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The skills that make Russell a champion hedge-layer

It’s an idyllic winter rural scene. Log fire roaring in his grate. Dogs sprawled at his feet. He sits with a sewing needle... methodically...

Seeing Beauty And Use In Other’s Discarded Junk

Steve Dimmer is a familiar face in North Dorset, having spent many years working for Harts of Stur in their garden centre department.  But his...

Fired Up with Dorset potter Jonathan Garratt

Meet the Dorset potter who moved 25,000 bricks to rebuild his kiln and start a new life near Shaftesbury. When Dorset potter Jonathan Garratt relocated...

Working in Dorset’s Highest Office

It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in forestry but two of Dorset’s youngest tree surgeons wouldn’t swap their sky-high office for any other...

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Stud Life | Foals in a flood and Soul Icon

Lucy Procter, co-owner of the Glanvilles Stud, shares a diary of life on a Thoroughbred stud.This month - double breeding and almost a hat...

Music and the Land: exploring the connections between culture and landscape in one of Dorset’s most beautiful locations

Springhead at Fontmell Magna, an ancient mill-house, mill-pond and gardens, is a fusion of natural beauty and human creativity. What better location for an...