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Hardy Monument walk with big views | 10.5 miles

This day's walk (we took more than four hours, with some nice stops along the way) sets out along the South Dorset Ridgeway with...

Sails to charcuterie, via dancing mice and Asian hornets | BV Podcast

In this episode of the BV Podcast, Terry Bennett and Jenny Devitt explore fascinating local stories from Dorset. Topics include the historical significance of...

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Sails to charcuterie, via dancing mice and Asian hornets | BV Podcast

In this episode of the BV Podcast, Terry Bennett and Jenny Devitt explore fascinating local stories from Dorset. Topics include the historical significance of...

Crowds flock to celebrate 25 years of Cheese Festival magic

Back when Sturminster Newton held its first Cheese Festival in 1999, there can't have been many who envisaged its popularity being so long-lasting that...

Hinton St Mary : Then and 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...

Notes to a sister : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a pair of postcards sent from Milborne St Andrew – quite by chance he has two cards sent...

The English Hippocrates

Thomas Sydenham, one of the most prominent physicians in 17th century England, was born 400 years ago, just ten miles from Dorchester Known as the...

St Basil’s mysterious,extraordinary font

The allure of a mysterious Saxon font in Toller Fratrum’s tiny church has fascinated artists for a century, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy n 1934, the...

Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Forty years on:the Bourton Village Video

A window to 1983 – a time when the village suffered endless traffic jams, but there were two pubs and two shops … and...
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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

I think a homemade jam makes any cake or scone taste incredible – I will often go that extra mile when...

Fanny Charles talks to James and Lucy Smart, who are celebrating ten years of running one of this country’s finest charcuterie...

We’re excited to bring you the very first official pre-show magazine for Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show! It's been a special...

On 3rd September, more than 150 people gathered in the splendid Members Pavilion at The Dorset County Show to celebrate the...

This recipe started out as a bit of an experiment but has now become a reliable go-to if I am looking...

Wilfrid Shon is making some of the best gin in the world in a Dorset farmyard – and its Asian kick...

Dorset Farming

Harvest complete, but TB lingers

James Cossins reflects on navigating a challenging harvest, balancing...

A sting operation bee-hind enemy lines

The challenges facing pollinators are very real – but...

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Walk and talk with the FCN

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Labour’s subsidy silence is a worry

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Embracing FarmTok

The disconnect between comsumers and the food on their plates has arguably never been wider – Andrew Livingston suggests that social media can help Twenty...

Dorset Wildlife

Brilliant bryophytes

Steve Masters, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s ecologist, shines a light...

Baby Barn Owl’s

Local wildlife photographer Ian Nelson sent this wonderful set...

Exclusive: Charles Church – plus Dorset’s biodiversity crisis | BV podcast

The BV has an exclusive interview with renowned equestrian...

Tap dancing in the attic

Wildlife writer Jane Adams’ nocturnal visitors lead her on...

Wildflower planting at conservation farm

Native plants can help to boost biodiversity on the...

Tap dancing in the attic

Wildlife writer Jane Adams’ nocturnal visitors lead her on a quest to outsmart a quartet of attic mice in a whimsical tale of persistence As...

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