Abbotsbury Swannery
A star object from the Victoria and Albert Museums collection is due to go on display in a new exhibition being held at Dorset Museum.
Two striking new pieces of art celebrating Bournemouth’s famous coastline will greet seafront visitors this summer. BCP Council have commissioned two local artists to revamp and improve the visitor experience around Bournemouth Pier Approach Flyover and Boscombe Land Train Garage on Undercliff Drive. Starting this week, 16 pillars at Bournemouth’s Pier Approach Flyover, an area […]
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum has been awarded a grant of £518,000 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports, delivered by Arts Council England. This money will be used on a project to restore the original 1901 conservatory, replace the air-handling units and improve drainage. This grant forms part of almost £50 […]
After great success with a silver gilt award at the renowned Chelsea Flower Show in 2019, Kingston Maurward has once again joined up with local plant growers and suppliers to celebrate Dorset horticulture with a garden in this year’s Sanctuary Gardens category. Using a visit to Kingston Maurward’s sister garden La Mortola, (The Hanbury Botanical Gardens) […]
‘Best in Show’ garden designer and plantsman, Chris Beardshaw returns to RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2022 as part of the new Project Giving Back initiative, with a Show Garden for one of the nation’s most well-respected charities, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, (RNLI). Chris Beardshaw, who’s been a lifelong supporter of the charity, […]
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity is inviting people of all ages, abilities andgenders to shine a spotlight on men’s health this March by challenging themselves to asponsored run or walk to raise vital funds for men’s health services across Dorset. The annual event, previously hosted by Bournemouth Hospital Charity, will take place atBournemouth Pier Approach […]
The Blue Pool evening event is on until 27 February 2022. Light up your winter nights.
The UK’s favourite family festival is returning to Lulworth Castle, Dorset in July with a set of star-studded acts taking the all-encompassing family festival experience to a whole new level. From a trilogy of disco legends Sister Sledge, Earth Wind & Fire Experience ft Al. McKay, and Kool & The Gang set to ignite Saturday […]
Rosberg X Racing (RXR) are the champions of the first-ever season of Extreme E, securing the title after finishing fourth in the season-ending Jurassic X Prix in Dorset. Despite finishing level on 155 points with Jurassic X Prix winners X44, RXR’s Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor took the Championship due to having more X Prix […]
