Students at a school in Weymouth have taken part in a workshop learning more about the poetry of Thomas Hardy. Pupils in Year 8 at Wey Valley Academy were thrilled with a workshop delivered to ...

Sitting in a secluded, leafy courtyard on a warm afternoon is a pleasant way to spend an hour, more so sipping on a ...

Salisbury International Arts Festival 2025 - which will run from May 24 to June 8 - officially launched at the city's arts centre on Wednesday ...

The Grade II listed building was where Thomas Hardy trained as an architect before becoming a novelist and poet. Hardy often used the beauty of rural Dorset as a backdrop for his romantic ...

Cemeteries and graves are more than sombre resting places - they serve as poignant landmarks where visitors can pay tribute ...

Fussell singles out Thomas Hardy as the pioneer of modern English poetry because, in verse written before the war, he was “the first to invite into poems the sound of ominous gunfire heard ...

World Book Day — aimed at encouraging children to read for pleasure — takes place this year on 6 March, when pupils and staff ...