Get ready for a new week (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Jupiter has been in retrograde since November 2025 and turns back direct this week.
During this time, you may have been returning to your roots in some respect, thinking about the past and its impact on the present, generational patterns and traits, bonds you want to strengthen… or indeed loosen.
Now the retrograde is over, you emerge with a clear sense of what matters to you about your family, ancestors, past and background. It’s time this week to make your mark here, to set out as you mean to go on.
What shift will you be executing? Let’s ask the tarot cards…
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Aries
March 21 to April 20
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Nine of Swords (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aries for this week: Nine of Swords
Meaning: You’ve realised you have carried unspoken dread, insecurity or fear that comes from events or establishing beliefs experienced in childhood. And you’re ready to address that, to voice it, to say out loud how you think you’ve absorbed these fears from what was once the case long ago.
The power of saying things out loud cannot be overestimated. Find a confidant or friend (or even your mirror) and speak about this. Put down this weight. Release it.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Three of Coins (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Taurus for this week: Three of Coins
Meaning: You now understand just how loved you were (and are) and that things you resisted or felt were hard were all done from love. This kind of understanding often deepens when we have our own children or just hear other folks’ stories and see the differences.
Folk may have made mistakes, but it doesn’t diminish the love they had towards you, and that is precious, worth holding on to, and perhaps revisiting and celebrating now. Share love with those from your past. They did their best.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by The Emperor (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Gemini for this week: The Emperor
Meaning: You’re noticing how you were ‘shaped’ by a dominant figure in your childhood (likely a parent, likely a father or fatherly figure, but not necessarily).
Their discipline, approval, strictness and rules were boundary-creating and kept you within range of the ‘straight and narrow’ but maybe also tempered something in you that is naturally wilder, louder, bigger… and maybe now, as an adult, you can give that side of your nature permission to come out and play! Be wholly and fully you. Rebel.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by The Magician (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Cancer for this week: The Magician
Meaning: You’ve looked back at ‘little you’ and seen yourself clearly, especially your natural, innate talents and skills and interests. You’re realising you were born hardwired with certain powers and they’re the ones you should lean on in this life.
You may have circled other careers and experiences, but you’re ready to return to the ‘little you’ talents and interests you’ve always known were there. These form the blueprint of your potential for success. Work with it, enhance it, build on it. This is a new beginning.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Knight of Cups (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Leo for this week: Knight of Cups
Meaning: You are recognising your love language and defaults in relationships as being a product of the examples and environment from your childhood, what you saw growing up, what was presented as normal. We all have this blessing or curse!
The truth is that we can see the signs, recognise the patterns, and if they’re leading us down blind alleys, we can challenge it, we can change it. Do you want to? This is your love project homework this week.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by The Devil (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Virgo for this week: The Devil
Meaning: You are noticing repeat patterns, habits, self-limiting beliefs or behaviours that you, honestly, think have started and carried on in your life since childhood. They are so ingrained you never really noticed yourself doing it. But you do now. It’s one of those ‘can’t unsee it’ moments.
Break the chains, run wild and free from your old selfhood, smash through limiting ideas and opinions and challenge your thinking, prove yourself wrong. Change is afoot and it will liberate you.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Two of Swords (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Libra for this week: Two of Swords
Meaning: You’ve come to realise that choices you made in your past do not define or confine you. It’s the truth that they shaped your past experience but they don’t have to dictate your future path.
You can simply make new choices. Reunite, forgive, turn away, turn back, say yes, say no, revisit, return, move on. Whatever it is you regret, just make a new choice and put the wheels in motion this week.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Death card (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Scorpio for this week: Death
Meaning: This card is your sign’s actual talisman in the tarot deck, so this is a powerful pivot week, a transformation and transition lies ahead. Between now and your birthday, you are leaving the old, dead and false elements in your realm behind. Shedding and purging. And, along the way, you’re picking up new people, ideas, options and opportunities.
This links to childhood because you’re returning to your authentic nature and talents, your true selfhood, your original character before ‘adulting’ kicked in. This feels liberating, powerful and compelling. This is a major year for you.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by The Moon (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Sagittarius for this week: The Moon
Meaning: You’ve discovered there are secrets and illusions in your past that you could now, with technology and everything being as it is, uncover and resolve. Are you up for a mystery? Are you up for playing detective?
