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Justice-seeker, menopause campaigner, police officer, TV host, mum-of-two and wife of rock royalty – step forward, Penny Lancaster

Being a rock star’s wife is one thing, but Penny Lancaster has also found purpose on the beat as a Special Constable

From Cheshire village halls to LA Babylon, he’s the obsessive music fan who rode the Hammond grooves of The Charlatans through baggy, Britpop and beyond . But how has his band remained together through 37 years of chaos and tragedy as well as triumph? “We had to get used to heaviness,” says Tim Burgess .

As her frank new memoir hits the shelves, Penny Lancaster talks about everything from surviving sexual assaults in her youth to meeting and marrying Sir Rod Stewart, growing in confidence and becoming a police officer at 50

Spinal Tap guitarist/vocalist David St. Hubbins takes your questions on The Four Horsemen, Sabrina Carpenter and kiss cams

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