The breakthrough actress

10 JULY THURSDAY

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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

Straight-talking, mad about make-up and proud to be an Essex girl, Dame Helen Mirren tells Annie Vischer what it means to be an icon

Ruth has lots of plans for the future ...

Three words that sum you up for the uninitiated… Silly, sassy, smart. I just went with alliteration. You could also add insouciant, too, because I really don’t give a shit. Most unexpected career high