Local Trader's Gazette

Grumpy Grandma is put in her place during wartime food demonstration

Adverts: romancing the world – and Ammanford - with golden rings and Scandanavian meat, leather soles and coal, Eve's soap and flowers.

The message for cinema-goers in Port Talbot, Neath and Briton Ferry is that they should shop local!

From drapery and gas fires to pork butchers and hairdressers: vintage cinema adverts from Erdington's pre-war picture palace.

Step inside a local Edwardian store.

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that bling… early silent cinema advert for a local business in Frome.

Never a dull moment for a rural district nurse in the early days of the NHS.

Indulge your nostalgia for the old-fashioned milk bottle with this Express Dairy promotional film from the 1950s.

Over 30 years and 150 projects, the composer shares, with humour and passion, the intricacies of making film music.

Neil selected soundtracks for 127 Hours, Shame, Kick Ass, Control and many more. He discusses the job and its complexities, referencing his own work.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's adapter reveals his quest for "the poem of the book" and the importance of simplicity: 'Drain the pond to find the fish'.

L.A. Confidential's screenwriter explains why he thinks writer's block is a myth, and reveals Clint Eastwood's unique powers of persuasion.

Irma Vep writer/director Assayas moved from film journalism to filmmaking – a fascinating journey told with disarming honesty to Jonathan Romney.

Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Francis Coppola and making movies in five days – prepare yourself for Corman wisdom.