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May 2, 2024
The National Trust is bringing Thomas Hardy’s homes to life with British Sign Language tours
April 10, 2024
A historian has penned a book on places of interest in the life of a well-known Dorset based colonel
March 31, 2024
Learn more about the gardens at Thomas Hardys homes of Max Gate and Hardys Cottage in Dorset
March 29, 2024
Heavy rain and wind battered Dorset yesterday as Storm Nelson blew its way through the south West.
March 24, 2024
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…
February 11, 2024
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…
February 2, 2024
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
January 22, 2024
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
January 14, 2024
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
January 12, 2024
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…