Zandra rhodes a true original

With latest statistics showing that cancer will affect half of us, Lisa Ellson, 53, from Skipton, North Yorkshire, shares her story and how her own diagnosis led her to create something special to help people everywhere…

Qualified stylist, colour analyst, writer, author and Barnsley-based mum-of-two Katie Portman turned a fascination with women’s style into a career helping clients find confidence in their clothing. Here Katie, who has recently partnered with Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists as part of a campaign to provide styling advice for glasses wearers, shares her life in fashion

Good Morning Britain star Charlotte Hawkins bares all about love, loss and leaving behind her inhibitions at 50

There’s a photograph of me, age 4 – my pink-cheeked, chubby face is set against the marbled blue backdrop inextricably linked with school photos from the 1990s. I am wearing a frothy white wedding dre

After her surgery to remove a brain tumour last year, Davina McCall is approaching life with more confidence and purpose than ever before. She tells Saska Graville about facing her fear of death and why finally, at 57, she believes in herself

Introducing the winners of our Amazing Women Awards 2025, in partnership with NHS Charities Together