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My kingdom for a bonus... City jobless take up acting

18.11.09
Redundant City workers are signing up for acting classes at London’s top drama schools... more

Dame Judi Dench's attack could strangle theatre talent, says director

13.10.09
Dame Judi Dench has clashed with a star theatre director over her view that today’s new generation of actors are obsessed with films rather than the stage.... more

£1m Elgar Room will be Albert's mini concert hall

14.09.09
£1million performance space is being unveiled in the Royal Albert Hall in a room where actors from Laurence Olivier to Judi Dench learned their trade... more

Dame Judi returns to stage after ankle sprain

25.03.09
Dame Judi Dench says she is thrilled to be back on the stage after her second fall in a month... more

Garden is a physic for sad city souls

25.03.09
One of my recent discoveries in London is the Chelsea Physic Garden, founded in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries... more

Let’s call time on London 2012 - a hop, skip and jump jamboree

06.02.09
We could, if we wanted, still cancel the 2012 Olympics.... more

I’m over 50 but you ain’t seen nothing yet

29.01.09
The future is scary, especially for working women, who are losing jobs faster than men in the recession... more

Danny, Sally and the unsung secret of our screen success

13.01.09
As the Evening Standard Film Awards shortlist is announced, one writer who has reviewed film and stage for 20 years says our theatre is the key to our Hollywood glory... 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

Bond, I'm giving you a licence to stay still...

15.10.08
Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench are the latest stars to have been immortalised in wax by Madame Tussauds... 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

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08
Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

Actress Dame Eileen Atkins lets rip about ladettes, families and political correctness

28.07.08
She can convey her utter disgust with a single haughty look. And Dame Eileen Atkins is not so bad at the withering verbal putdown either.... more

Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais lead British nominees at Emmy Awards

17.07.08
BBC costume drama Cranford has received eight Emmy nominations, while Ricky Gervais's Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale got six, it was announced today.... more

Watch your step with big business, Gordon

19.05.08
Prepare for another Government U-turn. Having tried various ruses to boost revenue, Gordon Brown has been forced to think again... more

Cavalry comes to rescue at Chelsea hospital pageant

09.05.08
The Royal Hospital Chelsea's first pageant for 100 years will feature Judi Dench, Rory Bremner, Timothy Spall and Michael Portillo... more

Not in my back bard - Dame Judi angry at eco-town plan in her 'beloved Stratford'

06.04.08
When the Government revealed plans for an 'eco-town' next to Dame Judi's beloved spiritual home, it unwittingly picked a fight with a formidable opponent... more

Cranford's Bafta bonanza: Dame Judi receives record 24th Bafta nomination

19.03.08
She has had plenty of practice making acceptance speeches over the years. But Dame Judi Dench, 73, may have to reel off the list of thank yous once again after receiving a record 24th Bafta nomination. She is up for the best actress prize for her role in BBC series Cranford, along with her co-star Dame Eileen Atkins, also 73 ... more

Well, I'll be Damed

06.02.07
Oscar rivals Dame Judi Dench and Dame Helen Mirren feature in the latest issue of Vanity Fair along with a host of other Hollywood stars.... more

How 007 made us love him

05.02.07
Bond, Borat and British cinema - our Evening Standard film awards judges reveal how they chose the winners.... more

Bond's toughest mission ... his first acting award

05.02.07
Daniel Craig has been named best actor at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his performance in Casino Royale.... more

There's nothing like this Dame

01.02.07
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good role than almost any other actor. In Notes on a Scandal she gives a performance as powerful as it is subtle.... more

Dame Judi at her best

29.01.07
Whether she wins an Oscar or not, Dame Judi Dench's performance in exceptional British film Notes On A Scandal deserves to be accounted one of her best on screen, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Battle of the Dames

24.01.07
Two of Britain's best-loved actresses are leading our charge for Oscar success. But which one of these queens of stage will get the golden statue? Nick Curtis assesses the form.... more

The Queen leading British Oscar charge

23.01.07
Three British stars - Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Kate Winslet - will battle it out for best actress at this year's Oscars.... 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

Will the Brits get the gongs?

21.12.06
British actors have put in some prizewinnning performances this year. They'll get Oscar nominations, just don't expect them all to win.... more

Dame Judi is riveting as a lonely old maid

19.12.06
Give Judi Dench half a chance, and she'll make a lot more of a good part than almost any other actress. But in Richard Eyre's very British Notes On A Scandal she excels herself. ... more

Dame Judi makes merry in sorry Wives' tale

13.12.06
The Royal Shakespeare Company has embarked on an expensive gamble by inflicting this flamboyantly awful, musical version of The Merry Wives Of Windsor upon us, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more

A bitch of a job for Dame Judi

05.10.06
Her latest role as a treacherous school teacher is something of a departure. But Judi Dench understands the character, she tells Mike Goodridge. ... more

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