​Cumberbatch loosens his lip

By Isabel Lloyd

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Benedict Cumberbatch is a serious actor. The selfie generation’s hysteria about his long, ascetic face, milky voice and air of slightly foxed aristocracy tends to swamp what it is he actually does – which is perhaps why, in May, he missed out on a BAFTA for the fifth time. If his industry peers don’t find all the adulation endearing, they should look again.