Claire Bloom

Before she hands over to the actress Claire Bloom, Athill introduces this audio production of her memoir. It got into print, she says, only because publishers currently have a bit of a thing for books by older people, reckoning that... ... Full Article

Claire Bloom is said to be filming a part for the upcoming Doctor Who specials. The 78-year-old actress, who starred alongside Richard Burton in Hamlet , Look Back In Anger and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold ,... ... Full Article

Leo Tolstoy's classic masterpiece Anna Karenina has been made into scores of feature and television films. So many versions have been made in fact, that some inevitably get lost over the years amidst bigger names and bigger budgets, not to... ... Full Article

Today is Sunday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2009 with 319 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn. ... Full Article

Sentinel Television Critic How will the new Brideshead Revisited stack up to the miniseries? Maybe it isn't fair to compare. After all, this miniseries unfolds in 11 parts and offers some of the greatest actors and revels in stupendous production ... Full Article

Anyone attracted by escapist high-society romances, with countervailing shafts of criticism levelled against the vacuous, hypocritical landed gentry, should be attracted by the idea of Jean Anouilh's 60-year old comedy. ... Full Article