Sofar, so good! Secret gigs with Sofar Sounds, Frome
It’s 5pm on a Wednesday afternoon and my email alert goes ‘ping’. My face lights up because it’s a message I’ve actually been waiting...
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- Oct 14, 2019
- 3 min
Finding The Lost Words - join the discovery at Taunton’s Youth,Culture & Arts Festival
Children in Taunton are creating works of art & poetry in response to The Lost Words book. See the works at a celebratory event this month
- Sep 24, 2019
- 9 min
Somerset Art Weeks – A special anniversary festival
Somerset Art Weeks is back & this year it's a very special 25 year celebration of creativity. Here, I share my picks for the 2019 festival.
- Apr 13, 2019
- 5 min
Songwriting & singing for the FIFTY BEES
A little while ago at the crack of dawn, I woke up, half-asleep, scrambled to find a scrap of paper and scribbled down some lyrics about...
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
Walking in a window wanderland
Fancy an evening stroll in a town where illuminated art lights up the darkness? A magical moonlit wander, where house windows showcase...
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
Celebrating the snowdrop
It's Valentine's Day, so we thought we'd write about something we truly love. No... not a basket full of Dairy Milk and a fluffy teddy...
- Jan 16, 2019
- 5 min
Hip hip wassail!
Old apple tree we wassail thee... every year, every January in Somerset as it goes! Yes, it’s that time when groups of us West Country...
- Sep 13, 2018
- 7 min
Art for all - Somerset Open Studios
We've started to use the hashtag #artforall on Twitter and Instagram whenever we chat about art, because whoever you are and whatever you...
- Aug 31, 2018
- 5 min
Sauerkrautathon - Four thoughts & a World Record?
You know we're always looking for unique things happening in our brilliant county of Somerset? Well, is it possible to get any more off...
- Jul 27, 2018
- 3 min
Valley Fest - Year three, Four Thoughts!
Ahh - flipping gorgeous Valley Fest! ;) It's back in all its' glory this time next week (Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th August) and it's one...
- May 15, 2018
- 2 min
Picture Somerset - opening times & updates
Fancy seeing over seventy beautiful, unique and fun photographs of Somerset, in a lovely gallery setting, captured by a mixture of...
- May 10, 2018
- 4 min
Somerset Garden Day 2018 - Four Thoughts
If you follow us on Twitter and Instagram you'll know that just over two years ago, we took on the care of a beautiful garden that used...
- Mar 21, 2018
- 2 min
Picture Somerset - A photographic celebration of the county
Do you photograph Somerset professionally, just for the sheer love of it, or both? :) Have you got some awesome shots of our stunning...
- Mar 6, 2018
- 3 min
The Ciderthon - Four Thoughts
I ran a marathon once. Long, long time ago now and all I can say is that it definitely would've been a lot more fun with cider......
- Oct 22, 2017
- 8 min
Kate Rattray - Mosaics, Glastonbury Abbey & Robert Plant!
Got a cuppa? Sitting comfortably? Ready to join us on a journey through Glastonbury legend and mystery, all wrapped up in some beautiful...
- Oct 9, 2017
- 6 min
A fantastic festival - gardens, the harvest & gin!
Here’s one for you! It’s about our day at Toby Buckland’s Garden and Harvest Festival, a few Sunday’s ago. If you remember, we had a chat...
- Sep 23, 2017
- 6 min
Somerset Art Weeks - Celebrating visual arts in Somerset
It’s here! The time of year when we see these yellow signs pop up all over Somerset and we get a little bit excited ;). Yep… Somerset Art...
- Sep 8, 2017
- 3 min
Toby's Garden & Harvest Fest - Four Thoughts
Well, September is here, Autumn proper is just around the corner and it’s time for our last festival of the season! No camper vans and...
- Aug 8, 2017
- 3 min
A designer garden with a difference!
Tuesday is the day that social media celebrates all things charity and on this particular #charitytuesday, we’re giving a huge shout out...
- Aug 5, 2017
- 3 min
A magical Forest Feast
We’re always on the lookout for unique things happening in Somerset, so when we heard about a feast being organised in a secret forest...
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