With Dorset Rock Online about to celebrate its first birthday we thought we’d catch up with the site’s founder, all round top guy and good egg, Dan Renton. With Dan’s marketing skills clearly in evidence it would be fair to say bh one has learned a thing or two about how to network and promote ...

Ever since that hideous day in the summer of 2009, when The Gander and Metropole were finally closed for good, we’ve kept our mouths reasonably shut regarding the goings on which preceded the closure. Why? Partly because we didn’t want to appear to be simply bad-mouthing individuals at a particularly sensitive time, as to a ...