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Are you a fan of @sarah_hilary crime novels ? If so, come along to @bromsgrovewords event in @BromsgroveLib on Thursday, June 25th and hear her discuss " Reading and Writing Crime " with fellow authors @lLindaMather and @DJSellersAuthor - part of National Crime Reading Month
What is " Cosy Crime " ? Come along to @bromsgrovewords in @BromsgroveLib at 7.00.p.m. on Thursday, June 25th and ask @sarah_hilary, @lLindaMather and @DJSellersAuthor for their definition. Tickets from @TicketSource
If you like reading crime fiction, then come along at 7.00.p.m on Thursday, June 25th to @bromsgrovewords in @BromsgroveLib to listen to " Reading and Writing Crime ", when @sarah_hilary, @lLindaMather and @DJSellersAuthor discuss the genre. Tickets from www.ticketsource .co.uk
June is National Crime Reading Month, and @bromsgrovewords is playing its part by inviting you, as part of @BromsgroveFest, to listen to three crime writers who will be in lively conversation about their favourite crime reads and how this has influenced their writing.
Read all about the new national award which @AvoncroftMuseum has won on Page 30 of the June edition of "Completely Bromsgrove ". Then go to the Museum this weekend and see why - it is well worthwhile
The June Edition of " Completely Bromsgrove " is now out, and in various outlets all over the Town and District.
I may be biased ( surely not ), but Page 8 and the bottom half of Page 35 are particularly worth reading !!!
The 2026 Bromsgrove Festival starts on Friday, June 19th. Before. then, Brochures of the Full Programme will be in various locations all round the town and district.
On all three days of this Bank Holiday Weekend, the @ACWSUK will be at the Award Winning Avoncroft Museum, which will come alive to the sights and sounds of the American Civil War
Give your grandmother / mother / sister / aunty a present and buy them tickets for " A Victorian Afternoon Tea with Drama and Music ", featuring Jennifer Rigby, at @AvoncroftMuseum on Tuesday, May 11th. Log on to avoncroft.org.uk for more details
Enjoy a Victorian Afternoon Tea at @AvoncroftMuseum on Tuesday, May 19th and be entertained by the always popular Jennifer Rigby. Tickets on sale via the What's On Page on the Avoncroft Website
Nick Taylor retweeted
How mad is this?
A tiny, brilliant restaurant in Bedale, run single handedly by Ruth Hanson, being threatened by @northyorksc bureaucracy because her husband occasionally gives diners a lift home.
No trains. No Uber. Just making do with common sense and hard graft.
Then along comes a licensing officer saying it is basically an illegal taxi firm.
This is exactly why people are fed up with petty officialdom.
Instead, councils should be saying to businesses “how can we help?”
Thank you to @gilescoren and @kelvmackenzie
I’ll buy you both dinner there next time you’re up.
Grateful to Times columnist Giles Coren for putting to the sword a local council pipsqueak for trying to put out of business a restaurant in the middle of nowhere where owner Ruth Hanson does all the kitchen prep herself, the washing up, the bookings, the till, payroll and then cooks it.
The restaurant is called Hansom in Bedale, North Yorkshire. To give you an idea of its remoteness it’s 7 miles from Northallerton and 31 miles from York.
So, on occasions, her husband Mark, who had a job of his own, gives up his evenings to chauffeur some guests to and from their homes.
Coren points out when he reviewed the place last year ( he gave it a glowing recommendation) he had to hitchhike from Northallerton station.
No Bedale train, no metro, no Uber hanging around at the corner.
Enter Chris Doyle, licensing enforcement officer for N Yorkshire council, who has written to Ruth saying in his view Mark was operating a taxi service and that would require a raft of expensive and time consuming licences.
Ruth responded that Mark was her husband, he was unpaid and there was no separate charge for the journey.
Doyle said he didn’t care as there was deemed to be a commercial benefit and warned without a licence the council may take legal action.
Coren has a great last paragraph; “ Yeah, you sue her, you absolute local heroes.
“ You teach Ruth and Mark a lesson for being great at their jobs, for treasuring their customers, for trying to create a little joy and make ends meet in a collapsing world.”
PS Thought you’d like to see what a Ruth menus looks like. This is called the Sunday Sharing Feast.
Starters.
