Young Ambassadors of Local Children’s Hospice Impress Local Business People
Bath’s local children’s hospice, Charlton Farm has launched its Young Ambassadors Programme in Bath this academic year having run it in the Devon area for over four years. Ten year 12 students from...
View ArticleIntroducing Wells Cathedral Prep School
Wells Cathedral School is pleased to announce that the Junior School has been renamed “Wells Cathedral Prep School” with immediate effect. Wells Cathedral School Junior School was founded in 1948, and...
View ArticleBooks: Creature Comforts
It’s time to jump for joy, people: according to the Chinese horoscope, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. In celebration of our favourite lop-eared friend (and fellow critters), this month’s book picks...
View ArticleThe John Palmer conundrum
Bath was a thriving social hub in the 18th century, entertaining the fashionable elite Londoners who came to take the waters and see plays at the original Theatre Royal. Vincent Baughan, tour guide at...
View ArticleTheatre review: Relatively Speaking
Words by Emma CleggPlaying at The Theatre Royal Bath until 21 January Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn is aptly described as a play of misunderstandings and mistaken identities. The cast of four...
View ArticleTheatre review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Words by Emma CleggAt Ustinov theatre until 11 February Edward Albee (1928–2016) described his play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a ‘grotesque comedy’, also citing the influence of Sophocles and...
View ArticleRachel Gray Therapy: Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Rachel Gray is an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. She has a private practice in central Bath (Chapel Row, nr Queens Square) where she meets her clients face to face, or via Zoom for those...
View ArticleKinesiology: a Holistic way of looking after your health and wellbeing
Looking after ourselves has become increasingly more important with our National Health Service being under so much pressure. The world we live in dictates the need to take better care of ourselves....
View ArticleTheatre Review: The International Classic Ballet Theatre | The Nutcracker
Words by Melissa Blease | The International Classic Ballet Theatre is in town, bringing both The Nutcracker (until 26 January) and Swan Lake (27 and 28 January) to the Theatre Royal Bath. The magical...
View ArticleBeau Nash: Teaching the Next Generation to Love Antiques
Words by Ron Pringle | Founder of Beau Nash Bath Sadly today, antiques, family heirlooms or period pieces are often dumped in charity shops or sold, because they are deemed “useless” by the younger...
View ArticleLawrences Auctioneers: What’s Your Story Worth?
Words by Matthew Denney It must be every metal detectorist’s dream… the sound in the headphones of a hopeful tone, the shine in the earth of a coin lost for centuries coming to light for the first...
View ArticleOCL Accountancy | Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD...
What is MTD ITSA?Under MTD for ITSA, businesses, self-employed individuals and landlords will keep digital records, and send a quarterly summary of their business income and expenses to HMRC using...
View ArticleMogers Drewett: The Importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney
A recent survey of 2,000 UK residents by Which found that while 85% of respondents knew what a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) was, only one in seven people had one in place. In her latest article...
View ArticleStone King begins 2023 with a raft of new appointments
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King is delighted to begin 2023 with new appointments to support and enhance three areas of legal expertise. Stone King’s leading Charity Team has been further...
View ArticleTheatre Review: Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)
Words by Melissa Blease `Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) is playing at the Theatre Royal Bath until 4 February. It is a truth universally acknowledged that… there’ll always be an audience for yet...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Boho Marché
How to go on an exotic trail without ever leaving home? Why, visit Boho Marché in The Francis Hotel, says Emma Clegg. I have never before eaten a meal under the gaze of a horse with tassels draped...
View ArticleCharlotte and Theodore: in conversation with Kris Marshall
Lotty and Teddy are two dreamers wanting to make a difference in their worlds – but can they do this on an academic campus? Melissa Blease chats to Bath boy Kris Marshall who joins Eve Ponsonby in a...
View ArticleGuitars and sonic soup: in conversation with luthier Gary Leddington
Daisy Game chats to luthier Gary Leddington about the joys of building a guitar… T he main two types of wood that people build guitars from are Rosewood and Mahogany. Mahogany tends to be sweet, but...
View ArticleMogers Drewett raise £1000 as they continue to support local foodbanks in...
Local solicitors, Mogers Drewett is delighted to be able to start 2023 with a donation of £1000 to three food banks local to their offices in Bath, Sherborne, & Wells. The money was raised by...
View ArticleSix former Millfield students called up for the 2023 Six Nations
Six former Millfield rugby players have been selected for their respective home nations for this year’s Six Nations tournament. Mako Vunipola (England), Josh Bayliss (Scotland), Huw Jones (Scotland)...
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