Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest, featuring today • Dr. Haydn Mort talks about climate change • We hear from Pauline Kidner about 'Secret World' the excellent wildlife rescue centre near Bridgwater, and the effect the current weather conditions are having on wildlife • A look forward to the Finals Concert of the Sherborne Young Musician of the Year competition with the organiser • And there's an item about an early 18th century gin craze with Dr. Richard Barnett…
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🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny talks to Alex Crumbie of Ethical Consumer magazine who has recently written an article about 'Fast Fashion' and how it is harmful to the environment • John Baker, director of Sherborne Abbey Festival, gives a resumé of what will be in this year's music fest. And, although the festival is two months away, tickets are already selling fast! • Did you know that at one time the village of West Coker near Yeovil gave its name to the best quality ships' sails? Ross Aitken will tell us more about 'Coker Canvas' and rope and twine production in this part of … 🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…
Jenny talks to Michelle O'Brian who will be appearing in West Dorset later this month to tell the fascinating tale of a woman who left the Isle of Wight in 1633 to take the treacherous trip to America • We'll be hearing about smuggling, ahead of a talk by Trevor Ware in West Bay on the subject of smugglers and the Dorset connection • We have one of Britain's great symphony orchestras over in Bournemouth and Jess Craig will tell us what the Dorset connection means to the orchestra • And we hear again from adventurer Jason Lewis about his … 🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…
Today: Concerns over the future funding of the arts in Dorset – Jenny talks to Sarah James from the Arts Development Company based in Dorchester • Kerry Bartlett from Artsreach tells us more about the charity she works for • For "something completely different" we hear about William Rufus, a "Bad King" – he of the New Forest's Rufus Stone • We hear from Peter Gill who will perform his show 'The Wit and Songs of Noel Coward' in Dorset in mid-February
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today • a local composer tells about her nature-inspired event called 'Music & Nature' • Advice on what to do if you find a dolphin or porpoise washed up on a Dorset beach • Storyteller James Rowland on his latest show 'Revelations' about his being a sperm doner for friends • A member of 'Alverada' chats to Jenny about their vibrant Brazilian music 'Choro'
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny looks back at her programmes from 2019 and makes a personal pick of the best bits…
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🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…• Studio guest Steven Moss, film maker and noted ornithologist, talks about his new book • Carys Bexington talks about her book, 'The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland' – a fun mash-up of two classics, showing the true meaning of Christmas is to be kind • Trudi Zimmer from 'Friends Against Scams' has invaluable advice on avoiding scams • Good news on the pollinator front!…
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🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. In this edition: Jenny's studio guest is Jay Armstrong who runs a gallery in Sherborne • we'll be hearing from an award winning artist and illustrator whose beautiful book about the Hare and the Moon is in bookshops now • Jenny talks to the man who is arguably the world's greatest flute player, Sir James Galway…
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…The Moscow Drug Club…they're a very vibrant musical group • The recent, and first, National Plastic Awards • Becky Varndell looks back at Artsreach's successes of 2019 • News of an exciting dig on one of Dorset Wildlife Trust's reserves near Dorchester • We raise a glass…of gin…with a medical historian
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the Environment, the Arts and other topics of interest. Today: • Studio guest Simon Lamb talks about his new book 'Jungle-nomics' which discusses the issue of humans stripping the Earth of its natural resources and the consequences • We hear from Tim Laycock about the Ridgeway Singers and Band's forthcoming concerts of West Gallery Carols • It's National Tree Week and we hear from the Campaign to Protect Rural England about the importance of trees • and Classical guitarist, Michael Portington from the USA, plays for us
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…In this edition Jenny talks to Dorchester author, Jim Potts, about his new book • There's a look forward to the next Sherborne Chamber Choir concert – an advent special • Following on from last week there's a further report about insect decline from Mike Birks of the Gardens Group
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🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny's guests tell us of a two-day 'Eco Fair' to be held in Sherborne very soon • News of a charming book of Dorset Postcards published by Wimborne's Dovecot Press • A worrying report about insect decline in our county and elsewhere • A one-woman play called 'Fallen Fruit' coming to Dorset soon
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Will & Tim Martin on what it means to the land and the environment to farm in a wildlife-friendly, non-intensive manner • Organic farmer Will Best on the wildlife on his Cerne Valley Farm • Award-winning Scottish folk trio, Talisk, coming to Dorset in November
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🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…Jenny Devitt's weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Zimbabwean singer/dancer Anna Mudeka • Louise Birks from the Gardens Group who masterminds their three magnificent Xmas displays • How to gain confidence in dating and finding the right partner • How Dorset is doing in the recently published State Of Nature report
Local World is broadcast on Fridays at 6pm
🔊 Click here to listen to this programme…With the local Literary Festival season looming, today's programme features two writers and their books. Also, Shakespeare's King Lear performed by one man and, although it's Autumn, Jenny finds out more about spring planting by re-visiting Brimsmore Garden Centre. Finally Bob Whitley tells us about the folk-musical – 'Magellan – Circumnavigation: We Sail to Prove the Earth is Round' – being performed at Shipton Gorge with his co-performer Lee MacKenzie on 12th October and at Ashmore Village Hall on 30th November. More details on this Artsreach page
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