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The Third Degree Neve Mcintosh: The Scottish Actress Is a Fan of Leggy Jeans and Futuristic Law-Enforcers, and Is Mindful of Misplaced Broccoli

Who would you be if you could swap places for a day? Definitely someone sporty. It would be fantastic to be an international showjumper.

Mister Right? He Walked Into the Water in Spooks - and Won't Be Emerging From It with a Soggy Shirt in Pride and Prejudice. He Walked Into the Water in Spooks - and Won't Be Emerging From It with a Soggy Shirt in Pride and Prejudice. Matthew Macfadyen Is an Actor Who Does Things His Way, On Screen and Off

It was a drastic decision, but there was no going back. Given the circumstances there seemed to be very little option. Professionally ruined, discredited by friends and family, and having lost everything he held dear, there was only one thing left to do. Slowly he walked forward from the stony beach and into the chilly dark waters of the North Sea, continuing until the water closed over his head and he was gone - apparently for ever. And fade to black. As endings go, the final scene of the se...

Freedom Is a State of Mind Sue May Spent 12 Years in Prison for the Murder of Her Aunt. She Is Out of Jail, but Remains a Convicted Killer. Now 60, She has Just One Life Goal: To Clear Her Name

Listening to Sue May tell her story, it's hard to believe she spent the past 12 years in prison for murder, part of this time alongside Myra Hindley and Rosemary West. "Myra would always talk to me very properly, " says May, in the living room of her house near Oldham. "She would ask me to carry her tray, and I did. Anything for a quiet life. She was very intelligent and very manipulative. But she made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up." Although more reticent to talk about West, wh...

Bolthole : Don George

As the global travel editor for the Lonely Planet guidebooks, San Franciscobased Don George is no stranger to globe-trotting. The Lonely Planet travelwriting anthology By the Seat of My Pants is out now, priced GBP7.99.

The List

With the news that glamour model Jordan is to write not one but two novels, we recall . ve other celebrities who shouldn't have been let anywhere near a keyboard . . . 1 Naomi Campbell Back in 1994, Naomi gave us an inside view of the fashion world in her novel Swan. Except, of course, writing was a bit of an effort so she got a real writer to pen it for her. It was still rubbish.

The Last Word : The Mercury Music Prize

Dangerous thing, winning the Mercury Music Prize. This year's winner is announced on Tuesday, but just look at the list of those who've gone before. Roni Size, Talvin Singh, Gomez. Not exactly up there with Coldplay, are they? Better known winners hardly prospered either: