Wiltshire Warm and Well
Grants are available from Wiltshire Council for home insulation. People on low incomes can have the total cost paid but ‘everyone is entitled to at least a partial grant’
Local TV for Salisbury….but not yet
The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has identified 20 towns or cities which will be ‘pioneers’ for local TV services. Salisbury isn’t on the list of 20, but it is on a secondary list of “a further 24 areas identified for a future round of licensing of local TV services”
Wiltshire Council survey - what matters to you
World famous artists at Wiltshire Museums
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre[1]
has a post on major works of art in the counties museum.
Salisbury Museum is mentioned in the context of the Constable exhibition:
...but the post links to a very good BBC site which has more detailed lists and very good reproductions of paintings at:
I wonder if this could be extended to cover works held in private hands which the public have a legal right to see. My understanding is that over the years people have avoided death duties on works of art by declaring that they will display them to the public on request.
Stonehenge Chamber of Commerce Chair
John Todd was re-elected as the Stonehenge Chamber of Commerce chairman
Salisbury Cathedral and Handel's "Messiah."
A nice account of hearing the Messiah at the Cathedral last week
Royal Jubilee party in Salisbury
FA Cup Third Round Ticket Information
Come on you Whites!
Nether Wallop women publishes book to help community
Given the amount of typo's on my website, I should be the last person to point on out on somebody elses website, but I did like the headline that started 'Never Wallop Women'. It's since been corrected
Walking
I found this on walking in the New Forest:
Stonehenge Winter Solstice
I posted details that I got from English Heritage about the Solstice access here:
Stonehenge and Pembrokeshire
It seems that a link between some of the stones at the Henge and a site in West Wales has been established. I'm not entirely clear what this changes in terms of our understanding of Stonehenge, but here are some links
Related posts
- Salisbury News: Museum grant, Race for Life, Coward at the Playhouse and Desert Island Salisbury
- Salisbury News: Medieval tents, Magna Carta, Shine 4 Wiltshire and Songs of Praise
- Salisbury News: Switchover, Civic Awards, the Moon and ‘Spoons
- Salisbury news: big beasts, Blades, and the art of Cranborne Chase
- Sheffield United vs. Salisbury City
- Salisbury, Wiltshire News: Falcons, bustards, salmon, sewers and the Druids Lodge Confederacy
- Salisbury News: Insulation, TV, Art in Wiltshire and the Jubilee
- Salisbury, UK news: Giant-killing, Hardy’s Wessex, Dads Army
- Salisbury news: Civic Society, the Boy Bishop and more on Stonehenge
- Stonehenge news: cursus pits, floodlights, and the Solstice procession
- Salisbury News: parking, panto, Mayors Prize Draw
Footnotes
- I think I usually call them the Heritage Centre - apologies! [↩]