‘like you, music was a coping mechanism for my past traumas’

Jo Whiley on dealing with life’s ups and downs, why chatting with friends is like therapy and the celebrity who surprised her most

A month after separating from my husband of 22 years, I flew alone to Los Angeles to see Harry Styles in concert. In LA, I shared a hotel room with fandom friends also mostly in their fifties. I had b

We’ve got a really close-knit family. My relationship with my parents has always been really good. Now I hold up my parents as models of how to raise my own children. My children are really young at t

Dear Clair, A ged 16, I was ...

THE X FACTOR ALUM ON MUSIC, MARRIAGE AND MORE

Former prison officer Sam Bailey shot to fame after winning The X Factor in 2013 and since then, she’s not only forged a successful singing career, but has also become a force to be reckoned with in m