A hairdresser doesn’t just style hair, says Andrew Barton – you are a confidant, mind reader and teller of harsh truths, too

Anna Lyndsey was a successful civil servant in a new relationship, until a rare condition forced her to retreat into lonely blackness, as she tells Matt Warren

Angela Humphery has been fundraising for animal welfare for more than 70 years and has no intention of giving up now

…is a French-English chef. Le Gavroche, his restaurant, has two Michelin stars. He is the son of Michelin-starred chef Albert Roux, and the nephew of Michel Roux. He has written several books and fronted various TV shows.

The Second World War didn’t just alter the way British women lived. It also drastically changed the way they dressed, discovers The Lady’s inhouse 1940s enthusiast, Melonie Clarke