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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

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