Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

RARE PHOTOS: 5 | Rare Historical Photos

Steve Coogan: ‘Art is what humanises us, and it can’t be measured on a spreadsheet’

Steve Coogan and the cast and crew behind charming new movie The Penguin Lessons share what they learned from being on set with a penguin.

Evening Standard

Dr Strangelove: theatre of the not-so-absurd

Brief letters: Six months is a long time in politics and on stage | Bad news at 10 | Bevan blunder | Trump’s lettuce | Punting into spring

The Guardian - UK

The Penguin Lessons is the latest film to teach us animals rescue men from loneliness

The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animals

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Steve Coogan greeted penguins every day of filming for The Penguin Lessons

The film follows the true story of an Englishman who rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach in a divided Argentina.

Evening Standard

Statham’s 'A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office

In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” has taken the No_ 1 spot at the box office, besting the rapidly declining performance of “Snow White.”

The Independent UK

‘Country first, party second,’ says Starmer. So why menace Labour members who actually believe that?

Two party activists in Sussex who worked with the Lib Dems last year to kick out the Tories have been expelled. This is horribly short-sighted, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Naomi Campbell, Richard E. Grant, Lila Moss and more hit the Burberry runway

Famous faces took to Burberry’s catwalk to close London Fashion Week.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan reveals he likes a 'full pie experience' in the winter

Steve Coogan likes a "full pie experience" in the winter and opens up on his love of "simple" foods.

BANG Premier

Steve Coogan avoids lengthy driving ban after pleading need to film The Trip

Potential six-point penalty for speeding at 97mph reduced to five points after actor wrote to magistrates court

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan spared driving ban after using The Trip filming as excuse

The actor and comedian was caught travelling at 97mph on the M6 near Telford, Staffordshire, in July last year.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan spared driving ban after plea to save new series of The Trip with Rob Bryson

Steve Coogan said crew on The Trip with Rob Brydon would be affected if he received a driving ban

Evening Standard

Steve Coogan felt 'saddled' with Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan had admitted he used to feel "saddled" with his comedy character Alan Partridge but has learned to love his creation and brings him back to the small screen "through choice".

BANG Premier

‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review

Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo

Evening Standard

Brian and Maggie on Channel 4 review: Thatcher as object of affection? Really?

3/5 Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are a captivating double-act in this effective period piece, but it plays it a little cosy to the Iron Lady

The Guardian - UK

Brian and Maggie review – it’s a real worry when Margaret Thatcher seems this admirable

You can tell how corrupt our recent politicians have been by how attractive Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the ex-PM seems alongside Steve Coogan in this drama based on a scorching TV interview

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter go head to head as Walden and Thatcher

James Graham’s new drama recreates their famous last interview. Plus: Idris Elba’s urgent campaign to stop knife crime. Here’s what to watch this evening

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Brian and Maggie: who plays who in the new Margaret Thatcher drama?

The show, which tells the story of a contentious TV interview that ended Thatcher’s career, is out soon

The Independent UK

The interview that shook Thatcher: ‘Brian and Maggie’ revisits a turning point in Britain’s political history

The interview is now seen as the beginning of the end for Thatcher’s premiership

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve finally realised I like John Shuttleworth!’ Graham Fellows on 40 years with his organ-plonking alter ego

He has notched up tours, albums, books and a sitcom. Why is he tortured by feelings of under-achievement? As Fellows hits the road, he pops an aniseed ball and discusses his new song – about an audience member falling off a cliff

Evening Standard

‘Mask-like’ Thatcher difficult to portray, says Dame Harriet Walter

The actress plays the former prime minister in Channel 4 drama Brian And Maggie.

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan reveals he asked for one scene to be cut from Thatcher drama

Mancunian actor described himself as ‘very anti-Thatcher’

Evening Standard

Comedian loses copyright court case against company Steve Coogan founded

Joshua Rinkoff had claimed the copyright of sitcom Shambles was infringed by Baby Cow Productions series Live At The Moth Club (LATMC).

The Guardian - UK

‘She was a fiend!’: how the interview that destroyed Thatcher became an intense TV drama

In 1989, an on-camera head-to-head triggered the then PM’s demise. Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan and James Graham discuss their gripping take on the bombshell broadcast

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.