A new view of the Mighty Boosh

September 14 2014: Four years after their last outing, comedy’s oddest couple are back – as stars of an exhibition featuring photos taken by Dave Brown, better known as Bollo the gorilla…  In the four years since the Mighty Boosh performed...

Florence for free

From Michelangelo to Giotto, the exquisite art in one of the world’s most beautiful cities costs nothing – if you know where to look. Our writer goes on a church crawl. 20 September 2012 Late afternoon in Florence and suddenly the sky veers from luminous...

Real life in the Fish Tank

23 Aug 2009: With Red Road, and her acclaimed new film, Fish Tank, the Oscar and Cannes winner is fast becoming one of Britain’s most respected directors. She talksabout her time as a Top of the Pops dancer, the lack of female film-makers, and why her latest...

Inside the Potter machine

21 Jun 2009: Amy Raphael gets to the beating heart of The Half-Blood Prince and discovers how Daniel Radcliffe and co have grown into their roles since those early, pre-teen days Prepare yourselves, Hogwarts fans: the long-awaited sixth film is out next month. Given...

‘Deeply scary, deeply lovable’

12 Apr 2009: Amy Raphael talks film, fatherhood and football with brilliant young actor Daniel Mays Daniel Mays is lying flat out on the towpath of a north London canal, his head hanging precariously near the choppy brown water. Every time a cyclist or jogger appears,...