Nyad review – Annette Bening pulls out all the stops in engaging swimming drama
Bening gives it her all as Diana Nyad, who set out aged 60 to swim from Cuba to Florida, but the film skims over Nyad’s backstory
April 2023
Production begins on season two of House of the Dragon
Fantasy prequel to Game of Thrones, starring Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy, being filmed at UK studio
August 2022
House of the Dragon: episode by episode
House of the Dragon recap: episode two – the crabs are coming!
TV review
House of the Dragon first look review – this epic Game of Thrones prequel is a roaring success
May 2022
New trailer for Game of Thrones prequel is released
A fiery teaser for House of the Dragon reveals HBO’s much-hyped follow-up to the long-running fantasy hit
January 2022
Sons, fathers and clones: Caryl Churchill’s A Number – in pictures
A father is confronted by three sons – two of whom are clones of the first – in Churchill’s classic play, which has a 20th-anniversary revival at the Old Vic this month
December 2021
The King’s Man review – Ralph Fiennes is stranded in crass no man’s land
The King’s Man review – spy romp origin story is a spectacular splurge of bad taste
September 2021
La Cha Cha review – caravan park comedy is fun, for the cast
Antics of ageing misfits living off-grid have a decidedly sitcom feel, but don’t expect to laugh
October 2019
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Official Secrets review – Keira Knightley shines as a very British whistleblower
Knightley gives a sympathetic performance as Iraq war whistleblower Katharine Gun in this shrewd and relevant spy drama
September 2019
On Bear Ridge review – a potent study of loss
Writing, acting and design combine brilliantly in Ed Thomas’s post-apocalyptic new play
The Q&A
Rhys Ifans: ‘My best kiss? It was long, slow and forbidden’
The actor on an embarrassing wetsuit incident, an evangelical Sunday school and spontaneous combustion
On Bear Ridge review – Rhys Ifans braves a storm of sadness
Ed Thomas’s lyrical new play situates its characters in a post-cataclysmic, Beckettian nowhere in which words are all they have left
February 2019
Notting Hill review – a year-round treat, not just for Valentine's
Julia Roberts delivers a career-best performance as she falls for Hugh Grant in this enduringly lovely, warm-hearted romcom
January 2019
First look review
Official Secrets review – Keira Knightley carries whistleblower drama
The actor’s performance is the indisputable highlight of a well-intentioned but often plodding film about Katharine Gun
November 2018
More than 200 Welsh actors criticise National Theatre Wales's output
Highly critical letter to NTW chair Clive Jones attacks lack of shows and homegrown performers
July 2018
The week in theatre: Exit the King; Pity; River Stage festival – review
Exit the King review – Rhys Ifans’s dying despot is majestic
December 2017
A Christmas Carol review – a love song to Christmas
Christmas culture 2017
The best theatre shows this Christmas – from panto to Pinocchio and Narnia
