Judi Dench

The Good Fight star Cush Jumbo returns home from the US, but now it is on her own terms

When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming

High Court hears a failure to allow submissions on draft report breached fundamental rights

Not even Judi Dench can save writer and star Izzard’s prewar romp from drab mediocrity

The actor on ghosts, Harvey Weinstein and definitely not being a British national treasure

But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?

Throughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960s

Potter explores the fluidity of thought in her new movie about a father and daughter dealing with dementia

The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucial

The bestselling author brings her trademark wit and searing insights to a new book, More Than a Woman

Since it first appeared in M&S, the larvae-like cake has become a generation’s go-to for birthdays, anniversaries and office parties. But with the baking landscape – and the world of work – transformed, can Colin survive?

Donald Clarke: The original meaning has gone the way of trolls, rebooters and gaslighters

Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort

The two countries’ hybrid urban culture was a truth universally unacknowledged

Da 5 Bloods, The King of Staten Island, Virus Tropical, Artemis Fowl

Much diddly-eye ballyhoo apparently adapted from a tea towel makes it through the fug

‘My cloak! Like five foxes f**king on my back!’ 85-year-old Oscar-winner says in June issue

‘The whole history between the British and the Irish runs through me’, says Coogan

The comedian has applied for and expects his Irish passport soon. ‘That’s not a joke,’ he says

Saoirse Ronan, nominated for Little Women performance, loses out to Renée Zellweger

Patrick Freyne on some noteworthy names that made news this year

We rummage through the first trailer for clues to the 25th Bond movie

Donald Clarke: The online kerfuffle should do Tom Hooper’s project no harm

Audiobook narrators talk tricky accents, lonely shifts and tackling 100 pages a day

Different cases of Allen and Polanski show how past is now up for vigorous reassessment

Actor condemns alleged behaviour but says stars’ work should not be forgotten

Artist was best known for work with opera singers and on Shakespeare plays

When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s a new version of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer

Review: To make something so boring of the fascinating true-life story of Soviet spy Melita Norwood takes a certain quality

Ruan Pienaar’s departure proved to be key as scrumhalf made move to Belfast from Connacht

Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...

The actor and director talks Shakespeare ‘trutherism’ and his working-class upbringing

Review: An odd but charming film about the ageing playwright’s twilight years

And Element Pictures scoop 10 prizes for ‘The Favourite’ at British Independent Film Awards

Dench criticises decision to cut actor from Getty kidnap film over sex-crime allegations

The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto

Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent

White House, FBI, Hollywood, tech sector, education, media are all snake-oil salesmen

Still feisty and busy at 85, Sheila Hancock remains connected to the zeitgeist

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies