From ratcatcher to keeper of the snow: royal servants enter the spotlight in new exhibitions
Life below stairs in the palaces and grand houses of Britain takes centre stage in a series of exhibitions
March 2024
From Brideshead to Saltburn: why we can’t get enough of country house stories
These posh piles hum with violence and confusion. An ideal landscape for fiction, argues the comedian and writer, whose debut novel was sparked by wondering: does Jeeves ever feel class rage?
April 2022
Dan Stevens: ‘People thought I was crazy’
This was the response when the actor famously left Downton Abbey at its height, fearful of being typecast as a floppy-haired aristo. Now based in LA, he’s starring in everything from comedy and horror to a new series about Watergate
March 2022
100 firefighters tackle blaze at mill used to film Peaky Blinders
Crews were called to fire at Dalton Mills on Thursday lunchtime as whole of building affected
February 2022
Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary to release folk EP with co-star
Michelle Dockery and Michael Fox discovered a shared passion for music while on set
January 2022
TV review
The Gilded Age review – Julian Fellowes’ stinky rich New Yorkers are sheer agony
Names in the news
Jamie Dornan’s right, comfort TV is causing our attention spans to desert us
Rebecca Nicholson
November 2021
This much I know
Joanne Froggatt: ‘Mick Jagger is a big Downton fan’
The actor, 41, tells Michael Hogan about double entendres and the Duchess of Cambridge, her awe of musicians and why friends call her Jo-Fro
August 2021
Dan Stevens: ‘The bodice ripper never quite goes away, I don’t think it ever will’
Ever since his days on Downton Abbey, the actor has segued seamlessly between British period drama and high-rolling US sci-fi. He talks about playing a robot – and why he has moved on from romance
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
March 2021
Six hours, 25 minutes
'Downton Abbey is ludicrous': the biggest TV hits we've never seen – until now
The Q&A
Jessica Brown Findlay: ‘My worst job? Waitressing – there was constant groping’
May 2020
Lockdown watch
Brooke Shields: 'I'm such an addict of Downton Abbey'
The 80s star on the joy of an English roast dinner, her Ozark obsession, and her brush with the Dilbert Dunker
April 2020
From Downton to Belgravia: a guide to the posh programmes of Julian Fellowes
Blustering aristos, parasols, cutlery-based infractions – here’s how to distinguish between his indistinguishable shows
March 2020
The watcher
Downton-shaped hole in your life? Belgravia is here to fill it
In ITV’s new show based on a book by Julian Fellowes, much of the drama comes from people whispering about manners
January 2020
The Q&A
Michelle Dockery: ‘I fell flat on my face during a curtain call. It was epic’
The actor on secondary school remorse, belly-button piercing and giving away spoilers
December 2019
The decade in TV
Bodice-rippers! How period drama went from buttoned up to sexed up
In the decade that was simply ‘the worst of times’, we went from Downton Abbey dross to a swaggering masterwork about the first modern lesbian. Costume drama has loosened its corset at last!
Fawlty Towers actor Nicky Henson dies aged 74
Actor who also appeared in EastEnders was diagnosed with cancer 20 years ago
Maggie Smith: Harry Potter and Downton Abbey weren't 'what you’d call satisfying'
The actor has said that, while grateful for the work, ‘I didn’t really feel I was acting in those things’
November 2019
Misty-eyed ‘heritage’ shows like The Crown are useful to the Brexit narrative
Callum Alexander Scott
These shows too often distort history and romanticise a glorious Britain past, says PhD researcher Callum Alexander Scott
