Dame Judi Dench has warned that Britain’s theatres face permanent closure after months of lockdown and doubts they will reopen in her lifetime. The 85-year-old actress said she ‘can’t imagine Britain without its arts heritage’ as theatres across the UK face an ‘existential risk’ of closure. Her intervention comes as theatre bosses have warned of … Read more
Katherine Jenkins has battled for her success and is still proving to the world – and terrifying teenage muggers – that she’s hard as nails. Here she opens up about the late mentor who encouraged her to travel to war zones Last year, while walking down the busy King’s Road in London’s Chelsea, on her … Read more
Sir Cliff Richard reveals he recorded an unreleased version of We’ll Meet Again with Dame Vera Lynn By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 14:44 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 14:44 BST, 19 June 2020 Sir Cliff Richard recorded a version of We’ll Meet Again with Dame Vera Lynn that has not yet been released. … Read more
Dame Barbara Windsor’s husband Scott Mitchell has revealed he feared spreading coronavirus to the vulnerable thespian amid her Alzheimer’s battle. During ITV’s Living with Dementia with the EastEnders star’s former on-screen son Ross Kemp on Wednesday, the actor, 57, said he experienced ‘every other symptom’ minus a persistent cough at the start of the lockdown as … Read more
Dame Barbara Windsor’s husband Scott Mitchell has revealed he feared spreading coronavirus to the vulnerable thespian amid her Alzheimer’s battle. During ITV’s Living with Dementia with the EastEnders star’s former on-screen son Ross Kemp on Wednesday, the actor, 57, said he experienced ‘every other symptom’ minus a persistent cough at the start of the lockdown as … Read more
‘I think everyone will feel a personal sense of loss’: Esther Rantzen pays tribute to friend Dame Vera Lynn… as Lorraine Kelly and Holly Willoughby also honour the late wartime singer By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 11:25 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 11:29 BST, 18 June 2020 Esther Rantzen has paid tribute to … Read more
Dame Vera Lynn dead at 103: Britain’s wartime sweetheart who sang ‘We’ll Meet Again’ dies surrounded by her family By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 09:38 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 09:45 BST, 18 June 2020 Forces’ Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has died at 103, the singer’s family have said. A statement said: ‘The … Read more
Dame Joan Bakewell left her keyless Mini running for a whole weekend when she left London for a few days and was fined by police Dame Joan Bakewell’s Mini was found on a roadside in Primrose Hill, north London Officers found the car parked at an angle with the engine and lights still on Dame … Read more
Why Henry VIII was king of the lockdown and would have been only too aware of the risks posed by scourges such as the plague, reveals author Dame Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mantel believes life in a crisis under King Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell would have been even tougher She explained Tudors knew more … Read more
Why Henry VIII was king of the lockdown and would have been only too aware of the risks posed by scourges such as the plague, reveals author Dame Hilary Mantel Dame Hilary Mantel believes life in a crisis under King Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell would have been even tougher She explained Tudors knew more … Read more