Dame maggie smith a woman who was always in her prime

Dodie Smith was a Lancashire lass, born in 1896, and is mainly known for her two most famous novels – I Capture the Castle, and, of course, The Hundred and One Dalmatians. But there was a lot more to

Thanks to the old Sherlock Holmes films that we used to watch on TV every week after the children’s programme Crackerjack had finished, I have known about my family’s “Hollywood relative” since my chi

Diane Keaton, who died at the age of 79 last week, has left the stars of Hollywood a little dimmer

Like many television enthusiasts, I was saddened to see the famous London Studios along the Thames demolished earlier this year. Having worked there myself as a researcher on ITV’s This Morning, I alw

Traditionally, grandmas aren’t supposed to look like Twiggy. With her blonde shoulder-length hair, youthful complexion and trim figure garbed in a trendy burgundy-hued leather biker-style jacket, hot-

ITV is celebrating 70 years of broadcasting this autumn and one lady has very clear memories of the opening night because she appeared in the gala variety show that very evening and, the following day