Mr and Mrs Nobody review – at home with the Pooters
There are squabbles, strained smiles and domestic mishaps in Keith Waterhouse’s spin on the Grossmiths’ classic
August 2019
Sheila Steafel obituary
Versatile stage, screen and radio actor admired for her comic timing
May 2019
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell review – Soho boozer's pint-sized revival
Robert Bathurst stars in an hour-long production of the comedy, staged in the pub where Keith Waterhouse sought inspiration
September 2016
Greenslade
'Wicked' John McEntee, the journalist who was born to gossip
Laugh-out-loud moments in a book of anecdotes about life in old Fleet Street and the assorted celebrities who featured in his newspaper columns
October 2015
Greenslade
Revel Barker's memoir captures the madness of the old Mirror
Roy Greenslade
Book recounts Fleet Street’s days of unlimited expenses amid an alcoholic haze
August 2015
The week in radio: Today, Drivetime, Late Night Woman’s Hour, Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Modern life is homogenised and not as much fun, says John Hurt
October 2014
Greenslade
Journalist wins his place in a dull calendar for protecting the apostrophe
The pedant's revolt! Or should that be the pedants' revolt?
September 2014
Mind your language
Let’s eat Grandma! How to use, and not use the comma
David Marsh
David Marsh: ‘If you could edit your past, what would you change?’ ‘I’d get rid of all the commas’ – Peter Carey
July 2014
Role model
Why I'd like to be … Julie Christie in Billy Liar
Teenage angst and procrastination still linger for Nick Dastoor as he admires the daydreaming Billy Fisher's best chance of a life beyond fantasy – the vivacious Liz
June 2014
Billy Liar review – teenage dreamer is as witty as ever in a fine revival
Harry McEntire is wonderfully fidgety as Keith Waterhouse's hero, who would be a Twitter phenomenon today, writes Alfred Hickling
March 2014
Greenslade
Alastair Campbell pipes amid journalistic mayhem at Brighton's Grand Hotel
John McEntee recalls fun and frolics at the 1989 Labour party conference
May 2013
Philip French's classic DVD
Billy Liar
Philip French's classic DVD: the 50th anniversary edition of a seminal British movie
September 2012
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 4 September 1959: New novels digging the teenage thing
Originally published in the Guardian on 4 September 1959: Roy Perrott reviews two new novels that represent the emerging teenage culture of the late 50s
April 2012
The Northerner
Mapping the fictional north
Ben Myers considers the lop-sided geography of northern novels and drama - West Yorkshire with standing room-only for writers while Durham and even the Lake District trail far behind
February 2012
The Northerner
We are **** Leeds...
Leeds obsessive (and why not?) Mick McCann ponders his home city's connection with obscenities
March 2011
Playing drunk: Now, what was I shaying?
Britain's stages are about to be invaded by drunks. What's the secret to playing a tipsy character? And who is drama's biggest boozer, asks Alfred Hickling
October 2010
Greenslade
Memo to the editor of the Currant Bun: give the puns a rest
Roy Greenslade
There are too many headline puns in The Sun, and they add nothing to readers' understanding of stories
