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Dorset
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Dorset Council’s registration services have conducted an amazing 46 marriages and civil partnerships in the three days running up to tomorrow’s lockdown. A Dorset record! The registrars contacted all the couples who have ceremonies booked within the next four-weeks to let them know that these could not go ahead. The couples...

The legend that is Guy Goma

Picture this. You have an interview. You are nervous. It's at the BBC. You arrive and are told to wait in the reception area. Then someone comes to collect you and your heart is banging with expected apprehension. And then this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Y2uQn_wvc What a top man. And in real time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjb0iUQ9aXw&feature=emb_logo More about Guy. Jason...
Sculpture by the Lakes, Dorchester, is to be transformed into The Artisans’ Bazaar in the six weeks running up to Christmas, featuring over 50 curated displays of eye-catching artwork, jewellery, sculpture, pottery and more. More than 50 artists and makers, many of them from the Dorset area, will be have...
Brilliant by Robb Johnson. Great song and tribute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGiZm8uuAI&fbclid=IwAR1SfOb7wQqw46ttaNjIHZ0wo3JzFI8Vc4EGB_4DxmNtJAQ2Ee4TLXSMiZM
Danny Dyer’s take on that fascist melt Oswald Mosley is the best thing you’ll watch today
Watched the Danny Dyer documentary on Harold Pinter last night. A surprisingly great watch that introduced me to a completely different perspective on Danny Dyer. Always loved and admired Harold Pinter and this personal reflection is the sort of television that should be much more common. Lots stood out but...
St Peter's church, Dorchester accepts that Gordon plaque 'glorifying white supremacy and racism' should be removed
Stand Up to Racism Dorset has been informed of a decision made by the Parochial Church Council at its meeting on 23 September. This decision, as we understand it, is that the plaque will be covered up in a matter of days. It will later be removed: the formal...
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Partner agencies in Dorset are urging communities and visitors to the county to enjoy the summer holidays safely. With the school summer term due to finish for many this week, councils, emergency services and other organisations have been busy preparing for a wave of visitors arriving to experience all that...
Pie visits Glastonbury on the eve of the cancelled festival to interview some bloke from the Theatre & Circus area and ponder the significance of arts and entertainment amidst Covid19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOVvJwNnouM
Calling children and young people – tell us what you think! That is the question that Dorset Council and its partners will be asking children and young people across the county. Their ideas will help shape the new Children, Young People and Families Plan, which aims to make Dorset the...
Rubika Shah’s energising film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant...