Terry Reid 01:06:2016

Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne The less generous annals of British rock history record Terry ‘Superlungs’ Reid as one of music’s nearly men and his story a series of what-might-have-beens – the man who turned down the singer’s job in Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, who opened for the Stones, Yes and Cream and counted Clapton and Graham Nash Read More…

Thomas Hardy: The ‘Facts’

In its continuing quest to understand more about who we are by exploring where we came from and how we got here, the Time and Tide Theatre Group has assembled an all-Dorset company for its latest revue, Words Take Wing, which premieres at Eastington Manor in Worth Matravers as part of Purbeck Art Weeks. Drawing on Read More…

Neville Heath: Murder most foul

It was the case that gripped the nation: a nationwide manhunt for a vicious killer who had slaughtered a part-time actress in a London hotel. On Saturday 6 July 1946 the object of the manhunt, former RAF pilot Neville Heath, was arrested in Bournemouth, where he had been staying at the Tollard Royal Hotel on Read More…

In search of the Loch Ness Monster

In 1991 Steve Feltham gave up a stable life and secure livelihood to search for the Loch Ness monster. Before he left he told Nick Churchill about his dreams and schemes, but little did either man know that a quarter of a century later Steve would still be hunting Nessie. It’s high time the two Read More…

Capability Brown at Milton Abbey

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown may have struggled to move mountains, but hills, valleys, rivers, streams, woodlands and lakes were well within his considerable powers. Famously, he’s the man who remodelled the landscape of 18th-century England, creating new features in the countryside and making the rest of it easier on the eye. In his 32 years as Read More…