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Emma Thompson

August 2022

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a convincing portrayal of a late-middle-aged woman having her first awkward experience with a paid carnal liaison.

‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ is remarkable cinema

Emma Thompson gives the performance of her career in this two-hander about a retired woman’s sexual liberation.

  • John McDonald

December 2019

Ray Romano and Chris Dowd star in the dark comedy "Get Shorty", inspired by the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name.

Under-the-radar TV shows to binge-watch over summer

Summer viewing just went up a notch with our selection of must-see shows to help you survive the silly season.

  • Patrick Durkin, David Marin-Guzman, James Thomson, Clare Colley, Clare Morgan, Matt Teffer, Jeff Allan, Lisa Murray and Theo Chapman
FILE - In this Sunday, May 21, 2017 file photo, Emma Thompson poses for photographers during the photo call for the film The Meyerowitz Stories at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. British actors Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley and Tom Hardy and Nobel Prizewinning author Kazio Ishiguro are among those receiving honors in the name of Britain???s monarch. The list published late on Friday, June 8, 2018 by Britain???s Cabinet Office includes many receiving honors for merit, service and bravery. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, file)

Emma Thompson grapples with populism and extinction

The Oscar-winning actor and writer, and high-profile activist, has always been as busy off screen as she has been on it.

  • Pilita Clark
Corbyn would bring you a block of tofu, and he'd be a soggy but unreliable sort of biscuit.

If Jeremy Corbyn were a biscuit, which kind would he be?

One of the highlights of the British election has been the focus groups run by British billionaire Michael Ashcroft, whose quirky questions showcase the best of British humour, writes Hans van Leeuwen.

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  • Hans van Leeuwen

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