I am what I am: Rebecca Miller

I am what I am: Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper talks of her childhood, growing up, dress-sense and her sister being gay

Best of time, worst of times: Captain Charlie Williams

An officer in the Irish Guards, Charlie, 29, learnt to skydive to combat his fear of heights. He recalls an incident in Kenya

People like me

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia is my kind of royal. Nobody understands gems quite like he does

Mrs Mills solves all your problems

In the mid-1990s, I tried to persuade my housemate to join me in a bid to be synchronised trampoliners in the British Olympic team for Sydney 2000

Quotes of the week

And now we know . . .

Interviews of the week: David Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Tracey Emin

Talking points

Valley girl

My favourite bakers

The dark ages

There's a delusion that disaster will be averted by being shouted at by guards in sweaty two-hour queues

Credit crunch drives return of car boot sale

Visitors to sales in muddy fields are up by 40 per cent as sellers clear out possessions to make ends meet

How can we resist the lure of the 70s?

From Babycham and Abba to economic crisis and Doctor Who, today’s cultural climate gives Ben Macintyre a feeling of familiarity

Helen Mirren in a bikini: Is it shocking to be sexy at 60?

Dame Helen Mirren has hit the headlines for looking shapely on the beach at the age of 62. Times writers discuss whether the sight of a mature...

Why I dread a childless, sexless future

Every gallery wants her work and she's invited to all the best parties. So why does no man want to give Tracey Emin babies?

Wish you were here?

As the Browns prepare to up sticks from No10 for a holiday in exotic Southwold, we explain why politicians' summer breaks are fraught with...

Viz: my part in the rise of a canny comic

With first-edition copies of the magazine expected to fetch £1,000 at Sotheby's, Tim Harrison recalls his role

Can you regulate psychotherapy?

The Government wants to regulate how psychotherapists do their job. Professionals fear it will make their work impossible

After the pregnancy pact, the blame game

Did 18 teenage girls from one high school deliberately set out to get pregnant at the same time? Our writer went to Massachusetts to find out

Eye on the prize

Just who is Dasha Zhukova? We reveal the brains, beauty and ambition behind Roman Abramovich's betrothed