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David Suchet is back playing Poirot

18.11.09
After 21 years playing super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, David Suchet returns with one of Agatha Christie's best-known works. ... more

An Inspector Calls is a wake-up call for materialism

28.09.09
Stephen Daldry reimagines An Inspector Calls as a darkly psychological drama complete with brooding string music and sepulchral woodwind... more

A little slice of Devon

14.08.09
It has sunsets, shipwrecks, honeycomb ice cream and some of the most beautiful beaches in Britain. Emilie McMeekan falls for the curious charms of the South Hams... more

Wild swimming in the UK

03.07.09
Smugglers' coves, turquoise pools, deserted dunes and sea witches. There is something for everyone on Britain's wild coast... more

The magic of Bonnie Wright

26.06.09
Bonnie Wright has gone from Voldemort's accomplice to Harry Potter's leading lady. Lydia Slater is enchanted by Ginny Weasley... more

Mr Men parent company receives profit boost

14.04.09
The new adventures of Mr Tickle, Little Miss Sunshine and friends helped their parent company to a 26% profit boost last year, it was reported... more

Kettner's isn't what it used to be

16.03.09
Kettner's is still a place where you can enjoy a reasonably priced meal in Soho but it has changed.... more

Harry Potter and the busy librarian

06.02.09
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows is the most borrowed library book in the country... more

Just desserts in Kettner's

07.01.09
Kettner's is Soho royalty with fans including Oscar Wilde, Edward VII and Agatha Christie. It has a brand-new identity for 2009.... more

Wilton casts her spell in The Family Reunion

26.11.08
The Donmar launches its T S  Eliot season by reminding us what a magical, entrancing experience The Family Reunion can be.... more

Richard Attenborough: 'How I ended up signing women's breasts while brother David tickled gorillas' chests'

02.09.08
Here, in the third part of our exclusive serialisation of his autobiography, he tells how the strict regime of his loving father set him - and his brothers - on the path to success.... more

Commentary: No more exits, now Mayor must show he can govern

19.08.08
Tim Parker's resignation as first deputy mayor is a major blow for Mayor Boris Johnson... more

Lashings of votes for Enid in readers' poll

18.08.08
Enid Blyton has been named best-loved author of all time in a new poll... more

Déjà vu in The Shadowmaster

01.08.08
Adaptor/director Stephanie Sinclaire has rather choppily turned J.M.Barrie's Dear Brutus into The Shadowmaster at the King's Head.... more

Pinter's birthday treat

13.05.08
A shocking, triumphant return for Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party almost 50 years since every theatre critic but one poured scorn and worse upon it.... more

Forty years on, there are no rivers of blood

21.04.08
Forty years and one day after Enoch Powell's famous speech about immigration, it is clear that he was mostly wrong. The rivers are not "foaming with much blood".... more

Porter prompts a return to glory

09.04.08
The suspense levels of The Black and White Ball aren’t exactly of Agatha Christie proportions but Matthew White’s production is so darn elegant that we soon stop quibbling and start smiling.... more

The place for everyone

11.02.08
A perfect place to conduct meetings or start love affairs, tea at Fortnum's is like being transported into an Enid Blyton novel.... more

Fake notes, French jokes and a funny Hitler

15.02.07
Derek Malcolm takes a look at the films which have been making headlines this week at the Berlin Film Festival.... more

Slapstick star Lee plays it straight

09.01.07
Comedy star Lee Evans has passionately defended straight drama, which is under increasing pressure in the West End.... more

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