In this issue
From helping with museum exhibitions and gardening to coaching adults who struggle with reading, we explore ways that you can offer your spare time in 2022; Jen Gale author of the Sustainable(ish) Living Guide explains how to make simple changes in our everyday lives that can make a difference to both our pockets, and the planet; Gary Lawrence heads to Salisbury Museum and discovers how National Lottery funding is transforming their exhibition space; Mary-Vere Parr meets Colin Heber-Percy the Savernake vicar, and author of Tales from a Country Parish; we find out about the extraordinary history of Easton Royal; BBC Radio Wiltshire’s Shaun Hodgetts shares tales of life behind the microphone; See how Jack Folkestone raised funds for Horatio’s Garden; jewellery expert Izzie Balmer explains how to pick up a gem at auction; Sophie Butcher begins a new monthly series on gardening for bees; and we reveal the shortlist for the Wiltshire Life Awards 2022.