The Latest Breaking News from Judi Dench

The actor suggests her extraordinary stage, film and TV career has come to an end due to age-related macular degeneration

Dench suffers from age-related macular degeneration of her eyes and has previously said it impacts her ability to learn scripts

Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights

Design created with no concrete and completely sustainable materials is first to win new environmental prize

Oscar-winning actor enters row about pre-performance advisories, suggesting they kill the surprise of seeing drama in your own way

The club’s general committee was reportedly due to meet on Friday evening to decide on the 89-year-old actress’ membership

The room has hosted stage and screen legends from Ingrid Bergman and Rex Harrison, to Lauren Bacall and Judi Dench and it’s current incumbent is Sarah Snook

Portrait painter Ralph Heimans, who has painted Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Mary of Denmark, is holding his first major exhibition in Australia.

Preparation for a play is notoriously private affair. Here five acclaimed actors and the director Richard Eyre share their experiences

See the exhibition at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery.

These celebrity icons are known to have struck friendships with members of the Royal Family