In the early decades of the 15th century, the small city state of Florence was the birthplace of an astonishing, bloodless, revolution, now known as the renaissance. Many of its painters, composers, musicians, architects, thinkers, philosophers and patrons knew and influenced each other. None more so than the sculptor, Donatello, (above) who created new worlds […]

Have your say on the Wiltshire Local Plan, with 16 drop-in events & an online event being held across the county. The Local Plan sets out the vision & framework for housing, infrastructure & land for employment growth for the next 15 years. The Chippenham drop-in event takes place from 3-7pm on Tuesday 3rd October […]

Do you remember having to ‘make do and mend’? Come along and enjoy sharing your memories with others, plus find out more about how people were ‘going green’ in the post-war years. You will be warmly welcomed by Julie Davis, the session lead and Local Studies Librarian at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre. Places […]

Training for representatives of community organisations that support local people who are struggling with bills or need extra support. The training is a 'train the trainer' style session so that delegates can confidently share the advice to other staff and volunteers within their own organisations and support their service users. The Wessex Water Tailored Assistance […]

A warm welcome awaits at the Memory Box Reading Group as we share memories and thoughts inspired by books about Wiltshire’s fascinating history. The group comes together once a fortnight to listen to extracts of books from the Local Studies Library on a topic of their choosing, with popular topics such as iron works, fairs, […]

Electrifying, witty and super-stylish, The Budapest Café Orchestra play a blistering barrage of traditional folk and gypsy-flavoured music from across the Balkans, Klezmer laments, Hungarian Czadas and their own unique re-imaginings of some of the biggest tunes ever written by the classical greats. Established in 2009 by composer and violinist Christian Garrick, this acoustic quintet […]

Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt is a Spiritualist Medium who is currently touring the UK with her successful Psychic / Mediumship Evenings. As a Medium Nikki Kitt aims to provide evidence of life after life by getting links from loved ones in spirit for people in the audience with amazing accuracy in descriptions, personalities and all […]

Come along to Chippenham Hub where Rachel Davi’s, the Wiltshire & Swindon Fraud Prevention Officer will be joined by local bank representatives to talk about how we can combat the rising crime of fraud in our town.

The Grief Opera may be the most moving show you see this year. "A brilliant musical rendition of the six stages of grief", "The most thought-provoking evening of my life", "Everything you would want from a work of art". "It will resonate with everyone who has lost someone and may help navigate grief in future". […]

Another year of this lovely family fun event around Pewsham. This year’s theme is Famous Films. Trail starts at King’s Lodge Primary School lots of fun on the playground with refreshments, BBQ, games, Tombolas, stalls and more.