International Human Rights Lawyer and founder of Reprieve Clive Stafford Smith will be giving a talk at Dorchester’s Shire Hall.
Clive is the founder of the organisation Reprieve, which provides free legal and investigative support to some of the world’s most vulnerable people: those facing execution, and those victimised by states’ abusive...
A band from the west coast of Ireland are popping into Bridport ahead of an appearance at Bestival 2018 this August.
The Galway Street Band will be playing The Ropemakers on West Street just days after sharing the stage with Madness at Galway International Arts Festival.
The band a 15-piece collective...
Calling all budding writers – get help with your work for free at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum’s first creative café.
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Prize-winning writer of short fiction and poetry, Gail Aldwin, will be holding a free session for creative writers at the café in Shire Hall, Dorchester, on July 18 from...
Event:Â A talk by leading Civil Rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, entitled:Â Which is less likely to achieve truth: the American or the British justice system? How far have we come since the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried in Shire Hall?
When:Â August 8. Time TBC.
More information and to book tickets: Visit shirehalldorset.org or contact Shire Hall...
The UK’s largest free-to-attend seafood festival, the Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival, will return to Weymouth Harbour on Saturday 14 July and Sunday 15 July. Leading clothing brand, Weird Fish, is on board for the ninth year as a sponsor.
Weird Fish is the only clothing brand sponsoring the renowned festival...
DORSET’S history will be brought together via a new shuttle bus link between the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival and Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum on Saturday July 21.
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This year’s festival runs from July 20-22, and celebrates the Tolpuddle Martyrs, farm workers from west Dorset who banded together and formed a...
Following their premiere in Stinsford earlier this year young professional vocal ensemble Wessex Consort will perform new settings of Hardy poetry in a special concert to open the twenty-thirdbiennial International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival at Kingston Maurward on Saturday 14 July.
The festival, organised by the Thomas Hardy Society...
Lovers of outdoor film will be thrilled to hear that there are two wonderful films lined up to be shown at this years FREE open-air cinema event which is being held at Maumbury Rings in Dorchester on Saturday 21 July.
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The first film, The Lion King, will be shown...
Event: Music in the Cells with violinist Russell Dawson
When and Where: July 9, at 4.15pm in the Cells at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.
Cost: There is no additional charge for this event but a valid ticket to the museum must be presented to access the cells.
More Info: Shire Hall...
Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum’s first temporary exhibition, Journey to Justice was launched at a VIP event last week, alongside a local response piece, Radical Dorset. The new exhibition shines a light on every day people’s fight for justice, both in Dorset and in the US.
Young volunteers who had contributed to...
