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Category: Book Corner

Their Favourite Books…

To finish off 2020 on a warm and happy note, we randomly selected some of our columnists and local community pillars for a book...

Books for Christmas gifts

Who rode to hounds in Wiltshire on an elephant? How many new houses are being built for the military on Salisbury Plain? What’s the traditional...

Dorset’s Top100 Fiction books are in!

Last month Dorset Libraries asked for your nominations for your top fiction books of all time. We know - It's the sort of dilemma that...

Voice of the Books | November 2020

Time and again this year, I've heard people commenting that one of the good things to have come out of 2020 has been the...

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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...

Is it actually climate change – or just weather with better graphics?

Dorset NFU’s Tim Gelfs asks why questioning costs, data and green policies now risks branding you a sceptic rather than sparking discussion So, is Mr...