Reflecting at Christmas - for The Blackmore Vale Thursday, 20 February, 2025 I am writing this prior to Christmas but print timelines mean you will be reading this post the Big Day. I hope you had a very enjoyable, peaceful and safe Christmas. Let me start by wishing you the happiest of New Years and a 2025 full of good things. A new year either brings New Year’s Resolutions – often pie crust in durability or an attempt to crystal ball gaze, Mystic Meg-like into the future... Media
Looking ahead to 2025 - for The BV 7th January 2025 Let me begin by wishing you, your families and loved ones, a very happy New Year. I hope you had an enjoyable and peaceful Christmas. For those with family... Media
The importance of our local economy - for The BV 28th October 2024 After the General Election, when I said that, in the interests of North Dorset and the wider country I wished the incoming Government well, I meant it. I am... Local News
Adjournment Debate: The Operation of Postal Voting at the General Election 22nd October 2024 I was delighted to secure an Adjournment Debate yesterday on the Operation of Postal Voting at the General Election. I know that this is an hugely important... Speeches in Parliament
Rights and Responsibilities - for The BV 30th September 2024 During the recent General Election campaign, I suggested that an issue that would need serious consideration over a period of time is the role of the State and... Articles
Speaking up for North Dorset - for The BV 12th July 2024 Well! Quite a lot has happened since the last edition of this fantastic magazine. As the last edition was during the Election campaign the Editor, in her... Local News
Dorset Island Discs - Interview by Laura Hitchcock, Editor, The BV 5th April 2024 ‘I was incredibly shy. I had quite bad speech defects as a child – I couldn’t say my R’s, my W’s, my th’s – that made me even shyer. It’s quite extraordinary... Articles
A 'Thank You' to our Communities - for The New Blackmore Vale 23rd March 2024 The technical seasonal weather bulletins tell us we are in Spring but, as I write this at my desk looking out over North Dorset it seems anything but. Let us... Articles
Standing the Test of Time - for The New Blackmore Vale 10th March 2024 ‘Will it stand the test of time?’ is often a question asked. In short – will something that looks or sound good today be so in the future. When it comes to... Articles
Farming, responsibility and working together - for The BV 8th March 2024 For this column I thought I would have some varied topics rather than a thematic piece. Farming and food production remains one of the largest part of the UK’s... Articles
