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Nancy Banks-Smith on June Spencer: 70 years of muck and bullocks!
At 103, life starts to sound like a rowdy party going on a few doors down. After being on The Archers all these years, no wonder you want a quiet life
Nancy Banks-Smith
08, Aug, 2022 @2:38 PM
Herbert Kretzmer, the TV critic who dressed for success | Nancy Banks-Smith
With his impeccable manners, he brought an air of distinction to our scruffy job – until he escaped with Les Misérables
Nancy Banks-Smith
15, Oct, 2020 @11:11 AM
The night I watched Vera Lynn with Marlene Dietrich | Nancy Banks-Smith
The wartime sweetheart crooned on stage while the formidable actress slapped her breeches with a riding whip in the wings. Fifty years later, I’m still trying to get my head around it
Nancy Banks-Smith
19, Jun, 2020 @2:00 PM
'We will meet again': when a monarch brings comfort with a song
The royals aren’t partial to posh poetry – but I remember George VI, like the Queen, bringing solace with a simple line of verse
Nancy Banks-Smith
08, Apr, 2020 @10:50 AM
I remember the wartime evacuation: eventually the isolation gets to you | Nancy Banks-Smith
In the Lake District, full of leech gatherers and idiot boys, I missed the boozy roar of my parents’ pub, recalls Nancy Banks-Smith
Nancy Banks-Smith
27, Mar, 2020 @1:12 PM
A tale for our times: laughter is still the best medicine | Nancy Banks-Smith
For one moment 100 years ago a war widow and a plague orphan had fun courtesy of Charlie Chaplin
Nancy Banks-Smith
21, Mar, 2020 @4:33 PM
Judith Kerr was both sweetness and steel – and I'll miss her | Nancy Banks-Smith
She was dedicated to her work, right to the very end – and no one could draw a tiger’s smile quite like her
Nancy Banks-Smith
23, May, 2019 @10:41 AM
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers' Joe Grundy: farewell from me and the ferrets
He made the countryside look untidy and his cider could dissolve spoons. But Joe Grundy will be fondly missed by everyone – especially his trusty pony Bartleby
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25, Apr, 2019 @11:30 AM
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: every man and his donkey is a suspect
Who tried to kill Matt? We’re not short of leads after Huw Kennair-Jones’s final act as Archers editor is to frame half of Ambridge
Nancy Banks-Smith
07, Nov, 2017 @5:41 PM
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: a prizewinning lamb tops a dazzlingly dull year
Ian and Adam are hiring a womb, Ed Grundy is hunting online for top lamb sperm – and editor Huw Kennair-Jones is leaving Ambridge just as I’ve learned how to spell his name
Nancy Banks-Smith
10, Oct, 2017 @2:46 PM
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: is Grey Gables Ambridge's answer to The Shining?
Caroline’s ashes are unlikely to make Grey Gables feel any less haunted. Maybe a new coat of paint will do the trick? Meanwhile, Adam is wondering if he’s ready to add to the village’s extraordinary array of tots
Nancy Banks-Smith
12, Sep, 2017 @6:11 PM
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers: condoms in Ambridge? Whatever next!
After 66 years, The Archers gives us a scandalous crash course in contraception to try and nab a sparky young crowd. Will it work? It certainly blew the cobwebs off
Nancy Banks-Smith
15, Aug, 2017 @11:38 AM
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