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'I love how tea gives people so much pleasure'

n Joanna Davies in her Dorchester shop, The Gilded Teapot

10:00am Sunday 20th May 2012

Joanna Davies tells Ruth Meech about her mission to bring a taste for the exotic into our obsession with tea-drinking

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Faith on the 'useful' stuff we buy but never use...

9:30am Saturday 19th May 2012

EVERY year it’s the same. Some company takes it upon themselves to try and find out how much we spend on useless gadgets. And every year the answers are always ‘thousands’, and ‘fondue sets’.

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Why the Royals can't seem to stay away from Bovington and Lulworth

10:00am Sunday 13th May 2012

As Diamond Jubilee fever hots up, don’t spare a thought for one particular Dorset destination where Royal visits are almost commonplace. Whether it’s Princes William or Harry, the Queen of England – or even the King of Jordan – the royals just can’t seem to stay away from Bovington and Lulworth, reports Faith Eckersall

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Faith on the little things that irritate her - including sushi

9:30am Saturday 12th May 2012

FROM THE wettest drought to the Heathrow queues, to the general incompetence of the government and naturally, Cherie Blair, there are plenty of things in this country which majorly annoy.

A tale of love and exile - Dorchester poet tells parents' story in new book

10:00am Sunday 29th April 2012

It’s a story of forbidden love and terrible hardship in prison camps. But Pam Hope’s parents survived and now she has told their story in a book of poems. Ruth Meech reports

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Faith on why she hates wasting time...

10:00am Saturday 28th April 2012

YOU HAVE to read a lot of random stuff in a job like this – well, that’s what you tell the boss and your old man and anyone else who dares to accuse you of idling away your days.

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Why Dorset is such a magical place for children

10:00am Sunday 22nd April 2012

Dorset is a great place for children to grow up. Maria Court looks at a new book detailing some of the best activities on offer

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Faith on why working from home isn't all it's cracked up to be

9:30am Saturday 21st April 2012

THIS COLUMN, like any others which have carried my name in this newspaper, is written from home.

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Meet the Angels watching over the people of Boscombe at weekends

9:00am Sunday 15th April 2012

Stephen Bailey meets the group who give up their Saturday nights to try to make a difference to the lost, the drunk, the scared and the vulnerable in Boscombe...

Faith reveals her wardrobe secrets

9:00am Saturday 14th April 2012

I THINK my fascination with cod psychology probably started at the same time I started reading Jackie magazine; all those ‘How do you know he loves you?’/‘Ten signs that he’s a loon’/‘Discover if you’re a winter, autumn, spring or summer personality’ articles were meat and drink to my pre-teen brain.