Streep gives a performance full of warmth that gives way to heart-pinching pathosRead the full review
Stephen Frears: why fear is the director's best friend
Once a Young Turk, Stephen Frears is an elder statesman of British cinema. But he still has nerves when he sits in the director’s chair. Adam Smith reports
The Simon Helberg Revelation
Simon Helberg might be best known as übergeek Howard Wolowitz in smash-hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory but for his role in Florence Foster Jenkins he drew on hitherto hidden musical talents. Adam Smith investigates
Win tickets to Madam Butterfly at the ENO to celebrate the release of Florence Foster Jenkins
To celebrate the release of Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep, on the big screen, you could win a pair of tickets to see Madam Butterfly at the ENO
Lady Florence and St Clair Bayfield: a romance of imperfect harmony
Every artist needs a muse. But was St Clair Bayfield, Florence Foster Jenkins’ British paramour, her biggest booster or a boracic bounder on the make? Adam Smith reveals all
Dressing Lady Florence: Consolata Boyle on her catastrophic couture
Florence Foster Jenkins's costumes were almost as outrageously strange as her voice. When director Stephen Frears needed someone to recreate them for the film, he turned to fêted costume designer Consolata Boyle
Why we love Meryl Streep
She has been nominated for more Oscars than any other actress, and is one of only three living actors to win three Academy Awards. But there's plenty more to know about Hollywood's leading lady and the star of new film Florence Foster Jenkins. Adam Smith reports
10 reasons we love Florence Foster Jenkins
She sold out Carnegie Hall in the fastest time ever, her costumes were the wildest to grace a stage – and as Lady Florence, she genuinely did good works. As Florence Foster Jenkins makes a big screen entrance, Adam Smith tells us why she was so loved
'She never knew how terrible she really was' – the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins
In her new film, Meryl Streep plays Florence Foster Jenkins, a deluded diva who was convinced she could sing. Jasper Rees tells the baffling true story
Florence Foster Jenkins is the perfect antidote for sobering times – review
Meryl Streep shines in Stephen Frears' finger-tingling comedy about the New York singer with the awful voice
Celebrity fan club: the stars who loved the world's worst singer
David Bowie, Barbra Streisand and Cole Porter are among those who worship at the feet of the goddess of song. Adam Smith looks at the famous names who loved Florence Foster Jenkins as the film of her life hits the big screen
La grande delusion: who was Florence Foster Jenkins?
The worst singer in history did not so much take New York as hold it to ransom. Yet she won round Second World War audiences with her indefatigable spirit. As Florence Foster Jenkins with Meryl Streep arrives on the big screen, Adam Smith takes a look at this remarkable woman
Watch Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in the first trailer for Florence Foster Jenkins
Streep plays 'the worst opera singer of all time' in Stephen Frears's new biopic
Exclusive teaser: watch Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins
Streep stars as the worst opera singer of all time in Stephen Frears's new biopic