Arts & Entertainment

Milborne to be wild with US blues band

Touring the UK this autumn, The Hitman Blues Band will be playing in venues as far flung as Glasgow,…

Old boys SongSmithS are having a blast

The SongSmithS, one of the ‘oldest boy bands in Dorset’ have released their inaugural album, Pearl and the Cat,…

It’s full steam ahead for show in 2022

Steam fair fans who were left bitterly disappointed after two years of cancellations are celebrating its welcome return next…

Scholarship honour for rising music star Tom

An exceptional teenage musician from Sturminster Marshall has won the 2021 Dee Butterfield Scholarship for Young People and plans…

Alfred the Great: Podcast picks up best in UK award

We all love This is Alfred – Shaftesbury’s excellent daily podcast. Now a panel of radio experts have agreed, pronouncing…

The plot thickens as Rural Redemption treads the boards

Sturminster-based Rural Redemption Theatre Company is performing A Woodland Plot at the Stour Connect Centre. Written and directed by…

New sponsors for SAW’s open studios

Somerset Art Works’ (SAW) biennial Open Studios event runs until October 3. Some 205 venues will be showcasing the…

Singers all set for Christmas

The Gillingham Singers will be raising the roof of Wyke Primary School at their rehearsals every Monday between 7.15pm…

Author’s ring of confidence

Author Amanda Williams is gearing up to champion the importance of self-belief in her new novel, alongside the excitement…

Spectacular Kingston Lacy Christmas Lights

While many of us are still waiting for summer to put in a late appearance (“And just what time…