On Friday the body of Pat Regan, who was killed earlier this month, will be laid to rest. Two Birmingham pastors tell Jo Ind how her work of bringing peace amidst the violence of the streets goes on.
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This week the Government launched a campaign to deter young people from carrying knives. Simeon Clarke tells Jo Ind why he used one and why he laid it down.
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For a man who is never more at home than when in front of a television camera, John Craven sounds more than a little apprehensive about his appearance at the BBC Summer Festival.
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One of the nation's great ancestral seats celebrates 50 years of being open to the public. Richard McComb pops above stairs to meet Lord and Lady Hertford.
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I've watched Philip Serrell on BBC’s Bargain Hunt, Flog It and other antiques programmes many times. He’s smart-suited and silver-haired with a warm, amiable smile and twinkling eyes.
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Philippa Ashley meets 89-year-old William Podmore whose passion to create a beautiful garden from a former colliery site has taken half a century to realise.
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Polo has a reputation for being enjoyed by the upper crust or the filthy rich. But a new tournament is opening it up to all-comers. Alison Jones reports
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Photographer and film-maker Pogus Caesar eschews hi-tech gear in favour of capturing history on 35mm. Professor Roger Shannon profiles the visual artist as a major exhibition of his work is launched.
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Birmingham novelist Jim Crace has joined Samuel Coleridge Taylor, D H Lawrence and Norman Mailer in having his archive acquired by the University of Texas.
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