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Killing Time by Alan Bennett audiobook review – quietly subversive comedy

The author narrates his darkly comic novella about lockdown life in a care home during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Killing Time by Alan Bennett review – a cut above

From afternoon sherry to sex with the handyman in the lawnmower shed, Alan Bennett takes a wry look at lockdown life in a care home

The Guardian - UK

Alan Bennett at 90: ‘What will people think? I don’t care any more’

In his 10th decade The History Boys writer is as prolific as ever with a war film in the works and a new sex-fuelled novella set in a home for the elderly. He talks about mourning Maggie Smith, turning down a knighthood and what he makes of Donald Trump

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OPINION - Miquita Oliver's London Question: what place in the city means the most to you?

I’ve been thinking about the word “history” and what it really means to think about the past. People often refer to history as something that they “failed in school”. But really, history is, as Alan Bennett put it so beautifully in his 2004 play The History Boys, “just one f***ing…

Evening Standard

Maggie Smith was a formidable actor with a biting wit and a fearsome ability to deliver lines

It is a testament to the power of the late British actress Dame Maggie Smith that other eminent actors – though only male ones, as far as I can see – accused her of upstaging them.

The Conversation

Dame Maggie Smith obituary

A distinguished, double Oscar-winning actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Harry Potter

The Guardian - UK

Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything

The real-life dame and on-screen dowager countess, who has died aged 89, earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

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Dame Maggie Smith: Oscar-winning Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star dies, aged 89

Giant of stage and screen was one of Britain’s most successul stars

The Independent UK

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The History Boys; A Chorus Line – review

Fresh talent shines, though nuance could try harder, in a 20th anniversary revival of Alan Bennett’s glinting schoolroom comedy

The Guardian - UK

The History Boys review – lively revival remains relaxed about sexual harassment

Spruced up for its 20th anniversary, Alan Bennett’s beloved play now has 80s musical numbers, but its blase attitude to teachers with wandering hands remains dated

The Guardian - UK

Were northern seaside landladies really battleaxes? No, says historian

History project tells stories about the lives of women who ran B&Bs in Morecambe

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the adaptation of bestselling book The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Jonah Hauer-King , Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey star in the chilling drama. Plus, Taskmaster on top form. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Triangle of Sadness to The Idea of You: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The Palme d’Or winner takes aim at the fashion world as models have a disastrous time on a luxury yacht, while Anne Hathaway falls for a boyband star in a swoony, steamy romance

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Tristram Powell obituary

TV director who made dramas by some of the top screenwriters of the 1980s and 90s, such as Alan Bennett and Alan Plater

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: an explosive stunt show especially for Die Hard fans

Would John McClane really have survived? A show puts his lethal stunts to the test. Plus: Katherine Jenkins warms us up for Christmas. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe review – more larks in London

Twenty years after leaving the capital, the diarist returns for a funny-sad adult gap year

Evening Standard

OPINION - What’s the rudest thing you can do on a train in London? I think I know

First came the chicken. She needed to go to that butchers in Holland Park to get it, he said. No, no, Waitrose wouldn’t do. He was as adamant as an Old Testament prophet on that score. A Waitrose chicken won’t cut the mustard. Oh and it has to be cooked…

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Candy at the Park Theatre review: inconclusive and insubstantial - Alan Bennett has a lot to answer for

This soliloquy about a man who falls in love with his best mate’s drag persona goes nowhere

The Guardian - UK

Janet Dale obituary

Other lives: Actor whose long career spanned the RSC, popular TV soaps and series, and several films

The Guardian - UK

Malcolm Mowbray obituary

Film-maker who directed the 1984 classic A Private Function, starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith

The Guardian - UK

Speak to Me by Paula Cocozza review – a modern love triangle

Sharp observations steal the show in this surprisingly poignant tale of marital meltdown featuring wife, husband – and a mobile phone

Evening Standard

Groucho Club irritates some regulars by disbanding membership committee

Others say it was ‘time for a change’

Evening Standard

Alan Bennett says he’s no fan of acclaimed modern TV, and hints at retirement

‘Things that are lauded to the skies I cannot see the virtue of’ he said

The Guardian - UK

Among Others: Friendships and Encounters by Michael Frayn review – heartfelt pen portraits

The playwright’s evocative series of essays profiles some of the brightest figures he’s met in his life, from Alan Bennett and Bamber Gascoigne to childhood friends and first loves

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