Assuming the World Cup still goes ahead in the USA - Football's Coming Home! England to win it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzxM...

Bath Voice News: the latest issue is out on April 1st – read it here for what’s on, sporting fixtures, theatre listings and much more bathvoice.co.uk/2026/03/30/b...

New music from Mishko, a London-based independent artist with 'I Need It' music.youtube.com/watch?v=scie...

The Correspondent: Thoughts on School Dinners www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/03/29/t...

The Correspondent: Confessions of a crash victim www.harrymottram.co.uk

THIS WEEKEND ONLY: Axbridge Fine Art Review: 75! Professional art exhibition at Axe Vale Arts Centre delights with vivid landscapes and intricate designs www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/03/28/a...

Bath Voice Sports News: Bath City appoint Scott Bartlett as manager while fans hope for THE GREAT ESCAPE from relegation www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/03/27/b...

Axbridge News. Theatre Review: step back in time to a Yorkshire pub in this stylish production of JB Priestley’s I Have Been Here Before www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/03/26/a...

Bath Voice What’s On News: includes theatre, attractions and exhibitions bathvoice.co.uk/2026/03/25/b...

News that is of interest to local journalists: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Axbridge News: Cheddar Reservoir; JB Priestley revisited; Cross talk on the new reservoir and its effects on the environment; Axe Vale Arts Centre’s latest event; plus the Axbridge diary www.harrymottram.co.uk

The Royal Mile in Edinburgh on Thursday evening. A telephone box doubling up as a call box, ATM and a place to leave your mark in paint.

A double bill from two hilarious stand-ups at The Alma in Clifton, Bristol on Friday 27th March. @

Cheddar Reservoir at dusk on Sunday. It's how it looks most of the winter. At least it's not raining. Only 290 days to Christmas.

A reminder to people in Axbridge the diary of events I keep for What's On in the town is now at www.harrymottram.co.uk/journalist/a...

Moon set across Cheddar Valley this morning on the planet of the lost souls. 4th March 2026.

ICSM Business News: as war breaks out in the Middle East – the knock-on for British business is already happening with energy hikes, airline cancellations and ships avoiding the Red Sea www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/03/02/i...

Sam Mottram my nephew is doing something brilliant for South West Cancer Care - running a marathon. Happy to sponsor him! gvwhl.com/DDEJZ

YouTube video of the concert in Bath Abbey in aid of Ukraine on the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion. Organised by the Friends of Oleksandriya www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI3T... For more see the website of the friends at www.friendsofo.co.uk

Green Party win by-election in Manchester's Gorton and Denton area: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

ICSM Business Insolvency News: GOING BUST? The Epstein fall-out sees Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson in financial trouble – plus MORE names in the frame www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/02/23/i...

Bath Voice What’s On News: Preview – The Friends of Oleksandriya stage United 4 Peace at Bath Abbey on 24 February raising funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine (with a little help from The Rotary Club of Bath) bathvoice.co.uk/2026/02/18/b...

Friends of King John's Hunting Lodge - Axbridge's museum and heritage centre - have this gig at the village hall in Cross on March 18th. For a taste of their style see this YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hz...

This radio show is too close to my real online life! Brilliant social media send up. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

THEATRE ROYAL BATH – Ustinov Studio 2 March @ 19:30 | 3 March @ 14:30 & 19:30 theatreroyal.org.uk/events/george LOWRY – Aldridge Studio 5 & 6 March @ 20:00 | 7 March @ 14:30 thelowry.com/whats-on/george-4ll3 Running time: 95 minutes (no interval) | Suitable for ages 14+.

The Correspondent Theatre Preview: Gaza on my mind – Sarah Agha plays Renad, a young Gazan girl, in A Grain of Sand at the Bristol Old Vic www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/02/18/t...

Dawn at Cheddar Reservoir on the 17th February 2026. I am up a bit late today.

