Where to scatter ashes – and where you can donate your body for medical research Letters: Readers respond to letters about Rachael Stirling eating some of the ashes of her mother, Diana Rigg The Guardian - UK · Oct 25
Diana Rigg’s newborn nibbling Brief letters: Baby talk | Ashes to ashes | A simple life | Clean sweep from the 70s | Manchester streets The Guardian - UK · Oct 19
The appeal of eating a loved one’s ashes Letters: Readers respond to an article by Rachael Stirling The Guardian - UK · Oct 16
‘I didn’t expect to be portrayed as a cannibal’: Rachael Stirling on eating her mother Diana Rigg’s ashes When the actor confessed to ingesting a few flakes of her mother’s ashes on opening nights, reactions ranged from recognition to disgust. But, she says, grief makes animals of us all The Guardian - UK · Oct 11
“Game Of Thrones” Star Is No Longer With Us, But Her Daughter Admits Eating Mom’s Ashes On Stage Coping with grief has got to be one of the hardest parts of life. Each person has their own coping mechanisms, or maybe they have none. But actress Rachael Stirling admitted that one thing that she does before every opening night, is to eat her mother's ashes. The full story… Bored Panda · Sep 16
All About My Mother by Rachael Stirling review – a joyous love letter to Diana Rigg Beautifully written by her daughter, this is a funny and intimate eulogy to the 60s star of The Avengers who went on to specialise in fierce, complicated women The Guardian - UK · Sep 9
Rachael Stirling eats ‘a grain or two’ of mother Diana Rigg’s ashes before opening night of a play Stirling has written a book about her mother’s life, and their relationship The Independent UK · Sep 2
Elbow’s Guy Garvey: ‘My advice for life? Have as much sex as possible’ INTERVIEW: The Manchester legends are headlining the Royal Albert Hall in London for this year’s Teenage Cancer Trust shows. Garvey catches up with Roisin O’Connor on marriage, fatherhood, gig etiquette and why life just keeps getting better The Independent UK · Mar 22
Rachael Stirling 'scared' of her mother Dame Diana Rigg Rachael Stirling has revealed she was “s*** scared” of her mother, Dame Diana Rigg and the legendary actress never wanted her daughter to follow in her acting footsteps. BANG Premier · May 3, 2025
Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: 'there is no more urgent play in London right now' 5/5 Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant tackles Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in blistering style with a sublimely nuanced performance by John Lithgow Evening Standard · May 2, 2025
‘My mother’s death left me with an urgent mission’: Rachael Stirling on sharing Diana Rigg’s views on assisted dying Her mother was furious at having no control over the end of her life. Now the actor is channelling that anger into getting the law changed The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
‘We still haven’t cracked it!’ How much does a play change during previews? It is a fraught time of cuts, rewrites – and alcohol. Our writer goes behind the scenes at The Divine Mrs S just as the official opening night looms and not everyone’s ready to face the music The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2024
The week in theatre: Long Day’s Journey Into Night; The Lover/The Collection; The Divine Mrs S – review Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson shine as dysfunctional parents in Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical play, David Morrissey brings a bold new register to Pinter, and April De Angelis takes on Sarah Siddons The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2024
The Divine Mrs S review – larky and good-natured historical comedy There are shades of Blackadder in April De Angelis’s play about the great tragedian of 18th-century British theatre The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024
Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2024 The Divine Mrs S at Hampstead Theatre review: Rachael Stirling is imperious but this in-jokey play disappoints The story Sarah Siddons, the great 18th century actress, deserves better
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023 ‘What is it about life that’s sacred?’: Harriet Walter backs change in law on assisted dying The actor, who has played characters on both sides of the debate, says the UK needs a conversation about euthanasia and assisted suicide
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023 Diana Rigg’s daughter opens up about actor’s final days before death from cancer The ‘Avengers’ star was a passionate advocate of assisted dying
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 ‘It’s gone on too long. Push me over the edge’: Diana Rigg’s dying wishes in the grip of cancer Rachael Stirling reflects on her mother’s final months – and listens back to the recordings the actor made then, racked with pain, as a passionate advocate of assisted dying
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023 ‘Nobody speaks about this’: Diana Rigg made impassioned plea for assisted dying law before death In a recording in 2020, the actor made a case for giving ‘human beings true agency over their bodies at the end of life’
Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023 Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2023: Nicole Scherzinger, Paul Mescal and Paapa Essiedu on starry shortlist 'Treasures' of the London stage shortlisted for November's awards also include Andrew Scott, Mark Gatiss, Patsy Ferran, Rachael Stirling and Sophie Okonedo
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023 The week in theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa; Private Lives – review Brian Friel’s thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward’s classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023 Private Lives review: Dark, uptight Coward revival isn’t as revelatory as it thinks Rachael Stirling and Stephen Mangan play the sparring ex-lovers in a production that emphasises domestic violence
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023 Private Lives review – Coward’s comedy becomes a stark theatre of cruelty Stephen Mangan and Rachael Stirling bare their teeth in a show that dials up the violence and sometimes struggles to navigate the humour
Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023 Private Lives at the Donmar review: despite Mangan and Stirling this largely joyless revival fails to spark This show was clearly planned as a crowd-pleaser, a reappraisal of a classic and a star vehicle, but it doesn’t fully satisfy on any of those counts
The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023 Rachael Stirling: ‘Promise me you’ll take out half the swearing?’ The actor on sparring with Stephen Mangan in a new Private Lives, why she didn’t want to be a Bond girl, and what she learned from pulling pints