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Jonathan Bailey has great mentor in Sir Ian McKellen

Jonathan Bailey "couldn't wish for" a better mentor than his 'King Lear' co-star Sir Ian McKellen.

BANG Premier · Nov 14, 2024

Timothy West obituary

Popular actor known for his many varied roles and appearing with his wife, Prunella Scales, in C4’s Great Canal Journeys

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

The Standard 100: London's leading figures in Media, Fashion, the Royal Family (and those Behind the Scenes)

The Standard 100’s list of people shaping London include categories for Media and Fashion: among those named are Lachlan Murdoch, Kate Moss and Sir Ian McKellen

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

The Rings of Power's Stranger actor reveals exactly when he was told about the Gandalf reveal and whether he's reached out to Ian McKellen

Exclusive: Daniel Weyman explains what his and Ian McKellen's performances have in common

Total Film · Oct 3, 2024

Sir Ian Mckellen and Ellie Goulding among guests at The London Standard's star-studded launch party

Famous faces gathered to toast the new paper, which launched this week

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024

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 · Sep 27, 2024

‘I filed my copy from Waterloo station loos’: the Guardian’s theatre critics assess The Critic

Ian McKellen plays a theatre reviewer in the 1930s in the new film adapted from Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call – but how accurate is it?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

The Critic review – deliciously waspish Ian McKellen lifts 30s London murder mystery

A fine cast is squandered in this sour adaptation, scripted by Patrick Marber, of Anthony Quinn’s lively novel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024

Will The Hunt for Gollum really be two movies? That’s got to be a stretch

If Ian McKellen is right, a double feature Lord of the Rings movie based on a story gleaned from Tolkien’s appendices seems overly thin, even with an AI Orlando Bloom

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024

The Critic review: Ian McKellen is too good for this overstuffed theatre critic drama

Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film that fails to truly grapple with any of the interesting themes floating around Patrick Marber’s screenplay

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024