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The artist who created the metal sculptures at Chichester Festival Theatre
Visitors to Chichester Festival Theatre can’t fail to notice the soaring sculpture of flying birds in the foyer of the Minerva building. Inspired by the swirling starling murmurations often seen at dusk at Brighton Pier, the work created from aluminium
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Derbyshire's master of the the green baize
Whilst the likes of Ronnie O’ Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis are now revered legends of the game, it is Derbyshire’s Joe Davis who was the dominant figure in world snooker and billiards for over three decades. Long before the days of
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The life of a writer with Sarah Coyle
My Bluetooth keyboard has died on me. I try on again, off again. Nothing. Mild despair settles. I have a precious five hours to add sparkle to my latest book: Pick a Story a Monster + Princess + Shark Adventure. I need pithier princess battle cries
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Celebrities flock to Norfolk firm's award-winning garden
A whole host of famous faces have flocked to a Norfolk firm's spectacular garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Attleborough-based Peter Beales Roses is back at the annual event in London, which runs until May 25, and they have just won their
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Cotswold author Joanna Collingborn on the inspiration of farming
I can never quite tell whether family lies at the heart of my experience of the farming life, or if it is nature. Perhaps it is both. Our farm is approximately one hundred acres set in a beautifully rolling corner of Wiltshire, just outside Chippenham
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Author Lesley Pearse on why her autobiography is her most emotional work
A little girl and her brother are spotted wandering, coatless, in the snow; mummy is in bed and won’t wake up... because she died several days previously. This heart-wrenching scenario could have come from a novel by Lesley Pearse, but it’s actually
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Author Sarah Jane Butler on her life in books
Groombridge-based writer Sarah Jane Butler studied languages before delving into the world of short-form literature. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, and her story The Swimmer was included in Best British Short
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Ghost stories inspired by Woodbridge's historic Tide Mill
Those of us who live and work in Suffolk need no reminding of the county’s haunting beauty. There are places galore where nature and the possibility of ghostly apparitions go hand in hand. A personal favourite is Dunwich beach on a winter’s afternoon
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The curious case of the body in the coach
On the May 27, 1796, a private coach set out from Great Yarmouth, to travel to London. It stopped, as was customary, at various points only to take on fresh horses and to pay tolls. When it arrived in central London the following morning, the coachmen
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One of the finest minds of Stuart England, Sir William Petty
This month I’m hanging out with the Stuarts as I contemplate the Hampshire-born economist, demographer, physician, anatomist, epidemiologist, academic, philosopher, scientist, mathematician, statistician, cartographer, architect, administrator, merchant
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Norman Leslie Derham: Essex’s swimming superstar
IF you’ve seen the Oscar nominated blockbuster biopic ‘Nyad’, you’ll lap up the true story of Essex’s swimming superstar who never gave up on his dream to swim the English Channel even when he was almost hacked to pieces by a fishing boat…. MOVIE
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The Wallasey born sports presenter who became a household name
Anchorman of World of Sport from 1968 until 1985, Dickie Davies was an instantly recognisable face whose passing in February 2023 was greeted with an outpouring of warmth from those who remembered his trusty and unflappable presence on the small screen
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Theatre review: Bouncers, Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
They told us to Relax! But when you’re a child of the 1980s you just can’t get enough. And so it was for the 50-somethings (and older) who hit the town for a nostalgic trip down memory lane to Mr Cinders nightclub. It was a packed house at
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Theatre review: Little Shop of Horrors, Theatre by the Lake
It takes plant-based diet to a whole new level: the hungry triffid with a penchant for human flesh and blood. Audrey II is a starving specimen with a voracious appetite whose growth corresponds with the cast’s disappearance in the gruesome film
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The Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards: nominations are in
The Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards are returning for 2024 after a short hiatus to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of the food and drink industry. This year’s event is set to be a glittering, cork-popping celebration of the
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Success for Cotswold designers at 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Cotswold designers and growers have got top awards at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show – and been given royal approval. Family herb nursery The Kitchen Garden Plant Centre picked up gold for the second year running. There was silver-gilt for
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The ones to visit at the Cheshire Show
The Royal Cheshire County Show is an annual agricultural county show, this year taking place on the 18th and 19th of June, packed with family fun. Organised by the Cheshire Agricultural Society, the show has been running since 1838 and promises