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Category: Dorset Island Discs

Turning ‘no-one likes olives’ into a business supplying Fortnum & Mason (via Take That)

Giles Henschel, the award-winning ‘oliveer’, who came to his national artisan brand by way of school expulsion, the Army, being deported from Libya with...

Dorset Island Disc’s with Abbey 104’s Taff Martin

“I’ve been lucky. I don’t need any credit, I just like to help where I can” Taff Martin is a surprisingly bashful Welshman; a Falklands...

Nocturin ‘Noc’ Lacey-Clarke Conservative councillor in Blandford |  Dorset Island Discs

“I grew up in poverty and was bullied at school” Nocturin ‘Noc’ Lacey-Clarke, 35, is a Conservative councillor in Blandford. He is not your average...

Dr Dominic Luckett, head teacher of Sherborne school | Dorset Island Discs

(Warning) Don’t listen while driving! A piece of music, scientifically established as the most relaxing ever written, reducing heart-rate, and inducing sleep to the extent...

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That’s not a lion, it’s a Lexus

Ah, the sweet sound of spring in North Dorset: birdsong, lambs bleating, engines revving … and my horse doing the fancy sideways samba because...

Why AI-Driven Entertainment Works Best in Short Sessions

The past 12 months in technology have been defined by AI. In 2025, it sat in an odd middle ground. No longer just a...

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