Barbara Cartland

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Portrait of psychiatrist and television personality Anthony Clare, July 1989. Photograph: Richard Farley/Radio Times/Getty
When Anthony Clare met ‘calculating, disturbing’ Jimmy Savile

In August 1996, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an interview with Uri Geller, the Israeli magician, psychic and spoon-bending illusionist. Geller had done thous(...)

New deeper shades from Colourtrend.
Five colours that will work in any home

Green is good For living rooms, while grey remains the default choice, accents of green are being introduced as a great way to add a sense of drama. (...)

Colourful collection of Princess Diana’s stepmother goes to auction

Raine, Countess Spencer is one of those names that seems vaguely familiar. She was a member of English ‘high society’ in the late 20th century best kn(...)

File photograph of Jackie Collins who has died aged 77 after a battle with breast cancer. Photograph: PA
Filthy and disgusting? Thank you Jackie Collins

Can “filthy and disgusting” be bettered as an epitaph? Maybe not. Jackie Collins, who passed away from breast cancer in LA this weekend, was thus des(...)

Alexis Stamatis: ‘There is a bunch of very important Greek authors, which will never be known abroad unless the Greek state stops treating the publishing industry as something useless.’ Photograph: alexistamatis2.blogspot.ie
Alexis Stamatis: ‘I read to find myself again and to re-examine my place in the world’
  • Books
  • January 22, 2015, 15:00

Alexis Stamatis is a Greek novelist, poet and playwright. He is best known for his 2000 bestselling novel Bar Flaubert, which has been translated into(...)

Helen Mirren: so low-maintenance she often cuts her own hair
Beauty Call: What would Helen Mirren do?

At 68, Helen Mirren is one of those women who seem to get better-looking as they age. Who can forget the famous red bikini photo? The secret behind(...)

Jilly the filly buster

Usually when she’s quoted, it’s “Queen of the bonkbuster Jilly Cooper” or even Jilly “bonkbuster” Cooper, as if the word for naughty – but not (...)