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Passed/Failed: An education in the life of June Brown, actress

'I read the whole of Dickens at age 10'

Inside Profiles

Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'It's just a race - a huge race, but just a race'

Manny Osborne-Paradis: 'In the downhill, anything can go wrong – fast'

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

'The Manimal' is Canada's big hope in the Winter Olympics – and he's no average alpine purist. Robin Scott-Elliot speaks to the lovable thrill-seeker who's afraid of heights.

Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott: You Ask The Questions

Monday, 8 February 2010

The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington answers your questions, such as 'Why did your son go to private school?' and 'Isn't multiculturalism a failure?'

'We're not professionals, but I quite like it that people think we are. We play with a professional outlook. We're just not paid,' says Spencer

Catherine Spencer: England's captain, and a fine role model

Sunday, 7 February 2010

The leader of England women's rugby team – seeded second in the world – is probably this country's most successful sportsperson you've never heard of. But that should change as the team's Six Nations campaign gets under way.

'I don't know how I slid into drinking. I even found myself in a mental home. One day, 28 February 1978, I just thought, 'I can't do this any more', and that was it,' says Greaves

'Terry sleeps with some bird and everyone's up in arms'

Sunday, 7 February 2010

The genius goal-poacher is taking to the stage for his 70th Birthday Show. Phil Shaw speaks to Jimmy Greaves.

Set in motion: Bywater was so nervous at their first meeting at Miller's house that the director poured her a large glass of whisky

How We Met: Jonathan Miller & Isabella Bywater

Sunday, 7 February 2010

'It's rather like rugger – if you make a pass and they can catch it and run, you score a try'

Beyonc� has also starred in six films, getting nominated for three Golden Globes in the process.

Beyonc�: Born to be a star

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Guy Adams: Where will pop's biggest diva take her dazzling talent next?

My Week: Monty Don

Saturday, 6 February 2010

The gardener and broadcaster tends the animals on his farm and has a new TV series to launch

Winner says: 'I used to be a big fat slob, but since I dieted I see someone approaching a human being'

My Secret Life: Michael Winner, writer & film-maker, 75

Saturday, 6 February 2010

My parents were ... My father was an angel. My mother was dangerous and mad, but adorable.

Tereska Torres today and her 1940 wedding to George Torres, who died during the war

The reluctant queen of lesbian literature

Friday, 5 February 2010

Tereska Torres hates the fact that her most famous work is considered an erotic classic. So she's rewriting it.

Lawrence Dallaglio is leading the 1,800-mile 'Cycle Slam' this month which will travel between the capital cities of the Six Nations' teams

Lawrence Dallaglio: Scandal? It's just a bump in the road

Friday, 5 February 2010

He resigned his England captaincy under a cloud, but it didn't stop other ambitions. Lawrence Dallaglio explains why his mother's death has inspired his latest adventure

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