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I was blessed to know your daughter, Fiennes tells award-winner Vanessa Redgrave

08.09.09
Ralph Fiennes paid an emotional tribute to the late Natasha Richardson when he presented an award to the actress's mother Vanessa Redgrave... more

Joanna Lumley's Gurkas triumph is no surprise

01.05.09
It was Lumley wot won it. Years of government intransigence over the rights of Gurkhas was finally overturned this week by an actress most famous for playing the reeling, chain-smoking, toyboy-shagging drunk Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous... more

Rare chance to see classic Tolpuddle film

20.04.09
The 175th anniversary of the Tolpuddle martyrs' struggle for union rights is to be marked this week with a rare showing of a classic film on the story... more

Neeson's family and close friends join in emotional farewell

23.03.09
Liam Neeson shared an emotional moment with his mother-in-law Vanessa Redgrave at the funeral of his wife Natasha Richardson.... more

For grieving Vanessa, life has imitated art

20.03.09
Yesterday I was startled by a memory - of the last time I saw Vanessa Redgrave. It was October and she was standing on stage at the National, tears streaming down her face. The tears were genuine. Having just delivered a 90-minute monologue, Redgrave was wrung out. During the curtain call, her emotions spilled over.... more

Tears and hugs as Broadway dims the lights for Natasha Richardson

20.03.09
The family of Natasha Richardson made an emotional public appearance to thank friends and well-wishers for their support, as Broadway dimmed its lights in honour of the actress... more

A fresh idea for better schools

20.03.09
The Conservatives' proposal to extend school hours, announced by Michael Gove in our interview with the shadow schools secretary today, is a welcome idea that deserves serious consideration... more

The luminous life of Natasha, our star of stage and screen

18.03.09
Following the tragic death of Natasha Richardson, we celebrate the actress whose enviable life seemed to defy the curse of the Redgraves... more

Liam Neeson and the boys 'left shocked and devastated' by Richardson's death

18.03.09
Liam Neeson is mourning actress wife Natasha Richardson as tributes poured in from across the theatrical and film worlds... more

From scandal to tragedy, the life and troubled times of Natasha's family

17.03.09
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Natasha Richardson fights for life after freak ski fall

17.03.09
Actress Natasha Richardson is critically ill after falling and banging her head during a skiing lesson in Canada... more

Thousands to march through London over Middle East conflict

09.01.09
Thousands of protesters will take to the streets this weekend in demonstrations over Israel's assault on Gaza... more

The Sheekey girls

26.11.08
For decades, theatre stars of the Fifties and Sixties have stared out from the walls of J Sheekey's restaurant in the West End... more

Theatre

08.10.08
Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more

It's a wrap: Joely Richardson makes a splash poolside in a black bikini and pink sarong

17.07.08
Actress Joely Richardson unveiled her bikini body as she enjoyed the sunshine poolside at the Ischia music and film festival. ... more

Natasha Richardson and the mother of all wardrobe malfunctions

06.05.08
Actress Natasha Richardson unveiled a foxy new look and rather more than she would have liked on the red-carpet at last night's star-studded Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. As the actress from the highly-regarded Redgrave acting dynasty hitched up her pale pink chiffon gown, and inadvertently flashed her nude-coloured thong to the assembled audience ... more

Better on page than on stage

06.05.08
Like most abridgements the David Hare-directed, 90-minute stage adaptation of The Year of Magical Thinking, suffers says Kate Law.... more

A night of extraordinary theatre

01.05.08
Vanessa Redgrave is on stage for 90 minutes in a solo portrayal of grief in The Year Of Magical Thinking but the effect is muted.... more

Theatreland up in arms over Arts Council sexuality quiz

02.04.08
The Arts Council has encountered ridicule and anger over attempts to force theatre and museum trustees to disclose their sexuality to obtain funding... more

Irons to make his National debut as former PM

16.01.08
Jeremy Irons is to make his National Theatre debut in a new play on the life of prime minister Harold Macmillan.... more

Sienna starts a hippy riot

24.09.07
Grosvenor Square was closed to allow hundreds of extras to take part in filming for Sienna Miller's latest movie.... more

Night that never ends

20.09.07
Evening is a story of gilded youth making a fool of itself by not taking its chances for happiness.... more

Keira's in a class of her own

06.09.07
A postmodern romance, Atonement works best as a riposte to all those films that put high-society women on a pedestal and is one of the finest British films of the year. ... more

The Wright Stuff

30.08.07
Joe Wright, the toast of Venice with the premiere of his film Atonement, talks about how he became Britain's hottest director.... more

Epic yet intimate, a British triumph

29.08.07
Ian McEwan's 'unfilmable' best-selling novel Atonement - starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy - is already being talked of as a triumph.... more

DVDs of the week

24.07.07
Peter O'Toole's Oscar-nominated role in Venus, a strong take on terrorism in Catch A Fire and a compilation from Roxy Music are among the DVDs of the week.... more

Britons up for theatre awards

16.05.07
British artists achieved success across the board in the nominations for the 61st annual Tony awards. British playwright Tom Stoppard received 10 nominations, including Best Play. ... more

Hammer blow

05.04.07
Gary Oldman as the gay, untrustworthy writer Joe Orton and Alfred Molina as longtime lover Kenneth Halliwell give superb performances in Prick Up Your Ears.... more

Final curtain for the Theatre Museum

08.01.07
Despite attempts to save London's Theatre Museum by Dame Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave, it has closed its doors to the public after 20 years. ... more

One foot in the door, the other in the grave

20.10.06
Any film with Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips ought at least to have a modicum of entertainment in it and Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi's comedy Venus certainly has that.... more

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