Brenda Blethyn OBE, chats to Lara Kilner about life after Vera , her acting regret and why now, more than ever, the idea of retiring is far from her mind…

Sherrie Hewson, 75, on why she will never act her age

YOU could be forgiven for thinking that, as a nonagenarian, writing a memoir would be the last thing on your mind. It very much was for Amanda Barrie, best known for her 20-year stint as doe-eyed Alma

For more than four decades, she has been one of Britain’s most beloved comic voices. From the outrageous, anything-goes sketches of French and Saunders to the warm-hearted Geraldine Granger in The Vic

Jill Halfpenny has carved out an extraordinary acting career since cutting her teeth on Byker Grove aged just 14, with iconic soaps, gritty dramas and a Strictly Come Dancing win peppered across her C

I lived in Walsall when I was growing up and I still go back to see my dad, who’s in his 90s. It was a bustling place, there was a thriving market life. Every Saturday, me and my mates would walk thro