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?
Butterfly bonanza for Bridport shops
SHOPS around Bridport are being encouraged to get creative and decorate their windows with butterfly-inspired designs. A competition is being held to promote Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Wild about Bridport Butterfly Bonanza on June 4.
The contest is meant to colour Bridport’s streets with the splendour of butterflies and to show how anyone can get involved in helping wildlife.
Bridport: Good book, great film
The novelist Jonathan Coe on Bridport’s forthcoming film festival From Page to Screen.
Updated: Bridport Hat Festival photos
Splendid photographs of Bridport Hat Festival by the brilliant portrait photographer George Wright, who lives in Bridport. Check out a big crowd photograph to see lots more people and read more about Guy Heathcote (pictured above).
Master Drummers of Africa head for Bridport
SOMETIMES it can seem that every school and village hall in Dorset is putting on drumming workshops. I went to one watch the end of one in Loders village hall earlier this year, and the racket was indescribable in words; it was rather like all the letters of the alphabet had been turned into acrobatic [...]
Bridport Arts Centre shifting to Savage Ground
THE first phase of the redevelopment of Bridport Art Centre begins next Monday (August 9). Sturminster Newton firm Jordan & Faber will repaint the Grade II Listed façade in Farrow & Ball’s Savage Ground, a kind of neutral stoney colour. Architectural features will be picked out in a slightly darker hue. An old watercolour has [...]
Bridport makes room for Alice in Wonderland
BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE is expanding its activities for families, starting with a production of Alice in Wonderland. Many families have apparently asked the arts centre about doing things there on a Sunday, and so it’s heading off down the rabbit hole… Alice in Wonderland, based on Lewis Carroll’s book, will be performed by Uncontained Arts, [...]