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Barn-stored Lotus is a fabulous find

A FARM fresh barn-stored Lotus Esprit is one of the latest cars to be entered in the…

Life in miniature with diecast cars

THREE large private collections of diecast Dinky, Corgi and larger scale cars and commercial vehicles from the 1950s to…

Shakespeare screening at arts centre

SHAKESPEARE’S Othello, recorded at the National Theatre, is set to be screened at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. The extraordinary new production…

Love, friendship and the trials of being a performer

PERFORMING duo Belle Street are embarking on a mini-tour of their show Hugh: The Musical (Still a Work in…

Sounds and stories of old Dorset

THE Ridgeway Singers and Band, led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries, will celebrate the rich dialect of Dorset…

The sweet smell of shrubs in winter

by Sally Gregson. ONE of the joys of the winter garden is the flowering of some of the best scented…

Patient approach best with hedges

by Sally Gregson. DURING the winter months the structure of a garden becomes more apparent – the lines of fencing…

Consumers can drive ‘green’ change

The other day I decided it was time to tidy my overburdened desk. A task long overdue, as anyone…

Zelensky, leadership and bullying

THERE is a fine line between leading a person or a nation to work to the very best of…

Brexit has battered trade with Europe

WHATEVER is happening to the Conservative Party? Open wounds are opening into festering sores and more big fish Tories…