Diaries of actor who inspired character of Withnail to be auctioned in London
Vivian MacKerrell – who really did drink lighter fluid – shared a house with Withnail and I director Bruce Robinson
May 2024
The week in theatre: Withnail and I; Spirited Away; Mary Said What She Said; Boys on the Verge of Tears – review
Withnail and I review – downtrodden duo return to demand some more booze
January 2024
2024 culture preview
From Bong Joon-ho to Van Gogh: Observer critics’ culture highlights for 2024
From Withnail and I on stage to Olivia Rodrigo on tour, Sally Wainwright’s new drama to Blondie, Bruckner and Jez Butterworth, our experts guide you through the treats in store this year
October 2023
The reader interview
Paul McGann: ‘Bristol uni students have a drink, watch Withnail then stop me in the street. I like it!’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Paul McGann
Disdain, decay and a half-dead eel: why Withnail & I explains so much of Sunak’s Britain
Max Wallis
In brief: Withnail and I: From Cult to Classic; Light Over Liskeard; Hellish Nell – review
July 2019
Ranked
Worst holidays in cinema – ranked!
As Spider-Man: Far From Home and Midsommar bring the well-worn trip-gone-wrong back to the big screen, here are 20 of film’s most appalling vacations
April 2019
An Accidental Studio review – the brief, brilliant life of HandMade Films
How George Harrison – and a very naughty boy – saved British cinema
October 2018
Letters: Michael Pickwoad obituary
Quentin Falk writes: He thought a production designer should think like a director and behave like a producer
September 2018
Michael Pickwoad obituary
Production designer who worked on the film classic Withnail & I and on the TV series Doctor Who between 2010 and 2017
June 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 Shakespearean stories in modern fiction
Countless books have the Bard’s dramas at their core. From Lady Macbeth of Mtsenskl to Withnail and I, here are some of the best
September 2016
The Guide's student special
Frat's entertainment: why Animal House is still the king of college comedies
It may be tasteless, but National Lampoon captured the campus experience in a way no UK film has
January 2016
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best fictional houseshares
Last week we brought you our 10 best fictional houseshares. Here, we present your thoughts on the fabulous flatmates that should have made the list
September 2015
‘A slag-fest collusion’: Steve Martin on his friend Richard E Grant
After Martin met Grant filming LA Story they began a correspondence that could fill a book. The star of Withnail & I sent faxes full of gossip, hilarious character assassinations, self-loathing and charm
August 2015
The 10 best ...
The 10 best stoners
As Shakespeare is outed as a potential pothead and before September’s release of stoner movie American Ultra, here’s a tally of tokers from Withnail and I to Caddyshack
July 2015
Frozen in time
May 1986: Withnail demands cake and fine wine – and an enduring cult classic is born
This much I know
Richard E Grant: ‘I can never be an arse, or someone will tweet it’
