Sunday

Live jazz + grandad! + Smallcreep scoop + more!

Self-taught and totally brilliant guitarist John McLellan is my special Art Lot guest next Tuesday January 25th at 4pm… have you noticed the surname? Yes, John hails from Scotland … and the 25th is Burns Night!

Not only that, but John also brought along his guitar … and although he thought he was going to get away with playing just one tune – no way!

John has played with many people, including The Patsy Gamble Band when they played live at the Daneway Festival few years ago; and he’s also played in some pretty amazing venues… so listen in and hear him play, and hear him reveal his musical journey.

That’s next Tuesday, January 25 at 4 … repeated Sunday, January 30 at 3

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Totally brilliant news…I’m a grand-dad again! Lucie and Tom have their first baby, and I a fourth, wonderful grandson!

Lucie is my elder daughter…Tom phoned me at about 1120 Saturday night -- I could hear Tiny Tom yelling his welcome to the world in the background.

As you can see, no name yet!

Congratulations to all three! A fabulous and thrilling start to 2011.

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And yet more news: author Peter Currell Brown, who wrote Smallcreep’s Day (hailed by Adrian Mitchell as 'a masterpiece') has agreed to do a telephone interview for The Art Lot!

This is quite a scoop, and thanks are due to my old teaching buddy Mike Challis who knew Peter when Peter lived at Cam ... and who searched out contact details for me.

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Art Lot listener Hannya Melrose has sent me this:

Introduction to Birth Process Work

An exploration of psychological & somatic patterning with Mary Gellhorn & Hannya Melrose

Saturday Jan 29th, 9:30 – 4:30pm 
Sitaram Yoga Studio, Thrupp, Stroud.  

Cost: £70

For further information:  
Mary: 01453-767274  
Hannya: 01453-751816

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And from Art Lot guest Annabel Hollis:

"Annabel Hollis is a skilled facilitator, with a background in the creative and healing arts, and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network.

“She is  running "Creativity as Gateway to Healing", a series of seven one-day workshops in 2011 celebrating the cycle of the year, at Hawkwood College, Stroud. First is on Jan 29th ‘The divine spark of inspiration.

She is also doing a series of three evenings, working with art and dreams at the Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, in early 2011. First is on the 10th Feb, with taster session on the 13th Jan.

Please see www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk; www.isbourne.org for more details.”

Sounds great, Annabel!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Not too many of The Art Lot listeners are helping me out with my £200 pledge for Buddhafield...can you? Just a quid or two…please!

Take a look: 

There’s some photos on-line at www.flickr.com/photos/fwbo/sets/72157594390868206/



Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Your event: if you would like your event posted on the Art Lot Blog ... and all for FREE, all you have to do is enter it as a comment (at the bottom of each entry is the Comment icon) and I will upload it ASAP as a proper event in the listings.

The blog is e-mailed as a newsletter every two weeks just before the show to an ‘audience’ of more than 300 ... and growing! ... so it's a great way of letting people know what you’re up to...

Just click here ... http://artlotfm.blogspot.com/

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Also, don't forget, you can always get a 10-min or so interview on Breakfast Time [7-9am] ... and Drivetime [5-7pm] ... just phone the studio 01453. 757492

That's free, too...

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

ALSO…it really doesn't cost much to have your advertise read out on StroudFM... it's a great way to reach local people and to support Stroud FM, a really fabulous local enterprise, at the same time.

For details, give Clare Jackson a ring on the above number or email her on clare_rosemary_jackson@yahoo.co.uk ... you'll wish you did it before.

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Friday


Self-taught and totally brilliant guitarist John McLellan (right) is my special Art Lot guest next Tuesday January 25th at 4pm… have you noticed the surname? Yes, John hails from Scotland … and the 25th is Burns Night!

Not only that, but John also brought along his guitar … and although he thought he was going to get away with playing just one tune – no way!

John has played with many people, including The Patsy Gamble Band when they played live at the Daneway Festival few years ago; and he’s also played in some pretty amazing venues… so listen in and hear him play, and hear him reveal his musical journey.

