David Baddiel: ‘My life was out of control and I’m not a person who is comfortable with that’
When people think of fame, images may spring into the mind of either glamour and showbiz or pain and...
Free Time
Mark Thomas: ‘Some of what we’re doing is a tiny bit illegal…’
Comedian, broadcaster, tireless campaigner and professional boat-rocker, Mark Thomas describes himself as being ‘in a genre of one’. His...
£1m of artworks by Ivon Hitchens found in a woodcutter’s cottage
There is to be a major exhibition of ten previously unseen oil paintings by important British artist Ivon Hitchens...
Trevor Noah interview
Trevor Noah is one of the hottest young comedians on the planet. Will Smith loves him, and he went...
Serious artists in our city
DAWN BIRCH-JAMES talks to artist Giuseppina (Pina) Santoro-Ellwood at her studio in Folksworth…
Katharine of Aragon, Queen of Peterborough
She was born a Spanish infanta in Alcalá de Henares in 1485, and died a British queen at Kimbolton...
Michael Cross: ‘Cinderella is the Kate Middleton story, in lots of ways…’
He may have hung up his frock and oversized wig these days, but Key Theatre stalwart Michael Cross is...
Chas (not Dave): ‘We’re still enthusiastic, we’re playing better than ever!’
Chas & Dave are currently enjoying a huge resurgence, with new fans including Hugh Laurie (who worked with them...
Ralph McTell: ‘Nearly all my heroes were black, American, usually blind and most of them dead…’
Godfather of folk Ralph McTell has a career spanning almost half a century, and later this month he’ll be...
Will Young: ‘I’m not scared of failure’
The sparkling new season at the Broadway Theatre is about to launch, and the Olivier-nominated production of Cabaret is...
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