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A new start after 60: after a decade of rejections, I got my first novel published. Now I’ve got my dream, I won’t stop!

After a successful career as a talent agent – representing Michael Parkinson, Ulrika Jonsson and Adam Ant – Melanie Cantor became disillusioned with TV. So she took up writing – and refused to give up on her passion.

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Victoria Beckham documentary: Her 10 funniest moments ahead of new Netflix doc

She may be our Posh, but Victoria Beckham has long held the unofficial title of funniest Spice Girl too. As we await her new Netflix documentary, here are some of her best moments

Evening Standard

Sir Paul Fox obituary

Veteran television executive who served as controller of BBC One for six years and later became Yorkshire TV’s managing director

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32 interesting facts about Helen Mirren, from aristocratic ancestry to her go-to beauty secrets

Find out more about the iconic Dame Helen Mirren with these fascinating facts about her career, personal life and beauty tips

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Celebrity deaths 2023: Famous faces we've said goodbye to this year

Shane MacGowan, Lisa Marie Presley, Angus Cloud, Matthew Perry and Sinead O'Connor were among the famous faces to pass in 2023

Evening Standard

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their music

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren has a change of heart about infamous Michael Parkinson interview

Mirren and Parkinson’s ‘sexist’ exchange remains one of the most memorable moments of the BBC chat show

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Dame Helen Mirren makes U-turn on Sir Michael Parkinson’s archive ‘sexist’ comments about her figure

The chat show host introduced Dame Helen as the ‘sex queen’ of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren shares new, opposite view on ‘sexist’ Michael Parkinson interview: ‘He was right’

Mirren and Parkinson’s ‘sexist’ exchange remains one of the most memorable moments of the BBC chat show

The Independent UK

Inside Sir Michael Parkinson’s ‘intimate’ funeral attended by just 90 people

The service for the legendary broadcaster was held at St Michael’s Church in Bray, Berkshire

Evening Standard

Sir Michael Parkinson’s cause of death has been revealed

The legendary chat show host passed away ‘peacefully at home’ last month

Evening Standard

Sir Michael Parkinson’s cause of death has been disclosed

Veteran chat show host died ‘peacefully’ last month

The Independent UK

How imposter syndrome became the new normal

Michael Parkinson was, according to his son, ‘constantly questioning himself’ despite an outward appearance of chat-show confidence. But, asks Adam White, if so many of us – whether they’re Kim Kardashian or your average man on the street – believe ourselves to be imposters, what even is insecurity today?

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Men experience imposter syndrome too – here’s how to overcome it

Even the late great Sir Michael Parkinson was affected. By Yolanthe Fawehinmi.

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Like Michael Parkinson, I’ve found impostor syndrome hard to shake off

Letter: Like the late TV presenter, Christine Kent grew up in a working-class family in a South Yorkshire mining village, and has experienced a similar struggle with self-confidence, even in her 80s

The Guardian - UK

Michael Parkinson suffered from ‘impostor syndrome’, son says

Chatshow host also said to have felt ‘working-class guilt’ after growing up in a mining town and finding TV fame

The Independent UK

Michael Parkinson’s son says broadcaster suffered with ‘working class guilt’ throughout career

Veteran broadcaster’s son, director Mike Parkinson, says father was ‘constantly questioning’ himself despite onscreen confidence

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Sir Michael Parkinson suffered from ‘imposter syndrome’ throughout career

The veteran broadcaster’s son, director Mike Parkinson, said his father was ‘constantly questioning’ himself despite his onscreen confidence.

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The Guardian - UK

Letter: Sir Michael Parkinson obituary

Quentin Falk writes: Parky would generously keep me on in the studio to enjoy some shared time with his star guests

The Guardian - UK

Michael Parkinson was a radical anti-racist as well as a national treasure

He and John Arlott led the press campaign against the sordid deal to exclude Basil D’Oliveira from playing for England in South Africa

The Independent UK

We will be watching Sir Michael Parkinson for years, says Gloria Hunniford

Hunniford said that the late broadcaster’s interviewing technique was ‘the best’.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Parkinson was on the right side of history

Brief letters: Celebrating Parkinson | Technology predictions | Benefits or bank holiday? | Dead nice delicacies | A-level jumping

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Lionesses have already brought football home – next is sporting immortality

England supporters could get used to this. The Lionesses face their second major final in as many years, with only Spain — albeit an exceptionally strong side — standing between them and sporting immortality.

The Independent UK

Sir Michael Parkinson hailed by Tarbuck as ‘giant of industry and giant friend’

The chat show veteran died on Wednesday aged 88.

The Independent UK

Michael Parkinson’s most memorable interviews, from Muhammed Ali to Meg Ryan

The Yorkshireman quizzed some of the most famous faces from the worlds of art, sport and politics between 1971 and 2007, creating some of British television’s most unforgettable moments

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