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

Abbey104 Album of the Month: Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure The Cure have never been a band in a hurry. While it’s true that they released six LPs in as many years...

Gillingham School Sixth Form surf trip

During October half term 72 Gilingham sixth form students travelled to the Spanish coast for the school’s biennial surf trip. This ever-popular trip was...

Grassroots to Gold Cups

Does Dorset Council actually care about the food and drink sector?

Welcome to The Grumbler, the open opinion column in The BV. It’s a space for anyone to share their thoughts freely. While the editor...

Join DocBike’s Santa Toy Run to Support Children at Dorset County Hospital This Christmas

DocBike has launched an exciting new ride-out event to bring festive cheer to children and young people at Dorset County Hospital this Christmas. DocBike’s Santa...

Frozen Dorset

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards with a suitably wintery feel – Sherbornians skating on the frozen lake in 1907, and the...

Godmanstone | 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...

Mid-century modern Blandford | POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards with scenes no doubt familiar to older locals – Blandford Forum a little more than 60...

Motcombe: 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...

A note from the seaside: POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards more modern than usual, and scenes no doubt familiar to older locals. Both were sent by...

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...
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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

Since 2012, Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival has helped to generate almost £400,000 for charities. More than £260,000 of this has been...

Ingredients 200g digestive biscuits 50g melted butter 400g cream cheese 75ml double cream Heaped tbsp caramel sauce 50g icing sugar Fudge pieces & caramel sauce to finish Method Line the...

You can easily make this pavlova dairy-free by substituting the cream for a non-dairy alternative, and it is naturally gluten free....

Make this Christmas the year you support local producers and make your Christmas tree, Christmas gifts and Christmas table special! Buying local...

Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar wins the first People’s Cheese Championship, organised by new campaign group The Real Cheese Project One of Somerset’s...

Heather Brown is preparing: she has easy tips for baking the cake, making mincemeat, and sourcing local Dorset produce for a...

Dorset Farming

Inheritance tax uproar shakes rural Britain

The recent budget has ignited rural anger and exposed...

Growing Christmas – one tree at a time

Dorset’s expert grower, Pete Hyde, gives The BV’s editor...

Autumnal catch up with the FCN

Farming is ruled by the seasons… but this year...

Harvest wraps up but there’s always a new challenge

A challenging harvest done but new TB cases to...

FCN – always there to walk with you

Barrie Cooper, a Blandford dairy and beef farmer, shares his work with Dorset FCN, providing vital support and assistance to local farmers in need May...

Dorset Wildlife

Have yourself a sustainable Christmas

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year …...

Our ancient neighbours

Wildlife writer Jane Adams explores the fascinating history and...

Fantastic fungi in Dorset

Dorset Wildlife Trust’s conservation officer Mariko Whyte takes a...

A firework of cinders

An early dawn drive captures the magic of mist,...

Wild Woodbury celebrates three years of rewilding success

From free roaming cattle to thriving wetlands – rewilding...

A firework of cinders

An early dawn drive captures the magic of mist, light and a sudden, spectacular dance of jackdaws for wildlife writer Jane Adams I’m driving to...

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