“Di rado aprivo la porta nelle sere invernali senza udirlo: 'Hu, hu, hu, huru, hu', suonava profondo, con le prime tre sillabe accentate un po' simili ad ‘hao-der-du'(come state), e talvolta ‘hu-hu’ soltanto”.
(H.D.Thoreau)

Owl in Blue by Kenojuak Ashevak, 1991
©Dorset Fine Arts

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Thinking of summer during these miserable times - ‘Over to Golden Cap and Seatown’ acrylic on 50x40cm canvas.
See more at https://t.co/K68raQa4Yu

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From beautiful Dorset! .... 'Crab it While You Can!' by artist Doreen Hollywood from Poole.

Thank you Doreen for this gorgeous watercolour for our art fundraiser for in Cheltenham.

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💡#TudorSpotlight:

Henry Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel (1512-1580)

A prominent courtier who lived during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane Grey, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

He was married to Katherine Grey (daughter of 2nd Marquess of Dorset), and then Mary Arundell, pictured

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FROM INUIT PEOPLE: Throughout her extensive career Kenojuak Ashevak went from being the first woman on Cape Dorset to engage in arts to becoming the subject of many documentaries and news reports: no one could resists being fascinated with her majestic creatures.

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A marine reptile from 150 million years ago, known as the Etches sea dragon, was recently discovered in along the English Channel coastline in Dorset, England.

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