Articles
Read my latest articles for The Guardian and The Observer here.
Read my latest articles for The i Paper here.
Selected works
Gregg Wallace accused of inappropriate behaviour in letter sent to BBC in 2022 | The Observer
‘I will be hunted down for my Taylor Swift jokes!’ Rose Matafeo on her scary return to standup | The Guardian
Profile of Alice Lowe: ‘I’ve always gotten mouthy about sexism and it hasn’t really helped my career’ | The Guardian
‘We want to put audiences on edge’: the team bringing A24 horror film Saint Maud to the stage | The Guardian
‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe awards | The Observer
Exclusive: Fresh crisis at ‘toxic’ Strictly as ex-staff claim they faced sexualised comments and cruelty | The Observer
Dreams and jobs slowly fade away as Bristol bears brunt of arts cuts | The Observer
‘At the start you get molested and by 45 you’re too old to work’ – the secret misery of women working in TV | The Guardian
A new start after 60: I turned my homely lifestyle into a global phenomenon | The Guardian
Profile of Janine Harouni: ‘When you’re pregnant you’re massive. It felt powerful to be big on stage’ | The Guardian
Profile of Ania Magliano: ‘I have quite a lot of jokes about men being violent. There’s a dark undercurrent’ | The Guardian
Was it worth it? Edinburgh fringe acts give their verdict on the festival | The Guardian
‘We’ve had to stop people fighting and urinating in their seats’: the ugly new side of theatre audiences | The Guardian
Exclusive: David Walliams recorded making derogatory comments about BGT contestants | The Guardian
‘People might cry’: welcome to the hilariously creepy world of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared | The Guardian
‘Someone’s making money but it’s not us’ – the comics spurning the Edinburgh fringe | The Guardian
How to say the unsayable: the artists tackling anti-‘woke’ trolling | The Guardian
‘Comedy is a powerful recruitment tool’: how the US rightwing use laughs for vast influence | The Guardian
Profile of Ambika Mod, star of This Is Going to Hurt | The Guardian
‘Everything ends up being about death and shagging’: Fern Brady on comedy and autism | The Guardian
New organisation launched to tackle sexual harassment in live comedy | The Guardian
Profile of Bridget Christie | The Guardian
PTSD, long Covid and a paltry pay offer: three nurses on how the pandemic changed them | The Guardian
All white on the night: the perennial problem with panel shows | The Guardian
‘It’s democratising’: Has lockdown changed comedy forever? | The Guardian
The comedians tackling sexual harassment on the live circuit | The Guardian
‘Women are tired of having to walk men through it’: men and #MeToo in comedy | The Guardian
‘I’ve had men rub their genitals against me’: extreme sexism in standup comedy | The Guardian
Coronavirus and comedy’s class divide | The Guardian
Taskmaster’s Alex Horne made me the ultimate lockdown quizmaster | The i newspaper
Seriously funny: political comedians on humour in horrific times | The Guardian
Joy of pecs: Jessica Fostekew, the weightlifting comic shredding body fascism | The Guardian
Congratulations, you played yourself: comedians who fictionalise their lives | The Guardian
When the Dream of Working in Indie Film Turns Into a Nightmare | VICE
Welcome to the underground world of Discount Greggs | VICE
Secrets behind the scenes of His Dark Materials | The i newspaper
When the Fringe is no joke: minding your mental health in Edinburgh | The Guardian
Reviews
Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything) review | The Guardian
Ugly Sisters review – deft duo riff on Germaine Greer’s encounter with a trans woman | The Guardian
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show review – a total takedown of gendered expectations | The Guardian
Review: Jordan Gray, Is It A Bird? at Edinburgh Festival | The Guardian
The Guardian: comedy series
Rachael Healy tours the UK to discover more about regional comedy scenes and senses of humour from local standups | The Guardian
Rachael Healy revisits the origins of hit TV shows in the UK’s comedy clubs and fringe theatres | The Guardian