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We went through the same ordeal as Angelina Jolie

10:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

TO the outside world Angelina Jolie has it all – looks, money, fame, a brood of beautiful kids and Brad Pitt by her side.

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Tragedy inspired my writing career

9:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

Bernardine Kennedy, from Southend, is a published author of nine books. She reveals how personal tragedy affects the way she writes.

I’ll always feel guilty for getting an abortion

10:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

Only Way is Essex star Gemma Collins reveals to the personal traumas she’s kept secret – until now...

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From Bond girl to beach cleaner...and why Patsy’s been kissing Leo DiCaprio

9:20am Tuesday 7th May 2013

IN her richly velvet, undulating purr of a voice, Joanna Lumley tells me what it’s like to go from kissing Leonardo DiCaprio on a film set to helping clean up the Essex coastline on a cold rainy day.

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Thatcher was a role model for many, but not me

10:30am Tuesday 30th April 2013

BECOMING a role model for young women in politics was not on Victoria Holl- oway’s mind when she stood for the council. But two years on, she has risen to join Thurrock Council’s cabinet.

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Trials and tribulations of witchcraft in Essex

10:00am Tuesday 16th April 2013

ESSEX women who endured the terri-fying and tragic experience of being trialled for witchcraft, often resulting in their deaths, will be the subject of a night of music and storytelling this week.

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My love for Victorian clothes got me a part in Les Mis

10:00am Tuesday 9th April 2013

WHEN Linda Payne first donned some Victorian clothes she could not have predicted that it would eventually land her a role in a Hollywood blockbuster.

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Look at me now, bullies!

10:00am Tuesday 26th March 2013

GOING clothes shopping used to fill Cathryn Vallance with dread. It meant admitting she was a dress size 22 in front of her naturally slim friends.

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When a policeman came knocking at my door, I didn’t expect him to smile

10:00am Tuesday 19th March 2013

FOR the women coming to this country looking to make a better life for themselves it can be a terrifying experience. Betty Makoni talks to LOUISE HOWESON about her experience

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Writers are snobs...and I’m an Essex girl

10:00am Tuesday 12th March 2013

CRIME writer Martina Cole is a sponge for every bit of news going.

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