Today is the anniversary of the death, at Dorchester, Dorset on 29 Jan 1971, of the English amateur astronomer, author and historian Arthur Francis O'Donel Alexander. He is best known for his two books The Planet Saturn - A History of Observation, Theory and Discovery (1962) and The Planet...
Dorchester’s favourite Santa Claus is Kris Kringle, as played by Richard Attenborough in the 1994 classic film ‘Miracle on 34th Street’. ODEON – Europe’s largest cinema group, asked film fans across the town to vote for their favourite silver screen Santa as ODEON Dorchester gears up for the Christmas season,...
Brewery Square in Dorchester has unveiled a new water sculpture in its gardens, designed to provide residents with a calm and colourful space to unwind in. The sculpture is a Chalice design, created by award-winning sculptor, David Harber. Flowing water clings to the outer surface of the feature, creating...
Securing Dorchester’s future as a thriving regional shopping centre and boosting our economy remains the vision of West Dorset District Council. A report ‘Dorchester Town Centre Development Potential’ has been produced by retail experts GL Hearn. It outlines possible ways that the centre of Dorchester could be developed. After...
Back in the eighties a school project resulted in a mosaic bench being installed in Langmoor Gardens. Around 2002, Banksy stopped by and left a quirky, now-faded image of an origami stork with a goldfish in its beak - you might still find it at Mill Green. Until 2015,...
Bridport held two events as part of this year’s “We Shall Overcome”. A midweek talk on the recent history of protest music was followed by a day of music at The Ropemakers pub on Saturday 8th October – all of which raised hundreds of pounds for the local Cupboard...
On Tuesday 11th October, the fifth Story Slam, the first event of the 2016 Bridport Open Book Festival, was the proverbial champagne bottle smashed on the side of the splendid new Bridport Arts Centre Café. The Slam is the literary baby of local writer Frances Colville and she was...
In the deeply incisive and insightful words of the esteemed messrs. Kenneth Gamble and Leon A. Huff: “I love music, any kind of music…”
Of course I don’t love all music, obviously – that would be ridiculous. And I don’t love it all equally – I have my personal preferences...
To underscore this essential Disney law, narrative resolution in each film defends and reinforces the status quo. Nothing is resolved until the preferred social order is in place. No one lives happily ever after until the chosen one rules... In contrast, villains–who almost exclusively exhibit antisocial behavior and violence–suffer...
I've such a heavy heart... An hour or so ago, Simon and I watched from our office windows, as devastating flames from our wonderful little Scott Cinema in Lyme Regis shot up into the sky. The noise preceding the alert was most confusing and deeply sinister, it sounded as though gunshots were...
