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Stephen Fry

April 2026

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    Stephen Fry sues tech conference organisers for £100,000 over fall from stage

  • seated grey-haired man in purple velvet jacket, blue and white stripe jumper and red cord trousers with hands on knees talking to a group of young people around him

    TV review
    The Assembly review – TV has rarely seen anything like this delightful gem

January 2026

  • Lee Knight with Miriam Margolyes

    ‘Utterly overwhelmed’: British writer-director’s short film earns Oscar nod

  • (from left) Penelope Wilton, Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Stephen Fry in The Twelfth Night Reunion.

    ‘Melancholy magic’: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history

December 2025

  • Michael Palin, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Brian Cox, Aisling Bea and Adrian Lester

    Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

    Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

November 2025

  • Kelly Macdonald and Maggie Smith in Gosford Park

    My feelgood movie
    ‘What a magic trick’: why Gosford Park is my feelgood movie

    The latest in our series of writers fondly sharing their go-to mood-lifting films is a journey to the countryside with Robert Altman in charge

October 2025

  • Ross in a tartan poncho and fingerless gloves

    Move over, Claudia: how Jonathan Ross became a Traitors style icon

  • Meghan and Harry at a gala event.

    Harry and Meghan join AI pioneers in call for ban on superintelligent systems

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    From the archive (season 2): Stephen Fry

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  • Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at Noël Coward theatre, London.

    The Importance of Being Earnest review – Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell presides over merrily queered comedy

June 2025

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    Stephen Fry and Theo James to star in film about marine bottom trawling

    Launch comes as charities call on UK government to ban ‘destructive’ fishing industry practice in protected areas

April 2025

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    Stephen Fry’s ‘vocal double’ to be used in AI installation at Hay festival

    The actor, who has spoken about artificial intelligence on multiple occasions, said the installation ‘reveals both the wonders and pitfalls of AI’

March 2025

  • Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson in Time Travel is Dangerous.

    Time Travel is Dangerous review – likable mockumentary is Back to the Future meets Bargain Hunt

    Real-life vintage shop owners Ruth Syratt and Megan Stevenson raid the past for sellable trinkets in this charmingly funny, quintessentially British comedy
  • Composite of Stanley Tucci, Rosie Jones and Levi Roots

    ‘Stain on this country’: celebrities condemn cuts to UK disability benefits

    Actors including Stephen Fry and Brian Cox criticise plan that will remove support for more than 1 million people
  • Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and Hanif Kureishi.

    Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and Hanif Kureishi join packed Hay festival lineup

    Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader, is also due to appear, in a festival dedicated to activism and an exploration of the impact of AI

February 2025

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    AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research

    Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology

January 2025

  • Former Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney attend the world premiere of The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years in London

    Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could ‘rip off’ artists

    Former Beatles member says government should protect creative workers as consultation on copyright continues

December 2024

  • Sadiq Khan wearing shirt, jacket and no tie

    Sadiq Khan, Stephen Fry and Emily Thornberry make new year honours list

    Mayor of London ‘truly humbled’ to be made a knight as authors, actors and sporting stars receive honours

November 2024

  • Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!, John Turturro, George Clooney and Tim Blake Nelson in O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Danny Sapani as Jason and Helen McCrory as Medea: poet CP Cavafy; Joseph Fiennes as Troilus at the National Theatre.

    ‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

    Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

October 2024

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    Audiobook of the week
    Odyssey by Stephen Fry audiobook review – one hell of a trip

    With his distinctive narration, the author-actor brings warmth and humour to his retelling of Homer’s epic, the last in his Greek myth series
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