Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working'

Judi Dench. Photograph: Francois Duhamel At one point sitting opposite Dame Judi Dench over a pot of tea at a hotel in Covent Garden, I find myself asking her if she has that recurrent dream, the one…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Oct. 14, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3027 words)

Stevie Wonder: 'I never thought of being blind and black as a disadvantage'

'I'm no better than the next person' … Stevie Wonder. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe 'All right, mate?" chirrups Stevie Wonder in a mockney accent last tried by Dick Van Dyke. He is tired, hardly…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 30, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2079 words)

What next for the global blockbuster?

Super heroes with global ambitions: The Avengers. Photograph: Reuters With its very first words, The Avengers lays out the stall for the next phase of global blockbuster film-making. "The Tesseract…
AUTHOR:Phil Hoad
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1728 words)

Racism in football: putting the boot in

Sol Campbell: 'I had to go down this road by myself. No authorities wanted to take notice.' Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Guardian It is 30 years since Paul Canoville becam
PUBLISHED: July 13, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3589 words)

'They try their damnedest to avoid paying'

How sick or disabled do you need to be to qualify for state support? Is it enough to be blind or do you also need to be deaf? Is it enough to have been so seriously injured in a car accident that…
PUBLISHED: March 19, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3246 words)
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