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Mark Lawson

Mark Lawson is a Guardian writer and broadcaster

September 2024

  • Nell Barlow as Kathy and Maximus Evans as Philip in Never Let Me Go at Rose theatre.

    Never Let Me Go review – fresh life found in Kazuo Ishiguro’s school dystopia

  • Jane Bown's portrait of Dame Maggie Smith, Actress

    Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything

  • Can’t bear to face it … David Oyelowo as Coriolanus at the National Theatre.

    Lisa Nandy’s conference speech was a love song to the arts, performed with hands in empty pockets

    Mark Lawson
  • Huw Edwards received a suspended six-month sentence for indecent images of children

    Full Story
    The devastating secrets of Huw Edwards – Full Story podcast

  • From Mick Jagger to Crossroads: the pioneering career of Cleo Sylvestre

  • David Edgar: ‘If you can only think yourself into the shoes you’re wearing it makes creating fiction impossible’

  • Today in Focus
    The devastating secrets of Huw Edwards – podcast

  • Rebus: A Game Called Malice review – Rankin’s fine-dining detective faces corpses between courses

August 2024

  • Rory Keenan (right) as Alec Leamas in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold at Minerva theatre.

    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold review – first staging of le Carré classic is a hot ticket

  • Jane Horrocks as Meg in The Birthday Party at Ustinov Studio.

    The Birthday Party review – Jane Horrocks hosts in a house of horrors

  • Should have his pick of kings and princes … Alfred Enoch as Pericles at the Swan theatre.

    Pericles review – Alfred Enoch rules the stage in a neglected Shakespeare

  • Raphael Papo plays in Fiddler on the Roof.

    Fiddler on the Roof review – shtetl showstoppers speak to the present

July 2024

  • Edwards will likely be digitally removed from various entertainments where he appeared as himself.

    Huw Edwards’ fall comes 14 months after career peak

  • A scene from Glitch

    Glitch review – dynamically delivered drama about the Post Office scandal

June 2024

  • Stephen Kunken (Don Pearlman) in Kyoto.

    Kyoto review – 1997 protocol on climate crisis fuels gripping theatre at the RSC

  • Before a fall … Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan in Douglas Is Cancelled.

    ‘And today’s news is … I’m cancelled’: Hugh Bonneville, Alex Kingston and Steven Moffat on their cancel comedy

May 2024

  • Emma Barnett on The Today Programme.

    Emma Barnett on the Today programme review – so chilled John Humphrys will choke on his cornflakes

    Cool, calm and confidently ribbing guests, Barnett will clearly bring a youthful energy to the BBC Radio 4 morning show – even if she did sound like she was on a royal visit to the studio rather than actually working there
  • Ta-da! Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown.

    The Crown to Happy Valley: who will win the TV Baftas … and who should?

    As the biggest night in TV approaches, can Ghost Diana really reign supreme? Will Hannah Waddingham beat Ant and Dec? And will one of the world’s greatest actors get his first gong after almost 40 years?
  • Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff

    ‘Gissa job!’ How Bernard Hill created one of TV’s most tragic and unforgettable characters

    Playing unhinged head-butting Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff made Hill a legend. But, from Titanic to The Lord of the Rings, his entire 50-year career was outstanding

April 2024

  • But can it buy happiness? … Brooke Vincent in a publicity image for The Syndicate.

    Money! Money! Money! How Kay Mellor’s The Syndicate hit the touring jackpot

    The TV show about supermarket workers who win £20m in the lottery has been turned into a touring stage show. Its director Gaynor Faye reveals how she’s channelling the late writer – her mother – for help
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