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Oh the drama! The queen is dead. Murdered – by her own subjects! Actress Jane Horrocks is horrified, yet gripped. ‘It’s like the Scottish play,’ she says. What will happen now? Well, her old friend, fellow actress Esther Coles, knows what’s coming. Let’s just say the script is predictable. A new queen will be installed, and then she will set about securing her dynasty. She will take lovers. ‘How many?’ asks Jane, who is by now hooked. ‘Between 14 and 20,’ says Esther, and yes, at the same time. ‘She’s a bit of a hussy,’ a shocked Jane concludes. ....
Interview âAll she talks about is beesâ â Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks on their new sitcom Bloods âHeâs on his phone all the time, ignoring meâ ⦠Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo as paramedics. Photograph: Sky UK Ltd âHeâs on his phone all the time, ignoring meâ ⦠Jane Horrocks and Samson Kayo as paramedics. Photograph: Sky UK Ltd The Famalam and Ab Fab favourites play ambulance-driving paramedics in Skyâs star-studded new show. The pair reveal how they made a sunny, funny series in the midst of the pandemic Thu 22 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT After three decades spent demonstrating a versatility almost beyond compare, flitting with ease from comedy to drama to singing, Jane Horrocks is now to be found hosting the podcast Queen Bees with her friend Esther Coles. Although she doesnât own a beehive herself, there is still a very strong argument for calling Horrocks Britainâs pre-eminent beekeeping podc ....
Ozlem Kara in her London allotment Credit: Rii Schroer I’m champing at the bit to get a start on the growing year, with the romantic notion that the seeds I sow during this lockdown will finally emerge to an easier, freer world. Like many others, last year’s lockdown intensified my relationship with the garden. For the past 12 years, I’ve travelled constantly in my career as an opera singer, and often found myself, come May, suspended 20ft above a stage or tied to a sacrificial altar, thinking wistfully of my tomato seedlings languishing at home. In last spring’s cloistered, Covid existence, the vegetable garden took centre stage, and sharing my successes and failures online became a social connection to a like-minded community. ....