It was 1977, the year of skin-tight polyester, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and Saturday Night Fever. The Sex Pistols were storming up the charts, skateboarding was the latest craze and Angela Rippon danced with Morecambe…
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Gandalf, X-Men’s Magneto, Sherlock Holmes, acting stalwart Sir Ian McKellen has had a rich and varied career spanning six decades. But now, the 83-year-old has stepped into the heels and hair wigs of a brand…
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The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play, marking its 70th anniversary with a spectacular UK tour. Stopping off at Stoke-on-Trent’s Regent Theatre, Agatha Christie’s classic whodunnit is the genre-defining murder mystery – and a mystery…
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I read Conversations With Friends and Normal People within days of each other, devouring the former’s BBC series in the same week. Sally Rooney was firmly on my list of favourite female authors along with…
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I have incredibly mixed feelings when I look back to my teenage years, sneaking into pubs and clubs with the ID of an older family member, nervously reciting incorrect birthdates, fearful I might pull a…
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When I wrote my 26 before 26 bucketlist back in December, I decided against adding ‘watch a show in the West End’ to the list for fear I might not complete it, opting instead to…
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