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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...
News
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...
Local History
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,...
Dorset Art and Antiques
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...
Random 19
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,...
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