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April issue of The BV is HERE

Planning scandal, angry farmer, the UK's top farrier – it’s all go this month....

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The BV magazine – our home is in the Blackmore Vale, our heart is rural Dorset

Airwaves and elbow grease

When Abbey104 lost its studio, the community rallied – and now Sherborne’s radio station is stronger, louder and more local than ever ‘I only came...

Fuel prices are going up AGAIN?

A local expert from Citizen’s Advice provides timely tips on consumer issues. Q: I read that the Energy Price Cap is due to go up...

Repurpose the revolution

Repurpose the revolution

Jennifer Morisetti has sparked a grassroots fashion movement in rural Dorset rebelling against fast fashion and our throwaway culture ‘I joined the Navy and spent...

Eggs, Anger and Artisan Chocolate

Shrinking Easter eggs, three buses and a chocolate artist in WimborneIt’s April, the Easter chocolate’s out (if you can still afford it), and Dorset...

POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION: Bloxworth

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards sent by the same ‘N’ from Bloxworth, a village just to the east of Bere Regis,...

The house that became history

From a burgage plot to the woman who installed plumbing– looking back at the evolving centuries of stories of Wimborne’s historic museum As readers of...

The real Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in Dorset

North Dorset CPRE’s Rupert Hardy looks at Major Gus March-Phillips, whose daring missions helped shape the modern Special Boat Service Guy Ritchie’s latest film, The...

Gillingham | Then & Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Alderholt : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards sent from Alderholt in the early part of the 20th century Sent on 8th April 1920 to...

The woman who built a museum

In recognition of International Women’s Day, it feels fitting to look back this month at MED’s founder – Hilda Coles was a woman ahead...
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Matt Brady, creator of Ballet Under The Stars at Hatch House as Director of The Covent Garden Dance Company is celebrating the event’s return...

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The BV magazine is a monthly digital publication which launched in August 2020, and it is in no way connected with the original, much-loved Blackmore Vale Magazine (owned by Reach PLC, and which ceased publication early the same year), nor with any other, more recently launched printed publication with a similar name. Never the free paper you pick up from the floor of the petrol station, The BV is the half hour read you spend a weekend coffee with.

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Dorset Food & Drink

This recipe is my version of a Shakshuka recipe. Traditionally this is a simple dish of spicy tomatoes with onions and...

The first of the Love Local, Trust Local 2025 social networking events was held on the evening of the 26th February,...

Social media has recently made your common old kitchen cooking oil a controversial choice – Expert Karen Geary looks at both...

Tucked away in the tiny hamlet of Lower Chicksgrove (10 miles north east of Shaftesbury, a mile off the A30), The...

This simple and not-too-sweet loaf bake requires no fancy equipment – just a little time to steep the dried fruit before...

Rachael Rowe spoke to two of Dorset’s artisan chocolatiers who are facing tough choices – but refusing to compromise their product Chocoholics...

Dorset Farming

Baroness Minette Batters named President of Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society

The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society has named a...

The green farming dream lies in tatters

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Helping hands for farming families

The Farming Community Network were thrilled to receive a...

Meat tax, tofu tyranny

The climate change committee wants us to eat a...

Spring is finally springing

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Bootifully shocking, Bernard | Farm Tales

Andrew Livingston highlights a recent Channel 4 documentary exposing the concerning food safety and standards at a Bernard Matthews’ factory https://youtu.be/fwwzEBnXFuA?si=GRsuaMzhlI1uWOFV Talking turkey in January is...

Dorset Wildlife

The wildlife haven born from a happy accident

Brownsea Island welcomes thousands of birds and visitors every...

Devil’s Posy

The scent, the colour, the folklore … wildlife writer...

Is it wildlife vs. development?

Imogen Davenport, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s director of nature-based solutions,...

Knock, knock …

Drumming through the stillness – wildlife writer Jane Adams...

A wetland revival

How Dorset Wildlife Trust is restoring ponds, protecting species...

Knock, knock …

Drumming through the stillness – wildlife writer Jane Adams enjoys the the signal of changing seasons in the rhythmic forest hammering Winter walks can feel...

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