The week in theatre: Long Day’s Journey Into Night; The Lover/The Collection; The Divine Mrs S – review
Long Day’s Journey Into Night review – Brian Cox upstaged by Patricia Clarkson’s morphine fiend
January 2024
‘Please make it stop’: Tom Hollander and the bizarre world of mistaken celebrity identity
From administrative disasters involving Brian Coxes to having millions of Avengers fans suddenly appear in your notifications, having a similar name to a star is no easy ride
November 2023
The watcher
007: Road to a Million – Brian Cox is scene-chewingly villainous in Bond’s mega-fun reality series
The seven best shows to stream this week
Robbie Williams to 007: the seven best shows to stream this week
October 2023
The Score review – Brian Cox is magnetic as JS Bach in a clash of values
The Succession star excels in Oliver Cotton’s play about the meeting between the composer and Frederick the Great
September 2023
After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre
Oliver Cotton’s The Score, a new drama about Bach’s confrontation with Frederick II, continues a rich tradition of plays about great composers
July 2023
UK stars hold London rally in support of striking US actors
‘A huge relief’: scientists react to hopes of UK rejoining EU Horizon scheme
June 2023
Succession wasn’t about the Murdochs? Surely it’s how they’d like to see themselves
Catherine Bennett
Why are Rupert and co so obsessed with not being identified with the fictional Roys?
May 2023
Ranked
Every Succession episode – ranked!
Kendall crashing, Logan slapping, Shiv cheating, Roman perving, Greg Gregging and Tom eating chicken … we rate every episode of Succession and relive its most shocking moments
March 2023
Shiv, Logan – or Cousin Greg? Who will come out on top in Succession?
As the hit drama’s final season approaches, it’s all-out war for the title of CEO at Waystar Royco – but who will claim the ultimate prize?
December 2022
2022 in TV
Paddington, Neighbours and Matt Hancock snogging: the TV moments of 2022
From the Queen’s afternoon tea skit to the utter surrealness of I’m A Celebrity, here are the most incredible, touching and bizarre things that happened on our screens this year
November 2022
Brief letters
Bringing Boris Johnson to book
‘I don’t watch television’: how two Brian Coxes stumped one hotel receptionist
August 2022
Edinburgh fringe 2022 week one roundup: from care home tales to a Berlin fetish night
Sex, social commentary and shows with no actors: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standout moments from Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and ‘a show without actors’
July 2022
‘I’m very pleased we’ve got the same name’: Brian Cox meets Brian Cox
The actor Brian Cox used to be irked by the success of his upstart namesake. Now, for the first time, he and Prof Brian Cox talk science, Succession and what Shakespeare and black holes have in common
June 2022
TV review
Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars review – out of this world!
The staggering science and jaw-dropping feats of humanity at mission control for Mars make the particle physicist more excited than ever. Will they find signs of life?
November 2021
Boris Johnson says the UK is not ‘remotely a corrupt country’. Is it?
TV tonight
TV tonight: how the climate crisis is turning our weather wild
