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Labour MPs sing karaoke for Sir Keir Starmer at Liverpool conference

LABOUR sang from the same hymn sheet at a karaoke party at their Liverpool conference last night. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting sang Robbie Williams’ Angels with new words: “Keir won’t forsake me / I’m loving Starmer instead”. Deputy Angela Rayner did Don’t Stop Believing while Lisa Nandy led Living…

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

Gwyneth Powell obituary

Actor best known for her role as the no-nonsense headteacher Mrs McClusky in Grange Hill

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022

Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’

The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

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Edinburgh fringe 2022 week one roundup: from care home tales to a Berlin fetish night

Sex, social commentary and shows with no actors: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standout moments from Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and ‘a show without actors’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Sam Smith builds whacky pub with 5ft Ewok at country home and calls it The Fat Fairy

The James Bond singer isn't the only celebrity to have their own pub, joining Sir Ian McKellen, David Beckham and Guy Ritchie and Ed Sheeran in the pub club

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

‘Like The Ring, but in Bolton’: the BBC horror bringing terror to the north

Twins Paul and Michael Clarkson have dreamed of making a creepy drama in their home town for decades. Now, they’ve done it … with a little help from Ian McKellen

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

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X-Men movies in order: Chronological & release

Don your yellow spandex because it’s time to watch all the X-Men movies in chronological order.

Space · Aug 10, 2022

Hamlet at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe review: Very much the Ian McKellen show

The acting legend is the main attraction in this 75-minute mix of dance and drama

Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2022

Hamlet review – Ian McKellen holds court in a dumb-ballet take on the Bard

McKellen is the only speaker in Peter Schaufuss’s eccentric but witless adaptation of Hamlet as narrative ballet

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022

The big name acts coming to Edinburgh Fringe this year

Ian McKellen, Josie Long, and Nish Kumar are just a few of the famous faces performing this year.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 5, 2022

I can only stand in baffled awe as my husband’s novel is brought to life on film

Just as he couldn’t explain to me what inspired his characters, I can’t divine what he thinks of this adaptation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

On my radar: Ian McKellen’s cultural highlights

The actor on the radical joy of the Proms, a fun gay club night and the theatre he treasures most of all

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2022

Throwback photos of 'baby-faced' Greater Manchester celebs who made it big on the small screen and in Hollywood

Youthful pics of some of the region's most famous faces

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

Crowds expected to flock to Wimbledon for Brit Cameron Norrie in quarter-finals

The new home favourite, who revealed his nickname is ‘Nozza’, will face Belgium’s David Goffin on No.1 Court on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride review – a messy, invigorating reminder to be vigilant

The dry wit, righteous anger and boundless energy that made UK Pride such a force is powerfully captured in a documentary featuring Ian McKellen and Olly Alexander

Daily Record · Jun 28, 2022

Local film star and activist Alan Cumming announced as 2022 Perthshire Pride special headliner

The Tony Award winning actor and LGBT champion will lead the march and deliver an opening speech at the equality and diversity celebration on August 13

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

Crowdfunder launched for UK’s first community-run LGBTQI+ venue

Proposed bar is ‘fightback’ against number of queer venues lost to property development

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Hamlet Within: why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare’s dithering prince?

A provocative new film at Cannes featuring Ian McKellen attempts to de-romanticise the Dane but lags behind what theatre productions have been telling us for decades

Manchester Evening News · May 18, 2022

Salford invented the weekend and now we’re getting a new festival to celebrate it

We Invented The Weekend: The Festival of Free Time will happen on September 10 and 11

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022

Gary Lineker hails Jake Daniels for bravely announcing he is gay in historic moment

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels is the UK's first active footballer to announce he is openly gay for over 30 years and the teenager has received support from former England striker Gary Lineker

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Addams Family actor John Astin reveals he auditioned for Gandalf in Lord of The Rings

‘I didn’t want to spend about a year and a half on a horse,’ said the 92-year-old actor

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Simon Callow reflects on Ian McKellen confiding in him about his coming out fears in the Eighties

‘I used to say I was John the Baptist to his Jesus as far as coming out was concerned,’ quipped Callow

Evening Standard · May 9, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: Huw Edwards: it’s not fair to scrutinise my BBC pay

HUW EDWARDS, reportedly the BBC’s highest-paid news presenter, says it is unfair his salary is scrutinised, because colleagues are paid more on a freelance basis. “I happen to know one of the highest earners in news over the last 10 years has never featured on any list,” he said, adding…

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