The Annual Edward Thomas Poetry Festival took place over  three days from 27 Februray to 1 March.

Mike Waddington speaks to the organiser Jeremy Mitchell and poets Damien Kelly-Basher (Hampshire's Poet Laureate), Jess Mookherjee, Timothy Adès, and Nia Broomhall (poet in Residence at Painshill Place.)

One of the poets said his 'ears were drunk' with the words and the audience agreed.

Jeremy  Mitchell of the Edward Thomas Fellowship talks about the legacy, the stone memorial and preparing for the 150 th anniversary of Thomas's birth.

 

 

The Annual Edward Thomas Poetry Festival took place over&nbsp; three days from 27 Februray to 1 March.
Mike Waddington speaks to the organiser Jeremy Mitchell and poets Damien Kelly-Basher (Hampshire's Poet Laureate), Jess Mookherjee, Timothy Ad&egrave;s, and Nia Broomhall (poet in Residence at Painshill Place.)
One of the poets said his 'ears were drunk' with the words and the audience agreed.
Jeremy&nbsp; Mitchell of the Edward Thomas Fellowship talks about the legacy, the stone memorial and preparing for the 150 th anniversary of Thomas's birth.
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'My ears are drunk' - Edward Thomas Festival delights

Film students from Portsmouth are in the challenge to make a film - that is script it, act it, film it and edit it - within 48 hours.

The chose Petersfield Museum as the location for their Pirate caper.

Mike Waddington spoke to Director Jacob and some of the students who are sure it's a winner for next weekend's festival where all entries are judged.

Film students from Portsmouth are in the challenge to make a film - that is script it, act it, film it and edit it - within 48 hours.
The chose Petersfield Museum as the location for their Pirate caper.
Mike Waddington spoke to Director Jacob and some of the students who are sure it's a winner for next weekend's festival where all entries are judged.

Students in 48 hour challenge to make a film at Petersfield Museum

Spirits are high as 18 dogs and their owners brave the rain to clear rats from an area of cover crop on a shooting estate in Hampshire.

It’s a “bobbery” pack of different breeds, from a sizeable lurcher to a mini sausage dog, along with terriers and hounds. Host Kate Fairweather marvels at how the different breeds instinctively apply their skills to the jobs that suit them best - marking the rat holes, digging or standing by to chase any rats that slip past the terriers. 

After months spent gorging on grain left for the pheasants, the rats have multiplied in the area around the grain bins and ‘cover crop’. Poison is the only alternative to dogs, with the attendant risks to wildlife, so the gamekeeper welcomes the rat pack as the most effective and humane option.

It’s noisy, it’s muddy, it’s exciting and it’s certainly quick - a hard bite to the neck, combined with a shake kills the rats instantly, and the dogs move on to the next, cheered on by their owners. 

Kate Fairweather was guest of the West Sussex Warreners. Feel free to get in contact with the West Sussex Warreners if you have a farm or a shoot with a rat problem in Hampshire, Sussex or Surrey. They are fully insured and all their dogs are broken to livestock.

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Dogs with Jobs features the full range of working dogs, therapy dogs, military and service dogs, assistance dogs, bio detection dogs, sporting dogs and other more unusual occupations such as truffle hunting, modelling and conservation detection work.

If you enjoyed this, you may also like other episodes that feature sporting dogs and hunting hounds:
Meet the Sealyham terrier rat pack , recorded at the Game Fair (August 2023)
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Meet the Beagles! (October 2022)
Debit and Dervish, the hunting hound pups (November 2021)
An insight into the breeding of hounds (November 2021)

Do you work your dog or dogs?

Kate is generally obsessed with working dogs and loves to hear about them – the more varied the better!  Keep the introductions coming! 

If you, or someone you know works their dog or dogs, and would consider being interviewed on Dogs with Jobs, please get in touch with Kate via team@shineradio.uk.

© & ℗ Kate Fairweather 2026

Spirits are high as 18 dogs and their owners brave the rain to clear rats from an area of cover crop on a shooting estate in Hampshire.
It&rsquo;s a &ldquo;bobbery&rdquo; pack of different breeds, from a sizeable lurcher to a mini sausage dog, along with terriers and hounds. Host Kate Fairweather marvels at how the different breeds instinctively apply their skills to the jobs that suit them best - marking the rat holes, digging or standing by to chase any rats that slip past the terriers.&nbsp;
After months spent gorging on grain left for the pheasants, the rats have multiplied in the area around the grain bins and &lsquo;cover crop&rsquo;. Poison is the only alternative to dogs, with the attendant risks to wildlife, so the gamekeeper welcomes the rat pack as the most effective and humane option.
It&rsquo;s noisy, it&rsquo;s muddy, it&rsquo;s exciting and it&rsquo;s certainly quick - a hard bite to the neck, combined with a shake kills the rats instantly, and the dogs move on to the next, cheered on by their owners.&nbsp;
Kate Fairweather was guest of the West Sussex Warreners. Feel free to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/p/West-Sussex-Warreners-100057396193474/">get in contact with the West Sussex Warreners</a> if you have a farm or a shoot with a rat problem in Hampshire, Sussex or Surrey. They are fully insured and all their dogs are broken to livestock.
Connected Episodes
Dogs with Jobs features the full range of working dogs, therapy dogs, military and service dogs, assistance dogs, bio detection dogs, sporting dogs and other more unusual occupations such as truffle hunting, modelling and conservation detection work.
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If you enjoyed this, you may also like other episodes that feature sporting dogs and hunting hounds:
<ul>
<li>Meet the&nbsp;<a href="https://shineradio.uk/2023/08/meet-a-working-sealyham-terrier-rat-pack/">Sealyham terrier rat pack </a>, recorded at the Game Fair (August 2023)</li>
<li><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/spotting-beagle-talent-at-a-hound-show?in_playlist=dogs-with-jobs">Who&rsquo;s winning at the South of England Hound Show?</a>&nbsp;(August 2023)</li>
<li>Meet the&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/meet-the-south-downs-bloodhounds?in_playlist=dogs-with-jobs">South Down Bloodhounds</a>&nbsp;(November 2022)</li>
<li><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/meet-the-beagles?in_playlist=dogs-with-jobs">Meet the Beagles!</a>&nbsp;(October 2022)</li>
<li><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/debit-and-dervish-the-hunting-hounds?in_playlist=dogs-with-jobs">Debit and Dervish</a>, the hunting hound pups (November 2021)</li>
<li><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/a-rare-insight-into-the-breeding-of-hunting-hounds?in_playlist=dogs-with-jobs">An insight into the breeding of hounds</a> (November 2021)</li>
</ul>
Do you work your dog or dogs?
Kate is generally obsessed with working dogs and loves to hear about them &ndash; the more varied the better!&nbsp; Keep the introductions coming!&nbsp;
If you, or someone you know works their dog or dogs, and would consider being interviewed on&nbsp;Dogs with Jobs, please get in touch with Kate via team@shineradio.uk.
&copy; &amp; ℗ Kate Fairweather 2026

Ratting with the West Sussex Warreners

Mark Simpson has caught up with Fay Boyett, the editor of the Liphook Community Magazine, hand delivered in the first week of March.

Mark Simpson has caught up with Fay Boyett, the editor of the Liphook Community Magazine, hand delivered in the first week of March.

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