Friday 27 February Gareth Richards, Mark Smith and Julian Deane Doors 7.15pm start 8.15pm £10 + bf/£12 + bf on door Tickets through Bridport TIC: 01308 424901 or online: The Electric Palace comedy nights are proving a big hit – see three up-and-coming stand-up comedians, specially selected by...
Old Hardyeans gather in Dorchester next month at the King’s Arms for their Annual Reunion Dinner, to celebrate the 110th. anniversary of their founding in 1905. Alumni from the former Green School and Dorchester Secondary Modern School are being invited to share in the celebrations and make the...
Under its new manager, Susan Warren, who grew up in West Dorset and went to school in Dorchester, the Electric Palace will continue as a venue for great music, live comedy and film, whilst expanding its range of events for families, children, and older members of the Bridport...
We have it within our power to be the first generation to leave this planet in a better condition than we found it. Take the SSSI at Rampisham Down. Dorset Wildlife Trust would have us all believe there are acres of nodding wildflowers, rare wax caps and shy adders there. Their...
A new music project based in Axminster aims to strike a chord with young people from across East Devon by offering free music making sessions. Soundwaves is for young people aged 11 to 19 who play an instrument, DJ, or sing – or would like to. “We welcome everybody, whatever their...
There has been much written about Rampisham Down in the last week. I have been very busy helping with the social media campaign (and trying to do other work) but felt compelled to start this series of factcheck blogs to help people interested in the case understand the issues....
There’s a week of free entertainment for families over half-term at The Electric Palace, Bridport. Music workshops and singalong Disney films are among the fun things to do at the venue from 14 to 21 February. Children aged 10 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Start...
Localness is the key to the Royal Oak on Weymouth’s quayside being named West Dorset Pub of the Year by the Campaign for Real Ale "The Pub of the Year award is voted by our 600 members from 258 licensed premises in the area," says CAMRA Spokesman Michel...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and the Wildlife Trusts nationally have launched an urgent online campaign to ask Eric Pickles to ‘call in’ for a public inquiry about the decision to approve planning permission to build a solar park development on a legally protected wildlife site in west Dorset. West...
Francis Bacon’s favourite set of kitchen crockery that he used daily is to go under the hammer at auction – which will excite legions of collectors. The eccentric but brilliant artist had the service at his home in Reece Mews, South Kensington, a small and unassuming former Victorian coach...
