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Double-bill screening of Director Richard Bazley’s Censure/Confines in Corsham

Following the huge success of the films of Director Richard Bazley’s CENSURE and CONFINES on the Film Festival Circuit, Pound Arts in Corsham have announced a Double-Bill Screening plus a Q&A with the Director and selected cast and crew on 12 November. Richard Bazley said: “Our films have been screened all over the World from […]



Longleat Festival of Light 2024

The Festival of Light 2024 invites visitors to turn back the clock and travel the world creating magical memories by stepping into the past with the interactive and immersive lantern trail. There will be the opportunity to walk through a great pyramid of Egypt, dodge a dinosaur’s roar, or marvel at a 10-metre-high Roman Colosseum […]



Hot air balloons dancing across the decades to celebrate Longleat’s 75th anniversary in Icons of the Sky spectacular

Hot air balloons will be swaying to the music from across eight decades as Longleat celebrates 75 years of the Wiltshire stately home being open to the public with a series of spectacular musical night glows. Guests will be invited to rock through time from 1940s icon Glenn Miller through to Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, […]



Three new galleries at The Salisbury Museum

The Salisbury Museum has now completed The National Lottery Heritage Fund Past Forward: Salisbury Museum for Future Generations restoration and redevelopment work, and the unveiling of three new galleries took place on Saturday 13 July. The Devenish Bradshaw Salisbury History Gallery, Ceramics Gallery and Natural History Gallery are now open to the local community and […]



Horatio’s Garden South West launches new private tours of the acclaimed, fully accessible garden

Nationwide charity Horatio’s Garden, which won a gold medal and Best in Show at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, has launched a new series of tours offering the public the chance to visit Horatio’s Garden South West, one of the charity’s seven award-winning, fully accessible gardens. Opening on selected dates until September, the public can […]



‘Steve Backshall Live’ returns to Longleat during May half-term

Steve Backshall, one of Britain’s best-loved and most intrepid naturalists and television presenters, is returning to Longleat for the first time in over a decade this May half term. He’ll present an all-new wildlife show, created exclusively for Longleat from Saturday 25 May until Sunday 2 June. Tickets are on sale now. During the show, […]



Wiltshire legends Jesus Jones announce co-headline tour with EMF

Two of the 90’s most enduring alternative-rock acts, Jesus Jones and EMF, have announced a co-headline tour for Autumn 2024. Taking over big rooms in Manchester, Bristol, plus a major date at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum this October, the co-headliners will be sharing a bill for the first time ever. A tour that promises […]



Wiltshire shows off horticultural talent at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Garden designer Katherine Holland, who grew up in Marlborough, has won a Gold Medal for her grief-inspired garden for the charity Sue Ryder at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden, sponsored by Project Giving Back, provides a safe and peaceful sanctuary to sit within the beauty of nature, whilst […]



Fashioning Our World

The new Fashioning Our World exhibition features fashion items from the past which tell powerful stories of sustainability. It’s on from 10 February to 12 May 2024 at Salisbury Museum. Alongside a selection of clothes and accessories that have been repurposed, mended and loved, the exhibition showcases work by well-known and emerging fashion designers, sustainability […]



Photos of The Longleat Festival of Light 2023

In pictures: ‘The Festival of Light, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and other Treasured Tales’ With three lantern trails to explore, visitors of all ages can step inside the pages of some of the nation’s best-loved children’s stories, experiencing classic tales like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by […]