Jackie Collins

Joan Collins: ‘I’m absolutely a feminist but I’ll let somebody carry my bags’

The original vamp on 70 years of showbiz life, having Boris Johnson as a boss and why partying is a dying art

Michael Hogan

17, Oct, 2021 @8:30 AM

I’ve finally sold my old VW diesel – so how do I bolt when I need to now? | Rachel Cooke

Locking my car door from the inside has always represented safety to me, but the low-emission zone put paid to that

Rachel Cooke

02, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story review – a formulaic but entertaining documentary

The bestselling novelist’s home movies reveal a strong and charismatic figure behind the titillating storyteller

Wendy Ide

04, Jul, 2021 @10:00 AM

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story review – weirdly incurious but watchable documentary

Laura Fairrie’s family-sanctioned film praises the author’s personal courage, work ethic and feminism-lite but doesn’t delve very deep

Peter Bradshaw

01, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM

Jackie Collins: the reality of life in Joan’s shadow

The bestselling author cultivated a confident image. But it belied a personal life dogged by self-doubt, as a new documentary reveals

Vanessa Thorpe

13, Jun, 2021 @11:59 AM

Bonkbusters are about so much more than sex and shopping

Judith Krantz, who has died at 91, was a queen of the genre, putting confident women and their friendships to the fore

Sarah Hughes

30, Jun, 2019 @7:59 AM

Born Lucky: my mum Jackie Collins and her wild child alter ego

As a girl, she’d listen to her mum reading bits from her latest blockbuster. Six months after Jackie Collins’ death, her daughter celebrates her greatest creation: kickass heroine Lucky Santangelo

Rory Samantha Green

23, Feb, 2016 @6:42 PM

Jackie Collins remembered by her sister, Joan

The bestselling novelist was a generous champion of equality, whose raunchy, page-turning books gave readers access to life in Hollywood

Joan Collins

27, Dec, 2015 @9:15 AM

Jackie Collins sends final message to fans: 'Stay healthy, stay lucky'

The author, who died of breast cancer in September, urges readers to get regular medical checks in message posthumously published on her website

Alison Flood

08, Oct, 2015 @2:29 PM

Joan Collins 'nagged sister about mammograms', tribute reveals

Actor says she only found out about her sister’s illness two weeks before she died

Nadia Khomami

27, Sep, 2015 @8:11 AM

Like Jackie Collins, I kept my cancer diagnosis a secret – and I don’t regret it | Jenny Hirschkorn

Keeping her illness from her sister Joan must have been one of the hardest decisions Jackie Collins had ever had to make – I did the same to protect my parents

Jenny Hirschkorn

23, Sep, 2015 @9:50 AM

The world needs more great broads like Jackie Collins | Jojo Moyes

Too many of today’s high-profile women display an undercurrent of self-loathing. Where is the next generation of smart-mouthed, high-gloss women who live life on their own terms?

Jojo Moyes

22, Sep, 2015 @9:56 AM