Christmas starts early at Katie Piper’s house – very early. The Loose Women presenter and campaigner says it usually begins before most of us have even found the storage box with the baubles in. “My d

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T here is a low-level hum that forms the soundtrack to many women’s lives. It’s a conditioning. The silent expectation to be the architect of everyone’s day, managing the moods of daily life. Being th

Janet Street-Porter is so unashamedly honest, witty and entertaining that you wish you could spend days, not hours in her company. Described on her own website as “the nation’s favourite pissed-off pe

Stacey Solomon admits it can be a struggle being a strong woman in the entertainment business – but it’s made a lot easier when people underestimate her. The TV star and businesswoman has amassed a mu

She’s the UK’s bestselling contemporary poet who’s now sold more than a million books. Here Donna Ashworth, 50, talks about overcoming anorexia, finding huge success in later life and why Christmas is her lifeline