This April, Life Rituals, an integrative medicine and healthcare practice in Oakham, is launching a series of informative and empowering talks to support your physical and mental health at neighbouring cafe Fika. Clare Rudd-Jones caught up with Life Rituals’ founder, Jo George, to find out more about this exciting news

Is there anything more lovely than a walk through a garden or park in late winter and seeing thousands of snowdrops peppering the ground? They evoke a sense of cheer, flowering when little else does, marking the end of winter and the beginning of longer days and kinder weather. We look at special snowdrop-related events across the region.

Congratulations to Uppingham-based writer and actor Henry Dawe, whose three-part radio drama ‘The Autumn of My Years’ is being broadcast on Harborough FM from Thursday 16 November

Organised by For Rutland, the fundraising arm of the Citizens Advice Bureau in Rutland, The Good & New Clothes Sale is back this March. There’s a new venue this year – The Rutland Showground in Oakham – where there will be a ticketed evening on Friday 24 March and then everything at half price during the morning of Saturday 25 March

Trent Galleries are an independent gallery of over 30 years, representing a portfolio of worldwide contemporary artists. They showcase original artwork and limited editions by artists including Mr. Brainwash, The Connor Brothers, Tom Butler, John Waterhouse, Yuvi, Dan Pearce, Craig Alan,Todd White, Doug Hyde and many more

Dynamic, inspirational and with an enviable confidence that belies her youth, Brooke Peverell runs Stamford Sings, a weekly choir for women who come together to learn a wide range of music in a driven but supportive environment. Under Brooke’s passionate leadership, the weekly sessions enable members of the choir to develop vocally and musically, and to enjoy the many benefits that belonging to a music group such as this provides – from precious ‘me’ time and improved posture to the buzz of working as a harmonious team

Late November brings a truly magical shopping experience to Burghley

The third major show of Christopher P. Wood’s paintings is being held at Goldmark gallery in Uppingham from 19 February until 19 March 2022