Liz Davies

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Regional Editor at The Forester

Regional Editor at Pembroke and Pembroke Dock Observer

Tindle Wales and the Borders Regional Editor

Articles

The Editor Writes: There's a few missing branches from the family tree

1 month ago | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

(Image by congerdesign from Pixabay)“You’ve got an awful lot of cousins for the product of two only children,” said the housemate as we headed up to The Mother’s house for a reunion with the latest family member to pay a visit. “I know,” I replied. “But they’re not cousins, they’re ‘cousins’ I explained making those ridiculous little speech marks in the air with my fingers as I said the word.
A brave journey Into The Woods for Forget Me Not Productions

1 month ago | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

Into The Woods cast (Supplied) STAGING a full scale musical is always a risk and always a challenge, factors which are multiplied exponentially when you choose Stephen Sondheim’s darkly rich fantasy 'Into the Woods’ as the vehicle to move from concert performances to a fully staged production., Also in the news It was a challenge which Cait Davies and her team at Forget Me Not Productions grabbed firmly by the throat and gave a damn good shake when the show opened at the Borough Theatre in...
Sweeney Todd at Abergavenny's Borough Theatre: A 'Sold Out' Success

2 months ago | monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk | Liz Davies

AAODS' Sweeney Todd (picture by Michael Hall) (Michael Hall)IT’S always good to see a show with the words ‘sold out’ plastered over its posters…it’s always even better to know that the sell out is justified and those who have invested their hard earned cash in a ticket, often before the paint is dry on the set, will not leave the theatre disappointed.
Sweeney Todd at Abergavenny's Borough Theatre: A 'Sold Out' Success

2 months ago | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

AAODS' Sweeney Todd (picture by Michael Hall) (Michael Hall)IT’S always good to see a show with the words ‘sold out’ plastered over its posters…it’s always even better to know that the sell out is justified and those who have invested their hard earned cash in a ticket, often before the paint is dry on the set, will not leave the theatre disappointed.
The Editor Writes: The 'joys' of having a personal shopper

Mar 4, 2025 | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

Image by Pexels from Pixabay (Image by Pexels from Pixabay)SINCE The Mother was miraculously cured of of gall-bladder attack while ‘staggering through Per Una’ we’ve always felt that Marks and Spencers is her spiritual home. Before she bought her new car recently one of her first test drives was to check she could reverse into the parking space at the nearest M&S and not many weeks go by with her and a group of friends paying a visit to a branch.
REVIEW: Take a trip into the depths of Sherwood Forest with Abergavenny Pantomime Company

Feb 28, 2025 | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

ABERGAVENNY Pantomime Company burst back onto the stage of the town’s Borough Theatre this week with its rhyming panto-mash Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood. Billed as the oldest pantomime company in Wales the cast provide annual half-term entertainment which over the years has become something of a rite of passage for Abergavenny families.
The Editor Writes: With apologies to Fiona Bruce...

Feb 11, 2025 | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

Image by Jan W. from Pixabay (Image by Jan W. from Pixabay)FOR someone who professes to not watch a lot of television The Mother certainly has more than her fair share of gripes about it. For many years it’s been Fiona Bruce, who she relishes the opportunity to shout at all the way through Question Time. “She’s the worse chairman they’ve ever had,” she announces at every possible opportunity.
The Editor Writes: Keeping a check on a racing pulse

Feb 4, 2025 | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

(Image by George Ion from Pixabay)BACK a few months ago I was hosting an awards evening in the Forest of Dean. It was a hugely successful event, despite the storm warning which was issued a few hours before it started, which saw half the audience receiving emergency alerts on their phones at regular internals through the night.
Review: The sun didn't really come out for Granny Annie at the Borough Theatre

Jan 13, 2025 | abergavennychronicle.com | Liz Davies

Andrew Fowler as Teddy alongside ATG stalwart Janine Davies, who stars as Joyce. (A4B)Long before Ruth Jones lifted the lid on Welsh eccentricity with Nessa, Uncle Bryn and the unforgettable Doris, the go-to playwright for weird and Welsh was the late, great Frank Vickery, who over the course of a long career managed, perhaps like no other, to capture the humour of the valleys where he made his home.
Historian Liz Davies writes about flooding in St Neots

Jan 11, 2025 | huntspost.co.uk | Liz Davies

Old photo shows flooding in St Neots High Street in 1947. (Image: St Neots Museum) Historian Liz Davies looks back at flooding and the impact of weather over the years. The coldest months of the year often bring challenging weather, but it would be a mistake to think the British weather has remained constant throughout history. The British weather has changed significantly over the last 2,000 years, with centuries of warmer or colder weather affecting everyday lives.