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David Tennant wishes JK Rowling no ‘ill will’ but says trans people ‘demonised’

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Actor who appeared in film of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hopes ‘we can all as a society just let people be’

David Tennant has criticised the “demonisation” of the trans community, saying that…

38 days ago

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Keir Starmer is having his chainsaw moment – but all he will slash is democracy | Simon Jenkins

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The PM sounds like Elon Musk when promising to fight the ‘blockers’, but his government’s plans will weaken the link between peoples and politics

Every new prime minister has an Elon Musk moment. A su…

81 days ago

When Thatcher took performance lessons from Laurence Olivier, it changed the course of her political destiny | Tim Walker

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The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image

  • Tim Walker is a writer and broadcaster. When Maggie Met Larry is on Radio 4 at 3…

86 days ago

After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain | Polly Toynbee

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A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering

Now she’s an opera. Yet another myth-making…

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‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

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Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?

Harriet Walter has become the ­latest in a line of actors, from Meryl Streep and …

3 months ago

‘He was unforgettable’: the mesmerising star of cult documentary Andy the Furniture Maker

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He used to fish for oysters but he fled to the hedonism of London, where he was taken under the wing of Derek Jarman. But Andy Marshall was also a creator of dazzling furniture – and the star of a pi…

‘She would have been in awe of him’: how Laurence Olivier gave Margaret Thatcher private seduction lessons

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New drama, When Maggie Met Larry, reveals exactly how the world’s most famous actor coached the fledgling Iron Lady

In 1972, a nervous Margaret Thatcher went to Laurence Olivier’s London home for a le…

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