The BV Magazine - January 2024

In this issue

Welcome to the 41st issue of The BV magazine – and the first of 2024! Come on in, it’s nice and warm in here. (maybe go and make yourself a mug of tea or coffee first. And grab a couple of biscuits while you’re there.)
Inside this issue:
• A forestry plan on farmland near Stourhead is proving contentious with the local community – Fanny Charles heard from both sides as she takes a deep dive into the issue | Page 4 • Great women artists in Dorset. A major new exhibition at Dorset Museum explores the life and work of the world-famous sculptor who lived on Bulbarrow for nearly 20 years, and a new touring exhibition of the early work of an international feminist icon comes to Poole Lighthouse | Page 72 • Steve Keenan met Christopher Somerville to talk about his 35-year journey chronicling Britain’s footpaths for The Times and The Telegraph | Page 12 • Not bootiful at all. Andrew Livingston is still furious about a recent Channel 4 documentary exposing the concerning food safety and standards at a Bernard Matthews’ factory. And even more furious we’re not all talking about it | Page 91 • Robert Cowley, MBE – magistrate, volunteer, actor, passionate campaigner … and plumber – selects his Dorset Island Discs | Page 34
The BV – every month we’re jam-packed with Dorset goodness. News, opinion, people, farming, wildlife … and frankly stunning photography. And it’s FREE. Why wouldn’t you want a flick through? (if you really should be getting on, why not have a listen to the podcast while you do that thing you should be doing? https://bvmag.co.uk/Podcast )