How DID Grant the tough nut from EastEnders end up dodging sniper bullets on the frontline of the war against Islamic State? By sticking his neck out, Ross Kemp tells Event, and risking his life to tell the truth about the world's deadliest war zones ...read
Having celebrated his 80th birthday and the release of his 47th film, you'd have thought even a famous neurotic like Woody Allen might have time to relax. 'No,' he says firmly.
If you or I wanted to direct a sci-fi film about a corporate killer whose job it is to terminate synthetic life forms, I'm pretty sure we'd both be met with a yawn and a weary 'Sounds a lot like Blade Runner'.
This is one of the strangest novels I've read in years, and despite its random veerings of tone and its meandering narrative it almost succeeds by a form of sheer sincerity.
Pumped up on Californian positivity, Tunstall has returned with the sun on her back and a spring in her step. She sounds rejuvenated - and pretty damn fantastic to boot.
Never can a play so stuffed with jokes and grubby double entendres have elicited so little laughter. Which is, of course, the point of John Osborne's work.
The Fringe might be over for this year, but for those who missed it some of the best Fringe comedy acts, Nina Conti, Henning Wehn or Mark Watcon, could be coming to a theatre near you...
CHRIS EVANS: King of the road ...and on it, of course. Bentley's opulent SUV is in a league of its own
This week's test car is not just any new car
TOM PARKER BOWLES: Shiver me timbers ...a treasure trove! Pirates sailed its seas - but wait till you taste the real booty of the Barbary Coast
DEBORAH ROSS: Yes, Victoria's hot... but she hasn't got pilchards
You could even say this was Downton Does Victoria.
As the days start to draw in it's best to plan your cultural day-trips in advance. Have no fear, Event has ranked the season's best attractions in film, theatre, dance and art to give you a head start!
Since it was established in 1956, thousands of young actors have walked through its door. The NYT receives over 4,500 applicants each year for 700 places.
Its Sauvignon Blanc has won legions of fans, but winemakers are mining deeper into the countryside that so dramatically portrayed Tolkien's Middle-earth for new treasures.
It's a red-hot day in London and Alan Titchmarsh is pondering the secret of his success. 'I think,' he says, 'I'm really rather ordinary and that's what people like.'
The Barbary is a restaurant for people who like to eat, rather than be seen eating. The service is sublime, and oozes genuine warmth. While the cooking is simple, but utterly assured, exotic but never alien. They revel in strong flavours, but also know exactly when to hold back. In short, a sun-drenched, sumptuously spiced, hands-in-the-air blast of pure, unfiltered Barbary Coast. ...read
Its Sauvignon Blanc has won legions of fans, but winemakers are mining deeper into the countryside that so dramatically portrayed Tolkien's Middle-earth in the blockbuster films for new treasures. There have been whispers of white aromatic grapes from Pinot Gris to Riesling, and new wave reds with Syrah spoken of in hushed anticipation. And jewels such as these are ready to dazzle even brighter than The One Ring. Fine wine is something New Zealand can nail. ...read
E-readers are one of those simple technologies where you'd think that things would stay broadly the same from year to year, much in the same way you don't need to upgrade your cheese-grater every 12 months. But no. Despite the fact that e-readers are black and white, look like place-mats, and really only do one thing, there's a furious arms race going on - with Amazon having unveiled a slightly deranged, leather-encased Kindle barely thicker than a sheet of paper. Rival Kobo's response is to go big. Really big. ...read
The Bentley Bentayga is a brilliant, brilliant bit of kit. Way out in a league of its own. The end product of more than 1,000 skilled and passionate Great Britons toiling away at Bentley's HQ in Crewe. Their challenge? To create the fastest, most luxurious SUV of all time. And they might just have pulled it off. It's bursting with all manner of ground-breaking invention. ...read
Dinner with Gary Lineker in Beverly Hills. He looked emaciated. My concern for his health grew when he sipped water and avoided any proper food. ...read
Orgies with California girls. Drug-fuelled recording sessions. Back-biting, fist-fighting... and a serial killer for a babysitter. For the first time, Beach Boys lead singer Mike Love tells the inside story of the most tormented pop group there's ever been ...read
They were the goody-two-shoes of daytime TV, until that day they turned up drunk on This Morning. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield reveal how they got away with it... and what they really think of their celebrity guests ...read
Why have Harry Potter, Superman and Animal Farm all been put to the flame? Former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker illuminates the strange history of book-burning...
The 54-year-old comedian Simon Day admits he had grave doubts about exhuming Alf Garnett
Where wine is concerned, there are some classic combos that unlock a pleasure portal so spectacular it makes Stargate look more like a cupboard under the stairs.
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