Alice Jones

Alice Jones is Deputy Arts Editor of The Independent.

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DJ Graham Lewis, aka the real Alan Partridge, who works for North Norfolk Radio

The real voice of Norfolk: I am NOT Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge is a DJ on North Norfolk Digital. Graham Lewis is a DJ on North Norfolk Radio. Alan likes Abba. So does Graham. And car parking. But, he insists, it’s just a coincidence. Alice Jones is not so sure...

Young Hague failed the Thatcher test, but was it age or connections?

Age matters acutely for politicians as they struggle to appeal to the entire population

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain 1917

Seaside Surrealist's toilet humour inspires Fleet Street's finest

Alice Jones' Arts Diary

Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Tunnel vision helps New Yorkers find their voice - and stops traffic!

Alice Jones' Arts Diary

Isy Suttie is appearing in the Phoenix Fringe this year

Fringe benefits for the comedians staying away from Edinburgh

Alice Jones' Arts Diary

Sarah Millican will perform at the Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival 2013: More than just fringe benefits

As Edinburgh gears up for its annual melting pot of dazzling arts events, Alice Jones picks her highlights of the month ahead

Katie Leung, 25, was 16 when she became globally famous as Harry Potter's first girlfriend, Cho Chang. She made her theatre debut in 'Wild Swans' at the Young Vic in 2012 and is currently studying drama at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.

Life after Harry Potter: Where are the graduates of Hogwarts now?

The Harry Potter franchise made stars of countless child actors. But did the final instalment spell the end for their nascent careers? Alice Jones finds out

Classic detection: JK Rowling aka 'Robert Galbraith'

So it was a lawyer who outed J K Rowling - but this was one secret dying to come out

The author could have submitted her Robert Galbraith novel incognito

Take the plunge: Paul Zivkovich and Kate Jackson in ‘The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable’

All the disused building's a stage: Punchdrunk's The Drowned Man is their most ambitious show yet

The founder of the pioneering theatre group tells Alice Jones that they are keen to keep on pushing the boundaries.

Five Guys: Surely fast food isn’t fast if you have to queue overnight for it

The queue has become as much a part of the meal as dough balls before Pizza Express

Day In a Page

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end