That’s next Tuesday, January 25 at 4 … repeated Sunday, January 30 at 3

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Art Lot listener Hannya Melrose has sent me this:

Introduction to Birth Process Work

An exploration of psychological & somatic patterning with Mary Gellhorn & Hannya Melrose

Saturday Jan 29th, 9:30 – 4:30pm 
Sitaram Yoga Studio, Thrupp, Stroud.  

Cost: £70

For further information:  
Mary: 01453-767274  
Hannya: 01453-751816

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And from Art Lot guest Annabel Hollis:

"Annabel Hollis is a skilled facilitator, with a background in the creative and healing arts, and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network.

“She is  running "Creativity as Gateway to Healing", a series of seven one-day workshops in 2011 celebrating the cycle of the year, at Hawkwood College, Stroud. First is on Jan 29th ‘The divine spark of inspiration.

She is also doing a series of three evenings, working with art and dreams at the Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, in early 2011. First is on the 10th Feb, with taster session on the 13th Jan.

Please see www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk; www.isbourne.org for more details.”

Sounds great, Annabel!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Not too many of The Art Lot listeners are helping me out with my £200 pledge for Buddhafield...can you? Just a quid or two…please!

Take a look: 

There’s some photos on-line at www.flickr.com/photos/fwbo/sets/72157594390868206/



Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Your event: if you would like your event posted on the Art Lot Blog ... and all for FREE, all you have to do is enter it as a comment (at the bottom of each entry is the Comment icon) and I will upload it ASAP as a proper event in the listings.

The blog is e-mailed as a newsletter every two weeks just before the show to an ‘audience’ of more than 300 ... and growing! ... so it's a great way of letting people know what you’re up to...

Just click here ... http://artlotfm.blogspot.com/

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Also, don't forget, you can always get a 10-min or so interview on Breakfast Time [7-9am] ... and Drivetime [5-7pm] ... just phone the studio 01453. 757492

That's free, too...

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

ALSO…it really doesn't cost much to have your advertisement read out on StroudFM... it's a great way to reach local people and to support Stroud FM, a really fabulous local enterprise, at the same time.

For details, give Clare Jackson a ring on the above number or email her on clare_rosemary_jackson@yahoo.co.uk ... you'll wish you did it before.

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!


Saturday

My first Art Lot guest of 2011 is novelist Loretta Holmes, whose first book Between the Lines came out only last year…she’s certainly prolific, because she’s already sent her second manuscript off to her publishers and is now writing away on her third.

She tells why, after a successful career as a fine artist, she turned to the written art. And she gives some really good tips to would-be writers…so listen in and get inspired…

Tune in tomorrow Sunday January 16 at 3pm!

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Lorri reads from that first novel…and reveals her favourite book of all time – you’d never guess!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

I received this email from Art Lot guest actor Gregor Hunt recently…which I hope he won’t mind me sharing:
Dear family, friends, colleagues, neighbours....
Lesley and I are delighted to announce the birth of our son Alistair, at 4.14am on New Year's Day 2011, at Gloucestershire Royal. He's a big lad (8lbs 14) and there was a lot of trouble to get him on stage, so in the end he had to come out of the sunroof. But he and his Mum are recovering very well.
Happy New Year!
Greg (or)

Congratulations to all three!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Art Lot listener Hannya Melrose has sent me this:

Introduction to Birth Process Work

An exploration of psychological & somatic patterning with Mary Gellhorn & Hannya Melrose

Saturday Jan 29th, 9:30 – 4:30pm 
Sitaram Yoga Studio, Thrupp, Stroud.  

Cost: £70

For further information:  
Mary: 01453-767274  
Hannya: 01453-751816

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And from Art Lot guest Annabel Hollis:

"Annabel Hollis is a skilled facilitator, with a background in the creative and healing arts, and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network.

“She is  running "Creativity as Gateway to Healing", a series of seven one-day workshops in 2011 celebrating the cycle of the year, at Hawkwood College, Stroud. First is on Jan 29th ‘The divine spark of inspiration.

She is also doing a series of three evenings, working with art and dreams at the Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, in early 2011. First is on the 10th Feb, with taster session on the 13th Jan.

Please see www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk; www.isbourne.org for more details.”

