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Michael Pennington obituary

Distinguished classical actor and co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company who brought sardonic dash and physical grace to his many stage roles

The Guardian - UK · May 11

Gameshows, Cliff Richard and Stalin’s most hated play: the British culture sent behind the iron curtain

A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations ice over again, what can we learn from this artistic detente?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Lord of the Rings director backs de-extinction project

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring back lost species

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

Oscar Best Picture winners ranked: all 97 winning movies

There have been 97 Oscar Best Picture winners so far, and we're ranking them all right here. Take a look.

WhatToWatch · Mar 11, 2024

Joss Ackland obituary

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023

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 · Sep 26, 2023

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…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 16, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022

‘The greatest director the world has ever seen’ – actors salute Peter Brook

Adrian Lester stripped back Hamlet with him, Janet Suzman can still hear the audience gasp, Glenda Jackson dug deep for the director and for Frances de la Tour he was incomparable

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

Peter Brook: Visionary theatre director who brought plays to life

From post-war wunderkind of the West End to avant-garde interpreter of other dramatists’ work, Brook spanned seven decades of experimental stagecraft in a quest to bring modernism into 20th-century theatre

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2022