Polar opposites

200 years of Dickens on stage and screen

SOMETIMES it felt as if I was the only competent one in the family. Take our big American trip, for instance. Everyone – my husband and all the kids – had been bungling it from the start. I suppose th

WINDY, windy weather, we all blow together!” Hannah Kington laughed as she ran along the pavement, hand in hand with her five-year-old twins, Daisy and Amy. She could remember playing this game when s

For years, Tom Cullen has charmed audiences while flying under the radar. Now, with a string of leading roles, Britain’s best-kept secret is finally commanding the spotlight, says Christobel Hastings

He’s comfortable mixing with A-listers but says he’ll always play second fiddle to strong women (and Alan Partridge)

The actress on badgers, broken bones, the birth of the Beatles — and the debt she will always owe to Beverly…