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  • 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 be speaking about Medical Detection Dogs. Please phone 01258 628079 for further information.

    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 and pianist Peter McMullin will focus on this song, its relationship to the rest of the cycle and especially the theme of silence. They analyse […]

    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

  • Discovering bats

    Bere Marsh Farm Newman's Drove, Shillingstone, Blandford

    Let's see how many bat species we can discover on this exciting bat walk at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by guest expert Mariko Whyte from the Dorset Bat Group, you'll […]

    £10

  • 42. The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

    The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

    42, The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams (Unbound 2023) is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book which trawls through the personal papers, drafts, scripts, notebooks and diaries of the much-missed humorous author (and later tech guru) Douglas Adams, who died aged just 49, in 2001. A famous procrastinator, Adams regularly berated himself within the body […]

    £8

  • The Long Arc with Robin Walter

    Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

    In The Long Arc, Robin Walter reads a collection of nature and environmental-themed poems accompanied by music and imagery. ‘The Long Arc’ consists of 3 pieces of writing on environmental […]

    £8

  • Marvellous moths and beautiful butterflies

    Bere Marsh Farm Newman's Drove, Shillingstone, Blandford

    Discover an array of moths and butterflies in the beautiful surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm in Shillingstone, Dorset. Moth expert Jack Oughton, will open the moth traps set out around […]

    £10

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