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West Sherborne: housing help or housing headache?
Sherborne’s housing dilemma: Ted Howells examines the proposed West Sherborne development and its implications for the town’s future
In recent months, there’s been a lot...
Dorset Charity
Claire Allen’s Epic Walk
‘I’m surprised I’m still here!’ The Dorset woman’s year-long journey walking Britain’s entire coastline is raising money for the homeless
On a bitterly cold winter...
Dorset Island Discs
Robert Cowley, MBE – magistrate, volunteer and plumber – selects his Dorset Island Discs
He graduated from Cambridge and, to his father’s consternation, went straight into the family plumbing business – and he’s never looked back
Robert Cowley from...
Book Corner
A lifetime of footsteps
Christopher Somerville’s 35-year journey as a walking writer, chronicling Britain’s footpaths for The Times and The Daily Telegraph by Steve Keenan
Christopher Somerville has been...
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Right tree, right place, right reason … wrong tree, wrong place, wrong reason?
A forestry plan on farmland near Stourhead is proving contentious with the local community – Fanny Charles heard from both sides
It sounds like a...
Dorset Island Discs
Gwyneth Wentink, internationally acclaimed harpist, selects her Dorset Island Discs
She chose the harp over the recorder when she was five – Gwyneth talks about her life with her giant instrument as she chooses...
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