Before the Year Dot

'At sixteen I was very interested in palmistry. The fate line on my right palm had a distinct break at the age of thirty. It broke into two parts that ran for a quarter of an inch on parallel tracks. I used to look at it and wonder, 'What will happen to me when I am thirty that will change my life?'

Of course, it was Johnny's death. But, in fact, my life was changed twice by death.'

June Brown, who died in April 2022 aged 95, was an institution - a classically trained actress and showbiz vete...