Sherborne Times is the number one local magazine serving the town of Sherborne in Dorset and the surrounding villages. The full colour A5 glossy magazine is published monthly and is delivered FREE to 5,000 homes in the area. Packed full of interesting articles and features, it is recognised by large and small local businesses as the best value advertising to get their message out to their customer base. Delivered to homes and businesses in Sherborne, Longburton, Bradford Abbas, Leigh, Chetnole, Thornford, Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca, Nether Compton, Hazlebury Bryan, Trent, Over Compton, Bishops Caundle, Stourton Caundle, Alweston, Folke, North Wooton, Kings Stag and Holwell.
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Each edition includes articles on: Gardening, Health, Beauty, Fashion, Pets, Education, Sports, Recipe, Local Business Features, Horoscopes, Crosswords and much more. All of our articles are written by local people including Mike Burks Managing Director of The Gardens Group, Oliver Letwin MP, Brett Sutton – Head Chef at The Eastbury Hotel, Peter Tait – Headmaster of Sherborne Preparatory School, and many more. At the back of the magazine, there is a directory of useful local telephone numbers, local news, and a diary of events for the coming month. Sherborne Times is the local resource for the Sherborne area and is enjoyed by over 10,000 readers each month so get in touch and get your message out to the community and beyond.
Online Benefits
We are now online and our digital edition is read by thousands of people in the area or looking to move to the area. This is another vehicle for businesses to get their message out to the local customer base. We have a rapidly growing Business Directory – this is ideal for linking to your business’ website or for providing contact details of your company. Contact us for more details and to be included on our popular website.
Small businesses – Most small businesses now are owner-managed companies; they will be able to pay their directors a maximum combination of salary and dividends of just over £38,900 in 2012/13 (broadly the same as in 2011/12) without liability to Income Tax subject any other income which may be receivable. The main Corporation Tax rate [...]
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By Canon Eric Woods. The first day of May has been special for many centuries and in many cultures. In the Anglican calendar, it is the Feast of St Philip and St James. So it was in the Roman Catholic calendar until 1955, when Pope Pius XII moved the two apostles to 3 May in [...]
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Jane felt better than she had for some time, as if a dark cloud had lifted to reveal a small ray of sunshine. Her brief visit to court had been bewildering; everything had happened so quickly and very little was said; it’s all done with statements now. So much for my day in court, she [...]
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Last month I was invited to cook a course at Michael Caine’s dinner and what an honour it was. A puncture and getting lost in central Exeter only added to my nerves, but it went amazingly well with great compliments from all of the other guest chefs and most importantly the guests. I have already [...]
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Better weather always brings out enthusiasm for walking our dogs and a long walk in the countryside is a great tonic for body and soul, man and beast, and always to be encouraged. However, it is easy to overdo it after perhaps doing rather less over the last few months so a few tips might [...]
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After a long cold winter a chorus of frog croaking coming from a garden pond is often a welcome sound, but how much do we know about this interesting and often entertaining seasonal cycle? This month we will focus on the life cycle of garden frogs, from the first signs of frogspawn to the development [...]
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By Becky Unwin – Illustrator and Designer. To make an Easter tree you can use whichever branches you like but try to find ones with twisting stems or buds to give you something to hold your decorations in place. If you use freshly cut branches such as forsythia, pussy willow or blossom, you can stand [...]
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Review by Helen Harvey of Winstone’s. Jackson, Mississippi 1962. A rash of racial tension is erupting all over the Deep South. Bob Dylan has yet to pen “The Times, They Are A Changing” but three Jackson women aren’t about to wait for a rebellious folk singer to document a shift in opinions. They are set [...]
View PostPart 1 – By Sally-Ann Kodurand, Head of Family Department, Dyne Drewett. Jane thought they would grow old together, and that their marriage was happy. She had met Henri at a trade conference in Brussels. He was charming and funny. How could he do this to her, and the twins? Her solicitor could give an [...]
