Dame Mary Berry, baker, cook and keen gardener, is as happy among the plants in her plot as she is among the pots and pans in her kitchen

Following her cancer recovery, actor Alex Kingston found poise and purpose on Strictly Come Dancing . Now, with a new ITV political thriller on the way, she tells Alicia Lansom why she’s joyfully embracing everything that life has to offer

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The day before we catch up with Joanna Page, she was discussing funeral plans with her husband, former Emmerdale actor James Thornton. She tells us, “I said to James yesterday, ‘I’ve already decided t

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ELLA BRUCCOLERI on bringing to life an oft-overlooked Jane Austen character