No regrets for heiress who blazed a trail of scandal

The Express | 25 Apr 1997

As a teen rebel, Tessa Kennedy fled to Cuba. Since then there have been wild years, marriages and bizarre liaisons.

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Sir Jocelyn’s temper

The Week | 19 Apr 1997

Although a sign on his office door reads “the floggings will continue until morale improves”, Sir Jocelyn Stevens, Chairman of English Heritage, denies he’s the “fascist cannibal beast” he’s made out to be.

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Lord Bath: Law and disorder of the Bath

The Express | 19 Apr 1997

The air is close with the smell of sweaty old feet and unwashed plates. He has stained bedsheets, pillows with red hearts, lopsided posters of Monet and Manet, screaming pink, yellow and red paint work and a cupboard full of blouses with flounces, frills, embroidery and twirls. It could be a bohemian student squat. But his doorbell on the Fifties block states simply “Bath”.

This is the home of the 7th Marquess of Bath, Alexander Thynn, 64, dubbed the Loins of Longleat in reference to his multifarious romantic interests and the safari lions at his £150 million, 10,000 acre Elizabethan stately home in Wiltshire.

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She’s 35, has five children and last year earned £1 million. Is Nicola Horlick Britain’s real Superwoman?

The Express | 27 Jan 1997

Nicola Horlick, 35, is the millionaire fund manager who was dramatically suspended fro her high-flying job last week. Dubbed Superwoman, she is one of the most successful women in the City, who last year is believed to have earned in excess of £1million, including her bonus.

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Liza’s creature comforts

The Express | 27 Jan 1997

Liza Goddard lives with five dogs, two horses, two cats, mice, and animal-loving husband and two hamster-collecting adolescent children.

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My brothers may be stars but I’m cleverer than both of them put together

The Express | 27 Jan 1997

Why the unknown Gallagher brother says he won’t look back in anger.

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Didn’t she do well

The Express | 14 Jan 1997

She has just the right qualities to be the new hostess dealing the cards on Bruce Forsyth’s Play Your Cards Right. Appearing alongside the youpeed senior citizen who is the undisputed ing of the game show, Carley Carter is beautiful, shapely and laughs readily at Brucie’s sausage-machine wit and banter.

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The Girlie Show girlie who tries so hard to shock us

The Express | 3 Jan 1997

She has a pierced nipple, had her first kiss at 15 and fantasises about sex in the rain. Caroline Phillips finds out if Sarah Cawood, the new presenter of Channel 4’s late-night youth programme, is as outrageous as she appears.

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I entered battle like a failing windmill and ended up like a limp aspidistra

The Express | 7 Dec 1996

I was about to witness the terrible beauty of this brutal sport, this distillation of basic urban survival instinct. I swallowed hard and repeated to myself the boxer’s mantra.

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How to win a war and lose a marriage

The Express | 7 Dec 1996

Sandy Woodward, naval hero of the Falklands, tells Caroline Phillips why he deserted his wife after 32 years.

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Wisdom from far away and long ago

The Express | 14 Nov 1996

Prince Charles’s confidant and spiritual guru Sir Laurens van der Post, tells Caroline Phillips abot passion, plants and his extraordinary past.

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I went in search of self, seduction and sex

The Express | 14 Nov 1996

Freya North, 28, has just won the literary lottery. Publishers fought to buy her first novel, Sally, a feisty romp that helped her scoop £200,000 in a three-book deal.

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