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Vegetable wars

CHRIS KELSEY finds himself unable to live up to the example set by TV chef Valentine Warner - and someone, or something, has to pay. Read

Gok Wan

Fashion expert Gok Wan surprises Wales on Sunday winner

Fashion expert and presenter Gok Wan dropped in on Wales this week to surprise a thrilled Wales on Sunday competition winner. LYDIA WHITFIELD watched the makeover master at work and caught up with him for his thoughts on Welsh women, celebrity friends and his love of Simon Cowell Read

Charles Bronson to be released this week!

No, not the Aberystwyth-born hard man – dubbed Britain’s most dangerous prisoner – but the film of his life, which gets its world premiere at the 52nd London Film Festival on Friday. Read

Sir Roger Moore - my wild days with Dorothy Squires

IN FRONT of the camera, Bond legend Roger Moore was always the epitome of charm, sophistication and class. Read

Do you think Posh is sexy?

POSH SPICE has said she doesn't think men find her sexy. But is she right? And what do men really find attractive? WM investigates. Read

‘I’ve never been to mother and toddler groups. I couldn’t go. I’m not even ready for it now’

Every parent knows the importance of play but when you have a disabled child, playtime can prove to be a real challenge. ABBIE WIGHTWICK met two mothers who say the Assembly’s £2.7m investment in play activities and respite care for special needs children cannot come soon enough Read

Dad’s scrapbook of sports success led to nickname of Scrappy!

Marie Bancroft, 25, lives in Roath, Cardiff, and is a business manager for Dior Cosmetics, working in Howells, Cardiff Read

‘At 19 I made life-and-death decisions’

EILEEN Younghusband was in the WAAF, the women’s section of the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1946. Read

Well done Stan for yet another superb show

WHAT a wonderful show Stan Stennett gave on Wednesday. Read

Sir Dai’s TV show in health warning

PLAYBOY pensioner Sir Dai Llewellyn is to be shown partying across London on a new TV show – just weeks before the socialite was warned another drink could kill him. Read

Venus still rising for Jodie Whittaker

JODIE Whittaker is running late. Read

Bringing home the bacon

From playing a plus-sized romantic lead in West End comedy hit Fat Pig and growing curious about Hollywood, Ella Smith is an actress who plays by her own rules. She tells Claire Rees about her plans for world domination while showing off her cleavage Read

Coal House

Coal House goes to war

Three more Welsh families are going back in time to live in miners’ cottages for the Coal House series. This time it is 1944 and wartime rationing is in force. But what will life be like in Coal House at War? And what will they miss the most? Abbie Wightwick spoke to family members and found some are already pining for their hair straighteners... Read

A garden good enough to eat

SHOW Michele Fitzsimmons a pretty flower and she is just as likely to eat it as to put it in a vase in her home. Read

European chic in exotic Africa

I’M on day three of my stay in Tunisia and I haven’t yet set foot on a beach. The trip has been organised by the Tunisia National Tourist Office and the emphasis is on the art and culture the North African country has to offer away from tours to the Sahara Desert. Read

Crunch time for skincare

EXPERTS ARE SAYING WOMEN WILL SOON BE BOASTING THEIR BUDGET BEAUTY STEALS IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUDED PRIMARK – CLAIRE REES LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE Read

Top tips on how to look good on the high street

Perfect answer to Zeta critics

FLAWLESS skin, doll-like eyes, and a return to the trademark glossy pout – Catherine Zeta-Jones has bounced back less than a week after an unflattering photograph of her provoked national criticism. Read

‘My first job was designing ladies undies at M&S’

CONFESSIONS OF ... an Interior designer. Caroline Newton, 45, looks after the private client work for Sunrise Interiors, creating bespoke schemes for a range of clients. Caroline, from Bridgend, is married to Christopher and has two sons, Thomas, 17, and Elliot, 14. Read

‘I said my dress was designer – but it was from Tesco’

ALL ABOUT YOU: Emma Breeze, 21, is a PR executive at freshbaked PR in Cardiff. She lives in Church Village. Read