top of page
LATEST ARTICLES


THE NATURAL WORLD OF STONEHENGE
Stonehenge sits on Salisbury Plain, a unique chalk ridge which covers much of Wiltshire and which is left mostly undisturbed as it is...
5 min read


OAK APPLE DAY IN GREAT WISHFORD - GROVELY, GROVELY, GROVELY, AND ALL GROVELY!
The 29th of May is a special occasion for the places across the country who celebrate Oak Apple Day. In Great Wishford, just north of...
5 min read


ST. GEORGE'S DAY IN SALISBURY
Salisbury is a city which takes St George's Day very seriously indeed, with an annual day of celebration in the Market Square which...
7 min read


A FREE DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET
Christchurch is a small historic town on the south coast, once an important trading port and famed for its smugglers of the 18th and 19th...
11 min read


THE BOY BISHOP CEREMONY OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
The ordination of Boy Bishops was a medieval tradition in which a choir boy would become Bishop from St. Nicholas Day (6th December)...
5 min read


THE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL AT ST.THOMAS'S CHURCH, SALISBURY
This annual festival has run for the past 18 years and is the informal start of Christmas celebrations in Salisbury. The church is filled...
3 min read


A WALK ON THE QUIET SIDE - CURRY RIVEL TO NORTH CURRY: ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
This walk explores a hidden off-shoot of the main Somerset Levels, between Curry Rivel and North Curry, on the very western edges of this...
3 min read


THE OUTCAST DEAD OF CROSSBONES GRAVEYARD
Not far from the high rises going up near the Shard is a nondescript piece of land in Southwark, walled off with softening bricks and an...
8 min read


GREENHAM COMMON PEACE GARDEN - THE STONE CIRCLE MONUMENT TO PEACE
Many will be familiar with the protests at Greenham Common which began in 1981 when thousands of women gathered to campaign for nuclear...
4 min read
bottom of page