Category: A Country Living

When funerals are the family business

Tracie Beardsley meets a fourth-generation funeral director and discovers what it’s like to have a job that can be a conversation starter – or...

Oyez, oyez, oyez! For crying out loud!

He’s ‘cried’ on Glastonbury’s pyramid stage … Robbie Wiliams is a fan … Tracie Beardsley talks to Chris Brown, the voice of Wimborne When moving...

It’s a clean sweep

Mid-life career changes have led Martin and Jenna Lee to sweeping success – he’s a Master sweep and she is Dorset’s first female Guild-qualified...

Hunting humans for fun

Lifelong kennelman Jeremy Whaley’s hunting narrative shifts from tradition to innovation, prioritising the hounds’ skill over the hunt’s end ‘I was deeply anti-hunting,’ says Jeremy...

The leather lads

Tracie Beardsley meets Dorset craftsmen Chris and Ed, internationally recognised as two of the world’s best under-40 leatherworkers It’s a late Friday afternoon when I...

Hoppy days are here again!

Inspired by craft ales and Coldplay, Steve Farrell has brought commercial brewing back to Wimborne after a nearly 80-year dry spell Would you get to...

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First runs and winter prep

As the Tizzard yard gears up for winter, Chris Wald reports strong early form – and barn manager Jemma Sargent says there’s nowhere she’d...

Sweet potatomacaroni cheese

‘This is a great way to add some veggies to your macaroni cheese. I also use a creamy garlic cheese with a hard cheese...

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