Gary Oldman may be tipped for an Oscar for his performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but he says his co-star Colin Firth landed the "best line"... more
The suspicions of Alec Guinness loyalists towards the new film version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy can be laid to rest. The line-up of contemporary actors is superb, and there is the added potency of nostalgia... more
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is an effective celebration of Le Carré's artful story-telling, acted by one and all with a quiet panache that strikes home... more
After 75 years of misuse and neglect, the Midland Grand in St Pancras is restored to its former glory with 67 apartments now completed and a new hotel due next year
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You've seen it in the cinema and bought the DVD - now's your chance to dress the part, as some of the most famous costumes from film and television are to be auctioned off in the capital... more
George Bernard Shaw declared Little Dorrit "a more seditious book than Das Kapital"; George Orwell said that "in Little Dorrit, Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached". This Sunday the BBC kicks off its 14-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens story adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies. ... more
For decades the much loved presenter has endured rumours about her private life. Now, with extraordinary candour, she has chosen to set the record straight – about her many men (including Peter Purves and Albert Finney), about Joan Armatrading...and about the lifelong secret which could have destroyed her Blue Peter career.... more
Maggie Smith returns to the West End in an Edward Albee play that hasn't been revived since its disastrous Broadway premiere. After five decades of acting, the fear, she says, is just as bad.... more
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