 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Grounded look at a soaring talent; Lawrence Durrell: A Biography. By Ian S MacNiven (Faber: pounds 25.00). Reviewed by Christine Barker.
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A comet is always at its luminous best seen against a dark sky. And the skies of Europe were filled with gathering war clouds when the literary phenomenon called Lawrence Durrell appeared on the horizon.
He shot across the imagination of the reading public at a time when the dead of one catastrophic war were still being mourned even while the gun fodder for the next were being prepared for their ordeal.
A time, when as Shakespeare put it in Henry V: "Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies.."
Certainly ...
 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Will Sedgemoor levels return to full production? ; It was 25 years ago this spring that the second battle of Sedgemoor was fought out between farmers and conservationists on the Somerset Levels. Then, as now, there was a strong sense of one era in farming drawing to a close, and another just beginning.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...this spring that the second battle of Sedgemoor was fought out between farmers and conservationists...to designate the 2,500 acres of West Sedgemoor as a Site of Special Scientific Interest...rang me in January to say that West Sedgemoor was to be the first SSSI to be designated...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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Sedgemoor MP slams decision to scrap wardens at care homes ; A decision to axe round-the-clock wardens at sheltered housing sites could put the safety and well-being of elderly residents at risk, say critics.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; ...after hundreds of elderly people in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset will be moved off...who rely upon the service. Homes In Sedgemoor, the organisation that runs 31 supported...reside in sheltered accommodation in Sedgemoor. With the restructure, each resident...
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Zandar MultiViewer chosen for new security system at Sedgemoor District Council.
M2 Presswire
; ...MultiViewer chosen for new security system at Sedgemoor District Council(C)1994-2005 M2...a GBP3 million refurbishment grant, Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset has upgraded...cameras as the monitoring requirements of Sedgemoor Council grow. "A key feature of Zandar...
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Housing hunt ; More than 400 people attended Sedgemoor District Council's affordable housing open day at the Sedgemoor Auction Centre near Bridgwater.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; More than 400 people attended Sedgemoor District Council's affordable housing open day at the Sedgemoor Auction Centre near Bridgwater. Afordable housing has become a priority for Sedgemoor District Council with falling house prices, the well...
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JVC displays high resolution CCTV data for Sedgemoor District Council; JVC's high resolution colour video monitors, the DLA-SX21E projector and CinePro rear projection screens have been selected by Advanced Vision Systems for a major security refurbishment.
M2 Presswire
; ...displays high resolution CCTV data for Sedgemoor District Council; JVC's high resolution...An upgrade and refurbishment to the Sedgemoor District Council's colour video monitor...Donbavand, Control Room Manager at the Sedgemoor District Council explains the need to...
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SANDERSON: Sedgemoor District Council selects Sanderson.
M2 Presswire
; M2 PRESSWIRE-21 April 1999-SANDERSON: Sedgemoor District Council selects Sanderson (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:200499 Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset has invested in ITECS, the next generation environmental health...
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Family cleans up at Sedgemoor winter fair
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; The first Sedgemoor Winter Fair - following the official opening of the new Sedgemoor Auction Centre near Bridgwater - was a wonderful day for the Clatworthy family of East Huntspill, near Highbridge. They swept the board in all sections of the...
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Smithfield replacement planned at new market ; Plans have been announced for a South West Winter Fair, staged at Derek Mead's Sedgemoor Auction Centre, near Bridgwater.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...Winter Fair, staged at Derek Mead's Sedgemoor Auction Centre, near Bridgwater. The...South West Winter Fair is being backed by Sedgemoor Auction Centre's on-site auctioneers...suited to fill. "The great merit of Sedgemoor Auction Centre is the fact that it overlooks...
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 "Evening Post (Bristol UK)")
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Exciting news for sales in Sedgemoor
Newspaper article from: Evening Post (Bristol UK)
; ...auctioneers Greenslade Taylor Hunt sold more prime lambs though Sedgemoor Auction Centre, than any other market in England and Wales...centre record and virtually unheard of at other markets. Sedgemoor Auction Centre is open for the sale of finished lambs on Mondays...
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Household tax bills rise ; Sedgemoor District Council has set its proportion of the council tax at 4.5 per cent, which equates to a rise on a band D home of pounds5.46 a year.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; Sedgemoor District Council has set its proportion of the council tax at 4.5 per...housing, efficiency, regeneration and the environment. Subsidies to Sedgemoor Splash leisure pool, the Princess theatre and tourist Information officers...
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