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British classic cars are all-white!

TWO white 1970s British sports car are to be entered in Charterhouse’s specialist auction of vintage and classic cars…

Mechanic’s paintings help good causes

by Nicci Brown. PAINTINGS by the late Michael Wells of Tarrant Rushton went on show in an exhibition at Tarrant…

Rhyming tales of a farmer’s wife

CASTLE Cary farmer’s wife Margaret Adams has entertained women’s institutes, gardening clubs, farming groups and the like around the…

Journey into French music

FIFI La Mer and Oliver Wilby promise an exciting and uplifting insight into 100 years of French Music when…

Love letter to sobriety – down at the village pub

STORYTELLING and song come together when Callum Patrick Hughes heads to The Gaggle of Geese in Buckland Newton this…

Treasure trove of Dorset music

DORSET music group The Ridgeway Singers & Band, led by Phil Humphries and Tim Laycock, have collaborated with the…

Glastonbury Festival: First 55 acts revealed including Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys

THE first 55 names appearing at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival have been revealed. Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton…

Danger of Aussie and Kiwi trade deals

SOME reflections on rural crime: first, in a spirit of genuine enquiry, a friend recently asked a local hunt…

A30 at Kitt Hill could be sorted soon

For a year now, the issues surrounding the A30 at Kitt Hill have been the bane of the lives…

‘Fighting spirit of Ukrainian troops on Salisbury Plain is remarkable’

Roads minister Richard Holden has written to me about his department’s north-south strategic study which is likely to report…