Mary poppins’ umbrella arrival

After 15 years of playing Lady Mary, do ...

A balletic counterpart to histories of royal women as whores or virgins

Sumptuous dresses and elegant dining, shenanigans and subterfuge, weddings and funerals, and much, much more – since September 2010 we have ridden the onscreen rollercoaster of Downton Abbey life thro

She yearned to leave the factory floor behind – but would Rosie’s dream ever come true?

The daughter of actress Dinah Sheridan and actor Jimmy Hanley, Jenny Hanley came to Magpie as an established actress, already having been in Hammer films, the Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

One impulsive act meant that Rosie’s future was now hanging in the balance