One Direction

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

Kevin Rawlinson

29, Jul, 2021 @5:54 PM

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

Adrian Horton

29, May, 2021 @8:16 AM

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

Kitty Empire

16, Jan, 2021 @2:00 PM

One Direction star takes up plight of roadies left jobless by coronavirus

Niall Horan says touring road crews have been forgotten by government

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

13, Oct, 2020 @4:51 PM

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

Interview by Ben Beaumont-Thomas

24, Apr, 2020 @7:00 AM

Niall Horan: Heartbreak Weather review – 1D’s quiet one comes good

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Michael Cragg

15, Mar, 2020 @1:00 PM

Harry Styles: ‘I’m not just sprinkling in sexual ambiguity to be interesting’

The former One Direction star talks about success at 16, dating ‘normals’ and his right to rock a dress

Tom Lamont

14, Dec, 2019 @8:00 AM

Harry Styles: Fine Line review – idiosyncratic pop with heart and soul

Styles is taking his time to come into focus as a songwriter, and the results range from brisk and sunny to barbed and sly

Laura Snapes

13, Dec, 2019 @7:00 AM

Liam Payne: LP1 review

One Direction’s Mr Boring lets his inner sexual piranha loose – with frightening results

Laura Snapes

06, Dec, 2019 @9:00 AM

Liam Payne on life after One Direction: ‘It was touch and go. I was slowly losing the plot’

Back with his solo debut, the singer opens up about his battle with alcohol, the pressures of fatherhood and stripping off for Hugo Boss

Elle Hunt

02, Dec, 2019 @6:00 AM

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