Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Jo Whiley on dealing with life’s ups and downs, why chatting with friends is like therapy and the celebrity who surprised her most

Jabs took me from camera shy to centre of attention

When Tony Hadley was just 17, he invaded the stage at a Frank Sinatra concert. Although he was a teenage punk in 1977, into the Sex Pistols and Generation X, Hadley wasn’t trying any anti-establishmen

SARAH DITUM

At the start of the 1990s, Nick Heyward was at his lowest ebb. His third solo album, I Love You Avenue, had failed to chart in 1988. Warner unsurprisingly let him go. So had Heyward’s manager and his