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 71 to 80 of 242

I just can't get you out of my head

  • 26 June 2008
  • 9 comments

For some reason, I keep imagining Jeremy Clarkson in his underpants Top Gear BBC2

Before the age of reality TV

  • 19 June 2008

A look back to 1988 suggests that we've lost the art of making documentaries Afghantsi More4

The making of Margaret

  • 12 June 2008

Did sexism help to shape Thatcher's icy persona? This drama suggests it did Margaret Thatcher: the Long Walk to Finchley BBC4

Who comes up with this stuff?

  • 05 June 2008
  • 7 comments

The BBC fulfils its public service remit with some truly awful programmes This Week, Florence Nightingale BBC1 The Culture Show, Women in BlackBBC2

The original trout pout

  • 29 May 2008

We shrug off Mary Whitehouse as a relic of the past at our own peril Filth: the Mary Whitehouse Story BBC2

An epidemic of self-pity

  • 22 May 2008

Reality shows like this one encourage people to wallow in their own misery The Duchess in Hull ITV1

Fear and loathing in Jerusalem

  • 15 May 2008
  • 10 comments

Two documentaries explore the corrosive effects of conflict on Israeli society The Battle for Jerusalem/ My Israel BBC4

When two stars collide

  • 08 May 2008
  • 1 comment

The highbrow South Bank Show is as celebrity-driven as crummy reality TV

A sobering experience

  • 01 May 2008
  • 1 comment

Is this the beginning of the end for tabloid-style TV news? Let's hope so Ten O'Clock NewsBBC1 News at Ten ITV1

A dangerous experiment

  • 24 April 2008
  • 10 comments

This appalling documentary was exploitative and irresponsible The Doctor Who Hears Voices Channel 4

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

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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