Hampshire's heroine

As emergency hospitals bearing her name open across the UK, we remember a Romsey woman who transformed Victorian nursing care

Touchy-feely

Emsworth artist Heather Bowring’s tactile artworks aren’t just to be looked at – they are designed to be touched

Sharing is not caring

Not another corona column. But this one isn’t about scaremongering, it’s about human behaviour – the good, the bad and the very ugly

Race against time

Shooting a new biopic about TE Lawrence’s final years held a particular urgency for its Lymington cameraman

BACK TO THE FUTURE

The Morgan Plus Six is a glorious salute to the past, but it’s also the most technologically advanced car in the company’s 110-year history

Cutting the curd

Cheese aficionado Louise Talbot, has been sharing her cheesemaking passion at Applegarth Farm Cookery School

Cowes' lost castle

On the 185th anniversary of his death we look back at architect John Nash’s fairy tale Gothic Isle of Wight home

ABSTRACT THINKING

While the acting world is on shut down Alresford’s James Murray can be found painting in his home studio

Win A Two-Night Country Pub Break

We’ve teamed up with Red Mist Leisure to offer one lucky reader a break for two at their pubs in Hampshire and Surrey with breakfast, dinner, a tour of Silent Pool distillery and a £60 voucher thrown in

Winchester FOR FREE

It’s not often that you get something for nothing yet an April trip to Winchester holds plenty of attractions that don’t cost a penny

Poems from the afterlife

New Milton poet Jacqueline Haskell’s prize-winning debut collection explores the world beyond

NOW YOU SEE ME

Winchester born magician Ben Hart is coming home following a career changing appearance on Britain’s Got Talent

Into the WILD

A pair of Hampshire adventurers are demonstrating that disability shouldn’t limit ambition in a series of international challenges

History under our feet

Amateur archaeologists are being encouraged to take part in a series of bank holiday digs to unearth Hampshire’s Roman past

Immortal bird

Volunteers and rangers are working to halt the alarming decline in nightingales in Hampshire by rewilding the habitat in Botley Woods

Harbour lights

Once a harbour master might have resembled a salty seadog. Emsworth’s Rowena Judd is part of a new breed looking after our coastal waters

BEE calm and soldier on

Are bees nature’s healers? Emma Caulton asks John Geden, soldier and detective turned beekeeper

A CELTIC celebration

Butser Ancient Farm will be marking the start of summer by burning a wicker man at their annual Beltain Festival

The first song of spring

For birdwatchers keeping an eye open for the return of summer migrants, the chiffchaff is one of the first heralds of spring, returning in March from its wintering grounds in southern Europe and North Africa.

PAINTING FOR AN AUDIENCE

Having begun her artistic career painting in front of Poole Pottery visitors, Ringwood’s Lindsey Cole wasn’t intimidated by a national televised art competition

Once in a LIFETIME

Hampshire’s country parks are receiving millions in funding to ensure their continuing survival

Small is beautiful

From witchcraft and German occupation to tasting island-produced goodies – we take a whistlestop weekend around Guernsey

SOME LIKE IT HOT!

Spice and heat lovers rejoice! Our bountiful county is brimming with a range of produce that will light a fire in your belly

Sailing into the record books

Lymington’s Jeanne Socrates is the oldest person to sail around the world solo and unaided – but her adventures aren’t over yet

Horticulture, health and helping others

Many people’s lives are touched by the National Garden Scheme, whether opening their gardens, visiting the beauties in our county or benefiting from the funds raised

LABOUR OF LOVE

A pair of watch enthusiasts in Emsworth have launched their own timepiece range inspired by the greats of UK engineering

Flying High

Having Climbed Everest and rowed across the Atlantic, a Basingstoke adventurer took to the air for his latest challenge

Barnstorming Style

There was a moment when Clare Cook thought ‘What have I done?’ as she reimagined a hop barn as a 21st century home

The forgotten forest

Wildlife photographer David Bailey shares memories from his childhood and his early inspirations in the New Forest

STAYING ON TRACK

A former secondary school teacher never dreamed her plan for her train-loving son would become an award-winning business