Billy Braggs career as a protest singer has lasted for 30 years.

There’s now a festival of alternative entertainment

During the olden times in which I grew up, festivals were a foreign thing. I know there was the Festival of Britain in 1951 but I had hardly begun to grow up by then and anyway it was a bit of a one-off to cheer people up after the war, wasn’t it?

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Filming at Holkham.

Special showing of wartime drama filmed in Norfolk

The latest Sunday afternoon film show at Wymondham features hundreds of Norfolk extras - paid £3 a day.

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Walkies!

This is your chance to take a stroll - with a rescue dog

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Phil Johnson.

Family and friends gather to remember - the late, great Phil Johnson.

Make ‘em laugh - and that’s just what he did. We will never forget Phil Johnson, the laughing landlord.

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The fame gap? Where does it start?

Celebrities, IT Girls and Max Clifford, is fame just for the famous?

Where is the barrier between the norms and the famous? And how do you cross the divide?

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