Sounds great, Annabel!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Not too many of The Art Lot listeners are helping me out with my £200 pledge for Buddhafield...can you? Just a quid or two…please!

Take a look: 

There’s some photos on-line at www.flickr.com/photos/fwbo/sets/72157594390868206/



Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Your event: if you would like your event posted on the Art Lot Blog ... and all for FREE, all you have to do is enter it as a comment (at the bottom of each entry is the Comment icon) and I will upload it ASAP as a proper event in the listings.

The blog is e-mailed as a newsletter every two weeks just before the show to an ‘audience’ of more than 300 ... and growing! ... so it's a great way of letting people know what you’re up to...

Just click here ... http://artlotfm.blogspot.com/

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Also, don't forget, you can always get a 10-min or so interview on Breakfast Time [7-9am] ... and Drivetime [5-7pm] ... just phone the studio 01453. 757492

That's free, too...

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

ALSO…it really doesn't cost much to have your advertise read out on StroudFM... it's a great way to reach local people and to support Stroud FM, a really fabulous local enterprise, at the same time.

For details, give Clare Jackson a ring on the above number or email her on clare_rosemary_jackson@yahoo.co.uk ... you'll wish you did it before.

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!


Monday

My first Art Lot guest of 2011 is novelist Loretta Holmes, whose first book Between the Lines came out only last year…she’s certainly prolific, because she’s already sent her second manuscript off to her publishers and is now writing away on her third.

She tells why, after a successful career as a fine artist, she turned to the written art. And she gives some really good tips to would-be writers…so listen in and get inspired…

Tune in tomorrow Tuesday January 11 at 4pm!

107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Lorri reads from that first novel…and reveals her favourite book of all time – you’d never guess!

And if you can’t make it tomorrow, this great interview is repeated on Sunday January 16 at 3

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

I received this email from Art Lot guest actor Gregor Hunt recently…which I hope he won’t mind me sharing:
Dear family, friends, colleagues, neighbours....
Lesley and I are delighted to announce the birth of our son Alistair, at 4.14am on New Year's Day 2011, at Gloucestershire Royal. He's a big lad (8lbs 14) and there was a lot of trouble to get him on stage, so in the end he had to come out of the sunroof. But he and his Mum are recovering very well.
Happy New Year!
Greg (or)

Congratulations to all three!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Art Lot listener Hannya Melrose has sent me this:

Introduction to Birth Process Work

An exploration of psychological & somatic patterning with Mary Gellhorn & Hannya Melrose

Saturday Jan 29th, 9:30 – 4:30pm 
Sitaram Yoga Studio, Thrupp, Stroud.  

Cost: £70

For further information:  
Mary: 01453-767274  
Hannya: 01453-751816

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And from Art Lot guest Annabel Hollis:

"Annabel Hollis is a skilled facilitator, with a background in the creative and healing arts, and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network.

“She is  running "Creativity as Gateway to Healing", a series of seven one-day workshops in 2011 celebrating the cycle of the year, at Hawkwood College, Stroud. First is on Jan 29th ‘The divine spark of inspiration.

She is also doing a series of three evenings, working with art and dreams at the Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, in early 2011. First is on the 10th Feb, with taster session on the 13th Jan.

Please see www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk; www.isbourne.org for more details.”

Sounds great, Annabel!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Not too many of The Art Lot listeners are helping me out with my £200 pledge for Buddhafield...can you? Just a quid or two…please!

Take a look: 

There’s some photos on-line at www.flickr.com/photos/fwbo/sets/72157594390868206/



Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Your event: if you would like your event posted on the Art Lot Blog ... and all for FREE, all you have to do is enter it as a comment (at the bottom of each entry is the Comment icon) and I will upload it ASAP as a proper event in the listings.

The blog is e-mailed as a newsletter every two weeks just before the show to an ‘audience’ of more than 300 ... and growing! ... so it's a great way of letting people know what you’re up to...

Just click here ... http://artlotfm.blogspot.com/

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Also, don't forget, you can always get a 10-min or so interview on Breakfast Time [7-9am] ... and Drivetime [5-7pm] ... just phone the studio 01453. 757492

That's free, too...

