BRINGING one of the top names in showbusiness to perform in Ludlow is just one way that Joyce Brand, who has died, aged 86, demonstrated her enthusiasm for her adopted town. It was in 2013 when the new Ludlow Fringe was struggling to get established that Mrs Brand got her comedienne daughter Jo to come to Ludlow to take part in an event at the library. Best known as a stand-up comedienne, Jo adopted a sitting down role for an appearance at Ludlow Library to talk about her work as an author. On her visit Jo Brand talked about her writing that included a novel, work that draws on her experience of psychiatric nursing and an autobiography ‘Look Back in Hunger’ published in 2009.