There's an excellent programme of events at our local bookshop Heron and Willow (who hosted yours truly on guitar last week). Although the picture doesn't show everyone it was actually a full house which is promising for the future.

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​But that's about it. There's still nothing much else going on in sleepy old Jed. Deadburgh they call it in other towns. No movement on the Town Hall, the library, no public spaces to meet or to develop creative and cultural activities. Lots of meetings, secret committees, minutes, agendas and points of order but no spaces for people. A new community school bristling with features but so expensive to rent for creative or community activities. That leaves expensive piss-ups that ordinary people either can't afford or get invited to. Not the best use of a community school is it?

This is all to be expected win a town where people vote Tory. Not all but most. It's as if they want to be worked over. Tories hate giving things to people. Their ideology is based on rent and profit. Plus they're useless and always seem to run out of money. One can only speculate as to why. But there's a by-election coming up soon so maybe we'll get someone new with fresh ideas on creative placemaking. I won't hold my breath, nor will I stop being a pest and reminding people that they're chopping themselves off at the knee by voting Tory. Anyway here's a few recent pictures taken around the town which, in spite of everything else, is still a beautiful town.