There are moments in life, however long ago they happened, that flood back into your memory and bring with them a golden glow. It could be your Wedding Day, the birth of your first child, passing an important exam or visiting somewhere abroad or the British Isles where the beauty of nature took your breath away. It can also be a moment of revelation when something happened within a routine situation that brought with it an illuminating understanding. Perry Como was an Amer

How do you feel about children? I ask because it seems to me the world is divided into those that love them and those who loathe them, unless they are well behaved and ‘seen but not heard’ as I remember being assured we should be when I was a kid. I have always rather liked children myself, so I suppose it is no surprise that much of my early career, starting when I became a young Mum and unable for a few years to contemplate being free in the evenings to continue working

The beginning of a NewYear and, as with every new year, a time to reflect - a time to look forward but also a time to look back. I am sure you do the same, but in my case I have been especially looking back for a few good weeks now. Every year without fail, as the corks pop and the fireworks crackle, I cast my mind over the previous year, often feeling sad at the dwindling amount of professional work, if any, that I do now, whilst at the same time looking to the new year

Surprise, surprise! The first full AI actor created by the boys of Silicon Valley is an actress. Who would have thought it? Tilly Norwood’s career, launched at the beginning of October, has apparently been described by them thus:- “This is a young woman who will do whatever we say, whatever we want,” and some Hollywood agents have already expressed an interest in representing her! If you were in any doubt that AI was a threat to actors’ work opportunities you must be