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Lenny Henry: ‘When a grown-up beats you, all you think is, when is this going to stop?’
The comedian on how racist abuse and his mother’s violence shaped him as a performer and activist
The Mick Flannery album that grew into a musical
The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home
Our Shirley Valentine Summer: Scorned women back in the ITV spotlight
Outrageously confident Nancy Dell’Olio is furthest thing from defeated apologists surrounding her
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Actor best known for role as Alice in the long-running BBC comedy died of natural causes
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Michael Ball: ‘The pretty cherub who sings nicely? He’s gone’
His career was almost derailed by depression, but Ball recovered to the point where he has his pick of parts and can focus on surprising audiences, as in Mack and Mabel
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