The Latest Breaking News from Judi Dench

Pair have made a show about their friendship, after meeting on an episode of ‘The Repair Shop’

The acting legend and the Repair Shop host lift the lid on their relationship in a way that is intimate and beautiful – despite the show’s insistence on tiring stunts

Ripe language and impish humour abound as Barbara Flynn reads the actor’s entertaining recollections of seven decades on stage – and Dench herself recites excerpts from the Bard

Private members’ club voted in May to admit women

Exclusive: Veteran actors fast-tracked into venerable London club in wake of men-only rule being jettisoned after 193 years

The actor suggests her extraordinary stage, film and TV career has come to an end due to age-related macular degeneration

Dench suffers from age-related macular degeneration of her eyes and has previously said it impacts her ability to learn scripts

Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights

Design created with no concrete and completely sustainable materials is first to win new environmental prize