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Alan Turing’s Legacy Shaping Sherborne, One Hundred Years On.

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In May 1926, with the country’s trains at a standstill due to the General Strike, thirteen-year-old Alan Turing borrowed a bicycle and cycled sixty...
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Behind closed doors for Dorset Architectural Heritage Week

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From a Cold War nuclear bunker and Victorian police cells to a house built around the salvaged interior of an ocean liner, some of...

The stones after hours: a different way to see Stonehenge

Still playing after 73 years at Lydlinch church

The women who got busy filling the gaps in Dorset’s dementia care

Dorset landmarks light up for Air Ambulance Week

OPINIONS

Where did the journalism go?

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I spent most of my working life as a local journalist, in a county far far away, and moved to Shaftesbury for a quiet...

Bite Back and be more Piddington

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Of all the many stories I’ve followed this summer, the one that has stayed with me is the row in the Oxfordshire village of...

Dorset History

Dorset History

In the playground before the First World War

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This month, Barry Cuff takes us back to school with four pre-1914 postcards from his collection, each offering a glimpse of Dorset playground life...

From Thomas Hardy to Game of Thrones: every village had a Dorset Ooser

From the King of Smugglers to a royal pardon – the redemption of Isaac Gulliver

Dorset at the crease – from the garden to the beach

Name that mystery village …

wildlife

Dorset Wildlife & Animals

The trouble with seagulls

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They’re bold, opportunistic and your chips are not safe near them. But wildlife writer Jane Adams says Dorset’s gulls are simply making the most...

Take the kids on a wild day out in Dorset

Homeless, poisoned, starved … and squashed

Growing a wilder Dorset

One of Dorset’s last great wildflower meadows

September’s Dorset Life is here!

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This month the Dorset Life team is asking whether planning is becoming less democratic, why almost 7,000 people are still waiting for social housing...
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Dorset-born Muc-Off takes forest partnership back to its roots

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One of Dorset’s best-known brands is taking its environmental work back into the landscapes that helped shape its cycling identity.Muc-Off has signed a three-year...

James May joins Hall & Woodhouse to brew The Spanner

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Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has launched a new cask ale in partnership with broadcaster and pub owner James May.The Spanner is a 3.8...

Dorset butcher expands with chef-prepared range

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A Dorset online butcher with customers across the UK is expanding into the premium prepared-food market with a new range of dishes made by...

What can brands learn from the Bake Off?

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You need all the right ingredients? You should spend more time in a tent? That there’s no greater accolade than a Hollywood Handshake? Perhaps....

Rise of the ‘solopreneur’ prompts new Dorset start-up

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More people are choosing to start businesses on their own, with new research suggesting a growing number of freelancers, side hustles and micro-businesses are...

Equestrian

How The Sass Queen trained through Dorset’s driest summer

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After a summer of concrete-hard ground and relentless heat, Tamsin had to rethink how she kept The Sass Queen fit and sound – and...

Chasing speed, finding precision

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From North Dorset to the American rodeo circuit, Luke Burridge turned a teen family holiday discovery into a high-speed international barrel racing career Based in...

The one in which Basil and Jess represent Team GB and have an unforgettable...

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Wow… where do I even begin?Last month I wrote that I was anxiously waiting to hear whether Basil and I had been selected to...

Carl Hester MBE returns to where it all began

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An evening with the Olympic rider highlighted the work of the Fortune Centre, where horses are helping young people build confidence, skills and a...

Farming

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