Marlborough

West Berkshire Comedy Festival: Laughter Is The Best Medicine!

Need a boost? A new comedy festival will raise lots of laughs at venues in Thatcham, Newbury and Hungerford between 17th & 26th July 

Marlborough Open Studios – weekends of treats  

Lesley Andrews invites us to plan weekends enjoying work by talented local artists with Marlborough Open Studios, between 5th & 27th July 

Gardening: What’s best in a Summer Bedding?

At last it’s June and that officially means no more frosts and the seasonal summer bedding can be planted out in abundance!

Tony Christie & Ranagri in Harwell 

Tony Christie and Ranagri will perform songs from their two collaborations of The Great Irish Songbook at Harwell Village Hall on 18th July 

Pewsey community in full bloom 

On 8th June, after a two-year hiatus, enjoy a dozen gardens in three lovely villages (Alton Barnes, Alton Priors & Honeystreet) nestling in the Vale of Pewsey, writes Louise Golden 

Farnborough garden raises funds & smiles 

The Old Rectory in Farnborough has been lovingly tended for more than half a century, helping raise funds for charity thanks to the National Garden Scheme, so why not visit?

Outstanding Ophiopogon

There is one plant that has worked brilliantly in my garden through droughts, heatwaves, torrential rain, freezing temperatures and howling gales not to mention the army of slugs!