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The 36-year-old became the first Irish actress to win the prize, taking home the award for her portrayal of William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes.

After being hotly tipped to win for months, even honking reviews for The Bride didn't derail Jessie Buckley's Oscar fortunes

Jessie Buckley finds it surreal that she is expected to win an Academy Award for her performance in Hamnet.

With Hamnet, Sinners, One Battle After Another and more in the race, here’s who we think will walk away with the statuette

For Mother’s Day, we asked nine of our academic experts to tell us who they think is the worst mother in literature. From serious villains to children’s book baddies, these mothers subvert every maternal instinct.

Did you cry during “Hamnet”?

David Dastmalchian has revealed that he found it "terrifying" playing the role of antagonist M. Bison in the new Street Fighter film.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the hypothetical reactions of eminent historical personages to today’s Trafalgar Square

Ever since pen was first put to paper, literary heroines have leapt off the page, often as literature’s most nuanced characters. Whether plucky and confident, pushing the boundaries of society, or increasingly empowered in their own quiet ways, it is no surprise that fictitious females reveal much about the world.