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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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

Family fortunes

  • 18 September 2008

Can the revival of this fly-on-the-wall classic succeed in the 21st century? The Family Channel 4

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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