Though he doesn't enjoy Christmas, his creations have become an indelible part of it

Just imagine what two Victorian gents would say about our crude modern greetings

Scorsese is set to make a film for HBO about the former US president. Here, John Walsh imagines Clinton on camera

His new film is directed by Dustin, stars Dame Maggie and is set in an old people’s home. Now he has joined the Hollywood firmament (and turned 70), does anything get under the Big Yin’s skin these days?

Peter Jackson can't leave Tolkien alone – and the result is long, hairy and tiresome

Finding an "inn" that looks, feels and smells like an inn – a small hotel offering ale, food and accommodation for the weary traveller and his knackered horse, on their way to the Lammas-Day fayre – is a pleasure to the soul. Somewhere that's more than a pub but hasn't turned completely into a restaurant, that has foodie ambitions but hasn't strayed too far from the pub favourites that used to bring in the locals, groaning with anticipation, on Friday nights.

If like Virgin and Our Price HMV topples, we’ll lose more than just a high-street institution, says John Walsh

Back in the day you did something bad, you were found out, and that was it.

The London hotel has a history that spans 200 years and for the first time, it has allowed a film crew inside to make a BBC documentary. John Walsh checks in for a behind-the-scenes look

Until it slips its leash, Martin McDonagh's shaggy dog story is howling good fun