4 d. ago ‘I don’t have a relationship with my face’: Judi Dench models for a live sculpture

To raise money for lymphoedema research, the actor sat before an audience for artist Frances Segelman, who admired her youthful, ‘pixie-like’ face while rendering it in clayIt began as a blob: a 12kg lump of clay the size of a watermelon. Three hours later, it had become Judi Dench’s head, 50% larger than usual, twinkle-eyed even in terracotta.At Claridge’s hotel in London on Monday evening, Frances Segelman hosted her latest ticking-clock sculpt: paying guests watch as she kneads a celebrity bust on stage, the subject sitting quietly beside her. In the past, Segelman has done Simon Rattle, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Boris Johnson, Mr Motivator and major-league royals, almost always for charity. Continue reading...

Culture

9 d. ago Joan Collins, 91, goes from acting royalty to the British sovereignty in Wallis Simpson role for new biopic about the Duchess of Windsor

She made her name as the scheming Alexis Carrington in Dynasty. Now, at the age of 91, Dame Joan is taking on a very different dynasty - the British royal family.

Politics

9 d. ago First look at Joan Collins as Wallis Simpson in The Bitter End revealed

After marrying in June 1937, Edward and Simpson lived the rest of their lives in exile in France.

Politics

1 week ago Revealed: Jeremy Clarkson's glamorous new farmhand, 24, embroiled in bitter family feud

Jeremy Clarkson's glamorous new farmhand is at the centre of a bitter family feud, Mailonline can reveal.

Politics

2 w. ago Actress Sheila Hancock says we should thank veterans by making ‘a better world’

Dame Sheila, who was evacuated as a child during the Second World War, is due to appear at the VE day concert on Thursday.

Politics

2 w. ago Revealed: The reason behind Fred & Rose West kids' bitter family rift as siblings have 'nothing to do with each other'

The seven remaining children find it so triggering to see each other that practically all contact has ceased between the survivors despite three of them living just minutes from each others' homes.

Politics

3 w. ago Ed Sheeran reveals Taylor Swift's brutal fresh swipe at Kanye West amid bitter feud

Ed Sheeran has rediscovered a note longtime pal Taylor Swift previously sent him in which the Shake It Off songstress appeared to take a cheeky swipe at rival Kanye West

Politics

3 w. ago Hopes fading for end to bitter Birmingham bin strike after council revealed plans to cut drivers' pay by £8,000 prompting outrage from unions

Unite said the move by the city council to downgrade wagon drivers' pay amounted to an 'escalation' in the dispute.

Economics