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Our writers are allowed to pick a pocket or two

13.11.09
You can lay many faults at the door of Sir Andrew Motion but plagiarism is not among them... more

Nicky Haslam: lord of the dance

06.11.09
Nicky Haslam has been to more parties than anyone and knows how to make an evening fizz: start planning three months ahead; decorate the ceiling; invite Paris Hilton; and never, ever engage the host in conversation... more

Kelly Brook's place in the limelight is taken by... me

11.09.09
If you are lucky enough to be invited to the GQ Men of the Year Awards - I was - then a word of advice. Make sure your arrival on the red carpet doesn't coincide with that of the beautiful people... more

Andrew Roberts is the social historian

05.08.09
For all his partying with friends in high places, Andrew Roberts has an insatiable thirst for work. Here we pin down the bestseller about town... more

Harold Pinter honoured by Hackney Empire

17.06.09
Harold Pinter is being honoured in the borough he grew up in with a commemorative room at the Hackney Empire... more

We clapped the captain on his way in. 'Cut that out,' barked Pinter, 'it's meaningless'

27.05.09
Fellow playwright Ronald Harwood recalls a friendship forged through a shared love of sport... more

All-star cast to perform in Pinter tribute

08.05.09
Jude Law, Alan Rickman and Colin Firth will head an all-star tribute to playwright Harold Pinter next month... more

Vince, you are a prince of a politician

22.01.09
At the Electric Cinema, where Matthew Freud and Elisabeth Murdoch had invited le tout Notting Hill to watch Barack Obama's inauguration on the big screen, everyone started chattering when the poet came on... more

The Funeral, written, cast and directed by Harold Pinter

31.12.08
Theatrical great Harold Pinter directed his final work - as his funeral took place in accordance with his wishes... more

Literary Life

08.10.08
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading. ... more

How romance blossomed among the silent readers

22.04.08
Lady Antonia Fraser complains that the British Library Reading Room has become overrun by undergraduates who are hogging all the desks. Her fellow historian Tristram Hunt bemoans the fact it is now a "groovy place" to meet for a frappuccino. Many feared that when the old Reading Room closed, the British Library would lose its charm. Far from it. It has become more fashionable than ever as a social venue... more

British Library like a branch of Starbooks say the literati

21.04.08
Prominent authors have complained that two the British Library's Reading Room has been overtaken by frappuccino drinking students giggling with their friends, playing on laptops and texting their mates.... more

The Queen of the Old Vic

30.10.07
It'll be all right on the night, says Kate Pakenham, mastermind of the Old Vic's 24-hour play madness.... more

Pinter awarded honorary degree

13.04.07
Harold Pinter, considered by many to be Britain's greatest living playwright, is to receive an honorary degree.... more

DVDs of the week

28.02.07
This week's top releases include Oscar winner Andrea Arnold's first feature, a French and Saunders series, and a bonkers Japanese exploitation flick.... more

Pinter is back with a vengeance

23.02.07
The explosion of interest in Harold Pinter plays has reached a new level with the Donmar Warehouse announcing a revival of adultery drama Betrayal.... more

Who's who in Richard and Ruthie's set

04.12.06
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A Lady Di from the 18th century

19.10.06
Marie Antoinette is based partly upon Antonia Fraser's biography but mostly on director Sofia Coppola's imagination. And, just when things are getting really interesting, the film fades to black. ... more

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