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No ordinary nest
Ever noticed neat crescent-shaped holes on your leaves? It’s most likely the Leaf Cutter bee
NATURE'S PIONEER
300 years ago a man was born in Selborne who was destined to shape our views of the natural world... we celebrate Gilbert White
Extending its reach
A new writing festival is going virtual for its first event to inspire and support first-time authors
Bundles of joy
Margot and family ‘waste time’ with their new arrivals this month
A whole new world
This month marks 400 years since the iconic Mayflower docked in Southampton with its pilgrim passengers hopeful for a new life in America, but it wasn’t all plain sailing
A timless flight
As we mark 80 years since the Battle of Britain, we remember two of the Hampshire ‘Few’ who gave their lives to save others
Naked truth of modelling
Deni Bown became a life model as a broke single mother – and ended up loving it
Peter Sellers, the mad magician
On the 40th anniversary of the actor’s death, his biographer Roger Lewis admires a sinister genius, who was quite off his head
Radio's King of Comedy
Martin Jarvis has now recorded 195 Just William stories and PG Wodehouse’s funniest books, he tells Valerie Grove
The oldie easy riders
Country roads are crammed with OAP bikers, says Peter McKay, a ton-up boy for 60 years
Their finest hour – in their finest planes
Eighty years ago, the Battle of Britain changed the course of history, thanks to the Hurricane and the Spitfire, says Leo McKinstry
Home, sweet Gothic home
Ever since moving into the Old Rectory at Hedgerley 40 years ago, I’ve kissed its walls every day
Hunter on the Heath
For 60 years, Hunter Davies, 84, has walked – and swum – on wild Hampstead Heath
Reaching for the stars – in their dressing rooms
For 20 years at the BBC, Jenny Bardwell sprinkled stardust over dull broadcasts. Now she’s found the old tapes – with their rich, lost voices
Travel On top of the world
As a boy, Melvyn Bragg biked up and down the fells. At 30, he bought a cottage there. Now 80, he is still bewitched by the Lake District
What's the point of the cactus?
‘It seemeth a strange herb,’ wrote the Spanish physician Nicolás Monardes in his Joyful News out of the New World (1568) of his first encounter with a cactus. ’One of its thorns pricked me. They are as sharp as needles and did hurt.’
Riding the Wave of Fame
Jamie Bacon is making his mark as an award-winning screenwriter and actor, but when not filming you’ll find him surfing on the Dorset coast
Wild Island Lockdown
As the rest of the UK went into lockdown Brownsea Island’s wildlife came out to play
The Newbery Arts Prize
Around the world artists are putting together their entries for this presitigious competition
A Novel Idea
Could this extraordinary year be the one when you finally become an author? Jess Thompson talks to those who have successfully undertaken the journey to being published
How we can strengthen local food security?
Alan Heeks explores the upsides and downsides of climate change for Dorset’s food economy
Sea Fever
Imagine if the sea was your offie and your daily commute was accompanied by dolphins
Flowered Up
Meet the couple creating ‘fields of colour’ at their cut flower farm in Sherborne
OUTSIDE SPACE
Light, air and the best of views, a garden room is a must-have home accessory
CORFE CASTLE VILLAGE TRAIL
Walk through the history of one of Dorset’s most fascinating villages
A LICK OF HISTORY
Some of the dining delicacies of our ancestors may raise a few eyebrows, but one dish that Dorset’s grand houses always had on the table in summer was ice cream
THE INSIDER'S GUIDE
News and happenings from around the area with Somerset Life
LET'S TALK ABOUT: Grass Snakes
Grass snakes are one of the three snakes found in Britain.
OUTSIDE SPACE
Light, air and the best of views, a garden room is a must-have home accessory
Honey with moor flavour
A uniquely flavoured honey, produced by bees foraging on Exmoor’s ling heather, is revealing a few surprises, discovers CATHERINE COURTENAY