Axbridge Review: Framed textile artwork of Axbridge’s heritage trail goes on permanent display in parish church
By Harry Mottram: It’s been described as’ awesome, intricate and beautiful’ by those who have seen it close up, but…
Axbridge Review: Rachel Reeves gives the green light for a ‘mass transport system’ for the region – but no mention of trams in Bristol and Bath or reopening The Strawberry Line to Axbridge
June 4, 2025 By Harry Mottram: Billions have been promised by the Chancellor for the North and the Midlands in her…
Axbridge Review: thoughts on the expansion of Bristol Airport and what are the alternatives (note – it’s £7 to drop off and pick up these days)
June 2, 2025 Harry Mottram: As passengers from the town board flights for a holiday abroad this summer a debate continues…
Axbridge Review: Rare footage of the 1990 Axbridge Pageant – when a real bull was led into the Square, a cut-purse was placed in the stocks and the Romans featured a platoon of soldiers
By Harry Mottram: I was recently contacted by Peter Nicholson who used to live in Axbridge and later Cross but…
Axbridge Review: Ofwat gives the green light for Cheddar Reservoir 2 as long as the wetlands are protected
By Harry Mottram: Back in March Government Minister Emma Hardy met Susan Davy the CEO of South West Water who…
Axbridge Review: History revealed by a needle and thread in Axbridge
By Harry Mottram: A unique textile interpretation of the Axbridge Heritage Trail is to go on display in the town’s…
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!
By Harry Mottram: Trying to explain how a progressive supper works is like trying to explain the off-side rule in…
Axbridge Review: local history newsletter Retrospect runs the story of the construction of Cheddar Reservoir back to the 1930s when it was built using steam power, picks and shovels
From the current issue of Retrospect – the journal of the local history society: Newsletter of the Friends of King…
Axbridge Review: a letter to the town’s music fans from the creative forces behind the hit songs ‘If I Had You’ and ‘Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime’
Well actually the letter was to me but really it’s to everyone in the town – especially those who love…
Axbridge Review: sex three times a week? You’ve got to be kidding me! Arthur Miller’s play Broken Glass staged in Axbridge Town Hall is more about a broken marriage than Adolf Hitler
Theatre Review: Broken Glass, Axbridge Town Hall. You don’t have to be Jewish to be terrified of Hitler’s Kristallnacht in…