by Kathleen Murphy | 20 Dec, 2019 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
The 2020 Tinsmiths Calendar takes it’s inspiration from nature’s seasonal bounty. For this, our twelfth Tinsmiths Calendar, the theme is foraging. Beautifully illustrated with linocut designs by Anneliese Appleby, each month showcases a different forage...
by Kathleen Murphy | 29 May, 2018 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond, Tinsmiths Exhibitions & Events
Today I had my passport photograph taken. I sat in a booth and followed a disembodied voice instructing me to adjust my seat, take care to neither smile or frown and look straight ahead. I waited a few moments for the results. I didn’t recognise the person in the...
by Phoebe Clive | 1 Aug, 2014 | Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Next Friday ‘Ledbury Country Market’ is celebrating it’s 70th birthday. The ‘Market’ takes place every Friday throughout the year in St. Katherine’s Hall (handily situated between the towns main carpark and the High Street) and...
by Kathleen Murphy | 31 Jan, 2014 | Calendar Blogs, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
Sitting in the Velvet Bean’s chocolate kitchen, beside the shop in Church Street, Ledbury, was a deep breathing moment for me. Paddles slowly turning the gently warming chocolate in three “bain mairies” that look like they mean business immediately...
by Kathleen Murphy | 1 Jan, 2014 | Calendar Blogs, In Print, Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
“I’m a compositor” Martin Clark explains, “but not many people will know what that is these days, so you’d better use the term ‘letterpress printer'”. Martin has worked at Tilley Printing for over fifty years, from the age of...
