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Rapper with a cause

4:52pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Melanie Dakin talks to rapper Dotstar who kicked off his successful music career in the playground at Edgware Primary School

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Phantom's Peter Straker haunts Radlett farm for charity

3:43pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Peter Straker began his career with Hair and went on to star as the original Phantom of the Opera, he teams up with Warren Wills to celebrate 50 years of farming at Battlers Green, writes Melanie Dakin

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Harrow crime writer triumphs with second book and award shortlist

11:08am Tuesday 24th August 2010

Writer Leigh Russell talks to Melanie Dakin about her latest fictional book Road Closed and the importance of getting out to meet readers

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Fantasy author inspired by The Horn Dance

11:14am Tuesday 24th August 2010

An ancient rite, The Horn Dance, has proved inspiration for former University of Hertfordshire dance tutor Jayn Winslade

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Teen author favoures '70s sitcoms over Gavin and Stacey

2:20pm Friday 13th August 2010

Teenage author Tex Fisher hates modern comedy shows. He's recently written a companion guide to Man About the House and George and Mildred and is soon to go back down memory lane once more with The Making of On The Buses, filmed at Elstree Studios and Borehamwood writes Melanie Dakin.

Back to their roots

3:43pm Monday 5th July 2010

Four Hertfordshire playwrights explore their feelings towards their home towns. Melanie Dakin talks to commissioning theatre company Paines Plough and Bushey playwright Adam Taylor

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Country singer Jeanne Jordan sings Dolly Parton at The Beck

11:46am Monday 28th June 2010

Jeanne Jordan and her husband BJ Thomas duet as the king and queen of country, Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton in this tribute show. Melanie Dakin reports