James Bond & Wild Mushrooms 🍄

Plus a breathtaking concert at All Saints, new history walk, Raver Tots, new film shooting in Wycombe, and more.

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Wycombe Pulse
November 20, 2025

Good morning, Wycombe!

It’s the Wycombe Pulse, reporting live from the Arctic tundra that is the school run. Taking recommendations for the warmest gloves known to humankind. My inbox is open 🥶

This week brings plenty to warm you up:

🎨 New art exhibition at the Museum
🍄 A fungi foraging workshop
🥳 Raver Tots lands in town

Plus: classical concerts, a fascinating James Bond talk, a new film shooting here in Wycombe, wreath making classes, Christmas markets and much more.

Editor’s Highlights

📍All Saints Church | 🗓️ Saturday 22nd November | ⏰ 7.30pm
An evening of sacred choral music as the Wooburn Singers join forces with the English Sinfonia for masterpieces by C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, and Mozart.

📍Roald Dahl Museum | 🗓️ Friday 21st November | ⏰ 7pm
Discover how Dahl came to write You Only Live Twice, his links to Ian Fleming, and his wartime espionage adventures.
✨ Includes access to the signed first-draft manuscript — rarely shown.

📍Oxmoor Farm | 🗓️ Sunday 23rd November | ⏰ 9.30am
Explore ancient woodland for a flavour-led foraging adventure. Learn how to safely identify wild fungi, and sample Fred’s wild ferments and tasters along the way. Followed by a well-earned feast of pizzas with wild dips and mushrooms.

🏛️ ‘High Wycombe Unmasked Pt.2’ Walking Tour

📍Meet at the Guildhall | 🗓️ Today | ⏰ 10am
A guided walk with local historian Willie where you’ll learn about High Wycombe as a ‘rotten borough’, discover the world renowned institution that started here in 1799, and more.

📍The Front Room | 🗓️ Friday 21st November | ⏰ 7.30pm
Shakespeare meets Treasure Island in this all-female comedy twist from The Whole Pack Theatre.

Entertainment

🍷 Festive Wine Tasting — Lloyd’s Wines, Fri 21 Nov, 7.30pm
🪩 80s vs 90s Disco Party — The Three Horseshoes, Sat 22nd Nov, 8pm
🧀 Cheese & Wine Evening — Wrights Meadow Centre, Sat 22 Nov, 7–11pm

🎬 Spotlight: New Short Film Shooting in Wycombe

📍Filming locally on 29th November

Local filmmaker Jason Ruddy begins production on Off With Their Head on 29 Nov — a darkly comic dystopian short film featuring Dermot Crowley (Luther), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat) and Dylan Edwards (Game of Thrones).

Jason’s looking for local partners, volunteers and on-set support — a great chance to back independent filmmaking in Wycombe.

👉 Find out more or get involved: offwiththeirhead.co.uk

Cultural Moments

🎼 Great Missenden Choral Society Concert
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov. 7.30pm | 📍 Amersham Free Church 
An evening of classical treasures with a programme of Mozart and Haydn’s lesser-known gems, featuring a guest soprano soloist and the acclaimed OXUS String Quartet.

⚔️ “Stronger By Weakness, The Wiser Men Become” Talk
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov, 2.15pm | 📍 Fitzwilliams Centre, Beaconsfield 
A fascinating talk on Edmund Waller — poet, parliamentarian and cousin to John Hampden — who found himself at the heart of “Waller’s Plot,” spent time in the Tower, went into exile, and still managed to return and build Hall Barn after the Restoration.

🎹 The Rite & Rachmaninoff
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov, 7.30pm | 📍Kings Church Amersham
Two-piano fireworks: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Rachmaninoff’s Second Suite.

🎨 New Exhibition: Wycombe Creatives at Wycombe Museum

Photo by Mark Page

A vibrant new exhibition celebrating local talent — paintings, textiles, sculpture, models, cartoons and poetry — all set within the museum’s beautiful house and gardens.

📍 Wycombe Museum
🗓️ On now – 17th May 2026
ℹ️ More details here

🧘🏻‍♀️ Wellbeing

🔔 Gong Bath — Marlow Bottom Village Hall, Sun 23 Nov, 7.45pm
☕ Wellbeing Café — St Peter’s Micklefield, Mondays, 1.30–3.30pm

🎨 Get Creative

🎄 Wreath Making Workshops

📍At The Stag Pub & Kitchen — Fri 21st Nov, 10.30am (£55)

📍At The Apple Orchard — Fri 21st Nov, 3pm (£35)

📍At Hughenden National Trust — Sat 22nd Nov, 10.30am (£50)

📍At The Front Room — Sun 23rd Nov, 10.30am (£45)

📍 At Holmer Green Sports Association — Mon 24th Nov, 7pm (£40)

📍At The Jolly Cricketers — Weds 26th Nov, 9.30am (£50)

🔍 Family Fun Finder

🥳 Raver Tots High Wycombe
📍Trilogy Nightclub | 🗓️ Sun 23rd Nov | ⏰ 1-3pm
An award-winning family-friendly rave event suitable for all ages with house, garage, drum & bass and old school club classics.

🎄 Drop & Go Christmas Workshop
📍Christ The Servant King Church | 🗓️ Sat 22nd Nov | ⏰ 2-4pm
Drop the kids for crafting and Christingles!

