SHARING a stage with a superstar like Frank Sinatra could be daunting for anyone, but a ten-year-old Lena Zavaroni took it all in her stride. Sadly, fame at such a young age ended up taking its toll ...

You remember that she came from Rothesay (she was born 60 years ago, in November 1963) and that she won Hughie Green’s Opportunity Knocks several times in a row in ...

The recent death of popstar Liam Payne indicates how little has been learnt about steering young people into superstardom, through it or, crucially, out the other side. In 1974, a nine-year-old from ...

EXCLUSIVE: Plucked from obscurity aged just 10, Lena Zavaroni's huge voice propelled her to fame on Opportunity Knocks. By 35 she was dead. In the age of social media, teen influencers and reality TV, ...

TRAGIC singer Lena Zavaroni could have been a big international star like Celine Dion if she hadn’t been struck down with anorexia, according to her cousin. But Lena’s cousin Margaret Zavaroni firmly ...

THE child star who preceded singing sensation Lena Zavaroni has revealed he was encouraged to lose weight by managers who told him he would be ‘paid a pound for every pound he lost.’ Neil Reid, from ...

This August will see LENA, the new play by BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Tim Whitnall, come to the Assembly George Square playing throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play chronicles the ...