Beaminster all round, Wi' hedges, reachèn up between A thousand vields o' zummer green. </poem> It is a location for part of the story for the post-apocalyptic novel The Day of the Triffids. Samuel Hearne explorer, naturalist and writer grew up in Beaminster. Beaminster is the adopted hometown of actor Martin Clunes, and was where singer PJ Harvey went to school. Mat Follas had his first restaurant The Wild Garlic in the town square, though in 2013 it was moved to larger premises elsewhere. Beaminster is also home of Lynne Reid Banks, author of "The L-Shaped Room" and "The Indian in
James Reid discography James Reid discography Filipino-Australian singer-actor James Reid has released three studio albums, one extended plays, and nine singles. After being named as the Big Winner of , he signed his first contract with Star Records with his first EP album with Bret Jackson entitled "We Are Whatever" which is only released digitally on iTunes. Late 2012, he signed with Viva Records and debuted his first studio album "James Reid" which was released September 4, 2013 accompanied by also his first single in the album entitled "Alam Niya Ba". Reid's second studio album, "Reid Alert" was released February 14, 2015. It