Teals Farm Shop: the uplifting A303 deli and café backing 98 local suppliers
By Shirley Booth While driving along the A303 from West Dorset, many people, like myself, will have been intrigued by the huge signs
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Dorset author’s 45-year quest to tell Chou Pahrot’s story
Some bands win you over slowly. Chou Pahrot gave you about 10 seconds to either love them or run for the door, says
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Now and Then: Dorset’s last surviving friendly society, Stoke Abbott Sick Club
With Carlos Guarita An important piece of living history was captured by Bridport-based photographer Carlos in July when he attended the annual Stoke
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Lost Dorset hamlet of Elyston traced in 700-year-old records
Have you ever heard of the lost medieval hamlet of Elyston? Anne Brown spent over 30 years horse riding and walking dogs across
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Stunning stone sculpture wins Broadoak sculptor top prize in 13th Melplash craft award
A stone carver from Broadoak has won first prize in Melplash Agricultural Society’s rural craft competition. Ben Russell is an award-winning, classically trained
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PJ Harvey: 3 rare treasures on show at Dorchester Library
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is lending reproductions of items from its PJ Harvey collection for a display at Dorchester Library. The original
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Bayeux Tapestry: Dorset expert reveals the story of 1066 on battle anniversary
What can 70 metres of embroidered linen tell us about how a kingdom fell? The Dorchester-Bayeux Society has the answer. Retired Lieutenant Colonel
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Gavin and Stacey icon Alison Steadman is at Dorchester Literary Festival 2026
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, actress Alison Steadman, Wild Swans author Jung Chang and former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will headline this year’s Dorchester
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The Fleet Trow – remembering Chesil’s forgotten fishing boats
By Kim Berlin I have long been enchanted by that long ribbon of water that lies behind Chesil Beach – The Fleet. The
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Dorset fossils: 10-metre ichthyosaur unearthed on beach to star in exhibition
When Michel and Carine Plissart stumbled across dark shapes embedded in a bed of sandstone while exploring a West Dorset beach, they instantly