Category: Featured
New issue of The BV
October’s BV is out now!
Alec’s Field: the amazing story behind a legacy of cricket and kindness in Hazelbury Bryan
International bestselling author Victoria Hislop answers the Random 19 questions
Bad...
Dorset Farming
Weed whacking and the death of dairy farms
In the second of September's BV podcast – still in the new longer format which has proved popular – Jenny talks to Jane Adams...
Blackmore Vale What's on
More than cheese – Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival 2023
“Of all the blue cheeses, I love this one the best.”
A sharp elbowed lady ploughed through the crowds hovering by the samples and made...
A Country Living
Milking a clean image
Meet Dorset’s soap star Kirsty Hearne – creator of a thriving cottage industry selling goats’ milk and the soaps she makes from it
Most of...
Blackmore Vale magazine death notices
Gillian Matthews – the pioneering Paralympian who inspired others for 60 years
Gillian Matthews, who redefined athleticism, leaving an indelible mark on Paralympic history and on grassroots disability sports, has died, aged 87
When Gillian Matthews fell...
Local History
The mysterious journey of AlanTuring’s documents, from Sherborne to America – and back
An astonishing tale of undercover archivists, FBI involvement and the triumphant return to Britain of the stolen Turing documents
“He does not seem to have...
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