Gags and gore
	Art-house acceptance and multiplex adulation are generally considered mutually exclusive.

	Kingston's Rose will need careful tending, says Neil Pearson
	A week tomorrow, the non-existent fly curtain at Kingston's Rose Theatre will finally lift, almost two decades after the original Bankside venue was excavated.

	Richard Briers is wild about the west
	Christmas isn't Christmas without a major TV marathon. But why not take time out from the spangle of X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing this Saturday for a festive concert in aid of Musequality in Chiswick?

	Eastenders' Lucy Benjamin swops Walford for Croydon
	I know that TV stars are often smaller in the flesh than on screen, but ex-Eastender Lucy Benjamin is positively minuscule.