Category: Mendip
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Glastonbury Festival’s Michael Eavis will ‘take tickets to Buckingham Palace’ when receives knighthood
“Last time I met King Charles, I had a suit made instead of wearing shorts” Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has joked that he will take tickets to to the Festival with him to Buckingham Palace, when he receives a Knighthood, as Prince William had expressed a desire to come to Pilton to check it all…
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Somerset Art Weeks: Gill Sakakini says exhibition will give visitors a ‘wow’ factor
‘A Lincolnshire garden and Scottish highlands provided inspiration for art work’ The Somerset Art Weeks give artists across the county to open their studios or exhibit their work in a gallery and have a chance to interact with those coming to admire their creations. Hundreds of galleries and venues open their doors across Somerset and…
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Mid-Somerset Show: 172 years of farming tradition is ready for its day in the sun
‘The future of the show is healthy – we have come a long way in past decade’ Summer in Somerset is the time for farmers across the region to celebrate their work and show off their livestock to others in agriculture and the public at large. The Mid-Somerset Show is back on Sunday, August 20…
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Pioneer artist’s ‘Jars of Joys’ fuses ‘intergenerational collaboration’
‘Young and old have come together over an ancient art form’ A Pioneer Priest in the Arts in the Church of England, Gill Sakakini, has unveiled her new project which has brought together young and old and opens to the public at the beginning of August in Wells Cathedral. Her collaborative project has seen older…
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Reimagining the Levels celebrate revitalising Somerset landscape
‘Over 80,000 trees have been planted with over 200 landowners’ The fight against global warming and environmental calamity has taken various guises across the planet but in the heart of Somerset, a group called Reimagining the Levels (RtL) are doing what they can to revitalise the local landscape. RtL is a Community Benefit Society with…
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Pioneer thrives on bringing community together through art
‘I love listening to people’s ideas – hearing about hopes and experience’ For Gill Sakakini, there is nothing more pleasing than bringing the community together through one of her art projects and she is having a great effect on Shepton Mallet, where she has a fantastic space to run her classes. Gill is a Pioneer…
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