PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Dame Barbara Windsor has been an iconic British actress since her appearance at the age of thirteen in The Belles of St Trinians. She shot to fame and into the nation's hearts through her on-screen performances in nine Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap EastEnders. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1994 and won the 1999 British Soap Award for Best Actress. She would appear in the show for the next 22 years. After leaving Eastenders in 2016, Barbara Windsor became an Alzheimer's Society ambassador and campaigned parliament for better care for dementia patients until her death in 2020.
Infinitely more interesting than the sentimental schmaltz we have read about her before * Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph * By living up to its title alone it makes a nonsense of every other showbiz bleat 'n' brag ever put to paper * Julie Burchill * Barbara Windsor emerges from these pages as a personality both strong and sunny * Sunday Telegraph * A whopping, no-holds-barred rollercoaster of a book * Mail on Sunday *
