March 2020 - Spring is here!

March 2020 - Spring is here!

In this issue

Ram Thiagarajah tells us about community, voluntary work and his love for Swindon. We meet Colonel Andrew Dawes CBE. Mary-Vere Parr visits Manor Farm in Broad Chalke to talk soil health, conservation, and animals. Anne Holland gets to know some of the people involved in establishing the success of racing at Barbury Castle. Neil Henty meets Danny Kruger, MP for Devizes to talk about his ambitions for the area. Jane Gifford visits Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury to find out how the ‘next generation’ are maintaining the spirit of the place. The county has become a stronghold of the corn bunting thanks to its farmers but, Morag Walker asks, could this welcome success soon be put at jeopardy? Michael Marshman visits the lost landscapes of the county. Tim Saunders meets award-winning ceramicist and sculptor Liz Watts. Georgie Green heads north of Marlborough to visit the Ogbournes.