Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to ‘respected and beloved’ Sir Patrick Stewart Sir Ian, who held a long friendship with Sir Patrick, said the actor ‘was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire’. Evening Standard · 2h ago
Dame Harriet Walter: World is going to be very poor without Sir Patrick Stewart Dame Harriet was a longtime friend of Sir Patrick. Evening Standard · 3h ago
Shabana Mahmood urged to grant visa to former Weather Underground activist Home Office refused entry to Judith Clark, 77, invited by RSC to speak about restorative justice after her time in prison The Guardian - UK · Oct 27
First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence An intro to Shakespeare doesn’t get any better than the RSC’s revival of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female prison-set production led by Harriet Walter, which is touring schools The Guardian - UK · Sep 26
Phyllida Law obituary Actor with a long career in theatre and on television who was known for the subtle quality of her work The Guardian - UK · Aug 18
TV tonight: the two women who made a podcast about their ex-partner’s lies True-crime show Don’t Date Brandon is a shocker. Plus: Harriet Walter delves into her Italian family heritage in Who Do You Think You Are? Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jul 30
Poetry, AI and Stephen Fry: New app Ode prescribes verse to lift your mood Launched by the editor of The Poetry Pharmacy books, Ode is part of a drive to use AI for positive effects on mental health The Independent UK · Jul 10
TV tonight: Emilia Clarke’s stylish, fun cold war thriller Haley Lu Richardson, Adrian Lester and Harriet Walter also star in Ponies. Plus: inside the world’s biggest curry restaurant. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · May 22
Shakespeare’s Sisters review: brilliantly unexpected songs and prose give voice to the voiceless Combining words devised for Shakespeare’s female characters with music from composers old and new this was a Bardic treat with teeth The Guardian - UK · May 11
Dame Harriet Walter among stars in new series of Who Do You Think You Are? The Bafta-winning genealogy show will return to BBC One this spring. Evening Standard · Mar 30
Dame Harriet Walter to star in all-female production of Julius Caesar for RSC The play will be part of a new season of shows, which includes an all-male production of As You Like It starring Jonathan Groff. Evening Standard · Feb 26
‘We were swimming in the mind pool of Tom Stoppard!’ – actors salute the great playwright Rufus Sewell, Christine Baranski, Susan Wokoma, Toby Jones and Harriet Walter share their unforgettable encounters with a theatrical giant The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025
Playing Gracie Darling review – derivative occult mystery series fails to cast a spell Miranda Nation’s new series is well-acted but overall feels fusty and antiquated The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2025
‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona? The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025 The week in TV: Brian and Maggie; Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis; Paradise; Mo – review Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan star as Margaret Thatcher and her friend turned foe; Idris Elba fronts a harrowing study of street crime; there are riddles aplenty in a new US thriller; and art echoes life in the bittersweet Mo
Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025 Brian and Maggie on Channel 4 review: Thatcher as object of affection? Really? 3/5 Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are a captivating double-act in this effective period piece, but it plays it a little cosy to the Iron Lady
The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025 Brian and Maggie review – it’s a real worry when Margaret Thatcher seems this admirable You can tell how corrupt our recent politicians have been by how attractive Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the ex-PM seems alongside Steve Coogan in this drama based on a scorching TV interview
The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025 Steve Coogan shines in Brian and Maggie, a love letter to the political interview 4/5 In his latest TV show, writer James Graham turns his attention to the 1989 showdown between journalist Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher
The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025 TV tonight: Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter go head to head as Walden and Thatcher James Graham’s new drama recreates their famous last interview. Plus: Idris Elba’s urgent campaign to stop knife crime. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025 The interview that shook Thatcher: ‘Brian and Maggie’ revisits a turning point in Britain’s political history The interview is now seen as the beginning of the end for Thatcher’s premiership
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025 ‘Thatcher would have hated me’: Harriet Walter on playing Maggie as a ‘360-degree human’ INTERVIEW: The star of new docudrama ‘Brian and Maggie’ sits down with Helen Coffey to talk modern politics, playing ‘horrible’ women, and why the roots of misogyny are set to dictate what we see on screen for a while yet
Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025 ‘Mask-like’ Thatcher difficult to portray, says Dame Harriet Walter The actress plays the former prime minister in Channel 4 drama Brian And Maggie.
The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025 Steve Coogan reveals he asked for one scene to be cut from Thatcher drama Mancunian actor described himself as ‘very anti-Thatcher’
BANG Premier · Jan 17, 2025 Harriet Walter never felt like a 'typical woman' Harriet Walter has never felt like a "typical woman" and believes she would be "dressing a a boy" if she was a teenager now.
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025 Harriet Walter reflects on choosing her career over having kids ‘I ran away from the responsibility of having a family’ shared the 74-year-old star