Al Murray’s comic alter ego is an oafish and outspoken landlord of questionable opinions, says Richard Fitzpatrick

FOLLOWING the success of the James Barry exhibition, the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork is preparing a similar project highlighting the achievements of Daniel Maclise (1806-1870).

Vanity Fair, the William Makepeace Thackeray classic of social ambition, comes to the screen in lavish splendour…though not without its flaws.

Actor and screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for Gosford Park, is back at the Hall Barn Estate in Buckinghamshire where the opening scenes of the film were shot.