Screen chic

When he noticed an uncanny resemblance between John Singer Sargent’s painting of Virginie Gautreau and a Cecil Beaton portrait of Leslie Caron, Patrick Monahan called on the Hollywood Golden Age actress to investigate

JOAN CRAWFORD’S career included more than 80 movies and an Oscar. She drew on life experience for her onscreen persona of a feisty woman striving to better herself, as her upbringing was tough. Born L

Heritage houses pulled out all the stops for this year’s round of shows, where palatial locations provided the backdrops for cinematic sartorial displays

THOUGHTFUL DRAMAS. NAIL-BITING THRILLERS. RAZOR-SHARP COMEDIES. THIS AUTUMN’S RISING ACTORS AND THEIR STANDOUT PERFORMANCES WILL KEEP YOU HOOKED. HANNAH FLINT MEETS THE STARS OF TOMORROW

Dramatic silhouettes, gothic lace and a wear-it-everywhere trench-coat

From Bertie Wooster’s dressing gown to Mr Darcy’s shirt, Deborah Nicholls-Lee unpicks the art of period costume at world-famous historical costumier Cosprop