We miss Samphire! Not the sea vegetable (although we do love a bit of that too). We mean the fab boutique festival that’s just celebrated...

...that's a great name for a band if you ask us, but no! This is all about the Bees. Fifty beautiful, almost life-sized ones,...

It was British Flowers Week recently… a time to celebrate all things ‘grown not flown’ and support our local growers and florists. We’re...

UPDATE: Sadly this brewed boy bar is now closed. Few beers on the cards this evening? Well, here’s a quick one for you if you love craft...

That’s all we are saying… well actually, that’s all The Green Fields at Glastonbury Festival are saying at lunchtime tomorrow (Thursday...

Woo hoo! Festival season is just around the corner and with a whole host of them to escape to these days, there’s nothing we love more...

If you’re looking for a beautifully refurbished Somerset pub to visit this weekend, then stop the search right now! :) The Litton, in the...

In this barn in Shepton Mallet, there’s something pretty special going on! It’s the home of Somerset Community Foundation… a team on a...

It’s Dementia Awareness Week this week, so we've been chatting to the awesome team at Reminiscence Learning – a small charity based in...

As soon as I walk through the door of Mount Pleasant Farm, I know it’s our kind of place - a Somerset cool kind of place! For a start,...

Well, here’s another first… our very first Somerset cool guest blog! It’s been created by Roth Bar & Grill about their recent visit to...

Today is a first… the very first Somerset Garden Day… and when we first heard about it, our ears immediately pricked up! We have a...

It’s Somerset Day today and what better way to mark it than to celebrate the brilliant photos we’ve been featuring on the blog as our...

Sometimes, something beautiful catches our eye and we just can’t look away! In the case of Sky Siouki, a Bristol-based printed textiles...

Imagine driving through the beautiful Somerset countryside in the late evening sunshine, twisting round the narrow lanes. You feel miles...

Last month, we chatted to super chef Andrew Dixon about the Exmoor Food Fest and his own restaurant. Remember? Course you do! ;) (It’s...

Move over Monty Don! Danny Burlingham, Head Gardener at Forde Abbey House & Gardens, has become a bit of a gardening hero for us and...

Happy Easter weekend... and what a sweet treat we've got in store over the next few days! It was pretty easy to decide what we'd love to...

It’s 'Four Thoughts' time and this week, we’ve been chatting to Somerset artist Jenni Dutton. Jenni’s created an incredibly special body...

We started ‘Somerset cool’ to write about the unique places and people of Somerset. Places and people doing things differently. Ones that...