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

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

There is an omission from Will Farmer’s article on music and motor sport [Pump up the volume, January]. The Radio 1 Fun Day was held at Mallory Park in May 1975 and remains the most bizarre race meeti

I headed back to work early by motorway after a glorious week or so of getting up late. Today I was on the M4 before 6am, driving from Gloucestershire to Autocar’s headquarters in outer London, and fo

ADMITTEDLY A 140TH ANNIVERSARY doesn’t look quite so good on a set of party balloons as a nice round century or 150, but that doesn’t mean it is any less significant an event. And, ladies and gentleme

Former jockey William Morgan on his curiosity to document the histories of Britain’s bygone racecourses