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Alison Jones

Alison Jones

The style and substance of Colin Firth

Colin Firth’s latest role explores the beauty of life from the depths of grief. Alison Jones spoke to him.Read

Lee Mack's mammoth tour on the comedy circuit

Lee Mack tells Alison Jones what he loves and loathes about about TV work – and why pasties and mopeds both have their place for a touring comedianRead

Birmingham students with designs on interiors

The play of light on reflective surfaces, rust and melted toy cars. All of these could be influencing the way we decorate our homes in the future.Read

Diamond geezer Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone is a man in demand at the moment – with 13 films in the pipeline, Alison Jones caught up with him to talk about his new release, 44 Inch Chest.Read

Bali turns up the heat

Sometimes it is the simplest of pleasures that are the most memorable. Like sitting on a rickety wooden dining chair, toes buried in the sand, the sea so close waves lap at the legs of neighbouring tables, the barbecue crab so fresh that just minutes before its claws were grasping futilely at the air.Read

Movie Reviews - The Twilight Saga: New Moon, A Serious Man, The Informant!

New cinema releases reviewed, including Twilight Saga: New Moon, A Serious Man, and The Informant!Read

Bill Bailey strikes a different chord

Alison Jones speaks to Bill Bailey about his latest orchestral arrangement.Read

Stare wars

Alison Jones speaks to George Clooney about his latest role in the unbelievable film The Men Who Stare At Goats.Read

Charles Darwin, the family man

On the eve of the release of a new film about Charles Darwin, Alison Jones meets his great-great-grandsonRead

A riveting time in Sydney

Alison Jones experiences Sydney from a rather unusual perspective.Read

Aussie actor Stefan Dennis ready for Wolverhampton return

Aussie actor Stefan Dennis talks to Alison Jones about his varied career, from serious drama to popRead

Moving and improving at The Drawing Room

Clients and passers-by who have failed to find The Drawing Room Interiors at their old address in Station Road, Dorridge might have thought the recession had claimed another victim.Read

Patrick Baladi goes from The Office to Hollywood

Patrick Baladi’s latest film role is not one likely to endear him to the female population.Read

Birmingham designer at the Chelsea Flower Show

Birmingham artist and designer Chris Eckersley is exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show. Alison Jones spoke to him.Read

Zachary Quinto on being Mr Spock

Alison Jones speaks to Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie.Read

Archbishop Nichols hails inter-faith harmony of Birmingham

Alison Jones talks to Birmingham’s Archbishop, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, who has been appointed head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.Read

Marti Pellow in tune with the Devil

Marti Pellow is a man who has danced with the devil, and he readily acknowledges that it has probably coloured his portrayal of Satan himself in The Witches of Eastwick.Read

Measure for Measure at Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

Before Jacqui Smith’s husband started viewing adult entertainment, he would have done well to see this. Read

Elaine Paige at Symphony Hall

Elaine Paige sums herself up, surprisingly crudely, in a song written to lament her lack of inches when she says “bet your ass this bitch can belt”.Read

Apprentice star Jo Cameron to push women in the workplace

Former Apprentice contestant Jo Cameron believes that women don’t do enough to promote themselves in the workplace, so she is going to do it for them.Read

Author Profile

Alison Jones is a writer and acting features editor for The Birmingham Post.