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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.

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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

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."

Wales Online

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

Evening Standard

Ruth Madoc obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Wales Online

Letter: Desmond McNamara obituary

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

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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

The Independent UK

Glenda Jackson says ‘boredom’ drew her to acting

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

Google Doodle: Who is the Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett-Coverley?

The storyteller helped establish Jamaican Patois and Creole as its own “nation language” and not just an English dialect.

Evening Standard

Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Apple TV+ show Surface, her dream role and why she likes to dig into the darkness at work

The Loki star’s new thriller, about a woman with memory loss piecing her life back together, is her third collaboration with Reese Witherspoon

Evening Standard

Phoebe Fox on The Great season two, toxic drama schools, and why she’s ready to break into song

The actress is back as the caustic Marial alongside Elle Fanning’s Catherine in the series’ second season, and her star is on the rise

The Guardian - UK

‘My neighbour said: Do you want to be in The Empire Strikes Back?’ – Julian Glover on his amazing breaks

From Bond to Indiana Jones to Game of Thrones, Julian Glover has starred in some of the biggest franchises ever. As he appears with Russell Crowe in Prizefighter, the great actor spills his secrets

The Guardian - UK

Desmond McNamara obituary

Other lives: Actor who worked on stage with the Young Vic, National and RSC, and was a familiar face on TV

Daily Mirror

BBC pay tribute to EastEnders star Mona Hammond as 'adored' actress dies aged 91

Following the sad news of Mona Hammond's passing, EastEnders has paid a touching tribute to the actress who appeared as Blossom Jackson on the soap between 1994 to 1997

The Independent UK

Actress Mona Hammond remembered as a ‘pioneer’ and ‘trailblazer’

The actress co-founded one of the UK’s most prominent black theatre companies.

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