TIMOTHY WEST: In the second part of Timothy West s memoir, he described how his wife Prunella Scales almost turned down the role as Sybil in Fawlty Towers.
Sarehole Mill is four miles south of the centre of Birmingham. If this were a fairy tale, and it should be, it would follow that Birmingham swallowed Sarehole a century ago, like a dragon and its prey. I like Birmingham: I like its optimism, its violence and its multiplex, which can match any American Midwest