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…
Quilters take to arts centre
Labours in Lockdown is a boutique quilt show, presenting the work of Walking Feet, a group of four friends…
It’s all systems Mo-zart for opera festival
Dorset Opera have announced that they will be going ahead with their 2021 Festival with performances in the Coade…
Pearl’s talking lines & colours
Yetminster artist Pearl Gatehouse will be showcasing her stunning paintings in her Talking Lines and Colours exhibition at Shaftesbury…
