Fur: Would you rather go naked? Not any longer

1 hour ago

The Guardian: How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be defeatedOn an otherwise unremarkable grey autumn day in London last month, a few hundred protesters t (Read More)

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Christmas going out guide 2009: theatre

6 days ago

The Guardian: There's no shortage of drama over the festive period, so here's some of the highlightsThe Secret GardenA new musical version of the classic about the 10-year-old orphan, Mary Lennox, who returns from India to Yorkshire, where she discovers a lost, wintry garden. Tim Sutton and Garry Lyons provide the music and lyrics, Ian B (Read More)

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Hollywood should stop making films about our great writers | Tanya Gold

Nov 10, 2009

www.guardian.co.uk: Bright Star, the new movie about Keats, has ruined him for me. It's not the first time and it certainly won't be the lastOn Sunday I did the bad thing again. I bought a ticket to Bright Star, the biopic about John Keats. I have always liked Keats, despite the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!" But I had fo (Read More)

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Keira Knightley set for stage

Oct 09, 2009

The Guardian: Oscar-nominated star to perform in Molière's The Misanthrope alongside Damian Lewis and Tara FitzgeraldKeira Knightley will make her debut on the West End stage later this year in a present-day version of Molière's comedy, The Misanthrope.The Oscar-nominated actor, 24, will play an ambitious American film star, the love int (Read More)

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Knightley to make West End debut

Oct 09, 2009

BBC: Film star Keira Knightley is to make her West End debut opposite Damian Lewis in Moliere's The Misanthrope in December. (Read More)

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What to see this week

Oct 02, 2009

The Guardian: Howard Barker and Tim Crouch have new work in London, while Jonathan Pryce takes care of a Pinter classic in LiverpoolLove him or hate him, you can't ignore Howard Barker. I'll certainly be going to see his new play, Found in the Ground, this weekend. It says a great deal about our theatre culture – and the preferences of e (Read More)

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The Soloist's Skid Row symphony

Sep 24, 2009

guardian.co.uk Film: How did British director Joe Wright get his bearings in Los Angeles' most deprived quarter for The Soloist, his new film about a schizophrenic musician? By asking the crackheads to give him a tourWaiting for Joe Wright to appear in the lobby of the fabled Chateau Marmont hotel on the Sunset Strip, it seems like a second Bri (Read More)

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The red-carpet race to the Oscars begins

Sep 18, 2009

guardian.co.uk Film: The Toronto film festival kicked off the hype, politics and relentless marketing of the 2010 Oscars campaignWhat a difference a festival makes. When Jane Campion's Bright Star premiered in Cannes last summer anybody could see it was supremely well crafted, but it didn't exactly set the Croisette on fire. Well guess what? Th (Read More)

I think I'm alone now ...

Aug 29, 2009

guardian.co.uk Film: You might well be if you're watching a British film. In this provocative essay on the state of the nation's film industry, Jason Solomons wonders if the occasional home-grown masterpiece blinds us to the poor quality of many British movies, argues that - in any case - there's little evidence of much appetite for our own fil (Read More)

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Can we drop the stick-insect look in period films please?

Jul 23, 2009

guardian.co.uk Film: I showed would-be models Some Like It Hot. Instead of laughing, they gazed in horror at Marilyn Monroe and gasped, 'But she's so big'There's a distracting anachronism in Coco Before Chanel, but luckily it crops up too late to be truly annoying. In a mood of bittersweet triumph, our heroine is putting the finishing touches t (Read More)

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Libel case set to shed light on Desmond media empire

Jul 05, 2009

The Guardian: Daily Express owner Richard Desmond suing investigative biographer Tom Bower over claims about editorial interferenceA window could be opened tomorrow on the operation of one of Britain's most controversial media tycoons as Richard Desmond starts a high court libel battle against investigative biographer Tom Bower.The owner (Read More)

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Musical tolls for Hemingway

Jun 04, 2009

The Guardian: A show about the author's life is destined for the Comedy theatre, while Broadway is busy dusting off the frocks for the Tony awardsOver the last few weeks, Broadway has handed out all sorts of prizes – and now it's time for the big ones. The Tony awards are presented on 7 June, and it's not just the nominations list that's (Read More)

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