A little more from your Marshwood Vale Magazine. Chronicling the people and events that make up West Dorset, East Devon and South Somerset.
In August, film Director, Producer and Distributor David Nicholas Wilkinson will come to Lyme Regis for a screening and a talk about his new film Postcards from the 48%. He spoke to Fergus Byrne about his motivation, his passion and Read more »
“Thames.. Dover.. Wight. Portland. Plymouth. Biscay: South Finistère: South Westerly gale 8 storm 10 decreasing to 6 gale 8…” A vicious low pressure on our doorstep took us all by surprise. Deceptive to say the least. It veered north Read more »
James Crowden sees the ‘sparkle and shimmer’ of a collection of Woodland writings Just imagine a world without wood and woods. Where would we be? Imagine a world without the texture of wood, the sight of grain, end on and Read more »
When I opened Fergus Byrne’s biography of Felix Dennis (More Lives Than One, Ebury, 2015), I knew precious little of his subject save for the Oz trial. Dennis was one of three defendants put on trial for obscenity for publishing Read more »
There was barely a dry eye in the house as the young voices of the B Sharp Vocal Collective rang out and raised the rafters of Exeter Cathedral last week. The Beer Quarry Caves Concert was the culmination of a Read more »
On a cold and frosty Saturday evening, on the 13th December, an audience of over 170 waited in anticipation of the annual event of Carols & Classics performed by Joseph Fisher and his Fisher Sinfonia at the All Saints Church Read more »
Concert Review by Anthony Pither – November 2014 Elaine Ruby, clarinet and Daniel King Smith, piano at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis on 30 October What made this recital so special? There were a number of reasons – a sense Read more »
As Big Draw Month approaches a series of drawing exhibitions and events are set to take over Bridport Arts Centre. Megan Dunford has been to visit an exhibition curated by David Brooke. Having previously been to the first drawing exhibition curated by David Read more »
After a gentle morning basking in the Bridport sunshine, participating in The Bridport Hat Festival – undoubtedly one of the South West’s wackiest festivals – an afternoon on the beach at Lyme Regis may have seemed an obvious choice for Read more »
The summer spectacle that is the Melplash Show once again cemented its standing as an unmissable summer event for locals and those from further afield. Basking in a sweltering heat, thousands of visitors made their way into the fields alongside Read more »