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COURTROOM KING: John Grisham (Image: Getty) The first time Mitch McDeere stepped into the ornate lobby of the Peabody hotel in downtown Memphis, he was two months shy of his 25th birthday. He was a third-year student at Harvard Law and would graduate the following spring number four in his …

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan (Image: PA) The BAFTA winning co-creator of Father Ted who “lost his livelihood, his marriage and many friends’ for his views on trans issues said there are ‘sacred cows’ where celebrities and professionals and journalists fear to tread. Once celebrated by the film and TV …

Val McDermid (Image: Getty) The Scottish crime writer Val McDermid should be over the moon. As we meet in a London café, Time magazine in the US has just unveiled its prestigious list of “The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time” – and McDermid’s 1999 novel A …

Former Big Breakfast star Gaby Roslin (Image: Getty) Even a cursory glance at Gaby Roslin’s dayglo Instagram feed tells you everything you need to know about the effervescent 59-year-old’s tortured state of mind. Luminous lime, canary yellow and retina-burning tangerine outfits abound, encasing the Duracell bunny-esque former Big Breakfast presenter, …

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger’s Connecticut estate (Image: Getty) Impressively, British-born Bullard keeps a straight face while saying this, as his fabulous new book, Star Style, displays the opulent homes he has designed for stars including pop icons Elton John and Cher, fashionista Tommy Hilfiger, supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio and Winnie Harlow, …

AT 11am on January 31, 1943, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring stood up to speak. Primped and powdered in a uniform carefully tailored to flatter his bulk, the former First World War ace was in his pomp. Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe and the Third Reich’s most senior military officer, his …

Michael Chiarello died last Friday after suffering from an allergic reaction, his representatives said this week. A new statement published on Tuesday confirms that doctors are still unsure what caused the fatal reaction. Reps for Gruppo Chiarello told PEOPLE: “The doctors don’t know what caused the allergic reaction and neither …

Ellie Goldstein is a catwalk model (Image: ) From the star photographers to the stylists, to say nothing of the models, fashion shoots are exacting environments full of egos and divas. But all that changes when Ellie Goldstein, 21, is booked on a job. Be it an ad campaign for …

London is the perfect backdrop for a (fictional) murder (Image: Getty) When Sherlock Holmes stepped out of the door of 221b Baker Street for another of his timeless adventures, it was against the backdrop of what was then, still, the world’s greatest capital. It was the largest city in the …

Breakthrough: Victoria Wood won on New Faces in 1974 (Image: ITV/BBC) Celebrated for acutely skewering the absurdities of everyday life, Victoria Wood remains one of the comedy greats of her generation. She pioneered a path for women as more than just the sidekick or comic relief. Indeed, the great Dawn …