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Verwood in Brief
Verwood is a town and civil parish in the east of Dorset, southwest England. The town lies 10 miles (16 km) north of Bournemouth, 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Poole, and just 3 miles (5 km) west […]

It’s 60 years since Audrey Hepburn famously portrayed girl-about-town Holly Golightly in the classic film ”Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. Did you know it’s based on the 1958 novella of the same name? Here’s a fun […]

Swanage in Brief
Swanage is a coastal town, seaside resort, and civil parish in the southeast of Dorset, southwest England. It’s located on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel, about 6 miles […]

Wareham in Brief
Wareham is a historic market town and civil parish in Dorset, southwest England. The town is situated about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Poole and 15 miles (24 km) east of Dorchester. It also […]

Here’s a fun music trivia quiz with a bit of a difference. The quiz is themed around the words ‘black’ and ‘blue’ which mostly relates to song titles or groups from the 1950s to the 1980s. Even if you’re a big […]

Sturminster Newton in Brief
Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, southwest England. The town is situated some 17 miles (27 km) east of Yeovil, and 8 miles (13 km) […]

Stalbridge in Brief
Stalbridge is the smallest town and a civil parish in the north of Dorset, southwest England. It’s situated in the Blackmore Vale, near the border with Somerset, about a mile west of the River […]

Sherborne in Brief
Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset in the south of England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale on the River Yeo. The town is located 6 miles (10 km) […]

Dorchester in Brief
Dorchester is an ancient market town and civil parish in Dorset, south-west England. Also the county town, it’s located 20 miles (32 km) west of Poole and 7 miles (11 km) north of Weymouth. It […]

Ex-England striker Jimmy Greaves, who later became a TV football pundit, was renowned for his phrase “It’s a funny old game”. Well, here’s a unique football quiz that more than proves Greavsie’s statement. It’s a […]

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film that starred Jack Nickolson in the lead role as the demented Jack Torrance. Here’s a quiz on one of the scariest but highly popular films of the 198os. So, what can […]

There’s never been a film quite like ‘The Blues Brothers’ has there? Is it a musical, a comedy, surrealist adventure, or a thriller? It could probably claim to be all of those! The film documents eleven days of […]

Lyme Regis in Brief
Lyme Regis is a town and seaside resort in Dorset, south-west England. It lies 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and 26 miles (42 km) east of Exeter. The town sits on Lyme Bay on the English […]

Here’s a fun trivia quiz on some famous real-life and fictional siblings. What’s your general knowledge of celebrity brothers and sisters like? Why not take our ‘Celebrity Siblings’ quiz and find out?
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Are you a fan of the cult prison-break film ‘The Shawshank Redemption’? The unforgettable film is cited by many as being their favourite film of all time. However, did you know that although the film was […]

Highcliffe in Brief
Highcliffe, sometimes known as ‘Highcliffe-on-Sea’, is a large village in Dorset in southwest England. It lies 8 miles east of Bournemouth and 18 miles southwest of Southampton. It forms a par […]

Did you know the film ”Forrest Gump” is based on the novel of the same name? Written by American author Winston Groom, the book chronicles the fantastical life of its intellectually challenged protagonist, […]

Gillingham in Brief
Gillingham is a town and civil parish in Dorset’s Blackmore Vale in southwest England. The town lies on the River Stour, approximately 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Shaftesbury, and 6 miles ( […]

The 1960 American psychological thriller film ‘Psycho’ is considered by many pundits to be amongst iconic director Alfred Hitchcock’s best films. However, did you know that wasn’t always the case? The low-budget […]

Who doesn’t love the 1990s epic film ‘Titanic’? Well, I guess there must be a few of you out there? Well up there with the all-time great romance movies, ‘Titanic’ has so far netted more than $2.2 billion at the […]