Artist hopes exhibition will 'repay iconic museum'

An artist hopes his first exhibition will repay a museum that has become a "cultural icon" in his city.

Former Wiltshire soldier Roy Wilde is "delighted" that Salisbury Museum is staging his The Downland and Valleys of South Wiltshire exhibition, which is running until mid-July.

Mr Wilde, who served for 37 years in the Royal Fusiliers, started painting and volunteering at the museum after he retired.

He hopes his paintings, which includes several views of Salisbury Cathedral, will offer a "little bit of a repayment", because he sees the museum as a cultural icon that is "overlooked by a lot of people".