‘i refuse to be beaten by age’

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

Back when ITV was a network of separate regional broadcasters, the TV listings in newspapers would include a list of local variations. “As for London except” would be followed by a selection of weird

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

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She’s played a spy’s sidekick, the Devil and even the Queen of England — and now Elizabeth Hurley has landed her most outrageous role yet: a glamorous (of course) benefactor known as The Deceased, who