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Wessex Group raises £5,000 for Marie Curie

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Wessex Group has donated £5,000 to Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life charity, following a year of dedicated fundraising efforts. Each year, employees of...

Why is Dorset’s culture a competition?

Bryanston School’s charities weekend raises £20,000!

Global cocoa shortage hits Dorset’s top chocolatiers

Build, baby, build

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Book Corner

War, therapy and the wisdom of horses – Diana Robinson’s incredible story

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From rehabilitating traumatised animals to pioneering equine thermography, Diana has spent a lifetime learning their language – and teaching others to listen Diana Robinson’s life...
Equestrian Dorset

Four horses, eight tests

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It had seemed like such a good plan, but somewhere between tests two and eight, Jess Rimmer started questioning her life choices … Hello BV!...

Joe Tizzard on Cue Card, the Gold Cup and a Guinness or two

Chris Wald’s insider’s guide to Team Tizzard at Cheltenham

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Dorset Food & drink

Dorset Food & Drink

The Compasses Inn – food worth finding

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Tucked away in the tiny hamlet of Lower Chicksgrove (10 miles north east of Shaftesbury, a mile off the A30), The Compasses Inn is...

Tea loaf

Global cocoa shortage hits Dorset’s top chocolatiers

Help, hope …and great coffee

Wine geekery: the fun side of grapes

Wildlife & farming

The wildlife haven born from a happy accident

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Brownsea Island welcomes thousands of birds and visitors every year. Jonny Owen, Brownsea ranger explains how Dorset Wildlife Trust is stewarding this precious natural...

Devil’s Posy

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The scent, the colour, the folklore … wildlife writer Jane Adams says wild garlic isn’t just food for the table, it’s a tonic for...

Frustrating times for Rawston Farm

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Red tape, red tractor, and no red cards … James Cossins has had a winter of TB testing, audit headaches, and a well-earned break...

Dorset Cultivation Event Returns in 2025 – The Ultimate Live Action Machinery Show

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The Dorset Cultivation Event is set to be the standout Agri-Business Trade Event of 2025 in Dorset. Following its successful debut in 2021, the...
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March issue is HERE!

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In a remarkable interview, Rachael Rowe spoke to Eddy Scott in Kyiv about his road to recovery – and how he’d do it all...

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A COUNTRY LIVING

A Country Living

A binding narrative

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Peter Wiltshire learned the art of hand bookbinding from his father. Now, he’s restoring literary treasures in his own Dorset workshop Peter Wiltshire gently lifts...
A Country Living

Dorset’s master of strings

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Dorset luthier Jeremy Walsh on listening to the wood, a double bass jigsaw, holding a $15m Stradivarius and Friday night rave music In his self-built...

From farm to festive feast

Dorset’s keeper of the past

The 46-year tractor ride

The man who reads the stones

dorset walks

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