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 same old story

  • 11 September 2008

This tale of a twin towers fraudster is a fascinating one, but it's been told before Cutting Edge: the 9/11 Faker Channel 4

The plot thickens

  • 04 September 2008
  • 2 comments

This dumbed-down take on a literary classic patronises its female audience Lost in Austen ITV1

Dramedy by numbers

  • 28 August 2008

A clichéd comedy about grown-ups and suicide is no laughing matter Mutual Friends BBC1

You're not who we think you are

  • 21 August 2008
  • 3 comments

Chinks in Johnson's charm armoury appear in a look at his colourful ancestry Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1

The feel of what's real

  • 14 August 2008

A drum'n'bass star saves this baton camp from being a dead loss Maestro BBC2

A very public act of charity

  • 07 August 2008

There's something suspect about this reality show that promotes giving The Secret Millionaire Channel 4

Outrageous fortune

  • 31 July 2008
  • 1 comment

Inspired drama gives a Shakespearean dimension to a tale of Iraq's first family House of Saddam BBC2

Three cheers for the X factor

  • 24 July 2008
  • 4 comments

What makes a man gay? The question, mercifully, is too complex to answer The Making of Me BBC1

Lost in translation

  • 17 July 2008
  • 2 comments

Eighty minutes doesn't do justice to one of the world's seminal texts The Quran Channel 4

The call of the weird

  • 10 July 2008
  • 1 comment

Knights Templar, comedy accents and giant snails? It must be silly season Bonekickers BBC1 Lab Rats BBC2

Green heroes

The top ten

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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

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

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