BAZ BAMIGBOYE: It’s the best of British for Alan Bennett’s black comedy 

National treasures Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi will star in a new film based on a play by another legend, Alan Bennett. The playwright’s last work, hospital drama Allelujah!, has been adapted by Heidi Thomas, creator of the BBC’s award-winning period drama Call The Midwife. Thomas, the brains behind the BBC1 series set … Read more

Tayshia Adams talks telling Zac she loves him on The Bachelorette, Bennett’s return on Ellen

Tayshia Adams opens up about telling one of her suitors on The Bachelorette, Zac Clark, that she loves him on Wednesday’s episode of Ellen. The 30-year-old Adams recently told Zac Clark that she loves him on the hit ABC reality series, as she opened up about that decision. She also talked about the surprising return … Read more

Alan Bennett’s former home in The Lady In The Van is ‘magnet for drunks and drug addicts’

Alan Bennett’s former home that featured in the film The Lady in the Van has become a ‘magnet for drunks and drug addicts’. Neighbours have complained over the state of the dilapidated former home of the legendary British playwright and are now welcoming plans to restore it.  The home in Camden, North London, which Mr … Read more

Alan Bennett’s former home in The Lady In The Van is ‘magnet for drunks and drug addicts’

Alan Bennett’s former home that featured in the film The Lady in the Van has become a ‘magnet for drunks and drug addicts’. Neighbours have complained over the state of the dilapidated former home of the legendary British playwright and are now welcoming plans to restore it.  The home in Camden, North London, which Mr … Read more

New heads for old tales: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues are coming back with A-list stars

Net curtains. They’re respectable enough when they hang straight, especially when made from lace, not nylon. But if they’re drawn to the side with a loop hitching them up at the middle, they’re common — like a blousy woman emerging from the lavatory who doesn’t realise she’s got the hem of her underskirt tucked into … Read more