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End of a generation: Queen pays tribute to the last WWI veterans

2009-11-10T12:00:19Z

Latest: Special memorial service at Westminster Abbey as millions of people across Britain and Europe observed two-minute Armistice Day silence

TS Eliot widow exults in his poetry reading

2009-07-01T07:34:04Z

In a rare public appearance, TS Eliot's widow Valerie attended a reading of her husband's poems last night at London University

Railways are neither private nor public

2009-07-01T08:28:27Z

Once, we had British Rail. Now we have something that is neither a nationalised rail system nor one that is privately run

A poetic masterpiece that must be heard

2009-06-30T07:30:49Z

Language "caught alive" is an intoxicating experience in all poetry - the sound is "the gold in the ore", said Robert Frost - and most particularly so with the poems of TS Eliot

Chanel�s Lagerfeld puts the fashion back in ballet

2009-06-17T10:04:28Z

It was a case of high fashion both on and off stage at Sadler�s Wells.

Thirty years - at a stretch in Wallenstein

2009-06-01T23:00:00Z

Angus Jackson�s gloomy, static production of Schiller's Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested in Wallenstein.

Thirty years-at a stretch in Wallenstein

2009-05-31T23:00:00Z

Angus Jackson's gloomy, static production of Wallenstein sees loyalties and family ties tested and young love thwarted.

Irons suffers a reversal of fortune on Broadway

2009-03-25T09:01:30Z

Jeremy Irons made a return to the Broadway stage after a 25-year absence only for his new art play Impressionism to open to a gallery of critical ridicule

Pink Panther is pointless

2009-02-12T00:00:00Z

In possibly the most excruciating comedy of the year, Steve Martin reprises his role as Inspector Clouseau and hunts the missing Pink Panther.

Stars of stage sculpt artistic drama

2008-10-13T09:17:37Z

Stars of the visual arts and theatre have united for the British premiere of a short play at the Old Vic in which sculptures were brought to life

Back to old Wild West in Appaloosa

2008-09-24T23:00:00Z

Ed Harris directs, co-writes and stars in this handsome, humorous tribute to the great American Western genre - Appaloosa.

Frank Sinatra, the Queen and me, by Christopher Biggins

2008-08-30T13:00:28Z

He was Jeremy Irons's best man, Diana's confidant and Sinatra's bodyguard. But the actor says even being ultimate friend to the stars couldn't save him from bankruptcy.

Don't ask me to revisit braying Brideshead

2008-08-08T08:11:37Z

Those of us who passed through Oxbridge in the Eighties tend to have strong feelings about the 1981 TV version of Brideshead Revisited

Parklife for Shakespeare in Open Air Theatre

2008-06-04T23:00:00Z

Liz Hoggard will always be grateful for the egalitarian, alfresco embrace of the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.

A good look at politics

2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jeremy Irons is excellent in Never So Good - a thrilling portrait of a brave, haunted Harold Macmillan, says Nicholas de Jongh.

Celebrities pay homage

2008-02-18T12:42:44Z

A cracking list of celebrity guests will be paying homage to one of the world's leading vocal coaches with a tribute concert.

Irons to make his National debut as former PM

2008-01-16T12:31:24Z

Jeremy Irons is to make his National Theatre debut in a new play on the life of prime minister Harold Macmillan.

A disappointing end to a disappointing summer

2007-09-02T23:00:00Z

With Theo Randall, the ex-head chef at River Caf�, at the helm, Mark Bolland had high expectations for the InterContinental Hotel's restaurant. He was left thoroughly disappointed.

This time Lynch is Lost

2007-03-08T00:00:00Z

Inland Empire has the aspect of a never-ending bad dream, often lit in semi-darkness. Nothing is quite what it seems - and nothing makes enough sense.

Pinter is back with a vengeance

2007-02-23T16:34:09Z

The explosion of interest in Harold Pinter plays has reached a new level with the Donmar Warehouse announcing a revival of adultery drama Betrayal.

Dame Helen's dress rehearsal

2007-01-29T10:55:54Z

Dame Helen Mirren enjoyed a dress rehearsal for the Oscars after scooping yet another major best actress trophy.

Screen Actors Guild winners

2007-01-29T10:58:14Z

Brits sweep the Globes

2007-01-16T08:36:27Z

The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.

Flight of fantasy fails to take off

2006-12-14T00:00:00Z

Christopher Paolini's fantasy adventure Eragon was an international bestseller so it was as inevitable that Hollywood would make a movie out of it. Unfortunately, the result is spectacularly dim.

I can't believe my luck, says Eragon star

2006-12-12T09:31:56Z

The unknown star of the latest fantasy blockbuster says he finds it "mind-blowing" to be acting opposite his childhood heroes.

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

2006-11-27T09:56:11Z

The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.

It's the Jerry and Bill show

2006-11-24T09:59:29Z

Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.

Stars to announce our 52nd theatre awards

2006-11-20T09:15:13Z

Jeremy Irons, Kathy Burke and Alan Cumming are among the stars who will take leading roles at the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at The Savoy next Monday.

Stars pay �2,500 each to help the Old Vic

2006-11-17T16:18:21Z

Guests including Elle Macpherson, Jeremy Irons and Robert Lindsay will pay �2,500 each for lobster and roast beef at a charity meal for the cash-strapped Old Vic.

Lifetime gong for Lynch at Venice Film Festival

2006-09-07T08:22:37Z

Director David Lynch was given a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival - as his latest movie premiered to baffled audiences.