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Category Archives: Dorset Magazine

Twenty-six Letters: February 2023

It was great to feature some of our Dorset authors this month

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 21, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:Chesil Beach, Dear Tosh, Hands Across the Sea, The Charity Shop Detective Agency, The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell, The Winterborne JourneyLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: February 2023

The Circle of Life

This guy is an inspiration for every schoolchild who’s struggling to find their place.

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 21, 2024Posted inDorset MagazineTags:Bobby's Bournemouth, Dome Pizza Oven, Gozney, Gozney Pizza Ovens, Handmade Pizza, Lymington, Pizza, Rehab, roccbox, South Coast Recovery Centre Durban, Tom GozneyLeave a comment on The Circle of Life

The Essence of Bravery

Determination, courage and humility. Here’s a man who has these in spades…

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 4, 2024Posted inDorset MagazineTags:Afghanistan, Bantam Press, Bravery, Never Will I Die, Royal Marines Special Forces, SBS, toby gutteridgeLeave a comment on The Essence of Bravery

Twenty-six Letters: January 2024

Some of my favourite books for January

Posted byJess MorencyJanuary 4, 2024January 4, 2024Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:andrew solomon, far from the tree, greenlights, hannah ritchie, i shall not hate, inspirational reading, Izzeldin Abuelaish, matthew mcconaughey, not the end of the world, the dictionary of lost words, winteringLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: January 2024

She’s Behind You…

Now this was an unexpectedly emotional interview! What a joy to meet Ionica Adriana.

Posted byJess MorencyNovember 22, 2023Posted inDorset MagazineTags:aladdin, ceausecu, English and Romanian Adoptee Project, ERA, ionica adriana, lighthouse poole, panto princess, pantomime, romanian orphanages, Sir Michael RutterLeave a comment on She’s Behind You…

Twenty-Six Letters: December

Another lot of eclectic books: perfect Christmas stocking fillers…

Posted byJess MorencyNovember 22, 2023November 22, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:Barbara Pym, Climate Upheaval, gaia vince, Kew Gardens, little toller publishing, Meadows, nomad century, Wild Swimming Walks, Women GardenersLeave a comment on Twenty-Six Letters: December

Twenty-six Letters: November

As the nights draw in and the weather cools (finally), here’s an eclectic bunch of books to keep you entertained…

Posted byJess MorencyOctober 24, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:cicerone books, etaf rum, flight paths, iranian food, migration, natasha solomons, romeo and juliet, scottish wild country backpacking, The LevantLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: November

Baa Baa Green Sheep

It was a chance meeting with Justine at a craft fair that led to this article – and the world’s best cardigan!

Posted byJess MorencyOctober 24, 2023October 24, 2023Posted inDorset MagazineTags:artisan knitwear, Dorset Down Sheep, Mongolian cashmere, ossian, Ossian Knitwear, purebred sheep, Rampisham Hill Farm, Soay Sheep, sustainable fashionLeave a comment on Baa Baa Green Sheep

Twenty-six Letters: October

October is Black History Month. And these books are just brilliant.

Posted byJess MorencySeptember 24, 2023September 24, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:a book of secrets, black england, black history month, black victorians, gretchen gerzina, hakim adi, hope road publishing, igiaba scego, kate morrison, keshia n. Abraham, miranda kaufman, the colour line, tudor britainLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: October

Twenty-six Letters: September

It was such a pleasure to read six of the Bridport Prize’s previous winners.

Posted byJess MorencySeptember 11, 2023September 11, 2023Posted inbook reviews, Dorset MagazineTags:A Terrible Kindness, Bernardine Evaristo, Carole Hailey, Isabel Ashdown, Kit de Waal, Michael Lavers, The Bridport Prize, The Silence Project, Wenyan LuLeave a comment on Twenty-six Letters: September

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