The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
The 2017 Wells Comedy Festival in association with Brothers Cider is nearly here, taking place the bank holiday weekend of May 26-28. The festival – now in its third year – is bringing dozens of the finest comedians in the country to England’s smallest city for a jam-packed weekend of comedy. Full story: Read more
Exhibited alongside work from a carefully selected group of contemporary makers, a ground breaking collaboration between Textiles and Architecture students is on show at Dorset’s only Arts Council-funded crafts centre, Walford Mill Crafts in Wimborne, as part of the Textile Textures exhibition. Full story: Read more
On the face of it, the prolonged, patient process of tapestry weaving has little in common with the traditional gentleman’s game of cricket – but West Dorset-based weaver and printmaker Jacy Wall would have us think again. “I listen to Test Match Special all the time, it’s an absolute inspiration,” she confides. Full story: Read more