A Victorian Affair In early February 2004, keeley-hawes.co.uk conducted an email interview with Maureen Jennings. Maureen Jennings, the author of the Detective Murdoch Mysteries series of novels, has always been intrigued by Toronto’s Victorian heritage — so much so that she’s been known to spend weeks at a time researching the individual social groups featured…Continue readingInterview with Maureen Jennings, author of Murdoch Mysteries
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Being a spook almost as good as being Bond An MI5 team disguised as gas inspectors prepare to bug a house. They tell a neighbour there’s been a gas leak and spray gas in the air to authenticate the story. They go into their target house. “Shit, I’ve let the bloody cat out! They never…Continue readingNew Zealand Herald: Being a spook almost as good as being Bond
When in Rome (California) It’s an arcane bit of Los Angeles culture, but then Matthew Macfadyen likes to invoke the “when-in-Rome” rule. Rome in this case is Hollywood, and more specifically the Santa Monica Pier, the fabled timber-and-pilings amusement park, which reminds him of the seaside arcades in his native Britain. “Well, except the ones…Continue readingNew York Times: A Night Out With: Matthew Macfadyen
I bought an inflatable bra for the Spooks audition… it did the trick No one need worry that gorgeous Scottish actress Shauna Macdonald will let her big break in the hit spy series Spooks go to her head. She doesn’t pay much attention to the hype about “fame” and people telling her “this is your…Continue readingThe Mirror: Edinburgh-born Shauna Macdonald on hitting the TV big time
David Oyelowo, a Nigerian prince who stars in BBC1’s Spooks, talks about his amazing rise to fame. As intrepid MI5 officer Danny Hunter in the hit drama Spooks, David Oyelowo Oyelowo first went to drama classes since he fancied a girl who was also going. is used to leading an intriguing double life. But even…Continue readingThe Mirror: Double Life of an African Prince (David Oyelowo interview)
Up West With her Essex background, stage-school training and lad-mag appeal, it would be easy to dismiss Denise Van Outen as just another cliche. But her lightning wit, comedic gift and stage success are at last making critics sit up and take her seriously. Now Andrew Lloyd Webber has retailored a musical for her. By…Continue readingThe Telegraph: Up West (Denise Van Outen interview)
Peter Capaldi has done it all in his time — now he’s doing his Basil Fawlty routine, as he tells Merle Brown. Hotel, Sunday, Ch 5, 9.00pm Peter Capaldi is probably one of the most down-to-earth Oscar winners you could ever hope to meet. There are no pretences about this 42-year-old Scot. He has one…Continue reading*The Daily Record: Pete checks in for laughs (Peter Capaldi interview)
Nick Foulkes meets the woman who can spot a potential top model at 20 paces It is a clammy afternoon in a Covent Garden office. Messy, frantic and frenetic, rows of young people toil at banks of computer screens. Imagine a high-pressure City dealing room with a slightly loopy dress-down ethos. In my suit and…Continue reading*London Evening Standard: Twenty-one years in search of the next look
Justine’s eye on a floozie Justine Waddell may look like an old-fashioned girl, but, given the chance, she would rather throw propriety to the wind and let her hair down. Or maybe just cut it all off. The actress portrays the spirited romantic heroine Molly Gibson — the poor lamb’s reputation is almost blackened because…Continue readingThe Daily Mail: Justine’s eye on a floozie (Justine Waddell interview)
Keeley Hawes As an homage to the female-form, Frenchman Antoine Verglas, understands the art of photography. He tries to portray the true beauty of a woman: “One tries not to transform her, one tries to make her inner beauty shine through.” One thing they all have in common is none of them are overly-styled, no…Continue readingGerman Vogue January 1997