Let us remember some of Dorset's previous roles and experiences of conflict and war with this wonderful stroll along the Dorset coastline....
Walking Through History is a History Documentary Series which follows Tony Robinson as he heads out on some spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes looking...
A new Internet show aims to blast open a new perspective on politics in Britain. Called The Red Line, by Labour Briefing TV, it will be a weekly Zoom-based event and will invite callers to help it expose fake news and highlight issues the mainstream media won't touch.
Presenter Jackie...
Helping to educate students across the country, coastal engineer, local resident and BCP Council employee, Lia Bennett, has shared her in-depth knowledge of Poole’s iconic sand dunes in new BBC Bitesize film.
Last summer Lia was selected to take part in short film about coastal management for a new BBC...
Bamber Gascoigne was born in London in January 1935 and died in London in February 2022.
Bamber Gascoigne went to Eton and derived from the land owning class.
He presented University Challenge from 1962 to 1987 before leaving to pursue other projects.
Here he describes his secret as a quiz master...
To address recent stories doing the rounds in the media, the Osmington White Horse is not at risk and doesn't need "saving". The current state of the horse is a perennial issue which always rears its head this time of year when the ground is saturated, the chalk is...
Jack Hargreaves OBE (31 Dec 1911-15 Mar 1994) was an author and TV presenter, whose enduring interest was to comment on growing distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, via the weekly programme 'Out of Town' on Southern Television, following the success of his 1959 debut with the...
Thanks to a £2.24 million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Poole Museum will be transformed into an outstanding cultural centre and community hub by the Spring of 2024. This award, made possible by National Lottery players, represents a significant part of the total project budget of £4.37million.
The...
Some people pay no close attention to recent music others live off it. For those who do, here are just some of the choices of those who live and breathe music.
Let's go...
Mick Wall (Rock journalist/author)
Fleabag by Yungblud. Best new rock track for years. Fantastic personality frontman. Brilliant guitar.
Graham Sampson...
City status in the UK can be associated with having a cathedral or a university, a particular form of local government, or having a large population.
Although any of these might be used to justify the popular use of the term ‘city’, in formal terms UK city status is granted...
Great musician and by all accounts a great person. Tragically he died young. However, he was stunningly perceptive and assertive as he shows here by well and truly nailing Tony Blair's rhetorical coffin shut.
https://twitter.com/WarmongerHodges/status/1471580389563109385?s=20
And if a song summed up our current times then this must surely be up there.
As...
