Category: Letters & announcements

Letters to the editor of the BV magazine – the postbox is always open! [email protected].

Plus all community and perosnal announcemenmts published in the BV magazine.

Letters & announcements

Well now. I know it’s all very traditional for us Brits to talk about the weather, but really? It’s starting to push its luck...

6 February 2026

Letters & announcements

Forget these posh new years. I’m in the market for a low-mileage 2005. Maybe a well-cared for 1997.I miss being plain old sad about...

16 January 2026

Letters & announcements

It’s been a year, hasn’t it?Not the triumphant hoorah kind. More the head-down, keep-plodding, ‘is it bedtime yet?’ sort of year. Whether you’re a...

5 December 2025

Letters & announcements

It’s no big secret that I’m an Essex girl. Born and brought up in Southend-on-Sea on the smell of mud and cockles and the...

3 October 2025

Blackmore Vale magazine death notices

Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and lifelong advocate for the natural world, has passed away at the age of 91. Known for her groundbreaking...

1 October 2025

Letters & announcements

The rain has finally rained.And I’m neither a farmer, an equestrian, nor a gardener (I always point out to visitors oooh-ing over our garden...

5 September 2025

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10 October 20230

The equestrian summer season has been resoundingly normal this year – Sally Cooper spoke to competitors at the County Show to see why they...

Local History

23 February 20260

We had fewer correct guesses of last month’s mystery postcard which was of East Stour. We’re thinking his pick this month is the hardest...

Keith Birch on Girl Friday