Judy Parfitt always wanted to play a nun. Now, as Call the Midwife is put on hold after 15 years, she’s finding it a hard habit to break

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

The year 1966 saw a new bright star light up the London stage. The play was Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the playwright was Tom Stoppard who, at 29, was the youngest person ever to have a

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I WOKE up after a vivid dream of Eleanor. I’d had quite a few recently. Eleanor was my half-sister. She was older than me – the daughter of Dad’s first wife, Dorrie. My mum only found out he had a fir

Kym Marsh is looking forward to embracing a new chapter as she prepares to celebrate her 50th birthday this year. The former Coronation Street actress plans to go all out for the occasion in June. “I’