It’s almost eight years since the passing of novelist Jackie Collins, and for her elder sister Dame Joan Collins, the feelings of loss are still fresh.
‘I miss our long, gossipy phone calls and letters. Losing your younger sister is not something you get over, it’s something you learn to live with,’ says the actor, adding that 19 September – the date Jackie lost her battle with breast cancer at 77 – will be a time for remembrance. Just