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

The Vera star on her glam new role… Spanning six decades, A Woman of Substance, adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, charts the rise of Emma Harte from impoverished maid to the worl

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

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I have always had a fondness for Lincolnshire. It started when I worked at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. I was on tour with a play in the late 70s, and at the end of the week was interviewed by the lo