Back in time with colin baker

While Emergency Ward 10 was not Britain’s first “soap opera” (this would be BBC’s The Grove Family from 1954-1957) it was the first medical soap, airing on Tuesdays and Fridays on ITV from 1957. Set i

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

The comedian, Have I Got News for You panellist and Just a Minute regular, 68, talks health scares, happiness and helping Bruce Forsyth land the Strictly job…

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

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We’ve got a really close-knit family. My relationship with my parents has always been really good. Now I hold up my parents as models of how to raise my own children. My children are really young at t