Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
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The Box of Delights
If you are feeling a bit “bah humbug” about Christmas I urge you to read (or re-read) “The Box of…
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Herefordshire Arts Week 8th – 16th September
Guides to this year’s Arts Week have just arrived – a very good reason to stop work for a cup…
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Much Wenlock Olympics
One of our favorite Shopshire towns is Much Wenlock and on a recent visit to the town I was startled…
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Jumbl’d Earth – Mappa Mundi-Inspired World Premiere
News of a first “voicing” of Jumbl’d Earth by Bernard Hughes in Hereford Cathedral.
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It’s a Stick-Up
Lovely to see Tinsmiths’ Poetry Festival Posters appearing all around the town. One of the kind shopkeepers commented “Its like…
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Simple Pattern Pieces
When Kate isn’t greeting and helping Tinsmiths’ customers, she is sewing and, equally to our advantage, advising her colleagues on…
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Yan Tyan Tethera
Shepherds of old counted their sheep using Yan (1), Tyan (2) and Tethera (3) – an ancient counting method. Today,…
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Barber – Birmingham’s Hidden Treasure
One so often hears Birmingham put down for its lack of culture that it is refreshing to be able to…
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Kate Farley – Plots to Plates
Printmaker and Textile Designer, Kate Farley, who will be showing at Tinsmiths next Summer, popped in to the shop recently…
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Hope End
For our ‘St. Jude’s at Tinsmiths’ 2012 exhibition, Ed Kluz has produced this enigmatic collage ‘Hope End’. Ed’s work is…