'Vices: drink, but not to excess, and women ...'
Tim Lott: A prettified Pip, and a BBC that wants to condescend to the past
Friday 30 December 2011
The only effect of this approach to Dickens was one of tedium, drift, and multiplying perplexity
Natalie Haynes: And all the adaptations lived happily ever after...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
The thing is...
Bicentenary of Dickens's birth sparks off a battle of the bonnets
Tuesday 05 July 2011
Such is the frenzy of filming activity surrounding the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens that two of Hollywood's best-known actresses, Helena Bonham Carter and Gillian Anderson, find themselves in a battle of the bonnets as they both prepare to play the role of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.
Heads up: The Crimson Petal and the White
Sunday 20 February 2011
Diary: Kings face pigeon revolt
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Alarming news that stadium rockers Kings of Leon were forced to abandon a recent gig following a surprise airborne pigeon attack undoubtedly represents what music observers would politely describe as their "Spinal Tap moment".
Dickensian London – alive and well in Kent
Sunday 20 June 2010
Boogie Woogie (15)
Friday 16 April 2010
Duncan Ward's muddled satire about the London art world has a strong cast mugging for all their worth.
X-Files to YBAs: Gillian Anderson takes on the art world
Saturday 10 April 2010
There was a time when the world went mad for Gillian Anderson. Or at least for Dana Scully, the sceptical FBI agent she played in The X-Files.
Kim Cattrall and Gillian Anderson to star in Channel 4 epic
Thursday 08 April 2010
Hollywood stars Kim Cattrall and Gillian Anderson will appear in an epic adaptation of William Boyd's best-selling novel Any Human Heart for Channel 4.
Susanna White: From Jane Eyre to Generation Kill
Tuesday 03 February 2009
Is it all over for costume drama?
Sunday 23 November 2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe 15<br/>The Love Guru, 12A
Sunday 03 August 2008
Why Billy Connolly's latest role is no laughing matter
Monday 21 July 2008
Mystery over big-screen return of 'The X-Files'
Friday 28 March 2008
The X-Files, the cult 1990s television show that made conspiracy theories respectable and gave serious consideration to the influence of aliens on planet Earth, is to make a comeback.








