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Sir David Attenborough tells Richard Godwin what led him to follow Frozen Planet with his new series, The Kingdom of Plants, for Sky and what he thinks of modern broadcasting styles

Oh Delilah: Introducing London's hottest pop singer

Delilah

The 21-year-old singer has overcome family tragedy and difficult managers yet now she's supporting Prince on tour

Double act: Olivia Williams and Rhashan Stone are truly a luvvie couple

Olivia Williams and Rashan Stone

Olivia Williams might have ended up married to a Bullingdon Club politician and living in Poland, were it not for fellow film and TV star Rhashan Stone’s winning humour (and very pretty handwriting), discovers Hermione Eyre

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Karren Brady's My London

The West Ham vice-chairman drinks Bloody Marys at The Dorchester

Professor Green goes pro

Professor Green is looking at my feet and tutting.

Beth Ditto: I don’t think artists have a duty to come out

After the furore over Jessie J's sexuality last month, Beth Ditto, the trailblazing rocker and gay rights advocate, speaks out in support of her fellow pop stars. By Craig McLean

'I'm leaving the old Zac Efron behind. It was a long time coming'

All Zac Efron wants is for Hollywood to take him seriously, but dropping condoms on red carpets and live TV bra-removal demos are probably not the best way to start, discovers Lesley O’Toole

Jamie Dornan - Prince Charming

The actor who plays the love interest in hit series Once Upon A Time, tells Jasmine Gardner how his mother's early death was the turning point of his life

Rap, Rizzle and pop

Rizzle Kicks, the Brit School duo, talk about bringing old-school hip hop back to the charts and how they no longer need chat-up lines

Karren Brady's My London

The West Ham vice-chairman drinks Bloody Marys at The Dorchester

Mary Portas

Meeting Mary Portas, a retail revolutionary

'I'm bossy,' says Mary Portas. 'I can't make out I'm Mother Teresa. But you have to be bossy to get things done.' Being bossy is her business. She has bossed everyone from shopkeepers to retail giants and, when it comes to reinvigorating the British high street, was recently invited by David Cameron to have a go at bossing the government, in the form of the Portas Review. I'm sure that at Yellowdoor, the communications agency (her clients include Clarks, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Westfield and Louis Vuitton) she founded in 1997, she bosses till she's blue in the face, because she's a doer who expects those around her to be doers, too. Slackers get short shrift.

Amanda Holden mag

Amanda Holden says she will not have anymore children

Amanda Holden has revealed she is not planning to have any more children following the complicated birth of her second daughter.

Usain Bolt

Fast bucks - the brains behind our biggest Olympic athletes

Ricky Simms was at a race meeting in Monaco in 2002 when he first heard of the man who is now his most famous client. The Irish sports agent's phone rang: a colleague 3,000 miles away told him that a gangly, 6ft 5in 15-year-old Jamaican called Usain Bolt had won gold in the 200m at the World Junior Championships on home soil in Kingston. The kid beat men five years his senior. 'He was a very raw talent, but it was clear that there was something special about him,' says Simms. 'The whole world was talking about him.'

Inside the mind of Noel Gallagher

Quite aside from 'Wonderwall' and all the songs he wrote for Oasis, Noel Gallagher is surely one of the most gifted ranters of his generation.

Livia Firth's My London

Home is
I adore London for everyday life but Italy is where my roots are.

Selena Gomez

Girl talk: an interview with Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez chats about shooting Wizards Of Waverly Place and surviving life in the spotlight...

Zach Braff

10 minutes with Zach Braff

The comedy actor turned West End director scrubs up well, finds Hannah Nathanson

Denise Welch and Tim Healy

Denise Welch announces marriage split on live TV

Denise Welch fought back tears today as she revealed on live TV that she has separated from husband Tim Healy.

Dawn French

Dawn French reveals slimline figure ... but is fond of larger look

Dawn French has revealed she has lost seven and a half-stone with her slimming regime, but is still fond of her old heavyweight body.

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