Children’s Theatre Magazine: Macbeth set to open at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre with several matinees for schools – expect a moving forest, the ghost of Banquo, witches, BLOODY murders and some of Shakespeare’s finest prose
By Harry Mottram: English GCSE students and their teachers will be interested to see that The Tragedy of Macbeth by…
ICSM Business Insolvency News: concerns for suppliers to Zoos and Wildlife Parks as financial problems mount – some go bust, sell up or close expensive tropical features
By Harry Mottram: Paignton Zoo and Newquay Zoo were put up for sale last year, Axe Valley Wildlife Park has closed…
ICSM Business News: printing and allied trades in a time of uncertainty – Gaza, Palestine, Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and Greenland
By Harry Mottram: It seems the old-world order is falling apart with another war, conflict or disorder breaking out every week…
From Peter Gabriel’s 1977 chart hit, to the campaign against the Batheaston Bypass, Solsbury Hill is again in the news – this time over a barn conversion
January 26, 2026 By Harry Mottram: For many Solsbury Hill has a powerful emotive pull with its views over Bath, its…
Axbridge News: the letters of a female Georgian educationalist (who famously clashed with Axbridge’s drunken Reverend Gould in the town’s community play) are published online
By Harry Mottram: Playwright, poet, Christian evangelist and anti-slavery campaigner Hannah More (1745-1833) founded a number of schools in pre-Victorian…
The Correspondent – Feature: Unreliable Memories of Footballing nuns
Beaten, brainwashed and coached to play football by Catholic nuns By Harry Mottram: Until I visited a museum where there…
Axbridge News: Axe Vale Arts Centre’s programme of events; news update on the Oakhouse; and the Orchard Road development is back on; plus the Diary of Events in Axbridge
By Harry Mottram: If you have the January blues then take a look at what’s on at the former Methodist Chapel…
The Correspondent. Book Review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s brilliantly clear and simple prose brings to life artificial humanoid Klara in a futuristic world of genetically enhanced children
Apr 26, 2025 Book Review: Klara And The Sun. Some of the reviews of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Klara and the…
Bath Voice Opinion: Looking back to 2025 and looking forward in 2026
January 9, 2026 By Harry Mottram: There are hopes for 2026 to be a great year for the city – Bath…
Axbridge News: Axbridge Pageant; New Year’s Eve in Axbridge; Bird flu outbreak near Bridgwater; 2026 consultation on Cheddar Reservoir 2; animal cruelty case near Axbridge; plus the diary of events
By Harry Mottram: As we say goodbye to the old year and enter 2026, one thought comes to mind as…