‘i don’t take any of it for granted’

TOM! What are you doing here?” I stopped gazing at the empty space in the centre of the table, to throw myself into my fiancé’s arms. “You’re not supposed to be here until tonight,” I told him. “I dec

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For anyone who came of age in the glow of a Noughties laptop screen, Kaya Scodelario defined our teenage years. As Effy Stonem in Skins, she had main character energy long before the term existed; the

It was lovely writing about my childhood in Swansea. When I turned 18, I felt so young – I’d never lived away from home before. My world was so safe and secure and wonderful. But I’d been reading Kenn

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The Prince and Princess of Wales are said to be acutely aware of the difficulties Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, face as ‘spares’. Their concerns have no doubt been exacerbated by th