A class act

Dame Penelope Wilton, 79, on saying goodbye to Downton Abbey and missing Dame Maggie Smith

THE KEY TO THURSDAY MURDER CLUB STAR HELEN MIRREN’S LONG AND STILL-FLOURISHING CAREER IS STANDING BY HER CHOICES— WHICH HAVE LED HER TO OSCAR-,EMMY- AND TONY-WINNING SUCCESS

Justice-seeker, menopause campaigner, police officer, TV host, mum-of-two and wife of rock royalty – step forward, Penny Lancaster

Conversations with Mrs T The former Spectator editor ...

Walking into the day room after her weekly Zoom call with her daughter in Canada, Hester was pleased to see Phyllis and Donald there. Good company, both. On the TV an anodyne politician was spouting t

As her frank new memoir hits the shelves, Penny Lancaster talks about everything from surviving sexual assaults in her youth to meeting and marrying Sir Rod Stewart, growing in confidence and becoming a police officer at 50