The week in theatre: Viola’s Room; A View from the Bridge – review
A View from the Bridge review – Dominic West leads 50s drama into the present
April 2024
While we focus on Dominic West in a banned advert, the banks are short-changing us all
Hannah Dewhirst
The fuss over an outlawed commercial threatens to obscure the fact that the industry is reaping record profits for a poorer service, says Hannah Dewhirst, head of campaigns at Positive Money
March 2024
The Crown leads in 2024 Bafta TV nominations
The final series of Peter Morgan’s royal drama earns eight awards nominations, followed by Black Mirror on seven
February 2024
Nationwide’s Dominic West ad prompts complaint from rival
Watchdog receives complaint, reportedly from Santander UK, that advert paints misleading picture of bank branch closures
December 2023
2024 culture preview
The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024
TV review
A Very Brassic Christmas review – Imelda Staunton’s guest appearance is just terrific
November 2023
Dominic West, don’t be snooty about hit West End shows, they keep serious theatre alive
David Benedict
In dismissing such plays as the preserve of inattentive tourists, he ignores the fragile ecology of the industry
Dominic West becomes latest star to criticise soaring West End ticket prices
Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds ‘have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre’
The Crown actor says events leading to Diana’s death must have been ‘unbearable’
Elizabeth Debicki has spoken about filming car chase through Paris that led to Diana’s death for final season of royal drama
November 2022
From Tampongate to the Bashir bombshells: will King Charles III finally hit back at The Crown?
The Netflix hit is now plunging into inflammatory territory. Will the famously outspoken new monarch really simmer in silence? Does he have to – now Prince Harry is on the streamer’s payroll?
September 2022
The Crown series five to launch in November, Netflix confirms
Royal drama, which will star Imelda Staunton as the Queen and Jonathan Pryce, will start streaming on 9 November
May 2022
‘It’s a lawless place’: working in the real life Ten Percent
As English language remake of Call My Agent! launches, a former insider describes what life at a talent agency is really like
April 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era review – cheerfully risible second helping of snobby melodrama
The second – and hopefully last – film spun off from Julian Fellowes’s successful TV series is as hammy, silly, and undeniably entertaining as ever
January 2022
Down the rabbit hole
What links Pam & Tommy to The Elephant Man?
From a 90s sex tape to Bradley Cooper, via Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, we hop down the rabbit hole
April 2021
Downton Abbey film sequel set for Christmas 2021 release
A followup to the 2019 film is currently in production, with Dominic West, Hugh Dancy and Laura Haddock joining returning cast members
December 2020
2021 culture preview
Superhero sitcoms, hardcore sci-fi and Belfast noir: the must-see TV of 2021
Succession and Line of Duty are back, there’s a sex worker musical, a new take on Lord of the Rings – and Kate Winslet returns to the small screen
December 2019
Ruth Wilson left The Affair because of 'too many sex scenes'
Multiple sources allege that issues with sex scenes and the ‘toxic environment’ of the hit TV show prompted the actor’s abrupt exit
September 2019
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Peaky Blinders; Sanditon; A Black and White Killing and more
Peaky Blinders makes a ruthless return, while Andrew Davies has his wicked way with Jane Austen
March 2019
Warehouse wonders: Josie Rourke at the Donmar – in pictures
As the artistic director prepares to leave the Donmar Warehouse, we look back over her reign – from City of Angels to the Shakespeare Trilogy
