Pam Ayres has spent a lifetime providing hilarious and profound insights into the delights and tribulations of everyday life.

She comes to Dorchester to talk about her latest book, DOGGEDLY ONWARD – A LIFE IN POEMS, 1970 to 2020s.

Pam has gathered her career's work of poetry into this book, which traces the course of her life, and illustrates how her work has provoked laughter, and some tears, in people around the world.