Found on Chesil Beach wearing women’s underwear
In the latest issue of the London Review of Books, the essayist Stefan Collini reviews a new book by Jeremy Lewis, Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family (Cape, £25). It’s mostly about the novelist Graham Greene and his numerous brothers, sisters and cousins. There’s masses of detail, including this, in passing, about West [...]
Village folk greet strolling players
THE COMRADES Hall at Broadwindsor was jumping this week as John Jones from electric folk legends Oysterband took to the stage. Around 175 people packed into the hall for a gig organised by Simon Emmerson of The Imagined Village fame. Sadly, Phil Beer from Show of Hands couldn’t make it – he’s recovering from an operation [...]
Bridport Literary and Scientific Institute Proposal Summary
Mission: To promote an understanding of and engagement with local industrial heritage and history, its place in people’s lives, its national and international impact and context THE PROPOSED project will restore and renovate the Literary and Scientific Institute in East Street, Bridport, as a discovery centre for local industrial heritage and history. The building will be [...]
Wading birds find West Dorset haven
A PAIR of ringed plovers have bred in the far west of Dorset for the first time. The wading birds have raised four chicks at Chard Junction Quarry. Site owners Bardon Aggregates and Dorset Wildlife Trust turned a disused part of the quarry into a community nature reserve about a year ago. Bardon Aggregates are [...]
Bridport backs plans to save historic Institute
MORE time is being sought for work on a plan to turn Bridport’s old Literary and Scientific Institute into a new Heritage and Study Centre incorporating the town’s museum. The Institute in East Street, a Grade II* Listed Building, is one of Dorset’s historic treasures. It began life in the 1830s as one of Britain’s [...]
Bridport: Support Your Local Drunks
THIS week’s Bridport News gives extensive coverage to the jungle of advertising A-boards that seem to be breeding along East Street. So it should. These things are a positive menace to drunks tottering their way home after a session of innocent boozing. Only the other evening, the Saturday of the beer festival, those of us [...]
Bridport artists & makers offer Eype surprises
ARTISTS and makers from around Bridport are holding an exhibition at Eype Centre for the Arts this Saturday and Sunday (July 3 from 10.30-6, July 4 from 10.30-4). It will, says Marion Taylor, be “a fantastic combination of exciting art, quality crafts and superb food in a glorious setting.” Now, Marion is one of the [...]