Smoked Leek and Pickled Croque
Monsieur
Whitby Crab Crumpet Pickled cucumber, Garden herbs.
Heritage beetroot, whipped goat’s Curd, Wild Garlic emulsion.
Main Course
Wensleydale chicken, Apricot and sage Wellington.
Honey and mustard mash, buttered spring , cider sauce.
Dessert
Yorkshire rhubarb and ginger trifle.
Cost; £55.
With publicity thanks to Coren’s column and this tweet I suspect the queue will be out the door and Mark can have his evenings off again.
Nick Taylor retweeted
Ruth Hansom and her husband Mark tried to do a beautiful thing, to make a wonderful restaurant in Bedale, to help people get there, to create joy. But North Yorkshire Council shat on it because they hate innovation, they hate hard work and they hate love.
thetimes.com/article/fe3c143…
Nick Taylor retweeted
Grateful to Times columnist Giles Coren for putting to the sword a local council pipsqueak for trying to put out of business a restaurant in the middle of nowhere where owner Ruth Hanson does all the kitchen prep herself, the washing up, the bookings, the till, payroll and then cooks it.
The restaurant is called Hansom in Bedale, North Yorkshire. To give you an idea of its remoteness it’s 7 miles from Northallerton and 31 miles from York.
So, on occasions, her husband Mark, who had a job of his own, gives up his evenings to chauffeur some guests to and from their homes.
Coren points out when he reviewed the place last year ( he gave it a glowing recommendation) he had to hitchhike from Northallerton station.
No Bedale train, no metro, no Uber hanging around at the corner.
Enter Chris Doyle, licensing enforcement officer for N Yorkshire council, who has written to Ruth saying in his view Mark was operating a taxi service and that would require a raft of expensive and time consuming licences.
Ruth responded that Mark was her husband, he was unpaid and there was no separate charge for the journey.
Doyle said he didn’t care as there was deemed to be a commercial benefit and warned without a licence the council may take legal action.
Coren has a great last paragraph; “ Yeah, you sue her, you absolute local heroes.
“ You teach Ruth and Mark a lesson for being great at their jobs, for treasuring their customers, for trying to create a little joy and make ends meet in a collapsing world.”
PS Thought you’d like to see what a Ruth menus looks like. This is called the Sunday Sharing Feast.
Starters.
Smoked Leek and Pickled Croque
Monsieur
Whitby Crab Crumpet Pickled cucumber, Garden herbs.
Heritage beetroot, whipped goat’s Curd, Wild Garlic emulsion.
Main Course
Wensleydale chicken, Apricot and sage Wellington.
Honey and mustard mash, buttered spring , cider sauce.
Dessert
Yorkshire rhubarb and ginger trifle.
Cost; £55.
With publicity thanks to Coren’s column and this tweet I suspect the queue will be out the door and Mark can have his evenings off again.
If you enjoy reading Historical Fiction, then come to @bromsgrovewords at 7.30.p.m in The Studio at @ArtrixArts on Wednesday, April 22nd to hear award winning author Sarah Dunant talk about her latest book, " The Marchesa ". Tickets available from the Artrix Box Office.
Nick Taylor retweeted
@BritishGas paid premium for a new boiler fitted Monday, monday night system leaking . No water for a week , 6 engineers in my house this week in total , still no water . Part ordered engineer comes out not certified to fit this l
Part due to safety and I hear a manager say to the engineer on the phone can you not just fit it for me !!!
We are classed as vulnerable . Mike the manager from installations has still not rang me back from Tues and to ask an engineer to fit a part when he is not insured to do so is disgraceful and dangerous
If you enjoy historical fiction, then come to The Studio @ArtrixArts at 7.30.p.m on Wednesday, April 22nd and listen to the guest speaker at @bromsgrovewords, Sarah Dunant, talk about her book " The Marchesa ", and possibly many others.
Tickets from the Artrix Box Office.
Three weeks tonight, come to The Studio at Artrix in Bromsgrove and listen to @BorgiaBlood talk about her latest book, " The Marchesa ", bringing alive the First Lady of the Renaissance, the art collector and political manipulator, Isabella d'Este
Thank you once again for @worcsmedals for supporting @BromsgroveFest by taking an advertisement in the 2026 Festival Brochure.
