Judi Dench
Shakespeare, trans politics and tigers: Lunch with Eddie Izzard is a dizzying business
The British comedian/actor/runner/political aspirant has some left-of-field stories to tell.
- Nick Galvin
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‘Indefensible’: The star-studded London club that won’t let women join
The Garrick Club has a membership that should embrace progress, but it’s men-only.
- Mark Landler
‘I am just sad a lot of the time’: A former Star Trek captain on his life on earth
From Shakespeare to Star Trek and beyond, Patrick Stewart has come a long way from his tough Yorkshire childhood – but a melancholy still remains.
- Jane Wheatley
All the world’s a Shakespearean stage for Judi Dench
She has been performing Shakespeare since the late 1950s. Now Judi Dench has distilled her experience with the Bard in a remarkable book.
- Peter Craven
Geri Halliwell-Horner at 51 by Spice Girls super fan Dolly Alderton
From working-class pop star to country novelist, the former “Ginger Spice” is the queen of reinvention. She talks about girl power and why she’ll never complain about the ’90s.
- Dolly Alderton
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- Naked City
Judy Moran: A fading underworld matriarch ... or maybe just a myth
The underworld author-turned-killer-turned-inmate is two-thirds through her murder sentence. But with failing health, she’s unlikely to see outside prison walls.
- John Silvester
The complete list of winners at the 94th Academy Awards: updating live
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Kelly Preston’s final film is a familiar British feel-good movie
The actor’s death adds a sadly ironic postscript to Off the Rails, which is about the premature death of a close friend.
- Sandra Hall
Ralph Heimans: royalty’s go-to painter
His parents took him to a psychologist because he wanted to be an artist. Now the Australian artist has painted the Queen and a host of other luminaries.
- Bevan Shields