Press

This section aims to form a complete archive of all magazine and newspaper articles related to Rachael and her career. There are three separate sections for interviews, features and reviews, which you can browse through below. All of these articles belong to the authors and sources attributed below; we are merely archiving them here to make it easier for Rachael's fans to find information about her.

Interviews

This section contains interviews with Rachael (and, in rare cases, her mother Diana Rigg) on various subjects, including her life and her various television, film and theatre projects. While the majority of these interviews are taken from newspapers and magazines, some of them have been transcribed from recordings.

Date Title Author Source
24 Apr 2007 Rachael's voice of reason Daily Record
27 Mar 2007 Taming the Shrew who eschews cult of celebrity Alistair Duncan London Paper
29 Sep 2006 The 5-Minute Interview Elisa Bray Independent
11 Aug 2006 Audrey Hepburn with a touch of a building site Bath Chronicle
07 Jul 2006 Pret-a-porter? I prefer Jimmy Baz Bamigboye Daily Mail
12 Mar 2006 Loose Ends: Rachael Stirling Ned Sherrin BBC Radio 4
16 Oct 2005 Interview with Rachael Stirling Andre Carrilho Independent on Sunday
15 May 2005 In the blood Euan Ferguson Observer
09 May 2005 Murder in the front row James Christopher Times
06 May 2005 Following in Diana's footsteps Nick Curtis Evening Standard
17 Apr 2005 Rachael Stirling on her role as Griselda Clement MYSTERY! PBS
25 Jan 2005 Secrets and lives Scotsman
14 Dec 2004 Rachael's Quest to be better Sarah Waterfall Manchester Online
12 Dec 2004 Mummy's girl Noreen Taylor Mail on Sunday
22 Nov 2004 60 Second Interview: Rachael Stirling James Ellis Metro
01 Nov 2004 Forgotten heroes: Rachael Stirling Charlotte Cripps Independent
03 Jan 2004 Celebrity Passport: Rachael Stirling Paul English Daily Record
13 Dec 2003 Rachael Stirling may be from a privileged background… Paul English Daily Record
13 Dec 2003 Stirling performance Martina Fowler TV Choice
11 Dec 2003 Mother's pride Brian Viner Independent
11 Dec 2003 Stirling effort Steve Pratt Northern Echo
07 Dec 2003 Ecosse: Mother's girl Anna Burnside Sunday Times
12 Oct 2003 Woman's Hour: Rachael Stirling Jenni Murray BBC Radio 4
01 Oct 2003 In bed with Rachael Lydia Slater Evening Standard
18 Sep 2003 The Big Interview: Rachael Stirling Matthew Amer London Theatre Guide
14 Sep 2003 Agony of Velvet's Rachael Ben Todd Sunday Mirror
08 Sep 2003 No one ever did call us Greg's Dykes Maureen Paton Telegraph
18 May 2003 BBC's racy export: Miniseries frames lesbian story in Victorian England Hugh Hart Chronicle Correspondent
17 May 2003 Like mother, like daughter Margy Rochlin TV Guide
13 May 2003 My life as a Victorian dyke Anne Stockwell Advocate
01 May 2003 Stirling, Garity emulate moms Scott D Pierce Deseret News
01 May 2003 Victorian era stripped bare in BBC's 'Velvet' Bridget Byrne Chicago Sun-Times
01 Nov 2002 Seeing your naked breasts spread across the News of the World might faze most actresses Jane Fitzgerald Face
01 Nov 2002 The girlie show Maureen Paton UK In Style
01 Nov 2002 Trannie by gaslight Camilla Long Tatler
25 Oct 2002 Dempster's Diary Nigel Dempster Daily Mail
22 Oct 2002 The Frank Skinner Show interview Frank Skinner Show
11 Oct 2002 Rachael Stirling stars in Tipping the Velvet Ealing Times
08 Oct 2002 It's not just two birds snogging Sarah Donaldson Telegraph
06 Oct 2002 Nothing like a dame? Alice Wignall Sunday Telegraph Magazine
05 Oct 2002 Starting at the top EJD Radio Times
01 Oct 2002 Dyke Drama Jana Czyzselska Diva
01 Oct 2002 Pals with gals Gareth Morgan StarMag
30 Sep 2002 Acting her age Aidan Smith Scotsman
11 Sep 2002 Diana Rigg's daughter Rachael Stirling talks of her role in the most controversial TV drama ever David Wigg Hello!
01 Sep 2002 Why I'm so proud of my lesbian sex scenes Garth Pearce Now
09 Dec 2001 I'm Diana Rigg's girl (but don't let on) Annie Leask Sunday Mirror
02 Dec 2001 The Rachael Capers Rachel Cooke You
02 Jun 2000 Maybe Baby interview Maybe Baby DVD
22 Dec 1978 Interview with Diana Rigg in 1978 Roderick Gilchrist Daily Mail

