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Rachel de Thame – A Flower Garden for Pollinators

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

With bees, butterflies and other pollinators threatened by climate change and habitat loss, it's now more important than ever to support and nurture pollinators in your garden. In this practical and beautiful guide, expert horticulturalist and regular Gardener's World presenter Rachel de Thame shows you how to create a garden that provides an abundant resource ... Rachel de Thame – A Flower Garden for Pollinators

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Alan Hollinghurst – Our Evenings

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Both dark and luminous, poignant and wickedly funny, Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel gives us a portrait of modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience. It is a story of race and class, theatre and sexuality, love and the cruel shock of violence, from the finest writer of our ... Alan Hollinghurst – Our Evenings

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Nusrit Mehtab – Off the Beat

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Over the course of her 30 year long career in the Metropolitan Police, Nusrit Mehtab was subjected to and witnessed a host of racist and sexist behaviour. This included fellow officers refusing to use her name, being sent out alone on nighttime foot patrols, witnessing male officers make lewd and derogatory comments about women leaving ... Nusrit Mehtab – Off the Beat

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James Holland – Cassino ’44

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

It should have an easy victory. After triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion, and with Italy finally knocked out of the war, the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943.And yet it didn't happen. Hitler ordered his forces to dig in, thus setting the stage for ... James Holland – Cassino ’44

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Victoria Hislop – The Figurine

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of cultural treasures and the price people – and countries – will pay to cling on to them.Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of ... Victoria Hislop – The Figurine

The Oldie Event – Giles Wood and Mary Killen – Country Life – in conversation with Harry Mount

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Former townies Giles and Mary swapped city life for rural Wiltshire over thirty years ago, and they've each embraced it in their own very different ways.Mary has happily traded sophisticated London salons for monthly lectures at the Farmers' Club, competitive school quizzes, church interactions and local Auction House sales. While Giles has immersed himself in ... The Oldie Event – Giles Wood and Mary Killen – Country Life – in conversation with Harry Mount

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Kate Humble – Where the Hearth Is

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Kate Humble has a knack for sharing her own journey towards a more pleasing and purposeful life in a way that inspires readers, enables them to reassess their own lives and helps them achieve their personal goals. Having encouraged readers to reconnect with nature in Thinking on My Feet and simplify their lifestyles in A ... Kate Humble – Where the Hearth Is

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Tom Heap – Land Smart

The Dorford Centre 2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

We need land for so many of humanity’s growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we’ve stolen it from nature, but this has led to ... Tom Heap – Land Smart

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