The Vera star on her glam new role… Spanning six decades, A Woman of Substance, adapted from Barbara Taylor Bradford’s 1979 bestseller, charts the rise of Emma Harte from impoverished maid to the worl

13 MARCH FRIDAY

Having bid farewell to Vera’s old mac, Brenda Blethyn is embracing power-dressing as Emma Harte, the formidable tycoon at the heart of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novels

NATALIE QUARRY and ZEPHRYN TAITTE share the secrets of Rosalind and Cyril’s wedding day

I have always had a fondness for Lincolnshire. It started when I worked at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln. I was on tour with a play in the late 70s, and at the end of the week was interviewed by the lo

CATHERINE GARTON on why life in Saint Marie is a dream come true – just don’t mention centipedes…