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Letters to the Editor August 2025

This is our 60th edition – The BV is officially five years old.We launched in the middle of a global pandemic (because why not?),...

Letters to the editor June 2025

There is a new cat in the Hitchcock household.It’s taken us a long time to get here. After we lost Pog we weren’t sure...

Letters to the Editor May 2025

Spring is my favourite. No contest.There’s a particular moment – somewhere around mid-April – when Dorset just … exhales.The hedgerows start frothing white with...

Letters to the Editor April 2025

We’re shortlisted! Again! No pressure, but we are the reigning champions of Regional Publication of the Year ... Is it possible to do the...

Letters to the Editor March 2025

If you spotted a sudden flood of turquoise newspaper covers this month, don’t panic – it’s not an optician’s test, and you haven’t accidentally...

Letters to the Editor February 2025

This week I heard a news story (OK, fine, I watched a TikTok. But I promptly checked it was true!) about a beaver colony...

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