Overview

• The June 12 service at St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street featured readings by Cherie Blair and hymns such as Jerusalem and Amazing Grace
• Cherie Blair praised Bradford as "the epitome of a woman of substance," recalling her feisty intelligence and impeccable style
• Liam Neeson paid tribute remotely, calling her "elegant, brilliant and unstoppable" and remembering their work on the 1984 television adaptation
• Bradford wrote 40 novels that sold over 91 million copies worldwide, with A Woman of Substance alone surpassing 30 million sales since 1979
• Channel 4 is filming an eight-part reimagining of A Woman of Substance in Yorkshire, starring Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds