Isabella was in need of a husband – and her mother had one in her sights

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

Henry adored Angela – so why was she behaving so strangely?

Our lives, your lives... that’s life!

Moving into my new home, I’d already got the neighbours’ curtains twitching. Now I had to reveal my new set-up to my family. What would they think?

The iconic singer knows a place where the bouillabaisse is fine – a tiny spot on the French Riviera serving bowlfuls steeped in garlic, sunshine and family memories