Films by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are always interesting, but The Kid With a Bike, the latest from the Belgian brothers, is a lot more than that... more
It's all good fun, especially in this adapted version of Nicholas Hytner's lively translation for ENO, and Julia Riley brings vocal authority to the role of Xerxes... more
It was a great British win, to the slight disappointment of some of our film critics who secretly carried the flame for The Social Network or True Grit. The former was cool, forward-looking, American. The latter was cool, mythological, American. Whereas the King's Speech was royal history, embarrassing, British... more
The King's Speech was a labour of love, passed over by the usual big investors, that has turned into one of the British film industry's finest two hours... more
The end of the weekend has just become bearable again. Into the gap left by Downton Abbey steps TV drama Any Human Heart — starring the original book’s biggest fan... more
At 26, Simon Rich has already sold three film scripts to Hollywood, is a writer for Saturday Night Live and has just published his first novel. It’s an old-fashioned comic tale, he tells Tom Teodorczuk
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Control-freak divorcées, fashion obsessives and sexual predators- Madonna and Wallis Simpson have a lot in common. But is the Material Girl the right person to bring the Duchess of Windsor's colourful life to the big screen?... more
The news that Prince Charles has written to eight Whitehall departments over three years comes as something of a surprise to those who have been long observing his work in different areas of public policy... more
The historic Café Royal in Regent Street, where Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley were once regulars, is to be transformed into a 160-bedroom five-star hotel... more
Since we are used to seeing images of Prince Harry staggering drunkenly out of Boujis with a blonde on his arm, the pictures of the prince in military fatigues on the front line in Helmand come as something of a shock... more
Peter Capaldi talks to Claire Allfree about his role in acclaimed political satire The Thick Of It and his latest project, a triple bill of absurdist plays.... more
King of Hearts, a satirical fantasy about the taut relationship between royalty and politicians, hits no serious targets and few amusing ones, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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