Dorchester: Damers School prepares for move in March; Community Hall , Poundbury; Maltings Arts Project, Brewery Square

From Dorset Echo - Damers School, Dorchester, School is moving to Poundbury in March


Plans for community hall at Poundbury to go before committee
"The report to be considered by councillors states: "The representations attracted by this application suggest an emerging view from residents of Poundbury that this particular obligation needs revisiting and should perhaps be commuted to a financial contribution to support the Maltings Arts project at Brewery Square. "The Duchy of Cornwall is also inclined towards a review, but, in the meantime, needs to establish a fallback should it eventually find itself in a position where it needs to satisfy the original obligation. "And this is urgent; the lack of a fallback is delaying other permissions and threatens the essential continuity of development that underpins Poundbury’s critical contribution to the Partnership’s five-year housing land supply."

Bermuda: Some Secluded Spots

"My Own Private Island: 5 of Bermuda’s Most Secluded Spots"

Bermuda's Ethiopian Orthodox Church

"The Debra Ganet Immanuel Cathedral — which means Immanuel Cathedral Of Paradise — is located in St George’s and features an interior full of painted icons by Abba Gebre Hiwot Wolde Samuel".
http://www.pravmir.com/photosvideo-ethiopian-orthodox-church-icons/

Chesil Beach Uncovered

"Imagine waking up one day seeing tonnes of pebbles on Chesil have disappeared overnight, leaving behind a vast sandy beach. The morning of Feb.16, 2014 after the "record storms", was exactly such a day." Chesil Beach Watch

Video

Photos are also available at 

http://tinyurl.com/chesiluncovered and

http://tinyurl.com/chesiluncovered2

http://youtu.be/-clEdZlRTME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-clEdZlRTME&feature=youtu.be

Hugh Tracey, Jimmie Rodgers and the Kipsigis Song, Chemirocha; Amanda Petrusich, NYT

"THE MAGNIFICENT CROSS-CULTURAL RECORDINGS OF KENYA’S KIPSIGIS TRIBE"

An article by Amanda Petrusich, New York Times (thanks to Charmagne for the link).

I acquired many Jimmie Rodgers 78rpm records on safari in Kenya, back in the 1970s.

See also https://corfublues.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sounds-of-africa-mbira-thumb-piano.html (2013)

Also, from my posting of 11 October,m 2010:

I bought about ten Jimmie Rodgers Regal Zonophone 78s in upcountry Kenya (at the Bhogal Brothers shops in Kitale and Eldoret) in the mid '70s. He was incredibly popular in Africa: "Hello Chemirocha!" was a Kipsigi song of welcome, a field recording captured by Hugh Tracey.

Dorchester Prison homes, revised plan approved

From BBC News - Revised Dorchester Prison homes plan approved

'West Dorset District Council's local plan requires developments to include 35% affordable housing but the authority backed City and Country by saying the scheme could not "financially support any affordable housing" because of the "high costs associated with developing this congested brown field site in a conservation area".'

Dorset Walk, Affpuddle, Moreton, Throop Heath, Bryantspuddle

Between Hope and Despair

The 'Forgiveness' Window

The suicide of Judas Iscariot, with 30 pieces of silver, St Nicholas's, Moreton

Judas window allowed into church

Judas window installed at Dorset church 14 years after artist's death, The Guardian

Affpuddle- Dead Woman's Stone (SY 89 SW; 82209164), shown by O.S., "cannot be traced in heathland now devastated by tanks". The same stone?

The Debenham Bladen Estate