What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in November Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024
Silo season 2 stars discuss how the hit Apple sci-fi series changes things up from the books: "I was like, I’m going to die" Exclusive: The Silo season 2 cast says receiving the scripts felt "like Christmas" as they realized their characters have much bigger roles compared to the books Total Film · Nov 21, 2024
Lend me your ears: great Shakespearean actors given hi-tech talking portraits A radical new exhibition celebrates stars including Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart by combining subtly moving artworks with their own voices. The results are uncanny The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024
Apple TV+ Just Quietly Released The Bold New Chapter Of Its Best Sci-Fi Show The hit Apple TV+ series is back and bigger than ever with the addition of an entirely new storyline. Inverse · Nov 15, 2024
Best podcasts of the week: Serial tells the true tale of Free Willy’s titular whale In this week’s newsletter: For its 13th season, the investigative titan explores the complicated story of Keiko. Plus: five of the best podcasts to dip into The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024
The secret benefits to an age-gap friendship LET’S UNPACK THAT: Friendships between people from different generations are surprisingly common. Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores why hanging out with someone much older or younger than you can banish loneliness, challenge your perceptions of ageing and even help you live longer The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2024
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light: which actors are playing famous characters from history? Time to brush up on your half-remembered knowledge of Tudor history Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024
Victoria Beckham, Sophie Turner and Ambika Mod: Inside the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards Industry titans and rising stars were out in force to celebrate females who have inspired, entertained and impressed us over the past 12 months Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Who’s who in the cast of the new Hilary Mantel adaptation? ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Succession’ stars join the cast for the new episodes of the BBC One historical drama The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024
‘You get more confident as the parts run out’: Harriet Walter on her stage career, Succession and Shakespeare’s women In her new book the acclaimed actor imagines what the Bard’s female characters might have said if they had had the chance The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024
She Speaks! by Harriet Walter review – new words for Shakespeare’s women An actor’s collection of supplementary speeches for Shakespeare’s female characters offers fresh insights into his work The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024
First look at ‘Brian and Margaret’, a Channel 4 drama depicting former PM Thatcher's final ever TV interview The two-part drama will air on Channel 4 next year Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2024
‘Black Mirror’ season 7 is official with stacked cast — and USS Callister is back Off the back of a well-loved sixth season, Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror’ is back to inject even more fear into the worlds of ever-evolving technology and it’s employing quite the cast. Tom’s Guide · Sep 19, 2024
Silo season 2: Apple TV Plus release date, trailer, cast, story rumors, and more news about the sci-fi show's return Here's the latest news and rumors surrounding Silo season 2, which will air on Apple TV Plus in November. TechRadar · Sep 14, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024 And Mrs review – love never dies for Aisling Bea in barmy Brit romcom This Richard Curtis-like comedy sees Bea on fine form as she tries to marry her her dead boyfriend, supported by a knockout cast including Harriet Walter and Susan Wokoma
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024 Atonement by Ian McEwan audiobook review – secrets and lies Succession actor Harriet Walter narrates this unsettling portrait of class, memory and the nature of fiction
WhatToWatch · Jun 19, 2024 Brian and Maggie: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know Brian and Maggie on Channel 4 features Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter as TV interviewer Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 The best theatre to stream this month: David Suchet’s Poirot secrets, Oklahoma! and more This month’s roundup includes the versatile actor’s 75th birthday show, Succession’s Harriet Walter playing Lorca’s matriarch and supreme showman Hugh Jackman in the classic musical
WhatToWatch · Jan 30, 2024 Black Mirror season 7: release date, recaps, episode titles, trailer, cast and everything we know Black Mirror season 7 is on the way and we now have casting, plus teases from Charlie Brooker...
The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024 ‘He has no understudy’: Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench and more remember Tom Wilkinson The directors of The Full Monty, In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday, along with David Hare, Richard Eyre, John Madden, Jonathan Pryce, Jay Roach, Justin Theroux, Harriet Walter, Cathy Tyson, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Webber and Marion Bailey
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023 ‘What is it about life that’s sacred?’: Harriet Walter backs change in law on assisted dying The actor, who has played characters on both sides of the debate, says the UK needs a conversation about euthanasia and assisted suicide
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023 The week in theatre: Macbeth; The House of Bernarda Alba – review Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma are magnetic murderers in Simon Godwin’s bleakly immersive warehouse production, while Harriet Walter commands the stage in Rebecca Frecknall’s stylish, if underheated Lorca
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023 The House of Bernarda Alba review – Harriet Walter rules as Lorca gets a refurb Adapted by Alice Birch and directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this is a stylised study in control and daughterly disobedience
Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023 The House of Bernarda Alba at the National Theatre review: a study of repression horribly relevant to today Harriet Walter cleaves through the teeming action like a dreadnought
The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2023 On my radar: Chris Bush’s cultural highlights The award-winning playwright on one of pop’s most extraordinary voices, role-playing drag queens and the scathing wit of her favourite foodie website