Book Club
The Lit List – Mad as a March Hare
Top 10: books about insanity This month, we descend into madness with the best of fiction and non-fiction exploring insanity. Fiction Non-fiction
History
Burtonology: how to research family trees and house histories
We’ve put together some of the best and most accessible resources available to help you discover more about your local history. Genealogies If you’re already researching your family tree, or you are thinking about getting started, you may be aware of Ancestry. But did you know that Wiltshire Libraries provide Read more…
Bookmark
Lit List: Burton Book Club 10th Anniversary
This month the Lit List has been taken over by the Burton Book Club as they celebrate their tenth anniversary. When the Book Club first came together in March 2014, who knew that we’d still be going strong ten years later. Over that time we have read everything from enduring Read more…
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for February 2024
Love Untold (2023) by Ruth Jones Summary Grace is about to turn ninety and she doesn’t want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants a quiet celebration: her daily swim in the sea and a cup of tea with granddaughter Elin and great-granddaughter Beca. More than anything, she wants to Read more…
Natural Science
Home Woods Nettleton Protected Verge
Article by Julia Howey Since 2021, a team of Parish volunteers has been managing four verges as part of a Wiltshire Council Highways initiative to showcase and promote wildflower friendly management cutting schemes for roadside areas. Verges are home to almost half of our native flora so they really need Read more…
Events
Burton’s Garden Birds Need You
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, Friday 26th – Sunday 28th January Sign up to join the world’s largest garden wildlife survey organised by the RSPB. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers like you take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring. By registering you Read more…
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for January 2024
Everything is Everything (2023) by Clive Myrie Summary As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cover to cover and dreamed of becoming a journalist. In this deeply personal memoir, he tells how his family history has influenced his view of the Read more…
Book Club
The Lit List – Best of 2023
Top 10: best reads of the year A retrospective of our favourite reading during 2023, not necessarily published this year, in fiction and non-fiction. These are books that stay with you long after the last page is read.
