Hollywood legends

BORN Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 5, 1908, Bette was a childhood nickname which she kept throughout her career. Bette started acting in plays and taking drama classes while s

THE “King of Cool” was one of the biggest blue-eyed heart-throbs of his time, but the Hollywood actor had humble and troubled beginnings. McQueen’s childhood was in no way rosy. Born to a teenage moth

BORN Eugene Curran Kelly, Gene Kelly was the middle child of five to a phonograph salesman and his wife. Growing up in Pittsburgh, he developed a strong work ethic and a drive to succeed in everything

Earlier this summer, at one of Billie Eilish’s O2 Arena gigs, I witnessed tens of thousands of young girls, many of them queer, screaming the ‘Birds of a Feather’ singer’s name in tribal unison — and

DEBORAH JANE TRIMMER was born on September 30, 1921, in Scotland. Her father had fought in WWI and lost his leg in the Battle of the Somme. Having anxiously awaited his return, her mother married him

Brenda Fricker reflects on her first day at school as a little girl who was full of hope and optimism