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THE lavish contents of one of Britain's most beautiful stately homes are being auctioned off in a £1m everything-must-go sale run by a Dorchester auction house. Wormington Grange has been owned since the 1970s by John Evetts, the grandson of Lord Ismay, Winston Churchill's chief military strategist during World War Two. Mr Evetts has sold the neoclassical Cotswolds mansion for a multi-million pounds sum as he is downsizing to a smaller property in the area. The sale features over 1,000 items ranging in value from £50 kitchen glasses to £100,000 works of art. Auctioneers Duke's of...

This week my wife and I had our first non essential trip out. We went to the top of the Abbotsbury Hill and had a great view of Portland which most people do not realise has more homes than Dorchester. We are so lucky to live in Dorset and well understand why other people want to live here. Sadly we have yet to explore the water meadows North of Dorchester although I suspect we have plenty of time as the citizens of Dorchester will be out with their banners and pitch forks preventing the influx of foreigners from joining their community.

Wormington Grange in Stanton, Gloucestershire, is currently owned by John Evetts, the grandson of Churchill's chief military assistant Lord Ismay.

Mary Shelley  Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley Mary Shelley published Frankenstein on January 1, 1818 following a summer spent with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John William Polidori and Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairmont near Geneva. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, grew from a short story into a novel, and was initially published without an author’s name. Shelley's success however, was short-lived as tragedy struck her family. Following Percy Bysshe's death in 1822, Mary returned to England with their son Percy. In 1849, Sir Percy Florence Shelley...

More then and now pictures of Dorset's most enduring pubs We enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane to celebrate the staying power of Dorset country pubs so much - we decided to do it again. Here are five more pubs, both urban and rural in this area, which have lasted the course over many years. All pubs are, of course, currently closed due to the national lockdown but we are very much looking forward to returning to some of these enduring watering holes when restrictions are lifted. Scroll down to see which pubs have got tremendous staying power. George Inn Weymouth, 1900