Actor Greg Wise would love to be able to blame his flamboyant samba costume for his exit from Strictly Come Dancing last Saturday.

The ruffled sequinned shirt and pale blue slacks,

On the first day at Royal Ascot in June 1994, I was told there was someone to see me. I went out of the weighing room and looked up, and up,

My first shot at burning down our house was rather less effective than my second. I was a small boy and it was the morning after Bonfire Night.

My mother had

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