BA are launching the Great Britons Programme, a mentor scheme with the help of celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, Richard E Grant and Tracey Emin... more
Stars like Billy Connolly and Catherine Tate are hoping to make more children love poetry in with readings set to scenes from classic Disney films... more
They may have to do without blockbuster budgets and expensive premieres but a host of movie stars are appearing in short films at this year’s BFI London Film Festival... more
Jackboots on Whitehall is set in an alternate version of Kent, in a world where Goering, Goebbels and Himmler are able to arrive in London and occupy Buckingham Palace.... more
Madonna, Mick Jagger and Mario Testino can breathe a sigh of relief. The future of their favourite London alfresco dining spot is secure after a four-year planning battle... more
It was the charity banquet with a difference, a £1,000-ahead five-course meal made of ingredients all grown, plucked or fished from in and around London... more
West End musical Hairspray has swept the board at the Laurence Olivier Awards, scooping four of the prestigious accolades. Its star, Leanne Jones, was named best actress in a musical for her role as teenager Tracy Turnblad... more
It's the £1,000 dinner with a difference. Guests at a charity banquet in London next month can look forward to soup made from nettles picked from Hyde Park, and wild fennel plucked from the banks of the Regent's Canal in Hackney... more
Nobody expects a full-scale Monty Python reunion. But this is the nearest you can get - four on stage at once to celebrate the opening of Spamalot.... more
Richard E Grant makes his directorial debut with Wah-Wah, Paul Greengrass explores the horror of 9/11 in United 93 and coming out drama Imagine Me & You is just plain silly. ... more
Star-packed charity shows often present a dilemma to the critic and The Secret Policeman's Ball was no exception. Some of the witless skits really felt like torture, says Bruce Dessau.... more
A 24-carat line-up takes to the stage for The Secret Policeman's Ball, the if.comeddies awards season continues and comedy package tour Edinburgh & Beyond has quality running through it.... more
The late poet laureate John Betjeman died in 1984, but the calibre of performers at last night's celebration of his work spoke volumes about the esteem in which he is still held.... more
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