Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

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DAD’S THE WORD Joe Swash (left) spoke to ...

“Between you and me …”

TWO choc ices and an orange Kia-Ora, please.” He didn’t need to tell me what he wanted. As soon as the house lights went up, and he appeared in the aisle, I was already reaching into the illuminated t

He might be best known for directing action-packed films– from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to Sherlock Holmes –but, as Guy Ritchie tells Paula Minchin, he’s still chasing a boyhood dream of a life in the countryside