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Cotswold man leads fight against hunting ban
THE north Cotswolds' Lesley Drage is leading a £3 million High Court fight to get the national ban on hunting with dogs overturned. Miss Drage, 45, says she is fighting for her livelihood because she earns all her income by stabling foxhunt horses in
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Young folk fan spreads the word
ELEANOR James, a Year 12 pupil at Farmor's School, is a keen folk musician who has turned promoter and is spreading the word about folk music in the area. A long time admirer of Tanglefoot, one of the best folk groups to come out of Canada, she has persuaded
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Rupert branches out for Britain
A FAIRFORD man will be shouting from the tree tops if he is successful in a climbing competition in Copenhagen this weekend. Rupert Wilkinson has recently been chosen to represent the UK and Ireland in the European tree climbing competition which takes
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Theatre show remembers Lennon
COME Together Right Now (Johnny is John) is the new theatre concert spectacular designed to win the hearts and minds of both John Lennon and Beatles fans in the 25th anniversary year of John Lennon's untimely death. And it's coming to the Bacon Theatre
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Burford Festival kicks off next week
THE Burford Festival which runs from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 25 presents a remarkably varied programme which really does have something for everyone. Music ranges from the Burford Orchestra, the Bochman Quartet, the Burford Singers in an Opera
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What made Adolf Hitler so compulsive?
WHAT made Adolf Hitler so compulsive? How could any cultured person follow him to destruction, desolation and genocide to leave such a deep scar on the 20th century? Created from the words of Mein Kampf and Table Talk, Pip Utton's play is about racism
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Star actors perform in Cirencester show
BACK in Cirencester by popular demand is 'Why Can't You Get a Proper Job' by Andrew Shepherd who grew up in the Cotswolds and is now making a name in the competitive world of the theatre. The show takes place at Stratton End, Stratton, Cirencester on
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Past and present at Longborough Festival
PAST and present students of opera singer Maria Jagusz are performing at this year's Longborough Festival Opera season. Alice Nelson, 16, and Louise Booker, 18, play the spirits in Mozart's Magic Flute while Benedict Nelson and Aidan Smith who have just
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What made Adolf Hitler so compulsive?
WHAT made Adolf Hitler so compulsive? How could any cultured person follow him to destruction, desolation and genocide to leave such a deep scar on the 20th century? Created from the words of Mein Kampf and Table Talk, Pip Utton's play is about racism
