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Lauren Bacall insisted on reminiscing about long departed husband Humphrey Bogart (Image: Silver Screen Collection/Getty)Stardom is a fragile and possibly...
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James Dyson with one of his handheld vacuums (Image: Franziska Krug/Getty )The country was mired in a deep and ugly...
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Crime author Ian Rankin (Image: PA Images)Though he tends to stay out of politics, Ian, 61, joined broadcaster Jo Whiley,...
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Kevin Webber (Image: nc)The bitter wind seared the skin on Kevin Webber's face as he dragged his sledge towards the...
Alice is a feted novelist whose success drove her to a nervous breakdown so she has abandoned Dublin for a...
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Sharp end: Richard says his work has made him appreciate life (Image: Getty)As one of the country's top forensic pathologists,...
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The Duchess of Windsor... Royal love and crisis (Image: Getty)Wallis Simpson has always fascinated me. As a child, I pored...
In the 1920s Germany was struggling still over their calamitous (for them) defeat in the First World War. The economy...
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Alan Johnson (Image: TIM MERRY)In Alan Johnson's debut novel there are many echoes of his own life experience. His main...
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Rowan Atkinson as Maigret (Image: ITV)When Rowan Atkinson took on the role of the legendary pipe smoking French detective Jules...
