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Straight-talking, mad about make-up and proud to be an Essex girl, Dame Helen Mirren tells Annie Vischer what it means to be an icon

When asked the secret to their youthful looks, some stars shrug and put it down to genetics, while others insist they eat what they want and rarely set foot in the gym. Not Gillian Taylforth. The East

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From pop star to Kitchen Disco icon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has brought joy to lives and homes across the globe. She talks to Rosamund Dean about marriage, menopause and why the music must go on

She’s played Dr Nikki Alexander in BBC drama Silent Witness for the past 21 years, but it’s clear Emilia Fox still loves her “dream role”, which she says fits in comfortably with her role as mother to