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IMPORTANT Get away from Celebration of word forms
DECISIONS Bill Gates Even in the wordy world of literature, flattery works, writes Matt Holland.
each person's place identified by a
When the Director of the Poetry
Discover the alternative to named paper poetry plate. and
C Microsoft with help from the Wilt- Society said that she had heard beside the fork, a pen! Everyone
shire Linux User Group when they that we can put on a good literary
SOLICITORS hold a first ever Installation Festi- show in Swindon, what could we knew exactly what to do - pour a
drink, greet yourtablemate. have a
val on Saturday 13 November do but spring into action. chat, and, if the spirit moved you,
And so it was that on Thursday 7
D Westlea Primary School. October. National Poetry Day, po- write.
Langstone Way.
Carter Read & Dove ets. poems. and poetic treats
Members will install the Linux
Contact: Commerce House operating system on your PC (mini- were popping up all over town.
34/35 Commercial Road mum spec 386) and demonstrate There were rhyming couplets
Swindon SN I 5NS on the wireless, poets on the
how to use it for game hosting,
email, web browsing. digital pho- loose in schools. readings in
* Property Matters li braries, orations in offices, and
tography. wordprocessing. spread-
Commercial & Residential recitations in cafes.
sheets and other applications us-
Conveyancing Performance poet Marcus
ing free software.
* Employment Experts will be on hand to an- Moore put his wonderful word-
For both the Employer swer questions from both new and play to educational use. He was Marcus with Abbey Meads poets
and Employee experienced users. enthusiastically received by Stuart Watson and Pau/ine Ruenji
* Wills & Probate Some low price and low specifi- purposeful and poetically play-
Efficient administration of cation PCs will also be on sale. ful pupils at Abbey Meads, St Some only chatted instead of
a loved one's estate Francis Church of England and writing. But that was all right. be-
For details log on to: Peatmoor primary schools. cause Matt Harvey was really our
http://wiltshire.lug.org.uk ,
Tel: ( 01793)617617 In offices and cafes round town, poet for the night. His terrific and
mail: installfest@legatio.com
E-mail: info(a^crd.org.uk innocent diners and workers were tender poems touched all things
or call 07831 478523 offered rhyming couplets by a lit- modern, mysterious, and normal.
Websitc: ww %% %%. crd.org.uk
erature festival organiser turned Like shopping for curtains that
frolicsome versifier. The most would reflect his personality, get-
www.tag25O.co.uk popular lines in daytime Swindon ting a new computer. and having
proved to be these. appropriately the right relationships. 'If love can
SMALL BUSINESS WEBSITES perhaps, since the theme of the build a bridge, can affection put up
day was poems and food. a shelf?' he asked. as diners were
£67.50 set up fee • £20.80 per month `Crisps ... I love them./Crisps . fi nishing their apple pie.
Includes domain name and free updates they are the best/A crunchy con- Matt Harvey's irony was gentle,
solation whenever I'm depressed./ his wordplay dazzling, and his little
Call 01793 485355 ... Crisps are delicious, crisps are bits of wisdom both wonderful and
sublime/If crisps were illegal. I'd witty. But most of all, he was living,
Is your PC end up doing time./ If ever I was talking. performing proof that po-
etry does not have to be solemn to
robbed and all my things were
bugging you? u kiln ks4 taken,/I pray to God they'd leave be serious, and good.
behind a bag of smokey bacon.' Here was an event that looks set
Call Practical There are some The day climaxed with a Poems to become another annual literary
Applications Ltd. 4 q 5 & Food evening at Lower Shaw hotspot on the town's cultural cal-
for a friendly service great resources Farm. Poetry lovers took their seats endar. It really was a right good
at the candle-lit wooden tables, day and night!
• Upgrades • Repairs on the Internet.
• Networking & the internet
• Home visits, collection Moth attraction at Studley Grange
& delivery But do you know
A moth made famous by the film Silence of the Lambs has been bred
Or for help getting started, call where they are?
us days, evenings or weekends on for the first time at the Studley Grange Butterfly World.
01793 321361 A dozen pupae of the Death
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Mobile 07919 263072 Head moth have hatched and can
now be seen with the help of the
E-mail: allen@practicalapplications.co.uk
www.practicalapplications.co.uk www.uklinks4.com experts at the butterfly centre.
Manager Luke Brown said the
moth, distinctive for the skull and
cross bone markings on its back -
had a special place for him, as
finding a pupae in his parents' gar-
den first stimulated his interest in
insects. "When other kids wanted
a skateboard or a BMX for Christ- :r a^. (t
mas. I asked for a greenhouse to
breed butterflies. All the others
were hanging around bus stops on
summer's evenings. but I was in
the fields with my net."
Studley Grange Butterfly World blue butterfly with a six inch wing-
is now one of the largest butterfly span.
centres in the country. having The adjacent Studley Grange
added this year an open air en- Craft World is an excellent place to
closed English butterfly garden and visit for Christmas gifts. For details
a new heated enclosure specially see the advertisement on page 24.
for the Morpho, the majestic big www.studleygrange.co.uk