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Tommy Banner on life as part of The Wurzels
When Tommy Banner joined legendary Somerset band The Wurzels in 1967 he only signed up for three months. Now the 84-year-old is the longest serving member and embracing the festival season ahead.
Worthy Farm's Worthy Causes: Glastonbury Festival's charity work
Organ music making it big on social media
Author Jag Sherbourne retells her mother's wartime evacuation story
Veteran recalls being thrown from ship in explosion weeks after D-Day
D-Day: How to find out what your ancestors did in the Second World War
The internationally renowned Red Dress is coming to Somerton
How NSPCC’s Childline saved my life
The life of a writer with Sarah Coyle
The extraordinary May Day tradition of the Minehead Hobby Horse
The Sibling Stargazers from Somerset
Somerset stable yard lifechanging for horses
The family behind an award-winning Somerset holiday park
The award-winning artist who takes inspiration from Somerset’s natural world
A centuries-old tradition is being kept vibrantly alive by the women of Somerset
Novelist Hannah Richell tells us how Somerset inspires her work
The daring Somerset adventurer who astonished society
The forgotten women in Somerset who made history
Meet the 2023 BBC Young Chorister of the Year from Somerset
From cork lifejackets to motor lifeboats, how the RNLI started 200 years ago
As excitement builds for Cheltenham, we chat to trainer Paul Nicholls
The Somerset stable with 3,000 winners in national hunt racing
The film shot in Somerset that has been shortlisted for an Oscar
Why a top London designer has moved to Somerton
Will you join The Fiftyist as she throws away the hair dye?
Author Rebecca Thorne on how Somerset influences her work
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis knighted in New Year Honours