Dorset artist Brian Rice on his Sixties’ London paintings
An interview at Bridport Arts Centre with the artist Brian Rice, exhumed from the archives to celebrate the current exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in London…
Read articleWhy Dorset villagers don’t go like the clappers on New Year’s Eve
Dorset tradition has it that the old year should go out like a lamb – and the new one come in like a lion. That’s why…
Read articleVideo: New bench fitted in Tudor Arcade, Dorchester
The new oak bench made for Tudor Arcade in Dorchester by Simon Thomas Pirie Furniture of Dorset has been installed and is now “officially open”, as…
Read articleNew Dorset bench is A: throne? B: love seat? C: question mark? D: fun?
Or E: All of those things and more? The answer, of course, is E, certainly in the eyes of its makers – the team at Simon…
Read articleWhy West Dorset has two CAMRA Pubs of the Year
MEMBERS of the West Dorset branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have broken with tradition and picked – not one – but two Pubs of the Year. One is in Bridport, the other near Sherborne.
Read articleArtist promises unCommonly entertaining look at Powerstock
Passengers are promised “a special intervention” by Ms Dean to entertain them on the way from Bridport to Powerstock Hut
Read articleArt, science and mischief on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
I’m looking forward to this very much indeed. How much mischief will Proboscis make at Burton Bradstock?
Read articleNew website for top Dorset parish magazine
The new Eggardon & Colmer’s View website includes a tremendous picture of Colmer’s Hill by Higher Eype photographer Andy White, one of the best images of this famous West Dorset landmark I’ve ever seen.
Read articleDigital first for Dorset at new Bridport festival
A NEW digital edition of The Waste Land, by the UK’s favourite poet TS Eliot, is to be shown in public for the first time in Bridport.…
Read articleOne man; 63 breweries
THIRTY years ago one of the unsung heroes of British brewing began criss-crossing the country with sacks of malt. Brian Wood started carrying malt for Hugh…
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