Is it the real one or a new artist on the block?
Whoever it was must have watched this:
Tory Patten calls Boris Johnson a ‘serial liar’ who will let everyone down
https://twitter.com/C_K_Gardiner/status/1141294769634709505
Volunteers are needed to help newly-arrived refugee families from Syria get used to life in Dorset.
Under the Syrian Resettlement Programme, 15 families and 35 children have so far begun new lives in Dorset. Volunteers are needed to help them settle in, perhaps by taking them shopping, playing with children...
Gail Aldwin’s novel, The String Games, gains an award as finalist in the Best Cover Design Category of the 2019 International Book Awards. The catalyst for the story is the abduction and murder of a young boy but the focus of events remains on his elder sister as she...
Weymouth has once again been recognised as one of the best seaside destinations in the country.
Following on from recognition from the Seaside and Blue Flag Awards, alongside being ranked as the number one beach for a staycation by Cosmopolitan magazine, Weymouth has now been placed in the top 5...
In the tradition of the popular re-imaginings of The Vicar of Dibley, Royal Manor Theatre Company on Portland is preparing to stage another TV adaptation. This time its an amateur dramatic interpretation of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton's popular BBC Sitcom Blackadder. Blackadder stars Gavin Roberts as the scheming...
The Dorset indie film festival is an upcoming Short Film Festival in it's second year based in Portland, Dorset.
Showcasing international film talent in a number of categories, the festival's aim is to increase awareness of film art in Dorset and explore the capabilities of today's film students and the...
A refurbishment project is well underway at Weymouth Library. Dorset Council is working with partners and other agencies to bring together a range of services and teams into one shared building, as a ‘library and learning centre’. The library building in Great George Street in the town centre is...
The renovation works have been completed on the Grade I listed Kings Statue in Weymouth this week. Our contractors won awards for the work that they carried out on the jubilee clock last year. You can read more about that project here.
The scaffolding will start coming down very soon, and...
BY ANDREW CHRISTOPHER MILLER
Chapter 18
Concrete Proposal
‘Creativity in Concrete’
That’s what it said across the top. And then below, the soaring line of a bridge. Sculptured and white, stretching as far as a rainbow’s end across a sky of brilliantly saturated blue. Nothing else, just this clean, perfect geometry.
At the bottom,...
Background
Last year, Weymouth and Portland’s management committee agreed funding for improved toilet facilities in central Weymouth. These facilities will be a conversion of the ground floor area of the existing Beach Office. To maximise the amount of available space, works will also include an extension to the Beach Office...
