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Former Prime Minister, John Major delivered the inaugural Edward Heath Lecture in Salisbury Guildhall on Wednesday 17 June to an invited audience of 200 people. The theme of this year’s lecture was ‘The Meaning and Lessons of Magna Carta Today’. The Trustees of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation established the lecture series as an […]
Visitors to the Wilton Classic & Supercar show can see the two of the most famous Formula One cars in history. Twenty five years ago the McLaren of Senna and Prost’s Ferrari were involved in probably the most famous collision in F1 history as the 1990 season reached a nail biting finale. The iconic cars have […]
Salisbury based charity Trussell Trust and international arts organisation Wild in Art have created a large scale public art event in Salisbury for the summer of 2015. The event features 25 sculptures featuring individually designed artworks on a bespoke baron sculpture in the style of a Lewis Chess Pieces (created by Wild in Art Artistic Director Chris […]
Comedian Michael McIntyre is putting on a show at Salisbury City Hall on 3rd June in aid of Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospices. Mr McIntyre pledged his support for the charity’s plans to build a hospice in Wiltshire after meeting nurses at a private fundraiser organised by Guy Ritchie, who is […]
Music, revelry, picnics, time for reflection and an evening’s extravaganza! On the weekend of 13 – 15 June Salisbury Cathedral will be alive with Magna Carta 800 celebrations, marking this country’s first step towards democracy. MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: The weekend begins with the Magna Carta Gala Concert on Saturday 13 June, featuring a new choral […]
The annual Castle Combe Steam Rally is returning for 2015 and is celebrating its 30th anniversary in style. This year the Steam Rally will feature all the old favourites including displays of vintage steam engines, tractors, cars, military vehicles and motorcycles as well as an exciting stunt show by BMX and Mountain bike legend Jez […]
7 days in June, more than 140 speakers, over 110 literary talks and debates, in excess of 300 living historians and re-enactors. The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival is a celebration of history like no other. 2015 is a year of many anniversaries. The 800th of Magna Carta, the 600th of Agincourt, the 200th […]
The Call to Arms, an exhibition produced by Wiltshire at War: Community Stories, will be on display at Springfield Community Campus in Corsham throughout March 2015. Using archive images and personal stories the exhibition shows the impact the First World War had on ordinary people in Wiltshire. This will be the first of a series […]
11th December 2014 7-8pm Dan Cruickshank is a well-known art historian and BBC television presenter with a special interest in the history of architecture. He was most recently seen on BBC2’s Adventures in Architecture, for which he wrote the accompanying book. He was also a guest on the BBC series To The Manor Reborn, which […]
Wednesday 3 – Friday 5 December Bowood House (between Calne and Chippenham) will be twinkling with festive cheer for its special December opening for the three day Bowood House Christmas Extravaganza that starts on Wednesday 3rd December. The event raises money for the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust. With just three weeks of Christmas shopping remaining, the […]
