Russell T Davies

What’s the point of personal statements when ChatGPT can say it so much better? | Tim Adams

Thanks in part to AI, students will no longer have to wax lyrical about struggles and achievements to secure a university place

Tim Adams

14, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

‘Somehow, something clicked’: Russell T Davies on how soap opera changed his life

The It’s A Sin writer has always been obsessed with soaps – and now he’s put Helena Bonham Carter in one. Here, he discusses his new drama about Crossroads – the show that sparked his TV dream

Russell T Davies

13, Jan, 2023 @1:00 PM

The 35 must-see TV shows to look forward to in 2023

A hardy period drama from Shane Meadows, a Frasier reboot and the fourth series of Succession – here’s a rundown of all the new year’s unmissable telly

Stuart Heritage and Kate Abbott

28, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

Doctor Who quiz: can you tell your Sontarans from your Skithra?

Test your knowledge of Jodie Whittaker’s era as the Time Lord with our interstellar quiz

Beth Axford and Martin Belam

21, Oct, 2022 @9:00 AM

It’s a Sin’s Callum Scott Howells: ‘Cabaret’s the most playful thing I’ve done’

The Welsh actor on breaking hearts in Russell T Davies’s hit drama, losing to a dog on Britain’s Got Talent and having dinner with Elton John

Michael Hogan

04, Sep, 2022 @8:30 AM

Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel elected to Royal Society of Literature

The Bridgerton actor, Doctor Who writer and I May Destroy You creator are among 60 new fellows appointed to the UK’s charity for the advancement of literature

Sarah Shaffiand Lucy Knight

12, Jul, 2022 @6:30 PM

We Are Lady Parts leads South Bank Sky Arts award winners

Sitcom about Muslim female punk band wins best comedy as Opera North, Little Simz and Monica Ali also triumph

Mark Brown

10, Jul, 2022 @5:00 PM

Queer As Folk review – this joyful, warm reboot makes you glad to have them back

The New Orleans incarnation of Russell T Davies’ seminal drama is confident, intricate and humane – not least due to fabulous performances from Kim Cattrall and Juliette Lewis

Lucy Mangan

01, Jul, 2022 @5:00 PM

What links Queer as Folk to the Strokes and LCD Soundsystem? | Down the rabbit hole

As the hit show appears in its third iteration, jump down the rabbit hole with an 80s romcom, a power ballad, a London spy, a very English scandal and a cucumber

Larry Ryan

25, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

Tom Hanks says he couldn’t play gay role today ‘and rightly so’

The actor has said that neither Philadelphia nor Forrest Gump, for which he won Oscars in the 90s, would be made in a ‘modern realm of authenticity’

Catherine Shoard

16, Jun, 2022 @12:01 PM

‘Young gay people being out and happy? It’s revolutionary!’ Meet the Heartstopper generation

From footballer Jake Daniels coming out to trans actor Yasmin Finney being cast in Doctor Who, it feels like there has been a turning point in Generation Z’s queer experience. But how much have things really changed?

Michael Segalov

31, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

‘I’m in awe’: trans actor Yasmin Finney on joining Doctor Who

She made viewers swoon in Heartstopper. Now she’s heading for the Tardis. The actor talks about teenage trauma, TikTok trolling, and juggling two armies of fans

Rachel Aroesti

24, May, 2022 @5:00 AM