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Author Archives: MV

The Father of Radar

In the February edition of The Marshwood in A History of Science in 20 Objects I mentioned that I would have included Radar. Radar was included in the Brooke Bond Picture Cards of 1975 which I also referred to, but Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
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Become a Friend of our Ancient Hillforts

A new project aimed at protecting Dorset’s historic hillforts has been unveiled by The National Trust. Margery Hookings finds out more. I’m lucky enough to live not far from the lower slopes of Lewesdon Hill in the west of Dorset. Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
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In Search of the Native Daffodil by Philip Strange

This year sees the 250th anniversary of the birth of the English romantic poet William Wordsworth. One of his most famous poems, Daffodils was inspired by an extensive drift of the flowers he encountered growing along the shores of Ullswater Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
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Oliver Letwin’s Apocalypse

Long before the coronavirus outbreak, The Right Honourable Sir Oliver Letwin was heavily involved in learning about Britain’s resilience in the face of what is termed a ‘Black Swan’ event, i.e. an event that is very rare. What he discovered Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
Posted in Features | Tagged Fergus Byrne | Leave a reply

UpFront 04/20

Although it’s only a few weeks since I talked with Oliver Letwin about his book Apocalypse How? it feels like a very long time ago. We discussed his concerns over our heavy reliance on technology and the difficulties that this Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
Posted in Editorials | Tagged Fergus Byrne | Leave a reply

David Bracher

Robin Mills met David Bracher at Chaffcombe, Somerset ‘Although my mother was living in Welling, Kent, in 1947, I was born in the Mother & Baby home in Tunbridge Wells because, as I understand it, Woolwich hospital had been severely Read more »

Posted by MV on 06/04/2020
Posted in People | Tagged Robin Mills | Leave a reply

The Frozen River

The story of how Somerset author and poet, James Crowden, travelled up the Frozen River in the Northern Himalaya is the subject of a new book. Robert Twigger has travelled the pages.   James Crowden was a young army officer Read more »

Posted by MV on 20/03/2020
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Sophy Roberts

‘Before I was born, my father worked as a journalist. He wrote a story about fish farming in the former Rhodesia, which gave him an idea to set up his own trout farm in the UK. He wanted to farm Read more »

Posted by MV on 20/03/2020
Posted in Features, People | Tagged Fergus Byrne, Robin Mills | Leave a reply

So Annoying!…

Thank goodness February has gone. Good riddance. It’s been dark and rainy and windy and wet and generally damp and dismally poo. No wonder I’ve caught an acute case of GOM disease… G.O.M. standing for “Grumpy Old Man”. The only Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/03/2020
Posted in Laterally Speaking | Tagged Humphrey Walwyn | Leave a reply

Robin Mills at 100

Dorset based photographer, Robin Mills, has been contributing to this magazine for many years.  This month, celebrating his 100th contribution, Robin takes time to reflect on a life of farming and photography.   Unrelated events drew me into taking photography Read more »

Posted by MV on 10/03/2020
Posted in History & Community | Tagged Robin Mills | Leave a reply
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