Tv presenter Fern Britton and pop star Heather Small are among the star names who will appear in The Preston Passion as part of the city’s landmark Guild celebrations.

The tenderness of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening played out against a city stalked by savage mutants ... it’s a love affair to die for!

A football freestyler is adding a touch of Lancashire magic to a Brazilian-themed spectacular, at a New York theatre.

She shot to fame after collaborating with rapper Snoop Dogg and now pop starlet Stacey Jackson is to perform at a Preston club.

A museum is launching a project to investigate the modern day Preston family.

Opera and musicals star Alfie Boe took time out from his sold out concert at Preston Guild Hall to thank those from this city who had inspired him.

A Dutch ensemble pay their first visit to Preston for an evening of music at the city’s Minster church this week.

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For some of England’s most historic estates, the current imperative to preserve our past has come far too late.

In the teeming market of romantic fiction, a clever, classy page-turner always acts like a breath of fresh air.

League of Gentlemen star Steve Pemberton is set to create a new TV series with his writing partner on the cult show, Reece Shearsmith.

A radio presenter who broadcasts on the Royal Lancaster Infirmary’s radio waves is mounting a mammoth attempt to break BBC Radio 1’s record for the longest continual live broadcast.

James MacDonald is a son of the British Empire, a rich tea planter in India with a distinguished family history ... the lives of his two beautiful daughters should be mapped out for comfort and wealth.

February sees an exciting new selection of books from the classy stable at Oxford University Press Children’s Books.

A round-up of news in brief from across Lancashire

“Oh I’m always up early these days. Need to walk the dogs.” Not quite the opening line one might expect from 80s post-punk pin-up Adam Ant.

Draw the curtains, throw a log on the fire and cosy up with one of the most bewitching books likely to come your way this year.

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Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?

Let battle commence!