Whether this is ancestry and lineage research, replaying an old event, getting the truth of a situation you were lied to about, you know, deep down, things are not all as they seem or were presented to you before. But now you can crack the code and get the truth. Make it a mission this week.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Seven of Wands (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Capricorn for this week: Seven of Wands
Meaning: You’ve come to recognise a pattern of rivalry or competition in your past that has perhaps made you who you are today. Perhaps a friend or cousin who you competed with, perhaps sibling rivalry, perhaps trying to impress a parent or teacher.
Whatever it was, it ignited a competitive streak in you that has long lasted and served. But maybe you need to learn to conserve this streak for when it best serves, and put it away when it does not. Perhaps that is the lesson of this retrograde.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Ace of Coins (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aquarius for this week: Ace of Coins
Meaning: You’ve worked through your roots and influences, from childhood, regarding life’s foundations – health, wealth, work, home. You know where you’ve picked up good values and habits, and where you want to branch out and do it differently, and this self awareness feels positive and empowering.
There’s no blame or pity or regret; it’s all about seeing patterns, working with them, and using your experience to make good sound choices now. You are building something new. A new year-long project in one of your foundation areas is beginning.
You are working with a new perspective on the past this week as shown by the Ten of Coins (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Pisces for this week: Ten of Coins
Meaning: You’ve seen your life story in its entirety so far, extracted key lessons and wisdoms, cemented magical memories, celebrated the highs and shown compassion for the lows and feel, in the end, a tremendous sense of gratitude and excitement that there’s still so much more to write, do and create.
This story is far from finished, and you know the best is yet to come. You feel excited and optimistic this week and ready to start designing your best-ever era in life. This is a true starting point.
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She developed her brand Stil after years of frustration and reactions to mainstream chemical sunscreens.
Sunscreen is one of the most important skincare products we use, but it’s also one of the least loved.
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But Co Antrim woman Tash Hagan is on a mission to change that. Tash, 33 and from Larne, has just launched a new mineral sunscreen after a flare-up of a chronic health condition inspired her to explore natural cosmetics.
She developed her brand Stil after years of frustration and reactions to mainstream chemical sunscreens.
A former pupil of Olderfleet PS and Cambridge House Grammar in Ballymena, Tash studied fashion at the University of Central Lancashire. She then spent over 12 years working in e-commerce across the UK, Australia and Europe, starting as a stylist and later becoming an Art Director at fashion brand Boden.
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Living with Crohn’s disease for over 20 years made her ingredient-aware and increasingly frustrated by a category dominated by harsh formulas and outdated aesthetics.
Tash told Belfast Live: “I’ve had Crohn’s disease since I was 12 years old, and it’s made me fiercely protective of what I put in and on my body. I’ve spent my adult life dedicated to my health and wellbeing to manage my disease without medication.
“It started with clean eating, and after realising that personal care products also caused me to flare, I became obsessed with natural cosmetics and researching ingredients.
“When I returned home after living in Australia at age 29, I struggled to find an SPF on the UK shelves that I trusted. I couldn’t find a sunscreen I enjoyed using or wanted on my bathroom shelf, and I knew I wasn’t alone.
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“Mineral sunscreens existed, but they were chalky, hard to rub in and felt like a compromise. This is when I originally had the idea for Stil. It’s the sunscreen I was searching for – kinder to skin, considered for the ocean, and feels like beauty.”
Launched just this month, Stil is on a mission to take minerals mainstream. Designed for sensitive skin and modern life, Stil creates mineral sunscreens that protect effectively, blend beautifully, and actually feel good to use – no white cast, no harsh chemicals, no clinical feel.
The brand made its debut with Daily Face SPF 30, a mineral sunscreen made with non-nano zinc oxide, 97.8percent natural ingredients and a ‘skincare-first texture’, said its founder. Additional products, including a body SPF and lip SPF, are already in development.
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Tash explained: “Although we have slightly worse weather or not as many sunny days, I think that’s where we think we don’t need sunscreen. That’s really what I want to help change – the whole attitude and mindset around wearing SPF.
“People think they don’t need it when it’s not sunny, which is when UVA rays come into it, and they make you age quicker, leading to skin damage. We need protection from that on a daily basis, even on cloudy days and when we’re not just constantly in the sun.
“Sunscreen is always regarded as an inconvenience, and I’m flipping that on its head. It’s time to protect our skin and make it an enjoyable step in our everyday routine, something that’s not a hindrance, and not just for holidays.
