Taxidermy collection for sale
Clarke’s Auctions at Semley saw good prices in its September sales. A 19th century Chinese ebonised hardwood table screen with…
80 lots will be sold for hospital appeal
Acreman St Antiques Auction, Sherborne, is holding its Specialist Jewellery auction and General Antiques auction on Friday 23 September,…
Busker on the beach
Musician Conor Smith, who busks in Shaftesbury and Yeovil, has released his latest song, Please Don’t Go, accompanied by…
New poetry collection
Blandford St Mary author Gerald Killingworth has published his first collection of poems entitled Emptying Houses. Two of Gerald’s poems…
A tribe of walking men
by Katrine ffiske Sculptor Laurence Edwards is exhibiting for the first time large-scale bronze figurative sculptures and small-scale maquettes and…
Ghostly goings on behind the scenes
Wincanton will soon be hosting the premiere of Rehearsal, an original play performed by the Wink Wink Theatre Company. The…
Gothic folly was filled with expensive art
September 1822 saw 700 sightseers a day flocking to Fonthill Abbey, the Gothic folly created by reclusive slaveowner William…
Showcase for artists
Yeovil Art Space in the town’s Quedam shopping centre will feature new work from sculptor Chris Dunseath and artist…
Inside the wonderful world of elephants
Renowned elephant conservationist and wildlife television presenter Saba Douglas-Hamilton – known to millions for This Wild Life and Big…
Hard works pays at GCSE, says head
Students at Shaftesbury School achieved excellent GCSE results and BTEC grades this year. The number of students achieving five or…
