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April issue of The BV is here!

Welcome to April’s BV – where fire station closures meet the farmers' Golden Buzzer...

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

Celebrating Dorset, rebuilding trust

We have just two months left – the Love Local, Trust Local 2026 Awards close at the end of May! What a wonderful year...

It’s a busy April at the Exchange

The programme at The Exchange in April includes two great films (The Choral with Ralph Fiennes, and the Oscar-sweeping box office smash Hamnet), the amazing Budapest Café...

Two Dorset farmers get theGolden Buzzer

When Jeremy Clarkson’s Farmers’ Choir hit the Golden Buzzer, two Dorset voices were at the heart of a performance carrying more than harmony The Hawkstone...

Rural fire cover under threat

Cuts will kill, warns Fire Brigade Union, as rural communities rally to fight proposed station closures and loss of engines The decision to close eight...

Churchill’s secret army, part II

Secret civilian networks, hidden transmitters and chalk-marked raids reveal how Dorset prepared for invasion in the shadows, writes Rupert Hardy During the Second World War,...

Meeting Mr Hardy: The Birdsmoorgate murder, Tess and Lady Pinney

Martha Brown, a widow married to a much younger man, John Brown, ran a little shop in the tiny village of Birdsmoorgate in the...

Dorset roads – a century of complaint

This month Barry has selected a postcard of Moreton School, sent in 1911 (right). The letter that follows was written by Hermann Lea, one...

Name that village …

Last month’s mystery postcard caused quite the kerfuffle on Facebook: it was of course Chettle! We’re thinking Barry Cuff’s pick this month looks rather...

Brixmis, the beret, the cow pat and the bomb

Among the artefacts in the Royal Signals Museum’s new Cold War exhibition is an object that looks entirely ordinary: a British Army beret. Yet...

Family forger who faced the noose found in the ‘R’ box

It was a cardboard archive box in a London library that stopped Rachael Rowe in her tracks.‘I pulled out this packet of papers labelled...
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Death Announcements

Farewell to Adrienne Howell

IF Mere had a 'national treasure' it would surely...

Angela Rebecca Teasdale

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Sir Tom Stoppard, 1937-2025

PLAYWRIGHT Sir Tom Stoppard, who was born in the...

The Random 19 Questions

G&S Show organiser James Cox takes on the Random 19 questions

In a bonus Random 19, we spoke to James Cox who leads the G&S Show team ahead fo the G&S Show. James loves dunking...

Robbie Cumming answers the Random 19 questions

How Robbie went from Gillingham High School to landing a seventh series on BBC4 with a 42ft narrowboat called Naughty Lass Robbie Cumming never imagined...

The Countess of Carnarvon answers the 19 random questions

Countess Carnarvon, the chatelaine of Highclere Castle, will be giving a talk at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton this month about her latest book,...

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

We have just two months left – the Love Local, Trust Local 2026 Awards close at the end of May! What...

Lizzie Crow is better known to most as Lizzie Baking Bird. From her tiny bakery in West Dorset, Lizzie creates an...

The Love Local Trust Local (LLTL) Awards are officially open for 2026, marking the fifth year of celebrating the outstanding farmers,...

‘This is a great way to add some veggies to your macaroni cheese. I also use a creamy garlic cheese with...

This year marks our fifth celebration of the amazing food, farming and craftsmanship that makes Dorset so special.Dorset leads the way...

‘Simplicity is key for this quick mid-week supper! This tart makes the most of Dorset produce: grab a roll of Dorset...

Dorset Farming

Celebrating Dorset, rebuilding trust

We have just two months left – the Love...

After the rain

A very long winter has suddenly been interrupted by...

Two Dorset farmers get theGolden Buzzer

When Jeremy Clarkson’s Farmers’ Choir hit the Golden Buzzer,...

Waiting for the shelves to empty

From fragile supply chains to frozen farm budgets, Tim...

Rethinking dairy in life after TB

TB relief at Rawston, but falling milk prices, ageing...

Seb the 13 year old pig breeder and Jess on balancing books and bridles

As always we kick off the month with the letters - editor Laura is looking at the allure of business awards, followed by all...

Dorset Wildlife

Public consultation opens on beavers’ return to Dorset

Dorset Wildlife Trust is inviting residents, landowners and businesses...

The skylark at Badbury Rings

Jane Adam’s chance encounter with an injured skylark at...

Let it bee spring

As spring gathers pace, Dorset’s gardens begin to fill...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour,...

The soft paws of spring

Pussy willow catkins are among late winter’s most generous...

Dorset’s winter colours

Winter may feel muted, but Dorset still offers colour, from evergreen trees and bright birds to fungi, mosses and lichens thriving in the colder...

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