Bournemouth Pier Approach was deserted this morning but it was good to see the Cornish flag flying outside the Bournemouth International Centre. Today is the birthday of Bournemouth founder Lewis Tregonwell who 200 years ago this year decided to buy a plot of land for a house. The flag was raised at 9.30am this morning by [...]
Today’s Time Out magazine has an interesting profile of fisherman Les Lawrence who is part of a new small co-op based at Mudeford. He has recently appeared at London’s Bermondsey Market selling fresh fish. Customers love his stall and its sensible prices and are sad he is not there every Saturday. The feature highlights Les’s [...]
“I began to discover that Swanage was definitely, as the saying is, surrealist” said artist Paul Nash. The Paul Nash exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London has reminders of the artist’s time living on the Dorset coast. From his thousands of black and white photographs there is ‘Shelter and Stock Pen near Swanage’ 1935. [...]