Actor Ben Chaplin hopes a new play about a pioneering actor-director gets him the recognition he deserves.
Read full article...Since the Whitechapel Gallery, above, was built in 1901, there has been a large black rectangle over its entrance where an inspirational frieze was planned
The work of plastic surgeons is usually represented at the Academy Awards by the absence of wrinkles
The London Olympic torch goes on display this week in an exhibition of the best designs in the world
Dissident artist and 'bird's nest' co-creators dig 5ft hole in park
Television comedy star Olivia Colman beat the best in Hollywood as she was named best actress in a shortlist that included Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Weisz, Carey Mulligan and Tilda Swinton
The team behind the bird's nest stadium in Beijing are coming to London for Olympics year to create this summer's Serpentine Pavilion by digging a giant hole in Kensington Gardens
A collection of rare royal photographs have revealed that touching up snaps to make celebrities look slimmer and blemish-free is nothing new
Shakespeare's sonnets are being turned into a set of pop songs for the first time
Descendants of Charles Dickens told of their pride today in his radical social campaigning and their hopes that the 200th anniversary of his birth will lead people back to books like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield
The Royal Academy is to release more advance tickets for its blockbuster exhibition of David Hockney landscapes after the first batch sold out within weeks
It has become the highest-grossing Old Vic show since Kevin Spacey took over at the theatre's helm
The brightest TV and film talent will turn out to back British cinema at the 39th London Evening Standard British Film Awards next week
A rare collection of drawings by Lucian Freud goes on show in London tomorrow among highlights of Sotheby's forthcoming Impressionist and modern art sales
Christie's announced record global results of £3.6 billion including a 20 per cent increase in its London sales.
A massive £700,000 gift will stop the architectural gem of Wilton's Music Hall in east London from crumbling, it has been announced
Former Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly has been hailed as a new star of the West End stage after swapping leopardskin and Lycra for the corsets of 18th Century comedy
Campaigners hoping to save the fourth plinth Ship in a Bottle for London face a race against time to raise the cash as it goes into storage
Fans of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law as cinema's Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are being offered the chance to rifle through the notebooks, scripts and original drawings that helped bring the movies to life
London firm Angels of Hendon has dressed stars in 4 films tipped for Oscar glory next month
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