Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
3 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
4
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Judi Dench has said she can no longer perform on stage or in films because of her deteriorating eyesight, more than a decade after revealing she had been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration.
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she → say → degeneration
I can’t do a play any more.
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I → do → play
I can’t do a film any more.
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I → do → film
I can’t read any more,” the 91-year-old actor told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday.
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actor → read → Thursday
Dench, one of Britain’s most celebrated actors, was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2012.
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Dench → diagnose → 2012
The condition causes progressive sight loss and has increasingly affected her ability to work, as well as her independence in everyday life.
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condition → cause → life
She described how she can no longer read or recognise faces.
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she → describe → faces
“I go up to lots of the wrong people and give them an almost hug and say: ‘Oh sorry, didn’t realise’,” she said.
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she → go → hug
She also told the presenter Emma Barnett: “I can’t see your face at all.”
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I → tell → face
Dench’s comments mark a stark development in a gradual deterioration that has affected her ability to work for years.
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that → mark → years
In 2014, she said her failing eyesight made reading difficult, but insisted she would continue working for as long as she could.
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she → say → 2014
By 2023, she said she could no longer see on film sets and relied on friends to teach her scripts, learning lines through repetition.
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she → say → repetition
Last year, she revealed that she could no longer go out alone because she feared walking into objects or falling over.
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she → reveal → objects
The actor also told Barnett of her sadness at no longer being able to see bluebells.
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actor → tell → bluebells
“They said this summer was absolutely sensational with bluebells; I couldn’t see one,” she said.
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she → say → one
“But I know what my trees look like, and part of it is in my memory and part of it is about hopefully what I can make out.”
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I → know → what
Asked about ageing, Dench replied: “There’s nothing to say for it at all.
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Dench → ask → it
[I] don’t think about it too much.”
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I → think → it
Despite the impact of her sight loss, she spoke warmly of her enduring love of Shakespeare’s poetry.
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she → speak → poetry
“I am besotted by the sonnets, I just love them,” she said, describing their ability to capture human feelings simply.
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she → besotte → feelings
“It’s the rhythm of it.
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It → ’ → it
It’s the rhythm of your heart.
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It → ’ → heart
It’s the way he’s summed up so simply the way that any of us feel about, well, anything.”
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any → ’ → anything
Dench was speaking before the publication of her memoir, Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?, written with the theatre director Brendan O’Hea.
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It → speak → director
Dench’s career spans more than seven decades.
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career → span → decades
She won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and became internationally renowned as M, James Bond’s boss, appearing in eight films in the franchise.
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She → win → franchise
Her stage work included celebrated Shakespearean roles such as Juliet, Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra.
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work → include → Juliet
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