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Dinah’s Hollow decision is ‘null and void’, and a local councillor lodges a complaint...

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The BV magazine – our home is in the Blackmore Vale, our heart is rural Dorset

Laughing through the irony

Laughter is definitely the best medicine, and with humorous news often in short supply these days, the Daily Mail lightened the mood for us...

Harvest complete, but TB lingers

James Cossins reflects on navigating a challenging harvest, balancing the crop quality against the costs of drying grain during the erratic summer weather As I...

The grit behind the glamour

Baby Barn Owl’s

Exclusive: Charles Church – plus Dorset’s biodiversity crisis | BV podcast

The BV has an exclusive interview with renowned equestrian painter Charles Church, and Jenny sits down with council leader Nick Ireland to discuss biodiversity,...

It’s the official pre-show magazine for Frome Cheese Show!

We’re excited to bring you the very first official pre-show magazine for Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show! It's been a special one for us...

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...

The English Hippocrates

Thomas Sydenham, one of the most prominent physicians in 17th century England, was born 400 years ago, just ten miles from Dorchester Known as the...

St Basil’s mysterious,extraordinary font

The allure of a mysterious Saxon font in Toller Fratrum’s tiny church has fascinated artists for a century, says CPRE’s Rupert Hardy n 1934, the...

Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...

Forty years on:the Bourton Village Video

A window to 1983 – a time when the village suffered endless traffic jams, but there were two pubs and two shops … and...

Shaftesbury | 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

A Dorset man – Tim Laycock answers the Random 19 questions

Folk musician, singer, actor, storyteller, historian, Thomas Hardy expert … Dorset’s Tim Laycock is a man of many talents. Folk musician, singer, actor, storyteller, historian,...

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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

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

We’re excited to bring you the very first official pre-show magazine for Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show! It's been a special...

On 3rd September, more than 150 people gathered in the splendid Members Pavilion at The Dorset County Show to celebrate the...

This recipe started out as a bit of an experiment but has now become a reliable go-to if I am looking...

Wilfrid Shon is making some of the best gin in the world in a Dorset farmyard – and its Asian kick...

In 2010 Chrissy and Karl Regler had just had their second child. Finances were tight, and Chrissy, on maternity leave from...

Dorset Farming

Harvest complete, but TB lingers

James Cossins reflects on navigating a challenging harvest, balancing...

A sting operation bee-hind enemy lines

The challenges facing pollinators are very real – but...

It’s the official pre-show magazine for Frome Cheese Show!

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Walk and talk with the FCN

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Labour’s subsidy silence is a worry

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My least favourite month is over | Voice of a Farmer

Farmers are working together to improve the habitat and increase quality food production, but we can’t be undermined by lower standard imports, argues James...

Dorset Wildlife

Baby Barn Owl’s

Local wildlife photographer Ian Nelson sent this wonderful set...

Exclusive: Charles Church – plus Dorset’s biodiversity crisis | BV podcast

The BV has an exclusive interview with renowned equestrian...

Tap dancing in the attic

Wildlife writer Jane Adams’ nocturnal visitors lead her on...

Wildflower planting at conservation farm

Native plants can help to boost biodiversity on the...

Bees at risk: can we stop the hornet invasion?

Asian hornets pose a growing threat to Britain’s pollinators...

Wildflower planting at conservation farm

Native plants can help to boost biodiversity on the ancient floodplain meadows beside the Stour at the CRT’s Bere Marsh Farm A team of Dorset...

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