The panel of critics who chose NEDS (non-educated delinquents) as the Evening Standard Film of the Year were making a statement. Clearly the film is not enjoyable in the manner of The King's Speech. The appeal of NEDS is merciless reality.... more
Lucy Bailey’s bold production of Julius Caesar, first seen at Stratford in May 2009, begins with a scene that certainly isn’t in Shakespeare’s original... more
Five years ago actor David Gardner was learning his lines when Tube bomb tore off his leg. He tells David Cohen the inspirational story of his recovery.... more
Group of young actors have re-invented Julius Caesar as a cautionary tale of violence in urban London - with Shakespeare's script partly rewritten in street language... more
Political historians of tomorrow will have cause for gratitude to Channel 4’s When Boris Met Dave for revealing the key formative influence on the Tory leader... more
It's not just the ultra-modern add-ons to JB Priestley's deeply traditional play Time and The Conways that are currently causing surprise at the National Theatre... more
Despite its bail-out, Goldman Sachs is set to pay out £7bn in salaries and bonuses. It is failing to grasp a new public fury over conspicuous consumption... more
Three years today after her husband David lost his leg in the Edgware Road Tube bombing, Angela Gardner talks for the first time about his extraordinary journey to recovery... more
Lindsay Duncan, whose screen credits include Rome and Star Wars, has been confirmed to play Margaret Thatcher in a BBC2 drama about the former prime minister. The new programme, titled Margaret, will follow the Conservative leader's final days in office and the betrayal by her male Cabinet colleagues in 1990
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Bruce Dessau couldn't complain about the bland venue when comics Richard Herring, Pappy's Fun Club and Joanna Neary turned up at his house to perform a free gig.... more
Every now and again a play comes out of nowhere and hijacks the public imagination. Nick Curtis talks to Hassan Abdulrazzak whose debut work Baghdad Wedding is such a play.... more
In this week's DVD releases, Noah Baumbach plays the traumatic subject of divorce for laughs, and the Dardenne brothers offer another riveting slice of realism in Palme d'Or winning film, The Child.... more
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