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  • Barnsley House Hotel is the 'coolest'in the world

    THE home of a former Royal gardener which has been attracting a host of celebrity guests since opening as a hotel just a year ago has been named as one of the 50 'coolest new hotels in the world.' Guests at the nine bedroom Barnsley House Hotel, near

  • Festival whirls into action on May 1

    THE 11th Swindon Festival of Literature gets under way on May 1, its first event, as ever, being Dawn Chorus in Lawn Woods where early birds gather to celebrate May Day with songs, dancing, stories, magical acts and morning mischief - with coffee and

  • Father and daughter give woodwind performance

    CIRENCESTER schoolgirl Lizzie Lester, 14, will be playing recorder and flute in the Lunchtime Live concert in Cirencester Parish Church on Monday, April 26 at 1pm. She will be joined by her father, Richard, on the piano and Robina Sabourin on the cello

  • Amanda Edwards investigators release arrested man

    A SWINDON man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Purton woman Amanda Edwards has been released without charge. Police were given until midnight on Thursday to question the man, who they confirmed was known to Amanda, but was neither her

  • Theatre workshops in Fairford

    THE MEYSEY Players, based in Meysey Hampton, are holding a series of free theatre workshops at The Bull Hotel, Fairford this spring and summer, and everyone is welcome to come along. The sessions will be run by professional director Roger Jenkins, with

  • Folk band to visit Cirencester

    FAIRPORT Convention, one of the great bands of British folk music, makes its first visit to the Sundial Theatre, Cirencester on Sunday, April 25 at 8pm. The band features original member Simon Nicol on vocals and guitar, Dave Pegg on bass guitar, mandolin