Its meetings were held in the vestry of the Anglican Church in each parish. It served as an administrative unit whose functions were primarily to raise taxes, provide assistance to the poor ...

Wigmore Hall currently receives £344,000 of public money a year from Arts Council England, but will stop taking the funding from 2026. Director John Gilhooly said: "The current policy is just too ...

Most days, Selkirk Parish Church's hall is packed out for lunch clubs, coffee mornings and other gatherings. The growing numbers have forced elders to speed up the first part of their £2m upgrade ...

leader of the St. Francis Assisi parish, which now encompasses St. Peter. The church retained Glastonbury-based Redfern Engineering to study the building, and it concluded an April 4 ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Discover classical music with Wigmore Hall’s brilliant young people’s scheme, offering £5 tickets to under 35s. One of the world’s finest classical music venues is offering £5 tickets for concertgoers ...

Joyce DiDonato is by no means the first female singer to wrest Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise from the clutches of the legions of tenors and baritones whose preserve it remained for two ...

which submitted a licensing application to Herefordshire Council, is hoping it will grow to up to 5,000 in the coming years. But concerns have been raised by Longtown Group Parish Council about ...

Gardener's World star Monty Don has the most incredible home, as you'd expect, in the tranquil and picturesque Herefordshire. When he first found the historic Tudor hall house in 1991 with a two ...

Wigmore and wife Cheryl, Joan Wigmore ... Joan loved her friends she always looked forward to meeting them in church every Sunday. To get some time to herself, Joan was on a bowling league. She was an ...

Staff at Wigmore Hall have, of late, been walking into London’s premier chamber music venue with an extra spring in their step. John Gilhooly, the hall’s artistic and executive director since ...