Features

This section contains special feature pieces about Rachael and her projects, which have been published in magazines and newspapers.

Date Title Author Source
06 Dec 2007 Helen and Hugh's act to save Wilton's Anna Davis Evening Standard
08 Jul 2007 The Charity Awards 2007 Christine Bleakley Belfast Telegraph
24 Apr 2007 Hamish's Odyssey — Part Two Hamish All Media Scotland
21 Mar 2007 Stirling beats mugger
04 Jan 2007 The Stirling profile Andrew Pierce Telegraph
22 Sep 2006 Aniston, Perez, Spacey, Wilson, et al. Set for 24 Hour Plays Benefits Brian Scott Lipton TheaterMania.com
21 Sep 2006 Celebs line up for 24 hours at Old Vic CB London Theatre Guide
01 Aug 2006 Stars come out for Betjeman gala MA London Theatre Guide
17 Jul 2006 It's a stage they've all been through Hilary Whitney Telegraph
09 Mar 2006 BBC drama about Stravinsky's riot of spring Sarah Shannon Independent
24 Feb 2006 Beauty buyography Rachael Stirling Evening Standard
11 Jan 2006 Casino Royale MI6
10 Jan 2006 Has Stirling Rigged Royale Role? Stax IGN
10 Jan 2006 Beauties' family Bond Emily Smith The Sun
20 Nov 2005 The Eligibles 2005 — Top 50 Women (Number 11) Scotland on Sunday
06 Jun 2005 Diary — Rachael Stirling Rachael Stirling New Statesman
08 May 2005 All fright on the night Clifford Bishop Sunday Times
03 Feb 2005 Rachael follows in Diana's footsteps Luke Leitch Evening Standard
14 Nov 2004 The Eligibles 2004 — Top 50 Women (Number 1) Scotland on Sunday
24 Jul 2004 Stars dying to be in Miss Marple Mirror
01 Feb 2004 The hot 100: sexy Scotland Edd McCracken Sunday Herald
09 Nov 2003 50 most eligible women: 7 — Rachael Stirling Scotsman
01 Apr 2003 It Takes Balls Charity Crewe Tatler
11 Mar 2003 Variety Club Awards 2003 OK
01 Oct 2002 It's only human nature after all Rachael Stirling Elle
29 Sep 2002 Lesbianism becomes fashionable Rowan Pelling Independent
28 Sep 2002 Diana's golden girl Mark Reynolds Daily Mail
22 Aug 2002 BBC faces obscenity row over 'shocking' new lesbian drama Tara Conlan Daily Mail

Reviews

This is a collection of film, television and theatre reviews collected over the years from various publications. A lot of them focus on the production as a whole, rather than on Rachael specifically, but she is mentioned in all of them. Some reviews are positive, and some are negative, but I chose to include them all here to give a faithful representation of the way her various projects were received by the media.

