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Chrissie Hynde on why she still loves rocking out

Drugs binges, a very young groupie and a disturbing fascination with the occult... a hard-riffing new book reveals how Jimmy Page became the dark heart of Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin in 1968, after a stint in The Yardbirds and several years as the best guitarist for hire on the London session circuit. The band - Page, fellow session man John Paul Jones on bass, golden-haired singer Robert Plant and Plant's formidable drummer friend John Bonham - had an instant chemistry and an incredible rock 'n' roll power. Derided at first by the critics, in concert they were an instant sensation, achieving seemingly overnight success in America, where they would eventually become the second-biggest-selling band of all time, behind only The Beatles ...read

Hooray for Hollywoof! Take your mutt to the movies without being hounded out? It's a grrreat idea, says LIZ JONES... and one enterprising cinema chain's taken the lead

The Picturehouse chain runs a programme of doggy screenings in 16 of its 23 town centre cinemas nationwide

FILM REVIEWS: Ant-Man And The Wasp will leave you buzzing: Paul Rudd leads a top-notch cast in this super sequel that punches well above its tiny hero's weight

Towards the end of Ant-Man And The Wasp, two remarkable things occur. One is an end-credit postscript that produced gasps in the screening I attended.

CLASSICAL REVIEWS: West Green House Opera tackle Leonard Bernstein's problematic Candide with real gusto, putting it on the map as one of his finest works

Country-house opera generally happens because a determined and, inevitably, well-resourced individual decides to do it. So it was with John Christie at Glyndebourne.

TOM PARKER BOWLES: So good, I'd eat here every day

Everything is clean and pure and stripped back to the bone. The incongruous garnish or sullen smear has no place here. But that doesn't mean that portions are mean

He is still, at 72, a giant of the thriller world. But Dean Koontz will always be haunted by... The real-life mystery that I can't ever solve

As a young boy, Dean Koontz never saw a book in the house - other than the Bible his father read in rare fits of penitence after his most recent job loss or brush with the law

POP REVIEWS: Sweet Billy Pilgrim's Wapentak is an entrancing album full of rewarding songs and with a subtle plea for unity and community in our polarised times

One of the elder statesmen of songwriting, John Prine, was in London this week, bringing his witty ballads to Rough Trade East. He mentioned that he was about to play a sad number.

THEATRE REVIEWS: 'A rather flashy palaver dotted with dubious performances': Ian McKellen fails to impress, along with most of the cast, in Jonathan Munby's King Lear

Glenda Jackson was 80 when she played King Lear, Timothy West was 82, and that makes Ian McKellen, 79, a mere whippersnapper in the part.

OLLY SMITH: These will pop some fizz into your festival!

Whether you're planning a weekend of wild abandon with thousands of fellow revellers in a sun-drenched field or a more sedate gathering, there are plenty of good-value bubbly options

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CRAIG BROWN: Lost in aMAZEment!

When Charlotte Higgins revisited the famous maze at Hampton Court last year - the oldest surviving hedge maze in the country - she let a group of excited children be her guide

ART REVIEWS: Klein at Blenheim? It blue my mind! Yves Klein's artworks dotted around the Oxfordshire palace create an utterly uplifting exhibition

Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire has many claims to fame. The Baroque country house was built as a gift from Queen Anne to General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

PIERS MORGAN: MY LIFE & OTHER CELEBRITIES

'You can't toss a coin? Charlotte Hawkins, you're fired'

I hosted my annual cricket match against my Sussex village Newick (the Morgan 'family' XI included South African superstar Morné Morkel, Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene and iconic England trio Devon Malcolm, Monty Panesar and Gladstone Small) and asked my Good Morning Britain colleague Charlotte Hawkins to come down and toss the coin. 'I haven't done this before,' she whispered nervously as we strode out to the middle in front of a large crowd. 'Any tips?' ...read

LAST WEEK'S EVENT

Wreaking havoc at airports. Drunken rows with his wife. In this emotionally charged confessional, The Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Meyers comes clean about the drink problem that's blighted his life - and the painful past that lies behind it

Settling into a couch in a house close to his home in Malibu, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is chatting about John Hurt, the co-star of his latest movie, Damascus Cover. It was to be the last movie Hurt made before his death in 2017 from pancreatic cancer, and Rhys Meyers poignantly recalls meeting Hurt when he was 16 after being cast in the 1996 film Michael Collins. Did Hurt give him any advice on coping with the industry? 'Yeah,' laughs Rhys Meyers. 'He said, "Give up drinking."' ...read

Ross Poldark's evil nemesis George Warleggan is one of the most hated men in Britain. As the drama reaches its riveting conclusion tonight, Jack Farthing reveals how he copes with playing the dastardly villain - and his jealousy of THAT tor

Jack Farthing is a striking young man, with high cheekbones and piercing eyes - and looks as if he probably does have a six-pack under the T-shirt and jeans he's wearing today - but we're much more used to seeing him suited and booted in high-18th-century style, as the villainous George Warleggan in the BBC's Sunday night drama. Unlike George's lifelong rival, the heroic former soldier Ross Poldark, played by Aidan Turner, who is forever whipping off his top ...read

A new Disney film paints a rosy picture of the real Christopher Robin. In truth, AA Milne's bear-loving son loathed his father, was tormented by his fame... and enraged his family with an incestuous marriage

The instantly recognisable images of Christopher Robin, forever immortalised in Ernest Shepard's iconic pencil drawings, could not have been more different from the real Christopher Robin

Edinburgh unleashed: Mark Wareham's unrivalled guide to the ultimate festival's unmissable shows

Mark Wareham gives you the best of comedy, theatre and music at this year's Edinburgh Festival. From edgy comedy to family fun, there is something for everyone this August

CRAIG BROWN: Quirky, affectionate, pin-sharp... but this memoir by the secretary of the great writer (and legendary grumbler) nearly didn't see the light of day

J B Priestley fostered a reputation as a gruff Northerner, and a bit of a grumbler. This image was helped by his appearance

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