BANFF Mountain Film Festival returns for the tenth year, with screenings at many of this area’s arts centres and cinemas, starting at Poole Lighthouse on 13th February and Weymouth Pavilion on 15th February. The festival tour features two different collections of new films from some of the world’s most intrepid film- makers, starring pioneers and…
NEIL Oliver, the long-haired one with the Scottish accent from the BBC’s Coast series, is on the road with his own solo stage show, The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places, coming to Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre on Saturday 10th November, at 7.30pm. Neil was born in Renfrewshire and studied archaeology, before becoming…
JENNIFER Coombs, a former High Sheriff of Dorset, comes to Tollard Talks in the barn at Tollard House, Tollard Royal, on Thursday 18th October, to give a talk called From High Sheriff to High Seas. At the beginning of this year Jennifer made a six-week, 6,500km sailing trip across the wild, windswept South Atlantic to…
SOME of the country’s finest cheese makers, including Montgomery and Westcombe, will be featured on a special five-day tour, Cheese Journeys, introducing cheese lovers to the unique culinary culture of Somerset. The Cheese Journeys visit in April 2019 will include cheesemarkers and affineurs, and begins at London’s historic Borough Market, including a visit to Neal’s…
THE beaches of Normandy may resonate around the world with the history of the D-Day landings but before and since those momentous days of 1944, its sands have been associated with happier events. Just along the coast from the likes of Omaha and Sword, the little town of Trouville – correctly Trouville-sur-Mer – and its…
Philippa Davis doesn’t just cook for clients – she also eats, adventurously and enthusiastically. She has recently returned from a working visit to Singapore and South East Asia – here are some of her recommended culinary do’s and don’ts… UNDOUBTEDLY it is as important to know what to eat as where to eat, especially if…
OVER the years, whether we have been travelling in Europe, America, the Middle East or Western Australia, we have found that the best advice to find unusual historic buildings, extraordinary landscapes, great places to eat, quirky shops or galleries or other hidden gems, has come from people we have met. We use maps (not GPS)…
EVERYTHING about David Attenborough’s recent Blue Planet II series was compelling and memorable – but much of the appeal came from the soundscape, and you can discover more about this when the academic advisor for the series, Professor Steve Simpson, comes to the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis on Thursday 3rd May. Intrepid Explorers, an…
DISCOVER the expertise and working lives of the people who maintain the fabric of Salisbury Cathedral at a new series of guided tours, starting in March. The new guide-led Stonemasonry Works Yard tour starts on Thursday 5th April, offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the skilled craftspeople who conserve and restore this beautiful medieval building. Salisbury…
TEN years ago, composer Helen Ottaway from Frome and dance artist Melanie Thompson collaborated on a public art project at Wells – on Saturday 24th March, they are back in the city to explore their recent travels and residencies in Denmark and Sri Lanka and to start to develop a new project. Opening Doors at the…