I lived in Walsall when I was growing up and I still go back to see my dad, who’s in his 90s. It was a bustling place, there was a thriving market life. Every Saturday, me and my mates would walk thro

Silence is… very hard to achieve! I can sit in a quiet room and still be very loud inside my head. I’m trying to put my big headphones on less this year and be with my thoughts but, like everyone, I’m

Rachel Ward, with actor husband Bryan Brown, in 1983 (below) and on her cattle farm recently (inset) Why do we think it’s acceptable to comment on someone’s looks? Seriously, if I had a quid for every

It’s a funny old world

I’ve made a lot of films about young people trying to figure out what the hell they’re doing in the world. Although I’m still wondering that myself. It’s so interesting looking back – I realised from

Despite her Bafta, the actor says that every role she gets is still like winning the lottery