Church hosts tribute to poet Frances Horovitz

1:56pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

TWO of the UK’s best-loved poets, Gillian Clarke and Anne Stevenson, will be in Orcop Church on Saturday for a reading in tribute to their close friend, the poet Frances Horovitz, who died of cancer 25 years ago and is buried in the Churchyard at Orcop.

Autumn provides a rich tapestry of popular culture

1:53pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

AMONG the highlights of this year’s Cheltenham Festival of Literature, which runs from October 10-19, is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize for which a host of Booker winners will premiere new work on BBC Radio 4.

A fab life in the crazy '60s

12:08pm Thursday 11th September 2008

AFTER what must surely be one of the most disastrous interviews ever, in which her shorthand proved so indecipherable she was driven to make up her own letter, Judith Wills unbelievably landed the job of her dreams as secretary to the editor of Fab – the UK’s first-ever pop magazine.

Summer of success for local author

1:23pm Thursday 21st August 2008

IT’S been an exciting summer for Herefordshire author Anne Cottringer as her most recent children’s book, her twelfth, became one of THE children’s books of the summer.

All the ingredients for a good summer read

1:12pm Thursday 21st August 2008

THREE very different books by three Herefordshire authors offer an interesting choice of summer reading.

Bestselling novelist in Waterstones

1:42pm Thursday 10th July 2008

A NOVELIST whose books have sold in their millions, will be signing copies of her latest book, The Warrior’s Princess, at Waterstone’s in Hereford on Saturday.

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John Irving at Hay

1:46pm Friday 30th May 2008

Author John Irving will be making a double appearance at Hay this weekend.

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Black group boycotts 'racist' force

Updated 3:35pm Monday 6th October 2008

The Metropolitan Black Police Association has said it would "actively discourage" new recruits from joining Britain's largest force, claiming it had "a hostile atmosphere where racism is allowed to spread".

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