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The Great Escaper review: Mawkish patriotism lets down the wonderfully paired Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson

Oliver Parker directs the real-life story of World War Two veteran Bernard ‘Bernie’ Jordan

The Independent UK

The Great Escaper review – Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class

The two British icons bring a huge amount of joy to the heartwarming true story of Bernard Jordan, the 89-year-old veteran who snuck off to attend the 70th anniversary of D-day

The Guardian - UK

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in October

From Leonardo DiCaprio in Scorsese’s hugely anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon to the late Glenda Jackson’s moving swansong in The Great Escaper, we round up the eight best films to see in October

Evening Standard

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‘I’m 90. I worry if I’m gonna make it to lunch’: Michael Caine and John Standing on wives, war and feeling like the Queen

The actors star alongside the late Glenda Jackson in The Great Escaper, the moving real-life story of a D-day veteran. They reflect on class, communism and female cage-fighting

The Guardian - UK

Is King Lear a mountain or molehill? How to play the tragic monarch and ‘stupid old fart’

Paul Scofield, Ian McKellen and Glenda Jackson have all redefined Shakespeare’s unpredictable ruler – a role in which actors usually succeed

The Guardian - UK

Sir Michael Caine makes rare public appearance with walking stick on red carpet premiere

Actor, 90 spoke about the mobility issues he experienced on set for the film

The Independent UK

Cartoonists defy government with drawing book for refugee children

The Home Office painted over a Mickey Mouse mural earlier this year

Evening Standard

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Michael Caine, 90, says his next film might be his last before retirement

Actor, 90, stars in ‘The Great Escaper’ opposite the late Glenda Jackson

The Independent UK

Napoleon, Scorsese and Wonka at the pictures: the best films to see in autumn 2023

The season’s star turns include Ridley Scott’s portrait of the great French warrior, a true-crime western from an American great and Timothée Chalamet in a chocolatier origin story

The Guardian - UK

The Great Escaper: release date and plot for Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson’s upcoming film

The two beloved British actors are husband and wife on screen, nearly 50 years after their last collaboration

Evening Standard

Artist 'honoured' to pay tribute to Paul O'Grady with new mural

The new mural is one of many ways people locally are paying tribute to the late celebrity

Liverpool Echo

Letter: Glenda Jackson obituary

Albert Beale writes: Glenda Jackson was both charming and intimidating

The Guardian - UK

Glenda Jackson obituary: Oscar winner who spent 23 years as a Labour MP

Fearless, sharply intelligent and sometimes caustic, Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, “had a career unmatched by any of her contemporaries”, said Michael Billington in The Guardian. From 1957, she enjoyed huge success on film (she won two Oscars) and on stage; then, in 1992, she gave it all…

The Week

Glenda Jackson: a working-class act

Brief letters: Origins of a political actor | Scottish tenements | Bee-eaters’ wasted journey | Croquet resistance

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

In memory of Glenda Jackson: ‘She touched something central about what it means to be alive’

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember the desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament

The Guardian - UK

‘The fists were up and ready’: working with the returning Glenda Jackson

After retiring from politics, Glenda Jackson made three films: one for TV, Elizabeth is Missing, and two for the big screen, Mothering Sunday and the upcoming The Great Escaper. The people behind those projects remember a fierce, funny and formidable titan

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Boris could have done things very differently

It seems likely that MPs will vote on Monday to approve the report of the Commons Privileges Committee condemning Boris Johnson for misleading the Commons (though many Conservatives may abstain or will be deliberately absent).

Evening Standard

Glenda Jackson gave her two Oscars to her mother... who used them as bookends

Colleagues in showbiz and politics have paid tribute to the actress and former Labour MP following her death

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Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Glenda Jackson, formidable English talent who helped change contemporary acting’s tone

There was never anything shrinking about the confidence Glenda Jackson projected on stage and screen in her heyday. Afflicted with an uncommon common sense, her characters were defined by their sharp intelligence, independence and, yes, irritability. They were nobody’s fool, even when they wound up with the short end of…

Liverpool Echo

Charlene White stops Loose Women to deliver 'heartbreaking' news

The ITV lunchtime programme was halted on Thursday

Bangkok Post

Oscar-winning UK actress turned MP Glenda Jackson dies at 87: agent

LONDON - British actress Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar-winning actress who went on to become an MP, died on Thursday at the age of 87, prompting tributes from the worlds of entertainment and politics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson, who had second career in British Parliament, dies at 87

Jackson’s agent said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. The actress had recently completed filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in which she co-starred with 90-year-old Michael Caine.

The Independent UK

Glenda Jackson hailed ‘one of our greatest movie actresses’ after death aged 87

The worlds of showbiz and politics have remembered the veteran actress turned MP.

The Guardian - UK

Glenda Jackson obituary

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

My mentor Glenda Jackson taught me to be a rebel with a cause

I will miss her powerful oratory, independent spirit and strong sense of social justice – she fought for her constituents and ignored the party whips

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