Category: News and Stories

  • Did You Know ?- Shop local- really does make a difference

    Did You Know ?- Shop local- really does make a difference

    As the debate about which supermarkets will next control our high streets takes the headlines We should not forget what each new invader means to our  local economy…. Cheaper does not always mean better or fairer or healthier   Whether it is new  stores or bigger vans -it does not benefit us in the long […]

  • Bluff and counter bluff …! Sorry – this has been cancelled…

    Bluff and counter bluff …!  Sorry – this has been cancelled…

    Ex Libris LIVE! is a fun filled and light hearted literary panel show where brilliant authors battle it out for word supremacy.  Coming to the Festival on Wed 8th July, with authors Sarah Franklin, Amanda Prowse and Mike Carey and hosted by authors’ favourite broadcaster, David Freeman, who either with the BBC, Sky or JazzFM, has […]

  • Festival of Words writing competition – is now closed ….thank you to all our entrants…

    Festival of Words writing competition – is now closed ….thank you to all our entrants…

    Be the Top Ten – get into print! Remember the competition closes at midnight on Sunday 13 May. So keep those creative juices going …. our Festival judges are on standby, waiting to be intrigued, entertained and delighted! All the details and entry form available here…. And we’ll be at the Forest Activities Festival on […]

  • Comic workshops – one and two!

    Comic workshops – one and two!

    Masterclass One with Beano’s Kev F Sutherland comes to the Festival this year with a comic workshop on Tuesday 3 July at 4 pm in Coleford Library. Kev F writes and draws for The Beano, Doctor Who and Marvel comics, and now he’ll teach you how easy it is. After the end of a Comic Art […]

  • It was a stormy night ….

    … at the Bardic Arms …. coming to the Festival of Words on Tuesday 3rd July, 7 pm at The Dog House, Coleford … PIPs presents ‘A Night at the Bardic Arms’, a prose-poetry piece on the theme of relationship and the flawed nature of humans. A stormy night, and a soaked Myrtle Wilson-Hogg walks […]

  • A day of trees …

    We’re rightly proud that the Festival of Words is now ten years old – but that of course is nothing compared with the life of trees …. so to put it all in perspective, we’re having a Tree Day. On Friday 6 July, Forest Verderer and historian, Ian Standing will guide us around some of […]

  • A conversation with Andrew Taylor

    A conversation with Andrew Taylor

      Reading the Forest and the Forest of Dean Local History Society are delighted to present an evening with Coleford writer Andrew Taylor, author of the best-selling Ashes of London, on writing a historical novel. Fri 23 March 7.30 pm Coleford Baptist Hall.  All welcome! See attached poster for details. Writing Historical Fiction POSTER

  • Community Journalism a bigger planet than the Coleford Hub

    The Coleford hub has been on line nearly 4 years and offers an alternative view to local issues and other things that come along with the shrinking of both quality and content in other local press its ethos is part of a bigger community response there are more than 500 community led newspapers/websites group across […]

  • Do they really want to have a Conversation?

    It is a ripe time to get involved Coleford Town Council, Forest of Dean District Council and Glos County Council are all in the process of deciding how much they will expect us to pay them for our services for the next financial year beginning in April. With the recent consultation on the future of […]

  • Notes on services when snow arrives…it gets better.

    From: Michala Lee Sent: 14 December 2017 16:59 Subject: FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL STATEMENT       Statement                Forest of Dean District Council High Street, Coleford, GL16 8HG 14 December 2017 Forest of Dean District Council Statement The Forest of Dean District Council apologises for the current condition of our car parks caused […]