June 2010 Issue

Arts for everyone in a fine festival

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A wide range of arts events are featured in the biennial festival.
By Shirley Tart
It is a tremendous commitment and, every two years, an unqualified success. Since each Much Wenlock Festival takes around 18 months to create, then supercharge and put in place, you can see that for some it becomes almost a full-time job!
Not least, […]

County courts our tennis talents

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Tennis is one of Britain’s most popular summer sports, so it is all the more surprising that we have produced only a handful of world-class players in the 65 years since the war. Shirley Tart looks at the sport, nationally and in the county

Scaling the heights

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Neil Thomas goes back to school for a lesson in fine food

The call of the wild

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‘In wilderness is the preservation of the world,’ wrote Henry David Thoreau. As Gareth Wheatley explains, such wilderness is closer to home than you might think . . .

Pitching for perfection

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Neil Thomas gets into the swing of things at a leading country golf club

An idyllic place for perfect partying

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Neil Thomas meets a business woman whose own wedding inspired the company she runs

In the print version of June’s magazine . . .

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Aside from the articles you can browse on this website, the print magazine contains a wealth of fascinating feature pieces and regular items to keep you entertained and informed.