Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen

Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards.

Articles by Andrew Billen

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Letters from a merry critic

  • 16 August 2007

Clive James, who's mellowed with age, is a worthy successor to Alistair Cooke

Computer says no

  • 09 August 2007

A charming tirade against technology suffers from some very bad dancing Will Adamsdale The Human Computer

Keeping the country afloat

  • 02 August 2007

It's unpolished, but local radio provides a lifeline for flooded communities Radio Oxford, Radio Gloucestershire BBC local radio

Cops and robbers

  • 26 July 2007

Mark Easton's gripping story of how crime has shot up since the 1950s The Crime of Our Lives Radio 4

Running out of jokes

  • 19 July 2007

A remarkable performance, but this one-woman play is thin on laughs Sophie Woolley When to Run

Taking back the airwaves

  • 12 July 2007

Galloway's fiery rhetoric proves that left-wing talk shows can attract listeners George Galloway TalkSport

Liberals? Eat my shorts

  • 05 July 2007

It's surprisingly hard to pin down the politics of America's favourite family Whose Side Is Bart Simpson On? Radio 4

A talent for deception

  • 04 June 2007

David Mamet is a master craftsman, as this sparkling world premiere shows Keep Your Pantheon Radio 4 Jon Ronson On . . . Radio 4

You are being watched

  • 28 May 2007

Based on a story by Gogol, this show is clever without being intelligent Kevin McAleer
Chalk and Cheese

More hits than misses

  • 21 May 2007

Radio 2 is still a mixed bag, but hiring glitzy new talent has paid off BBC Radio 2

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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