Dr Chris Baddiley, Cosmologist & Astrophysicist talking about "Imaging and Imagining the Universe" at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

The parish church of St James the Great, Cradley, welcomes all Cradley residents to its Annual Meeting of Parishioners for the election of Churchwardens followed by the Annual Paochial Church Meeting which includes receiving the Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council and the election of the Parochial Church Council.

The parish church of St John the Evangalist, Storridge, welcomes all Storridge residents to its Annual Meeting of Parishioners for the election of Churchwardens followed by the Annual Paochial Church Meeting which includes receiving the Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council and the election of the Parochial Church Council.

The parish church of St John the Baptist, Mathon, welcomes all Mathon residents to its Annual Meeting of Parishioners for the election of Churchwardens followed by the Annual Paochial Church Meeting which includes receiving the Annual Report of the Parochial Church Council and the election of the Parochial Church Council.

David Hallmark, retired lawyer and Historian on Worcester local history, war and law talking about "Magna Carta 1215, King John 1216, the Greatest Knight William Marshal & Treaty of Worcester 1218" at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary & Music Festival 2026

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

The next organ concert at Cradley church will be given by Timothy Parsons on Sunday 24 May, at the slightly later than usual time of 4pm. The concert will last about an hour, and will be followed by tea and cake, included in the entry price of £12. Under 18s go free!

Timothy's last concert, three years ago, was greatly enjoyed, and the events committee are looking forward to welcoming him to Cradley again. He will present a varied programme, including Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C, Mendelssohn's Sonata in A, Elgar's Imperial March, and the contemporary composer Ghislaine Reece-Trapp's Fantasia on 'Sumer is icumen in'.

Timothy is currently Director of Music at Wells Cathedral, and has held musical appointments at St. Edmundsbury, Exeter, Winchester, and Hereford cathedrals, and at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He broadcasts regularly on Radio Three, and has featured on CDs as an organist, conductor, and composer.

The concert will help to raise funds for a minor restoration of the superb John Nicholson organ at Cradley church.

Dr Stefan Scot, musician and lay clerk in Ely, Hereford & Worcester cathedrals, talking about "Prayer Book in Practice" Part II on the assorted sources a priest might have used in 1549 to work out how he would have actually conducted the new communion service, no music but some entertaining anecdotes, at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026.

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

"Choral Evensong" performed by the Refugium Choir with Kevin Scot, at 7.30pm at Storridge Church, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026.

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

A community Coffee Morning in Mathon church / churchyard (with stalls), from 10.30 a.m. until noon. Come and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and meet up with friend, or make new ones! All welcome.

"Poetry Bring and Share", at 7.30pm at Storridge Village Hall, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary & Music Festival 2026.

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

Organ Recital by Dr Hilary Norris, Musical Director and Organist at Leominster Priory at 7.30pm at Storridge Church, free admission, donations to Storridge Church, refreshments. Part of Storridge Literary and Music Festival 2026

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Storridge Literary and Music Festival is grateful to "Nurture & Bloom Finance" and "Millbank Coffee" for their support and sponsorship of the 2025 festival.

A range of stalls including: cakes, new items, books, plants, tombola, raffle, a bric-a-brac stall and more - Coffee, tea and cakes available throughout the morning. Come and enjoy this merry social start to Advent! (10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. in Mathon Parish Hall)