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Historic Somerset cheese is the people’s choice

Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar wins the first People’s Cheese Championship, organised by new campaign group The Real Cheese Project One of Somerset’s most historic, traditional,...

Let’s get organised this Christmas

Heather Brown is preparing: she has easy tips for baking the cake, making mincemeat, and sourcing local Dorset produce for a festive feast Now that...

Dorset’s lifetime achievers

At this year’s Love Local Trust Local Awards, a new honour was introduced to allow us to recognise not only those currently creating the...

Venison Chilli

We asked local chef Philippa Davis, the food writer for The Field, for the best place to start when cooking game. Philippa also researched...

Go wild in November

With British Game Week in November, now is the time to try some of the area’s best wild food from The Dorset Game Larder It’s...

Celebrating the greatest tastes

Local cheese-makers Lyburn Cheese took home the Golden Fork for the best English product at this year’s Great Taste awards night Battersea Arts Centre might...

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The end of an Eventing era

William Fox-Pitt bids a quiet farewell to 5 Star Eventing – Sally Cooper talks to him about his plans for training and breeding …...

The BV puzzles – January 2026

Welcome to January's BV Puzzles page – your free spot for a quick brain workout. Complete the crossword, test your logic with a classic...

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