Category: Emma Thompson

‘He punched a polar bear on the nose!’ Ninety glorious years of Brian Blessed – by Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and more

by The Guardian | Oct 8, 2026 | Acting, Adrian Lester, Brian Blessed, Brian May, Celebrity, Culture, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson, Film, Flash Gordon, Stage, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, Theatre | 0 |

Peeing in the sink he shared with Derek Jacobi, making a badger video with Brian May, climbing Everest with Alan Hinkes … as the great actor blasts into his 90s, stars celebrate his ‘loudness and madness’Emma Thompson Continue...

Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda

by The Guardian | Jun 25, 2022 | Africa, Benjamin Zephaniah, Commonwealth immigration, Conservatives, David Harewood, Emma Thompson, Immigration and asylum, Lemn Sissay, Olivia Colman, Politics, Refugees, Rwanda, Sophie Okonedo, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood say scheme shows ‘colonial view’ of Africa as ‘dumping ground’British celebrities have urged Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda to oppose the UK’s...