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The National at arts centre

The National Theatre is coming to Shaftesbury Arts Centre with Good, starring David Tennant. He is chillingly plausible as John…

Academy students put on a show

STUDENTS from the Artori Academy in Blandford have shown off the performing arts skills they have been learning to…

Art group’s showcase

MEMBERS of Yeovil Art Group are set to hold a one-day show at the Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne, featuring…

Truth, lies and matters of the media

WE are surely at risk of drowning in a sea of information. Or more accurately a swamp, due to…

Health strikes: Let’s talk talk for win-win

OVERHEARD in a hospital corridor: “Is it true Ronald Reagan fired all the striking US air traffic controllers, stripped…

Drive on for digital connectivity

KITT Hill in Sherborne is finally, totally, re-open! One of my key pledges in 2019 was to spearhead the sweeping…

Tories up to their neck in troubles

THE shine really has come off the Tories after 14 years in power when our sitting Tory MP Simon…

Friends help Guys Marsh prisoners

I’VE long believed that anyone with an interest in society should take an interest in prison policy and how…

Victorians at leisure – life for the haves and the have-nots

by Laura Manning The Blackmore Vale group of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society opened its 2023 season of…

Fun on the farm

A STUDENT is working in the fields of his dreams thanks to work experience at a North Dorset farm. Felix,…