Historic England has awarded a grant of £206,680 towards the restoration of the Grade II* Paignton Picture House in Torbay.
The grant will cover the full cost of essential repairs to the cinema’s front face. This includes the repair of the intricate stone work and unique stained glass windows.
The Picture House is a purpose-built cinema which officially opened in 1912....
When ex-junior doctor and comedian Adam Kay, bestselling author of This Is Going To Hurt, set out to raise money for NHS charities through a compilation of NHS-focused celebrity anecdotes, he never expected the avalanche of responses he would receive.
“I was amazed. I thought we wouldn’t be so near the top of the barrel. It was a dream line-up. But when I started reading what the NHS...
He used to be part of a double-act with comedian David Mitchell, starring in Peep Show and That Mitchell And Webb Look, but Robert Webb says not working together as much has truly helped their friendship.
While they have gone their own ways career-wise, both appearing in panel shows, on the West End stage and writing memoirs, they are still close, says Webb today. He’ll be working...
Bestselling Irish novelist Marian Keyes, 56 – who has brought us love, laughter and all matters of the heart in her many novels, including Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, This Charming Man and The Break – has travelled the world on book tours, charity events and speaking engagements.
Her latest novel Grown Ups follows the trials and tribulations of an extended and...
Jojo Moyes shot to fame with her hit novel Me Before You, which was made into a film starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin.
She now divides her time between writing novels and scriptwriting. Several of her other books, The Last Letter From Your Lover and The Horse Dancer, are currently being filmed, while her latest, The Giver Of Stars, has been optioned by Universal.
