Why West Dorset has two CAMRA Pubs of the Year
MEMBERS of the West Dorset branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have broken with tradition and picked – not one – but two Pubs of the Year. CAMRA spokesman Michel Hooper-Immins said: “Members nominate their favourite pubs – then a panel of judges goes round individually to inspect each of them. “This year [...]
Artist promises unCommonly entertaining look at Powerstock
Passengers are promised “a special intervention” by Ms Dean to entertain them on the way from Bridport to Powerstock Hut
Art, science and mischief on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
I’m looking forward to this very much indeed. How much mischief will Proboscis make at Burton Bradstock?
New website for top Dorset parish magazine
The new Eggardon & Colmer’s View website includes a tremendous picture of Colmer’s Hill by Higher Eype photographer Andy White, one of the best images of this famous West Dorset landmark I’ve ever seen.
Digital first for Dorset at new Bridport festival
A NEW digital edition of The Waste Land, by the UK’s favourite poet TS Eliot, is to be shown in public for the first time in Bridport. The Waste Land app for iPad will kick-start a debate – sponsored by Bridport-based Watershed PR – about The Future of the Word. The event on Saturday, November 19 is a [...]
One man; 63 breweries
THIRTY years ago one of the unsung heroes of British brewing began criss-crossing the country with sacks of malt. Brian Wood started carrying malt for Hugh Baird and Sons at Station Maltings in Witham in Essex in the Autumn of 1981. When Baird’s got taken over in the mid-1990s, he set up on his own. [...]
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens disprove Cyril Connolly’s despair
The strangeness and beauty of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens challenge “the sadness of our climate”. A look back at Cyril Connolly’s trip to “the gardens of the West”.