Anna Bates, portrayed by Joanne Froggatt, was a central character in Downton Abbey, involved in some of the most emotional ...

Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has lent her support to a new campaign by Alzheimer’s Research UK, which is pressing the government to ensure earlier dementia diagnoses through the NHS ...

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews.

The actress is now backing calls for the UK government to improve access to early and accurate diagnoses of dementia within the NHS.

It's a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain's MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.

Years after Judi Dench played James Bond's boss on the big screen, a woman will soon lead the real MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence service, for the first time. I spy NPR's Lauren Frayer in London.