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The real tragedy of living with dementia 

THIS week's decision by the broadcaster John Suchet to speak out about living with - and not coping with - his wife Bonnie's dementia resulted in a...

It makes you wish the world was like the Olympics SYLVIA PATTERSON 

'EVEN if you don't like sport, " swooned Olympics commentator Clare Balding in the Bird's Nest studio last Sunday morning, "you'd have to admit...

Music hath charms to chase away the end of the world blues SYLVIA 

AT the start of the week it was beginning to feel like the actual end of the world. A new report of a fatal stabbing was now delivered to our doors...

It's not hugs that noisy hoodies need, but old-fashioned headphones 

THE other week, on a train going from Edinburgh to London, me and my chum decided to sit in the Quiet Carriage. It had been a long weekend, and...

Frilly shirts, silly hair, lots of girls, the odd yacht and 70 

'We got blamed the other day for the start of metrosexuality," says Nick Rhodes, chortling away. "Muhuhuh. Single-handedly. In America; 'You, you...

Mad about the boy; Jonathan Saunders is the most feted darling of the 

FASHION'S latest couture phenomenon is very excited, burbling into his mobile phone. But not excited, particularly, about being Kylie's new...

I'm dead boring really. If I'd been educated better, I'd much prefer to be doing criminal law; Melanie Sykes talks to Sylvia Patterson about co-hosting a hit TV show with Des O'Connor, her marriage and why she wants three more children 

Byline: SYLVIA PATTERSON

Melanie Sykes - television presenter, roving celebrity reporter and onetime Boddingtons beer babe - is...

SMALLWORLD 

THE 12 Bar Club is a venue on Denmark Street in the West End of London, home of the Intimidating Guitar Shop. Built in the 1600s, inside it is like...

Singled out; Gina Bellman, star of the hit comedy, Coupling, tells Sylvia Patterson that she despairs of ever finding Mr Right 

Byline: SYLVIA PATTERSON

Gina Bellman, actress, unlikely comedienne and star of BBC2's Coupling, contemplates her former reputation...

One Step at a time; When Steps - the phenomenally successful manufactured band - split, singer Faye Tozer feared she'd crack up. Now she's launching her solo career 

Byline: SYLVIA PATTERSON

Faye Tozer, ex-Steps marionette, stares at the two-dimensional face of 21st-century pop music and predicts a...