Listen "Walks and card games in Durweston, supercars, and Tom Robinson 72 and still rocking!"
Episode Synopsis
BV June '22, Part 1.
In this first of June's episodes:
The Letter from the Editor, Laura Hitchcock
Walks and card games in Durweston are helping one family settle in
Adrian and Marie Fisher in Durweston have welcomed three generations of one Ukrainian family. Adrian shares how they are settling into life in Dorset
North Dorset offers a welcome
A local committee has been quietly working to help settle refugees – one family at a time – from all parts of the globe, reports Rachael Rowe
Local teenager’s event attracts 120 supercars worth £120,000 to £1.2m!
A student from Clayesmore School has surprised and captivated supercar owners with his creative meet-ups. Rachael Rowe reports
Tom Robinson - 72, and still got it
Tom Robinson, songwriter and broadcaster, will be at The Exchange later this month. Editor Laura Hitchcock spoke to him about his 50-year career as a musician, as a broadcaster and as an activist.
Internationally bestselling author Natasha Solomons takes on the Random 19 questions
Natasha Solomons is the author of five novels, including Mr Rosenblum’s List (set in Dorset) and The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her latest book, I, Mona Lisa, is just out in paperback
A greener goodbye
In a remote barn in Dorset, with pigeons and podcasts for company, Sophia Campbell is quietly revolutionising funerals with her reusable coffins and environmentally-friendly farewells, Tracie Beardsley reports
In this first of June's episodes:
The Letter from the Editor, Laura Hitchcock
Walks and card games in Durweston are helping one family settle in
Adrian and Marie Fisher in Durweston have welcomed three generations of one Ukrainian family. Adrian shares how they are settling into life in Dorset
North Dorset offers a welcome
A local committee has been quietly working to help settle refugees – one family at a time – from all parts of the globe, reports Rachael Rowe
Local teenager’s event attracts 120 supercars worth £120,000 to £1.2m!
A student from Clayesmore School has surprised and captivated supercar owners with his creative meet-ups. Rachael Rowe reports
Tom Robinson - 72, and still got it
Tom Robinson, songwriter and broadcaster, will be at The Exchange later this month. Editor Laura Hitchcock spoke to him about his 50-year career as a musician, as a broadcaster and as an activist.
Internationally bestselling author Natasha Solomons takes on the Random 19 questions
Natasha Solomons is the author of five novels, including Mr Rosenblum’s List (set in Dorset) and The Novel in the Viola, which was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her latest book, I, Mona Lisa, is just out in paperback
A greener goodbye
In a remote barn in Dorset, with pigeons and podcasts for company, Sophia Campbell is quietly revolutionising funerals with her reusable coffins and environmentally-friendly farewells, Tracie Beardsley reports
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