Rachel Cooke
Constance by Patrick McGrath - review
Patrick McGrath writes about madness like no one else, but his eighth novel feels like Freud by numbers It's 1963, and in New York the demolition of Pennsylvania Station is under way. Soon its elegant granite columns, its soaring glass and steel roof,
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins – review
Who could resist a book with the title The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil? Not me.
Maria Friedman: 'We made Stephen Sondheim cry'
Maria Friedman is a three-time Olivier award-winning actor and singer, best known for her roles in the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. Last year she directed an acclaimed production of Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Sout
Josie Rourke: 'We make theatre like the Brazilians play football'
The artistic director of the Donmar talks about funding cuts, how to manage actors, and her grand plan for the theatre's lavatories When Josie Rourke, the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, first began directing professionally at the age of just
Rembrandt by Typex - review
The rackety life of the great Dutch master comes to vivid life in these marvellous drawings So, after 10 long years, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has reopened - and what a wondrous sight it must be. Rembrandt's The Night Watch is still in pride of pl
Montague Terrace by Warren and Gary Pleece - review
This book, brought to you by Warren and Gary Pleece, two legends of the British comics scene, is completely demented. But I like it all the same. Its title, Montague Terrace, comes from the block of flats in which it's set, a decaying art deco ocean liner
Turned Out Nice Again by Richard Mabey - review
Richard Mabey explores our relationship with the changeable British weather with thoughtful elegance In 1577, Thomas Hill wrote a popular manual called The Gardener's Labyrinth , in which, among other things, he gave his readers advice about how to tu
