Kate Humble
How I found my good life
Both a voracious traveller and intrepid presenter, Kate Humble believes her sense of adventure is genetic. ‘My mother’s father was a very restless soul,’ she explains. ‘He...
First Impressions
'I don’t mind what I eat'
What are you working on? A documentary about the economy, and also a new metal rock version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with Jim Steinman (who wrote songs for Meat...
Strictly
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood is a busy man – and that’s the way he likes it. ‘I don’t get one day off from the beginning of Strictly in September,’ he says, ‘until after the arena...
Features
Royal Teddy Bear
You can expect teddy bears to be big news this summer. Especially those made by Merrythought, Britain’s last remaining traditional teddy bear manufacturer. Because this...
Taylor Bradford
Douglas as LIBERACE - Really?
The film is called Behind The Candelabra, and it’s about the rather colourful relationship between the musical star, Liberace, and his much younger chauffeur and lover,...
Kevin McCloud
What really makes a home
Dubbed the thinking woman’s heartthrob, it truly is somewhat impossible not to warm to Kevin McCloud. Ever charming, often critical but always courteous the stalwart of...
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Features
INDEPENDENT THINKING
Our indispensable guide to private schools and what they can offer your children...READ: Building confidenceREAD: Good SportREAD: A question of charityREAD: Your...
Lisa Faulkner
The happiest of mothers
Becoming a mother was far from easy for actress- turned-chef Lisa Faulkner. She started trying for a baby after she married the actor Chris Coghill in 2005, but the next...
Interview
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine is in reflective mood. He’s in top form on this day, which is to say relaxed and loquacious. This week he celebrates his 80th birthday, and he seems...
Deborah Moggach
Adventures in dating
When I was young I couldn’t imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they weren’t out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides,...
Richard Gere
ACTING involves fraud
You were gorgeous then,’ I tell Richard Gere. He looks crossly over his glasses. ‘Were?’ he says. ‘Were – and are.’ ‘Thank you,’ he says, mollified. He looks back at a...
Profiles
Last of the tough guys
It’s a hot, sunny April afternoon in Beverly Hills and Kirk Douglas has just returned to his home after spending the weekend at his Montecito retreat near Santa Barbara....
Exclusive
'Classical music is sexy'
Born to a German father and American mother in 1980, David Garrett studied at the Lubeck Conservatoire and undertook his first major concert with the Hamburg Philharmonic...
Daily tip from the lady archive
"It is not always she who appears most kindly in her interest who is the safe sharer of sacred (maybe sorrowful) secrets! Charming manners do not always connote sincerity of heart!”
The Lady. In Confidence. 4th April, 1918
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