Date Title Author Source
22 May 2008 Dangerous Parking Rob Carnevale Orange
22 May 2008 Dangerous Parking Charlotte O'Sullivan Evening Standard
22 May 2008 Dangerous Parking musicOMH.com
21 May 2008 Dangerous Parking Bexley Times
21 May 2008 Dangerous Parking Duncan Hepburn Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
20 May 2008 Dangerous Parking OK
10 Apr 2008 Dangerous Parking Fionnuala Halligan Screen Daily
08 Aug 2007 Hotel Babylon Robert Bianco USA Today
07 Aug 2007 Hotel Babylon Brendan Bernhard New York Sun
27 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew Caroline McGinn London Paper
26 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew Robert Hanks Independent
24 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew Sam Marlowe Times
23 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew David Gavan What's On Stage
23 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew Kieron Quirke Evening Standard
23 Mar 2007 The Taming of the Shrew John Thaxter Stage
29 Jan 2007 Uncle Vanya Michael Billington Guardian
29 Jan 2007 Uncle Vanya John Thaxter Stage
29 Jan 2007 Uncle Vanya Nicholas de Jongh Evening Standard
28 Jan 2007 Uncle Vanya Rivka Jacobson British Theatre Guide
11 Sep 2006 The John Betjeman Gala Bruce Dessau Evening Standard
29 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Paul Taylor Independent
27 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Kate Bassett Independent
27 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Kate Kellaway Observer
24 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Michael Billington Guardian
24 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Benedict Nightingale Times
23 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Timothy Ramsden Reviews Gate
23 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Jeremy Brien Stage
23 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Michael Kelligan Theatre in Wales
23 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Nicholas de Jongh Evening Standard
20 Aug 2006 Look Back in Anger Paul Miller My London Life
08 Mar 2006 Riot at the Rite Sarah Crompton Telegraph
05 Feb 2006 Riot at the Rite Clifford Bishop Times Online
14 Jan 2006 The Truth Scottie IOFilm
14 Jan 2006 The Truth Anton Bitel Channel 4 Film
13 Jan 2006 The Truth Daily Record
13 Jan 2006 The Truth Andrew Pulver Guardian
11 Jan 2006 The Truth GA Time Out
08 Jan 2006 The Truth Jamie Woolley BBC Southern Counties
14 Nov 2005 Tamburlaine Lizzie Loveridge CurtainUp London
14 Nov 2005 Tamburlaine Fiona Mountford Evening Standard
13 Nov 2005 Tamburlaine Susannah Clapp Observer
11 Nov 2005 Tamburlaine James Woodall Financial Times
11 Nov 2005 Tamburlaine Sam Marlowe Times
26 Oct 2005 The Truth Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall
24 Oct 2005 Tamburlaine Robert Gore-Langton Independent
17 Oct 2005 Tamburlaine Dominic Cavendish Telegraph
15 Oct 2005 Tamburlaine Lyn Gardner Guardian
12 Oct 2005 Tamburlaine Jeremy Brien Stage Online
25 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Lee Wilson West End Theatre World
25 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Matt Wolf Variety
24 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Alastair Macaulay Financial Times
23 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Charles Spencer Telegraph
22 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Chris Bartlett Stage Online
22 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Susannah Clapp Observer
21 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Dominic Maxwell Metro
21 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Benedict Nightingale Times
20 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Paul Taylor Independent
20 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Richard Bevan Rainbow Network
20 May 2005 Theatre of Blood Michael Billington Guardian
16 Dec 2004 Anna in the Tropics Adam Scott Independent
06 Dec 2004 Anna in the Tropics Ian Shuttleworth Financial Times
02 Dec 2004 Anna in the Tropics Benedict Nightingale Times Online
01 Dec 2004 Anna in the Tropics Michael Billington Guardian
15 Dec 2003 Poirot: Five Little Pigs Gareth McLean Guardian
12 Oct 2003 Tipping the Velvet Simon Hoggart Spectator
18 Sep 2003 A Woman of No Importance Dominic Cavendish Telegraph
17 Sep 2003 A Woman of No Importance Michael Billington Guardian
13 Oct 2002 Tipping the Velvet Andrew Anthony Observer
11 Oct 2002 Tipping the Velvet Tony Bonnici Daily Mail
11 Oct 2002 Tipping the Velvet Mirror
10 Oct 2002 Tipping the Velvet Nancy Banks-Smith Guardian
10 Oct 2002 Tipping the Velvet Natasha Walter Independent
20 Mar 2000 Helpless Matt Wolf Variety
16 Mar 2000 Helpless Jane Edwardes Time Out
09 Mar 2000 Helpless Nicholas de Jongh Evening Standard