The musical that shows the true side of One Direction fans
Fangirls celebrates the obsessive followers of a band closely resembling One Direction. ‘It really does question where the boundaries are,’ says its creator
June 2024
This direction: Cheshire village launches Harry Styles tour for pop star’s fans
Guided walks around Holmes Chapel take in the bakery where the singer used to work and a viaduct featured in a One Direction documentary
August 2023
One Direction’s Liam Payne postpones tour after ‘serious kidney infection’
Former boy band member say with a ‘heavy heart’ that he has had to postpone his Latin American tour after being hospitalised
November 2022
This much I know
Louis Tomlinson: ‘I’m low-maintenance. I don’t have diva requests’
Louis Tomlinson: Faith in the Future review – ex-One Direction star gets lost in a sea of influences
The curate’s Easter egg: how Taylor Swift turned pop into a multiplayer puzzle
Alim Kheraj
Zayn Malik urges Rishi Sunak to give free school meals to all children in poverty
January 2022
Easy wins
‘You may feel your cortisol levels declining’: why Siri should be an Irish man
No more generic American voice. Let Colin Farrell, Michael Fassbender and Paul Mescal do your bidding instead
November 2021
Saved for Later
Taylor Swift, One Direction and online fandoms. Plus: is self-care ironic?
Michael Sun, Alyx Gorman and Steph Harmon bring in pop culture expert and Directioner Brodie Lancaster to pore over the easter eggs of Red (Taylor’s Version)
July 2021
The good, the bad and Harry Styles: X Factor’s most memorable entrants
As ITV confirms it has no plans for a new series, we take a look back at some of the characters that the show foisted on the world
May 2021
I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story review – tears, squeals and boundless devotion
Four generations of superfan discuss their teenage obsession, from the Beatles to One Direction, in a sensitive documentary
January 2021
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Zayn: Nobody Is Listening review – music to make babies to
The former One Directioner has retreated to the bedroom on this impressively assured set of R&B booty calls
October 2020
One Direction star takes up plight of roadies left jobless by coronavirus
Niall Horan says touring road crews have been forgotten by government
April 2020
Lockdown listening
Niall Horan's lockdown listening: 'Pop is definitely at its best right now'
The former One Direction star talks about his love of Thin Lizzy, Dua Lipa and 5 Seconds of Summer – and how he’s writing songs about dating in lockdown
March 2020
Niall Horan: Heartbreak Weather review – 1D’s quiet one comes good
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December 2019
Harry Styles: ‘I’m not just sprinkling in sexual ambiguity to be interesting’
Harry Styles: Fine Line review – idiosyncratic pop with heart and soul
Liam Payne: LP1 review – beware! Former 1D member on the prowl
The G2 interview
Liam Payne on life after One Direction: ‘It was touch and go. I was slowly losing the plot’
November 2019
Shortcuts
Tutu good: how Harry Styles suddenly became Britain’s greatest export
The former One Direction frontman was a huge hit when he made his hosting debut on Saturday Night Live. There’s no denying true star power
