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• Tolkien takes to the stage

  STONEHOUSE is bracing itself for an invasion of goblins, dwarves, elves and dragons. read more

• Liz colours the past

  A SORRY old piece of stained glass has been restored to its former glory by a talented young craftswoman. read more

• Review: Camborne Town Band, Stroud Sub Rooms

  IT MAY have been a cold, foggy night outside the Stroud Subscription Rooms on February 16, but inside one had a chance to reflect on summer days and holidays spent in the delightful county of Cornwall, when the Camborne Town Band provided the music in the latest Stroud Brass Band Festival concerts. read more

• Temporary bus station gets go-ahead

  BUSES are expected to roll in to Stroud's controversial temporary bus at the end of November, despite vigorous campaigning from bus travellers who have begged Stroud District Council to think again. read more

• Review: Jeremy Hardy, Everyman

  JEREMY Hardy has hit 40, which as the Everyman audience discovered, gave him plenty of material for his narrative brand of stand-up. read more

• Who did you say you were?

  No matter how old we get the dressing up box never loses its charm. This week the SNJ team visited Cotswold Costumes in Nailsworth where fancy dress is never out of fashion. read more

• The man who introduced the world to fainting goats

  A MAN who bought a house in the Stroud Valleys for the sake of an old piano, had a Mrs Robinson-type affair with a woman 10 years his senior when he was a student and some years later fed Eccles cakes to Dame Vera Lynn in the back of a vintage car is probably not run-of-the-mill. read more

• Film review: A Beautiful Mind (12)

  IT IS always inspiring when you hear of someone triumphing over adversity and never more so than in the case of the Nobel Prize winner Professor John Forbes Nash, Jr. Often compared to Newton, Mendel and Darwin, Nash is a mathematical genius who nonetheless struggled for 30 years with schizophrenia. read more

• Death with dignity

  A STROUD man has told how he was prepared to help his wife to die and face the consequences after she was diagnosed with a debilitating illness. read more

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