Why can’t actors smoke properly any more?
I can’t recommend enough the two-part film about General de Gaulle. The first is Résistance and the second is Liberté…
The sanctimonious campaign against Boy George
In the musical Allegra, which has just finished its run, I ran around singing, dancing and jumping on tables for…
I refuse to be cancelled
I have been opening a play. It is called Allegra and is about a woman who is relentlessly happy. This…
Another year without an Oscar
With the close of 2025 I crowned a tumultuous year in which I got married, moved house and saw Evelyn,…
Roman Polanski ruined my hair
The Prom was Berlioz and Strauss, but the Albert Hall is always the star for me. It is a lover’s…
Notes from a national treasure
I’ve started rehearsals for the pantomime Beauty and the Beast at Richmond Theatre: two shows a day and just 13…
I’m engaged!
I slept only between the hours of 5 and 6 a.m, thanks to self-induced terror tactics. My son Adam stayed…
Who is allowed to play Richard III?
On Tuesday night I was body double/understudy for the brave, brainy, beautiful Rachel Riley, at a packed ‘support Israel’ evening.…
My kidnapping scare
Newly returned from the best ever New Year in Scotland, I walk down Portobello Road and waft through nostalgia. All…
Diary
On Monday, I had a whinge-walk with Lizzie, my friend of 47 years. We met at breathing classes for our…
