Shakespeare's Globe is a unique venue. It takes a certain kind of big and bold drama to inhabit it fully. But The God of Soho doesn't fit this space... more
Howard Brenton's ambitious history play, Anne Boleyn, returning to The Globe after a successful run last summer, is a tribute to Henry VIII's second wife. But it also celebrates the King James Bible... more
As her book about poet Sir Thomas Wyatt is published, Nicola Shulman talks to David Sexton about modelling, marriage and being part of a media mafia... more
Natalie Dormer was imperious as Anne Boleyn and is now playing a scheming Queen Mother for a real queen bee, Madonna. She talks to Sophie Gilbert about annoying Prince William and working with
Her Madgesty... more
City Comment: It's the American way - kick off an action with blood-curdling allegations, then a deal to drop the charges popping up a few months later... more
It has taken more than 500 years for its connections with the monarchy to be officially recognised but Greenwich is finally being made a royal borough... more
Just so that we're straight on this from the beginning, you should know that I like Barack Obama. Got that book he wrote about his dad and dreams and everything... more
We continue with our quest to make your summer far-from dull with an A-Z guide of summer fun, so why not try your hand at making your own family movie or take part in a night-time bat safari.... more
Go back in time to a land of fairytale castles, battleships or Victorian drudgery. Daralyn Danns looks at the places that bring history and heritage alive.... more
Scarlett Johannson and Natalie Portman took part in a sister act in Leicester Square - at the royal premier of The Other Boleyn Girl. The actresses braved a chilled London evening earlier ahead of the first showing of the period drama, in which Portman plays Henry VIII's doomed wife Anne Boleyn and Johannson plays Mary, her sister, in an intriguing tale of the pair's relationship with the lusty monarch
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There's plenty to keep you occupied over the long weekend, including a May Day festival, a new Star Wars exhibition and a Bank Holiday BBQ at Camden's Proud Galleries.... more
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.... more
Pain and violence have rarely looked as seductive as in Raqib Shaw's strange and intricate paintings on show at Tate Britain, says Nick Hackworth.... more
The brilliant young German who became court painter to Henry VIII was a devout Catholic and could easily have lost his head. Dull conformity saved him from the axe, says Brian Sewell.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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