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its saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed its carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran—backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without "punishment or retaliation". graham satchell reports. before and after — satellite images show the i...

Judi dench, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you, john. You were born in 193a and grew up in york. Set the scene for us. What was family life like . My father was a doctor. And i had two brothers, older than me. And of course, at that time, no television, nothing like that. So we all had bikes and we made our own entertainment. My second brother, jeff, only ever wanted to be an actor. My oldest brother wanted to be a doctor, like dad, and i wanted to be a designer, scenic designer. Thats wha...

Six of us, i think, were angels in the first load of mystery plays. you made your professional debut soon after leaving drama school. yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that id been cast as ophelia and i wasnt allowed to tell anybody. in hamlet, in 1957, at the old vic. do you have memories of yourfirst night, of opening night, in hamlet? fear. fear. uh, no. i remember... ..memories of my second night, because the critics werent kind to me! but what wa...

For any of them. when you were young actors starting out, you and your late husband michael williams used to refer to shakespeare as "the man who pays the rent". yes, we called him that. michael was in one company, i was in the other, and shakespeare was the person who we were playing all the time. and so he was very much the man who paid the rent. what is he now to you? the man who pays the rent, probably. laughter well, he certainly... hes never been less than that. very, very, very important....

Well, i havent had to do it since my eyes have been this bad. but i will. ill try... ill find a way. whats the big part coming up, then? do you think that... ..that performance in the winters tale, do you think that is possibly the last time well see you in shakespeare, onstage? oh, god, iwouldnt like to think that. probably is, but im not going to say that. you never know, do you? ive never been in 0thello. that would have been nice at some point. which of the many roles that youve played over ...

—— yes, just after i left central, just before i was going to the vic. and i knew that id been cast as 0phelia and i wasnt allowed to tell anybody. in hamlet, in 1957, at the old vic. do you have memories of yourfirst night, of opening night, in hamlet? fear. uh, no. i remember... ..memories of my second night, because the critics werent kind to me! but what was so wonderful is that michael benthall, who ran the vic, said to me, "im going to keep "you in the company," he said. and he said, "...

She has been performing Shakespeare since the late 1950s. Now Judi Dench has distilled her experience with the Bard in a remarkable book.

She has been performing Shakespeare since the late 1950s. Now Judi Dench has distilled her experience with the Bard in a remarkable book.

Pioneering lighting designer with Laurence Olivier and Peter Hall at the National Theare, and later in the West End

A LONG-forgotten ballet about the has been given a fresh lease of life in a prestigious city art show.