April 2022 - Tulip mania is blooming

April 2022 - Tulip mania is blooming

In this issue

Rupert Everett will take to the stage to raise funds for Julia’s House Children’s Hospice, we catch up with him ahead of the event; Polly Nicholson’s fascination with tulips has developed into a passion for finding forgotten varieties; the Salisbury International Arts Festival returns this summer; changes to the way lunch clubs for the elderly are funded by Wiltshire Council have caused consternation, we find out what is being proposed and what it might mean to those who depend on the service; Historic England is asking people to share their stories of places here in the county; 2022 marks the centenary of the death of author William Henry Hudson, the man behind A Shepherd’s Life; Simon Heptinstall talks to Mike Pitts about his new book How to Build Stonehenge; Sophie Butcher shares how to provide a safe haven for bees; Grant Berry from Yapp brothers sings the praises of Chardonnay, and we head to a farm in Downton to discover how wine has replaced swine.