“The mission is simple: to make suncare people trust, enjoy, and actually stick with. Sunscreen hasn’t changed in decades, but it’s time it did.”
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A message to Chelsea from Wrexham’s owner established just how clear their aspirations are
Wrexham welcomed Chelsea for their FA Cup fifth round encounter but it was following their previous international meeting that the Championship team signalled their Premier League aspirations to the London club.
Ahead of the Red Dragons’ inaugural season in League Two after being promoted from the National League, they were put through their paces against the Blues, then managed by Mauricio Pochettino.
Competing before a crowd of 50,000 spectators in North Carolina, Wrexham suffered a hefty 5-0 loss with the final three goals netted in the last 15 minutes. Despite the disheartening outcome, the club’s co-owner Rob Mac, previously known as McElhenney, remained upbeat as he delivered a message to their top-tier rivals post-match.
The Always Sunny star posted on X: “Thank you @ChelseaFC!!!! Hopefully we’ll see you again in 5 years or so.” Currently enjoying a run of three successive promotions from the National League to the Championship, Mac’s optimistic forecast remains feasible with Wrexham currently occupying sixth place in the league – the final playoff spot.
After a challenging start to their campaign in the second-tier, which saw Wrexham secure just two victories from their first 10 league matches this season, Phil Parkinson’s team have rallied and now sit just nine points adrift of second place with 11 fixtures left.
The club have triumphed in their last three games – their second-longest winning run this season – and their 1-0 victory over Charlton earned them particular commendation from Parkinson. The manager said: “We showed incredible resilience today to get the win.
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“There were some key moments in the game. Brilliant blocks by [Issa] Kabore and [George] Dobson — then a brilliant finish from Ollie. Arthur made a save from their first shot on target — but what a save it was. We know Carey is lethal from those situations. He has hit it low and hard, through legs, and Arthur has produced a match-winning save.”
Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL package
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Sky has slashed the price of its Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle for the 2025/26 season, saving £336 and offering more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.
Sky shows at least 215 live Premier League games each season, an increase of up to 100, plus Formula 1, darts, golf and more.
An increased away following of 7,500 will be in attendance, as Hoops fans hope to leave enemy territory having repeated the result of this season’s Scottish League Cup semi-final victory against this opponent.
Martin O’Neill’s men lost the final of that competition to St Mirren but remain engaged in a three-way fight for the league title with Rangers – who they sit a point above in the table – and leaders Hearts, who are five points clear with nine games to go.
Hearts are already out of this year’s Scottish Cup, the first quarter-finals ties of which saw Falkirk beat Dundee United on Friday before Dunfermline beat holders Aberdeen 3-0 on Saturday.
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This evening, meanwhile, St Mirren take on Partick Thistle.
To reach the last eight, Celtic saw off Dundee FC and minnows Auchinleck Talbot as Danny Rohl’s Gers won big against Annan Athletic and Queen’s Park – who knocked them out last year – with a combined 13 goals scored.
Celtic have won the Scottish Cup a record 42 times, including two in a row before being denied in last season’s final by Aberdeen, while Rangers clinched the last of their 34 victories back in 2022.
Only one of these old rivals will progress to the semi-finals, though, meaning a thrilling bout no doubt awaits us.
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How to watch Rangers vs Celtic
TV channel: The latest Old Firm derby will be broadcast live in the UK on Premier Sports. Coverage begins at 12pm GMT on Premier Sports 1.
Live stream: Premier Sports subscribers can also watch the game live online via the Premier Sports app and website, with the channel available as an add-on via Sky, Virgin, STV Player and Amazon Prime.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog.
It comes after Irshad Ahmad beat established party figures including economy spokesman Daniel Johnson and business manager Martin Whitfield to top the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list putting him in line to become an MSP in May.
Labour has received a formal complaint over claims of voter irregularities in a Holyrood selection contest.
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It comes after Irshad Ahmad beat established party figures including economy spokesman Daniel Johnson and business manager Martin Whitfield to top the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list putting him in line to become an MSP in May.
Ahmad won the place despite having formerly been an SNP and Alba candidate as a hard-line nationalist, and being relatively unknown in Labour circles.
There has been claims of hundreds of new members being signing up to support him and also claims members have been found not living at the houses listed in Labour records in Edinburgh North Western.
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It is also claimed that the electoral register showed some members living in a different council area.
The Sunday Mail has learned Labour’s Governance and Legal Unit (GLU) has now received a letter of complaint and has responded saying the matter will be investigated.
