Dorset Magazine
A Virtual Tour Of Wessex
Tim Laycock, Artistic Director of The New Hardy Players takes us on a literary ramble through the landscapes that inspired Thomas Hardy
4 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Our green and pleasant town
CATHERINE COURTENAY takes a look at Taunton’s green spaces and discovers a legacy that’s continuing into the future
6 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Home front
With schools closed and exams cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, there are many ways you can help your child to continue learning
3 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
GET BAKING
Now is a good time to practise your home baking, so our chef of the year STEVE JAMES shares some recipes with us
7 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Something to sing about
The hills are alive with the sound of singing – well, not just the hills of course but the whole of Somerset
4 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
What VE Day means for Somerset
Charles Dickens was right – it was the best of times and the worst of times, except that Dickens wasn't around in 1945 when the party began to celebrate VE Day
5 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
GO WILD
If Noah was alive today he would be thrilled to visit the Somerset zoo farm which proudly bears his name
4 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Escape the madness
Sometimes books are the best places to find a moment of serenity and calmness
4 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Boots on for birding
SIMONE STANBROOK-BYRNE finds a selection of places to wander where we can also enjoy birds and other wildlife
6 min |
May 2020
Somerset Life
Heading For Burnout?
Struggling with the demands of work, draining relationships, feeling you can’t cope? It’s a common story in our increasingly frenetic world
2 min |
May 2020
France
VENDÉE
Enjoy adventures aplenty, both on land and afloat, in the jewel of Pays de la Loire’s crown, says Helen Parkinson
4 min |
May 2020
France
Mother KNOWS BEST
French chef Eugénie Brazier was the first person to earn six Michelin stars in the 1930s and her restaurant in Lyon is still going strong, as Paola Westbeek finds out
3 min |
May 2020
France
TICKLED PINK
On the opposite bank of the Rhône from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Dominic Rippon discovers another shade of rosé
2 min |
May 2020
France
BAYONNE
Alex Green is captivated by the cultural traditions, historic architecture and hidden heritage in Bayonne
4 min |
May 2020
France
JOAN OF ARC
As May 2020 marks the centenary of Jean d’Arc’s canonisation, Helen Parkinson finds out how a peasant girl became a military leader
3 min |
May 2020
France
Go with THE FLOW
Lucy Parford takes time out on a rejuvenating wellness break in the popular resort of Moliets-et-Maa on the south-west coast
7 min |
May 2020
France
COLLIOURE
The coastal town of Collioure in Occitanie has inspired some of the world’s most famous painters to put brush to canvas and it’s easy to see why, as Vicky Leigh discovers
3 min |
May 2020
France
Champion of THE SKIES
Janet Brice reveals how flying ace Roland Garros became the toast of French tennis
2 min |
May 2020
France
ANJOU
Karen Tait enjoys a few days exploring the lesser-known châteaux of the western Loire, with wine-tastings and tapestries along the way
8 min |
May 2020
France
Magic is the MOONLIGHT
A night of summer sorcery in the Sancerrois casts a spell over Deborah Nash
6 min |
May 2020
France
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Fiona Young-Brown goes on the trail of the legendary Beast of Gévaudan through modern-day Haute-Loire and Lozère
4 min |
May 2020
Ancient Egypt
Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
Bob Brier and Pat Remler explore upheaval and chaos in ancient Egyptian society.
3 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
Petrie and Edwards: Gateway to the World of Egyptology
Anna Garnett, Frances Potts and Catriona Wilson reveal the new entrance gallery to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
2 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
NEFERTARI AND PUDUḪEPA: QUEENS OF DIPLOMACY
Diana Liesegang explores the relationship between an Egyptian and a Hittite queen, and their role in the peace negotiations between their two countries.
8 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
The Local Governors of the Tenth Upper Egyptian Province
The lives of kings and their families are too often the focus of the study of ancient Egyptian history. Wolfram Grajetzki turns his attention instead to the local governors of the Tenth Upper Egyptian nome in an attempt to reconstruct their line up to the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
10 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
PER MESUT: for younger readers
The remarkable village known today as Deir el-Medina (see above) but called the ‘Place of Truth’ by its inhabitants, is the source of a huge amount of information about the ordinary life of the ancient Egyptians.
4 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 22: The Gilded Mummy of Lady Isaious
Campbell Price describes one of the Manchester Museum mummies currently on display in an exhibition turing the USA.
3 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
GEBEL EL-SILSILA THROUGH THE AGES - Scarabs for the Children
In a slight diversion from their on-going series on the historical development of this fascinating site, Maria Nilsson, John Ward and Patricia Coletto return to the Thutmoside cemetery at Gebel el-Silsila East and examine in detail two of the intact child burials discovered by the Gebel el-Silsila Project team, with special focus on scarabs and scaraboids.
7 min |
April / May 2020
Ancient Egypt
ANUBIS – JACKAL, WOLF, DOG, FOX OR HYENA?
Wildlife expert John Wyatt continues his investigation of Egyptian gods by looking at another important deity and the animal or animals associated with him.
10+ min |
April / May 2020
Devon Life
Reaching the end of my Tudor trilogy
Novelist Hilary Mantel tells ROSIE KINCHEN about finally finishing her epic Thomas Cromwell trilogy
10+ min |