‘We all had to take our tops off’: Joanna Lumley on acting, travel – and her hatred of sex scenes
Born in India to a military family, Lumley found fame as a model and actor in the 1960s. As she begins a new TV travel series, she discusses her ancestral history, single motherhood and the joy of playing Patsy Stone
April 2021
This much I know
Joanna Lumley: ‘I love Patsy because we’re such polar opposites…’
The actor, 74, on Ab Fab, recycling, President Clinton and why you can’t be happy all the time
December 2018
June Whitfield – a life in pictures
Mary Poppins, The BFG and Spectre: your complete Christmas film guide
October 2018
Jennifer Saunders hints at 'age-appropriate' Absolutely Fabulous revival
Comments at Cheltenham literature festival will fuel speculation that Saunders is thinking of a prequel for sitcom
December 2016
Film blog
La La Land, Hidden Figures and films that squeezed happiness out of 2016
A number of 2016’s biggest blockbusters reflected the pessimism of our time – but luckily a few titles balanced it out with a generally upbeat outlook
Box office analysis: UK
Rogue One opens well in the UK – but not quite as well as Fantastic Beasts
Star Wars spin-off claims biggest opening of the year as rereleased James Stewart classic It’s a Wonderful Life crashes back into the festive chart
Film blog
How cinema failed diversity in 2016
From the all-bro jocks and silent women of Everybody Wants Some!! to Bridget Jones’s rejection of science, these are the films that failed to take on cinema’s push for inclusivity
August 2016
The hot summer 2016 film quiz
Which film won this year’s Palme d’Or? Did anyone not have a cameo in Absolutely Fabulous? Tackle these celluloid conundrums and more
Box office analysis: UK
Crime pays: DC's Suicide Squad tops UK box office with £11.25m
Despite the disapproval of critics, the supervillain film had the third biggest opening of the year, and dwarfed the takings of the other films in the UK chart
Absolutely Fabulous: Lumley and Saunders on Brexit, Trump and feeding Twitter – video
In Australia to promote Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders talk about what Eddy and Patsy would make of Brexit and Twitter
July 2016
The measure
From unisex tracksuits to double denim: this week’s fashion trends
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie on the American red carpet – video
Box office analysis: UK
Ghostbusters blasts Ice Age at the UK box office
Box office analysis: UK
The Secret Life of Pets beats Tarzan to the top of the tree at UK box office
Film blog
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie inadvertently charts the death of top-down celebrity
David Cox
How nostalgia took over the world (and why that's no bad thing)
Absolutely Fabulous audience members ejected from cinema for laughing
Box office analysis: UK
Ab Fab ad campaign makes Edina and Patsy toast of UK box office
Absolutely Fabulous off to corking start with £4.4m weekend at UK box office
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