She was one of a kind — and fans of her racy novels were devastated at the sudden death of beloved author Jilly Cooper last week, aged 88. Yet what a legacy she left behind. The larger-than-life ‘quee

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Her lifelong passion for dogs and horses has shaped her career and lifestyle – and now it has led to her first grown-up novel. So what else lies ahead for the unstoppable Clare Balding?

They say you should never meet your heroes – or your heroines in this case. Well, they – whoever ‘they’ are – are wrong. At least in this case. In the flesh, Dame Joanna Lumley is everything you’d hop