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We're celebrating the best creatives where we live, with Nina Das Gupta, including:

• The four-legged social media sensation (and his owners) from Kidderminster taking on the world! Get to know Rusty the Rescue, from High Hopes Dog Rescue, with his brand new book and podcast (or should that be, paw-dcast).

• "It's more than just a dancing boiler!" Meet poet, illustrator and artist Lee Mackenzie, who takes us by the hand, showing us the incredible creative community flowing out of West Bromwich and Smethwick.

• Shining the spotlight on over 400 artists in nine days: Get the low-down of the visual art week that sees more than a hundred venues opening their doors in beautiful rural Herefordshire. Ed Elliott, an award-winning sculptor from Malvern, shares how the work in his gallery near Ledbury, which will be open this weekend, has been shaped by experiences all over the world.

• From Paris to Berlin, via Coventry: Discover the incredible Midlander, Emma Sayers, who knows a thing or two about words, in multiple different languages! The poet shares an incredible piece on grief, transgenerational trauma and forgiveness.

• What if an alien was released from prison and sent on remand to Earth? Discover the very funny new sci-fi script penned in Stratford, from writer Nathaniel Parker, which could be the next Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

That and the best poetry, comedy and spoken word - made right here