Lush Places: From Screen to Page
Kazuo Ishiguro came on with Jonathan Coe to rapturous applause.
‘I’m missing Spurs v. Real Madrid for this?’ Mr Grigg said.
‘In the literary world, Mr Grigg, this man is bigger than Pat Jennings’s hands,’ I said, showing my age and also my ignorance of 21st century football.
Mr Grigg settled back and attempted to enjoy the interview…
Read articleWanted: Artists’ views of Dorset
Bridport-based arts and heritage specialist Crystal Johnson explains why she’d like you to share any knowledge you might have about Dorset’s historic connections with artists. FOR…
Read articleBridport Open Studios: Kit Glaisyer on painting West Dorset’s ancient landscape
ST MICHAEL’S Studios in Bridport are open to visitors this Bank Holiday Weekend, 10-5pm Sat – Mon. Kit Glaisyer writes here about his participation. I GREW…
Read articleWelcome to Tate Cattistock
IT’S A good question: which village in West Dorset has the highest concentration of artists? I would have guessed Nettlecombe, or perhaps Symondsbury, or even Chideock;…
Read articleBridport: Children’s gigs to brighten beach
FIFTY ONE cardboard gigs have been painted by children at Symondsbury School near Bridport, and they’ll all be displayed at West Bay this Sunday (April 25). Bridport’s…
Read articleBring back the Spirit of Bridport!
A CAMPAIGN has begun on Facebook to bring back the Spirit of Bridport to road signs welcoming people to the town. The Spirit of Bridport is the…
Read articleBridport celebrates a man who has lived by his wits
AN AMUSING show of cartoons by Sam Smith has opened at Bridport Arts Centre. The display on the walls of the café and the foyer celebrates half…
Read articleBridport: Artist portraits by portrait artists
News that stays news THE ARTIST John Skinner, when he lived in Bothenhampton, used to say to me: “Why can’t we have the kind of news which…
Read articleThey don’t make men like Norman Saunders-White anymore
Artist, librarian, teacher, performer, youth theatre and radio play director. Doodlebug-dodger, office boy, great reader, Kitcher Sinker, noise-maker, avant-gardist, Mr Punch, provocateur. Eighty this year, a…
Read articleA First Look at the Public Art Work proposed for the Dorchester to Weymouth Relief Road
Notes on the Earthscapes exhibition at Bridport Arts Centre, curated by Sherborne House Arts Part 1: The Project straightforwardly Described A SCALE MODEL of a sculpture to be…
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