Theatre director who took Beyond the Fringe to the West End and worked on hit productions throughout the 1960s and 70s
July 2023
Dead dogs, capitalist critique and only four songs: when Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson’s China film
The British pop stars hired the Palme d’Or winner to record their groundbreaking shows in east Asia. After it all ended in tears, the unseen film was locked up in a Scottish university
April 2023
The director who dared to tell uncomfortable truths: Lindsay Anderson at 100
With films such as O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital, the British auteur portrayed his country as a bleak dystopia in decline – what would he make of today’s Britain?
September 2008
Sentenced to a lifetime of stress
In films like If..., Lindsay Anderson seemed to be at perpetual war with British society. But, while making a new documentary, John Harris discovered the deep roots of the director's acerbic, scintillating vision
November 2007
Never Apologise: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson
Peter Bradshaw: Malcolm McDowell's one-man show about Lindsay Anderson is gossipy, affectionate and fun.
May 2007
If only Anderson were here ...
After several years in the making, our tribute to director Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologise, is screening at Cannes - and I think he'd approve.
May 2005
The lost prophet
Jonathan Coe stays up past midnight with some French admirers of Lindsay Anderson.
December 2004
O difficult man!
Lindsay Anderson was a brilliant man who suffered neither friends nor fools gladly. His Collected Writings may win him admirers, but his Diaries will win him few friends, says Philip French.
September 2004
The man who gave me a slap in the face
Ten years after Lindsay Anderson's death, Malcolm McDowell explains why he can't let go of the director who changed his life.
February 2002
'Lindsay could be cruel. He was like an avuncular martinet'
Anarchy in the UK
May 2000
O unhappy man
Lindsay Anderson was a stranger to serenity, as Gavin Lambert tells in Mainly About Lindsay Anderson
