Saturday 6 February 2027, 5.30pm and 7.30pm, St Paul’s School Hall, Shepton Mallet   As the snowdrops emerge in February, a group of talented designers, stitchers, makers and models from…

When Robin Lane Fox said in the Financial Times last February that Shepton Snowdrop Festival was one of the two best snowdrop festivals in England and Scotland the organisers were delighted, and…

Planning is ramping up now for the 2027 Shepton Snwodrop Festival next year – the core dates are Friday 19 and Saturday 20 February 2027. More exciting details of the Festival programme will be…

  At the first fashion show the audience whooped and clapped and looked on in amazement at intricate paper dresses, a sexy tablecloth outfit, scary scarecrows, a flamingo…   It began with…

The nights are drawing in and the leaves are turning as our thoughts turn to spring bulbs, and snowdrops. In my garden, the oak trees have shed hundreds of acorns, a veritable feast for squirrels.…