Get ready to stomp and explore – Dino Day is roaring back to Portland Museum on Wednesday, August 19. Little ones can get stuck into paper dino crafts, making their own prehistoric pals, or take on the Dino Eye Spy Challenge, hunting for hidden clues. There’s also the chance to paint your own fossil, get […]
For documentary photographer Carlos Guarita, photojournalism is capturing that moment which will matter. The exact split-second when visual and psychological elements align, in the moment which will shout: “I was here, this happened, look.” In 1974, Carlos was following the news on the military coup in Portugal. He left the London theatre group he was […]
Locally grown star PJ Harvey backed the final push to save Bridport’s historic Lyric Theatre, with a personal donation to its crowdfunder campaign to save the building’s roof. Urgent repairs are needed for the roof of the 250-year-old theatre. Tucked away on a side street in Bridport, The Lyric is one of those places people […]
Classical music fans will be in raptures as international soloists appear at the Opera in Oborne festival this summer. Every year, St Cuthberts Church in the village of Oborne, near Sherborne, is transformed into a theatre for a weekend of sublime sound. The event encourages first time operagoers and aims to make opera accessible to […]
Eight artists, all living within 15 miles of Eype, have come together to celebrate the colours and landscapes of the Jurassic Coast in a new exhibition. Wessex Artists will present their work in a show called Kaleidoscope at Eype Centre for the Arts. It features original prints, paintings and drawings by Alison Boyland, Sally Bowsher, […]
Who’d have thought the seismic shock of noise, energy and general mayhem that was punk rock was half a century ago? As a spotty, teenage oik in 1976, I certainly remember hearing John Peel play The Damned’s New Rose and blasting out the Sex Pistols’ Anarchy in the UK single (on the EMI label, obvs) […]
By Kim Berlin July marks the Council for British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology and our wonderful Portland Museum is joining in with their Nature Unearthed event on July 29 and 30, when the buildings and garden will become a ‘living archaeology’ experience from 10.30am-3.30pm. Weavers and dyers will give visitors the opportunity to handle and […]
Dorset’s renowned Victorian novelist and poet will be celebrated at the 27th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival from July 25 – August 1 attracting literature buffs from across the globe. Lectures from keynote speakers followed by panel sessions at the Dorford Centre in Dorchester will give academics and scholars the opportunity to present their […]
An urgent crowdfunding appeal has been launched to secure the future of Bridport’s 250-year-old cultural landmark, The Lyric Theatre. Already, the Under This Roof appeal has raised more than £66,500 towards £100,000 needed for vital repairs before irreversible damage destroys the roof of the Grade II listed building. The Lyric’s roof has deteriorated badly over […]
The ghosts of Portland Fair are to be evoked as the island’s b-side festival returns this September. The annual celebration of creativity is this year looking to embrace the island’s oddness, and otherness under the title of That Other Place. Eleven artists have been commissioned to conjure up a parallel Portland, familiar but off kilter, […]