Alex Brooks has been making bespoke wooden garden furniture for years with his brother Ed. Ed is a landscape designer based in London, but also has Ed Brooks Furniture which sells specialist garden furniture, with pieces personally designed for his Read more »
There is a buzz of activity in the kitchen at Tierra restaurant in Lyme Regis. It is the morning of a new seasonal menu change and Mark Evans, owner of the vegetarian restaurant, along with his sous chef, Channing are Read more »
Much like the building that houses Antiques Bazaar, it’s owner Anthony Bucke, also has an interesting story. Prior to being an Aladdin’s cave to all manner of antiques and collectables, the large vaulted building used to be a textile mill. Read more »
Every April and May, near the traffic lights in Bridport town centre a lady can be spied wearing a large brown hat, stood behind a table brimming with bright green asparagus spears. This is Anita de Greeff, of Bothen Hill Read more »
Gabby Rabbitts is the newly appointed Director of the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis. She means business, and has a tall order to turn the tired venue around, but relishes what’s ahead, determined to transform the historic building into a Read more »
From her large beautifully designed open plan kitchen perched on top of Lyme Regis, Gill Coates provides workshops on how to make chocolates. Chocolate Amour has proved so popular, Gill is now teaching at Ashburton Cookery School. She learnt her Read more »
The owners of Cilla & Camilla, Richard Barker and his partner Sally Ann Palmer bought the original shop in Beaminster seven years ago. They kept the name but immediately started looking for new premises, as they were confident what they Read more »
Being creative is at the essence of Jolly Carter’s core. It has taken him to Chelsea School of Art in New York and back home to Dorset to start Dorshi, one of the county’s most progressive restaurants. Neither Jolly, whose Read more »
Brothers, business partners, travelling buddies, drinking cohorts and general muckers, the Ironmonger brothers Charlie and John do a lot of things together. Four years ago they set up Taddle Farm Tents, a marquee hire company which is expanding year on Read more »
Bang, crash, go the barrels as they are rolled across to the other side of the car park, where the empties are stacked. Paul Wiscombe, Landlord of The Anchor at Seatown’s childhood memories involve helping his parents at the pub Read more »