7th August 2015 : Friday Magazine / GN Publishing © Al Nisr Publishing
Dorset: a perfect English getaway It’s the historic town where famed explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was exiled and the setting of Thomas Hardy’s classic tome Far From the Madding Crowd. Georgina Wilson-Powel discovers why Sherborne in Dorset is the perfect English getaway
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Saturday 02 April to Monday 11 April / Spring Exhibition Sherborne Abbey. 10am-6pm. Featuring work by professional artists, raising frunds for Yeovil Hospital.
Monday 4 April / ArtsLink Flicks “Song of the Sea” PG, 104 minutes. Drama. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road. A Special Easter Holiday Relaxed Screening. Book this film only directly with ArtsLink 01935 815899
Tuesday 5 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Tuesday 5 April / Friends of Sherborne Library Present Kate Adie Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne. 10am-12noon. The world renowned war correspondent and author will talk about her interesting life. £3 for friends, £4 for guests. 01935 812934
Wednesday 6 April / Organ Recital by Simon Clarkson. Sherborne Abbey, 1pm Free recital with retiring collection
Thursday 7 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Friday 08 April / Owl Appreciation Day Sherborne Museum. 11am to 2pm. Eddi the barn owl & Beebo the tawny owl from the New Forest Owl Studio come to visit. They are captive-bred, licensed, calm & friendly and the day will allow children to experience these beautiful birds first-hand. Admission is free but to hold an owl, a donation of £2.50 will be appreciated. 01935 812252
Saturday 09 April / RSPCA Spring Fayre Raleigh Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne. 10am-12noon. Cakes, plants, toys, jewellery, raffle, books and bric-a-brac. Free entry, refreshments available. All proceeds to RSPCA West Dorset Branch.
Saturday 09 April / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne. Up to 35 stands, homemade food and refreshments available at coffee shop within the fair. Entrance £1, opening 8:30am (trade) 9:30am (public) to 4pm. 01963 370986
Tuesday 12 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Wednesday 13 April / ArtsLink Flicks “The Lady in the Van” 12A, 104 minutes Drama. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road. Contact: Sherborne TIC. Telephone 01935 815341
Wednesday 13 April / Organ Recital by Harold Jackson. Sherborne Abbey, 1pm Free recital with retiring collection
Thursday 14 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Saturday 16 April to Wednesday 4 May / Jerram Gallery Exhibition Half Moon Street, Sherborne DT9 3LN. A combination of still life paintings and landscapes of Tuscany, Majorca and Scotland make for a colourful, rich and varied show.
Saturday 16 April / Book Fair Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9:30am-4pm. New, Second-hand & antiquarian books (also magazines, prints, postcards & ephemera). 01803 613356 [email protected]
Sunday 17 April / Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Sunday 17 April / Jazz Lunch Live jazz with Julie Dunn and accompanying artists. £23 per person. 12-00pm to 2.00pm. The Eastbury Hotel, Long Street. Sherborne. Reservations required. Telephone 01935 813131
Tuesday 19 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Wednesday 20 April / Organ Recital by James Henderson. Sherborne Abbey, 1pm Free recital with retiring collection
Wednesday 20 April / Sherborne W.I. Catholic Church Hall, Westbury, Sherborne. 2:30pm. An afternoon of fun, take part in a quiz,followed our Annual General Meeting. New members and visitors always welcome at a cost of £3, to include refreshments.
Thursday 21 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Thursday 21 April to Saturday 23 April / APS Great Expectations For its spring production Amateur Players of Sherborne bring to the stage ‘Great Expectations’, Charles Dickens’ classic coming-of-age novel. 7.30 pm The Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne. Tickets: £8, £5 students, group bookings 10+ £7.50 available from Marsh’s, Cheap Street, Sherborne and The Abbey Shop, Abbey Close, Sherborne.
Thursday 21 April to Saturday 23 April / Auction of Sporting Items, Interiors and Antiques Charterhouse, Long Street, Sherborne. 01935 812277
Saturday 23 April / Lunchtime Recital Sherborne Abbey 12.30pm A recital of organ and violin music given by musicians visiting from Germany. Music includes works by J.S. Bach, Justin Heinrich Knecht, Mozart and Jaques-Nicolas Lemmens, and organ improvisation on themes requested by the audience.
Saturday 23 April / Henry V performed in association with Shakespeare400, a consortium of leading arts organisations marking this year’s 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Set in a French military hospital in 1915, this reimagining of Henry V combines Shakespeare’s epic history play with original songs and live music inspired by the poetry of AE Housman. Performed by a talented international cast of British and French actors, the production celebrates the rich and turbulent relationship between our two nations, from the Hundred Years War to the Entente Cordiale. Sherborne Abbey 7.30pm Tickets: £20 – £35 (Under 18s £10 off) Box Office: 0333 666 3366 Book online at www.anticdisposition.co.uk
Monday 25 April / A Soul for Europe Ben Ryan, Theos Think Tank. 7.30pm. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 2NL. Tickets £5 per person.
Tuesday 26 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Wednesday 27 April / Organ Recital by Peter Bray. Sherborne Abbey, 1pm Free recital with retiring collection
Wednesday 27 April / Saving Nature - A Media Perspective Raleigh Hall, Digby Rd 7:30pm. Science Café Lecture by Dr Julian Hector
Thursday 28 April / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 10.30am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Friday 29 April to Tuesday 3rd May / Sherborne Abbey Festival. See below or download and browse the 2016 Festival Brochure. Tickets on sale now.
