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Warned she would never get collectors to the ‘grim north’, the artist is now at the forefront of a booming scene. She discusses celebrity worship, her working-class art school – and why she’s obsessed with curtains

The 1895 comedy has been staged with age-blind and all-male casts and even David Suchet as Lady Bracknell. Now reinvented again, at the National Theatre, the trick is to be seriously funny

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After coming to terms with her misspent youth, Crystal Wilde finally saw the quirky charms that attract so many to her ultra-alternative home town

Smack the shade button.

Chilling stuff.

I don’t want to make you jealous but the Venice Lido is basking in the last of the summer sunshine. The only flashes here so far come courtesy of the hordes of photographers snapping pictures of the stars. Lido, normally the sleepiest of seaside resorts, has awoken to find itself…

Sometimes the story of a movie’s making is as compelling as the movie itself. Think of the days of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, “Apocalypse Now,” even the recent “Mad Max: Fury Road,” all of which have inspired countless behind-the-scenes tales.

Drama among the cast and crew of Don't Worry Darling continues to engulf the new film, with Harry Styles appearing to spit on a co-star during the premiere.