The Cooke Report: “They need to build them, I get that. But not on top of the countryside”
Our columnist Alice Cooke is a nimby and proud
7 of the best spa days in Dorset
Whether it’s a gift for someone special or a pampering day out with friends, we pick some of Dorset’s best spa treatments and spa packages to rejuvenate and revive
8 of the best beach wedding venues in Dorset
Why jet off to foreign climes to get married with your toes in the sand when you can do the same in Dorset?
Is enough being done to catch speeding drivers?
As another appalling incident on our roads hits the headlines, we are once again reminded that speed kills. But this isn’t a new message, so why is it still falling on deaf ears?
Opinion A special day discovering that a woman’s place is in The House of Commons
Today is an exciting day. I have been given the extraordinary opportunity to travel down to Westminster to attend the select committee hearing for International Women's Day.
Isabel Ashdown on her perfect Sussex weekend
Author Isabel Ashdown’s perfect weekend involves a walk with the family and a creative project or two at home in Chichester
Sussex maker of the month - Horsham glass sculptor Deborah Timperley
Twenty years ago Deborah Timperley had a successful career in hotel and catering management. But as she puts it, “what suits you one decade may not do so the next – I loved my high-flying job in the city, but then it was time to move on.”
Storrington artist Jennifer Rose Naylor
Not content with beautiful fine art watercolours that focus on “everything that’s all around us here in Sussex” (namely wildlife and farm animals), Jennifer Naylor also produces kitchenware ranges, children’s homeware and even handbags, all from her kitchen in Storrington.
Rider Samson Eaton on what we can expect from Bolddog Lings FMX Team at the South of England Show
This year’s South of England Show (11 to 13 June) will celebrate the best of the British countryside, but visitors will also be treated to a show by Bolddog Lings FMX Team.
Meeting painter Katty McMurray - one of the artists behind Two Kats and a Cow
Two Kats and a Cow is an art gallery in Brighton’s Arches – if you don’t know the area that means that it provides beachside inspiration beyond compare, for you step straight out of the gallery and on to the shingle.
