Ben East

One of Dobbs’s major challenges over a 30-year writing career that has dovetailed with his time working at the very heart of British politics, has been that truth is often stranger than fiction.

Kevin Doyle – the actor who played the struggling servant Molesley – in Downton Abbey, takes up the role as a policeman in Happy Valley, which looks to be a hit.

The third series of the BBC adaptation of her wonderfully claustrophobic series of crime novels, featuring her creation Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez, has just finished its run to huge acclaim.

Ian Rankin who is returning to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, says crime fiction is a genre that allows him to explore different aspects of Scottish society.

Social psychologist Amy Cuddy's first book on non-verbal communication is about the power of effective body language and how it can boost self confidence.

Familiar to fans of Downton Abbey as Lady Rose Aldridge, Lily James now takes on the role of Natasha Rostova in the BBC’s big-budget adaptation of Tolstoy’s War & Peace.

The Globe’s education arm will visit schools and art centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi this week with the intention of taking ‘Shakespeare’s words off the page to live in characters’ mouths and actions’.

The director, producer and writer has never been afraid to flex his well-formed cinematic muscles, which, as the latest Star Wars film proves, works marvellously in his favour.

Gwendoline Christie says she revels in playing villainous characters.

It was boiling hot but Abu Dhabi proved to be the perfect setting for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, who play lead roles, talk about about their experiences during the filming of this project.

The Bollywood actor and television host's 'intolerant India' remarks have led to much debate across the world, a nod to the powerful ful that Khan - a known perfectionist - has become.

The Booker Prize winner will appear at this year's Sharjah International Book Fair.