The rhythms and rituals of rural life have seldom been conspicuous in British cinema. But in this feature from our August 2010 issue, Rob Young looks back to feature films of the 1960s and 70s, and to documentaries across the decades, and finds that traces of the ‘old, weird Britain’ can still be unearthed.
Andrew Cox will report to the Government his concerns about events not being compelled to have an organiser and also the police s lack of powers to stop them.
Laura Smallwood, 34, died in hospital three days after she was struck in the back of the head by the wooden framed horse - known as an Obby Oss - an inquest heard.
Laura Smallwood (pictured) was knocked down by the Obby Oss, one of a pair used in one of the oldest festivals held at Padstow, north Cornwall, on May 1, 2019.