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How Labour has stopped caring what voters think

02.11.09
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more

The Thick of It returns - but which hapless minister is Rebecca Front portraying?

27.10.09
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

Memory of Heath Ledger lives on at Doctor Parnassus premiere

07.10.09
Lily Cole and Terry Gilliam miss Heath Ledger at The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus premiere.... more

Director misses Heath Ledger at premiere

07.10.09
Director Terry Gilliam choked up as he admitted it was 'hard work' promoting The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in the memory of its late star, Heath Ledger... more

Yarn spun with such accuracy it made me wince

17.04.09
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In The Loop pauses for thought

16.04.09
Peter Capaldi is the spin doctor from hell in Armando Iannucci’s foul-mouthed political satire, In The Loop.... more

Hail the office anti-hero

14.04.09
Bullying, swearing, permanently raging – a boss as vile as In the Loop’s Malcolm is the sort of character we all love to hate... more

F***! – New film In the Loop restores swearing to an art form

27.03.09
In the Loop, the film extension of The Thick of It, isn't released for three weeks yet but it is already making waves... more

Guessing games as stars make self-portraits

10.09.08
Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more

Up Pompeii: Tate and Tennant head for ancient Rome as nine million viewers watch series opener

07.04.08
Doctor Who and exuberant sidekick Donna team up following their successful series opener - which attracted nine million viewers - to battle it out in ancient Rome next week. Newly released pictures show the Doctor and Donna squaring up to a series of outrageous baddies in notorious volcano hotspot Pompeii. This week's show will include cameos from Peter Capaldi - of satire The Thick of It - and Quadrophenia's Phil Davis. The series four opener on Saturday wiped the floor with the competition, attracting nine million viewers, 300,000 more than episode one of series three last year ... more

Ingenious Paradocks

01.08.07
The Donmar's triple bill, Absurdia, directed by Douglas Hodge is perfectly entertaining, but as provocative as a jam sandwich. ... more

Rising to the challenge

24.07.07
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

Peep Show boys miss a trick

18.05.07
Television comedy duo Mitchell and Webb raise a few laughs in their big screen debut, but Magicians is otherwise a bit of a mess.... more

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