It is a Thursday in June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, and between the cobbles and the eaves of Gosford Street the procession of Coventry...

The city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...

In January this year my wife and I decided to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary with a return to Edinburgh for the annual arts...

I once refused Cliff Richard’s autograph when I met him at a party in the British embassy in Oslo. The party took place in the cocktail...

What's it like to share your home with touring thespians? Fun and enriching, says JANE BARKER Can you help us out? A simple question from...

JOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, on how the great film music of the 60s and 70s brought the world to his ears Growing up in a...

Stars can be difficult to work with - unfortunately for PETER McGARRY, a former leading entertainments editor, he had to One of the...

Author and EWO theatre critic Ann Evans shares her memories of autograph hunting in Swinging Sixties Coventry. As a 12-year-old back in...

They say you should never meet your heroes but for Coventry’s Terry Little, shaking hands with Sir Ian McKellen was a highlight of his...

Our reviewer ASHLEY HAYWARD looks back on his acting highlights, revealing how his rendering of Claudius was upstaged by his own...

JOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, noted cineaste and friend of elementarywhatson, with his pick of the lesser-known but worth...

The city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...

It was 1966, a memorable year. Watching England win the World Cup for the first and only time came soon after seeing Shakespeare...

From a four hour-long Hamlet to a tanned Orson Welles as Othello; from the audacious West Side Story to the teen hit Romeo and Juliet,...

Remembering the 1950s when 10 shillings could buy tickets for the Hippodrome panto with the great Beryl Reid and - maybe - an ice cream...

20 things you (probably) didn't know about the city's links to art A stained-glass image of a blonde-haired woman, discovered during...

The director Michael Winner dispenses with formalities as he eyes a small group of extras penned like cattle behind a fence. “You,” he...

As a journalist, one of the first things you learn about interviewing people who are in the public eye is to do your homework in advance....

The Coventry Carol, written for the Tailors’ and Shearmen’s pageant in the 1590s, was voted number seven in a recent poll of the nation’s...

THE superbly silly new production of Spamalot at the Belgrade is a homecoming for the musical's choreographer Ashley Nottingham. Ashley's...