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Exhibition dates – Daily Mail

The harsh reality of trying to live the dream is sometimes far from ideal. Below is an extract of an article published in the Daily Mail today about or journey to that harsh reality.

Things have however got a lot better and we are actually enjoying the way things are turning out.

According to figures released by property consultants Drivas Jonas, the grand country-house property market has defied the credit crunch, with a 13 per cent increase in country house sales in 2008/9.

We had to make some compromises and come to terms with the fact that life was going to be very different. We got on top of the house, finishing all the jobs we’d become too despondent to tackle, and made it a home.

Peter had an art exhibition and sold all his paintings. The best thing was that the children were happy at their new schools.

Read more: Daily Mail

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Topiary for Beginners
Category:  Visual Arts & Literature

Starts: Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Ends: Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Peter Bright presents ‘Topiary for Beginners’. Creating images is balancing on the knife edge that teeters between success and failure. A brushstroke out of place is like cutting the beak off a privet peacock, it takes time for it to grow back and reshape. Peter revisits his compositional ideas, formed in the late 70’s, to discover how his skills have ‘matured’.

Time: 11am to 4pm (Last admission 4pm)
Price Details: Free (entry fees apply for sculpture gardens)

Address: Broomhill Art Hotel , Barnstaple , Devon , EX31 4EX

Access: Good

Website: www.broomhillart.co.uk
Email: info@broomhillart.co.uk
Telephone: 01271 850262