‘Our Romeo even impressed the school bullies’: stars of stage on the power of drama in schools Being taught drama can transform your life. Actor David Oyelowo, writer James Graham, set designer Es Devlin and more recall their own awakenings – and their inspirational, unforgettable teachers The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024
BBC announces huge news about the future of hit drama Sherwood The BBC has confirmed Sherwood will be returning for a third season. WhatToWatch · Sep 24, 2024
David Edgar: ‘If you can only think yourself into the shoes you’re wearing it makes creating fiction impossible’ With two new plays opening this autumn, the veteran playwright talks about the risks of writing about real events and the threats to leftwing drama and politics The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2024
Create ‘universal library card’ to democratise the arts, says UK thinktank Fabian Society also wants a ‘culture pass’ for children to help break the ‘class ceiling’ in the sector The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024
The psychology of retirement: why do so many athletes struggle to call time? Think back to when you met someone for the first time. One of the first questions you asked, or were asked, was likely: “what do you do for work?” The Conversation · Sep 13, 2024
Colorado mass shooting survivor testifies the gunman repeated 'This is fun' during the attack A pharmacist who survived a 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket says she heard him say “This is fun” at least three times during the shooting The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024
Sherwood was so good the tension gave you a stomach ache. And yet … The second series of James Graham’s epic was urgent and timely and left you with a sense of lurching dread. It clearly towers above the competition – which is why it needs to end The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024
TV tonight: Paris bids a spectacular farewell to the Paralympics Jean-Michel Jarre headlines the closing ceremony. Plus: the puzzle starts to make sense in James Graham’s visceral drama Sherwood. Here’s what to watch this evening. The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024
The week in TV: Sherwood; Kaos; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me – review The feuds grind on in James Graham’s mighty if maudlin crime drama; Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer play gods; and Amazon’s derided fantasy gets a second wind. Plus, Strictly dancer Amy Dowden’s courageous cancer journey The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024
Sherwood on BBC One review: still as dark and gripping as ever James Graham’s returning TV show isn’t the masterpiece its predecessor was, but every episode is still deeply exciting Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2024
Sherwood series two review – even more spellbinding than the original masterpiece It’s immaculately acted, brutally convincing and full of James Graham’s love, care and talent. We need this state-of-the nation drama now more than ever The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Sherwood series 2 review: BBC crime drama struggles to recapture the freshness of its first season Monica Dolan and David Harewood are stellar additions but series two of James Graham’s hit series is let down by attempts to shoehorn contemporary politics The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024
TV tonight: James Graham’s brilliant, bleak drama Sherwood is back Crime and corruption in the former coalfields as Monica Dolan and David Harewood join the cast. Plus, what becomes of a dangerous illegal dog? Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
The Conversation · Aug 23, 2024 Can a new access scheme get more working-class people into the TV industry? “TV was everything to me,” said British playwright James Graham at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival’s MacTaggart lecture on August 20. The dramatist used his recollections of the television he watched in his youth together with tales of his working-class background to discuss a possible future of TV – including…
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024 James Graham calls for greater working-class representation in TV during MacTaggart lecture Graham called social class ‘everyone’s least favourite diversity and representation category’
Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2024 Sherwood series 2: who’s who in the BBC drama’s return With the popular TV series coming back on our screens, Alexandra Neagen takes a look at the cast and characters, both old and new
The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024 Sherwood writer says TV industry should treat class like other inequalities James Graham says lack of working-class people in programme-making should be seen as a diversity issue
Tom’s Guide · Aug 21, 2024 How to watch 'Sherwood' season 2 online from anywhere A new season of the BAFTA-winning drama about life and death in the post-industrial Midlands. Watch "Sherwood" season 2 online from anywhere and potentially for free.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024 The Guide #152: Sherwood, band T-shirt etiquette and more reader questions answered In this week’s newsletter: Is James Graham’s drama its generation’s ‘state of the nation’ show? And why you should wear a Slipknot shirt to a Sugababes gig
WhatToWatch · Aug 14, 2024 Sherwood season 2 gets release date and first trailer Lesley Manville is among the stars of Sherwood season 2, which will be out very soon...
The Canberra Times · Aug 12, 2024 First home buyers rentvesters on the rise as they step into the housing market The number of first home buyers renting out their property has risen 25 per cent.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024 ‘I read the new scripts and nearly died!’: the return of Sherwood – the drama that gripped a nation James Graham’s series about a divided former mining town was a genre-defying smash. So where does they go with series two? The writer and stars talk about guns, Keir Starmer and 2022’s most unpredictable plot twist
AAP · Aug 7, 2024 James Graham gives Sailor urge to fire at St Helens Utility Tristan Sailor will aim to secure a regular starting position at St Helens when he leaves the Brisbane Broncos at the end of the season.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024 Theatre can be a force for change – I went looking for it on the Italy/Slovenia border In a city belonging to two nations, I hoped for art that could heal suspicion and bridge political divides. Instead I found timidity, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic, Arifa Akbar