February is here. Finally.
After what felt like the longest January on record, February’s BV arrives with muddy boots, sharp opinions and a slightly soggy squirrel on the cover – which feels about right, frankly.
This month’s issue tackles some big, uncomfortable stories. We look closely at the Dorset farmer prosecuted for animal cruelty. There’s a lot on the flooding – why it keeps happening, who’s paying the price, and what it means for communities who are increasingly tired of clearing up and starting again.
Elsewhere, we have the cheering news that the Government has finally decided that a 73% biodiversity loss probbably is seriously bad for everyone, everywhere, all at once.
So that’s good.
In actual good news, Dorset’s own world champion Ruby White had a very good weekend in Sweden. I won’t spoil it for you.
The letters page is bursting. Lizzie’s got us all making mac ’n’ cheese (like we need any encouragement). Tamsin’s let slip just how unhinged she and The Sass Queen actually are, and Rupert Hardy introduces us to the North Dorset farm labourers who were secretly trained to be Britain’s last, lethal line of defence.
Try it. You might likeit (but go and make a coffee first, you might be here for a while) (and grab a biscuit while you’re at it – calories don’t count when it’s raining. True facts.).
