Mad Lizzie: the 80s fitness instructor from breakfast TV is still going strong
TV-AM’s 'Mad Lizzie' inspired a nation to get off the couch to get moving in the 1980s and 1990s.
Interview with Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, the new chief fire officer of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
At 15, she was sleeping rough on the streets. Today, she’s one of the UK’s leading firefighters. Meet Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, the new head of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Interview with Sussex’s former shock jock Tommy Boyd
Tommy Boyd discusses radio rants, TV history and living in Chichester
Guy Chambers on his solo piano album, turning his career around and why Sussex has nurtured him
Guy Chambers, the man behind Robbie Williams’ biggest hits, has gone solo with a piano album inspired by his late mother. He reveals how his extraordinary writing partnership with Robbie turned his career around – and why Sussex has nurtured him since his bereavement
Bryony Hill on the loss of husband Jimmy and the healing power of growing and cooking your own
When Match of the Day presenter Jimmy Hill succumbed to dementia, his wife Bryony determined not to fade with him. She reflects on the healing power of growing and cooking your own
Ray Mears on his wilderness bushcraft school, life in Sussex and what the future holds
Ray Mears reflects on his TV career, why he made his home in the county and what irks him about his imitators
Suede frontman Brett Anderson on his newly published memoirs and beginnings in Sussex
In the early 1990s, Suede frontman Brett Anderson was one of the best known and most distinctive faces in the charts. But as his newly published memoirs reveal, his foppish image gave little clue to his impoverished and eccentric beginnings in Mid Sussex – a world far removed from rock-star success.
Chris Difford on his new autobiography and overcoming addiction to claw his way back to the top
As a member of the 1970s new wave band Squeeze, Sussex-based guitarist and lyricist Chris Difford found fame on both sides of the Atlantic. But by 1997 the band was on the rocks, and he was broke. As he publishes his autobiography, he speaks to Angela Wintle
Sarah Raven on her passion for “good, good food”
Sarah Raven is not only an inspirational cook and gardener, she was also once a doctor – knowledge that informs her new healthy eating cookbook. She talks to us from her idyllic farmhouse in the Sussex Weald
Actor Peter Davison: Adventures with a Time Lord through Surrey
As Richmond-based actor Peter Davison looks back on a successful career that has encompassed everything from All Creatures Great and Small to Doctor Who, here he chats to Angela Wintle about life on and off the small-screen – and his love for the Surrey countryside
