Milliner Stephen Jones has worked with an impressive roster of designers, but his next stop is the high street, says Gemma Hayward

Julie Andrews has been crowned the Queen of Christmas television in a new poll to find our festive favourites.

Kelner's view

Kelner's view

Kelner's view

My Olympics: Visit the Australian embassy and stage a revolt about Ian Thorpe leaving the country

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Danny Boyle's Opening Ceremony was dismissed as 'leftie, multicultural crap' by right-wing Tory MP Aidan Burley. Chris Blackhurst, who was there, insists nothing could be further from the truth

The fractious relationship between Walt Disney and P L Travers, the author who created Mary Poppins but despised Hollywood's saccharine portrayal of her magical nanny, will be dramatised in a new film starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson.

Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks set to star in movie about writer's battles with Hollywood

Star married 'on the spur of the moment'

Robert Sherman, who composed classic Disney songs such as Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and It's a Small World (After All), has died in London at the age of 86.

I remember reading an article about major celebrities raking in the money by doing naff adverts in Japan which they thought nobody would ever see.

When, last week, I wrote about Canadians and their view of Brits being not a little influenced by Mary Poppins, I urged us to beef up our PR. Little did I imagine that the country would take this so literally. Britain's image, as seen from over the Atlantic, has changed dramatically.