Celebrity chef Lesley Walters, well known for various TV appearances, runs a successful cookery school near Halstock and in the programme today she talks about her life, her choice of music, what she loves to cook and how she became a chef and live in Dorset

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Jenny Devitt’s weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Two scientists from Kew Gardens talk about how drought resistant crop plants are being developed to cope with climate change • farmer and Chairman of Dorset County NFU, George Hosford, goes into detail about the challenges of growing food crops here • and we hear from Nigel Short, director of the world-class choral ensemble, Tenebrae

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Today: Cheering news of a summer choral retreat at Sherborne’s Leweston School • We hear that regular exercise can help fight off infectious diseases like Covid-19 • We delve in to the issue of factory-farmed chickens • and a newly discovered coffee plant could replace the threatened Arabica and Robusta varieties we know and love

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Today: What’s trending in holidays this year (pandemic permitting)? • we explore the important issue of rural transport in Scotland • there are views on expanding and improving our rail network • so why not stay local and enjoy a glass or two of Noddy’s cider

Which bird would you put with which musical instrument – the author of a new book for children has been inspired by listening to birdsong during lockdown • Mike Burks talks about good spring plants to be putting in the soil now • Do fish have much in common with humans? The answer is a definite “Yes” apparently

Jenny Devitt’s weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Is Bitcoin environmentally friendly? No, we discover • Steven Moss, president of Somerset Wildlife Trust, talks about the book he wrote about his local patch with which he became intimately associated • We look back, and hopefully forward, to the making of the Beltane Brew at what was the Cerne Giant Festival, until the pandemic hit! • And we hear the evocative sounds of the hammered dulcimer from Dorchester’s Damien Clarke

Are you a minimalist, what is a minimalist and could it be a good idea to be one? We find out • Jenny visits a local butterfly reserve and hears the glorious song of the nightingale • We hear about the ethics of not getting sick in a pandemic • and Mike Burks has advice about planting seed potatoes at Easter…

Jenny Devitt’s weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Weldmar Hospicecare’s Director of Nursing, Caroline Sweetland, talks about their new Home Appeal and the difference it will make to the community! • This edition is full of song – nightingales, thrushes and news of a song for Dorset. We hear from the folk who had the idea for this national music project • The Dorset Wildlife Trust has just turned 60 with Brownsea Island and Kingcombe their crowning achievements so far • Plus a look back at the world’s toughest foot race with runner …

Jenny Devitt’s weekly look at the arts, the environment and other topics of interest. Today: Alistair Chisholm coordinator of STAND expresses his concerns over the Dorset Council Local Plan • On a lighter note Peter Baker invites you to take part in the online play ‘Murder at the Circus’ • Classical guitarist Samantha Muir extolls the virtues of the ukulele • Luke Mouland from Sherborne Museum tells us of a 19th century member of Dorset’s Drax family…