51 h. ago Actors from the London Stage, one of the oldest Shakespearean touring theater groups, to stage 'Hamlet' at Gonzaga

Actors from the London Stage, one of the oldest Shakespearean touring theater groups, to stage 'Hamlet' at Gonzaga  The Spokesman-Review

Society

3 d. ago Vote Idris: Is Labour eyeing actor Idris Elba for next London Mayor?

Vote Idris: Is Labour eyeing actor Idris Elba for next London Mayor?  Yahoo News Canada

Politics

4 d. ago ‘I was inside Cillian Murphy’s head’: Cork agent, actor and singer on life in London

‘I was inside Cillian Murphy’s head’: Cork agent, actor and singer on life in London  echo live

Politics

8 d. ago Celebrity travel files: Actor and artist Chen Xi’s guide to London for shopping, sightseeing, eating

Celebrity travel files: Actor and artist Chen Xi’s guide to London for shopping, sightseeing, eating  CNA

Economics

2 w. ago I travelled 2,000 miles from Italy to the tip of Spain – on horseback

I had to brave wolves, bitter weather and mountain passes during my epic journey, but it was transformativeBefore riding a horse across the Ligurian Alps in north-west Italy, I had never heard the phrase “in bocca al lupo” (into the wolf’s mouth). An idiom of good luck, in the same vein as saying “break a leg” to a performer, the words passed the lips of almost every stranger I met. As we travelled through these little-known mountains, the message began to take on a whole other meaning: a call to embrace the unknown, wolves and all.I was on an ambitious journey – from Siena in Tuscany roughly 2,000 miles to the north-west tip of Spain at Finisterre, which literally means “the end of the earth”. I thought that a perfect place to finish. The idea came while working in London as a stable boy and (out of work) actor. Restless and desperate for a sense of purpose, I came across a copy of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes’s 17th-century picaresque adventure. It lit my imagination and a que...

Politics

2 w. ago Has Tom Cruise found love again? Actor's viral pictures with actress Ana de Armas in London spark rumours

Has Tom Cruise found love again? Actor's viral pictures with actress Ana de Armas in London spark rumours  Firstpost

Culture

3 w. ago ‘Cancer gave me clarity’: Industry star Marisa Abela on surviving serious illness, playing posh and on

She’s the breakout star of the cult banking drama who went on to play Amy Winehouse and has now been handpicked by Steven Soderbergh for his latest thriller. But at 23, a shock diagnosis changed her worldMarisa Abela finds it very difficult to go to the gym. Not for the usual reasons – lack of time or motivation – but because she says the reception she gets there is “insane”. The actor lives near the City of London, and her local gym is nestled between the gigantic, glinting glass offices of the capital’s financial district – which also happens to be the natural habitat of Yasmin Kara-Hanani, the hyper-privileged and extravagantly troubled junior banker Abela plays in the hit BBC drama Industry. And it’s not just while she’s exercising – that swarm of real‑life bankers desperate to tell Abela how much they love the show means meals out can be an issue, too. “If I tried to go to a salad bar at lunchtime in the City ” she trails off, looking slightly dazed.Abela isn’t just h...

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3 w. ago James Corden buys £11.5million home in north west London and splurges on a new spiral staircase and interior balcony

The Gavin & Stacey star, 46, quietly bought an £11.5million mansion in north west London last year, which is also home to actors Helena Bonham Carter and Tom Hiddleston.

Economics

last month Twiggy review – breezy telling of sunny star’s landmark career

Sadie Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back againThis feelgood film directed by Sadie Frost is about the 60s fashion icon Twiggy; originally Lesley Hornby from Neasden in London, latterly Lesley Lawson after her marriage to actor Leigh Lawson, and then Dame Lesley Lawson with her DBE in 2019. (That is how she was gazetted, at all events, although Dame Twiggy has a ring to it.) With comments from A-listers including Edward Enninful and Suzy Menkes, it tells us the story of a working-class heroine with an almost eerily beautiful gamine face who became a fashion legend with a pop-star status that eluded earlier figures such as Jean Shrimpton, though without the smouldering attitude of the supermodel generation that came later.Twiggy made a glorious success of her life, and never conformed to any tragic narrative about how triumph in the ephemeral world of fashion and fame must surely ...

Politics

last month Twiggy review – Sadie Frost’s breezy telling of sunny fashion star’s landmark career

Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back againThis feelgood film directed by Sadie Frost is about the 60s fashion icon Twiggy; originally Lesley Hornby from Neasden in London, latterly Lesley Lawson after her marriage to actor Leigh Lawson, and then Dame Lesley Lawson with her DBE in 2019. (That is how she was gazetted, at all events, although Dame Twiggy has a ring to it.) With comments from A-listers including Edward Enninful and Suzy Menkes, it tells us the story of a working-class heroine with an almost eerily beautiful gamine face who became a fashion legend with a pop-star status that eluded earlier figures such as Jean Shrimpton, though without the smouldering attitude of the supermodel generation that came later.Twiggy made a glorious success of her life, and never conformed to any tragic narrative about how triumph in the ephemeral world of fashion and fame must surely be pun...

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