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Herald arts contributors look back on a few highlights from last year

Slimming World consultant Laura Schofield explains the benefits joining a club even in lockdown

Illustrator Adam Beardsmore’s work is inspired by art deco tourist posters

Stratford Literary Festival (SLF) folk and other local reading enthusiasts share their favourite reads from last year

The landmark tea room was established in the 1930s, and has been in the hands of the same family since then.

Writer Mark Carey's drama Voices in the Air was recorded for the BBC ahead of the festive season

Ragley Hall has won a starring role in TV's hit series The Crown – by standing in as Princess Diana's Althorp home.

We all know you get your nightmares on Elm Street, your shivers on Friday 13th and your screams from… well… Scream! But there are other manifestations…

Theatre director and RSC regular Kimberley Sykes talks to Gill Sutherland about her experience of living life under lockdown Tell us about what you do…

Hailed as a ‘masterclass in silliness’, Knight Sir Louis and the Dreadful Damsel is the first children’s book by Stratford’s premier creative siblings,…

During the lockdown Herald arts finds out how local creatives are dealing with their downtime. Here director Iqbal Khan. His RSC credits include Tartuffe…

Gill Sutherland takes a trip to the reopened registry office (article published 16th July). Since 1837 the Warwickshire Registration Service have documented…

By day butterflies delight and dazzle, but during the night other winged marvels are equally impressive. Anna Pike reports on how Britain’s moth populations…

During the coronavirus lockdown Herald arts finds out how local creatives are dealing with their downtime. Here Hal Chambers, assistant director on the…

HERALD photographer Mark Williamson has been shortlisted for a top press award with a portfolio of stunning pictures. A multiple award-winner already,…

THERE is something to cheer for the southern section of the Stratford to Cheltenham rail route. While the debate continues about the case for reopening…

During the lockdown Herald arts finds out how local creatives are dealing with their downtime. Here Niamh Cusack shares her thoughts. The actor played…

During the lockdown Herald arts finds out how local creatives are dealing with their downtime. Here Playbox Theatre’s Artistic Director Emily Quash shares…

Jane Tailby, Headteacher at Bridgetown Primary School, looks at how to mark birthdays during the crisis. HOW do you mark a birthday celebration during…

Writer, animation director and illustrator Evgenia Golubeva tells Herald arts about her life under lockdown. Tell us about what you do, and how you got…