set to leave the EU. Except of course it won’t and in my opinion it never will. I made the prediction more than two years ago writing in the trade magazine Print Monthly which covers the printing, paper and ink industries – as well as communications in […]
If you’ve ever wondered about becoming a midwife then read this inspirational story of one woman’s journey (it began when she was 40 – she had no qualifications – having left school at 14)
Linda was 40, with four children at school and no qualifications having left school at 14. Then she had an idea… New book charting Linda’s journey Midlife to Midwife by Linda Mottram. Available on Amazon. After a bad day childminding and following one too many glasses of wine, this book takes you through the process of how a woman of 40 with no […]
Axbridge Review: Save the date of Saturday, November 16th, 2019, for the Progressive Supper
Progressive Supper The annual fundraising progressive supper takes place on Saturday, November 16th, 2019. Save the date and take part at the movable feast where you never quite know where you will be eating. This year organisers are putting out a call for more people to take part in helping to put the event together […]
AXBRIDGE REVIEW: Cheddar Reservoir at dawn: recent photographs during the summer of 2019
A magical place first thing in the morning although it’s now dark at 6am so autumn is slowly drawing a curtain across the fading light of summer’s dawn. The near circular reservoir around two miles in circumference acts as a mirror to the sky reflecting is earliest patterns of light, clouds and moods. That is […]
Cheddar Reservoir: recent photographs of the magical scene at dawn in July as the waters greet the new day under the shadow of the Mendip Hills
Summer dawns on Somerset’s large strawberry shaped reservoir between Axbridge and Cheddar are often glorious affairs. Golden sunrises at around 5am are a particular feast as the 1930s reservoir acts as a mirror to the sky. Here a few images of the last few days in July 2019.
VIDEO: The Axbridge to Cheddar Strawberry Line
Join us and take a walk or a ride along the Strawberry Line and check out the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_cTuVdPGU
AXBRIDGE NEWS: the website for the 2020 Axbridge Pageant is now live
In 1963 the former Cheddar Valley Railway often called The Strawberry Line was closed after almost a century of use. A few years later the line above the town was turned into the bypass ending the traffic jams that had dogged the town for years. To celebrate a pageant was proposed to chart the town’s […]
Children’s Theatre Review: More 21st century girl power than 1950s jolly hockey sticks in Emma Rice’s version of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers in this highly enjoyable family show
Malory Towers, Bristol. Review. Pack your suitcase, grab your hockey stick and take the train from the Passenger Shed at Bristol’s Temple Mead railway station for Malory Towers this summer writes Harry Mottram. The cavernous building is the venue for a production of the boarding school adventures inspired and abridged from Enid Blyton’s novels. Bursting […]
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE FEATURE: the extraordinarily accurate predictions on Boris, Number 10 and why Brexit won’t happen – a personal view by Harry Mottram
Over a year ago Harry Mottram wrote an article explaining why Brexit couldn’t happen and why Boris Johnson will be PM for just 100 days. So far the predictions are uncannily accurate. Below is the article which I updated in February – perhaps I should predict the National Lottery numbers! BREXIT won’t happen because it […]
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