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Me and Orson Welles shows the making of a genius

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:19:49 GMT

One of Orson Welles's early triumphs is seen through the eyes of Zac Efron's actor in a charming tale of theatrical ambition.

Friends, mandem, lend me your ears ... actors stage Julius Caesar in street slang

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:46 GMT

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

Sporting Miscellanies

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:56:24 GMT

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

The lessons we should be learning from Cicero

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:35:24 GMT

peter Mandelson doesn�t tend to lay his ideals open to public scrutiny. Cicero, by contrast, never kept his mouth shut

Lord Mandelson, in the image of Roman orator

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:21:23 GMT

Standard learns that best-selling author Robert Harris has dedicated 2nd volume of Cicero trilogy to Lord Mandelson

Troilus and Cressida is not fit for heroes

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:00:00 GMT

When Troilus and Cressidea is done well, the piece is riveting. Unfortunately, this lacklustre offering is not done well.

Sporting Miscellanies

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:38:10 GMT

Football: How much of an influence did events in Iran have on the country's football team?

C�mon, theatres, give our poor bladders a break

Thu, 14 May 2009 08:24:18 GMT

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

Even bankers must join the flight from excess

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:02:40 GMT

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

Extra-ordinary journey of Edgware Road Tube bomb survivor

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:10:20 GMT

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

Actress who stripped off in Rome is set to play Margaret Thatcher in TV drama

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:29:28 GMT

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

Am I afraid of the critics? You bet I am

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:11:27 GMT

After a career spent passing judgment on the works of others, the Standard's theatre critic, Nicholas de Jongh decided to write a play.

Seven wonders of London

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Art critic Brian Sewell takes a tour of the capital's greatest art treasures, from Raphael to Rembrandt.

Laugh? I fell off my sofa

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Lo-fi comics, hi-fi laughter

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:00:00 GMT

This weekend saw a brilliant pair of shows from if.comedy award nominees Pappy's fun club and pocket Irish comic Andrew Maxwell.

The man bringing Baghdad to Soho

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:20:01 GMT

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.

Lost in the fog

Mon, 28 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Brian Sewell went to see why so much fuss has been made about Antony Gormley's new show, Blind Light - and is still in the dark.

DVD reviews: Squids in

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:00:00 GMT

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.