Welcome to Rural Voices, our new monthly series of carefully curated talks served with a full cooked breakfast!

Get your weekend off to a fantastic start - arrive at 9am for a delicious home-cooked breakfast made with locally sourced produce from September House smallholding, Till Valley Eggs and more (vegetarian/vegan/gluten free options available). Then, whilst you drink a cup of fresh-ground coffee, enjoy a talk exploring our theme of Rural Creative Communities. We are inviting a range of fascinating speakers including farmers, writers, artists, historians and much more - many of them local - who all share an interest in rural communities and the many varied ways we can find collective strength and resilience.

Our speaker for March is historian Dr Andrew Pickering who has lived in Selwood Forest for over 30 years, initially in Frome and more recently in Bruton. He is a University of Plymouth associate lecturer and the author of a wide range of papers and books including The Witches of Selwood: Witchcraft Belief and Accusation in Seventeenth-Century Somerset (The Hobnob Press, 2023). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Chairman of the Bruton Museum Society.

Please arrive promptly at 9am for breakfast, the talk will begin at 9.45am.

BOOK NOW! Tickets are just £12.50 (discounted to £10 for Horningsham residents - use the code 'horningsham' at check out). All profits go to the Village Hall Regeneration Fund.

If you need any help with booking please contact cherry@horningshamvillagehall.com

Contact the host of Rural Voices with Dr Andrew Pickering