'Writing gives me a sense of self-esteem & dignity. I’m not just a broken body': I interviewed Hanif Kureishi about The RSC's adaptation of his 1990 novel The Buddha of Suburbia, directed by Emma Rice. We discussed his accident & how Britain has changed.

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I’m not ready to forgive David Nicholls for breaking my heart yet, but here he is being his usual eloquent self about the passage of time, collaborating on the hit Netflix show with Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod - and its unlikely fan: Kim Kardashian.

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Had an insightful chat with Gassed Up & The Hard Stop director George Amponsah about riots, police killings and redemption.
'I realised it was an opportunity to take a story about ‘feral young scumbags’ and try to find the humanity in one such character.'
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Spent some time with Turner-winner Lubaina Himid in Bath this week ahead of the opening of her new exhibition. We discussed her four-decade-long career, from her days as a pioneer of the British Black Arts Movement to her recent Tate Modern retrospective

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'Scorsese says The Red Shoes is in his DNA': Triple Oscar-winner Thelma Schoonmaker (The Departed, Casino, Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon...) spoke to me about her life and work with Michael Powell and his friend 'Marty'.

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'We knew we would face insults' - I spoke with Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera about this year's line-up featuring Roman Polanski and Woody Allen, the impact of the Hollywood strikes, and the time Lady Gaga redid her makeup in his office.

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I interviewed Ava DuVernay for the new ‘Love & Passion’ issue of A Rabbit’s Foot, which launched at Cannes last month. We discussed her love of filmmaking, empowering others and the concept of destiny. Buy a beautiful copy and make Harrison Ford happy!

On Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, who died aged 103 this weekend. I was so lucky to know him and speak to him for a short while recently. What a hero.

'This fellowship is for all the people that have helped me.'

Spike Lee talks to Nadia Khomami ahead of tonight's BFI Fellowship bestowal. theb.fi/3K7ROLM

Ahead of the release of his new film A Good Person starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman, I spoke to Zach Braff about how he channels his anxiety into film, why he's a 'sucker for love that cannot be', and the 'pretty extraordinary talent' of Pugh.
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The Killers concert at Emirates Stadium last night was just magical. Their first UK gig was at the Dublin Castle after all American labels turned them down, Brandon Flowers said.

Ahead of her upcoming retrospective at the Tate, I spoke with British artist Cornelia Parker about blowing things up, BP sponsorship of the arts, and why she may apply for German citizenship.

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While Chenies Manor doesn't appear in Bridgerton we have appeared on screen many times

Have you ever visited a heritage site because you saw it on the screen?

We'll be open from Tuesday 12th April - see you again soon!
Nadia Khomami
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