It’s a love story

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

‘I’ve never been a particularly esoteric person,’ Nicola Benedetti tells me as we sit down to talk following the press launch of her third Edinburgh Festival. And yet, as she explains the theme of thi

From pop star to Kitchen Disco icon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has brought joy to lives and homes across the globe. She talks to Rosamund Dean about marriage, menopause and why the music must go on

When it comes to dramatic entrances, there is no doubt Diana Ross reigns supreme. Gracing the Met Gala’s blue carpet earlier this year in an extraordinary, floor-sweeping white gown with a feather-tri

I have been a huge James Arthur fan for years. My mum introduced me to his music as she loved him on The X Factor and has been a massive fan ever since. She took me to see him for the first time, whic

I bellow, naked under a waterfall in the Welsh countryside, each drop of water as vital as a first kiss. But there’s no one around to hear me, save for countless trees swaying in the breeze as if expr