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Rumpole's creator John Mortimer is dead at 85

16.01.09
Sir John Mortimer, the barrister who created the fictional Rumpole Of The Bailey, has died at the age of 85... more

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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

Stars in their eyes: Host of celebrities auction specs for sight-saving charity

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The gloves are off again in the bruising world of biography

08.07.08
Roll up, roll up for the literary catfight of the summer - Amanda Foreman has been accused of devaluing the art of biography... more

Biographers please note - it's a sin to omit adultery

03.06.08
Go on, admit it. Even if like me you have little interest in the shenanigans of the royal family, you cannot fail to have had your curiosity piqued by the revelations about the Earl of Snowdon's love life... more

Brides-ted Resuscitated - reprieve as Aloysius the bear is set to appear in £10million movie adaptation of classic English novel

18.05.08
To purists, he was an essential part of that classic English novel Brideshead Revisited. So they were aghast when it was revealed Aloysius the teddy bear would not feature in the £10million movie adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's upper-class saga. However, as our picture reveals, Lord Sebastian Flyte's furry companion has been granted a reprieve – even if he has lost rather a lot of weight since last seen in the 1981 TV version ... more

Legal comedies go for Fox appeal

29.02.08
Edward Fox throws himself with crusty gusto into a pair of John Mortimer comedies, Legal Fictions, that have not aged well.... more

Book now for Book Now

06.11.07
The Book Now Literature Festival sees sleepy Richmond upon Thames whipped into hotbed of bookish desire - featuring Andrew Marr among others.... more

Dry anecdotes win through

12.02.07
Sir John Mortimer's musings could have done with more of his own anecdotes and less quotations from his favourite poets, says Fiona Mountford.... more

Winners to be named at London theatre awards

27.11.06
The wait is almost over. Today we will discover who has triumphed in the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

Rufus triumphant as Rock'n'Roll rules

27.11.06
Sir Tom Stoppard's politics and music saga Rock'n'Roll blasted its way to a double victory at the prestigious Evening Standard Theatre Awards.... more

It's the Jerry and Bill show

24.11.06
Bill Wyman and Jerry Hall will team up to present the best play prize at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Savoy Hotel.... more

Plays v musicals: facts and figures

21.11.06
An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more

Critics' choice: top five plays

03.10.06
Book now for highlights including Oz prequel Wicked, Derek Jacobi's brilliant performance in A Voyage Round My Father and a last chance to see Rabbit.... more

Jacobi's curmudgeon is wonderfully played

25.09.06
Derek Jacobi is superb as the blind, bullying, barrister father at the centre of Thea Sharrock's production of A Voyage Round My Father.... more

Grandage just can't play it safe

25.08.06
Michael Grandage, director of the Donmar, has scored another hit with Frost/Nixon. But, he says, every new production leaves his playhouse standing on a knife-edge.... more

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