Features & interviews from the magazine

June 2025 From Friday 27 to Sunday 29 June, St Mary’s Church in South Street will be transformed by displays of colourful quilts and fragrant flower arrangements. About 20 quilts will be on show, many of them rich in personal meaning as well as artistry. A team of about 15 florists will select flowers for…

May 2025 The Bridport Local Area Partnership (BLAP) is one of the most influential local organisations, but many people have no idea what it does. Because it’s made up of other existing groups and bodies, it beavers away in the background – yet in terms of local impact delivers more ‘bang for your buck’ than its member organisations could ever produce alone. BLAP dates back about…

April 2025 In the Pod this month is artist Josie Holliday, who delights everyone around her with her love of colour and joyful, uplifting themes. We met her to discover more about her work and her fascinating life… The Bridge: Josie, it’s so good to meet you – and we love your art! Tell us…

April 2025 Philosophy offers pathways through which we can explore the nature of faith, reality and our being. Open-ended enquiry is essential and through refinement in thinking can result in a mind that is free of judgement, free of the ‘mote in the eye’ that St Paul speaks of. We begin, then, by seeing the…

April 2025 March is already turning into April after the winter storms of both weather and world affairs. Turning our attention to the awakening of Nature around us can be a blessing. The poet William Wordsworth knew this when he greeted 1 March 1798 with: It is the first mild day of March: Each minute…

March 2025 The Revd John Rees has been active in ministry in the Parish of Bridport for just over a year now, so we thought it was time we caught up with him to find out how things are going – and to learn a bit more about his life and career… The Bridge: A…

February 2025 Chuck Willmott from the River Brit (Catchment) Project brings us an update on the state of the river and some of the project’s activities… After some initial training in 2018, our project started in Loders, Uploders, Askerswell and West Milton. It was then called the River Asker (Catchment) Project. Initially we covered the…

December 2024 / January 2025 Members of West Dorset Beekeeping Association have been meeting for an astonishing 134 years to share their craft. The charity draws its members from across West Dorset and provides free advice and support on all bee-related matters to members and the general public. In the spring and summer, members of…

December 2024 / January 2025 This month we meet a newish member of the community. David Brazier has had a successful career in education and retired to Walditch this summer after more than a decade as head of a boys’ school in Surrey. We met him at his new home to hear how he and…

November 2024 Claire Tudge joined Bridport Arts Centre (BAC) as its director in August 2023. We caught up with her at the centre to find out how she’s getting on, and to hear her plans for the future of one of the town’s cultural hubs… The Bridge: Claire, you’ve been in your role here for…