Artist in residence

In 1976, the revolutionary singer-songwriter LAURA NYRO returned from self-imposed exile. But her comeback confounded expectations, shifting away from the impassioned intimacies of her early albums to embrace more radical perspectives. Fifty years on, Nyro’s collaborators revisit her striking second act. “She was a hip American from the Bronx,” one friend and producer tells Rob Hughes. “But her soul was old.”

T here is a low-level hum that forms the soundtrack to many women’s lives. It’s a conditioning. The silent expectation to be the architect of everyone’s day, managing the moods of daily life. Being th

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

She’s the UK’s bestselling contemporary poet who’s now sold more than a million books. Here Donna Ashworth, 50, talks about overcoming anorexia, finding huge success in later life and why Christmas is her lifeline

Inside the US singer-songwriter’s path from early DIY explorations to modern country-folk force

Nigella has faced personal loss, illness and heartbreak from an early age – but never hidden how much it hurts. She’s spoken openly about the grief of losing loved ones too young, including her mother