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

I came to the slightly surreal realisation this week that we now live in a world where we don’t believe a word the President...

3 April 2026

Letters & announcements

This month’s cover photo wasn’t meant to be symbolic. After our usual heated tussle and group vote, we finally plumped for the bright, buttery...

6 March 2026

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

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22 August 20220

The weather forced a change in the yard schedule, says Toots Bartlett, but it was an opportunity to discover how the horses might cope...

Days Out in Dorset

7 October 20260

As the nights draw in, it can be easy to just curl up on the sofa and wait for winter to arrive. However, autumn...

Charis Chow on Fish cobbler