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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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A VISIT TO THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE

The architecture of the Royal Courts of Justice is designed to impress the humble citizen with the power and might of the civil law of...