Friday 29 April 1.30pm* Sherborne School Chamber Concert 3.00pm* Kieran White & Charlotte Hewett 4.45pm* Be-Bop and Swing at the Powell: Sherborne School Swing Band 6.00pm Cocktails and Decadence: Salon Baroque 8.00pm From the Cradle to the Cross: Voces8
Saturday 30 April 10.00am Classical Improvisation Workshop: Duruflé Trio 10.30am* Sherborne School Close Harmony and Barbershop 12.00pm Hardy’s Poetry - a song recital: Benjamin Hewat-Craw 2.00pm* Contrasts & Classical Improvisation: The Duruflé Trio 4.00pm* Inspirational Immigrants: Rossignol 7.30pm Sir James and Lady Galway with Juventus Ensemble and Ruth Rogers
Sunday 1 May 9.30am* Festival Eucharist: Abbey Choir 11.15am* Sung Mattins: Becket’s Consort 1.30pm* Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose: Gryphon School Choirs & Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir 3.45pm* Music to Hear: SherborneYoung Singers 5.00pm* Choral Evensong, choirs of Romsey & Sherborne Abbey 6.00pm Patrons’ Evening 7.45pm Ronnie Scott’s All Stars
Monday 2 May 10.30am Organ Recital: Andrew Dewar 1.00pm* ScholaCantorum, Leweston School 2.15pm* Missa Sopra la Monica: Sherborne Early Music
4.30pm* The Classical Ukulele: Samantha Muir 7.30pm The Holy City: Sherborne Festival Chorus & Chameleon Arts Orchestra
Tuesday 3 May 11.00am Towards Silence: John Tavener. A recorded installation, introduced by Paul Robertson 1.30pm* Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society 2.30pm* The Intimate Guitar: Yvonne Bloor 4.30pm* Sherborne Girls String Orchestra 7.30pm The Touches of Sweet Harmony: Stile Antico
Sunday 8 May / Car Boot Sale organised by Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. Free Parking. The Terraces, Sherborne DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8.30am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am to 12noon. Admission 50p
Sunday 8 May/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free.
Friday 20 May / Better Alone? Frank Field DL MP. 7.30pm. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 2NL. Tickets £5 per person.
Monday 30 May / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 11.00am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Monday 30 May / Sherborne Castle Country Fair a one-day rural event held in the grounds of Sherborne Castle. Family day-out is held to raise funds for local children’s charities & youth organisations. It is a traditional country fair with displays & attractions, trade & craft stands & a rare & native breed animal show. 10.00am to 6.00pm. Tickets on the day cost: adult £12.00, children (5-15) £4.00, family* £29.00. Under 5’s free. *Admits 2 adults and 3 fee-paying children. Save 15% when you purchase your tickets in advance: telephone 01749 813899. Car parking is free.
Saturday 4 June to Sunday 5 June / The Hidden Gardens of Sherborne Various gardens around Sherborne open 2.00 to 5.oopm. Weekend tickets £8.00 available from Castle Gardens in Sherborne and Sherborne Tourist Information Centre. Individual garden entry Donations on the day : Minimum £1. Proceeds to charity.
Sunday 5 June/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Thursday 16 June / Better Together Gary Street MP. 7.30pm. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 2NL. Tickets £5 per person.
Sunday 19 June / Jazz Lunch Live jazz with Julie Dunn and accompanying artists. £23 per person. 12-00pm to 2.00pm. The Eastbury Hotel, Long Street. Sherborne. Reservations required. Telephone 01935 813131
Monday 20 June / Out of Egypt His Grace Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church. 7.30pm. Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 2NL. Tickets £5 per person.
Sunday 10 July / Car Boot Sale organised by Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. Free Parking. The Terraces, Sherborne DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8.30am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am to 12noon. Admission 50p
Sunday 10 July/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Sunday 14 August/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Sunday 14 August / Oxley Sprint & Junior Triathlon Family friendly triathlon from age 8. based out of Oxley Sports Centre, Bradford Road, Sherborne. Beginning with a swimming pool swim, followed by a bike ride and finishing with a run through the historic town of Sherborne. Details www.wessexwizards.com Contact: Derek Turner 07887 356687
Monday 29 August / Guided Walk of Sherborne Join Blue Badge Guide Cindy for a stroll around this historic town. Meet at Sherborne Abbey porch at 11.00am. £5 per person. More information 01935 815341
Sunday 11 September / Car Boot Sale organised by Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. Free Parking. The Terraces, Sherborne DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8.30am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am to 12noon. Admission 50p
Sunday 11 September / Jazz Lunch Live jazz with Julie Dunn and accompanying artists. £23 per person. 12-00pm to 2.00pm. The Eastbury Hotel, Long Street. Sherborne. Reservations required. Telephone 01935 813131
Sunday 11 September/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Sunday 9 October/ Sherborne Steam and Water Wheel Centre Open Day 11am until 4.00pm. Oborne Road, Sherborne DT9 3RX. Limited parking on site. Plenty of room for picnics. Admission £5 per person. £7 per couple. Children free
Sunday 6 November/ Jazz Lunch Live jazz with Julie Dunn and accompanying artists. £23 per person. 12-00pm to 2.00pm. The Eastbury Hotel, Long Street. Sherborne. Reservations required. Telephone 01935 813131
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