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Samantha Harvey becomes first woman since 2019 to win Booker Prize
British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize for book, Orbital
Essex actor Ryan Philpott is coming home to Westcliff
Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors
Meet Brentwood born Paul Canning - John Lennon in the Bootleg Beatles
The extraordinary art you can see on display in Essex
How artist Andrew Sharratt went from Sydney to Southend
The famous Essex authors you've never heard of
The Essex artist who draws colourful maps
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition ‘open to all artists of merit’
6 Essex authors who have found inspiration in the county
Street Eats n Beats Festival founder on Essex’s food and music scene
Calendar competition: Capture Essex
Behind the scenes at an award winning arts venue
Essex in illustrations by local artist White One Sugar
The latest gothic novel from a Colchester author
Behind the scenes at Make Space Chelmsford
Competition Time: Calling all young poets of Essex
The romantic fiction author who finds inspiration in Essex
The Essex artist who finds inspiration from the River Colne
A new exhibition in Colchester will celebrate artists past and present
Schoolboy chorister Malakai Bayoh reflects on his success after Britain’s Got Talent
Melanin Magic: London bookstore opens to create ‘safe space’ for black children
DJ Ken Bruce to host a Greatest Hits Radio station dedicated to this era of music
Clive Myrie to host BBC First Night Of The Proms show
Fleur East announced as new co-host of BBC’s Strictly: It Takes Two
Take That don't rule out return of Robbie Williams and Jason Orange
When photographer Eleanor Church met sculptor Steve Henderson