Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke trained as a reporter on The Sunday Times. She is now a writer at The Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year.

Articles by Rachel Cooke

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Brother to brother

  • 08 November 2007
  • 2 comments

McGovern's eye for detail makes his tales of working-class life a joy to watch The Street BBC1

Wrestling with terrorists

  • 01 November 2007
  • 3 comments

This riveting drama is courageous but dubious plotting muddies the water Britz Channel 4

The really wild show

  • 25 October 2007

Russell Brand's "anarchic" comedy is as carefully coiffed as his hair Russell Brand's Ponderland Channel 4 Fanny Hill BBC4

All bark and no bite

  • 18 October 2007
  • 3 comments

Why do politicians no longer fear Paxman, the BBC's attack dog? Newsnight BBC2

Against the odds, it rocks

  • 11 October 2007

Yet another show going behind the scenes in TV - but this has potential 30 Rock Channel 5

Breaking the silence

  • 04 October 2007
  • 5 comments

Stephen Fry proves that celebrity docs don't have to be cynical or simplistic Stephen Fry: HIV and Me BBC2 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle BBC2

The ordinary boys

  • 27 September 2007

Friendship between an addict and an academic is lit up by two great actors Stuart: a Life Backwards BBC2

Down with foodie fetishes

  • 20 September 2007
  • 1 comment

If the rabbit entrails don't make you want to vomit, the celebrity chefs will The Wild Gourmets Channel 4

Desperately seeking salvation

  • 13 September 2007

Vegas's tour of US churches tells us more about his own quest for happiness Johnny Vegas's Guide to . . . Evangelical Christianity Channel 4

Brother to brother

  • 06 September 2007

Good intentions undermine Mark Haddon's tale of sibling rivalry Coming Down the Mountain BBC1

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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