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

Results 31 to 40 of 224

It's not the end of the world

  • 27 November 2008
  • 5 comments

We love a good disaster fantasy, but this one is too slick to become a classic
Survivors
BBC1

The revolution will be televised

  • 20 November 2008
  • 3 comments

A drama proves that England's radical past is something we should celebrate
The Devil's Whore
Channel 4

The past in reconstruction

  • 13 November 2008

Why spice up history? Secret Soviet deals with the Nazis is fascinating enough
World War II: Behind Closed Doors BBC2

This is anything but escapism

  • 06 November 2008
  • 2 comments

A timely adaptation of Dickens is a metaphor for the credit card age
Little Dorrit
BBC1

The John and Pauline show

  • 30 October 2008
  • 2 comments

An invitation to laugh at the Prescotts is motivated by plain old snobbery
Prescott: the Class System and Me
BBC2

An old-fashioned misery memoir

  • 23 October 2008

A study of Victoria's melancholy youth puts clever women on our screens again
Timewatch: Young Victoria
BBC2

On the road to nowhere

  • 16 October 2008
  • 4 comments

If nothing else, Fry's ramble proves that class is alive and kicking in the US
Stephen Fry in America
BBC1

Nothing new under the sun

  • 09 October 2008

This comedy-drama aims for warmth but settles for warmed-over gags
Sunshine BBC1

What does it mean to be free?

  • 02 October 2008

The life of America's elusive Founding Father provides a compelling narrative
John Adams More4

Values and the market

  • 25 September 2008

Has money stripped art of all meaning? Yes, argues the sage Robert Hughes
Mona Lisa Curse Channel 4

Cricket's revolution

The Ashes and globalisation

The empire strikes back

Ziauddin Sardar

Move over viagra

Put a little spice in your box

Religion

Does God hate women?

Does God Hate Women?

Art

Medals of dishonour

Pin the blame on them

James Macintyre

Cameron the bully?

A fresh approach?

Canada

The new dope lords

Traffic out of control

Travel

Brussels and surrealism

Nothing is as it seems

Television

Revelations

Revelations: How to Find God

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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