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Rapscallion Magazine Book Review: a ‘what if’ novel full of gossip, candid observations and earthy humour from Mary Morrissy about Norah’s life without James Joyce

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It’s a neat marketing ploy to pitch a creative project with a famous name attached, such as the play An…

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Axbridge News: As Somerset Council hike the cost of road closures – community events like the carnival, the Axbridge Pageant 2029 and Santa in the Square are under threat

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By Harry Mottram: A few years ago, Axbridge’s Blackberry Carnival would take place without too much interference from officialdom. A…

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ICSM Business – second Chinese construction giant receives winding-up petition which could cause a ‘Lehman Brothers’ moment creating a second ‘2008 Credit Crunch’

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By Harry Mottram: China is the largest economy in the world after the USA but the two largest property and construction…

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Axbridge News: when Somerset workers made bombs to destroy the Nazi grip on Europe during World War II

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By Harry Mottram: I wrote this article for the Bridgwater Mercury in 2015 when the old Puriton ROF site was…

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Axbridge News: The former Royal Ordnance Factory site at Puriton is confirmed as Tata’s £4bn electric car battery location – but the debate on what should power cars continues

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By Harry Mottram: back in the 1970s an ex-boyfriend of my sister in law used to work at the Royal…

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Axbridge News: Somerset County Council agrees on its budget after acrimonious debate with the fate of Cheddar’s Recycling Centre still in doubt

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By Harry Mottram: On February 20th, 2024, Somerset County Council finally agreed on its budget for the coming year with…

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Axbridge News: ‘everything Axbridge’ at the Annual Assembly Meeting as the Town Council announces date and agenda – with everyone invited – including the police

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By Harry Mottram: It’s essentially a house meeting when a family comes together to hear from each member – what…

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Axbridge News: residents warmly greet the news that duo Marina Czyzew and David Rogers are set to take charge of the Oakhouse Hotel

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By Harry Mottram: The Oakhouse Hotel has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately after the dramatic…

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Axbridge News: monthly Somerset publication goes public over money it says it is owed by a local pub – as the pub changes its name

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  • Publications
    • Axbridge Review
      • Axbridge Pageant 2029
      • Comment
      • Features
        • ACT’s early days
        • Axbridge Pageant 2022
        • Axbridge Pageant 2022
        • Axbridge Pageant archive
        • Axbridge Pageant Features
        • Axbridge Square
        • Axbridge Square in 1952
        • Basle Air Disaster
        • Books and wine
        • Building Cheddar Reservoir
        • Litter picking in the rain
        • Megan’s Axbridge Part 1
        • Megan’s Axbridge Part 2
        • Megan’s Axbridge Part 3
        • Progressive Supper Details
        • Progressive Supper Review
      • News
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      • Somerset News
    • Bath Voice
      • Bath Voice Features
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      • Bath Voice Theatre Reviews
      • Bath Voice What’s On
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    • Beautiful Brides
      • Editing Beautiful Brides Magazine
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      • Theatre Previews
      • Theatre Reviews
    • Checkaco Consumer News
    • Children’s Theatre
      • Features
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      • REVIEWS: Books
      • REVIEWS: Films
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      • The Magazine
      • Theatre Reviews
      • Videos
    • ICSM Business News
    • Print Monthly
    • Somerset Life
    • Strawberry Line Times
      • Cheddar Reservoir
      • Features
        • 1981 floods
        • Age of the train is returning
        • Along the line in 1899
        • Banwell bombed
        • Beaching rail closures
        • Birnbeck Pier: a brief history
        • Blue remembered hills
        • Bridgwater Carnival numbers
        • Bridgwater Railway Hotel
        • Bridgwater’s old pubs
        • Bristol’s own Bluebell girl
        • Building Cheddar reservoir in the 1930s
        • Burnham footballers
        • Coffee on the line
        • Fish and Chips
        • Highbridge at war
        • Highbridge Caravans
        • How far can the Strawberry Line go?
        • How to make the perfect cuppa
        • Jilted bride
        • Looking Back in Pictures
        • Miss Emily Fazerkerley
        • Old Highbridge recalled
        • Quantock memories
        • Railway workers of Cheddar
        • Renegades Carnival Club
        • Somerset’s Italian POWs
        • The Big Freeze
        • Then and Now
        • Transforming the line
        • Walk around the Res
      • News
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        • Reviews Music
        • REVIEWS: Books
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        • REVIEWS: Cinema
        • REVIEWS: food and drink
        • REVIEWS: Poetry
        • REVIEWS: talking books
        • REVIEWS: Theatre
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      • The Magazine
      • Videos
    • West Country Riders
    • Western Daily Press
  • Rapscallion Magazine
    • Features
      • 36 Hours in Rome’s Airport
      • Bad New Year’s Resolutions
      • Beautiful Brides Magazine
      • Ben Nevis and Poo Rock
      • Confessions of an art student
      • Dodgy keepers
      • Don’t punch the critic
      • Drunk Goldilocks
      • Dying for a pee
      • Edward Colston’s statue
      • Footballing nuns
      • Holiday hell
      • Indigenous Australians
      • Maggie Smith
      • Mum on TV
      • Night with Sasha
      • Nobody fell over
      • Perfect cuppa
      • Tenby Part 1
      • The Bag Lady
      • The Spiv
      • Tourists in Rome
    • Opinion
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      • Books
      • Cinema
      • Radio
      • Theatre
      • TV
    • The Magazine
      • 2015 08 August Issue 1
      • 2015 09 September Issue 2
      • 2015 10 October Issue 3
      • 2015 11 November Issue 4
      • 2016 07 July Issue 05
      • 2017 01 January
      • 2020 12 Rapscallion Magazine December
      • 2021 11 November Rapscallion
      • 2022 07 Rapscallion
      • 2022 11 November
      • 2023 01 January Issue 12
      • Rapscallion Magazine 13 May 2023