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On stage and when we met at the theatre, the Queen was a figure of quiet wisdom and humour

The monarch was sympathetically depicted by dramatists and at a 1999 production of Oklahoma! her eyes lit up when she recalled her own theatrical outings

The Guardian - UK

What to see at the 66th BFI London Film Festival - our pick of the newly announced programme

It’s back and we couldn’t be more excited

Evening Standard

‘I want to do things I’ve never done’: The History Boys’ Samuel Barnett on his new one-man show

Making his fringe debut with a show about a troubled standup, the actor explains why he loves solo performance, his issues with The History Boys, and why this government’s days are numbered

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Cancelled culture comes back: the Edinburgh Festival turns 75, alive and well after two years of pandemic disruption

After two years of pandemic programming, with performers and audiences moved into virtual online venues, the Edinburgh International Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with the best possible birthday present – the return of a full programme of live performances.

The Conversation

Vanessa Rosenthal obituary

Other lives: Actor and writer whose plays were broadcast on BBC radio and staged around the world

The Guardian - UK

Objectified, derided, demeaned: sexism is still rampant on stage in the era of #MeToo

From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence

The Guardian - UK

‘He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of’: artist Eric Ravilious

He was the first war artist to die on active service – and one of the greatest. Now, a new film, featuring Alan Bennett and Ai Weiwei, uncovers his complicated life

The Guardian - UK

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Story of doomed war artist Eric Ravilious told in new film

The official combat painter died in 1942 when his plane went down. Now his inspiring life story is the subject of a major documentary

The Guardian - UK

The Queen in culture: how art puts a public face to a private life

She has appeared in plays, novels, paintings – even love songs. From Andy Warhol to Alan Bennett, artists, writers and musicians have changed our picture of the Queen we think we know

The Guardian - UK

House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries by Alan Bennett review – typical Bennett on atypical times

The octogenarian playwright documents the baffling absurdities of lockdown with his usual flair

The Guardian - UK

Made in Oldham: The budding actors who became stars thanks to David Johnson

Tributes have poured in for the 'starmaker', who died this week

Manchester Evening News

Gavin Millar obituary

Film and television director and leading light of arts journalism in the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Le crunch: Inside the 29 April Guardian Weekly

Macron on a mission. Plus: Alan Bennett’s glorious isolation.

The Guardian - UK

One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe review – a droll take on female friendship

The Love, Nina author’s new novel has all its predecessors’ gossipy bookishness and quirky charm

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Nina Stibbe: ‘In fiction, female friendships are either ridiculously saintly or psychopathic’

The bestselling author of Love, Nina on her first non-autobiographical novel, the pros and cons of living in Cornwall, and never being the adult in the room

The Guardian - UK

Barry Cryer was cheeky, kind and a canny engineer of comedy

A generous-hearted jokesmith, Cryer created laughs for generations of comics, was a consummate performer and had a lifelong commitment to wit

Leeds Live

The childhood homes of Leeds' biggest stars including Kalvin Phillips and Mel B

The humble beginnings of the city's talents who conquered the world - this is where Nicola Adams, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kay Mellor and more called home

The Guardian - UK

Moon Knight: Oscar Isaac’s British accent sounds like Dick Van Dyke doing Alan Bennett

I expected Marvel’s new mercenary superhero to sound growly and cool, not like an 18th-century Leicestershire grandmother

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The brother of the 'lost' Moors Murder victim on his meetings with Myra Hindley, and a life spent looking for Keith

'I drive up to the moor, play the tape outside the car on the moor, just to get a feeling of 'we have not forgotten you'. It is something I have to do'

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