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  • Adorned by Nature talk by Wolfgang Grulke

    Oborne Village Hall Oborne, Nr Sherborne

    At the evenings gets colder, Oborne Village Hall has invited author Wolfgang Grulke to warm us up with tales of the tropical South Pacific. Wolfgang is well known for his […]

    £10

  • A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times

    Digby Hall Hound Street, Sherborne

    A talk by Richard Spencer Foreign correspondent for The Times From Arab Spring to Ukraine Winter Wednesday 12th April 2023 Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne 7:00 for 7:30pm Tickets - […]

    £12.50

  • Ruprt Brooke’s Poetry at Shillingstone Station

    Shillingstone Station St Patricks Industrial Estate, Station Rd, Shillingstone,, Blandford Forum

    Local poet David Caddy will lead a short walk along the North Dorset Trailway and will read poems by Rupert Brooke in the railway carriage at Shillingstone Station. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rupert-brookes-poetry-at-shillingstone-station-tickets-571742726887

    £10

  • The Tennis Champion who Escaped the Nazis

    1855 Building Old Market Cross, Sturminster Newton

    Writer Felice Hardy tells the remarkable story of her grandmother, who escaped the Nazis in WW2 Vienna and played tennis at Wimbledon.

    £8

  • Beyond Tess

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    Michael Langridge, in conversation with Dr Tracy Hayes , talks about The Second Mrs Clare, his sequel to Thomas Hardy’s ‘Tess'. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-tess-tickets-567919902717

    £8

  • A Test Pilot’s Story

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    Writer Chris Taylor talks about his extraordinary career as a test pilot both with the Royal Navy and with civilian aircraft. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-test-pilots-story-tickets-578649094017

    £8

  • Nature’s Wonders

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    Jane V. Adams talks about her latest book, Nature's Wonders, and how nature inspires her writing. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/natures-wonders-tickets-593662870627

    £8

  • Fitz Fun

    Okeford Fitzpaine Recreation Ground Castle Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine

    A family fun day in Okeford Fitzpaine. Free with donations to the play park upgrade project. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1163220527553321

    Free

  • Medical Detection Dogs a lecture by Joanna Gardiner

    29 September. The Blandford & District branch of the University of the Third Age invites you to a lecture at 2 pm at Durweston Village Hall, where Joanna Gardiner will […]

    Free

  • Words, Music and Silence – The House of Life

    Arts University Bournemouth Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown

    This lecture recital will consider Ralph Vaughan Williams’ settings of 6 sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1904). The first of these to be composed was 'Silent Noon’; singer Julia Hollander […]

    Free

  • PETER OBORNE – TALK

    "The Assault on Truth, Threat to Parliamentary Democracy" at Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. 7.00 for 7.30 - Tickets: £15.00 from Winstones Bookshop or Mary [email protected] 01963 251255 or […]

    £15

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