Local People
Celebrating an unsung Leamington Builder
March 22nd 2012
We remember the architects and the bigwigs who commission them - but who ever remembers the builders? Peter Rhodes stirs some memories...
Boudica’s last stand
February 10th 2012
Somewhere along the route from St Albans to Anglesey, one of the greatest battles ever fought on British soil took place – and many are convinced it happened in Warwickshire. James Quinn reports.
Alycia Smith-Howard: A Dickens of a good story
January 26th 2012
If it hadn’t been for the efforts of Charles Dickens, the birthplace of Shakespeare might have ended up on an Idaho roadside, says Alycia Smith-Howard.
CPRE Warwickshire: Saving lives in Shipston on Stour
January 26th 2012
Nicholas Butler reports on a rural campaign to bring aid to heart attack victims in our villages and small towns.
Bright Young Things: Sailing into the future
January 11th 2012
Sailor Tim Walton from Kenilworth knows exactly where he’s heading.
Lady Godiva Statue: The naked truth
January 10th 2012
Fact or fantasy? Chris Mowbray knows which he prefers when it comes to Lady Godiva’s famous ride.
Ginny Davis: Resolve to Perform
December 22nd 2011
Ginny Davis promises to tread the boards more carefully in her one-woman shows in 2012.
My kingdom for a prop
November 30th 2011
The girl with (a copy of) the Dragon Tattoo, saves the day for Ginny Davis
Round John Virgin and other Christmas crackers
November 22nd 2011
Chris Mowbray recalls many a novel nativity script change.
Warwickshire Land Girls
November 18th 2011
Jane Brooks speaks to two determined Land Girls who ‘did their bit’ in Warwickshire during World War II.
Shakespeare Diva: Sew and Sew
November 18th 2011
Alycia Smith-Howard blames the feminist movement for stifling her crafting tendancies.
In the choir, St Mary's, Warwick
November 16th 2011
The best things in life are free. Among them, the outstanding musical education on offer to choristers at St Mary’s Collegiate Church in Warwick. And, the uplifting music they make, discovers Marsya Lennox.
Bright Young Things: Amba Reohorn
November 16th 2011
A year ago Amba was an ordinary schoolgirl. Then she was spotted at Clothes Show Live and now she is on the books of one of the country’s most famous modelling agecies, Select.
Downhill in bella Italia
November 4th 2011
When in Rome - mind out for the novice English cyclist, says Ginny Davis
Warwickshire History: Lady under fire
October 19th 2011
A Warwickshire couple have unearthed a series of remarkable letters from the Western Front.
Ginny Davis: In the laptop of the gods
September 22nd 2011
Ginny Davis rejects her “Ancient Mariner” and takes to the cyber surf with a new dood.
Bright Young Things: Dreaming of America
September 21st 2011
Teenage golfer Elizabeth Mallett from Sutton Coldfield is on course for a major career
Alcester Male Voice Choir
September 21st 2011
How a band of enthusiastic Warwickshire schoolboys grew into one of the best male voice choirs in the country.
Another day in paradise
August 23rd 2011
Businesswoman Julie Ellis travels from Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter on a buying trip in search of the fabled black pearls of French Polynesia
Alycia Smith-Howard: Visions of Arcadia
July 25th 2011
Playing Stoppard’s indefatigable Lady Croom prompted Alycia Smith-Howard to take a look at the Warwickshire works of Capability Brown.
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