Harry Mottram
@harrymottram.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, writer, performer, illustrator and occasional photographer of Cheddar Reservoir in Somerset, England - pictured above.
One of the greats - and a former reporter and theatre critic for the Western Daily Press in Bristol. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One of the greats - and a former reporter and theatre critic for the Western Daily Press in Bristol. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Axbridge News: The Annual Charity Progressive Supper raises £1,701 in one night with a trio of local charities to benefit including the Food Bank. Full story at www.harrymottram.co.uk/journalist/a...
Axbridge News
Axbridge News: The Annual Charity Progressive Supper raises £1,701 in one night With more than 100 residents taking part in the Axbridge Progressive Supper an impressive £1,701 was raised on the ni…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Axbridge News: The Annual Charity Progressive Supper raises £1,701 in one night with a trio of local charities to benefit including the Food Bank. Full story at www.harrymottram.co.uk/journalist/a...
Bath Voice New Theatre Review: fabulous costumes and great characterisations in The Master and Margarita at the Rondo www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/27/b...
Bath Voice New Theatre Review: fabulous costumes and great characterisations in The Master and Margarita at the Rondo
November 27, 2025 An idea cannot die, and a manuscript cannot be burnt – a reference from Bulgakov’s play staged this week at Bath’s Rondo Theatre. Despite the thought police in 1984, the KGB in So…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bath Voice New Theatre Review: fabulous costumes and great characterisations in The Master and Margarita at the Rondo www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/27/b...
Bath Voice Theatre Review: The Shiksa Goddess meets the aspiring novelist (and it all goes wrong) in the compulsive relationship story of The Last Five Years at the Ustinov www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Bath Voice Theatre Review: The Shiksa Goddess meets the aspiring novelist (and it all goes wrong) in the compulsive relationship story of The Last Five Years at the Ustinov
November 26, 2025 Theatre Review. The Last Five Years. Ustinov Studio, Bath. In the words of the Beatles song, ‘You say hello, and I say goodbye,’ The Last Five Years is about a romantic …
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November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Bath Voice Theatre Review: The Shiksa Goddess meets the aspiring novelist (and it all goes wrong) in the compulsive relationship story of The Last Five Years at the Ustinov www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Axbridge News Theatre Preview: It’s WAG on WAG as Rebekah Vardy goes head to head with Coleen Rooney in a very 21st century celebrity legal drama staged in Axbridge Town Hall www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/25/a...
Axbridge News Theatre Preview: It’s WAG on WAG as Rebekah Vardy goes head to head with Coleen Rooney in a very 21st century celebrity legal drama staged in Axbridge Town Hall
By Harry Mottram: In a drama all about saving face, ego and incredible wealth – the footballers’ wives of Jeremy Vardy and Wayne Rooney face each other in court following Rebekah Vardy&…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Axbridge News Theatre Preview: It’s WAG on WAG as Rebekah Vardy goes head to head with Coleen Rooney in a very 21st century celebrity legal drama staged in Axbridge Town Hall www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/25/a...
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Closure order secured against Bristol property linked to disorder | Avon and Somerset Police
Residents have been unable to use communal space due to fear of visitors to the block, violence, threats, and criminal damage.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The Correspondent Book Review: David Sedaris’s idiosyncratic world of thoughtless fathers, rude friends of friends and people who don’t pack until the removal men arrive www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/23/t...
The Correspondent Book Review: David Sedaris’s idiosyncratic world of thoughtless fathers, rude friends of friends and people who don’t pack until the removal men arrive
Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day. David Sedaris A friend of a friend should be beaten to death for her rudeness, collecting boxes of LPs should be illegal, the concept of Easter, and accounts of…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Correspondent Book Review: David Sedaris’s idiosyncratic world of thoughtless fathers, rude friends of friends and people who don’t pack until the removal men arrive www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/23/t...
A huge thank you to all in Axbridge who supported tonight's Progressive Supper in support of a trio of local charities.
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A huge thank you to all in Axbridge who supported tonight's Progressive Supper in support of a trio of local charities.
