A Delicate Balance is about the precarious nature of domestic equilibrium: a family is kept from falling apart by well-grooved patterns of behaviour, old memories and a great deal of alcohol... more
Skilful revivals of Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita are a salutary reminder that Willy Russell is a dramatist of exceptional warmth and humanity.... more
What do government ministers do with their time? It's a moot question, given the state the country is in, but some clue comes from the exchange of emails between the recently departed communications minister Lord Carter and his former employer, Brunswick ... more
Peep peep. That's the rights issue gravy train steaming across the City, throwing off vast amounts of investors' money to any investment bank passing... more
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... more
Josh Hartnett, Martin Freeman, Dervla Kirwan and Jessica Hynes are four of the stars who will take part in this year's 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at the Old Vic... more
After a moving revival of St Joan and an effective staging of the caustic but problematic Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion comes to town.... more
Simon Gray's investigation of Charles Dickens's extra-marital activities is enjoyable enough to please enthusiasts, but pulls too many punches to enthral the uncommitted, says Kieron Quirke.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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