How the family of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton helped shape Billericay
THIS year marks 100 years since the death of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton.
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Task to remove coastal defences after WW2 - and how two old ladies weren't happy
Anti-tank blocks and mines were pivotal in Southend wartime coastal defences - but one son put a mine under his paralysed father’s wheelchair
The time Southend was banned from watching the 'most repulsive film ever made'
Back in the spring of 1974 cinemas across the land were about to be shaken to the core by the release of a new horror film- The Exorcist.
Foulness Island - what's it really like living in one of UK's most secretive places?
THERE can’t be many places left in the world where not being local is a problem.
A naked history of 100 years of naturism
HISTORY always has a few secrets to be revealed. But sometimes those secrets are a bit more revealing than you might expect.
'It's taking charge now' - Southend's Garry Lowen gives heartbreaking update on MND battle
“It’s a bit of a bugger but I’ve just got to roll with it...”
Why people would call Hadleigh’s own ‘White Witch’ if they wanted a curse broken
IN the 1800s if you wanted your warts cured or a curse broken, you’d pay a hasty visit to James Murrell in Hadleigh.
How cop sting trapped Southend clairvoyants
HYPED to be a winter blockbuster, Guillermo del Toro’s new thriller Nightmare Alley, is in south Essex cinemas this week.
Dry January? Here’s how to shun the booze with expert advice
IT’S that time of the year (again) when we seek to eat cleaner, kick the booze and make New Year’s resolutions.
