Arts

Strictly Come Dancing fans will be overjoyed to hear that the full line-up of celebrities and their professional partners for next year’s Strictly Come Dancing UK Arena Tour has been announced.

Belper’s industrial heritage has been portrayed in a whole new light for a stunning photography book inspired by the steampunk style.

After going against the grain with their beautifully made but uncharacteristically straight western True Grit, the unorthodox Coen brothers offer up this witty, ironic, outrageously funny and achingly sad collection of western stories, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, writes Natalie Stendall.

The Derby-based painter John McDonald has donated one of his striking creations for a silent auction to support the community engagement programme at Déda, the city-based organisation that aims to enrich people’s lives through dance and the arts.

Amber Valley Borough Council has increased the budget for a new café in Belper River Gardens by £130,000 after failing to find a contractor.

Crime writer Michael Connelly joins the greats of the genre. Reporter Charlie Bullough speaks to the American author about his big award win, his new book and the future.

Allelujah! – the new play by Alan Bennett which received its world premiere at the Bridge Theatre in London – will be screened in cinemas.

The Belper fair is all set to come whirling back into town next week, bringing a mix of modern and traditional fun for all the family to enjoy.

Northern Ballet has announced a major national tour of a new ballet for children.

Crich Tramway Village will hold its annual Starlight Extravaganza from Monday to Saturday, October 29 to November 3.

The proposed regeneration of the Belper Mills complex has moved a step closer now plans have been submitted to Amber Valley Borough Council.

A Derbyshire woman who claimed to have murdered a man who raped her has spoken to a top psychologist for a new TV show in a bid to discover if she is telling the truth.

Academy Award nominee and TONY and Olivier award winner Ian McKellen stars in King Lear which will be beamed live to Derbyshire cinemas from London’s West End.

England’s biggest festival of culture and history unveiled a new statue in Belper last week, celebrating a pioneering disability access advocate.

The first walkers of this year’s Autumn Footprints festival laced up their boots on Saturday, kicking off 16 days of treks across mid Derbyshire.

Wirksworth Festival is opening today (Friday, September 7) with a packed programme of entertainment.

An auctioneer has unearthed a police book from 1833 detailing the story of a Belper man sentenced to time in jail for stealing a few pears.