November’s BV is HERE!

Inside the November issue of The BV magazine, the UK's Regional Publication of the...

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Hit the Hay

The season ended with a bang for Team Rimmer, and now the horses are off on their holidays while Jess hits the chores list Wow...

Go wild in November

With British Game Week in November, now is the time to try some of the area’s best wild food from The Dorset Game Larder It’s...

Polo’s back in the saddle

Wessex Internet Reaches Milestone with 10,000th Customer

Dorset-based full-fibre broadband provider Wessex Internet is celebrating a major achievement, having connected its 10,000th customer. The milestone customer, Dan Phillips from Bisterne, Hampshire, was...

The controversial tenant farmer: George Hosford on the inequities of land ownership | BV Podcast

In this episode of the BV Podcast, hosts Terry Bennett and Jenny Devitt dive into some of the hottest topics affecting Dorset’s communities. From...

Godmanstone | THEN AND NOW

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Mid-century modern Blandford | POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards with scenes no doubt familiar to older locals – Blandford Forum a little more than 60...

Motcombe: Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

A note from the seaside: POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards more modern than usual, and scenes no doubt familiar to older locals. Both were sent by...

Hinton St Mary : Then and Now

Step back in time with our ‘Then and Now’ feature, where vintage postcards from the Barry Cuff Collection meet modern-day reality. Explore the past...

Notes to a sister : POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION

This month Barry Cuff has chosen a pair of postcards sent from Milborne St Andrew – quite by chance he has two cards sent...
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The BV magazine is a monthly digital publication which launched in August 2020, and it is in no way connected with the original, much-loved Blackmore Vale Magazine (owned by Reach PLC, and which ceased publication early the same year), nor with any other, more recently launched printed publication with a similar name. Never the free paper you pick up from the floor of the petrol station, The BV is the half hour read you spend a weekend coffee with.

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Dorset Food & Drink

With British Game Week in November, now is the time to try some of the area’s best wild food from The...

Local cheese-makers Lyburn Cheese took home the Golden Fork for the best English product at this year’s Great Taste awards night Battersea...

A blondie is the brownie’s fairer sister: and while the texture can be similar, the delicious, caramel flavour of a blondie...

We were thrilled to host some of Dorset’s finest producers at the 2024 Love Local Awards. Founded six years ago, the...

I think a homemade jam makes any cake or scone taste incredible – I will often go that extra mile when...

Fanny Charles talks to James and Lucy Smart, who are celebrating ten years of running one of this country’s finest charcuterie...

Dorset Farming

Autumnal catch up with the FCN

Farming is ruled by the seasons… but this year...

Harvest wraps up but there’s always a new challenge

A challenging harvest done but new TB cases to...

Government caught with its flock down

Coughs, colds and costly outbreaks … Andrew Livingston asks...

Farms to the slaughter

It’s the final nail in the coffin of every...

UK agriculture feels the squeeze as the war in Ukraine hits home

Many are talking about the atrocities in Ukraine - but UK farmers are already fearing the repercussions of the war in Europe’s largest granary,...

Dorset Wildlife

A firework of cinders

An early dawn drive captures the magic of mist,...

Wild Woodbury celebrates three years of rewilding success

From free roaming cattle to thriving wetlands – rewilding...

Going, going, gone!

It’s the unsung hero of autumn: as other blooms...

Owls in the combine

Farming columnist George Hosford had surprise farm guests this...

Brilliant bryophytes

Steve Masters, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s ecologist, shines a light...

Owls in the combine

Farming columnist George Hosford had surprise farm guests this summer, prompting a delicate rescue before harvest could begin Before we could start harvesting this year,...

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