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Retired headmaster Shomie Das shares fond memories of former student, now King Charles

The revered actor, passionate activist and I Ching devotee fields queries on self-doubt, levelling up the arts, and turning loss into beauty

The annual event has been hijacked by online stores flogging merchandise, but there’s more to being a dad than beer and hot sauce

She didn’t so much enter the restaurant as erupt into it, a fast-burning blaze of psychic exasperation that seemed to set the silverware rattling

Many of our stories, photos and videos have celebrated Dad over the years. We thought it would be nice to gather them here.

The styling and performances are a rich canvas for any fan of the Bard - a must-see.

Glenda Jackson was a shining example of intellect, integrity and talent. Boris Johnson misled Parliament and Donald Trump was in the dock

If writers are expected to obey such an absurd dictum, they might as well give up

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember the desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament

The signs were there early in Glenda Jackson's career that she would one day have what it takes to "ascend the Everest" (as the cliché has it) of Lear. So powerful was her performance as Ophelia in Peter Hall's production of Hamlet in 1965 that there was talk afterwards of her being cast as the prince himself. Two years later she was another disturbed woman playing Charlotte Corday unforgettably whipping Marat with her hair in The Marat/Sade.