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Council Estate Creativity: SPID Theatre Company
In these times of uncertainty, as rising rents and soaring house prices mean even Britain's professional classes struggle to afford shelter, the phrase 'council estate' has become demonised. Estates...
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I'm interested in the idea of portraying skin and the face as a landscape. It gives me an opportunity to play with texture, colour temperature and tonal value whilst staying true to the medium of...
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Comic Relief: Professor Stephen Hawking Teams Up With David Walliams For Red...
Professor Stephen Hawking is to appear with David Walliams in a special sketch for Red Nose Day. SEE MORE: Stephen Hawking Reacts To Eddie Redmayne's Oscars Win Si And David Get Creative For Comic...
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The Commons Select Committee on the future of the BBC says that some see the TV licence fee as an anachronism. It says that the principle of the licence fee in its current form is becoming harder and...
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My art practice is like a constantly evolving self-help course where I am as much the therapist as the client. The intent of this body of work was to expose myself to such extreme levels of sugar and...
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'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel's Dev Patel Wants More Attention On...
Dev Patel calls elderly people “the most valuable members of our society” and wishes we paid more attention to caring for them properly. Read More: Luke Perry And His Very Surprising Best Exotic...
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Taylor Swift Makes Dying Fan, Jalene Salinas's, Last Wish Come True
Jalene Salinas is four years old and has spent much of her life battling an aggressive form of terminal brain cancer. At the top of her bucket list was one hefty wish - to dance to "Shake It Off" with...
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Film Reviews - Appropriate Behaviour and Still Alice
'Appropriate Behaviour', Desiree Akhavan's clever feature debut peppers the screen with wit, farce and melodrama. 'Still Alice' sees Julianne Moore give an effortless and stunning performance devoid of...
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Sherlock's Best One-Liners For Every Occasion, Courtesy Of Benedict...
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WISE WORDS: Robbie Savage On Ponytails At 40, Dealing With Disappointment And...
HuffPostUK Entertainment is pleased to announce a brand new section - WISE WORDS - where we ask our favourite personalities from all walks of life about some of the things they've learned along the...
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According to actress Celia Imrie, women need to "lighten up" and stop "moaning" about catcalling. And sorry Celia, but as much as I loved you in Calendar Girls, on this matter you are wrong. Very, very...
View ArticlePost Brits Blues
Can you believe it's already been a week since the Brits? I don't know about you, but I was on countdown for the Brits for MONTHS! It sure was a BIG glitzy fabulous evening. From Madonna's fall (bless...
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The Oscars fever has died down and so now our leading actors go back to the grindstone, joining the ranks of the profession working on stage and screen. Who gets what roles, and how? In this series,...
View ArticleWin A Trip For Two To Paris With Suite Française – In Cinemas March 13!...
To celebrate the release of the extraordinary romantic Suite Française, in cinemas March 13, we’re giving one lucky person the amazing chance to win a luxurious trip for two to Paris! Over the next...
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Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Javier Bardem Star In 'The Gunman'...
Sean Penn and Idris Elba join an international cast for the action thriller 'The Gunman', and we have an Exclusive Clip of the pair of them in action. WATCH Sean Penn and Idris Elba in our Exclusive...
View ArticleBooks Are What Make Us Civilised
I'm a reasonably happy writer these days (well, as happy as writers ever get) because I have come to An Understanding. In order to explain that understanding, here's a long-winded analogy: If I were a...
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Dying to Be Funny: Feminism and Sexism in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
I recently had the good fortune to play the sole female character, 'Curley's Wife' in Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Before auditioning for the part, my...
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Light Saber Remix
If you haven't at some point in your life waved your hands about making Light Saber noises imagining you're defeating Darth Vader then this isn't the video for you. Star Wars VII is fast approaching,...
View ArticleHate Crime: Why Censors Are Right to Ban the Anti-Semitic Horror
Hate Crime, a film about of a Jewish family recording their youngest son's birthday celebrations on video when their home invaded by a bunch of neo-Nazis high on crystal-meth, has been given the...
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Forget the dish of the day - lightly cured hake on a bed of wilted seaweed with a shrimp and anchovy butter sauce, if you're wondering - what's the disease of the day? From Soho House to The Polo...
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