Spotlight On… Something to Sing About, Royston Choral Society Royston Choral Society continues to celebrate its 50th season with two major choral works – Bach’s B minor Mass – to be performed on Saturday 25th November – and Verdi’s Requiem, their spring concert for March 2024. The choir is also celebrating a record membership with […]
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Pet of The Month – Luna Animal Rescue Luna Animal Rescue was founded in October 2013. The main aim was to help rehome dogs who found themselves abandoned and without families, in local and national pounds. Since then we have successfully rehomed well over 300 dogs, who are happily living with their new families. Luna
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The Semitones – A Feast of Talent Named after the smallest interval between two musical notes, “The Semitones”, began as a music group in Foxton Village Hall over 25 years ago, for mothers, fathers, grandparents and childminders, and their smallest human musicians! The group was inaugurated by two local ladies, Rosalind Meese Grove (a teacher)
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After our Royston Radio official launch on 1st May at the town’s May Fayre, the team have been busy supporting local businesses, community projects and education. With support from Ensum Brown, we have been able to donate an Alexa to Richard Cox House and the Royston Fire Station crew for their enjoyment. We have one
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In 2017 Dave Rance and the Rockin’ Chair Band started playing jazz on Monday lunchtimes in Royston on a monthly basis. The band plays Traditional, New Orleans and Dixieland style jazz along with providing great humour. At the time, some people queried lunchtime on this day of the week but it became a great success.
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News from Therfield Heath Conservation – Award Winning Project Esme Fowler, a Nuffield Scholar student, has won the Gold Crest award for her project “Assessing the biodiversity of Therfield Heath”. This collaboration between Anglia Ruskin University, Ranger and Conservation Manager, Cat Wright, and Nuffield Research Student, Esme Fowler, aimed to complete a floristic survey and
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Spotlight On… Free Arts Project Coming to Town PERFORM TRANSFORM is a new arts project, taking place at Royston Museum, and everyone’s invited to take part! This unique project, combining dance, film and local heritage, will start on Saturday 30th September as part of Royston Arts Festival at 4.30pm, and continue through to the launch
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Music Medicine To Dementia Pre-pandemic, LCUK was providing more than 1300 interactive music sessions a year in 130 homes, but in March 2020 the music fell silent. Though musicians helpfully continued to record virtual sessions for care homes, LCUK recognised that in order to survive they needed to completely re-vision and diversify the way in
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Meldreth Bowls Club By the time that you read this, the 2023 summer outdoors bowls season will have almost come to an end and we start to look forward to bowling indoors over the winter months. Following on from an unusually hot and dry June we had to endure a cold and wet July with
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Steeple Chasers Running & Cycling Club Are you interested in joining a local, relaxed and very friendly group of people who enjoy running, cycling, walking, talking and eating cake? Steeple Chasers Running & Cycling Club is now in its fourth year and we offer a range of activities such as trail runs, run fit sessions,
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Spotlight On… Royston Arts Society Exhibition Royston Arts Society’s 2023 Autumn Exhibition will take place in Royston Town Hall at the end of September. The show is always one of the most popular events in the Royston Arts Festival and for many years has been a highlight in Royston’s cultural activities. As in previous years,
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News from Therfield Heath Conservation – Habitat Management on Therfield Heath A habitat management plan has been developed with Natural England to improve the SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) area of Therfield Heath. The purpose of this management plan is to describe the importance of the SSSI on Therfield Heath for nature conservation, how