Axbridge Diary: updated listings with more events for the New Year and beyond www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Axbridge Diary: updated listings with more events for the New Year and beyond
Axbridge Diary of Events By Harry Mottram: Some Axbridge dates coming up. Send Axbridge events to me and I’ll try to keep the list updated. Email: [email protected] I’ll also post on my …
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November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Axbridge Diary: updated listings with more events for the New Year and beyond www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Axbridge News: Wagatha Christie cast announced; report on the poetry evening; the MP on ME; gold burglary; and the Boxing Day trail hunting – plus the diary of events www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Axbridge News: Wagatha Christie cast announced; report on the poetry evening; the MP on ME; gold burglary; and the Boxing Day trail hunting – plus the diary of events
By Harry Mottram: I’ve been having a bit of tidy up of this website some so some articles and features may have disappeared or been relocated. Essentially though Axbridge News is under Public…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Axbridge News: Wagatha Christie cast announced; report on the poetry evening; the MP on ME; gold burglary; and the Boxing Day trail hunting – plus the diary of events www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...
Axbridge News: Cheddar Reservoir; Access Road; Cost of Living help; Progressive Supper; Cheddar Gorge closures; Library closure threat and other Somerset news www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/16/a...
Axbridge News: Cheddar Reservoir; Access Road; Cost of Living help; Progressive Supper; Cheddar Gorge closures; Library closure threat and other Somerset news
By Harry Mottram: Observers of Cheddar Reservoir will have noticed the levels are rising as water is pumped in from an inlet under the Sharpham Road tower. Normally by late November the Res is near…
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November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Axbridge News: Cheddar Reservoir; Access Road; Cost of Living help; Progressive Supper; Cheddar Gorge closures; Library closure threat and other Somerset news www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/16/a...
This Private Eye cover sums it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This Private Eye cover sums it up.
Reposted by Harry Mottram
Bath Voice News: Urgent appeal launched to help victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica as Fairfield House’s senior citizens declare ‘a go situation’ and publish lists of essential items and where to donate tinyurl.com/34tar56e
Bath Voice News: Urgent appeal launched to help victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica as Fairfield House's senior citizens declare 'a go situation' and publish lists of essential items and where to ...
By Harry Mottram: Fairfield House day centre users are gearing up to help the people of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Melissa after the island was devastated leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thous...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Bath Voice News: Urgent appeal launched to help victims of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica as Fairfield House’s senior citizens declare ‘a go situation’ and publish lists of essential items and where to donate tinyurl.com/34tar56e
Axbridge News: Strawberry Line A38 – a bridge too far? Cheddar Reservoir owner’s sewage problem; Gaza demo in The Square; and the Oakhouse and the 1% Show on ITV www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/08/a...
Axbridge News: Strawberry Line A38 – a bridge too far? Cheddar Reservoir owner’s sewage problem; Gaza demo in The Square; and the Oakhouse and the 1% Show on ITV
By Harry Mottram: There are currently plans to improve the A38 between Bristol and Highbridge by Somerset Highways in terms of traffic flow and road safety. The cycle path from Axbridge to Winscomb…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Axbridge News: Strawberry Line A38 – a bridge too far? Cheddar Reservoir owner’s sewage problem; Gaza demo in The Square; and the Oakhouse and the 1% Show on ITV www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/08/a...
Rapscallion Magazine Feature: The self destructing prime minister Boris Johnson www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/07/r...
Rapscallion Magazine Feature: The self destructing prime minister Boris Johnson
The 2019 election victory for Boris Johnson writes Harry Mottram should have seen him in office for years – but he was undone by his own lies It has always surprised me that friends and a…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Rapscallion Magazine Feature: The self destructing prime minister Boris Johnson www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/07/r...
Axbridge News: Football and Remembrance; Chicken Farm; Boutique’s long goodbye; carnival help; job vacancies; Somerset Confidential; and Cheddar Reservoir – plus what’s on in Axbridge www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/02/a...
