Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn
So, in just a few short weeks, we’re all going to know the answer. Will it be a yes or will it be a no? This is probably the most important question ever to be asked in the UK. Like Read more »
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Alice Dilke by Horatio Morpurgo
Watching the pterodactyls by Horatio Morpurgo Alice Dilke had already proved her worth as a reader for Victor Gollancz before she was taken on as a scout for Warner Brothers. She recommended a novel called Doctor No. It might, she Read more »
Life after Breaking Glass
Songs like ‘Will You’ and ‘Eighth Day’ were huge hits for Hazel O Connor in the 80s, but along with the iconic film, Breaking Glass, they were all part of a difficult music industry journey. Prior to her visits to Read more »
Snowdrops in Dorset
The snowdrop is one of the earliest flowers to appear, even in a hard winter. The pure white blooms anticipate the eventual arrival of spring and attract affectionate common names such as February Fair Maids, Dingle-dangle, Candlemas Bells, Mary’s Taper, Read more »
Hand and Eye
Every so often, if you are lucky, you can meet some exceptional artists and crafts people in Dorset. They are often hidden away in villages or remote rural locations and stumbling across them is an unexpected joy. Cameron Short is, Read more »
Working the Land
A new film being made in the Marshwood Vale highlights more than the beauty of the area. Filmmaker Lawrence Moore talks to Fergus Byrne Sowing the seeds for tomorrow; harvesting the bounty for the months ahead and observing newborn calves Read more »
Peter Whiteman
Julia Mear met Peter Whiteman in Axminster, Devon ‘I was born in 1942 during the war. My father was a carpenter in a jig shop of the de Havilland Aircraft Company. My mother was a nurse but if you married Read more »
Fire in Her Heart
Nikki Northover’s adolescent dream became a reality and her annual dance shows have inspired many of her students to reach for the stars. Katherine Locke talks to her as she prepares her next show. Nikki Northover is proudly sitting in Read more »
Arthur
Normally I try to keep to facts and dates, but today I am venturing into myth and legend. Recently I read a novel King Arthur’s Bones, which led me along this path. Imagine the mist rising from the Somerset Levels Read more »
A New Lease of Life
Charity comes in many different guises. Margery Hookings has been talking to an old friend who has dedicated her life to looking after and rehoming racehorses. I still feel slightly guilty that when I was about ten years old Read more »