‘yours affectionately, vivien leigh’ rita malyon’s legacy

It’s astonishing to me how lucky I’ve been – because it is luck; of course it is!’ says Celia Imrie, beaming, as she holds up the Raindance Icon Award she picked up in London the night before. With he

Beryl Nevell thought her service during the Second World War had been a case of ‘doing her duty’. Then someone special stepped in and showed her what she was truly owed…

Screenwriter Daisy Goodwin spent her youth desperately trying to live up to a glamorous vision of her absent mother. Here’s what she learned

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Lynn Berry, 49, was desperate to keep her promise to mum, Glennis

Iris climbed down from the donkey cart that had given her a lift from Penzance station, being careful not to ladder her best stockings, and walked up the narrow lane to Nantolven Farm. There was no si