We went through the same ordeal as Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie - double mastectomy

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.

Tragedy inspired my writing career

Local setting – Bernardine Kennedy’s latest novel is based in Southend

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

Gemma Collins

10:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

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

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

Joanna Lumley – getting her hands dirty in Essex

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.

Thatcher was a role model for many, but not me

Victoria Holloway – example for young women thinking about going into politics

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.

Trials and tribulations of witchcraft in Essex

Syd Moore – author

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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