A gathering where writers with a local connection or subject can present their published work (fiction or non fiction) to other writers and anyone interested in writing. The event will ... The DLF Local Writers’ Forum – hosted by Don Nordberg
An open mic event for local writers and poets. Join us to hear poets read and perform their work. To sign up to participate at this event please contact us ... Poetry Slam with Angie Porter
Tim Spector is on a mission to bring fermenting into our lives and kitchens. Drawing on the latest science and his own experiments, Ferment is an accessible introduction to the ... Tim Spector – Ferment – The life changing power of microbes
Sunday Times bestselling author Quentin Letts pens a new novel: a modern twist on one of the greatest (yet underlooked) narratives in Christianity: The ‘Nunc Dimittis’, based on ten verses ... Quentin Letts – Nunc
Million-copy bestselling psychologist Dr Julie Smith is back with the book for when being human starts to get complicated. When you feel overwhelmed, pressure to perform, are grieving, are making ... Dr Julie Smith – Open When
On 6 June 1944, when the Allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years. Yet many of the British and American troops who ... Max Hastings – Sword
How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that ... Gordon Corera – The Spy in the Archive
In this remarkable novel, best-selling author Daisy Goodwin brings to life a woman whose extraordinary talent, unremitting drive and natural chic made her a legend. But it was only in ... Daisy Goodwin – Diva
Law and Literature in Dorchester: Meet at The Thomas Hardy Statue at the Top O’ Town Join Mark Damon Chutter, Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society, for ... Have They Come For Me? A guided walk tracing Law and Literature in Dorchester with Mark Damon Chutter
“Tanks are like dinner jackets”, an Australian general once commented – “you don’t need them very often, but when you do, nothing else will do.”An authoritative history of the tank ... Mark Urban – Tank
At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1400-year-old schism between Sunni and Shia. To understand this divide and its modern resonances, ... Barnaby Rogerson – The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
Drawing on the latest international research, leading physician and healthcare expert Professor Geoffrey Guy examines how quantum phenomena affect processes as diverse as the functioning of the brain and the ... Geoffrey Guy – Quantum Biology