Salisbury Life
Salisbury Life celebrates the best of city living. Published every three weeks, it includes the very latest on property, arts, dining and shopping, in Salisbury.
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Issue 111
Mysterious ways
I wonder how many of you now reading this column have ever stopped to ponder on the queer workings of fate? I merely ask because it occurs to me that, but for fate sticking it’s oar in at various points on our way through life, things could be very different.
Take the playwright Tennessee Williams for instance. Had he had a perfectly happy childhood he may have grown to man estate and become a blameless insurance clerk, or perhaps an architect or a lawyer or something. Instead, he felt trapped by his family, used his teenage years as the basis for his breakthrough play The Glass Menagerie and the rest, as they say is history.
Willliams’ play has, in turn become a production by Salisbury Playhouse (previewed on page 18) which has, in turn, given me something to write about in our Arts pages, thereby keeping me in a job and preventing me from becoming, in true George Orwell style, down and out in Salisbury and Bath.
Away from the workings of fate however, the rest of this issue continues as charmingly as normal. In our main feature (page 22) Alexandra Shakespeare talks vintage clothing in Salisbury, what to look for and where to find it. It’s a must read for all you fashionistas out there. On page 34 we head out to a restaurant overlooking the Fovant badges for a spot of lunch, while on page 36 Chris Archambault turns stinging nettles into a delicious and indeed nutritious soup.
At this stage I would love to be able to tell you what you can look forward to in our next issue, but who knows which way fate will pull us? She’s a hard mistress you know...
Cheerio
Joe
LATEST ISSUE
Issue 111
In this issue...
• A charity auction, a family festival and
The Larmer Tree Festival’s 20th birthday bash are all making the news this month
• Plenty to keep you entertained until the
next issue
• NEW! In the first of a new one-page feature – our gift to you every month – we showcase In The Shade Of A Tree by Salisbury artist Kate Lowe
• Joe Woodward looks forward to a bold
new production of Tennessee Williams’
The Glass Menagerie at Salisbury Playhouse
• Be it vintage, retro, pre-loved or antique, fashions from eras gone by are back,
writes Alexandra Shakespeare
• Mother superior: don’t palm her off with
a bunch of petrol station daffs on her
special day
• Kate Authers takes a look inside one of Salisbury’s best-loved gift shops
• Joe Woodward sits back and enjoys the view (and the food) at Emblems
• Chris Archambault takes a plant that
stings like a bee and turns it into
something delicious
• What’s happening in Salisbury’s schools?
• Dr Helen Wright, Head of St Mary’s
Calne, explains the secrets to coping
with exam nerves
• As spring approaches, the most important thing to remember is to stay one step ahead of wisteria, writes Emma Bond
• The latest from Bath’s business professionals
• Keeper’s Cottage – a country home with
a great range of equestrian facilities
• Local chef Jack Cleeves talks of diving, work and the pain of being a Burnley supporter
