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Take 'history' by artists with a big pinch of salt

2009-10-09T08:13:09Z

Hilary Mantel�s Wolf Hall is a worthy winner of the Booker Prize but qualms have already been raised by some critics over the novel�s disservice to history

Fiddler on the street: The Soloist

2009-09-24T23:00:00Z

Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr as the real-life down-and-out violinist and the LA Times journalist who tries to save him.

British movie heaven - the Brit flicks heading our way

2009-09-18T09:01:04Z

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

Playwright delves into the world of sex workers

2009-07-21T10:14:05Z

When Alecky Blythe went to spend 18 months in a brothel to research her new drama she was expecting a grim experience. Instead, she found the sex workers �amazingly upbeat and positive�, she says.

Just what is it about Billy Elliot?

2009-05-13T08:16:24Z

Billy Elliot was a leap of faith for Eric Fellner who backed the low-budget movie that led to a musical now nominated for 15 Tonys.

50 ways to have fun in 2009

2009-01-02T10:12:38Z

Priscilla on stage, Blur reunited, Michael Sheen as Brian Clough � we bring you the highlights of London�s arts calendar for the coming months.

Film

2008-10-02T09:51:28Z

Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors

Emergency rescue bid to reach British woman injured in remote part of Russia

2008-09-05T08:44:23Z

An operation is under way to rescue a female British researcher taking part in an expedition to a remote area of eastern Russia

Keep kids occupied in London

2008-08-08T11:59:06Z

Make sure your children have plenty to do this summer wih our guide to the best events in the capital.

The intimate hot-tub snap that wrecked Rosamund Pike's big day

2008-06-07T19:09:09Z

I have further revelations following my report last week that the wedding between Rosamund Pike and her film director fiance Joe Wright had been suddenly called off.

ICA hosts The Booker at the Movies screenings

2008-06-05T23:00:00Z

The Booker at the Movies will screen four of the 39 films so far adapted from novels that won or were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

007 girl Rosamund Pike cancels her wedding

2008-06-01T09:36:21Z

Bond actress Rosamund Pike has suddenly cancelled her wedding to movie director Joe Wright.

OSCARS FASHION: Dame Helen Mirren and Heidi Klum lead the way as ladies in red dazzle

2008-02-25T06:57:10Z

Hollywood's brightest stars - including Dame Helen Mirren, Heidi Klum and Katherine Heigl - painted the night red at this year's Oscars

THE OSCARS: Arise, Sir Daniel: Helen Mirren knights victorious Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton seals great night for Brits

2008-02-25T06:57:10Z

It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you'

Heartbreak for Keira Knightley and Julie Christie as the Brits are snubbed at the Baftas

2008-02-11T07:11:57Z

British actresses were sensationally snubbed at the Baftas in favour of an unknown French starlet. Julie Christie and Keira Knightley both lost out in the best actress category to Marion Cotillard, the 32-year-old star of La Vie En Rose about the life of the Parisian singer Edith Piaf

DVDs of the week

2008-02-05T00:00:00Z

World War II romance in Atonement, Jamie Bell as a creepy misfit in Hallam Foe and Richard Gere stars in The Hoax.

Why the Brits are lining up to storm Oscar night

2008-01-17T11:14:48Z

Hollywood's showcase may be threatened by the writers' strike but that won't stop British talents bound for glory.

A great night for Britain at Globes ceremony

2008-01-14T09:15:24Z

War-time drama Atonement led a night of British triumphs at the Golden Globes - without a ceremony to celebrate.

Keira's in a class of her own

2007-09-05T23:00:00Z

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.

Knightley wows fans at Atonement premiere

2007-09-05T07:42:30Z

Keira Knightley delighted fans at the London premiere of her new film Atonement in Leicester Square.

The Wright Stuff

2007-08-30T11:15:12Z

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

Epic yet intimate, a British triumph

2007-08-28T23:00:00Z

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

Coming soon for autumn

2007-08-24T11:13:07Z

After the silliness of the summer blockbusters, autumn brings a crop of films for grown-ups. See our preview here.

The actress taking on the mother of all roles

2007-08-17T11:04:27Z

Lesley Manville is taking on the lead role in a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother - alongside transsexual prostitutes, lesbian divas and a pregnant nun.

The summer's hottest tickets

2007-06-20T11:33:41Z

From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites.

The passion that stirs the cool Miss Pike

2007-06-01T13:59:23Z

One-time Bond girl Rosamund Pike could have stuck with movies. But, she says, the stage is like a drug - especially with a play like Gaslight.

Austen biopic gets stuck in the mud

2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

For a romantic comedy Becoming Jane has serious aspirations. The feminist heroine is both brittle and self-conscious, while the horror of poverty is also forcefully conveyed.

And next year's winners will be ...

2007-02-15T16:15:39Z

The Brits threaten to clean up at the Oscars - but can our film industry sustain the good form? Charlotte O'Sullivan looks ahead to the movies that could take next year's prizes.

Hollywood's new royalty

2007-01-16T11:56:12Z

After the Golden Globe successes and record growth in the British film industry, we name our top 50 major players.