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Waiting for Boris: Rachel Swann, Derbyshire’s new Chief Constable
It’s a situation only a select number of people have experienced: waiting for the Prime Minister to ring. The circumstances ... -
James Graham: no Quiz needed about Millionaire Notts writer
Quiz question: who is James Graham? Is he (a) the writer of the TV drama about the coughing scandal on ... -
Andy Street: the Derbyshire musician who appeared on the world’s biggest television show
Sitting down for an evening of undemanding television, my wife and I tuned in to a reality series that caught ... -
Peter Wight: from Duffield to the National Theatre
Peter Wight played a newspaper editor in the second series of The Crown, the Netflix drama about the Royal family. ... -
Anglo-Italian Cup Final – 27 years ago!
An article that appeared in 90 Minutes magazine on March 27th 1993 Passionate supporters . . . Nessun Dorma playing ... -
Val McDermid: always looking for new challenges
Her books have sold 16 million copies worldwide, been translated into 40 languages and recently her work topped the fiction, ... -
Tim Brooke-Taylor: an ambassador for Derbyshire
Comedian and actor Tim Brooke-Taylor has died of coronavirus at the age of 79. Here is an article I wrote ... -
Robert Daws: from Derby Playhouse to Partners in Crime
Robert Daws is feeling nervous. Not something you would expect of a man who’s been acting for 40 years and ... -
Susan Boyle: living the dream
She was the middle-aged, Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes who broke every rule in the reality television rulebook. Susan ... -
Les Dennis: from Coronation Street to the RSC
Les Dennis as Priuli in Venice Preserved at the RSC, Stratford (image: Helen Maybanks) “Jack of all trades, master of ...
