Television
Boys keep swinging
I don’t think it’s hyperbole to describe David Bowie as the most significant, the most influential, solo artist of the pop music era. Sinatra, Presley, arguably even...
Book Reviews
New must reads
OUT NOW THIS BOY: A MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD by Alan Johnson (Bantam Press, £16.99; offer price, £12.99) Another parliamentary Johnson, but not one of those… This one, Alan,...
Film Review
To boldly go…
It is such a terrific joy when you see a film that is so brilliant it almost makes up for the many that are just ‘meh’. Much in the way that the novels of Dan Brown and EL...
Latest theatre news
Radio
Ghosts of Bush House
We’re not at the stage where all the archive recordings of our broadcast heritage are available, but a lot of progress has been made – 20 years ago, the BBC’s iPlayer would...
Kevin McCloud
What really makes a home
Dubbed the thinking woman’s heartthrob, it truly is somewhat impossible not to warm to Kevin McCloud. Ever charming, often critical but always courteous the stalwart of...
Interview
Dancing on the Edge
With period dramas appearing to be a clear favourite with viewers across the country, and an abundance of them on our screen, the release of Stephen Poliakoff's latest...
Call the Midwife
As many drugs as possible
It is, I soon realised on speaking to her, almost impossible not to warm to Miss George. Just like her on-screen character Trixie, she is bubbly, beautiful and comfortingly...
Rachel Weisz
Oz The Great and Powerful
James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams all star in Sam Raimi's new film Oz the Great and Powerful. Based on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels, Oz...
Behind the film
'My big love was maths!'
Paco Delgado received an Oscar nominated for his lavish and imaginative designs in Tom Hooper's epic big screen adaptation of Les Misérables. Here he reveals how they...
QUOTES
The Great Gatsby
"I HOPE she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool... You see, I think everything's terrible anyhow... And I know. I've...
Daily tip from the lady archive
"What makes leisure and holidays delightful is just the fact that they come rarely. If you can have them whenever you like they lose their nature.”
The Lady. The Joy of Work. 14th May 1914
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