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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...

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...

The Dorset surgeon who rescued the Elephant Man and saved Edward VII

Sir Frederick Treves, who died a century ago this month, was one of Dorset’s most famous men – Rachael Rowe reports On 15 February 1853,...

If you can hang it on a wall, we can frame it!

As Douglas McLeod Period Frames enters its fifth decade in Salisbury, Gay Pirrie-Weir finds out the essentials of the perfect picture frame You might be...

Paul Atterbury, Antiques Roadshow expert, answers the Random 19

From puppeteer’s son to TV authority: one of the nation’s favourite experts talks antiques, art, and Andy Pandy Paul Atterbury is a writer, lecturer, curator,...

Housing in North Dorset – how to do it better

With elections looming, North Dorset CPRE’s Rupert Hardy challenges unsustainable, unaffordable local housing strategies Sadly, we and others were unable to stop the North Dorset...

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Winter highlights and spring horizons at Wincanton Racecourse

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From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England | BV Podcast

From fire engine funding battles to a fierce defence of rural England (by way of a silk loom), April’s podcast is rooted in Dorset...