Axbridge News: Football and Remembrance; Chicken Farm; Boutique’s long goodbye; carnival help; job vacancies; Somerset Confidential; and Cheddar Reservoir – plus what’s on in Axbridge
By Harry Mottram: I try to do a write up every now again on stories of interest to me and fellow residents – some more related others broader in scope. No news on Cheddar Res 2 but there is a…
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November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Axbridge News: Football and Remembrance; Chicken Farm; Boutique’s long goodbye; carnival help; job vacancies; Somerset Confidential; and Cheddar Reservoir – plus what’s on in Axbridge www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/11/02/a...
Bath Voice Sports News: Recent Results and Fixtures plus Club Contacts and Details for all the city’s sports – Week 44 bathvoice.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bath Voice Sports News: Recent Results and Fixtures plus Club Contacts and Details for all the city’s sports – Week 44 bathvoice.co.uk
Fri 5 Dec. Axe Vale Arts Centre. My review of the first exhibition held there earlier this year: www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/07/08/a...
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fri 5 Dec. Axe Vale Arts Centre. My review of the first exhibition held there earlier this year: www.harrymottram.co.uk/2025/07/08/a...
Reposted by Harry Mottram
Bath Voice News: MPs critical of Bristol Airport's expansion plans over 'net zero goal' in report while the airport says it has already created thousands of jobs and has boosted the local economy bathvoice.co.uk/2025/10/30/b...
Bath Voice News: MPs critical of Bristol Airport's expansion plans over 'net zero goal' in report while the airport says it has already created thousands of jobs and has boosted the local economy - Ba...
By John Wimperis, Local Democracy Reporter: Bristol Airport has insisted it is “critical” to the region’s economy after MPs warned that airport expansion could put the country’s net zero goal in “seri...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Bath Voice News: MPs critical of Bristol Airport's expansion plans over 'net zero goal' in report while the airport says it has already created thousands of jobs and has boosted the local economy bathvoice.co.uk/2025/10/30/b...
ICSM Sports Insolvency News: As Sheffield Wednesday enter administration Ian Carrotte warns suppliers over giving generous credit to clubs as 'they are run on hope and ego' icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ICSM Sports Insolvency News: As Sheffield Wednesday enter administration Ian Carrotte warns suppliers over giving generous credit to clubs as 'they are run on hope and ego' icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...
Reposted by Harry Mottram
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
I'm rather enjoying the near hysteria in the Mail online ahead of the budget. Surely the sky will fall in and a tidal wave will wash us all away if taxes are raised?! Er... that's what chancellors do as history will tell you! www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
A mansion tax will shatter the housing market: KIRSTIE ALLSOPP
The mere suggestion of a 'mansion tax' to be imposed on properties worth more than £2 million is a disaster.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm rather enjoying the near hysteria in the Mail online ahead of the budget. Surely the sky will fall in and a tidal wave will wash us all away if taxes are raised?! Er... that's what chancellors do as history will tell you! www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
Axbridge News: Parking consultation; Furlong award; Cheddar Res owner told off; rare mammal spotted locally; tenders out for Cheddar Res 2; Boutique to close, and Axbridge Heritage night – plus the diary of events in the town www.harrymottram.co.uk/.../axbridge...
Axbridge News: Parking consultation; Furlong award; Cheddar Res owner told off; rare mammal spotted locally; tenders out for Cheddar Res 2; Boutique to close, and Axbridge Heritage night – plus the di...
By Harry Mottram: Like any town, parking is an issue in Axbridge. Whether it’s getting a ticket for overstaying your stay in the Square, blocking the pavement by using it as a parking bay or not en…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Axbridge News: Parking consultation; Furlong award; Cheddar Res owner told off; rare mammal spotted locally; tenders out for Cheddar Res 2; Boutique to close, and Axbridge Heritage night – plus the diary of events in the town www.harrymottram.co.uk/.../axbridge...
CSM Transport Insolvency News: Regional Airline goes bust owing over £25m - joining a long list that have crashed icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
CSM Transport Insolvency News: Regional Airline goes bust owing over £25m - joining a long list that have crashed icsmcredit.com/news/viewpos...