Orwell 2+2=5 review: Scattershot portrait of late author and his ideas
Documentary illustrates continued relevance of his work but fails to ask questions about his role as informer
Damian Lewis
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‘The sun rises’: Damian Lewis pays tribute to Helen McCrory with Derek Mahon poem
Actor uses tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
Damian Lewis: ‘We had a sadness in our family’
The Billions star on his character’s big twist, and his career after Helen McCrory’s death
Peaky Blinders actor Helen McCrory dies aged 52
Husband Damian Lewis says the actor ‘died as she lived. Fearlessly’ after cancer battle
Patrick Freyne: Homeland is a tool for teaching Americans geography
Claire Danes in Homeland is basically Dora the Geopolitical Agitator
Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to premiere at Cannes
The film, set in 1960s LA, stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie, will compete for Palme d’Or
The smartest dumb show on TV that everybody will be talking about
The zippy saga about filthy-rich white guys is an antidote to self-serious antihero dramas
Eight of the best TV shows to watch this week
‘Billions’ returns, Idris Elba’s new comedy series debuts and Irish couple’s wedding dilemmas
WB Yeats ‘showed Ireland wasn’t just about the Famine’
DVD of Bob Geldof’s documentary on poet has been released
Miriam Lord: Juncker’s MEP outburst disrupts bloc party
Meanwhile, Leo proves to be the perfect host as Fine Gael looks forward to summer nights
Chef’s Table review: sit down for one episode, binge on three
To eat at Jeong Kwan’s, one must have embarked fully on the road to spiritual enlightenment – which makes it an easier booking than Noma
Billions TV review: A cabal of frat boys re-enact Shakespearean battles
It would be nice to take Billions as a leering satire on the new Masters of the Universe, but next to the real thing is small potatoes
Homeland returns: here’s the story so far
The show returns to our TV screens and season five was its best yet. Here’s how the last episode left things
Paul Giamatti: ‘I don’t look like Brad Pitt. I don’t look like a superhero’
The star of ‘Billions’, is used to mentions of his appearance. So he relates to women who come under Hollywood scrutiny for their looks
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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