Never has there been quite such a hankering for the way things used to be. So we make no apology whatsoever for trumpeting the launch of what will be one of this summer’s first major gatherings — the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival.
As things stand, June 21 is scheduled to be England’s Hallelujah moment — or, as civil servants prefer to call it, the start of ‘Step Four’. For now, at least, that is the day when nearly all legal limits on social contact are due to be lifted.
Just two days after that, the gates will open at the Chalke Valley History Festival. Always held at the…
