Master satirist Armando Iannucci's take on British politics earned him an Oscar nomination. But, unlike his creation Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, he's unsure, underconfident and suffers from a bad case of imposter syndrome... more
Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan scooped the British Actor and Actress of the Year awards at the 30th Annual London Film Critics' Circle Awards.
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Voters delight, politicians duck for cover: The Thick of It is back. Never can there have been a better time to take apart the preening control freakery of the classe politique... more
Germans say you have to leave a city to appreciate what it really looks like: so I have had a couple of weeks away from scrutinising British politics and the re-entry is bracing... more
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents.
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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
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... 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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