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Most of us have only known one monarch in our lifetimes: no-one alive has ever known an Accession Council - and we're all getting used to a National Anthem for...

Gloucester Day- the first Saturday in September- celebrates the relief of the Siege of Gloucester in 1643 from King Charles 1’s army of 30,000. Many cities...

For those who remember the abandoned Norville specs factory on Hatherley Road in Tredworth of a generation ago, followed by an arson attack a decade ago -...

This evening’s hustings in Cheltenham are a debate for the two candidates to be our next leader, and a decision moment for many Gloucestershire members in a...

I’m told some local politicians occasionally refer to the Gloucester City Council as the ‘Vanishing Council’. It is quite true our Council has fewer employees...

This is the 12th year since I had the mad idea of creating a Gloucester History Festival, and it’s going to be – as every year should be – slightly different...

I almost literally grew up in a school in East Africa my mother ran. She was later, like my elder sister, a primary school Deputy Head for many years. My other...

City of refuge, then and now Twice in a fortnight I’ve been taken back over 80 years to the sadness and the resilience of the Second World War, with new links...

We have some inspiring services for Health and Wellbeing in our great county - but the truth is not everyone knows what help is available and how to find it. So...