Kept Alive in Secret Locations
If you love Dorset Cider and are curious about old Dorset orchards or simply want to know what cider apples to plant when you...
Joanne Francis
Ever since man first learned to communicate, passion has been a source of huge inspiration – powerful emotions have compelled human beings to reach...
Coombe Farm Organic BBQ Box!
We have teamed up with local organic food supplier Coombe Farm Organic to offer readers a chance to win a free tasty BBQ Box.
All...
Pig Snout and Slack-ma-Girdle
Over the last hundred or so years Dorset has not been considered one of the cider counties like Devon, Somerset and Hereford, but there...
Join the Queue
You can wait a long time for a bus to come along and then a whole lot arrive at once. And in the food...
Lifelines
A community initiative for wildlife corridors in the Char Valley. By Owen Day and John Blanchard
As we emerge gradually from the lockdown, many of...
Dorset Seafood Festival
Basking in blue skies and sunshine, Weymouth had a particularly fishy feel to it at the weekend during the Dorset Seafood Festival.
The two-day event...
Tyskie and Pierogis
Big things come in small packages, an aphorism as true for gifts as it is for the diminutive Polish Delicatessen in Weymouth. Located opposite the train station, the Tardis-like shop sells thousands of Polish foods and drinks in an area the size of a large living room, and though a visit to the shop may not be the same as going to Poland, it is certainly the next best thing.
Around the Vale
Filmmaker Lawrence Moore has made a new film celebrating the history, landscape and the people of the Marshwood Vale. He talked to Fergus Byrne.
A...
John Fisher
‘I was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1971, but I don’t really feel like I’m from anywhere in England. My father was in the...
Jamon
The British, regrettably, have an awkward relationship with Spanish charcuterie. We demonstrate a gulf of misunderstanding that matches that of our most notorious Torquay...
Nature management bid gets thumbs up
A 50-plus year vision for improving nature in West Dorset is behind a successful funding bid by local charity West Dorset Wilding.
The Brit Catchment...