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Nine of the best celebrity podcasts, as Kim Kardashian announces her own series

The latest step in Kim Kardashian’s transition from reality TV star to criminal justice reform advocate sees the 39-year-old launch a crime-themed podcast.

The audio series will focus on the case of Kevin Keith, who was sentenced to death in 1994 for three murders in Ohio, a sentence later commuted to life without parole. He has maintained his innocence and appealed his conviction...

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Marian Keyes says that people are quick to judge women’s appearances

Anyone who follows Marian Keyes on Instagram will know that if the bestselling novelist has a passion for one thing in life – besides writing, of course – it’s beauty.

The Irish author regularly posts reviews of products she’s bought recently (Josh Wood hair dye? A winner. Fenty Purpsicle Lipstick? Too neon) and before lockdown took a trip to Paris to visit beauty store Sephora on...

Alesha Dixon

Alesha Dixon says she feels really fired up and energised

She’s become one of the nation’s favourite TV personalities as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing and now Britain’s Got Talent – but Alesha Dixon has never hidden the self-doubt and lack of confidence that troubled her in the past.

Now in her 40s though, things have changed a lot on that front. “I feel I’m on the brink of a new era, a new decade and a new adventure,” Dixon, 41, reveals...

Jane Gordan

Jane Gordon says she was in denial of the fact she'd ever be old

When it comes to pelvic floors, there’s something called ‘the star jump factor’, says journalist Jane Gordon. Pelvic floors – and keeping them in good working order – is just one of the challenges the writer took on for her new book, How Not To Get Old.

It all began for Gordon when she was in a bad car accident in 2017. Left unable to move in hospital (she’s since recovered), she...

Mike Read

Mike Read says to find your passion in life and do it

Mike Read clearly never wants the music to stop.

The DJ and presenter, who became a household name as host of the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show back in the Eighties, is still in his favourite morning slot – with a show on online radio station United DJs, playing heritage and modern music and delighting a world-wide audience.

It’s one more chapter in a stellar career that’s...

Tony Robinson

Sir Tony Robinson says for 15 years dementia was the main thing in his life

Best known for playing Baldrick in hit British sitcom Blackadder, Sir Tony Robinson is hard man to pigeonhole.

An avowed polymath, the actor-turned-presenter-turned-author-turned-activist has fronted everything from Time Team to a History of Britain, written a ton of children’s books, and spent several years on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.

After...

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Olympic runner Jo Pavey praises key workers

Most of us have religiously shown our appreciation for NHS staff and key workers by raising the roof each week but very few will have gone to the lengths Devon Olymipan Jo Pavey has.

In an Astley Media In Conversations With webcast she revealed that on one occasion she took part in the 8pm tribute while running on a treadmill.

Jo had been asked to take part in a live-...

Tom Bradby

Tom Bradby talks lockdown and mental health

ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby, friend of the royals, seasoned correspondent and documentary-presenter, confesses he’s enjoying life in lockdown with his wife Claudia and three grown-up children at home near Winchester.

“But then you come to work and dip your head in a bucket load of misery,” he laments. “It’s odd living with an all-consuming news story that is killing a lot of...

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on appreciating life in lockdown

While many of us are chafing at the limits and restrictions of lockdown, TV personality and interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is positively enjoying the experience.

He’s just launched a new Youtube channel, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s School Of Flock, a personal journey through the art, history and alchemy of interior design, which he presents from his Cotswolds home.

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Bobby Davro

Laughter is the best medicine right now says Bobby Davro

Comedy legend Bobby Davro is happily chatting and firing off jokes, when suddenly the laughter stops. He’s spotted a large spider and there’s no mistaking his fear.

“Please come and get it,” he wails to his daughter Brittany, 25, as he stands on a chair in the living room of his Surrey home.

“I’m not just scared of spiders, I’m terrified of them,” he explains, after it’s...

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