Good Causes

THE ART collectors of Beaconsfield shunned works by Banksy, Emin and Hirst at an art event last week leaving all of them, with prices of up to £6,500 a pop, unpurchased.

ORIGINAL work by Damian Hirst, Tracey Emin and other of the UK's best known artists will share wall space with the region's up-and-coming art talent in a unique art event on Thursday.

THE THREE Anglican Churches in Beaconsfield, St Mary's and All Saints, St Michael's and All Angels and St Thomas', have sent £500 to the Haiti Emergency Fund.

French comedy classic, La Cage aux Folles, is to be screened at the National Film School in Station Road, Beaconsfield on Thursday (21st).

There's a chance to buy arts and crafts from local artists at the increasingly successful bi- annual art fair at The Beaconsfield School on November 21.

SIX THOUSAND people turned out to watch fireworks at Beaconsfield Cricket Club on Saturday - resulting in a whopping £10,000 raised for local charities.

SEELEYS House respite and day centre for adults with learning difficulties is hosting its biggest ever annual Christmas Fair later this month to coincide with the 25th anniversary of its highly‐valued day service.

RUNNERS from Beaconsfield were among the thousands to complete the London Marathon on Sunday.

An open air performance of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing is to take place in the garden of a large house in Beaconsfield in June.
With audience numbers restricted to 100 per show for three days, and with the Saturday evening already sold out, only those who plan ahead will be seeing this one off performance by the newly formed The Garden Players.