If you have some free time between Monday 13 July and Friday 17 July and you would like to spend time doing something interesting, fun, creative and relaxing, then have a look at Strode College’s Summer Workshop courses for adults. The specially created programme of short courses includes many activities not normally available at the college, taught by talented local teachers and practitioners. There are over 30 different courses on offer – and places are selling fast. Workshops that still have availability include: acrylic etching, book binding, bridge, creative writing, jewellery making, photography, singing in harmony, Spanish cookery, theatrical mask making and many more. Full details: Read more
Plays in the Park comes to Yeovil Country Park
Wassail Theatre Company is set to bring theatre to South Somerset District Council’s Yeovil Country Park in July with an event called Plays in the Park. On Sunday 12 July, visitors will be given a guided tour with eight short performances along the way. Two sessions will be held at 11:00am and 2:00pm. Audiences are asked to meet outside the Ninesprings Café which is located next to Brunswick Street car park. Full story: Read more
Council’s band of staff hard at work as Glastonbury gets ready to party
Each year, a town the size of Sunderland temporarily sets up camp in the middle of the beautiful Mendip countryside for one of the world’s most famous music festivals – Glastonbury. A huge amount of work goes into making the festival a success and, with just a few weeks until around 203,000 people descend on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Mendip District Council staff are hard at work behind the scenes, doing their bit to make sure the event passes off as safely as possible. Full story: Read more