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Lisbon

Meet the man putting Jewish Lisbon on the map

Archaeologist Luciano Waldman is on a mission to celebrate the city’s Jewish history

3 min read

Picking pockets: Simon Lipkin as Fagin Photo: Johan Persson

‘Why I’m playing Fagin in a yarmulke’

6 min read

Tough tales: Vanessa Feltz says she found it painful recalling some episodes of her life for her book

Vanessa on Vanessa: ‘I vowed I’d never write this book’

8 min read

Noa Kirel, Israel’s biggest star, takes on a new role

9 min read

‘People just want a laugh. Hopefully, that’s what I give them!’

Comic Ian Stone on why he holds no fears that the current wave of antisemitism will cast an ugly shadow on his forthcoming UK tour

5 min read

July 31, 2024 16:39

2T42Y10 Ian Stone, Stand-Up Comedian at Joker Comedy Club, Southend-on-Sea, Essex © Clarissa Debenham (Film Free Photography) / Alamy

What super-busy actor Andy Nyman did next

Hot on the heels of writing a hit novel, the super-busy actor is heading to the West End for a musical role – starring opposite Imelda Staunton

6 min read

June 20, 2024 16:51

Screen hit: Nyman as James Marcham in TV series Wanderlust

The Turkish Jew who’s now that waiter from Barcelona

Hemi Yeroham is taking on the role of Manuel in a stage version of Fawlty Towers. He shares how he is priming himself for the punishing part and why following in Andrew Sachs’ footsteps is such an honour

4 min read

May 3, 2024 14:24

Comic reprise: Hemi Yeroham as Manuel with the Fawlty Towers cast Victoria Fox (Polly), Adam Jackson-Fox (Basil) and Anna-Jane Casey (Sybil)

Fauda’s next series will include October 7 says producer

Fauda producer Liat Benasuly Amit tells Francine White how fact and fiction have blurred and how the massacre has personally affected the hit Netflix show team

4 min read

March 15, 2024 13:18