Jordan North: 'Other kids were out drinking – I was watching the Vicar of Dibley'
The Radio 1 DJ and I’m a Celebrity runner up on a childhood spent watching sitcoms with his mum, from the Dawn French classic to The Royle Family and Keeping Up Appearances
February 2019
Clive Swift, actor in Keeping Up Appearances, dies aged 82
RSC veteran was best known for starring as the beleaguered husband of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom, and also appeared in Doctor Who
July 2017
Women's Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life
Second world war records made public for first time give fascinating glimpse into how British civilians coped with bombing
December 2016
New Year honours list: arise Sir Mark Rylance
Oscar-winning actor is knighted while Patricia Routledge and Kinks singer Ray Davies are among artists honoured
February 2016
How we made
How we made Noises Off
Patricia Routledge: ‘I kept bashing into doors and they kept bashing into me. I got through two bottles of arnica in rehearsal alone’
December 2014
Theatre blog
Right actor, wrong role: when stars are not aligned
An Ideal Husband review – splendid and witty, but stuffy
Patricia Routledge and Edward Fox show the others how it’s done at Chichester, writes Clare Brennan
July 2014
Chichester theatre reopens with Rupert Everett in Amadeus
After a £22m facelift restoring its eccentric magnificence, the West Sussex theatre kicks off new season with Peter Shaffer's classic play
November 2011
Patricia Routledge: 'There's a fashion to speak badly'
What has tempted Patricia Routledge back on to the stage? A wartime pianist and the King James Bible. She tells Laura Barnett what she thinks of theatre today
October 2011
Patricia Routledge: 'The King James Bible has great cadences'
Patricia Routledge tells Emma John why the King James Bible is heaven and modern musicals are hell
December 2009
TV and radio blog
Alan Bennett: turning melancholy into an art
Laura Barton: This week's celebration of Alan Bennett is a treat – which are your favourite Bennett moments?
February 2008
The importance of seeing Earnest
'A trivial comedy for serious people' is how Oscar Wilde described The Importance of Being Earnest. Have a look at the play’s history on stage and screen
April 2007
Office Suite
Patricia Routledge stars in a pair of Alan Bennett plays about the world of work, writes Michael Billington.
March 2006
Love in a cold climate
Theatre: A Tennessee Williams heroine smoulders in the snow at the Almeida, says Kate Kellaway
September 2004
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Garrick, London
June 2002
Wild Orchids
Chichester Festival Theatre
January 2001
Wilde classic with a dash of Aussie sassiness
Importance of Being Earnest Savoy Theatre, London ***
