The BV Magazine - November 2023

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• ‘I think I have lost my business. How do you recover from this?’ The Sherborne businesses devastated by flood | Page 4
• From city chef to Dorset farmer – Julius Roberts is the Instagram sensation working to reconnect a modern audience with their food. He takes on the 19 Random questions | Page 20
• If you took a magical mystery tour that began in Swinging Sixties London, went to the potteries in Stoke-on-Trent and to a specialist pottery shop in Stratford-upon-Avon, you wouldn’t expect to end up in Somerset’s hidden village of Shepton Beauchamp, at the home of Dennis Chinaworks and Sally Tuffin| Page 24
• ‘Sad day for democracy’ as planners ignore neighbourhood plans and approve development on AONB, outside Blandford bypass | Page 6
• Meet Dorset craftsmen Chris and Ed – internationally recognised as two of the world’s best under-40 leatherworkers | Page 50
• Q&A with West Dorset MP Chris Loder. He offered to answer an open postbag – and here he has answered all the letters that were sent| Page 18
• The case of the Spanish oranges: Andrew Livingston considers the UK’s freedom to roam and a misadventure involving oranges and an angry farmer for which he definitely wasn’t to blame | Page 91
• Cllr Spencer Flower shares his journey from Gillingham council estate to the award-winning leadership of Dorset Council in his Dorset Island Discs | Page 56
• The Dorset Mounties – Riding into the fight against rural crime. Andrew Livingston spoke to one of Dorset’s new rural mounted volunteers | Page 10

The BV Magazine Description:

The BV is the 'glossy' award-winning monthly magazine from the heart of rural Dorset – take your time, come spend half an hour and a weekend coffee with us.
From astonishing photography to fascinating UK wildlife, opinionated and entertaining farmers and celebrities answering random questions, there's something for everyone.
Not from Dorset? Feel free to just skip the first 10 pages, and you'll love the contemporary rural lifestyle magazine that is the rest of the BV behind the local news. And do NOT miss the reader's photography.