My Creative Life: Talking Heads, an exhibition of clay sculptures inspired by Elisabeth Frink, is now open at Dorset Museum. The heads on display are the expression of a creative process during six workshops at Dorset Museum. The workshops started in March 2020 and were aimed at adults with learning difficulties, men with mental health […]
Today marks one month until Extreme E’s Season 1 finale and the crowning moment of the first ever Championship team in this sport for purpose series, taking place in Dorset, from 18-19 December 2021.
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens’ ILLUMINATE event returns later this month to brighten up the dark winter evenings. View photos of ILLUMINATE at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens Following the success of last year’s event, Dorchester-based lighting specialists OT Event Technicians are again taking over the Gardens at twilight from 26 November to 23 December illuminating the exotic trees […]
The countdown to Christmas has started, and National Trust’s beautiful Kingston Lacy is getting ready to welcome a new glittering trail between 3 December – 2 January. View photos of the Christmas Light Trail at Kingston Lacy The grounds of the elegant country mansion will be transformed into a winter wonderland. There will be trees […]
Extreme E, the sport for purpose electric off-road racing series, has its Season 1 finale, ‘the Jurassic X Prix’ in Bovington on 18-19 December 2021. Alejandro Agag, Extreme E Founder and CEO, said: “I’m very excited by this race location – our first event on UK soil. This move is a poignant shift in our […]
Sculpture by the Lakes is set in 26 acres of beautiful countryside, created by Dorset artist Simon Gudgeon and his wife Monique.
An exhibition showcasing some of the finest twentieth-century British art from well-known local artists opens at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum this October. Celebrating one hundred years of Bournemouth Arts Club, the exhibition was delayed from its intended schedule last year due to the lockdown closures. Shortly after the ending of the First World […]
A group of the UK’s rarest lizard, the sand lizard, have been released back into the wild in Dorset.
15 August 2021 marked the 75th (+1) anniversary of the end of WW2 and this event, organised by The Society for Poole, told some of the stories of the town. Poole played a key part during the war, providing a flotilla of boats to Dunkirk and the port was the third largest embarkation point for […]
