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Tales from the shoreline of Essex
Sharing their unique perspective on Essex’s gorgeous coastline are a paddleboarder, fossil hunter, fisherman and skipper
The clockmaker who transformed Southend with his philanthropy
Model Jasroop Singh on her career, celeb friends and life with vitiligo
Mersea Island's Punk-folk musician Frank Turner
The famous Essex authors you've never heard of
A look ahead to the 2024 BBC Proms season
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
Maldon born Anya Hindmarch named a Dame in King’s Birthday Honours List
Celebrating farming entrepreneur, Joseph Brittain Pash
Street Eats n Beats Festival founder on Essex’s food and music scene
102-year-old Second World War veteran from Chingford flies again
D-Day: How to find out what your ancestors did in the Second World War
Calendar competition: Capture Essex
Paloma Faith: 'I had a kind of breakdown when I broke up with my kids' dad'
How NSPCC’s Childline saved my life
Norman Leslie Derham: Essex’s swimming superstar
The rags to riches story of Thomas Dowsett
Why Jimmy Doherty's business has received plaudits from HM King Charles
One night only: Chart topper Natasha Watts returns to Essex
Behind the scenes at an award winning arts venue
The Essex woman who excelled in the art of crime novels
Damian Lewis: 'I'm lucky to have a house in Essex'
Celebrating Essex women on International Women's Day
From cork lifejackets to motor lifeboats, how the RNLI started 200 years ago
Essex in illustrations by local artist White One Sugar