Cast into darkness
Frequently lauded as one of the best British films ever made,
Performance is being released again. Michael Holden explores
some of the myths surrounding the troubled cult movie
US ‘is an empire in denial’
Historian accuses Washington of failing to face the facts.
Universally acknowledged hunk vetoed nude scene
Had screenwriter Andrew Davies had his way, Colin Firth, who played Mr D'Arcy in the TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, would have emerged naked from the lake in one of the most unforgettable moments in British TV history. By Fiachra Gibbons.
Fry pitches Waugh’s ‘kind of morgue comedy’
Film executives and press barons under fire.
Pass notes
No 2,236 Hay-on-Wye
Texan values ‘are new global menace’
Anti-American sentiment dominates discussions.
Kureishi accuses ‘fascist’ Labour
Novelist says artists must search out silences in society and speak out.
The line-up at Hay
Today Germaine Greer On the uses of poetry Claire Tomalin The Whitbread winner on Samuel Pepys Margaret Atwood Discussing her new novel and the biotech world
Waugh of words for Evelyn’s centenary
Hay festival debates legacy of 'fascist' founder of writing dynasty.