In this issue

It is festival season and we feature the exciting and diverse events taking place across the county this summer – from the world renowned Chalke Valley History Festival and If Opera at Belcombe Court to the Taste of Corsham food festival and the Salisbury International Arts Festival. It is a case of spot the giant balloon dogs in Swindon as the town prepares to go walkies on the Swindog Art Trail; we meet Stuart Scott the globally successful furniture maker who is driven to design; we discover why the Salisbury home of former prime minister Edward Heath is still a place for politics; we catch up with Sarah Harris the muralist who takes her work to the streets and beyond; Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reveal how they are securing the future of an ancient woodland; find inspiration from the glorious private gardens opening through the National Gardens Scheme.