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Letters to the Editor December 2025

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...

Letters to the Editor October 2025

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...

Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025): the Dorset girl who changed the world – and never stopped fighting for it

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

Letters to the Editor September 2025

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...

Letters to the Editor August 2025

This is our 60th edition – The BV is officially five years old.We launched in the middle of a global pandemic (because why not?),...

Letters to the editor June 2025

There is a new cat in the Hitchcock household.It’s taken us a long time to get here. After we lost Pog we weren’t sure...

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A yard full of potential

Foaling, backing, pretraining, first race under rules … owner Lucy Procter covers the full journey this month at The Glanvilles Stud Our only February foal...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

5th October 1976 – 14th December 2025 Angie passed away suddenly at home on Sunday 14th December, aged 49 years. Devoted wife to Roger, proud...

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