64 h. ago Ruth Jones is up for playing the lead character in her fourth novel on screen

The 58-year-old actress released By Your Side in May, which tells the story of a divorced, plus-sized Scottish woman called Linda

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66 h. ago Abba legend Bjorn teases secret new band project after Voyage success

Turning 80 may slow most people down, but not Bjorn Ulvaeus - as he speaks to the Mirror about ABBA'S new project, while also toasting the continued success of the ABBA Voyage

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3 d. ago Ruth Jones teases new TV project that could be love letter to hometown

While promoting show From Merthyr With Love, Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs teased a new programme.

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3 d. ago Victoria gushes 'David really does look after me' as son Brooklyn Beckham shows off his love letter tattoo tribute for wife Nicola Peltz amid family feud

Victoria Beckham has shared a sweet gesture from her husband David, gushing that 'he really does look after me'. 

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3 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham shows off love letter tattoo tribute for his wife Nicola Peltz as she claims they can 'get through it together' during family feud

The wannabe chef, 26, along with his actress wife, 30, have been engulfed in the escalating rift.

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5 d. ago Edinburgh book festival to make case for hope with Hanif Kureishi and Palestinian poet

Brazilian tribal leader among other guests at event with theme of repair, along with Ruth Jones and Nicola SturgeonThe Edinburgh book festival is to champion the positive power of hope later this summer with events involving Hanif Kureishi, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish and an exiled Brazilian tribal leader.The core theme for this year’s festival will be the “expansive” concept of repair, and offering solutions and optimism at a time of crisis and conflict, said Jenny Niven, the event’s director.The Edinburgh international book festival runs from 9 to 24 August. Tickets go on sale on 21 June. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Gavin & Stacey icon Ruth Jones' secret life in one of Britain's most remote corners

Ruth Jones enjoys a tranquil 'second' life in one of Britain's remotest corners, a thousand miles away from her home in Wales.

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1 week ago Gavin & Stacey's Jo Page announces exciting next move and it'll involve her iconic sitcom role

For the first time the Swansea-born star will take fans behind the scenes of her most iconic roles and introduces them to a colourful cast including Ruth Jones, James Corden, Richard E. Grant, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson.

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2 w. ago Letitia Wright's directorial debut will show the devastating toll of knife crime

Black Panther actress Letitia Wright's directorial debut is a "love letter" to young Black men in response to the knife crime crisis in London and her personal experiences and loss

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2 w. ago Dior show packs drama and intrigue for Maria Grazia Chiuri’s love letter to Rome

Haute couture mixes with theatre in deeply personal show, with hints this may have been designer’s swansongDior’s first catwalk show in Rome was a night of high drama on and off the catwalk that left the fashion industry with a cliffhanger ending. Borrowing the original working title of Federico Fellini’s film 8 ½, Maria Grazia Chiuri, designer of Dior since 2016, called it “The Beautiful Confusion.”She was talking about Rome, with its heady jumble of art, culture, faith and mopeds, and about a collection in which haute couture pieces were mixed with theatrical costumes. But there was also an inescapable allusion to the question of her own future of Dior. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ruth Jones says 'leave them be' after being quizzed by Lorraine Kelly on Gavin and Stacey's future

The BBC series is one of the most popular UK shows of all time

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2 w. ago Disabled celebrities urge Keir Starmer to scrap ‘inhumane’ benefit cuts

Exclusive: More than 100 people including Liz Carr and Rosie Jones sign letter criticising Pip and universal credit changesMore than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people, including Liz Carr, Rosie Jones, Ruth Madeley and Cherylee Houston, have called on the prime minister to abandon “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”.In an open letter to Keir Starmer before a planned Commons vote next month, they argue that the government’s plan to reduce eligibility to personal independence payment (Pip) and the health component of universal credit is a matter of “survival” and “basic human rights”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones reunited with Neil the Baby at Margam festival

The pair shared a cwtch on the main stage of In It Together festival, after a surprise appearance from Ruth Jones

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3 w. ago James Corden and Ruth Jones explain why Gavin and Stacey is never coming back

Duo discussed the series during an appearance at the 2025 Hay Festival

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3 w. ago Ebanie Bridges 'Battle of the Boobs' opponent retires from boxing with 'love letter'

Ebanie Bridges and Avril Mathie were once touted to face off in the ‘Battle of the Boobs’ but dreams for that fight have died after Mathie announced her retirement

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3 w. ago Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones hints at new James Corden series with four

Ruth Jones, who recently scooped a BAFTA for her role in Gavin and Stacey, says the character of Nessa is in her "soul", and she has high hopes for a future collaboration with James Corden

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3 w. ago Gemma Atkinson says 'stay tuned' as she makes 'exciting' declaration alongside Gorka Marquez

The Hits Radio host teased what appears to be a new project with her Strictly Come Dancing star fiancé Gorka Marquez

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3 w. ago Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones says 'I'm having a great time' as she shares career update

Ruth Jones has been busy working on a new project following the finale of Gavin and Stacey

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3 w. ago Ruth Jones shares huge career update after Gavin and Stacey finale

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones has announced an exciting career update following her recent BAFTA win

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3 w. ago Highest 2 Lowest review – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington remake Kurosawa in fine style

Cannes film festivalAkira Kurosawa’s downbeat noir High and Low is retooled with Washington on magnificent form as a record producer whose godson is kidnapped by mistakeSpike Lee has made a brash, bold, big-city movie with this pulsing New York adventure that doubles as a love letter to NYC’s sports and its music. It is a remake (or maybe cover version) of Akira Kurosawa’s classic downbeat noir High and Low from 1963, transplanting the action from Yokohama to New York – or rather returning it there, because the original source material, Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom, is set in a fictional city based on the Big Apple.It’s got a terrific throb of energy and life, moving across the screen with the rangy grace of its superstar Denzel Washington – though a little of the minor-key sombreness and complex pessimism and cynicism of the first film has been lost and the modern technology of GPS (unknown in Kurosawa’s day) has indirectly left it with a very small plausibility issue. Continue ...

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