November’s BV is HERE!

Inside the November issue of The BV magazine, the UK's Regional Publication of the...

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Growing Christmas – one tree at a time

Dorset’s expert grower, Pete Hyde, gives The BV’s editor Laura Hitchcock an insider peek at the secret life of Christmas trees ‘I started selling Christmas...

Spotting scams and Buffy the Dorset nursing legend| BV Podcast

From practical advice on scams to thought-provoking discussions on local environmental issues, and talking to a local community nurse – hosts Terry Bennett and...

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Growing Christmas – one tree at a time

Dorset’s expert grower, Pete Hyde, gives The BV’s editor Laura Hitchcock an insider peek at the secret life of Christmas trees ‘I started selling Christmas...

Spotting scams and Buffy the Dorset nursing legend| BV Podcast

From practical advice on scams to thought-provoking discussions on local environmental issues, and talking to a local community nurse – hosts Terry Bennett and...

Godmanstone | THEN AND NOW

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Mid-century modern Blandford | POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards with scenes no doubt familiar to older locals – Blandford Forum a little more than 60...

Motcombe: Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

A note from the seaside: POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards more modern than usual, and scenes no doubt familiar to older locals. Both were sent by...

Hinton St Mary : Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Notes to a sister : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a pair of postcards sent from Milborne St Andrew – quite by chance he has two cards sent...
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The Random 19 Questions

Paul Atterbury, Antiques Roadshow expert, answers the Random 19

From puppeteer’s son to TV authority: one of the nation’s favourite experts talks antiques, art, and Andy Pandy Paul Atterbury is a writer, lecturer, curator,...

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The Random 19 with actress Hermione Norris

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The BV magazine is a monthly digital publication which launched in August 2020, and it is in no way connected with the original, much-loved Blackmore Vale Magazine (owned by Reach PLC, and which ceased publication early the same year), nor with any other, more recently launched printed publication with a similar name. Never the free paper you pick up from the floor of the petrol station, The BV is the half hour read you spend a weekend coffee with.

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Dorset Food & Drink

Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar wins the first People’s Cheese Championship, organised by new campaign group The Real Cheese Project One of Somerset’s...

Heather Brown is preparing: she has easy tips for baking the cake, making mincemeat, and sourcing local Dorset produce for a...

At this year’s Love Local Trust Local Awards, a new honour was introduced to allow us to recognise not only those...

We asked local chef Philippa Davis, the food writer for The Field, for the best place to start when cooking game....

With British Game Week in November, now is the time to try some of the area’s best wild food from The...

Local cheese-makers Lyburn Cheese took home the Golden Fork for the best English product at this year’s Great Taste awards night Battersea...

Dorset Farming

Growing Christmas – one tree at a time

Dorset’s expert grower, Pete Hyde, gives The BV’s editor...

Autumnal catch up with the FCN

Farming is ruled by the seasons… but this year...

Harvest wraps up but there’s always a new challenge

A challenging harvest done but new TB cases to...

Government caught with its flock down

Coughs, colds and costly outbreaks … Andrew Livingston asks...

Nabbing the farming vote

Andrew Livingston found some unexpected optimism in May, but the General Election introduces new complexities and decisions for farmers May was a slightly odd month...

Dorset Wildlife

Fantastic fungi in Dorset

Dorset Wildlife Trust’s conservation officer Mariko Whyte takes a...

A firework of cinders

An early dawn drive captures the magic of mist,...

Wild Woodbury celebrates three years of rewilding success

From free roaming cattle to thriving wetlands – rewilding...

Going, going, gone!

It’s the unsung hero of autumn: as other blooms...

Owls in the combine

Farming columnist George Hosford had surprise farm guests this...

Going, going, gone!

It’s the unsung hero of autumn: as other blooms fade, ivy flowers offer insects a final feast before winter, says wildlife writer Jane Adams As...

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