Category: Letters & announcements
Letters & announcements
Letters to the Editor February 2026
Well now. I know it’s all very traditional for us Brits to talk about the weather, but really? It’s starting to push its luck...
Letters & announcements
Letters to the Editor January 2026
Forget these posh new years. I’m in the market for a low-mileage 2005. Maybe a well-cared for 1997.I miss being plain old sad about...
Letters & announcements
Letters to the Editor December 2025
It’s been a year, hasn’t it?Not the triumphant hoorah kind. More the head-down, keep-plodding, ‘is it bedtime yet?’ sort of year. Whether you’re a...
Letters & announcements
Letters to the Editor October 2025
It’s no big secret that I’m an Essex girl. Born and brought up in Southend-on-Sea on the smell of mud and cockles and the...
Blackmore Vale magazine death notices
Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025): the Dorset girl who changed the world – and never stopped fighting for it
Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and lifelong advocate for the natural world, has passed away at the age of 91. Known for her groundbreaking...
Letters & announcements
Letters to the Editor September 2025
The rain has finally rained.And I’m neither a farmer, an equestrian, nor a gardener (I always point out to visitors oooh-ing over our garden...
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