After his third sold-out arena tour, the Glaswegian comedian was burned out and ready to quit. Drinking, jogging and reading self-help books didn't work. So what's brought him back?At the gr…
Fed up with curating a largely male canon of culture, the most powerful woman in British arts explains why she is stepping down from her job to shake up the status quo After 12 years as the …
After five years in Downton Abbey, Michelle Dockery is back " playing a gun-toting rancher and a ruthless TV exec. She talks typecasting, the Weinstein effect and the sudden death of her fia…
The theatre director's immediate and fierce response to the revelations about Harvey Weinstein was to hold an event in which 150 testimonies of sexual abuse of power were read out over five …
As London's Bush theatre prepares for a grand reopening, its artistic director Madani Younis explains why his vision for it is nationally important " and what people really mean when they ta…
The Vagina Monologues playwright survived childhood abuse and cancer, and now runs One Billion Rising, which aims to end sexual violence against women. But first she has some very personal a…
She's the go-to actor for elegant despair " but after 20 years, Kristin Scott Thomas is done with movies. She talks shambolic film sets, French mistresses and the joys of saying nonKristin S…
Everyone loves Eddie Izzard - the surreal humour, the dresses, the multiple marathons. But in a few years' time he is planning to swap global stardom for domestic politics. Can he pull it of…
At the age of 29, the supermodel formerly known as Laura Hollins is starting a stage career and pondering some philosophical questions. And yes, she is 29 " she doesn't fib about her age any…
Famous for playing Tony Blair in three different films, as well as David Frost and Brian Clough, he is about to play Hamlet at the Young Vic. Yet the Welsh actor still remains practically an…
The standup comedian and silent film aficionado talks about the relationship between class and comedy, his love of improvisation and why he still believes the old jokes are the bestIn my exp…
Once he was the face of the ladmag generation, now he's coming over all perceptive and vulnerable. Decca Aitkenhead on an unlikely reinventionFrank Skinner gave a talk at an arts festival 18…