Barrie

Coronation Street’s Amanda Barrie pays tribute to onscreen husband Johnny Briggs

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Former Coronation Street star Amanda Barrie has paid a touching tribute to her onscreen husband Johnny Briggs, who passed away on Sunday aged 85. The actress, 85, played Alma Baldwin in the ITV soap, the long-suffering wife of Johnny’s character Mike Baldwin. Looking back on her friendship with Johnny and their characters’ 20-year love story, … Read more

Lost letters reveal authors JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson were big admirers of each other 

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When Peter Pan loved Long John Silver! Lost letters reveal famed authors JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson were big admirers of each other Letters from Scottish authors JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson published   Dated between 1892 and 94, they show they shared an affectionate relationship Despite bonding over their love of writing, the … Read more