Hear Eve talk about her amazing life, full of unusual twists and turns. From a cocooned life of privilege in-between the wars, to joining the WRNS to becoming part of a new elite category known as Night Vison Testers, to a happy family life after the war despite being impacted by sorrow and loss
What does it take to win the 2018 Women in Defence “Innovator of the Year” award? Passion, curiosity and a lot of determination!
Listen to Bishop June talk about her journey from inner city Manchester to bishop in the Church in Wales via the Deanery of Salisbury
Two of the most striking Victorian buildings in Salisbury were constructed by the business run by Frances Hale
Dr Rosa Salome Pelly was a remarkable woman. Daughter of Bishop Wordsworth she read medicine at Oxford combining her career with being mother of 5 children. As well as reading her story you can listen to her daughter Robina talking about her mother’s life
You may not recognise the name but many reading this will have seen the amazing art exhibitions at Salisbury Cathedral. Listen to the story of how Jacquiline made the journey from growing up in apartheid SouthAfrica to Visual Arts Advisor at Salisbury Cathedral
Mrs Maria Ridout (née Corp) 1814-188 Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express by Frank Brooks (1854 – 1937) With kind permission of the Salisbury & South
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
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
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 Herbert Countess of Pembroke, was one of the most influential literary figures of the Renaissance era