‘linda and pauline have become my family’

The TV presenter and novelist, who turns 68 this month, on weight loss, her unusual way with words, and why she has fallen in love with going to church

Bernadette Gledhill , from Huddersfield, has worked in the fashion industry for five decades, first as a model, then teaching others how it’s done and these days choreographing fashion shows. The 70-year-old’s career has come full circle, and she shares with us the joy of modelling, and why she’ll never let anyone perm her hair again!

HE’S the distinguished elder statesman of British musical theatre and, now eighty, Paul Nicholas shows no sign of slowing down. Paul, who shot to fame in BBC sitcom “Just Good Friends”, is starring in

From pop star to Kitchen Disco icon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has brought joy to lives and homes across the globe. She talks to Rosamund Dean about marriage, menopause and why the music must go on

She’s been one of TV’s most prolific stars over the last six decades, playing a huge variety of roles including Purdey in The New Avengers, a Bond Girl and – unforgettably – Patsy Stone in Absolutely

When asked the secret to their youthful looks, some stars shrug and put it down to genetics, while others insist they eat what they want and rarely set foot in the gym. Not Gillian Taylforth. The East