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‘You will be provided with everything you need’: How Ukraine tries to fuel Russian defections

A rare video aired on Ukrainian television on Sunday allegedly showing a Russian pilot who had defected and encouraging other Russian soldiers to do the same. His dramatic escape allegedly took six months to plan, and was carried out in cooperation with Ukraine’s intelligence services. Whether the video is authentic…

France 24

Spike in violence shows Libya remains crippled by rival armed groups

Following a year of relative calm in Libya, fighting erupted again this week in the capital Tripoli. The UN-backed government remains powerless in more than a third of the country, whose people have not seen an election in almost a decade.

Radio France Internationale

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies: who’s playing who in the BBC’s thrilling new con artist show

It’s going to get messy

Evening Standard

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Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’

The Chewing Gum star on returning to the stage, discovering a different side of herself on Taskmaster and why she likes to be called handsome

The Guardian - UK

The rise of actor Patsy Ferran: ‘I’m a bit of a duck: calm on the surface…’

She cancelled her honeymoon to star in A Streetcar Named Desire with four days’ notice – then won the 2023 Critics’ Circle best actress award. She talks to the Observer’s theatre critic, an early champion, about her next move

The Guardian - UK

'Idiots,' 'criminals' and 'scum' -- nasty politics highest in US since the Civil War

Joe Biden, “together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and Marxists, tried to destroy American democracy.”

The Conversation

Douglas Heap obituary

Other lives: Theatrical designer who created sets for theatres in the West End and on Broadway

The Guardian - UK

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Glenda Jackson obituary

Actor who was a fearless, ferocious presence in theatre, cinema and television, then turned to politics as a Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

Daisy May Cooper: ‘People told me I’m not funny any more because I’m not fat’

The creator and star of ‘This Country’ tells Annabel Nugent why ‘judging anyone’s body is wrong’, and talks about early poverty, her literary podcast, and the damage done by Rada

The Independent UK

Taron Egerton's message to Ben Whishaw after admitting he tried to have him rugby tackled

Both Taron Egerton and Ben Whishaw were nominated for leading actor at the BAFTA television awards 2023

Wales Online

Who Is Corey Mylchreest, a.k.a. Young King George in 'Queen Charlotte'?

"Let that stuff in, but everything else, just let it slide off you," Page said.

Marie Claire

Daisy May Cooper: ‘I wonder now – would I have done OnlyFans?’

Ahead of her starring role in hot new BBC drama Rain Dogs, Bafta award-winning actress Daisy May Cooper tells Alexandra Jones about scars from her childhood, why she auditioned to be a stripper and quitting social media

Evening Standard

Bob Goody obituary

Other lives: Actor and writer who appeared in the West End and opposite Mel Smith in the TV show Smith & Goody

The Guardian - UK

‘Playing him is therapeutic because he’s so excruciating and so much of what he does is so embarrassing’ – Succession star Matthew Macfadyen on life as TV’s cringiest character

March 2023 has been a month of comebacks and revenge served cold. Chris Rock bided his time for a full year before unleashing a ferocious riposte to Will Smith just before this year’s Oscars. At the ceremony itself, downtrodden and forgotten stars like Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan emerged…

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Lorcan Cranitch: ‘The Queen asked me a question. I made a total eejit of myself but I made her laugh’

Lorcan Cranitch (63) is an actor renowned for his great versatility. From Dublin, he trained at RADA, London and went on to have a great career on stage and screen. He has appeared in Cracker and Bloodlands and is back at the Abbey Theatre for Ibsen's Ghosts. He lives in…

Wales Online

Welsh identical twins breaking into the film industry with roles in a BAFTA-nominated indie film

"After we realised what we wanted to do we were so stubborn that we were like we're just going to do it."

Evening Standard

The Lehman Trilogy’s Michael Balogun on his extraordinary journey from prison to starring in the West End

Following an ‘epiphany’ while serving a prison sentence, Balogun decided to pursue a career in acting - and became a star. Now he is about to open in an acclaimed play in the West End

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Madoc obituary

Stage and screen actor best known for playing Gladys Pugh in the TV comedy series Hi-de-Hi!

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Wales Online

Ruth Madoc: A life lived with charm, humour and abundant talent

She couldn't watch herself on screen at the height of her fame and reinvented herself by appearing in possibly the rudest show on TV at the time

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Desmond McNamara obituary

David Rintoul writes: Des McNamara was one of the first graduates to volunteer as a Rada ‘buddy’

The Guardian - UK

Andrea Riseborough: ‘I needed to shake off the studio system. You feel like a cog in a vast machine’

The chameleonic star excelled in everything from sci-fi to comedy, but felt her creative spark waning. She talks about finding it again – and coming to terms with the oddness of acting for a living

Irish Independent

Kaitlyn Dever: My knowledge of Shakespeare was not great before Rosaline

Kaitlyn Dever admitted her knowledge of Shakespeare was “not great” before starring in an upcoming Romeo and Juliet-based film, but said she learnt a lot during her time at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (Rada).

The Independent UK

Glenda Jackson says ‘boredom’ drew her to acting

The actor, now 86, served as a junior Labour minister under Tony Blair

Irish Independent

Boredom drew me to acting, says Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson has said “boredom” is what drew her to acting after she grew up learning that “if you didn’t work, you didn’t eat”.

Evening Standard

Marisa Abela, star of Industry on the new season, being starstruck, and why sex on screen makes life weird

The actress never expected fame, but the cult drama is already making her trips to Tesco that bit more eventful

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