Category: Book Corner

Voice of theBooks | December 2020

As I am writing this, we are just about to come out of the second lockdown and are massively looking forward to welcoming customers...

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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The art (and precision timing) of breeding

Glanvilles Stud is deep in covering season’s intricacies; Lucy Procter unravels it while stud visitors delight in heartwarming foal cuddles As usual, the BV’s Courtenay...

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....