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His first wife Penny Bartley was killed in a house fire in 1981. He had stayed in touch with her even after their 1965 divorce, calling the split one of the great failures of his life.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Phillips, who died yesterday aged 98, lived through far more hardship and emotional turmoil than any film fan could guess from his insouciant style.

Michael Frayn’s comedy is not just extremely funny but also acknowledges the fragile artifice of order – in theatre and the world beyond

The endlessly versatile actor plays a reserved widow ​who ​hires a ​sex worker ​in this ​enjoyably subversive but not quite believable​ romp​

In a new memoir, SHEILA HANCOCK reflects on her life and identity after 89 years. In Part 2 of our serialisation, she rails against the class system, feelings of regret and the long spectre of Covid

A broker has told Mortgage Strategy that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) intends to twice charge him £750 for investigations into complaints that weren’t upheld. Brian Rix, of Rix Financial Services, says these are the first complaints he’s received in 30 years. The first concerns an interest-only mortgage sold

Nearly 30 years since he wowed the world as Niles in Frasier, David Hyde Pierce has been lured back to TV as chef Julia Child’s adoring husband. He talks about food, sex – and whether he’ll soon be reuniting with Kelsey Grammer

I nearly fell off my chair in laughter listening to the news about a prospective Sooth Mainland council election candidate, being expelled from the SNP because he was standing as an prospective independent councillor and fighting against a sanctioned fellow party member....

She attracted the attention of male fans as Arkwright’s love interest, and she later played the ‘Queen of Mean’ in EastEnders

Lady Laurel Walpole has become president of Sheringham Little Theatre, the position her husband, Lord Robert 'Robin' Walpole.