Our vibrant cover this month features the revival of a Victorian dahlia festival at Stonehenge, we look the history behind this extraordinary event and the contemporary floral displays that wowed recent visitors.
Lisa Lloyd is a familiar face on the Antiques Roadshow She chats to Gary Lawrence about her life, career and collecting. Artist has gained a reputation for her paintings of horses, but when Mary-Vere Parr went to meet her, she discovered an artist with a portfolio that reaches beyond the stable yard. As Remembrance Sunday approaches, SSAFA the armed forces charity reminds us of the ‘Forgotten’ Korean War. The Friends of Lydiard Park uncover the estate’s unusual role during World War II World when it housed German POW hospital.
An ever-increasing band of loyal followers have fallen under the spell of Sam Rosen-Nash’s culinary wizardry. We get a taste of her Tisbury magical field to fork enterprise. Four decades of scaffolding has been removed from Salisbury Cathedral, we meet some of the craftsmen behind the restoration project. We discover the curious tale of the bone-setting, board treading 18th century Wallin sisters of Hindon.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is calling for action to Save our Chalk Streams – find out how you can help.
With game in season why not try our delicious recipe for partridge paella. Grant Berry from Yapp Brothers looks at which red wines work with fish. In our gardening feature, Sophie Butcher explains how to get creative with trees and Ex Libris in Bradford on Avon have a cracking selection of books for all the family.
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