Dream factory outsiders

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When Barbara Steele was born, on 29 December 1937, her parents could never have foreseen that, in just over 20 years, she would become one of the icons of horror cinema. Growing up, the girl from Birk

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals

THE KEY TO THURSDAY MURDER CLUB STAR HELEN MIRREN’S LONG AND STILL-FLOURISHING CAREER IS STANDING BY HER CHOICES— WHICH HAVE LED HER TO OSCAR-,EMMY- AND TONY-WINNING SUCCESS

Comedy historian Robert Ross pays tribute to some of the finest and funniest, but often overlooked, names in showbiz

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott