ROGER GUTTRIDGE Journalist•Author
Roger Guttridge has been a journalist for more than 40 years and a published author since 1983.
He is particularly well-known for his features, columns and books on the history and geography of Dorset and his other speciality, the sport of swimming, which he covers at local, national and international level.
Articles coming up
National Arena Junior League final Olympic medal shortfall inquest ESSA relay finals Memories of London 2012 The missing medals Bogus email prompts league recountJanuary 2013:
December 2012:
November 2012:
Ann Widdecombe's swimming story
Masters pioneer Willy van Rysel
World junior diving champs
Blackmore Vale Magazine
December 28, 2012:
The sinking of HMS Hood
December 15, 2012:
Cock-fighting at a Wimborne school
30 November, 2012
The mystery of Agnes Moss
16 November, 2012:
The lecherous squire of Woodlands
Stour & Avon Magazine
Many of the Blackmore Vale columns also appear in the Stour & Avon
Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Swimming round-up every Thursday
Dorset Life
It's a Dorset Life for Me:
Latest column: December 2012 issue
Next column: February 2013 issue
Daily & Sunday Express
Reports from major swimming events
Talks coming up
Tuesday February 12, 2013:
My Family & Other Smugglers: Bournemouth & Beyond Discovery Group, Richmond Hill United Reformed Church, 8 St Stephen's Road, Bournemouth BH2 6JJ, 7.30pm
Tuesday April 9, 2013:
My Family & Other Smugglers: Mixed Blessings group, The Lantern, Sopwith Crescent, Merley, near Wimborne, 11am
Saturday May 11, 2013:
My Family & Other Smugglers: Wimborne Bowls Club, Redcotts Clubhouse, Wimborne, 7.30pm
Friday July 12, 2013:
Dorset's Newfoundland Connection: Gillingham Seniors Club, Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Gillingham, 2pm
Monday October 14, 2013:
Paranormal Dorset: South Wessex Archaeological Association, Pelhams Community Centre, Kinson, Bournemouth 7.45pm
