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Meet Your Local Shop (you’re eating all the pies)

Discover the faces and stories inside the village shop. This month we’ve been chatting to David Fawthrop who runs the Chettle Village store. How did...

The Elephant Trunk

Whilst most are mourning the long summer days, astrophotographers across the country are excited to see the longer hours of truly dark sky. The longer...

Off with his head | Tales from the Vale

The slow escape Big hoo-ha in Mappowder: a tortoise has gone missing (easily identifiable – it’s wearing a shell suit) which led my wife to...

The Iris Nebula

I’d like to start by acknowledging an amazing letter from one of the readers of the Blackmore Vale Magazine in last month’s edition. I...

Thomas Hardy too miserable to read | Tales from the Vale

I expected a storm of complaints about my last column which had a bit of a go at ‘famous Dorset novelist’ Thomas Hardy -...

The Pillars of Creation

Any keen Astronomer or Astrophotographer born before the early 90s will remember seeing the iconic image of the Pillars of Creation taken by Nasa’s...

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Rescuing Blackberry

Rescued Shetland pony Blackberry may be small, but overcame neglect to rule as the farm’s feisty leader with a big personality beloved by all Blackberry...

Gillingham Singers set to premiere new choral work

Following a sell-out performance of Fauré’s Requiem in May, accompanied by Concordia Strings and David Grierson, the Gillingham Singers return this month with something...

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