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Thursday 15 May 2025 Venue:  The Salisbury Museum     map   Talk Address:   The Kings House, 65 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EN Telephone:  01722 332151 Event:  1980s Talk: Endless Beat - A musical journey through Salisbury in the 1980s by Frogg Moody - 7.30pm - Join Frogg as he highlights how popular music and culture continued to evolve in Salisbury throughout the 1980s. He will highlight how the national music scene influenced our own Salisbury scene, whilst also offering a local perspective on the Stonehenge Free Festival. Venue's website:  salisburymuseum.org.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/SalisburyMuseum

Thursday 29 May 2025 Venue:  Salisbury Playhouse     map   Special interest  •  Talk  •  Books Address:   Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA Telephone:  01722 320333 Event:  An Audience with Polly Toynbee - 7pm - Join Polly Toynbee; Guardian columnist, former BBC social affairs editor and author, in conversation with broadcaster Matthew Stadlen. Her recent books include An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals and The Only Way Is Up: How to Take Britain from Austerity to Prosperity, a post-election book co-authored with David Walker. Venue's website:  wiltshirecreative.co.uk/whats-on/category/salisbury-playhouse Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/salisburyplayhouseofficial

Saturday 31 May 2025 Venue:  Salisbury Playhouse     map   Special interest  •  Talk  •  Books Address:   Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA Telephone:  01722 320333 Event:  An Audience with Joanne Harris - 7.45pm - Join Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) and she discusses her new novel Vianne. Returning to the world of Chocolat, the long awaited story of Vianne begins 6 years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie. Joanne is the author of twenty novels, three cookbooks and many short stories. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary Fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, was Chair of the Society of Authors between 2020 and 2024, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen. She was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire and grew up above her grandparents' sweet shop. Joanne will be joined in conversation by Matthew Stadlen. Venue's website:  wiltshirecreative.co.uk/whats-on/category/salisbury-playhouse Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/salisburyplayhouseofficial

Tuesday 03 June 2025 Venue:  Salisbury Playhouse     map   Talk Address:   Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA Telephone:  01722 320333 Event:  An Audience with Sir Malcolm Rifkind - 7.45pm - Sir Malcolm Rifkind became a member of the Cabinet in 1986 as Secretary of State for Scotland. In 1990 he became Secretary of State for Transport and in 1992 Secretary of State for Defence. From 1995-97 he was Foreign Secretary. He served as the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, which provides oversight of the UK’s intelligence agencies, MI6, MI5 and GCHQ, from 2010 until 2015. He is a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Sir Malcolm will be in conversation with Matthew Stadlen. Venue's website:  wiltshirecreative.co.uk/whats-on/category/salisbury-playhouse Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/salisburyplayhouseofficial

Thursday 05 June 2025 Venue:  Salisbury Playhouse     map   Talk Address:   Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RA Telephone:  01722 320333 Event:  An Audience with Rory Cellan-Jones - 7.45pm - Join former BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones in conversation with Matthew Stadlen about his latest book, Sophie from Romania. This heartwarming story chronicles Rory’s journey adopting a shy Romanian rescue dog, Sophie, and how their bond helped him navigate his Parkinson’s diagnosis. Rory, now a Substack writer and host of the Movers and Shakers podcast, shares the transformative power of rescue animals and the challenges they faced together. Venue's website:  wiltshirecreative.co.uk/whats-on/category/salisbury-playhouse Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/salisburyplayhouseofficial

Friday 06 June 2025 Venue:  The Lights     map   Special interest  •  Talk Address:   West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH Telephone:  Box office: 01264 368368 Event:  It's Never Too Late - Brenton West and Raj Bisram - 7.30pm - Join much loved TV experts Brenton West (The Repair Shop) and Raj Bisram (Antiques Roadshow, Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip) for a fabulously entertaining evening of stories from the worlds of antiques, repairs and television. Their multi-layered journeys take you through their schooldays, the army, jewellery making, skiing, motor sport and much more. And finally they spill the beans on what it’s like to be part of some of our best loved television shows. Venue's website:  thelights.org.uk Venue's Facebook:   facebook.com/thelightsandover

 

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