Finding the cool red giant of winter
Starwatch night sky events with Bob Mizon MBE of the Wessex Astronomical Society. The twinkling stars of winter are especially…
Get aboard bay run with global sailor Pip
World renowned solo yachtswoman Pip Hare is encouraging runners and joggers to support their local charity hospice, Lewis-Manning Hospice…
‘Caring’ firm in awards final
Wimborne law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors has won a place in the finals of national legal awards for its…
A ‘Darzet’ tea with Mr Barnes
by Lorraine Gibson. Dialect poet William Barnes relished Dorset’s country dances, folksongs and carols and often wrote about community celebrations…
Half-term’s looking bright at Adventure Wonderland LITE!
Beat those back to school blues – there’s LITE at the end of the tunnel. Dorset’s top family theme park…
It’s the write kind of festival
by Faith Eckersall. Bournemouth Writing Festival has announced all the writers and events it’ll be holding at the brand new…
Fascinating show is a bit of an enigma
by Lorraine Gibson. It’s no secret that the intelligence gained from the Enigma Machine is reckoned to have shortened the…
Planting the seed – Leaf it out!
Words and pics by Jo BELASCO, a former allotmenteer, forager, amateur herbalist, pickler and jam maker who squeezed her…
Join the kids and get nature ‘Knolledge’
by Lorraine Gibson. Children are great at being outdoors. They’ll hunker down and spot tiny details in nature that grown-ups…
Long-term unpaid caring on the increase
by Lorraine Gibson. Statistics are all very well, but they can screen the bigger story. Recent Census data shows fewer people…