History

The ring was found in the Dorset countryside near Shillingstone. Picture: Hansons

The ‘one ring’ found in Dorset countryside set for auction: Here’s what it’s worth

WITH engraved figures and a skull etched into gold, it bears a striking resemblance to the ‘one ring’ from…

Talk will reveal how gladiators might have fought in Dorset…

A CHISELLED man, complete with weapons, faces off against a snarling wild beast as thousands of enraptured fans look…

Historian Tom Holland will be in Dorchester next month for the talk

Tom Holland to give talk on the fighting history of Rome during Dorchester visit

FAMED historian Tom Holland will be in Dorset next month to give a talk on the fighting past of…

Conservation work on windows at Sherborne Almshouse has been completed

Sherborne Almshouse work continues with £22,000 window conservation

A £22,000 plan to conserve Victorian windows at Sherborne Almshouse has been completed. The scheme has seen windows removed for…

The restored Formula Renault driven by seven-time world F1 champion, Lewis Hamilton, is on show at Haynes. Pictures: Haynes/Beto Issa/F1 GP São Paulo

Lewis Hamilton’s first single-seater racing car on show in Somerset

A RACING car that played a pivotal role in the burgeoning career of a teenage Lewis Hamilton has gone…

Emily Coombs pictured wearing her dress, which is still around today, left

How a lady and her dress tell a story of Somerset and Dorset in the 1800s

A LADY sits proudly, if somewhat shyly, in a chair, smiling for the camera. The picture, taken in the mid…

The team have to change all the clocks at Stourhead - and wind them weekly. Picture: National Trust/Steve Haywood

The clocks go back this weekend – spare a thought for Stourhead…

ON Sunday morning (October 27), most of us will be scrambling around, trying to work out how to change…

Special poppy pint glasses will be on offer at pubs in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset and beyond. Picture: Marston's

Where you can get your special Poppy Appeal pint glass in aid of the RBL

MANY of us – in our unruly teenage years perhaps – may have taken a pint glass we liked…

The Departure is back in Dorset after it was bought by the DHC. Picture: Dorset Council

Piece of Thomas Hardy history back in Dorset after two decades across the Atlantic

A PIECE of Dorset’s literary heritage has returned to the county after it went up for sale in the…

3 High Street, Warminster, has now been demolished - despite being a listed building. Picture: Wiltshire Council

Listed Warminster building demolished after long-running legal battle

AN ‘unsafe’ listed building in Warminster town centre has been demolished. The move came after legal action was taken against…