‘people feel as if i’m one of their family members. it’s such a great feeling of love’

Alison Hammond has a message for people who say she is taking on too many TV roles – insisting she has worked hard to get to where she has. The 50-year-old star appears on a wide variety of shows at p

Laura London, 41, lives in north London and is a professional magician. I saw magic for the first time when I was eight and was instantly obsessed. After that, I spent all my pocket money on tricks. I

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Brenda Fricker reflects on her first day at school as a little girl who was full of hope and optimism

As a teenager my life was pretty tumultuous. At 16, I had fallen madly in love with a boy my parents deeply disapproved of, and it was a real tussle for freedom and control. I’d started being naughty

Biddy Baxter was the single most important figure in the history of Blue Peter. She rarely appeared on screen in the long-running children’s magazine show herself but was nevertheless more famous than