The Old Vic director on setting his latest production in the vaults of Waterloo station, getting a CBE, his answer to the arts cuts and waiting for Woody to call... more
Kent seamer Amjad Khan has been told he is still in the England frame after being included in the top category of players in their latest performance squad... more
This was not better than 2005 - how could it be? But the Ashes success of 2009 could turn out to be a whole lot more important when it comes to the rise of English Test cricket... more
Cricket: Openers Joe Denly and Stephen Moore prospered in the Worcester sunshine putting together a 172-run partnership and making Australia sweat for hours without success before Brett Lee struck with two wickets in two balls... more
Cricket: Rob Key and half a dozen of England's 'second string' cricketers could be pushing hard for firstteam places this summer if there are more calamities in the Caribbean... more
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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Harold Pinter's The Hothouse at the National engenders a beguiling sense of surprise and novelty and bristles with unease and menace, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Alan Bennett's The History Boys returns to London making a far stronger emotional impact than in 2004, leaving Nicholas de Jongh moved, disturbed and exhilarated.... more