Mark Lawson

With two new plays opening this autumn, the veteran playwright talks about the risks of writing about real events and the threats to leftwing drama and politics

Mark Lawson With the world premiere of The New Real, David Edgar achieves the rare distinction of having at least one play performed by the

The black British performer started out recording with the Rolling Stones, was on the West End stage by 19 and made breakthroughs in TV and theatre

The British newsreader has been sentenced for accessing indecent images of children. How did the BBC handle the scandal? Dan Boffey reports

With almost no practical plans for bringing UK culture back to strength after 14 years of ‘violent indifference’, the culture secretary repeated the ‘we love you but there’s no money’ mantra

The real-life dame and on-screen dowager duchess earned fame in her 70s and 80s for tentpole roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

Oscar-winning star of stage and screen has dies aged 89. She earned fame in her 70s and 80s for blockbuster roles. But her early work at the National Theatre marked her out as a talent for the ages

Nell Barlow is heartbreaking as the doomed heroine of the alt-reality boarding-school tale, expertly adapted by Suzanne Heathcote

Nick Stevens is remembering the first time he met Delia Balmer, the only known survivor of serial killer John Sweeney , whose story he wanted to dramatise.

In his 10th decade The History Boys writer is as prolific as ever with a war film in the works and a new sex-fuelled novella set in a home for the elderly. He talks about mourning Maggie Smith, turning down a knighthood and what he makes of Donald Trump