Cornelia Funke
Often referred to as the ‘German J K Rowling’, in this podcast Cornelia talks about her love affair with Salisbury and the book she set in the city and its surroundings
Her Salisbury Story
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Olivia Chapple
You may have heard of the charity “Horatio’s Garden” but in this podcast you can listen to Horatio’s mother, Olivia, tell her story
Spotlight on a Volunteer
Listen to Jenny talking about the joys and challenges of being a Her Salisbury Story Volunteer
Ela Countess of Salisbury
Ela of Salisbury has been referred to as a ‘towering female figure’ who left an important legacy that lives on even today, over 800 years later.
Mary Sidney Herbert
Mary Herbert Countess of Pembroke, was one of the most influential literary figures of the Renaissance era
Margaret Duncan
Margaret Duncan was the first Lady superintendent of Salisbury Training School (later Sarum St Michael)
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers is best known for her detective fiction but she was much more than a popular novelist
Joan Popley
Joan Popley made a bequest property to support the poor of Salisbury which has lasted down the ages
Dorothy Lawrence
The only English woman soldier in the Royal Engineers 51st Division 79th Tunnelling Co. She is also remembered as the only woman who fought in the First World War disguised as a man.
Mary Alice Douglas
Mary Alice Douglas was a suffragist, educationalist and headmistress of Godolphin school for more than 30 years