I looked up the definition of ‘internet troll’ recently, (people who post inflammatory or hateful comments online) after the Electoral Commission suggested that banning them from voting could help reduce the amount of abuse faced by politicians. The commission’s comments Read more »
Should you veer off the A35 towards North Chideock, leaving the main village of Chideock behind, you’ll meander down a tree-lined road, passing picture-perfect wheat fields, lampposts heralding an ancient church, slices of sky glimpsed through trees and pass a Read more »
Inspiration, aspiration and hard work combined has helped to produce a local clothes shop that has just been awarded Best UK Online Boutique. No small feat for Penny Callaghan, owner of Colmers Hill Fashion, located in Symondsbury’s Manor Yard. It Read more »
As another North Korean missile soars high over Japan and plops somewhere into the Pacific amid a global chorus of anger, I take a quick look at the calendar. My-oh-my! The Cuban Missile Crisis took place exactly 55 years ago Read more »
In a story that starts with an ending, Sweetpea Slight has written a keenly observed memoir about the vanishing world of London’s West End in the 1980s and 1990s. Katherine Locke talked to her about the changing times and her Read more »
In the 19th century Bradpole could reasonably be called a “sleepy Dorset village”, but now it is virtually connected to Bridport by ribbon development. William Edward Forster was born in Bradpole in 1818, the only child of William and Anna Read more »
Chard Carnival celebrates its 50th birthday on Saturday 14 October with a cavalcade of colour, lights and action. If you’ve never been to any of the carnivals on the Somerset carnival circuit, make a date now. You’ll not be disappointed, Read more »
Julia Mear met Donald Campbell in Colyton ‘I was born in London and a lot of my growing up there involved birdwatching on Hampstead Heath, watching cricket at Lords, football at Spurs and Arsenal. We were a big family, five Read more »