
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. So said Conan Doyle’s great consulting detective - but even he would have found the admirable Deerstalkers of Welshpool a pretty improbable collection. Neil Thomas reports . . .

Ken Tudor issues an appeal on behalf of our feathered friends, who have already had to battle through fierce winter weather

Neil Thomas enjoys some thoroughly modern cooking in the thoroughly unmodern surroundings of Drapers’ Hall in Shrewsbury

Shirley Tart meets an inspirational animal welfare worker

Welcome to the very best year of my life, writes Vanessa Lloyd-Thomas – in fact not just the best year of my life, but possibly the very best year of your life too . . .

There’s plenty to discover in the print edition of The Shropshire Magazine, available now at outlets throughout the county