In Search of Lost Time: Within a Budding Grove v.2: Within a Budding Grove Vol 2 (Vintage Classics)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
From ruined churches to haunted henges, we list Britain's most macabre places to scare yourself this Halloween Dorset: supernatural spirits at Knowlton church The ruin of Knowlton church, a few miles north of Wimborne Minster, is one of the most atmospheric places in Dorset, not to mention reputedly one of the most haunted. Originally constructed in the 12th century within the earthworks of a Bronze...
UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday 25 August 2009 issued at 2200 hours and published in association with Rare Bird Alert Pagers whilst utilising additional information gleaned from the Regional Birdlines, BirdGuides, local email groups, web-sites and web-blogs and individual observers. An adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER continues to delight visitors at Cresswell Pond NWT (Northumberland)...
Amateur Photographer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Informal snapshots of the Beatles have gone under the hammer at an auction in Dorset. Picture: Courtesy Duke's Grove Auctions
Amateur Photographer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Informal snapshots of the Beatles will go on sale today at an auction in Dorset. Picture: Courtesy Duke's Grove Auctions
Ramblings of Two Photographers (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Credit Crunch Wedding dresses ready for auction Bargain dresses for brides Over fifty wedding dresses have been auctioned in Dorchester, some of which were snapped up by eager brides-to-be looking for a bargain dress for their special day. The wedding dress auction, at Duke’s Grove in Dorchester, follows the closure of a bridal shop, after its owner retired. Inspecting the [...]
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
Dorset Cereals is one, but how many more corporate creations marketed in artlessly bucolic packaging are there out there? "I don't believe it," cried my distressed hostess. "Do you mean to tell me that Dorset Cereals are made by some gross multinational corporation and not by some horny-handed sons and daughters of the Wessex soil? Are you quite sure?" She peered at the hessian-and-flax...
Sophia Sadoughi (Free subscription) | 27/05/2009
My husband went on holiday to Spain, and all I got were these five Tibetan monks : A taxi driver surprised his wife when he told her who he’d invited to stay… five Tibetan monks, their guide and his girlfriend. Bob Murphy is welcoming the party to the three-bedroom home he shares in Leamington Road, Weymouth, with his wife Victoria. Mr. Murphy, 56, was asked by a friend if he could help...
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