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

ALSO…it really doesn't cost much to have your advertise read out on StroudFM... it's a great way to reach local people and to support Stroud FM, a really fabulous local enterprise, at the same time.

For details, give Clare Jackson a ring on the above number or email her on clare_rosemary_jackson@yahoo.co.uk ... you'll wish you did it before.

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!


Tuesday

Happy New Year to all Art Lot listeners…well, to everyone, but Art Lot listeners especially!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

I received this email from Art Lot guest actor Gregor Hunt recently…which I hope he won’t mind me sharing:

Dear family, friends, colleagues, neighbours....
Lesley and I are delighted to announce the birth of our son Alistair, at 4.14am on New Year's Day 2011, at Gloucestershire Royal. He's a big lad (8lbs 14) and there was a lot of trouble to get him on stage, so in the end he had to come out of the sunroof. But he and his Mum are recovering very well.
Happy New Year!
Greg(or)

Congratulations to all three!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And, from Bill Cronshaw who directed my play Sunset Stripped recently, this info:

Friday 7th January 2011, 7:30pm: A charity performance of Bill Cronshaw’s acclaimed production of  'I'll be Bert' at the Kings Theatre, Gloucester (For reviews, visit www.dreamshedtheatre.co.uk). You don’t have to be a lover of football to enjoy this evocative play. Tickets are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment! There will also be a promise auction during the interval. Tickets at £10 available from Gareth and Viv Nutt at gbnutt@gmail.com or 01989 750836. We’d also be delighted to receive any promises for the auction.

It’s all in aid of “Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)...Gareth and Viv Nutt of Bailey Lane End are due to depart for Ethiopia at the beginning of February 2011, where Gareth will undertake a two-year voluntary placement at the Ministry of Education in Addis Ababa. He will be joining a team in supporting the development of leadership in schools. “

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Art Lot listener Hannya Melrose has sent me this:

Introduction to Birth Process Work

An exploration of psychological & somatic patterning with Mary Gellhorn & Hannya Melrose

Saturday Jan 29th, 9:30 – 4:30pm 
Sitaram Yoga Studio, Thrupp, Stroud.  

Cost: £70

For further information:  
Mary: 01453-767274  
Hannya: 01453-751816

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

And from Art Lot guest Annabel Hollis:

"Annabel Hollis is a skilled facilitator, with a background in the creative and healing arts, and is a founding member of the Spiritual Crisis Network.

“She is  running "Creativity as Gateway to Healing", a series of seven one-day workshops in 2011 celebrating the cycle of the year, at Hawkwood College, Stroud. First is on Jan 29th ‘The divine spark of inspiration.

She is also doing a series of three evenings, working  with art and dreams at the Isbourne Holistic Centre, Cheltenham, in early 2011. First is on the 10th Feb, with taster session on the 13th Jan.

Please see www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk; www.isbourne.org for more details.”

Sounds great, Annabel!

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

I’ve pledged to raise £200 for Buddhafield...can you help me?

Take a look: 

There’s some photos on-line at www.flickr.com/photos/fwbo/sets/72157594390868206/



Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Your event: if you would like your event posted on the Art Lot Blog ... and all for FREE, all you have to do is enter it as a comment (at the bottom of each entry is the Comment icon) and I will upload it ASAP as a proper event in the listings.

The blog is e-mailed as a newsletter every two weeks just before the show to an ‘audience’ of more than 300 ... and growing! ... so it's a great way of letting people know what you’re up to ...

Just click here ... http://artlotfm.blogspot.com/

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

Also, don't forget, you can always get a 10-min or so interview on Breakfast Time [7-9am] ... and Drivetime [5-7pm] ... just phone the studio 01453. 757492

That's free, too ...

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!

ALSO…it really doesn't cost much to have your advertise read out on StroudFM... it's a great way to reach local people and to support Stroud FM, a really fabulous local enterprise, at the same time.

For details, give Clare Jackson a ring on the above number or email her on clare_rosemary_jackson@yahoo.co.uk ... you'll wish you did it before.

Tune in! 107.9FM locally, or from http://www.stroudfm.co.uk/ anywhere in the world!