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‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias
It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays
13-min read - CelebrityThe Telegraph
Strictly’s Arlene Phillips: ‘I don’t think the BBC cares about what it did to me’
Two weeks ago, after six decades in the world of theatre and dance, Dame Arlene Phillips accepted her first ever Olivier Award for best theatre choreographer for Guys & Dolls, to a standing ovation in the Royal Albert Hall. At the age of almost 81, she walked on stage wearing a fitted black Vampire’s Wife dress, diamonds gifted from her days as a Strictly Come Dancing judge (2004-2008), metallic nail polish and false eyelashes.
16-min read - OpinionThe Guardian
The Observer view on overtourism: sometimes, the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited
From Everest to Machu Picchu, we can’t get enough of those ‘must-see’ places. It’s time to show some restraint
3-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
How Bangalore became the Silicon Valley of India
Sitting under the ceiling fans in Koshy’s Restaurant, a fixture in this city since 1952, it felt as though nothing had changed. White-uniformed waiters with silver buttons on their tunics attended to elderly customers in pressed shirts.
8-min read - EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Eddie Redmayne: US audiences more ‘generous-spirited’ than ‘reserved’ British theatre-goers
Eddie Redmayne says that American theatre-goers are more “generous-spirited” and “less reserved” than British audiences.
3-min read - NewsEvening Standard
Tourist fined for getting too close to Walrus in Norway
Police prosecutor Magnus Rindal Fredriksen said the man was trying to get a ‘good picture’
1-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Intimate David Hockney sketch he gave to his dentist goes up for sale
An intimate sketch by David Hockney of one of his lovers is coming to the market for the first time, more than half a century after he gave it to his dentist, apparently in appreciation of work carried out on his teeth.
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