Category: Zone For Other Stuff

Information and topics which do not match the criteria of the main categories of this blog, or which does not relate to Warminster and district.

Chris Killip ~ Hard-Hitting Photographer Of Britain’s Working Class

Thursday 15th October 2020

Danny Howell @dannyhowellnet has tweeted

”History is what’s written, my pictures are what happened.” – Chris Killip.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/14/chris-killip-hard-hitting-photographer-of-britains-working-class-dies-aged-74

Another £70,000 Needed By The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust To Secure The Acquisition Of 85 Acres Chalk Grassland Adjacent Coombe Bissett Down Nature Reserve

Tuesday 29th March 2016

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust needs another £70,000 to secure the acquisition of 85 acres adjacent the Coombe Bisset Down Nature Reserve (£114,312 has been raised so far towards the £185,000 target). The Trust says this is an exciting and rare opportunity to purchase chalk grassland which has great strategic and conservation value. For all the details, see:
https://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/appeal/coombe-bissett-land-purchase-appeal

Landslide Blocking The C13 Road At Dinah’s Hollow, Melbury Abbas

Wednesday 9th March 2016

Owing to a landslide of 20 to 30 tonnes of soil and debris at Dinah’s Hollow, the C13 road at Melbury Abbas, between Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum is closed to all traffic and could remain closed for at least three days. Traffic is being diverted along the A350 Shaftesbury to Blandford road. Heavy rain and wind last night (Tuesday 8th/Wednesday 9th March 2016) caused the landslip, the force of which pushed concrete barriers (installed not long ago to hold back the up-to-60 degree angle banks) into the road. An estimate of £4 million has been mentioned to make the banks and the road safe in the future.

Uprooted ~ On The Trail Of The Green Man, By Nina Lyon

Tuesday 1st March 2016

  Uprooted ~ On The Trail Of The Green Man by Nina Lyon.

Published by Faber & Faber.

An exploration of how the foliate heads of Norman stonemasons have evolved into today’s cult symbols. 

Uprooted is a timely, provocative and beautifully written account of this most enduring and recognisable of Britain’s folk images.

Book of the month, for March, on the Caught By The River website. 

You can read an extract by clicking on:
http://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2016/03/01/uprooted-on-the-trail-of-the-green-man-faber-nina-lyon/

“White Rabbits, White Rabbits, White Rabbits”

Tuesday 1st March 2016

Did the superstitious ones and the traditionalists
among dannyhowell.net readers, remember to say
“White Rabbits” three times this morning before
uttering anything else to anyone?

Either to bring good luck, invoke pregnancy,
ward off evil, or not to have
to suffer the consequences of
“Pinch, punch, first of the month.”

Did you know, to be most effective you have to
say White Rabbits, three times,
up the chimney?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_rabbit_rabbit

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-18136,00.html 

Relationships ~ An Exhibition By Sophie Ryder At Salisbury Museum

Relationships – An exhibition by Sophie Ryder in the Small Exhibition Gallery, Salisbury Museum, The Kings House, 65 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EN. 

Saturday 20th February 2016 to Saturday 9th July 2016.

Working in partnership with Salisbury Cathedral and The Young Gallery, this is an exhibition of the drawings and workings of acclaimed sculptor Sophie Ryder. Sophie is well known for her sculptures of mythical creatures, an example of which will be on display on the front lawn. The exhibition itself will re-create Sophie’s workroom and give an insight into how her work is made. 

Booking: No booking required. Normal admission charges apply.

http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/relationships-exhibition-sophie-ryder 

See Sophie at work online: http://www.sophie-ryder.com/#!movies/c1jmd