Cookham Area Guide

Alison (Finalist in David Shepherds Wildlife Artist of the Year 2025. Invited to exhibit at The Mall Gallery) Using mud and imagination she will guide you through the process to create a characterful creature. Well imprint texture for added interest. No experience necessary. Creating a ceramic Sheep is for anyone over 18. Just bring lunch, an apron and enthusiasm! Alison will bring: Everything you need to create your own Sheep. On completion Alison will take them away, dry and fire your Sheep. We would like your sheep to be on display from Friday 1st May to Sunday 17th May at Holy Trinity Church as part of the Cookham Festival Art Exhibition. You will be able to collect your Sheep on Sunday 17th May Your email and phone number will be forwarded to the Arts' co-ordinator who will contact you a few weeks before the event.

In this workshop we will be exploring two closely related forms of intaglio printmaking: drypoint and tetrapak! This workshop can cater for beginners - right through to those wanting to expand their printmaking, try out new ideas and explore further ways to express themselves through print. You will have at least 2 different designs and prints to take home with you. We will explore various mark-making techniques, ways to add texture and tone, and even how to shape the printing plates themselves for some very unusual prints. We will start with creating a drypoint plate, carving designs in, and then learning how to ink it up and use a press to give us a stunning print. Then we will move onto using tetrapak to create diverse and richly tonal prints - a fantastic way to use materials we have around us everyday! What to bring: Apron Folder or glossy mag to take their prints home in Reference images to use in the workshop (max size to fit onto an A5 plate) Washed and opened tetrapaks if they have any, but NOT ESSENTIAL!! Kitchen roll Old newspaper A packed lunch Included on the day: All other materials not specified for student to bring Expert tuition 1 to 1 guidance Detailed demonstrations Tea, coffee and biscuits. If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies, please feel free to bring along your own provisions/milk alternatives etc. If you share any photographs of your day or your finished work, on your social media wed love to see them so please tag us. We are hoping all work produced will be on display in The Holy Trinity Church Cookham, and if you wish, for sale from Friday 1st - Sunday 17th May. Your email and phone number will be forwarded to the Arts' co-ordinator who will contact you a few weeks before the event.

Join Cantorum Choir for a spellbinding journey of music and words spanning nearly two thousand years. Beginning with what is considered to be one of the oldest known Christmas carols from 336 AD, our festive concert interweaves readings from the great mediaeval spiritual thinkers and poets, with choral gems from Palestrina, Josquin des Pres, Gabrieliand Praetorius . Modern reimaginings follow, including the ever-popular Chilcott On Christmas Night , a selection ofWill Todd Jazz Carols and, of course, carols for all the family. From simple Gregorian chant and devotional polyphony to joyous festive songs, this is a truly unique and uplifting celebration of the great mystery of Christmas. Adults: 20 Young people under 18: 10 Accompanied children free of charge with tickets. Ticket price includes programme and seasonal refreshments Running time: 90 minutes of music with a 20 minute interval. Event ends by 7.30pm

A wonderful mix of Opera , Classical and Xmas favorites sung by Peter and Verity Auty

With growing evidence that we are living in a Computer Simulation and a pretty glitchy, off-brand simulation at that and the approaching watershed of the AI Singularity looming like a weirdly pixelated cumulo-nimbus on the horizon, BBC Radio 4 stalwart and veteran of a quarter century of highly acclaimed stand-up comedy Simon Evans is squinting at an uncertain future, and revisiting the blue remembered hills of his youth.

The birds in the picture on her wall look so colourful-if only Katie could be as bright as them, who knows what might happen?