March 2008 Issue

Racing certainties

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Not only is Ludlow Charity Race Day an enjoyable social occasion with good-quality racing, but it is also a key fundraiser for the charity involved

Education: The great debate begins

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At the end of January crowds of concerned Shropshire people gathered outside the Shirehall to demonstrate against the proposed closure or amalgamation of several primary schools across the county. The Shropshire Star’s education correspondent, Dave Morris, investigates

Cool and composed

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Abigail Bates meets an artist whose refined and elegant paintings contrast with the remote and wild area in which she lives

Living in the past

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No single person can take the credit for making the network of museums in the Ironbridge Gorge the success story it is today. But Sir Neil Cossons, the first director of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, has done as much as anyone to further its remarkable development. For that alone he derserves the county’s gratitude.

Creative around the calendar

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All-seasons gardener Mary Bower reckons that she has lots of flowers bravely blooming away in her Shropshire garden every day of the year. Ken Tudor drops in top marvel at some winter colour

A ton of taste

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They say the beginning is a very good place to start. But to anyone planning a meal at the Hundred House it might be worth starting at the end and working backwards, finds Jaclyn Green.