The red carpet was rolled out yet again last week, to honour the nation’s real heroes at the Pride of Britain Awards. Taking place at London’s Marriott Grosvenor House in Mayfair, the awards ceremony

Melanie Blake is being hailed as the new “queen of the bonkbuster” – and she couldn’t be more delighted at the accolade, particularly as it originally belonged to one of her idols, the late great Jill

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

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December round-up Although he’s been writing and performing for many years, Donald WG Lindsay might come across as a bold new Scottish talent on Two Boats Under the Moon, his excellent two-disc debut

FOR more than three decades, Julia Donaldson’s works have enchanted children across the world. Her illustrious career has seen her writing more than 200 books which have sold millions of copies and be