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Repurpose the revolution

Jennifer Morisetti has sparked a grassroots fashion movement in rural Dorset rebelling against fast fashion and our throwaway culture ‘I joined the Navy and spent...

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Woman on fire

Just don’t call her a female farrier – Abby Bunyard never set out to break barriers, she just forged her own path by refusing...

Enter the Spice Merchant

Soupy dinners, a lorry full of mice and a dreamy back end – Basil begins his first season with Jess Rimmer with power, promise...

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Dorset Food & drink

The no-laxative guide to eating for smooth moves

Why your poo matters more than you think – expert Karen Geary explains how small food changes can make a big digestive difference If you...

Wildlife & farming

Hungry yet, Westminster?

I can’t believe that we are already in April. Where has the time gone? The start of 2025 has been an exceptionally busy time...

Cloaked in bubbles

Wildlife writer Jane Adams introduces the sweet, invisible and venomous predator with ultrasonic powers that seems to swim cloaked in mercury Hidden away in the...

Baroness Minette Batters named President of Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society

The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society has named a new President – and she’s no stranger to championing British farming. The Right Honourable Baroness...

The green farming dream lies in tatters

No support, no clarity and no way forward as the plug is pulled on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, says George Hosford Few English farmers will...
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April issue of The BV is HERE

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Planning scandal, angry farmer, the UK's top farrier – it’s all go this month. Plus ... THE FOALS ARE BACK! And you know this...

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A COUNTRY LIVING

Forever fronds

Meet the couple who have brought an exotic plant world to the village of Spetisbury, growing a pteridophile passion into a living It was a...

A binding narrative

Peter Wiltshire learned the art of hand bookbinding from his father. Now, he’s restoring literary treasures in his own Dorset workshop Peter Wiltshire gently lifts...

From farm to festive feast

The 46-year tractor ride

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