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Guitar virtuoso

1:16pm Friday 2nd May 2008

CRAIG Ogden is a name to rank alongside Segovia, John Williams and Julian Bream in the hierarchy of classical guitarists.

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Musical casts a spell

1:14pm Friday 2nd May 2008

INSTANTLY recognisable numbers and an energetic and enthusiastic cast combine in Hereford Musical Theatre Society’s spring production to create a memorable evening.

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Festival record

1:10pm Friday 2nd May 2008

THIS year’s Herefordshire Festival for Music, Dance, Speech and Drama attracted the largest number of entrants in its history – a total of 1,729 compared to the previous record of 1,494 in 1979.

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Here and there at Hereford Photography Festival

1:00pm Friday 2nd May 2008

HEREFORD Photography Festival is now the UK’s longest running annual celebration of photography and this year, its 18th, it moves from its October date to May and June.

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A dramatic encounter

1:03pm Thursday 1st May 2008

UNA has driven hundreds of miles to confront Ray, having found his photograph in a magazine in the doctor’s waiting room 15 years after he left her alone in a seaside hotel room.

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Virtuoso technique

1:38pm Friday 25th April 2008

CRAIG Ogden is a name to rank alongside Segovia, John Williams and Julian Bream in the hierarchy of classical guitarists.

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A dream of a show

11:27am Thursday 24th April 2008

MOON Water by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, which moves from Wales Millennium Centre to Birmingham Hippodrome next week, is a quite unique experience - mesmeric, hypnotic, dreamlike.

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The Merchant of Venice at the RSC

1:03pm Tuesday 22nd April 2008

Shylock and the riddle of the caskets unfold on stage

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ORIGINALITY, wit, great storytelling and fabulous design are the hallmarks of the UK’s leading choreographer, Matthew Bourne, and they are all gloriously evident in the production of Nutcracker!, which runs until Saturday, April 19, at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

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Bold and boisterous

1:08pm Thursday 6th March 2008

BIG, bold, brash, bad, bawdy and boozy - Falstaff is one of English fiction's greatest creations.

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National News

Defence cash plan 'a panic measure'

Updated 8:01pm Friday 16th May 2008

A move to free up £200 million of defence spending to help secure two new aircraft carriers and equipment for troops has been dubbed a "panic" measure by the Tories.

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Your Say Your Herefordshire

We are on the A44 and while the weather has been fine bikers have been travelling at speeds in excess of 100mph past our house. All the yellow signs in the world will not stop these idiots and heaven help the unfortunate motorist who encounters one. − Dennis

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Walking through Ross today I counted three drivers using mobile phones in the centre of town, obviously aware that no police or CSOs are on duty!! This was when school kids were going home about 4.00pm. − Pencraig

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Editor's choice

Sing out and make music

THE Music Pool, Hereford’s community music charity, is hosting a special public event aimed at anyone wanting to discover the pleasure of singing – a day of singing exercises, games, harmony singing and songs from around the world will be led by nationally acclaimed Sue Hollingworth of the Voices Foundation.

Inspector Morse creator at Leominster Festival

A VISIT by the creator of Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter, will be one of the highlights of the 2008 Leominster Festival, which runs from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 8, and this year promises something for everyone.

Double delight

THE internationally renowned identical twin sisters Antoinette and Claire Cann will be performing a sparkling programme of piano duets at St John the Baptist Church, Aymestrey, near Leominster on Saturday, May 24, at 7.30pm. Antoinette and Claire first played the piano when they were three years old, picking out tunes on the family piano. “The first thing we picked out was the theme to Listen with Mother.” Starting lessons was apparently the only time the pair were at odds about their playing. “Toni was very keen to go,” says Claire. “But at the time, Claire was shy,” adds Antoinette.

Village past brought to life in new book

A LOCAL football team that played in a premiership stadium and an orchestra that appeared in an early TV broadcast are tall claims for a small Herefordshire village – but Fownhope has proof.