She’s looking to the future follow ing a difficult time

4 JANUARY

London O2 Arena

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away , roots star Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke ’n’ honey battle cry.

The band’s original 80s singer returns with a new line-up and the same drive and ambition.

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers