Come and discover what glass fusing is all about.  An hour’s presentation by this experienced local artist will be followed by a chance for two participants to make a piece for themselves.  Anne will display some of her own beautifully detailed work.  Smaller items will be on sale (all proceeds to the Sue Ryder Leckhampton Hospice). Tickets:  £5 

Following on from her talks at previous festivals on sparkling wine and tobacco, Jean Bray in this year’s talk will feature another Winchcombe wonder – its contribution to the history of paper. Tickets include a tour of Postlip Paper Mill on Thursday 24 May. Event supported by The Oldham Foundation. Tickets £8 (to include a tour of Postlip Paper Mill) A tour of Postlip Paper Mill on Thursday 24 May is available to 60 of the people who attend this…

Advance booking required for complimentary entry! Follow up Jean Bray’s fascinating talk on Wednesday with this tour of Postlip Paper Mill, lasting 1½ hours and offered four times during the day. Visitors must be over 16, and reasonably able. Please wear flat, robust shoes. A full safety briefing will be given before the tour, and safety glasses will be handed out. 

Over the centuries, the British have produced many of the world’s greatest gardeners, who have changed our landscape and how we garden. Local resident Vanessa Berridge, garden historian and former garden magazine editor, explores the lives of some leading gardeners and shows what they reveal about the times in which they lived. Opportunity to secure signed copies of her just-published book too. Tickets:  £5 

Come for an atmospheric, inspiring evening of poems and piano music while enjoying a glass of wine. Tickets: £5 (plus a small charge for wine and soft drinks) 

Mike Lovatt, the author of The River Isbourne in the Service of Mankind, will talk about some of the mills powered by our local river. Mike will focus on Stanway Mill from its early days, through its decline, to its restoration as a working mill, opened in 2009 by Prince Charles. A fascinating tour completes the event. This is a working environment with heavy, moving equipment.