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The cheese is back in Stur!

When the cattle market and the creamery closed at Stur, locals found a new way to keep the town on the map. Sturminster Newton was...

The Love Local Trust Local awards countdown has started!

With only a month to go, it’s time to sharpen those pencils, polish those keyboards and get your Love Local Trust Local award entry...

What’s in a name? A rose, rosé etc.

This month, Sadie Wilkins of Vineyards in Sherborne is keen to debunk the myth that all great rosé is born in Provence Shakespeare’s Juliet once...

Meet your local: Cerne Abbas Stores

This month Rachael Rowe met Jen Daly and Ken Peet, London expats who are the proud owners of the thriving Cerne Abbas Stores ‘We arrived...

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...

Great Tastes of the South West

Local producers Durslade Farm and Hollis Mead Organic Dairy are among the star turns in this year’s awards, reports Fanny Charles THE results of the...

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Point-to-point is back at Badbury!

Tickets for the ever-popular Countryside Alliance point-to-point, which will take place at Badbury Rings on Sunday, 19th February, are now available to buy online...

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...