Looking back on a Good Life - and forward to a hopeful future

Film expert Paul Welsh has welcomed a government review on the film industry

10:27am Friday 1st March 2013

It was very sad to hear of the death of veteran actor Richard Briers, who is best remembered for The Good Life television series.

The village that hasn't changed a bit since it was The Village of the Damned

Film expert Paul Welsh has welcomed a government review on the film industry

12:10pm Friday 22nd February 2013

As I write this on a Sunday evening, I have just finished a long weekend that revolved around films and television.

The Dirty Dozen - a Second World War film made when memories were still fresh

Film expert Paul Welsh has welcomed a government review on the film industry

10:04am Friday 15th February 2013

Films set in the Second World War have grown thin on the ground but used to be a staple diet of cinema along with westerns, science fiction and, up until the 1960s, musicals.

The town where dreams are made

Film expert Paul Welsh has welcomed a government review on the film industry

5:53pm Friday 8th February 2013

I cannot believe it but 25 years have now passed since my first visit to Hollywood, the land of make-believe.

I would have been a tough judge

Film expert Paul Welsh has welcomed a government review on the film industry

12:12pm Friday 1st February 2013

Paul Welsh recalls some of the stars of British police dramas and describes the day he passed rough justice on a Metropolitan Police instructor.

I never meant to write a book

Elstree Confidential by Paul Welsh

10:12am Friday 25th January 2013

In the summer of 2011, the Borehamwood Museum threw down the gauntlet and persuaded me to write down my memories of the studios in Borehamwood and the stars who visited them.

Liz Taylor on street where you live

12:14pm Friday 21st September 2012

PAUL WELSH goes on a detective hunt as he explores places that were once part of the former MGM studio in Borehamwood

Star-studded memories to cherish

9:52am Friday 14th September 2012

Paul Welsh remembers meeting comic legend Bob Hope, who once visited Borehamwood to guest star on The Muppet Show

Keeping it in the family

11:07am Monday 10th September 2012

I am walking more these days and regularly notch up 20 miles a week, which must mean I will live until at least 100 and get a telegram from King William.

Do you know of the great actors?

9:23am Friday 15th June 2012

PAUL WELSH laments the fickle finger of fate, that dictates some actors are remembered for years after their death, while others are quickly forgotten.

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