Former England cricketer-turned TV personality Phil Tufnell has paid tribute to Sr Wendy Beckett, the Roman Catholic nun who became an unlikely television star in later life, following her death at the age of 88. Sr Wendy, an art critic and presenter, died at the Carmelite Monastery in Quidenham in Norfolk on Boxing Day. She... Read More
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