Lesley Manville interview: ‘Princess Margaret had the devil in her’
The actress on playing the late Queen’s sister in The Crown, staying with David Bowie on Mustique – and the unexpected joy of ageing
The actress on playing the late Queen’s sister in The Crown, staying with David Bowie on Mustique – and the unexpected joy of ageing
All Quiet On the Western Front is the latest film to get the horrors of war just about right. But who gets it wrong?
Casting the Runes, the first edition of the writer’s letters, reveals just how little we know about the man behind the horror
In Russia, Ukraine is run by ‘fascists’ and Orwell was describing the West. But a few Winston Smiths are using the great novel to fight back
When theatres finally returned to something like normal, even the greatest performers were outshone by the fun-loving audiences
At the end of a year in which ABBA morphed into 'Abbatars' and investment funds hoovered up back catalogues, a fight rages for music's soul
Stephen Nolan's podcast about the influence of the LGBTQ+ lobbying group on the BBC was witty and fearless – it deserves a wider audience
Since 1856, the composer's death has been endlessly debated. But was his mind ravaged by an STI – or something more strange?
James Fox, Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig talk about their roles in Joseph Losey's controversial masterpiece as it gets a cinematic rerelease
Nasir al-Din installed eunuchs in his darkroom, shot his beloved cat – and sparked a visual revolution
17 years felt like the blink of an eye as the cast returned to the sofa for a star-studded game show. It shouldn't have worked – but it did
With an adaptation of The Mirror and the Light en route, the novelist discusses bringing Henry VIII's right-hand man to the theatre
Cannibalism, incest and necrophilia – in the Brothers Grimm originals, 'consent' is really the least of Snow White's problems
The Hollywood institution has long been the scene of illicit affairs, wild parties and strange ending. But are its glory days over?
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The rocker's tell-all manuscript will likely never emerge as he found the process 'dull'. But the book would have been anything but
They run on ‘chaos’ and their enemies include Mark Zuckerberg – but as the provocateurs draw fire from Nike, have they gone too far?
Jo Willett's biography tells how the aristocratic female adventurer brought smallpox inoculation to this country from Turkey in 1721
The director of a new documentary series on Britain’s wartime leader explains how they balanced current attitudes and historical rigour
The ever-popular consulting detective has proved a gold mine for adaptations but don’t blame the fans – his creator got there first