‘it was like the worst thing in the world happened… and everything i’d ever dreamed of’

Described as quirky all her life, it’s taken a Bafta, an Emmy nomination and her own new BBC series for Aimee Lou Wood to embrace her wonderful weirdness

First scouted by a TV producer in a pub, the actor, presenter and champion for inclusivity has seen a lot of change in her career. Now, she’s looking for lightness

And, as Wednesday series two finally lands on Netflix, we’re very happy to be back living in it. She talks becoming fast friends with co-star Jenna Ortega, dating and why she’s not ready to call herself famous just yet

Whether she’s crafting an impassioned Instagram caption, giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee or writing to health secretary Wes Streeting, Vicky Pattison has become a powerful ally to women who share her diagnosis of PMDD, and a mouthpiece for the harms of medical misogyny. Fronting our annual issue dedicated to the messy work of mental health maintenance, she gets honest about what’s going on for her, right now

Our fabulous and funny columnist, comedian Helen Lederer is here to tell it like it is, in her own witty way…

I’m sitting in a cosy French restaurant, the dark wood and dim lighting cocooning me from the storm outside, when from around a corner I hear a well-spoken voice. It’s like something out of a comedy s