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Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt Axbridge Review: more photos of the interior of the former Methodist Church in the town reveals the potential as an arts centre
Axbridge Review

Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House

Jun 18, 2025 harrymottram
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Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade

Jun 16, 2025 harrymottram
Axbridge Review

Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push

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ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt

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Axbridge Review: more photos of the interior of the former Methodist Church in the town reveals the potential as an arts centre

Jun 12, 2025 harrymottram
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  • Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
    Axbridge Review
    Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
  • Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade
    Bath Voice Newspaper
    Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade
  • Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push
    Axbridge Review
    Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push
  • ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt
    ICSM Business News
    ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt
  • Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
    Axbridge Review
    Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
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  • Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
    Axbridge Review
    Axbridge Review: drama news in brief – The Rivals in Badgworth; open meeting in Axbridge for ACT’s next play; poetry night at Axe Vale Arts Centre; and outdoor theatre in Wedmore and Compton House
  • Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade
    Bath Voice Newspaper
    Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade
  • Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push
    Axbridge Review
    Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push
  • ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt
    ICSM Business News
    ICSM Retail Insolvency News: going for a pound – or not – as it appears that Poundland owes ‘millions’ putting the sale to Gordon Brothers in doubt
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Bath Voice News: from porridge in 1906 and semolina in the 1960s, to getting your five fruit and veg a day today – the long history of school dinners as more children will be eligible for school free meals

Jun 6, 2025 harrymottram

June 6, 2025 By Harry Mottram: Parents, teachers, school governors and political groups in Bath will have welcomed the news that…

Axbridge Review

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

Jun 4, 2025 harrymottram

June 4, 2025 By Harry Mottram: Billions have been promised by the Chancellor for the North and the Midlands in her…

Axbridge Review

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)

Jun 2, 2025 harrymottram

June 2, 2025 Harry Mottram: As passengers from the town board flights for a holiday abroad this summer a debate continues…

Axbridge Review

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

May 31, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: I was recently contacted by Peter Nicholson who used to live in Axbridge and later Cross but…

ICSM Business News

ICSM Print Industry Insolvency News: South London Press folds, Shetland Times for sale as the Press Gazette charts the closure of scores of titles but Ian Carrotte says ‘there is hope’

May 29, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: To paraphrase Bill Clinton’s famous quote, ‘It’s the internet stupid’. Ever since people could get their news and…

ICSM Business News

ICSM Rugby Insolvency News: It’s only a ‘matter of time’ before another top flight rugby club goes bust

May 28, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: The majority of professional rugby clubs are in debt and technically insolvent and it’s only a ‘matter of…

Axbridge Review

Axbridge Review: Ofwat gives the green light for Cheddar Reservoir 2 as long as the wetlands are protected

May 28, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: Back in March Government Minister Emma Hardy met Susan Davy the CEO of South West Water who…

Axbridge Review

Axbridge Review: History revealed by a needle and thread in Axbridge

May 28, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: A unique textile interpretation of the Axbridge Heritage Trail is to go on display in the town’s…

ICSM Business News

ICSM Football Insolvency News: Caley Thistle’s CVA, Dumbarton’s rescue, Football Gov Bill set to ban ‘dodgy’ owners and Blackburn’s women’s team axed – and a list of clubs who have gone bust before

May 27, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: The majority of professional football clubs in England and Scotland are technically insolvent. It’s one of the reasons…

Rapscallion Magazine

Rapscallion Magazine Feature: a new visitor centre, a massive car park and vegan pasties on the menu – but at least the stones remain the same at Stonehenge

May 25, 2025 harrymottram

By Harry Mottram: Stonehenge is many things but in the 21st century it’s also a monument to the evolution of…

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Bath Voice Newspaper

Bath Voice News: it’s Blue, Black and White heaven as Bath Rugby beat Leicester at Twickenham – ending one of the greatest seasons ever for the club as thousands turn out for the victory parade

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Axbridge Review News in Brief: Rumble in the Jumble; Axe Vale Arts Centre in the Methodist Church update; Shakespeare play in a farm; and Axbridge Cricket Club recruitment push

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  • Home
  • About Harry
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    • Comedy
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    • Illustrations
    • Playwright
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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
      • Reviews
      • Somerset News
    • Bath Voice
      • Bath Voice Features
      • Bath Voice News
      • Bath Voice Theatre Reviews
      • Bath Voice What’s On
      • Film Reviews
      • Places Reviewed
      • Theatre Reviews
    • Beautiful Brides
      • Editing Beautiful Brides Magazine
    • Bristol News
      • Features
      • News
      • Previews
      • Theatre Previews
      • Theatre Reviews
    • Checkaco Consumer News
    • Children’s Theatre
      • Features
      • Interviews
      • 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
      • Stonehenge
      • 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