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Family friction in Glorious 39

20.11.09
British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby... more

Romola Garai is perfect as Jane Austen’s Emma

25.09.09
Bossy, argumentative and irresistible, Romola Garai is the ideal Emma ... more

British movie heaven - the Brit flicks heading our way

18.09.09
John Lennon, Charles Darwin, John Keats and Heath Ledger are all coming soon in a bumper crop of homegrown releases... more

Scene change as Hampstead director quits

30.06.09
Anthony Clark announced he is quitting as artistic director of the Hampstead Theatre... more

Ben Moor's upside-down world

03.11.08
Ben Moor is obsessed with the past and future. In his latest intriguing monologue, Not Everything Is Significant, he unites his fixations.... more

The Globe is not just for tourists

24.04.08
The Globe may be every American tourist's wet dream but it is often overlooked for its artistic achievements. Liz Hoggard previews its ambitious summer season.... more

The St Trinian's terror who grew into a Bond girl: Gemma Arterton in the first pictures from the new 007 movie

11.04.08
School's out for fresh-faced St Trinian's star Gemma Arterton and already she's graduated to the Hollywood big league. The 22-year-old actress, who played unruly head girl Kelly in last year's remake, is now starring as James Bond's right hand woman in the highly anticipated movie The Quantum Of Solace... more

Rising starlet is top of the class at St Trinian's

21.12.07
Six months after drama school, St Trinian's star Gemma Arterton is set to be a Bond girl and is being compared to Keira Knightley.... more

Lost in translation

14.12.07
Cligwyn Theatre Company's production of The Faerie Queen is devised theatre at a low, says Kieron Quirke.... more

Life's still sweet for Jane

11.12.07
Versatile stage and screen actress Jane Horrocks talks about her role in Alan Ayckbourn's seasonal farce Absurd Person Singular.... more

The spinner gets spun

06.12.06
Catch is part of the Royal Court's 50th anniversary celebrations, but Kieron Quirke finds this riff on themes of identity going downhill fast.... more

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