A whistleblower said: “People are very concerned about this and want to see a genuine investigation.
“There has been reports of people not even knowing they are members of the Labour party and others not living at the addresses that they are claimed to live at.
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“This is a really serious matter and Labour has a duty to investigate it properly, it can’t just be brushed under the carpet.
“The party don’t seem to want to take action as we are in the run up to an election and this has the potential to spark negative stories, but people deserve answers.”
A letter sent to GLU states: “I wish to raise my concerns regarding Irshad Ahmad who is now in the running to become a Labour MSP.
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“It’s vital I make you aware of this now so that we have the right people in positions of power or importance.
“I hope something will be done, its not just about the party.”
Ahmad was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and moved to Edinburgh in 1993. He is a director of a convenience-store business based in Musselburgh.
He has links to the Sarwar Foundation, the charity set up by Anas Sarwar’s father, and is president of East Edinburgh Muslim Forum.
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Questions have also being asked of Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie who runs Scottish Labour’s usually strict vetting process.
Several insiders are puzzled about why Ahmad, given his nationalist background, was approved in the first place.
Labour has been approached for comment.
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When he stood as an SNP candidate by attempting to oust Ash Regan in 2016 and 2020, Ahmad accused Regan of being soft on the constitution.
Regan – who later joined Alba and now sits in Holyrood as an independent – has said allegations of attempting to pack local parties with supporters “sounds familiar”.
Asked by reporters about his candidacy for Holyrood, and how many members he had signed up, Ahmad repeatedly responded: “We are here to listen to Anas.”
The attack follows a series of “retaliatory strikes” by Tehran against American buildings in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
A blast has struck the US Embassy in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, police have confirmed, with multiple explosions heard at the entrance to the US compound in the early hours of Sunday (March 8) morning.
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It remains unclear if anyone sustained any injuries in the explosion.
Oslo police spokesperson Mikael Dellemyr confirmed authorities were called to the American compound at about 1am local time, in the wake of a loud blast and heavy smoke near the consular building.
“The police are in a dialog with the embassy,” he said, adding that police will remain at the scene “for many hours” to come. Local students who drove past the scene described the area being engulfed in smoke immediately after the explosion.
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“There was a very thick layer of smoke on the street,” said Sebastian Toerstad, an 18-year-old school student who drove past the embassy at the time of the incident, as per CNN.
Norweigan publication NRK reports that police have combined the use of ” dogs, drones and helicopters to find one or more potential perpetrators” in connection with the blast.
The embassy explosion comes in the wake of recent attacks on diplomatic buildings around the globe, with similiar attacks in Saudi Arabia. linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel, the US, and Iran.
Police urged the public to report any tips or unusual observations from the area between midnight and 2:00 am (2300 GMT and 0100 GMT).
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The attack follows a series of “retaliatory strikes” by Tehran against American buildings in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
So, before you dismiss your morning stroll, here are some of the many benefits of walking:
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1) It’s great for your heart
As little as 2,337 steps a day can lower your risk of dying from heart-related health conditions, including heart attack and stroke, a review of studies found.
It can help to manage your blood pressure and cholesterol, too.
2) Your lungs will thank you
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According to a 2025 paper, faster walkers tend to have a much lower risk of lung cancer than slower strollers. That aside, walking is an aerobic exercise which strengthens your lungs over time.
3) It can strengthen your bones
In one study, postmenopausal women – a group at higher risk of weakened bones – who walked about 1.6km a day had denser bones and a lower rate of bone loss than those who didn’t.
4) Walkers sleep better
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Walking seems to improve every facet of your kip, from sleep quality to preventing 3am wakeups to ensuring you’re not sleepy the next day and improving sleep efficiency. Half an hour a day seems plenty.
5) It can help your joints
The more purposeful steps participants in a 2025 paper took, the less likely they were to experience knee arthritis.
That’s just one piece of evidence suggesting the activity may help to protect your joints. It can also ease pain in existing arthritis cases.
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6) Walking may lower dementia risk
Walking 9,826 steps a day has been linked to a 51% reduction in dementia risk. But you don’t have to do that much to see that likelihood go down; walking for 7,000 steps a day is associated with a 38% lower risk.
7) It makes us live longer
Walking 7,000 steps a day has been linked to a 47% risk reduction in all-cause mortality. A half-hour brisk walk daily may add 1.4 years to women’s lives, and 2.5 to men’s.
