A writing competition for Valentine’s Day is being held by STAND (Save the Area North of Dorchester) group in celebration of the best qualities of Dorchester. Entrants are being asked to write a letter, card or poem about aspects of the county town that they love and submit them to Waterstones book shop in South Street by 10th February. Prizes include a limited edition of a Thomas Hardy novel plus book tokens. In the interview below Mark Chutter, Chair of the Thomas Hardy Society and member of STAND explains more to Rob Mott…