Backstairs Billy review – anodyne comedy about the Queen Mother and her servant
Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth
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Penelope Wilton plays the isolated royal and Luke Evans is her courtier in a light production that never gains much depth
Les died peacefully on Saturday (7 October) at the age of 90 at his home in Longhope, Gloucestershire, after a short illness.
QUENTIN LETTS: Reds not just under the bed but also in Westminster's corridors, canteens and, for all we know, in the Commons hair salon? MPs did not react calmly.
JON CULSHAW: Thanks to Mike Yarwood's lead, the errant pomposity of politicians is now habitually dismantled, showing the public how they are often rather absurd and ridiculous.
With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition