Cheltenham has some hidden gems. StuffedNonsense craft den, Badlands record shop and the Emmaus charity shop spring immediately to mind. There's plenty more though. One of the best things about writing for Creative Boom is ...
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Creative Boom Cheltenham gets well cagey
As part of our ongoing mission to investigate anything A Bit Different that happens in Cheltenham and drop our findings at your feet, on Saturday night Creative Boom Cheltenham embarked on its scariest mission ...
StuffedNonsense – A treasure trove of awesomeness
Are you looking for somewhere in Cheltenham to buy amazing handcrafted items? Well look no further, StuffedNonsense is waiting with open doors to fufill all your crafty fantasies. Bringing handmade to the highstreet, this fabulous ...
Fay’s studio: Get your lovely cards here.
Stumbled today across http://www.faysstudio.com/ Check it out if you're looking for a card to send, for a birthday or any other occasion. Fay lives in Gloucestershire after graduating from The Arts Institute in Bournemouth with a ...
One Point Oh: Interview
Stephen Allen is a freelance art director, designer and illustrator. His studio, One Point Oh, is based in the gorgeous village of Eastleach - one of the places that truly epitomises Cotswoldyness (see what I ...
Interview time! CBC chats to illustrator Jacob Sharpe.
As promised, here's our interview with illustrator and Gloucestershire Uni graduate Jacob Sharpe. His work is currently on display at the British library as part of their Beowulf exhibition, and he was nice enough to ...
New Beowulf exhibition at the British Library – Gloucestershire Graduate Featured
Jake Sharpe, an illustration graduate from the University of Gloucestershire has been chosen to take part in a new exhibition about the medieval poem Beowulf. His work was spotted at his degree show and will now ...
Christmas is coming. Buy art for presents
Fear of Butterflies is an art collective based in Cheltenham. I only found out about them yesterday, but if you go to their blog you'll see the things they make are very pretty. They also ...
Bah!
So apparently there was a Chapman Brothers exhibition at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. And I missed it! Gah! If anyone else went and you'd like to write a review please get in touch. That'll teach ...
Stitch with your art
Have you ever been to the Nature in Art museum in Twigworth? It's only about half an hour away (on t'other side of Gloucester, on the way to the Forest, although there's a proper map ...

















