Dorchester-based author, Gail Aldwin, has been volunteering with VSO International in Uganda since December 2019. Her placement at the Bidibidi refugee settlement is in the north west of the country. The settlement accommodates refugees from South Sudan who have fled their homeland due to ongoing conflict which erupted in...
Love was in the air at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum in Dorchester as the first couple exchanged vows in the historic courtroom.
Deborah and Andrew Cox and their guests got into the courtroom setting theme - Andrew even wore mock chains and handcuffs as he came into the courtroom. The couple...
Dorchester’s Shire Hall scooped silver in the best Small Visitor Attraction of the Year category at last night’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards.
The team said the award was a ‘huge honour’ and a ‘real testament to the hard work of all the staff and volunteers.’
The social justice museum received...
Checking out at the supermarket recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
I apologised and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days". the cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not...
Early Life and Background
Warren Mitchell was born Warren Misell on 14 January 1926 in Stoke Newington, London. He hailed from a Jewish family, his parents being Phillip and Annie Misell. Growing up, Mitchell was immersed in a culturally rich environment which significantly influenced his later work in theatre and...
 There were smiles and cheers all round as Dorset’s Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum team collected the prestigious Sandford Award for Heritage Education 2019.
The team travelled to The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood in London for the prestigious awards evening. The quality mark award, from the Heritage Education Trust and...
A host of local businesses enjoyed a cookery demonstration from celebrity Dorset chef Sarah Ali Choudhury, while at the same time raising funds for Dorset Mind.
The room was full as the attendees were shown how to make a fish curry and a very special vegetable bhaji. The event was...
Can you work out from your knowledge of classic films what the films are and what is the word Trump mumbles at the end?
'I have this recurring dream - more like a vision - where I meet Donald Trump.
We’re stood by his Border Wall when Trump sees the ghost...
Dorset Council has received an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in recognition of its re-use of the grade 1 listed building.
The former West Dorset District Council offices on Dorchester High Street have been converted into a museum for workers’ rights and social justice. The building...
Mr Bumble's Thought Emporium: PODCAST
It’s easy to think of a person with mental health issues as never having been ‘normal’; merely a sad part of the scenery – and therefore accepted, or worse: stepped over and ignored.
This dramatised reading is designed to provide a wake-up call to the very...
