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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Puzzles solutions from page 41
Across: 1 Gaelic, 5 Brandy,
8 Pungency, 9 Trap, 10 Peel,
11 Undercut, 13 Septicaemia,
15 Red panda, 17 Giga, 19 Shea,
20 Primeval, 21 Engage,
22 Scouse.
Down: 2 Acute, 3 Leg slip,
4 Centurion, 5 Boy, 6A star,
7 Dracula, 12 Dramatics,
13 Stephen, 14 Magneto,
16 Prada, 18 Grass, 20 Pye.
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THURSDAY
n (until 20 May) Newbury
Spring Festival: various events
and venues. Box office 0845
5218218
n (until 21 May) Open
Studios 2017: various locations
throughout West Berkshire and
North Hampshire
n (until 21 May) Insight 2017:
Open Studios flagship
exhibition Monday-Sunday
11am-5pm, Thursday till 8pm.
New Greenham Arts Centre,
113 Lindenmuth Way,
Greenham Business Park,
Newbury RG19 6HN
n (until 30 May) Open Air
Sculpture Exhibition, at the
Orangery, Shaw House. 11am-
4pm daily
n (until 2 June) Exhibition:
Knitting from traditional to
contemporar y, Old Chapel
Textile Centre, Main Street,
Greenham Business Park RG19
6HW (open 10am-4pm Tuesday
to Thursday and first Saturday
of the month)
n Craft and Chat ,11am-1pm.
Newbury library. Free drop-in
session for adults
n French Conversation with
Danielle Simpson, 10am-
noon. St Joseph’s Church Hall,
London Road, Newbury (every
Thursday)
n Live and Lyrical , 8pm. New
Greenham Arts. Box office 0845
5218218
n Lady Maisery, 8pm.
Arlington Arts Centre,
Snelsmore Common. Box office
(01635) 244246
n Brodsky Quartet , 7.30pm.
St Mary’s Church, Shaw. Box
office 0845 5218218
FRIDAY
n Family History with
members of Berkshire Family
History Society, 10.30am-
12.30pm. Free drop-in session
at Newbury library
n (and tomorrow) Newbury
International Antiques &
Collectors Fair, 8.30am-5pm
Newbury Showground.
(01636) 702326
n Newbury District Field
Club: Talk on the Coastal
Path, by Dave Stubbs,
2.30pm. Council Chamber,
Newbury Town Hall, Market
Place.
SATURDAY
n Design Create and Frame
for Kids with Bonni Southey,
10am-1pm. City Arts, Hampton
Road, Newbury.
https://cityartsnewbur
category/may-2017/
n Croft and Pearce Are Not
Themselves, award-winning
Radio 4 sketch comedians.
8pm. New Greenham Arts. Box
office 0845 5218218
n Thames Valley Ancient
Egypt Society (Oxon, Berks,
Bucks) lecture by Dr Luigi
Prada: Magical and Divina-
tory Texts, 2.00 pm, Oakwood
Centre, Headley Road, Woodley
RG5 4JZ. Visitors welcome– £3.
n Hurst Singers Spring
Concert, 7.30pm. Silchester
Parish Church. Tickets £10 from
Ralph Atton (0118) 970 0825,
Richard Fletcher (0118) 970
0633 or on the door.
n (and tomorrow and
Wednesday) Art and Plants at
Rookery Farm Open Studio,
11am -5pm. Woolton Hill,
RG20 9XP. Plant sale in aid of
The Air Ambulance. Art by
Sharon Perris, Katie Penlington,
Julia Bowes and Jan Nethercot.
Free tea and cake.
SUNDAY
n Newbury District Ornitho-
logical Club morning walk
around the gravel pits at
Woolhampton. Meet in the
Rowbarge car park at 8.30am.
Grid ref 174/SU572667
n Royal Wootton Bassett
Brass, 2pm-4pm. Bandstand,
Victoria Park, Newbury
n Charity Run and Fun day,
from 9am. Park House School,
Andover Road, Newbury
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MONDAY
n The Sheepdrove Piano
Competition winner recital,
12.30pm. Corn Exchange
auditorium. 0845 5218218
n Taste of Spain, Spanish-
themed evening at The
Vineyard. £45. Box office 0845
5218218
TUESDAY
n Book launch:
Understanding Hoardingby
Jo Cooke, 12.30pm-2.30pm.
Broadway House, 4-8
Broadway, Newbury RG14 1BA
n (until 2 June) Exhibition:
Knitting from traditional to
contemporar y, Old Chapel
Textile Centre, Main Street,
Greenham Business Park RG19
6HW (open 10am-4pm
Tuesday to Thursday and first
Saturday of the month)
WEDNESDAY
n (until 20) Newbury
Dramatic Society presents
Maskeradeby Terry Pratch-
ett, 7.30pm (6.30 on Satur-
day). The Watermill, Bagnor.
Box office (01635) 46044
n Jeff Barnhart and the
Harlem Knights, 8pm. Zelda’s
Jazz Room at the Comrades
Club, Newbury Street,
Wantage, OX12 8DJ. Tickets on
the door £11
n Art and Plants at Rookery
Farm Open Studio,11am -
5pm. Woolton Hill RG20 9XP.
Plant sale in aid of The Air
Ambulance. Art by Sharon
Perris, Katie Penlington, Julia
Bowes and Jan Nethercot. Free
tea and cake
n Thatcham in old
photographs, talk by Dr Nick
Young, 7pm-8pm. West Berk-
shire Museum. Tickets £5 from
the museum (01635) 519562
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