THE new series of Help Our Planet talks, by leading scientists, environmentalists and writers, continues at Sladers Yard, West Bay, on Wednesday 29th March, when Julia Hailes will discuss the practicalities and necessity of rewilding. Julia Hailes is a sustainability pioneer with more than 35 years in the green sector. She’s a campaigner, writer, speaker,…
THERE is a new literary event in our region, a celebration of fiction, on at the Grosvenor Hotel, Shaftesbury (pictured), until Saturday 25th March. Rosie King and Fran Hill, who write as Rosie Lear and Tiggy Hayes, have organised an interesting and varied programme covering different genres, including historical, crime, contemporary and children’s, and featuring…
A TRAIL inspired by The Lost Words has opened in Thorncombe Wood, a Local Nature Reserve three miles east of Dorchester, and will be available until April. Thanks to funding from Stepping into Nature community pot, you can pick up a leaflet from the Thorncombe visitor centre and follow the seasonal trail on the theme…
RUSSIA’s national poet, the creator of one of the world’s most famous and tragic love stories, Aleksandr Pushkin, is the subject of the latest talk by Graham Fawcett at Sladers Yard arts centre, West Bay, on Thursday 9th February at 7.30pm. Pushkin is revered in the West via the Russian composer Tchaikovsky as the creator…
THE winter exhibition at the Salisbury Museum in the Cathedral Close is Her Salisbury Story, running until 16th April 2023. It has been inspired by the Her Salisbury Story project and website, which aims to bring Salisbury’s heritage alive by exploring women’s stories, celebrating the lives of the city’s women past and present. The aim…
THE autumn and winter talks programme at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton continues on Remembrance Day, 11th November, with Richard Cooper-Knight talking about the Commonwealth war graves of Somerset. Richard published Death and Service which explores some of the stories behind the 800 First World War graves found across the county. Somerset Wildlife Trust’s…
TOLLARD Talks return to the village on Cranborne Chase on Friday 14th October with an unusual and exciting event, Chinese Boxing, a performance by Mark Kitto, an expert on the vast but mysterious country. The play is also being performed at Martock’s beautiful parish church on Thursday 13th October, at 7.30pm. The event is organised…
POET Greta Stoddart introduces her new collection of poetry, Fool, with an evening of readings and conversation on Thursday 29th September at 7pm. Greta will be in conversation with Gill Barr, who has read her own poems at Sladers Yard on several occasions. Fool, Greta’s fourth collection, is published by Bloodaxe Books and will be…
SLADERS Yard gallery at West Bay and Dorchester Arts are joining the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis in an ongoing series of events on the theme of Help Our Planet, beginning on Tuesday 27th September with Saving Butterflies and the Amazon. Proceeds of the event, which begins at 7pm, will go to the conservation charity…
THE autumn programme at the Dorset Museum in Dorchester explores how writers, poets, musicians and filmmakers have been inspired by Thomas Hardy. The talks continue onThursday 13th October withThe Real Woman Behind Tess of the d’Urbervilles, an online event at 7pm. Gill Donell will be joined by panellists Professor Angelique Richardson, Lady Edwina Grosvenor and…