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Over the course of his career, folklorist Doc Rowe has run through the streets with a flaming barrel strapped to his back, covered a man from head to toe with prickly burdock seeds and filmed people launching themselves down a steep hill in pursuit of a rapidly rolling wheel of cheese.

A treasure trove devoted to folk traditions has been amassed by one man<em>. </em>Now a campaign hopes to give it a proper home

Tim Plester and Rob Curry’s documentary on legendary UK archivist and filmmaker, Doc Rowe, is soon to be released. Today marks the launch of their crowdfunder campaign for the digitisation of Doc’s work.

The project was deemed a priority in the city’s Flood Reduction Master Plan following the devastating flood in July 2004. The project also featured cycling upgrades.

The project was deemed a priority in the city's Flood Reduction Master Plan following the devastating flood in July 2004. The project also featured cycling upgrades.

A pre-school in Nailsea has benefitted from a £1,000 donation from housing developer Taylor Wimpey Bristol.

How a family-run café in Port Perry became the home of TV series Reacher

The health care system also names veteran hospital finance executive, Leon Choiniere, to replace Sharma as CFO...

In this week's archive edition we find ourselves back in the home and in conversation with folk singing legend Shirley Collins. This is her story: how she went from collecting voices to finding, losing, and eventually discovering her own again.

The Chills Announce Scatterbrain Album Release Tour Chris Cudby / Photo credit: Alex Lovell-Smith / Thursday 18th February, 2021 8:00AM    Martin Phillipps. The leader of The Chills has his foot on the accelerator and is zooming into the future, with not only a brand new album entitled Scatterbrain set to launch soon, but also a just-announced release tour happening all across Aotearoa this coming April and May. Unless youve been sealed in some kind of cave with no internet access ...