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The National Trust is bringing Thomas Hardy’s homes to life with British Sign Language tours

A historian has penned a book on places of interest in the life of a well-known Dorset based colonel

Learn more about the gardens at Thomas Hardys homes of Max Gate and Hardys Cottage in Dorset

Heavy rain and wind battered Dorset yesterday as Storm Nelson blew its way through the south West.

Nestled on the Somerset/Wiltshire border is the Stourhead Estate. We look at some of the women who have made this esteemed property their home over…

A local association are looking to restore the memorial to Frederick Treves who treated a king, and showed humanity to John Merrick, who was known…

In her disillusioned later years Thomas Hardy’s first wife, Emma, bitterly reflected: ‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all.’ In Hardy Women, Paula Byrne sets out to recover the stories of the women in his life ‘who did not have a voice and who were often deliberately omitted from

An exhaustive biography of Thomas Hardy’s romantic life is most fascinating when it chronicles his complicated menage with his wife and a young typist

From Tess to Bathsheba, the author created strong heroines. So why did both of his wives end up living in his attic? In a new book, his biographer reassesses the great novelist’s feminist credentials

The National Trust is looking for new volunteers at their historic properties and locations in West Dorset such as the homes of Thomas Hardy and…