Happy 60th sjp!

The popular presenter’s former agent hits out with a withering put down

Full disclosure: I’ve known Nicky Hambleton-Jones for 25 years. We met at a book club when we were both lonely souls who had just landed in Britpop ’90s London – me from the North East of England and

She’s been one of TV’s most prolific stars over the last six decades, playing a huge variety of roles including Purdey in The New Avengers, a Bond Girl and – unforgettably – Patsy Stone in Absolutely

The TV presenter and novelist, who turns 68 this month, on weight loss, her unusual way with words, and why she has fallen in love with going to church

Actor Claire Sweeney on starring in the soap, motherhood and keeping fit

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A CASUALTY FAVE…