The Latest Breaking News from Ben Elton

Twiggy says she never planned to become a model: ‘I must be mad’

The Sixties fashion icon says she has done many ‘things that I didn’t plan to do’

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

‘I’ve had worse reviews’ – Ben Elton defends calling Rishi Sunak a sociopath

The Blackadder writer has been criticised for his comments on BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

TV tonight: Rose Ayling-Ellis superbly challenges perceptions of deafness

The former Strictly winner hosts an enlightening documentary. Plus: brand-new Long Lost Family: Born without Trace. Here’s what to watch tonight

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

We Will Rock You review – Ben Elton stars as royally ridiculous Queen musical returns

Rousing songs but threadbare plot as Earth has been conquered, renamed iPlanet and – inexplicably – can only be saved by a band of rock’n’rollers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum: we will rob you, more like

A lazy, exploitative piece of work

Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2023

Bafta watching US writers’ strikes closely, says boss on TV awards red carpet

The ceremony is taking place in London on Sunday.

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Royal Mail issuing Blackadder stamps to mark 40 years since classic sitcom first aired

The set comprises 12 stamps featuring a range of designs from the show's four series

Wales Online · May 12, 2023

Queen’s Roger Taylor: “I can’t take Taylor Hawkins out of my phone”

Roger also addressed rumours that his son, Rufus Taylor will be the new drummer in Foo Fighters

MusicRadar · Apr 25, 2023

New musical about Twiggy to come to London in September

Her rise from working-class London neighbourhood to superstar model to be charted in Ben Elton’s play

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023

Musical about ‘first working-class model’ Twiggy to open in London

Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was ‘most famous teenager in the world’ in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023