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- Pilsdon the model for new woodland commune in Somerset by Real West Dorset on Nov 19, 2009
THE WRITER Tobias Jones has sold his house in Bristol and bought 10 acres of woodland in Somerset so that he and his family can set up a commune modelled on the Pilsdon Community in the Marshwood Vale. Pilsdon is a Christian refuge for people with...
- Er… Um… Ah by Real West Dorset on Nov 17, 2009
I POPPED in to Bridport Old Books and Caroline said to me: “Here, try this.” So I put some headphones on and listened to what sounded like a conversation with all the interesting bits taken out. Er – pause – like – pause – ah – pause…...
- Phallic garden feature provokes fresh speculation about date of Cerne Abbas giant by Real West Dorset on Nov 17, 2009
YOU MUST read this: a piece in The Times about how an abandoned garden in Cerne Abbas suggests the giant was created in the late 16th or early 17th century. Click on this link here. The Times refers to a letter in Current Archaeology magazine in wh...
- “Who knows what a man who has drunk a lot of cider might get up to?” by Real West Dorset on Nov 16, 2009
Review of Who Were We? Connecting the lives of a 19th century Dorset community by Andrew Pastor, Village Voices, £14.95 paperback ON EVERY page of the new Drimpton Village Voices book Who Were We? there’s something that catches the eye. The...
- Strewth! National newspaper says Bridport is “not much like Notting Hill at all” by Real West Dorset on Nov 14, 2009
BRIDPORT is featured today in The Times’ Great British Weekend series. The town is described by reporter Kate Quill as “very civilised” and “very attractive”. The piece seems to be a kind of unofficial apology for a r...
- London Links: Daily Candy-London by Little London Observationist on Nov 11, 2009
Daily Candy London is a colourful place to catch up on London fashion, beauty, culture, food, etc. One of the latest articles features a photo of a mouth-watering creme fraiche tart with lemon curd ice cream. Even better, they’ve revealed...
- Respectable? No. Unfashionable? Yes. Interesting? Very by Real West Dorset on Nov 11, 2009
Review of The West Country: A Cultural History by John Payne, published by Signal Books, £12; part of a series called Landscapes of the Imagination THERE are two chapters in this book on Dorset and they get off to a cracking start: “Dorset has a n...
