Category: A Country Living

Wet, dried and fried

Filleting since he was 14 – meet the fourth generation fishmonger with no better fish to fry when it comes to his life choices....

Up on the roof

Far from drawing life’s short straw, Master Thatcher Mike Howe switched career to own an artisan business and teach future generations an ancient skill Mike...

Full bloom in the flower business

Charlotte Tombs’ successful flower farming business grew out of one packet of sweet pea seeds and some Instagram inspiration. Tracie Beardsley reports ucked away near...

Sophie’s sausages are the sizzle

‘Don’t sell the sausage. Sell the sizzle.’ Sophie Baker is managing to do both brilliantly with her award-winning sausage business, reports Tracie Beardsley Sophie Baker...

Early rise in the bread shed

It’s a baker’s dozen of working hours for David Mirus, perfecting his sourdough before Wimborne awakes. Tracie Beardsley reports in A Country Living As a...

A greener goodbye

In a remote barn in Dorset, with pigeons and podcasts for company, Sophia Campbell is quietly revolutionising funerals with her reusable coffins and environmentally-friendly...

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Stable lunch

Weird weather means the mares are still out, and the Glanvilles Stud team had to magic up a pop-up restaurant, says Lucy Procter The warm...

How Dorset Became One of England’s Finest Food Counties

There are counties in England with a food reputation that precedes them: Yorkshire for its puddings, Cornwall for its pasties, Kent for its orchards....