Double take

Call her a chameleon, call her a shape-shifter, call her the heir apparent to transformative performers from Lon Chaney to David Bowie: since the start of her screen career Tilda Swinton has taken joy

Whether appearing in a soap or on stage, actress Susie Blake, 75, has relished every role she’s tackled

John Maybury was a fellow graduate of the Derek Jarman school of filmmaking, and it was in those heady, early days that he first became aware of Tilda Swinton. The pair worked closely on two challengi

Not many of the great postwar British film stars found box office fame in their early 40s, yet the gravel-voiced and charming Jack Hawkins did just that. His career is perhaps best remembered for his

Spending time in the garden helped me to play the Queen in The Crown. I would go out there with the dog, trying to speak like her. Jim [Imelda’s husband and Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter] saw me and

We look back on the adventures of the bus-based magnificent seven, The Double Deckers , which first aired 55 years ago…