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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 …

Freedom is hard-won and easily lost, says Ken Follett (Image: Ken Follett) Freedom is an anomaly. Throughout the history of human civilisation, most people have lived under some kind of tyranny, with no vote and few if any rights. Even in today’s world, free people are in a minority. It’s …

Jeffrey Archer pictured exclusively at the Tower (Image: ) We are standing in the inner ward of the Tower of London amid school parties and anorak-clad tourists while Jeffrey Archer is explaining how to steal the Crown Jewels. Not just any of our most precious treasures mind, but the veritable …