Great Britain's use of imported talent to bolster their squad at next summer's London Olympics has become one of the hottest topics of the 2012 Games. Chief sports writer Martin Samuel has led the way in exposing the culture of promoting ‘Plastic Brits'

It showcased all of Noble’s best points: the delight in the ludicrous, the ideas tripping over each other to get out and the revelling in how foolish he may look to an audience. And of course The Voice. This is the man of whom Ruby Wax once demanded...

After many months of treatment – sandwiched between sitting in a chair, staring catatonically into space – she recovered sufficiently to write a show, Live from the Priory, with her friend Judith Owen, which they performed in both private and NHS...

As she recalls in her autobiography: "Jennifer can be very silent; on this occasion I felt so inadequate that I went back home, rang my agent and said: 'Get me out of this.'" The agent, as you may have noticed, did not. Instead, Lumley writes, she,...

Lumley has won an early ally as Absolutely Fabulous gears up to take on Downton Abbey in the Christmas Day ratings war. Ruby Wax reckons that the nation is tiring of Downton and two hours may finally exhaust its patience. “It’s too slow for my...

Contostavlos was among the winners at tonight's Mind Media Awards, which celebrates the best portrayals and reporting of mental health within media. The Thick of It's Rebecca Front hosted the event at the British Film Institute, with guests including...