by Jess Gormley | The Guardian | April 14, 2016
Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis read extracts from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the Keats-Shelley Prize 2016 in London, marking 200 years since the novel’s inception. Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1816 and it is now regarded as one of the key gothic novels of the romantic period. Riona Millar, 16, won first prize in the young Romantic award for her poem on the theme of ‘After Frankenstein’
Source: The Guardian
by Fehintola Betiku | March 14 , 2016 | Daily Mail
Respectively they have built outstanding careers in the entertainment industry.
But it seems like their conflicting busy schedules is starting to take a toll on their marriage.
by Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | August 3, 2015
Helen McCrory and Paul Ready star as Mrs Armitage and Jake Armitage in Penelope Mortimer’s stark portrait of marriage and motherhood from 1962.
Dramatised in five parts (15 minutes each) by Georgia Fitch. Continue reading The Pumpkin Eater on BBC 4 Radio
The first series of Penny Dreadful was a bloody mess. No surprise there, you might say. What else is a spooky, sensational Victoriana drama about a possibly-possessed medium, an Quartermain-ish adventurer, an American gun-for-hire who’s secretly a werewolf, and Dr Frankenstein and his many monsters going to be? Throw in a legion of vampires pursuing and being pursued by our heroes – it alternated between chasing and being chased, a bit like the end credits of The Benny Hill Show – and it’s not exactly a recipe for Downton Abbey.
Continue reading Compelling, seductive horror: have you been watching Penny Dreadful?
by Staff | 2015 | Stylist UK
This queen would anoint Monday as “Make an Effort Day.” I’d like to get the week off to a great start. Everyone would have to dress up and have breakfast together in the royal parks, and all musicians would be ordered to form bands and orchestras. Dancing would be encouraged before, during and after breakfast.
My husband [actor Damian Lewis] would be my king but with restricted powers. Anything I overruled him on would have to be obeyed. It would be a reign of terror over him!