Eastenders at 40

In 1985, London’s East End burst onto British TV screens as EastEnders was launched. Forty years later, that landscape is much changed. This week, we go on a hunt for the real Albert Square (and you won’t believe how much a house on the actual square the set was based on would set you back now…)

Also inside

• How residents are fighting plans for a new Chinese Embassy on their estate in a David v Goliath battle involving national security, international relations and democracy itself
• The food and wellbeing centre where your belly and spirit feel replenished
• I’m Still Here director Walter Salles on his heartbreaking and inspiring history of life under Brazil’s military dictatorship
• As Cobra Kai reaches a knockout finale, we talk to Ralph Macchio about a life as The Karate Kid
• Jason Donovan has lived a dream life, but the Kylie break-up hit hard he recalls in a Letter To My Younger Self
• And Cardiff vendor Stuart celebrates the random acts of kindness he sees every day on his pitch

Plus much more!

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