FUN EVENING - Parishioners from Ledbury deanery’s 22 parishes are invited to a social evening of poetry, prose and music at 7.30pm on October 1, at Colwall Village Hall. The theme of the event is As Summer Welcomes Autumn and organisers also plan to offer pints and Pimm’s. As well as experienced readers it is hoped that Cradley and Much Marcle schools will be taking part. Readings have been chosen from works by John Arlott, Alan Bennett, John Betjeman, Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, Matt Harvey (poet in residence at this year’s All England tennis championships), Seamus Heaney, Phoebe Hesketh, Ted Hughes, Laurie Lee, John Masefield, Sylvia Plath, William Shakespeare and many more. Admission is free, though donations will be invited.