‘Reopen these youth clubs’: Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso on nurturing young artistic talent

Drummer and band leader used Brits awards stage to spotlight clubs that help musicians like himself to thriveAfter the high of a record-breaking night at the Brits where his band, Ezra Collective, not only became the first jazz group to perform live but also scooped the best group gong, Femi Koleoso was quickly brought back to earth.At the Jubilee Youth Club in Enfield, north London, where he volunteers, the drummer and band leader was trying to teach kids how to flip pancakes, dealing with flying batter and banter only 48 hours after he was on stage in front of thousands.“I had 100 kids trying to celebrate pancake day without killing themselves,” he said. “It was just a mess.”Koleoso and the rest of Ezra Collective, who formed at Tomorrow’s Warriors jazz youth club in Camden and have been at the forefront of the British jazz scene for nearly a decade, are big believers in youth clubs

Derbyshire people fight to save ruined manor that held Mary, Queen of Scots

At various points in history it has been a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots, a battleground in the English civil war, and the site of one the country’s first flushing toilets.But despite its storied past, Wingfield Manor in Derbyshire has fallen into disrepair, and members of the public can no longer visit the magnificent ruins on a hilltop in Amber Valley.“In the 19th century, the guidebooks to Derbyshire highlight the main tourist attractions, and they were Chatsworth [House], Hardwick Hall, Haddon Hall, and Wingfield Manor – it’s right up there,” said Barry Joyce, the former manager of the conservation and design team at Derbyshire county council.Joyce, now the vice-chair of Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT), is one of a group of people fighting to save the building.“In the 1950s the then Ministry of Works of the government decided that there was a problem,” he said, “because the owner was not repairing the building or making it, as a ruin, safe as he should be doing because it was a Grade I-[listed] building and a scheduled ancient monument

Nick Grimshaw: ‘Getting people to talk about music is the same as talking about food. Both are full of memories’

The DJ and podcaster on taking over the 6 Music breakfast slot, coping with grief, and what he learned working as an intern at MTVBorn in Oldham in 1984, Nick Grimshaw has just taken over as 6 Music’s new breakfast DJ . After stints in PR and TV, his radio career began in 2007 on Radio 1 youth strand Switch; in 2012, he became the station’s breakfast presenter, doing it for six years. He’s also been an X Factor judge, a Gogglebox regular (with his niece, Liv), has written a memoir, Soft Lad, and co-hosts Waitrose’s Dish podcast, with Angela Hartnett, and BBC Sounds podcast Sidetracked, with Annie Mac. Engaged to his dancer partner Meshach Henry, he lives in London and will broadcast live from the 6 Music festival in Greater Manchester, later this month.Congratulations on the new job

Sunday with Nigel Havers: ‘We’ll take the dog for a walk, she’s a rare poodle-poodle’

The actor talks about breakfast, dinner, dogs and horses, and shares his tips on racing and learning linesUp early? I like to listen to Paddy O’Connell at 9am on Radio 4. It’s a semi-political, opinionated show, with guests talking about the news. It’s amusing, witty… and I’ve been a guest, so obviously highly intelligent.What’s next? We’ll take the dog for a walk. She’s called Charlie and she’s a very rare breed – a black poodle-poodle

On my radar: Bobby Baker’s cultural highlights

The artist Bobby Baker was born in Kent in 1950 and studied painting at St Martins School of Art. In her work, which combines performance with drawing and installation, she highlights the undervalued aspects of women’s lives, often with reference to food and cooking. In 1995, she founded Daily Life Ltd to make art that “explores and celebrates everyday life and human behaviour”. Her artwork An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, originally created in 1976 and featuring a family composed of cakes, biscuits and meringues, is at the Whitworth, Manchester, until 20 April. Baker lives and works in London

Bill Dare obituary

Bill Dare, who has died aged 64 as a passenger in a road accident, was an influential force in TV and radio satire for almost 40 years. He was the puppet master – literally – producing eight series of Spitting Image for ITV in the 1990s, then figuratively in creating Dead Ringers for BBC radio.“We know how far we can go – as long as we are only upsetting some of the people some of the time,” Dare said during his time on Spitting Image (1990-94). He held back on featuring Woody Allen when the Hollywood star was accused of sexually abusing his adopted daughter Dylan (“It is a very difficult, very sensitive subject,” he said). But he had no qualms about introducing Jesus Christ as a drug-smoking hippy, only to discover that it provoked protest from both Christians and Muslims (who revere Christ as a holy prophet)