👶🏻 Bucks Baby Week
📍High Wycombe Library | 🗓️ Today | ⏰ 10.15am-2pm
Discover local services to support you and your children, plus enjoy Bounce & Rhyme and Wonderful One sessions. All free.

📖 Tiny Talk Time
📍Wycombe Museum | 🗓️ Fri 21st Nov | ⏰ 10am
Stories, crafts and museum fun for 2-5 year olds, based on Under The Sea by Anna Milbourne and Catty Shimmen.

Creative Workshops

🎭 Introduction to Production Arts (Age 13–21)
📍 Garsington Studios | 🗓️ Saturday 22nd Nov | ⏰ 10am–5pm | 💷 Free
A full-day taster workshop offering young people the chance to explore backstage careers — from lighting and props to stage management, wardrobe, and make-up.

🎭 Musical Theatre Workshop (Age 9-16)
📍 Wycombe Swan Theatre | 🗓️ Wednesday 26th Nov | ⏰ 5-7pm | 💷 £15
An energetic, sassy, and fun dance workshop where you’ll learn the moves from SIX The Musical. Suitable for all dance levels 👑

🐶 Santa Paws Photos at Pets at Home on Saturday 22nd November from 12-4pm — festive fun for your furry friends where they can take a photo with Santa for the perfect Christmas keepsake. All proceeds to Wycombe Food Hub.

🎅 Where to Meet Father Christmas in High Wycombe
He’s making a list… and he’s visiting Wycombe! From cosy grottos to festive breakfasts, I’ve rounded up some of the best spots to catch Father Christmas this year.
👉 Watch the reel to see some of the best places he’ll be popping up!

✨ Bradenham Church’s First-Ever Family Morning
🗓️ Sunday 23rd Nov, 11am

A fun and relaxed get-together for everyone at Bradenham St Botolph:

🌟 Sing-along songs with actions
🌟 Short games, poem and reading
🌟 Quick chat about kindness
🌟 Cake & chat afterwards

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Perfect for families - no experience needed, just come as you are
⛪️ Full service rundown here

🛍️ Markets & Fayres

🎁 Christmas Creatives Market at The Front Room — Thurs 20th Nov | 6-8pm
🎅🏻 Christmas Craft Fayre at Wycombe Museum — Sun 23rd Nov | 11am-4pm
🌟 Advent Fayre at St Francis Church — Sat 22nd Nov | 11am-2pm 
🎄 Christmas Market at Magnolia Park — Sat 22nd Nov | 10.30am-3.30pm
🎁 A Merry Marlow Christmas, Liston Court Gardens — Sat 22nd Nov | 10am-4pm

The Wycombe Wordle

This week is a blast from the not-so-distant past.
Six guesses. I believe in you.

Game rules:
🟩 Right letter, right place
🟨 Right letter, wrong place
⬜ Not in the word

Live Music 🎶

Tonight
🎤 Open Mic Night — Mad Squirrel, 8pm.

Friday
🎵 Motown meets Northern Soul — Three Horse Shoes Hazlemere, 8.30pm.
🎤 Hi-Gain Under 18 Open Mic Night — Wycombe Arts Centre, 7pm.
🎶 Jake Alexander — Mad Squirrel, 8pm.
🎸 Full Flavour — Belle Vue.

Saturday
🥁 The Weathertop Preachers — Belle Vue.
🎸 Sledgehammer 80s Band — Cressex Club, 7pm.
🪩 ABBA Tribute — O’Neill’s, 9pm.
🎶 Abbie Gathard — Mad Squirrel, 8pm.

Sunday
🎹 Piano Singalong with Ricky Persell — The Three Horseshoes, 2-4pm.

🧠 Pub Quizzes

Sports & Activities

⚽ FOOTBALL

🏉 RUGBY

🏃🏻‍♂️ RUNNING

Community Notes

📍Gomm’s Wood, High Wycombe | 🗓️ Friday 21st November | ⏰ 10am-3pm

A welcome day for new volunteers — learn coppicing, meet people, enjoy the outdoors. Come for as long or as little as you like.

🎯 Heart of Bucks – Community Fund Now Open

Grants up to £7,500 now open for local groups with a turnover under £500k.
📝 EOI deadline: 3 Dec 2025
📝 Full application: 14 Jan 2026

🧘 Yoga Fundraiser for Gaza

📍 Flow Marlow | 🗓️ Friday 21st November | ⏰ 6pm

Join High Wycombe PSC and Marlow Palestine Solidarity for an evening of yoga, sound meditation and community, raising funds for The Sameer Project, a rapid-response initiative supporting displaced Palestinians in Gaza. There’ll also be cakes, crafts and refreshments.

✨ Limited spaces — booking essential

Business News

The Crown at Hazlemere have reopened this week with a new menu, new cocktails and new landlords. Pop in to support one of our local pubs! 🍻

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☀️Weather in Wycombe ☀️

We’ve hit single digits, friends. Thermals may be imminent.

Friday

🌤️ 5°C - 💨 4mph - ☂️ 14% chance

Saturday

🌤️ 8°C - 💨 7mph - ☂️ 76% chance

Sunday

🌤️ 8°C - 💨 7mph - ☂️ 38% chance

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