John Gielgud

Viewers of "SCTV" saw lots of bizarre things over the years, from a polka duo covering the Flock of Seagulls to a guy with a snake tattooed on his face, but what they seldom saw was old people. Read More

For reasons beyond my understanding, the Chancellor has asked me to Christmas drinks this evening at the Treasury in Horse Guards Road. It isn't the most personal invitiation ever, frankly, what with the line beneath "requests the pleasure of the company of..." left blank for the recipient to fill in. Read More

Last week, an elderly woman exclaimed, "Oh, poor thing!" during a comic bit when other characters help Henry creak slowly into a sitting position. Read More

Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing is to be revived at London's Old Vic Theatre in a new production that will star Toby Stephens and be directed by Anna Mackmin. Read More

Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie want things to be steamer at their country mansion - and they are planning to install a sauna and a steam room in their 5.75 million-pound luxury home. Read More

Here are two films with little in common except that they're both made by very singular directors. Read More

Something odd is happening to our actors. Read More

US socialite Paris hilton was snapped at a petrol station with her pet chihuahua in one hand and a gnome in the other while former PM John Major has a comprehensive gnome background, his father manufactured them. Read More

Sometime after the release of "Lawrence of Arabia," a newly famous Peter O'Toole collapsed in a drunken heap on the set of the Johnny Carson Show. The film's producer, Sam Spiegel, placed the blame for O'Toole's accumulating indignities squarely on himself. Read More

Ludwig Minelli has left us in no doubt about the indignity of Dignitas ( A place to die , G2, 18 November), with his hurtful and frankly ludicrous comparison between Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from the Third Reich and his prospective patients. Read More