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Tim Pigott-Smith

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Enron is a dashing tale of greed

23.09.09
Enron reclaims its rise and fall as a telling harbinger of the more recent global boom and bust.... more

The play's the thing, as theatres rediscover drama this autumn

16.09.09
Londoners are being invited to make the play the thing this autumn as a cavalcade of stars prepares to tread the boards... more

City Spy: For Carter's pal, no wheat - just chaff

23.07.09
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

Rights issues fees are no more than a tax on investors and companies

23.06.09
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

Hugh joins other chefs with a beef

12.06.09
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

Enron fraud laid bare at Royal Court

09.06.09
The scandal and financial collapse of US energy giant Enron is being dramatised in a new play... more

Julie calls for more women’s roles on TV

27.02.09
Top performers led by Julie Walters, Simon Callow, Charles Dance and David Soul are calling for more roles for women on television... more

Kevin Spacey speaks of pride at turning round the Old Vic

24.11.08
Kevin Spacey spoke with pride about his success in transforming the Old Vic as the Evening Standard celebrated the best of London theatre... more

Hartnett is main man in Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays

11.11.08
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

Princes use Bond night to focus on real heroes

30.10.08
On Her Majesty's Service has been the raison d'être of secret agent James Bond for more than half a century... more

Cutting, witty and ready for action

07.05.08
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

Sketches by an old lecher

13.07.07
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

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