THREE women artists, working in different media but all concerned with the climate crisis, are taking part in Better Than This, the first exhibition in the Climate and Change series at East Quay, Watchet, from 21st May to 31st August. Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde, writer and artist Amy Howden-Chapman and spoken work artist Liv Torc…
IT is usually a cliche, but “larger than life” really does describe actor, writer and presenter Brian Blessed, who makes his debut in Bridport, at the town’s beautiful Art Deco venue, the Electric Palace, on Wednesday 18th May. Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and television. A giant of a…
BATH’S biggest free party is back, with the free opening celebrations of this year’s Bath Festival, on Friday 13th May from 5pm. After two years’ Covid-enforced absence, the festival organisers are delighted to invite the crowds back for a massive colourful party, taking over venues across the city. Whatever your taste in music, whether it…
DORSET-born singer-songwriter, musician and poet PJ Harvey has visited Dorset Museum in Dorchester to present a hand-corrected proof of her dialect poem Orlam and a photograph showing her wearing traditional Dorset buttons. Accompanied by her mother Eva, she spent an afternoon at the museum, starting in the library. Here she presented the interim director Elizabeth…
SHIRE Hall, Dorchester’s award-winning social justice museum, turns to crime this summer. The fascinating museum, which includes the court-room where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were tried and convicted, is hosting an exhibition focusing on Agatha Christie. From Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from murder at the vicarage to murder on the Orient Express, Christie created characters…
ALFRED Hitchcock’s The Lodger, his third feature, a silent film made in 1927, is one of the highlights of this year’s From Page To Screen Film Festival at Bridport, from Wednesday 27th April to Sunday 1st May. The festival, under curator Edith Bowman, is presenting a programme of more than 20 adaptations, historic and new,…
TRAVEL writer and broadcaster Simon Parker, who has reported from more than 100 countries over the years, took to his bike to explore his homeland during the pandemic. He tells his story in A Night of Adventure Cycling 3,247 Miles Around Pandemic Britain, at Dorchester Corn Exchange on 24th April at 3pm. The multimedia presentation…
SALLY Page could almost have called her debut novel The Terrier’s Tale rather than The Keeper of Stories. A “small, untidy fox terrier” is almost as important as the central character, Janice, the cleaner, whose story is told in this enchanting, funny and touching book. Janice sees herself as invisible to her clients and that…
BARRY Humphries, writer, actor, comic and creator of Dame Edna Everage and the legendary Australian cultural attache Sir Les Paterson, is on a national tour, bringing The Man Behind the Mask to Bournemouth Pavilion on Wednesday 25th and Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre on Saturday 28th May. Australia’s best-loved and funniest entertainer will take audiences on a…
STEP back in time to 1580, and meet the Martyn family of Athelhampton at an Easter living history event which will take visitors back into the world of a Catholic family in the Tudor period. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of Athelhampton House in the 16th Century. All levels of society from…