Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

Montclair Film Festival 2016: 'All The World's A Screen,' An American Debut

The Bard, William Shakespeare, turned 400 this past Saturday.
To honor that legacy, BBC's long-standing series of arts documentaries, Arena, commissioned a look at the...

The Archers: 'Realistic' Domestic Abuse Storyline Praised By Charities

Domestic abuse charities have praised the powerful storyline inThe Archers that came to a dramatic climax on Sunday night.The BBC Radio 4 soap’s harrowing plot has be...

Michael Crawford Set To Return As Frank Spencer For Sport Relief.

After nearly 40 years off our screens, Michael Crawfordis set to reprise his role as the iconic Frank Spencer in a special one-off Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em sket...

10 Million Women To Receive Vital Health Education Through Mobiles By Imimobile, BBC Media Action And The Gates Foundation.

IMImobile, which helps companies to engage with their customers via mobile technologies, has teamed up with BBC Media Action, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Idris Elba To Join Star-Studded Sport Relief TV Special

Sport Relief can today announce exciting new details about this year’s campaign, including Idris Elba donning his infamous Luther coat to uncover a serious case of hi...

Kate Winslet: My Gender Pay Gap Comments Were Misinterpreted

‘Of course we should be paid the same as the boys’: actor has qualified past remarks about how discussion of equal pay for women was ‘vulgar’ Kate W...

India?s Top Court Orders Measures To Curb New Delhi?s Worsening Smog

New Delhi's runaway pollution has put it on a par with the notoriously smoggy Chinese capital Beijing Appalling levels of pollution in the Indian capital have prompted the ...

Why India Needs Its Writers, Historians, Entertainers, Scientists

Since Pandit Nehru every prime minister has talked about films and music being India’s soft power. We all know of Raj Kapoor’s following in the Russia, east Eur...