Local spoken word performers and writers, The Dorset Holloway Collective, are delighted to announce that acclaimed poet, playwright and presenter of BBC Radio Four's 'Poetry Please', Roger McGough, has agreed to lend his support to its forthcoming fundraiser for the Dorset County Hospital radiotherapy unit on Friday 26th October.
The...
Went into hotel ********* restaurant and waited next to a kind of rostrum where they show you to a table, and noticed this little note doubtlessly left by the duty manager. Bit careless to leave it in plain sight of customers, I thought....
Martin Ison
Of course the humour starts here:
"NEVER...
25 Dorset young carers have been taken to see War Horse at Southampton’s Mayflower as a reward for their hard work and for some down time from their often demanding responsibilities.
There are currently 117 young carers in the county being supported by the Dorset Young Carers Service.
Over the past year, the...
The #extremists of this world hate intellectualism!
Whether they be far right nut-jobs like Trump - Bannon - Farage; or even tired old religious nut-jobs, it does not matter?
These types hate independent thought, critical thinking, & science. Indeed these extremists hate anything which challenges their world view. They have created a world...
A NEW film aims to shine a spotlight on the divide between rich and poor.
Dorset Equality Group will be screening ‘The Divide’, a film about social inequality, at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum on October 3, from 7pm.
The film will be introduced by former Dorset Liberal Democrat MP and...
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This is the awkward moment when Portman Hunt master and huntsman, Evo Shirley, challenges monitors to return to a public footpath when they're on one.
Then claims that the hunt have laid a trail through a six foot maize field, only to surpass himself by claiming fox-hunting isn't illegal.
This is...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in Dorchester.
The incident happened at around 8.40pm on Sunday 23 September 2018 along Bowling Alley Walk.
The victim - a 16-year-old girl from Dorchester - was walking toward Cornwall Road when she was approached from behind by a...
We’re asking residents to get creative and suggest Dorset-themed names for our 12 largest gritters.
After their hard work last winter, we think our dedicated gritting and ploughing vehicles deserve some recognition!
From Yeti-minster to Brrrweston and down to Cold Harry Rocks, wherever you live in Dorset, we need your help.
Be...
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Cycling fallacies are prevalent but it does appear that the perception is that the only people who cycle are middle-class white men (MAMILs), it’s utter nonsense, in the same vain as ‘I’m too old to cycle”, “We’re not Dutch or Danish”, “Cycling isn’t safe”, the list is endless and...
