Thanks to everyone who's been waiting patiently. Our events list for May to October is much later than usual. But it's out at last; I trust you'll find it's been worth the wait!

Just click on Programme of Events in the lefthand menu for all the titles and dates. (Photos to illustrate the various events will be added in a couple of days time.) Then you can phone or email us to pencil in and reserve a place, or immediately print down the booking form and post it to us. (Mandy and Andy – right – look after the bookings desk)

As for the menu of events, there are old favourites but also some new offerings we hope will intrigue or excite you as much as they do us. For instance, all four weeks in August are new ventures for this year.

In May we look forward to a clowning weekend with Richard Dunkerley and what should be a really fascinating Open Space week with Jonathan Herbert. In June there's a light-hearted weekend with yours truly looking at meaning in musical theatre, and then a rather more contemplative event to connect us powerfully with the world around and inside us: Sacred Nature.

And some of the speakers most appreciated last year are back for seconds: Simon Small in June and Neil Douglas-Klotz in September.

Our printed brochure, by the way, will be issued very shortly, but in the meantime "let booking commence".