It has seen the Chief Inspector solve 193 gruesome murders, but Midsomer Murders' eleventh series looks to be the best yet, as it kicks off with the dramatic wedding of on-screen daughter, Cully... more
On the surface, they don't have much in common. She's a singer. He's a designer. She's Jewish. He's on trial for anti-Semitism. Yet the parallels between Amy Winehouse and John Galliano are freaky... more
Playwright Anton Burge's aimless new two-hander features those titular legends of the silver screen, Ms Davis (Greta Scacchi) and Ms Crawford (Anita Dobson)... more
The Standard's Dispossessed Fund has received its first £100,000 donation as Londoners respond generously to our call to arms against inequality in the capital... more
Son of Sir Peter Hall, who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and later ran the National, is to take charge of Hampstead Theatre — but has already said he would not be taking any advice from his father... more
Unless the conciliation service Acas can pull off an 11th hour miracle, from 7pm tonight for the following 48 hours, Londoners face a wretched time getting to and from work as a result of the Tube strike... more
Sally Dudmesh heard a judge find her lover, Old Etonian heir Thomas Cholmondeley, guilty of manslaughter on his Kenyan estate. It was the verdict she always dreaded
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Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more
Charles Dance has acquired the sort of unenviable love-them-and-leave-them status that has led his showbiz chums to dub him Dance With The Devil.... more
Greta Scacchi spent most of her early acting career playing femmes fatales and taking her clothes off on screen, while complaining that nobody took her seriously. ... more
The director of a controversial film about a Muslim policeman told how he was helped by a senior officer involved in a real-life race battle with the Met... more
Greta Scacchi has drawn on the heartbreak that pole-axed her career to play the role of a lifetime. The star of films such as White Mischief is to transfer to the West End in Terence Rattigan's searing drama The Deep Blue Sea after a hit UK tour... more
Film star Greta Scacchi is to transfer to the West End in Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea. The part of Hester Collyer mirrors her own life, reveals the actress.... more
The top two levels of the Shepherd's Bush Empire might have been closed due to lack of interest, but Tim Finn delivered a show full of grace and theatrical élan.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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