The Regal Theatre is approaching midsummer with a wide range of entertainment, starting with a live orchestra concert led by our own David Pitts on 1st June. The students of West Somerset College will be staging Beauty and Beast from 6th - 8th, and there's a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery … Continue reading The Regal Theatre in June

A friend of mine and I run the 'West Somerset at War' website. We're a couple of old veterans ourselves and have recently started to research the names of those who appear on the Wootton Courtenay war memorial, located within All Saints Church. We have found a huge amount of information about some of the … Continue reading Wootton Courtenay War Memorial

Ian and Nicole Stewart are May’s winners, receiving £30.The £20 second prize has gone to M Lovatt.Paul Scott is the recipient of the £12.50 third prize. Cash winnings have been delivered. Good luck to all 100 Club members for the forthcoming draws. Nicky and Daphne, joint promoters.

Monday 13th May This is a reminder that the next meeting of Thinking Allowed will be on Monday  in the Villagers' Stores, 7-8pm with drinks available from 6.30pm.    'What makes for a fulfilled life?' is the topic and here are some notes. The notes are to help stimulate thinking around the topic and are not meant to direct the conversation. All … Continue reading Thinking Allowed

Thankfully the sun has finally come out to play and our garden can now be used for Friday evening drinks and Thursday and Saturday coffee mornings. It looks like it going to be another warm day today so, as an experiment, we thought we could start with coffee and cake from 10am - 12-ish and … Continue reading News From the Villagers’ Stores

The service at All Saints’ this Sunday, 12th May at 11am, is ‘Songs of Praise’. This month, we are celebrating gardens and the natural world with music and poetry. Refreshments after the service. Amanda

This week's newsletter from the Grabbist Hill Benefice may be read here.

A ready-mix concrete lorry will be delivering to Forge Cottage, Lower Town, between approximately 8.00am and 9.00am today (Friday 10th May), and the road will be blocked for 30 minutes within that time frame. We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused. Roz & Philip Griffin

I mentioned last year that a few of us had followed rights of way that closely matched the village parish boundary: 21km, 700m accent (12.5 miles, 2,100ft). A few folks expressed an interest, so I'm happy to share the route I will be taking this year. This is NOT an organised event but it might … Continue reading Beating the Village Boundary