True journalist at work. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @bbcstever.bsky.social @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

A view over Axbridge from the railway station carpark. The town hall clock is visible as is the brief appearance of the river that runs under the square. The photo was taken on Sunday 15th February, 2026, late evening - in between the downpours.

More events added to the Axbridge Diary at various venues in the town including drama, music, workshops and outdoor events like open gardens and Rumble in the Jumble. See: www.harrymottram.co.uk/diary/

Saturated commuters at Hambrook watch the inbound m3 arrive 14 minutes late, its biogas engine a clean-air consolation for a service that remains fundamentally broken. FirstBus continues its tradition of extracting dividends while the suburbs of South Gloucestershire wait in the chill.

Bath Voice News: MP Dan Norris – ‘serious allegations against me… are untrue’ – after his further arrest over more sexual offences – and insists he is still serving his constituents bathvoice.co.uk/2026/02/09/b...

This could be called 'the usual suspects' - but a good round up of some of the names in the frame: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bath Voice Business News: Marks and Spencer (M&S) opens their new store in Southgate bathvoice.co.uk/2026/02/05/b...

Children’s Theatre Magazine: Macbeth set to open at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre with several matinees for schools – expect a moving forest, the ghost of Banquo, witches, BLOODY murders and some of Shakespeare’s finest prose www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/02/05/c...

@bathvoicenews.bsky.social ICSM Business Insolvency News: concerns for suppliers to Zoos and Wildlife Parks as financial problems mount – some go bust, sell up or close expensive tropical features www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/02/04/i...

Bath Voice Sports round up with news of Netball, Winter Olympics, Bath Rugby and mush more.

Bath Voice News: police re-arrest North Somerset's MP Dan Norris over very serious sexual offences bathvoice.co.uk/2026/02/02/b... @ASPolice @bathnes @NorthSomersetC @HarryTheSpiv

My hero! Goalkeepers are different. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bath Voice Book News: Journalist and author Jane Duffus publishes The Women Who Built Bristol – revealing the hidden women who have been overlooked by historians – until NOW bathvoice.co.uk/2026/01/29/b...

From Peter Gabriel’s 1977 chart hit, to the campaign against the Batheaston Bypass, Solsbury Hill is again in the news – this time over a barn conversion www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/01/26/f...

Linda Mottram (nee Bellachioma) has completed her 62 miles walking in January in aid of Cancer research. She writes: "If you know me you’ll realise that I’m not a great walker so I really do appreciate your support to help get me to my target." fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/lindas-...

Welcome to ICSM's January Newsletter - the business membership group fighting late payment - with updates on company insolvencies and much more including news on the AI Bubble, the late payment code and who has gone bust. www.icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...

Bath Voice News: what’s on in February with talks on Orwell and Princess Cariboo, the Bach and Wellbeing Festivals and music from Kerenza and company in Bath Abbey for United 4 Peace in Ukraine bathvoice.co.uk/2026/01/20/b...

I actually wrote this for Bath Voice but adapted it for Axbridge News: the letters of a female Georgian educationalist (who famously clashed with Axbridge’s drunken Reverend Gould in the town’s community play) are published online www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/01/19/a...

I'm rather pleased with this plant as l bought it in 2024 for Christmas and unusually for my plants it is still alive.

Not Wagatha Christie - but Kemi Columbo - 'Just one more thing Robert Jenrick' - evidence uncovered of a planned defection www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Axbridge Blackberry September Fun Fair in 2025. More events at www.harrymottram.co.uk/diary/

The Correspondent. Book Review: Kazuo Ishiguro’s brilliantly clear and simple prose brings to life artificial humanoid Klara in a futuristic world of genetically enhanced children www.harrymottram.co.uk/2026/01/09/t...

ICSM Print Business Insolvency News: ICSM's Ian Carrotte welcomes the Government’s Fair Payment Code but has doubts over its effectiveness with many firms waiting up to 120 days to get paid www.icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...