We have been so lucky to finally enjoy some spring-like weather over the last couple of weeks – it always comes as a
In a remarkable interview, Rachael Rowe spoke to Eddy Scott in Kyiv about his road to recovery – and how he’d do it
Do you know what's tricky? Making three deeply interesting interviews sound like they're worth your time, when they're about 'eating healthily, loans for
In early February, two young boxers from Sturminster Newton Boxing Club headed to Rotherham for the England Boxing National Youth Championships 2025. Ruby
The Dorset Insider is a new sporadic column dedicated to shedding light on local matters with unfiltered honesty and a critical eye. The
The Grumbler – the open opinion column in The BV. It’s a space for anyone to share their thoughts freely. While the editor
New issue of The BV
March issue is HERE!
In a remarkable interview, Rachael Rowe spoke to Eddy Scott in Kyiv about his...
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Chris Wald’s insider’s guide to Team Tizzard at Cheltenham
We have been so lucky to finally enjoy some spring-like weather over the last couple of weeks – it always comes as a welcome...
March issue is HERE!
In a remarkable interview, Rachael Rowe spoke to Eddy Scott in Kyiv about his road to recovery – and how he’d do it all...
A very boring podcast (that isn’t)
Do you know what's tricky? Making three deeply interesting interviews sound like they're worth your time, when they're about 'eating healthily, loans for home...
Classroom Teacher – Full-time and Part-time Opportunities. MPS/UPS + 1 SEN
September 2025 or potentially earlier Fairmead School, Mudford Road, Yeovil, Somerset. BA21 4NZTelephone: 01935 421295Age Range: 4 – 19 Years‘This is a Good School’– Ofsted...
Spetisbury | Then & 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...
Fontmell Magna | POSTCARDS FROM A DORSET COLLECTION
This month Barry Cuff has chosen two postcards sent from Fontmell Magna, by the same person and to the same person, sent just a...
Weddings: then, now and back again
From parish churches to country barns – have modern weddings come full circle to their historic roots?Today, we think of a ‘traditional’ wedding as...
Out of the Archive – the Blackmore Vale Motorcycle Club
Following the profile of Blackmore Vale Motorcycle Club last month (Revving through history, The BV Jan 25), Francis Custard has kindly given The BV...
Love in triangles – the Bloomsbury set in Dorset
Dorothy Parker famously said of the Bloomsbury Group that “they painted in circles, lived in squares, and loved in triangles.” While this group of...
Winterborne Stickland | 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...
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The Random 19 Questions
The Countess of Carnarvon answers the 19 random questions
Countess Carnarvon, the chatelaine of Highclere Castle, will be giving a talk at the Exchange in Sturminster Newton this month about her latest book,...
Mark Hix, the English restaurateur and chef, takes on the Random 19
Renowned chef and restaurateur Mark Hix permanently relocated to Dorset at the start of the pandemic, coming home after spending his adult life in...
The Random 19 – with Bestselling Author Sarah J. Naughton.
I’ll be honest - even though I’ve read two of her books, I had no idea that Sarah Naughton was a local until her...
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.
Dorset Island Discs
When every day is a fantastic day
Nick Heyward looks back on rough school days, dreaming of stardom, David Bowie, naming Haircut 100 … and the joy of reading in the...
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Dorset Farming
Dorset Cultivation Event Returns in 2025 – The Ultimate Live Action Machinery Show
The Dorset Cultivation Event is set to be the...
Farming’s future needs more than a freebie
Andrew Livingston says LAMMA revealed more than just the...
Frustrations grow with flawed flood plans
George Hosford on beavers, bureaucracy … and Ronnie, the...
Dorset Farming
The truth behind ‘green credibility’ | Farm Tales
Big businesses buying productive farmland to promote their ‘green’ credentials may impact rural communities and UK food security, argues Andrew Livingston.Roman Abramovich at Chelsea...
Dorset Wildlife
Is it wildlife vs. development?
Imogen Davenport, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s director of nature-based solutions,...
Troglodytes troglodyte – the king of the birds
Wildlife writer Jane Adams greets one of the UK’s...
Graveyards: an excuse for weeds or a space that nature needs?
Rachael Rowe investigates how Dorset’s living legacy of churchyards...
Troglodytes troglodyte – the king of the birds
Wildlife writer Jane Adams greets one of the UK’s feistiest, loudest and most industrious birds as he survives winter before building a haremI’m filling...
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Hardy Monument walk with big views | 10.5 miles
This day's walk (we took more than four hours,...
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Win Green Down, the highest point of the Cranborne...
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Cow Down Hill to the Salisbury Spire Spot
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Easy Witchampton Circular | 10.3 miles
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