Observer writer, Statesman TV critic. Her Brilliant Career; Kitchen Person; Virago Book of Friendship (Norton US 2025). Insta @msrachelcooke Bsky @msrachelcooke
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I review Anthony Quinn's very readable, astute and funny thoughts on Kevin Keegan - not really a biography, but better on.ft.com/3JbdJDw
RIP Susan Brownmiller. Even after MeToo her phone did not ring off the hook. Here’s an interview I did in 2018 theguardian.com/world/2018/f…
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The Guardian bangs out the Observer. Thank you to all of our amazing colleagues. We’ll never forget it ❤️
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Even unions, news organisations and charities are using NDAs to prevent former employees from speaking out about abuse, discrimination and matters of public interest relating to their former employer. Government needs to step in and restrict their use.
Today’s Observer column.
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Some of us are staying, some of us are going, but we all gave our beloved Observer a proper send off into new waters this evening. What a privilege it’s been to write for the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper these last ten years ❤️
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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK
Author and psychoanalytic psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld will discuss her latest book Affairs: Stories of Love, Lies, Hope and Despair with Rachel Cooke TONIGHT at the Freud Museum.
📅 27 March
⏰ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Book your tickets: ow.ly/WAJu50V4WAp
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Such a glorious review of #JohnandPaul by @mrianleslie here from Anthony Quinn. Don't miss the chance to hear Ian discuss his fabulous book with @chris_hawkins Tues April 8th in store - tickets etc bit.ly/4hJ0h5L A MUST for all #Beatles fans #JohnLennon #PaulMcCartney ♥️
‘[A] brilliant study of the Beatles’ music, a book that offers not only a lesson in listening (again) but an enthralling narrative of friendship, creative genius and loss.’
Read Anthony Quinn’s review of @mrianleslie’s John & Paul in today’s Observer.
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This City is Ours review: a highly superior Scouse Dallas
This series, starring Sean Bean, is the perfect combination of menace and farce.
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"Thames Water has made a cretinous mistake in letting TV cameras capture its ineptitude."
📺 @MsRachelCooke reviews Thames Water: Inside the Crisis
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The fakery of Meghan Markle’s Netflix show
This isn’t her house. Are these people her friends? Can she really cook, or garden, or do any of the things she coos about in With Love, Meghan?
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'In that moment, I had the insight that Andrea’s remains would really be her words. They live on as she doesn’t.'
Amazing piece by @MsRachelCooke interviewing @JohnStoltenberg about Andrea Dworkin and her work, who we publish in @classicpenguins tomorrow
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"My session was interrupted by Leadbeater explaining to the committee that I and other witnesses didn't understand the nature of suicide in life-limiting physical illness."
— Prof @AllanOHouse, in letter to the @guardian
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Particularly shocking detail here, suggesting reasons why the Mayor and the Culture Secretary might be looking the other way on this. newstatesman.com/culture/202…
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Amandaland review: the spin-off’s star returns diminished but undimmed.
"Long live Amandaland!"
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James Graham’s Brian and Maggie, starring Harriet Walter as the prime minister, is shrewd on the class dynamics that made her – but can’t quite crack her open.
📺 @MsRachelCooke reviews on the riddle of Margaret Thatcher newstatesman.com/culture/tv/…
