Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international outdoor arts festival, is set to return this autumn with a series of free-to-see installations and performances in five extraordinary locations. Hosted by Dorchester-based outdoor arts producers Activate, over two weeks in September each of these special and distinctive landscapes will be transformed by magical art and dramatic interventions […]
Replica Columbus tall ship Nao Santa María will be docked in Poole Quay from Wednesday 11 June to Sunday 22 June. The Nao Santa María was the largest of the three ships that Christopher Columbus used during his first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492. The ship will serve as a floating museum for the […]
Dorset author Thomas Hardy will be celebrated at Stonehenge on 28 May. A Beautiful Thread – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music, performed by Anton Lesser, Lucia Bonbright and Orchestra of the Swan at Stonehenge is part of Salisbury International Arts Festival (Saturday 24 May and runs until Sunday 8 June.) This collaboration brings the […]
Poole’s part in the momentous Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 is often overlooked, but a new community exhibition is determined to set the record straight – and, just as they were 85 years ago, local people are being called on to help. Curated by Poole Maritime Trust with the support of a range of local organisations, […]
The Salt Path, the new film adaptation of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir, is to open at Lighthouse Poole as part of its national release on Friday 30 May. The film stars Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as Raynor and her husband Moth who, following his terminal diagnosis and the devastating loss of their home, embark […]
Hengistbury Head Outdoor Activity Centre, which handled more than 15,000 sessions a year in its heyday, is set to be revived after a 99 year lease was signed between the community group Hengistbury Head Outdoors (HHO) and BCP Council. The education centre, which is located in Christchurch Harbour, transferred into community ownership via a Community […]
From Sandbanks to Southbourne, beach huts are once again available for booking. New for this season, beachgoers can book a short-term beach hut online for as little as one week, instead of the previous four-week minimum. Additionally, customers will have longer to enjoy their hut as bookings finish and keys are returned by 5pm on […]
New year, new trail.
Minterne House and Gardens – The Enchanted Night Garden
Writer and LGBTQ+ pioneer Sylvia Townsend Warner will be Dorchester’s first non-royal statue of a woman! Following a public vote, the remarkable writer and poet Sylvia Townsend Warner will finally be honoured with a long-overdue statue, enriching Dorchester’s literary and visual heritage. She’ll be the town’s first non-royal statue of a woman, joining the six […]
