Jimmy Anderson: Behind the Bowler

Jimmy Anderson: Behind the Bowler

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Fern Britton: “I Never Wanted to Be Famous”

Fern Britton spent decades in Britain’s living rooms, mastering the art of making live television feel warm, effortless and intimate, even when life behind the scenes was at times anything but. From breakfast TV and Ready Steady Cook to bestselling novels and a new chapter in Cor ...  Show more

Russell Kane: “Today’s the Day I Change My Life”

He is one of Britain’s most high-energy comics, but Russell Kane’s story begins far from the world he now inhabits: on a council estate, in a home shaped by discipline, class tension and a rigid idea of masculinity. What followed was not a straight line to success, but a series o ...  Show more

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