Is this a UFO near Bridport – or just the moon?
DOWNLOADING photographs taken around Bridport over Christmas, I suddenly found myself looking twice at this one, and wondering - what is that in the sky? Could it really be a UFO? Here’s a closer look. I have to say, I…
Cricket: But are they up to Chideock standards?
WHAT HEARTENING news from Brisbane this morning. The way Strauss (110), Cook (235NO) and Trott (135NO) batted they are almost up to the standard of the team I used to play for in the Crosby…
Bettiscombe and daffodils
Drifts of daffodils follow the small streams that trickle from under Pilsdon
Sir Anthony Jolliffe to retire as President of Society of Dorset Men
SIR ANTHONY JOLLIFFE GBE DL DSc has announced that he will retire, after 28 years as President of the Society of Dorset Men, at the annual meeting next April. The only Weymouth man to…
We’re MAD. Come round to Our House
A HALLOWEEN murder mystery night in Bridport proved a marvellous success for the town’s newest amateur dramatics group. Marvellous Amateur Dramatics (MAD) cast became movie producers, directors and stars for the evening as…
Historian reveals how Dorset sailor died in Siberia
THE STORY of how a young West Dorset farm labourer came to be murdered in Siberia is uncovered in the November issue of the excellent parish magazine, the Eggardon & Colmer’s View. The…
Found on Chesil Beach wearing women’s underwear
In the latest issue of the London Review of Books, the essayist Stefan Collini reviews a new book by Jeremy Lewis, Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family (Cape, £25). It’s mostly…
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