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8) It can protect from type 2 diabetes and control the blood sugar in those who have it
Researchers think physical activity could flush bacteria from our airways, though we’re not yet sure.
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Whatever the exact mechanism, though, people who walked 20 minutes or more a day had 43% fewer sick days than those who exercised once a week or less in one paper.
10) It may protect from some cancers
One study involving young men found that regular brisk walking was linked to a reduced risk of nine types of cancer (including pancreatic, kidney, and oesophageal kinds) as they aged.
Another review of studies suggested that premenopausal women who moved the most, including through walking, had a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
“The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. “That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer – But we will remember.
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The race itself was a mixture of the fun and the downright confusing, which was perhaps to be expected as the sport gets to grips with the biggest regulation overhaul in a generation.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, starting fourth, got off to a flyer thanks to his car’s smaller turbo and passed Russell in short order, with Lewis Hamilton almost doing likewise.
The opening laps were frantic. The lead changed hands six times in nine laps as the cars experienced the ‘yo-yo’ effect which had been predicted, with drivers depleting their batteries overtaking each other, then allowing their rivals to re-overtake them.
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By lap 25, five cars were already out of the race, there had been two virtual safety car (VSC) periods and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso was already 11 laps down on the leaders as Aston Martin treated the grand prix as an in-race test.
Overall, F1 announced afterwards, there were 120 overtakes in the race, up from 45 last year.
A Ferrari strategy blunder – failing to bring either driver into the pits after the first VSC came out – effectively decided the race, allowing Russell and Antonelli to reclaim the lead once Ferrari did finally come in.
Russell eventually took the chequered flag 2.9 seconds clear of his team-mate, with Leclerc holding off the fast-closing Hamilton for third. Hamilton, who was chasing his first podium for Ferrari, was just 0.6sec behind his team mate at the finish, which was encouraging for him.
She has spoken about her struggle with her mental health as a teenager and credited her love of music and theatre for helping with her recovery.
Carla Feric Press Association Entertainment Reporter
06:00, 08 Mar 2026
Irish actress Jessie Buckley has spoken about her struggle with her mental health as a teenager, and has credited her love of music and theatre for helping with her recovery.
Buckley, 36, from Killarney, Co Kerry, has been a juggernaut through awards season, receiving a string of awards for her performance as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes Hathaway, historically known as Anne, in the adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel.
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Buckley described acting as “essential” and said it is “like water to me”, adding that her passion for her craft helped her to overcome an eating disorder and depression during her school years.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne, Buckley said: “I didn’t know how to be alive the way I wanted to be, and it was difficult.
“But I do not for a second regret it, and I think I’ve been able to transform it and recognise our vulnerabilities as humans in the world.
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“You can’t walk through life not being affected, but you can transform that into something that allows you to be more human and alive in the way that you want to be.”
She continued: “When I moved to London, I still wasn’t out of the woods.
“I think there were moments where I was like, ‘if I don’t get better here, this music, this being part of theatre – I’m not going to be able to do this any more, and I probably won’t survive’.
“And that was the thing that turned it in my head, I was like, ‘I don’t want to sacrifice that, this is bigger than that’, and won.”
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The actress, who has been nominated for an Oscar, remembered the first time she performed on stage and said: “It was like drinking water, you know? I just think, the more I did it, the more I realised this is essential to me.”
Buckley also recounted her time on BBC talent show I’d Do Anything, which was about the search for an actress to play Nancy in a West End production of Oliver!, and which catapulted her to fame.
In an interview with British Vogue in January, she spoke about being criticised for her appearance during her time on the show.
Speaking to Laverne, Buckley said: “I don’t like that part of it.
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“I think that was a young woman who’s trying to discover her body and herself, like we all do. And I wish that hadn’t happened.
“I think I was putting a brave face on, because really what I wanted to do was sing and I wanted to act, and I wanted to be part of this industry, and all of a sudden you had to be a certain kind of person.
“And I just wasn’t, I never will be. That’s just not me.”
Buckley added: “I’m so proud of that girl. I think she did great and I don’t regret any of it.”
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She also spoke about her “extraordinary” mother, and said: “My parents are no longer together, and she lives in Dublin, and she’s writing her own story right now at 60 years of age, and I’m so proud of her.”
She sounded emotional as she gave her first song choice, which was a rendition of her mother, Marina, singing O Holy Night in church.
Listen to the full Desert Island Disc episode on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 from Sunday at 10am.