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Approaching Swan Yard you are welcomed by the brightly lit, inviting cafe bistro bar The Arch. Eating in March we opted to dine inside rather than at one of the three outsideseating areas which includes a sunny area during morning coffee time, a walled garden ideal for afternoon teas or in Swan Yard itself where [...]
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Would you like to rediscover the ancient art of foraging, where you poke around in rock pools, hedgerows and ancient woodlands for morsels of free food? In May and September the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, Evershot has teamed up with acknowledged expert John Wright – star of TV show ‘River Cottage’ to accompany you [...]
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By Steve Lawes. When Jan and I moved to our cottage in Holwell in the Summer of 2009, we also acquired a substantial pond in the garden measuring about 40 square yards (some 10,000 gallons!). Indeed, this was one of the features that attracted us to buy the place and, as I have always had [...]
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By Mike Burks. There has been much in the news recently that, in some parts of the UK, we are experiencing a shortage of water. That isn’t the case locally and hosepipe bans are not in force here. However with most of us having water meters and also caring about our impact on the environment [...]
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By Steve Lawes. We are blessed in this part of the country with a number of freshwater reservoirs that are set in beautiful countryside which can be enjoyed by walking, sailing and fishing enthusiasts. Just south of Bristol there is Chew Reservoir and Blagdon Lake, on Exmoor they have Clatworthy and Wimbleball Reservoirs and right [...]
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Jan and I recently spent a pleasant Saturday evening dining at the White Hart in Bishops Caundle. The White Hart was re-opened as a ‘Free House’ last November by new owners Roger and Rachel Paull, who purchased the pub from Hall and Woodhouse Brewery (who had owned it since 1929). Roger and Rachel are local [...]
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Mussels cooked with cider This will serve 4 people – I generally allow ½ a kilo of mussels per person (for a generous portion) Small knob of butter 2 shallots, finely sliced 2kg of washed, scrubbed and de-bearded mussels 150ml of cider 2 cloves of garlic crushed 100ml of double cream Heat the butter in [...]
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Ex-Waterstone’s senior manager Wayne Winstone opened his first bookshop in Sherborne on Saturday 18 February 2012. The shop is located at the top of Cheap Street and opens as the existing bookshop in Hound Street closes. The bookshop features approx 6,000 titles covering all the popular genres with a particular strength in children’s books. Wayne [...]
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By Canon Woods As one half of a very happy marriage not blessed with children, I have mixed feelings about ‘Mother’s Day’. It’s lovely when happy, united families can make the day special for their mothers. But for other people – especially, perhaps, where the relationships between mother and children have broken down – it [...]
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By Peter Tait. As the problems with public exams rumble on, with allegations of collusion between examiners and teachers, it is not surprising that there has been a public loss of confidence in the ways we assess our pupils. The revelations of the seminars held for those who can afford and choose to attend in [...]
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By Mike Burks. There is a great temptation at this time of year, on a nice day with the sun (however pale) at your back, wind in your hair, to head into the garden with a pair of secateurs, a pair of loppers and perhaps even a saw to carry out some pruning. Now let’s [...]
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Valentine’s Night is firmly on my mind and only just a couple of weeks away. I don’t know if people really still follow it or if it has become a bit gimmicky. Once upon a time florists would hike up their prices along with restaurants and hotels. I must be honest, we do write a [...]
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Review by Steve and Jan Lawes. I’ve been going to the Chetnole Inn for many years as my sister lives in the village and have therefore seen it in its many guises over that time. The current owners, Mike and Jude Lewin, took over the pub in 2007 and have made a number of significant [...]
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Last month I gave you the Christmas pudding recipe that we serve at The Eastbury on Christmas day and if you have not had the chance to make them, I have made some extra ones which are in our new deli part of The Three Wishes. Talking of that, that’s one of the things we [...]
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One of the reasons I look forward to this time of year is that it heralds the start of the game shooting season. From 1st October through to 1st February pheasant and partridge are ‘in season’ and so my fly fishing rods take a back seat for a while and out come the shot guns. [...]
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