ONE of the all-time favourite Christmas films is Polar Express, and this year there’s an invitation to take a festive journey in historic style on the Swanage Railway, a heritage steam train that runs from Swanage to Corfe Castle. For this special festive trip, the train, with its excited complement of children and their families,…
SALISBURY Cathedral was lit up in November with a spectacular light and sound show, Illuminating Art by Luxmuralis, creating a journey through art and religious history, from the Protestant-Catholic conflicts of the 16th century and the Baroque to Art Deco and early 20th century industrialisation and photography. Sarum Lights, which is attracting thousands of visitors,…
THE November event in the Guardians of Martock Church programme is a talk rather than a concert, looking at life on the Channel Island of Jersey during the Nazi occupation in the Second World War. The talk is at the Martock Fellowship Hall on Thursday 16th November at 2pm. The Nazi occupation of the Channel…
A RARE early medieval brooch has gone on display at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. This exceptionally well-preserved and beautiful piece, which is more than a thousand years old, is one of the most important objects found in Somerset. It comes from a time when the survival of Saxon Wessex was in doubt and…
SIX new boy choristers have been admitted to Salisbury Cathedral and four established choristers were promoted to seniors during Evensong on 25th September. Family, friends and sponsors joined the service which was followed by the traditional “bumping” ceremony. Next Sunday will see a similar service at which two girl choristers will be admitted and established…
IT seems hard to believe that it is ten years since the first performances of the Ridgeway Singers and Band, and the anniversary is being celebrated with a concert at Bridport on Sunday 29th October. The group’s concerts of traditional (and new) Dorset songs and tunes feels like an ancient part of the cultural fabric…
SALISBURY Cathedral clergy and stonemasons celebrated the end of 37 years of restoration and repairs with a topping out ceremony, when Canon Kenneth Padley, the Cathedral Canon Treasurer, climbed to the top of the scaffolding on the East End to bless the cross that sits high above the Trinity Chapel. Canon Kenneth’s blessing marked a…
A NEW documentary by Bridport-based photographer and film-maker Robert Golden is being shown at Bridport Arts Centre on Sunday 17th September, as part of this year’s International Day of Democracy events. The afternoon programme begins at 3.30pm with A Snapshort, an award-winning short film, funded by the British Film Institute, which explores the experience of…
SALISBURY Cathedral’s peregrine season has drawn to a close, as the last of the three chicks leaves the rooftop roost and the livestream cameras have been shut down. The two female chicks, Lily and Rose, have headed off, while Rex, the only male hatched this year, has stayed closer to the roost, and has been…
A QUAKER art project which uses textile artworks to explore the threats to the natural world from environmental and climate change – and human behaviour – is coming to Wincanton over the weekend of 7th to 9th July. Loving Earth is an international touring exhibition of panels by artists of all ages, some highly skilled…