During the lockdown, work has been progressing on the Roman Town House in Dorchester.
Located next to County Hall, the Town House dates from the later Roman period and is the only house of its kind completely on display to visitors in Britain.
With a £248,000 grant from the National Lottery...
Rachel Smith-Ruffle lives in Manchester but her mum is from Somerset and she spent a lot of time in Dorset and Somerset growing up.
This is her story. Hope you enjoy!
I broke my neck in a diving accident abroad when I was 23 when I was hit by...
There has been an annual festival at Tolpuddle, Dorset, since the 1930s. It has grown over the years and today it sees thousands of trade unionists from all over the world gathering to celebrate the memory of the Tolpuddle Martys.
It was here in 2018, 100 years after women...
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How's your legs. Legs is fine.You want I climb the bell towerand shout all from the Town Hall.
Do that thing about love.
Reading the sonnetsrickety english, nah.Where were we in ninety-six,you have to look inside the spaces.
Do that thing about loveGeezer,...
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that sent us overover asking advice aboutincreasing our resilience to advice.
Piss off, said one, you idiotspawning advice from a call centrein Mumbai, like he'd know.
Trouble is, by the time the lights go outwe'll have forgotten how to use...
Make no more of it than it is.small benefit nothing, this way comesAt first strike not felt plays heartand intertwined you welcome griefwhose time makes of no herald sung.
At her age grandma came to stayhouse too small pain spread like breath.So days out to the workhouse madeonly for sun...
Wonderful poem celebrating all of our care comrades up and down the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKSJY6QP0oo
It is with a heavy heart that Dorchester’s Shire Hall team has decided to close the museum with immediate effect (17th March 2020). The step is to ensure the safety of staff, volunteers and visitors given the progression of the Covid19 virus.
In a statement the team said: “We take...
Free creative activities are on offer to vulnerable people in Dorset as part of a pilot scheme.
My Creative Life is an innovative new programme set up by The Arts Development Company to bring free arts experiences to those living with dementia or mental health conditions.
The programme gives a choice of...
Come and have tea and cake with our team and find out more.
The courthouse museum on Dorchester’s High West Street highlights 200 years of justice and injustice and has welcomed more than 25,000 people through its doors since it opened in 2018.
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