The BV magazine, Mar 23

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The BV magazine, March ‘23 WILDLIFE The dark-edged bee-fly, with a fluffy round body, ridiculously long legs and a protruding tongue All images Jane Adams

The bee-fly Wildlife writer Jane Adams is looking forward to her own personal sign of spring – the Mary Quant of the insect world 68


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Vineyards is Independent Wine Retailer of The Year

1min
page 114

Local hamper firm is for sale

1min
page 113

Leading law firm supports Dorset Business Festival

1min
page 113

A breakthrough at long last

2min
page 112

A perfect bake for Mother’s Day?

1min
pages 110-111

Meet your local – Namaste Gurkha

2min
pages 108-109

‘Awards night was a joy’

2min
pages 106-107

Spotlight on Spain

2min
page 105

Marching on to spring’s drum

1min
page 104

Food poverty and youth mental health

5min
pages 101-103

Roman through to Medieval Stalbridge

1min
page 100

William Barnes Awarded the International School Award

1min
page 99

Tag Rugby in Dorchester

1min
page 99

Wonders for a nature-loving brain

3min
pages 97-98

Complex rules around gifting to charity could leave an unexpected tax bill

4min
pages 94-96

Hipp!!Bones – the Gillingham youth club for young people with special needs

1min
page 93

Scammers and garden thieves

4min
pages 90-92

Rutters and The BV triumph in a Pancake Showdown!

2min
pages 89-90

SturAction celebrates with free parking in Stur on the 4th!

2min
page 88

Win tickets to this spring’s hottest shows at Lighthouse Poole

1min
pages 86-88

Letters to the Editor

3min
page 85

The real power of the consumer Missions vs pledges in 2024

2min
page 84

Time to stop the hand wringing

2min
pages 83-84

Not quite so discontented yet

2min
page 82

The cats, the rats and the greenfly

2min
page 81

And the winner is... Anemone

1min
pages 78, 80

Time to get started in the garden

1min
page 77

The Voice of the Allotment No spring brassicas, thanks to December

1min
page 76

The clock is ticking for the government to back British farming to feed a changing world

3min
pages 74-75

Red twins, ELMS and beavers

3min
pages 72-73

Back to Diddly Squat

2min
pages 71-72

Listen for the Dartford warbler

1min
page 70

The bee-fly

1min
pages 68-70

Take a Hike: A perfect potter from Pilsdon Pen | 8.1

1min
pages 66-68

The Bridge Street fire

1min
pages 64-66

Postcards from a Dorset Collection

1min
pages 62-63

The Nonconformist Preacher’s Tale

3min
pages 60-61

The Battling Butlers are in Dorset

1min
pages 59-60

Everything Goes - MPO are celebrating 100 years of musical theatre

2min
pages 58-59

Aethereus Presents: Spring Awakening

1min
page 55

Nick takes the lead at the Turnpike Showground

2min
pages 52-53

The art of the Red House

6min
pages 40-46

A yard full of potential

3min
pages 36-38

The season’s finally close enough to feel it

2min
pages 35-36

Logging on to horse power

3min
pages 28-30, 32, 34

‘Anyone that sings a bit of country has my heart’ – Dorset Island Discs

3min
pages 26-28

West End star Joanna Woodward answers the Random 19 questions

4min
pages 24-25

So you think you know about living in a listed building ...

4min
pages 20, 22-23

Now’s the time to consider buying a future-proof home

2min
pages 16, 18-19

It’s a dog’s life at Branscombe

5min
pages 12-14

Say YES to solar, but NO to huge greenfield solar power stations

3min
pages 10-11

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. What actually happens to Dorset’s rubbish?

4min
pages 8-9

Make it affordable

5min
pages 4-7

IN THIS ISSUE

2min
pages 2-3
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