IT WAS May 7, and I set out in the morning for work in Maidstone as normal. Just a few hours later, however, Lynne took a call from the Folkestone Herald asking what had "kicked off"? I was with Joanna in London, they said – they had seen me on the TV. S

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrives for the second day of a two day hearing at the Supreme Court in central London, on February 2, 2012, MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP / Getty Images I am writing regarding the premiere of a documentary called "Europe's Last Di

This one-time beacon of modern British satire has been reprised from the crypt for a small series of specials and ends up demonstrating why it can be wiser to leave the departed in peace. The new Ab Fab is hackneyed, predictable and unfunny - unlike its

Steptoe and Son’s success inevitably led to an American remake of the show. The best known is Sandford and Son (1972-1977) with Red Foxx as Fred Sandford and Desmond Wilson as his son Lamont. It was a huge success and unlike its British counterpart spawn

While Ive got nothing against these newsreading doyennes, I do wish the BBC director-general and his rival TV executives would branch out a little rather than casting the same people in the same roles time and time again. If Esther Rantzen isnt championi

Sunvil Discovery (020 8758 4722, sunvil.co.uk) offers trips to Kiruna in Sweden incorporating stays in the nearby Jukkasjärvi ice hotel and visits to the Abisko Aurora Sky Station, the least cloudy spot in Sweden and one of the best places in the world t

WE SAT in the music room of Joanna's London home, the air heavy with cigarette smoke. Around the table were Joanna, Lib Dem friends Darren Briddock and Tim Prater and his business partner, Matt Raines, and me. The item under discussion was how to handle

Veteran British stars Sir Roger Moore and Joanna Lumley are backing a new campaign to raise funds to help the U.K.'s elderly during the winter. The pair has thrown its support behind charity Age UK's Bobble Day, which urges the British public to buy colo

Mark Thompson describes Miriam O'Reilly case as 'important wake-up' Says there are simply not enough women in 'key news' roles BBC director-general Mark Thompson has admitted there are not enough older women on television. The long-serving chief admitted

Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders return with new 20th anniversary specials of Absolutely Fabulous. Picture: BBC Source: Supplied IMPOSSIBLE to miss is the return of this classic series. It's a comic institution and a wonderful piece of cultural subver

British people are extremely generous. Every year they raise millions of pounds for charities at home and abroad. Long may they have enough money left in their pockets to do so. What people do with their own money is their own business and ought never to

The Absolutely Fabulous star was being lined up to stand against the then Prime Minister in his own constituency in her battle to fight for Ghurkha rights. At the time Ms Lumley, 65, backed by the Daily Express, was spearheading a campaign to wincitizens

Charles Dickens is one of the world's best-loved writers, whose books -- and the countless film and TV adaptations they inspire -- still keep readers (and viewers) on the edge of their seats. Now, 200 years on from his birth, his genius is to be feted wi

IF Charles Dickens were alive today he would have been chronicling the Occupy protests, the problems on the Tube and NHS scandals, says one of his biggest fans, Simon Callow. The acclaimed actor, who has just completed a biography of the novelist, made t

Stephen Fry, George Clooney and Joanna Lumley have heaps of it, others find their charm rating runs into minus figures. We are all born with varying degrees of natural charm and just like anything else we can develop it over time. It should seem effortle

Favourite luminary voices saw dual women in a list, Joanna Lumley and Joan Bakewell – who recently revealed she mislaid a informal accent to make it during a BBC. George Clooney was a usually non-British or Irish luminary in a tip ten. Airline consultant

Remember Phil Woolas? He was the disgraced Labour minister found to have claimed expenses for tampons days after being memorably humiliated by Joanna Lumley over the Ghurkas live on TV. Just the man, then, to set up a lobbying company offering "political

Great vintage ... Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders happily show their age in Absolutely Fabulous. Eddy and Patsy show they've still got legs, despite stiff competition from across the pond. Redemption, as Bob Marley sang, is a matter of emancipating o

In this video, with the perfect blend of confidence and irreverence, Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, of British comedy Absolutely Fabulous, model the Alexis Bittar Spring 2012 jewelry collection. Season after season, Alexis Bittar outdoes himself wi