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Hereford & Worcester,14 May 2026,120 mins

Creating a community from scratch

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We're celebrating the best creatives where we live with Nina Das Gupta, including: • She started with a seed of something small, nurtured it with love and care, and has seen it blossomed in to its own beautiful community. Get to know garden-fluencer Dahlia Beach, who's created a following from scratch, opening up her skills, her garden and life to her hundreds of thousands of followers, fresh from the RHS Malvern Spring Show. • He quit the corporate nine-to-five and has jammed with Ed Sheeran, Will Smith and Alesha Dixon: Discover the DJ who's picked up millions of followers by live streaming and hitting the streets. DJ AG shares his secrets to taking the plunge in the otherwise unknown waters of social media and spreading a ton of positivity in the process. • Meet more incredible performers coming to this month's Rik Mayall Comedy Festival, including Shrewsbury's Alexander Bennett and Bridgnorth's Jon Gibbons, with a load of top tips for anyone starting out in stand-up, honing the routine and following in the footsteps of the Droitwich-born Young Ones, Bottom and Blackadder star. • An infectious passion for folklore and history, channelled in to the written word: Get to know the Whitchurch-born, Crewe-based writer Carol J Forrester who's working on book number three! Upload your work for a chance to get on the BBC.

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