Austen power!

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month

HARRY HADDEN-PATON AND LAURA CARMICHAEL PLAY BERTIE AND LADY EDITH PELHAM

Sarah Parish has just completed a five-hour road trip from Cornwall following a “nice little three-day break” with her actor husband James Murray and some close pals – a refreshing pause in a life run

Spending time in the garden helped me to play the Queen in The Crown. I would go out there with the dog, trying to speak like her. Jim [Imelda’s husband and Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter] saw me and

Whether appearing in a soap or on stage, actress Susie Blake, 75, has relished every role she’s tackled

The third Downton Abbey film is dedicated to Maggie Smith whom we all miss so much. Her character Lady Violet is constantly referenced in the story. Her absence is particularly felt by my character, I