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Axbridge Review: UPDATED FOR 2025 – everything you wanted to know about the Annual Axbridge Charity Progressive Supper but were afraid to ask – including the things you should never do on the night

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Bath Voice News: those in favour of this country rejoining the European Community stage an event in Bath to highlight their cause

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MARCH 26, 2023 By Harry Mottram: Ever since the nation voted by a small majority to leave the European Community in…

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Bath Voice News: The American Museum & Gardens presents a photography exhibition – America in Crisis

Mar 24, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 24, 2023 From the American Museum: As part of an exciting new partnership with the Saatchi Gallery, the American Museum &…

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Bath Voice Sports News: fixtures and results for this weekend as Bath Rugby welcome Exeter Chiefs to the Rec

Mar 24, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 24, 2023 This weekend’s sporting fixtures for Bath’s teams Team Bath Netball. HOME Fixture: Friday, 24th March, 2023. 7.00pm. Team…

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Bath Voice:  Parents slam strict new rules on child autism referrals as “discrimination” – part two by Adam Postans

Mar 23, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 22, 2023 By Adam Postans, local democracy reporter Outraged parents of autistic children have branded strict new rules about…

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Bath Voice: Children must now be in “crisis” before they can be referred for autism – part one by Adam Postans (local democracy reporter)

Mar 23, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 22, 2023 By Adam Postans, local democracy correspondent. Part one. Children must now be in “crisis” before they can…

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Bath Voice Theatre Review: a spirited and ambitious musical production of Adrian Mole’s life at the Mission Theatre in a very British cul-de-sac

Mar 22, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 22, 2023 Adultery, boozing grown-ups, unpaid bills and unrequited love: yes, the growing pains of teenager Adrian Mole are…

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ICSM Business News: banking jitters continue as UBS rescues Credit Suisse triggering fears for business and jobs in the UK

Mar 20, 2023 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: The collapse of two USA banks has continued to cause concerns across the banking world despite the major…

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Bath Voice News: shock as Mothering Sunday diners see car crash into their Bath restaurant

Mar 19, 2023 harrymottram

MARCH 19, 2023 By Harry Mottram: The residents and staff at the Grade 1 listed Francis Hotel on Queen Square in…

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Rapscallion Book Review: Sue Townsend’s diary-style comic novel of the unreliable narrator Adrian Mole is a classic (and a musical version is set for Bath this week)

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MARCH 18, 2023 Book Review. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Age 13 3/4Sue Townsend’s comic 1982 fictional diary style…

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Axbridge Drama News: a profile of Harold Pinter – the writer behind ACT’s production of The Birthday Party being staged in the town hall

Mar 17, 2023 harrymottram

Axbridge Community Theatre are staging The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter in Axbridge Town Hall nightly at 7.30pm from Wednesday…

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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
      • Film Reviews
      • Places Reviewed
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    • Beautiful Brides
      • Editing Beautiful Brides Magazine
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      • Theatre Reviews
    • Checkaco Consumer News
    • Children’s Theatre
      • Features
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      • REVIEWS: Books
      • REVIEWS: Films
      • REVIEWS: Theatre
      • 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
      • Reviews
        • Reviews Music
        • REVIEWS: Books
        • REVIEWS: Books – Non Fiction
        • REVIEWS: Cinema
        • REVIEWS: food and drink
        • REVIEWS: Poetry
        • REVIEWS: talking books
        • REVIEWS: Theatre
        • REVIEWS: Video
      • 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
    • Reviews
      • 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