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Google Christmas advert 2025 review: a breathtakingly cringe Love, Actually rip off

2/5 All of the Richard Curtis IP, none of the festive charm

Evening Standard

Julia Robert admits stylist stops her from 'cutting all her hair off'

Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts admits she occasionally gets the urge to "cut all her hair off".

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Waitrose Christmas advert 2025 review: Keira Knightley stars in spectacularly cringe festive rom-com

3/5 What’s more Christmassy than going full Love Actually for your festive ad?

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Ben Elton says his angry 1980s stand-up persona was ‘a useful lie’

The writer and comedian got his television break appearing in the 1980s when his left-wing act – accompanied by his shiny suit – brought headlines

Evening Standard

Tony Robinson: ‘I might worry a bit about being short, but I landed a part in the cult comedy series of the century’

INTERVIEW: Ahead of appearing at Henley Literary Festival, the ‘Blackadder’ and ‘Time Team’ star opens up to Kathryn Bromwich about how his novel ‘The House of Wolf’ almost disappeared for ever, and his wonderful days working with Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis

The Independent UK

Tom Basden on Here We Go and The Ballad of Wallis Island: ‘Writing love songs for Carey Mulligan? Mortifying’

INTERVIEW: The writer, actor, and musician has, over the years, quietly become a staple of British comedy. He tells Ellie Harrison about mining absurdity for laughs and his golden partnership with Tim Key

The Independent UK

Julia Roberts reunites with Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis 26 years on from film’s premiere

Actor played film star Anna Scott in the Nineties romcom alongside Hugh Grant

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15 Years Ago, the Oldest Sci-Fi Show Perfected a Winning Formula

How does historical TV travel drama actually work? Here's when 'Doctor Who' created a classic with "Vincent and the Doctor."

Inverse

Creators behind new British comedy react to ‘mad’ Richard Curtis praise

Curtis has hailed the comedy as ‘one of the greatest British films of all time’

The Independent UK

The Beatles for West End musical?

The Beatles are heading for the West End as Richard Curtis plans to turn 'Yesterday' into a musical.

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My big break ... as a photograph: meet the TV and film stars who don’t even have to act

From the murdered teen in Adolescence to Love Actually’s deceased wife, some characters’ roles are literally two dimensional. The people behind them open up about fame, money – and devastated friends

The Guardian - UK

‘We don’t socialise’: Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer get frank about their offscreen relationship

The TV duo have co-hosted ‘Location Location Location’ for 25 years

The Independent UK

Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis ‘honoured’ to accept philanthropy award

Comic Relief is recognised for how it has addressed poverty and inequality in the UK and internationally.

Evening Standard

Hidden London: Cheeses of Muswell Hill

Cheeses of Muswell Hill is like something out of a film, says Katrina Mirpuri

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The Guardian - UK

(This Is Not a) Happy Room review – Amanda Abbington on the guest list for toxic reunion

A dysfunctional brood gather at a wedding-cum-funeral in actor-writer Rosie Day’s dark comedy

Evening Standard

Comic Relief founders Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis named Carnegie honourees

Comic Relief, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year, has raised more than £1.6 billion for charity.

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran spearheads call for music education funding after ‘decades’ of cuts

He has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Government officials calling for immediate, long-term funding for UK music education.

Evening Standard

Red Nose Day hosts reveal current total stands at £17.5m

Comic Relief was co-founded by Sir Lenny Henry and Love Actually screenwriter Richard Curtis in 1985.

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Comic Relief 2025: release date, sketches, presenters, interviews and everything we know about Red Nose Day

Comic Relief 2025: Get ready for a special night of fun and fundraising as Comic Relief turns 40.

Evening Standard

Kirstie Allsopp and Ben Andersen's secret wedding: Inside their 21-year love story and surprising nuptials

The property expert married her long-term partner and dad to her two children in a private ceremony last week

The Independent UK

Kirstie Allsopp gets married at famous movie location

Presenter kept the wedding a secret, with guests only finding out days before the event

Evening Standard

Kirstie Allsopp marries long-term partner Ben Andersen in Love Actually chapel

Allsopp and Andersen have been together for over 20 years and share two sons

The Guardian - UK

Most romcoms don’t dare ask what women in their 30s really want. We Live In Time does

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s bold new film about a woman who falls in love and then gets an ovarian cancer diagnosis tackles messy questions about motherhood most films won’t touch

The Guardian - US

‘Watched it about 12 times’: why Notting Hill is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite comfort films is a reminder of why Richard Curtis’s west London-set romcom is his greatest

The Guardian - UK

Rowan Atkinson at 70: his best films – ranked!

To mark his birthday this week, we celebrate his versatility from bumbling Mr Bean to his punctilious headteacher in The Secret Policeman’s Ball

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