Who match-made Madonna, got Kate Moss on stage with Pink Floyd and filled the capital with multicoloured elephants? Olivia Cole meets the London alchemists who make the impossible possible... more
Once, we only ever saw Jemima Khan at premieres and parties. Now she’s a woman with causes. Nick Curtis and Olivia Cole chart her journey from dilettante to militant... more
Hanif Kureishi, best known for his novel The Buddha of Suburbia, concedes that he’ll never be fashionable in the same way again. But despite envying the lifestyle of his teenage sons, he finds ageing to be ‘liberating’.... more
The emotionally complex Heavy Rain, out on Friday, is a new kind of computer game. Does that explain how writer/director Neil LaBute came to be involved with its launch, asks Nick Curtis.... more
Colm Toibin has revealed that the best thing about being a writer is: “The money. I never knew there would be money ... [writing] has nothing to do with enjoyment”... more
Eamonn McCabe invites us into private worlds in Writers' Rooms where the secrets of creativity, memories of agonies and inspirations are stored.
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It is the ultimate literary scare story: the Society of Authors has said its 8,500 members are so worried about declining incomes because of internet publishing that they may stop writing books. Is this a threat or a prediction?... more
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
British dancer and choreographer Akram Khan talks to writer Hanif Kureishi about dance, artistic creation and cultural identity at the National Portrait Gallery.... more
He took home an Evening Standard film award this week and is up for 10 Oscars, yet Stephen Frears isn't sure why his royal drama is such a hit. Maybe because it's about British dottiness, he says.... more
Fine acting performances can't transcend Venus, a film that hovers between near farce and tragi-comedy without ever landing on a convincing level.... more
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
The 50th London Film Festival kicks off with its usual flashbulb-popping flair, as British stars stud the red carpet for The Last King Of Scotland at Odeon Leicester Square.... 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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